Monday, January 20, 2014

KIDNEY BEANS/ RAJMA RICE AND Chow chow or bottle gourd raita

INGREDIENTS

kidney beans cooked   1 cup
rice cooked  2 cups
tomatoes finely chopped  1 cup
onion finely chopped   1 cup
cumin/ jeera     1 tsp
salt to taste
turmeric pdr.   1/4 tsp
garam masala pdr.  1/2 tsp
fresh coriander leaves finely chopped   2-3 tbsp
chilli pdr.  1/2 - 1 tsp as per taste or you may use ginger-garlic-chilli paste  2 tsp.
oil and ghee as needed
hing 1/4 tsp

METHOD
soak overnight kidney beans, pressure cook next morning till they're soft.
cook rice as desired
in a heavy pan, heat oil/ ghee as needed, add cumin, once it crackles, add hing, onion, fry well
then add tomatoes, add wee bit of salt, cook on medium flame till tomatoes are well cooked and mashed
add turmeric pdr, chilli pdr. or the paste, cook till the raw smell disappears, stirring continuously
add salt, half of the coriander leaves, mix well, add kidney beans, cook for 2-3 minutes well
add rice, mix well, check for salt, cook on low flame covered for 3-4 minutes, so the flavours gets well incorporated
serve hot garnish with rest of the coriander leaves and raite

Healthy chow-chow raita

chow chow cooked after peeling about  2 cups
coconut grated  3-4 tbsp
green chillies 2-3 as per taste
cumin/ jeera  1/2 tsp
mustard seeds  1 tsp
oil  1 tsp
curry leaves few
hing little
curd as needed
salt to taste

cook chow chow well, you may mash it, or if they're small pieces, you may keep it as it is
grind coconut, green chillies, cumin to a fine paste adding little water
mix with cooked chow chow, add salt to taste, curd as needed
in a small pan, heat 1 teaspoon of oil, add mustard seeds, once it crackles, add curry leaves finely chopped and hing, fry for a minute, add the tempering to raita serve with rice or paranthas

ps- you may use bottle gourd/ ridge gourd/ zucchini in the same way instead of chow chow to make raita



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