Green Kurma

 INGREDIENTS

for grinding

Coconut ½ grated

Cashew nuts 1 tbsp

Green chilies 5 or to taste

Curry leaves

Pudina leaves 10-15

Coriander leaves 1-2 tbsp

Khus-khus/ poppy seeds 1 tbsp

Make a coarse paste

For gravy 

oil   4 tbsp

cloves 4

cardamom 4

cinnamon 2-3 small pieces

onion finely chopped 2 medium size or 1 bowl

ginger-garlic paste 1 tbsp

tomato 1 big finely chopped

water 250 ml

green peas boiled 1/4 cup

carrot boiled  1/4 cup

cauliflower boiled  1/4 cup

potatoes boiled  1/4 cup

 beans boiled  1/4 cup

all veges are boiled with salt

METHOD

Heat 4 tbsp oil, add 4 cloves, 4 cardamoms

Cinnamon 2-3 small pieces, fry well

Add  1 bowl chopped onion 2 medium size.

Fry till light brown, add ginger-garlic paste 1 ½ tbsp, fry for 1 minute.

Add 1 big tomato chopped,, fry for 3-4 minutes.

Add turmeric ½ tsp, salt for kurma, and ground paste.

Add 250 ml water, boil for 5-7 minutes till raw smell goes.

Add boiled carrots, beans, cauliflower, peas, potato.

Once it boils well, add coriander leaves, switch off gas

This goes well with fried rice, rava idli, puri, parantha, adai. 

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Peas parantha

Ingredients

dough as needed like for any parantha

for stuffing
oil 2 tsp
jeera 1 tsp
spring onion finely chopped       1 cup
peas boiled and crushed         200gm
coriander leaves finely chopped    3 tbsp
paneer crumbled    50 gm
pudina chopped  2 tbsp
green chili-ginger-garlic paste   2 tsp( garlic optional)
turmeric pdr.  1/2 tsp
salt to taste

METHOD
Heat oil, add jeera, once it crackles, add spring onion, fry for 2-3 minutes, add peas and rest of the ingredients, mix well on low flame for 4-5 minutes, remove, cool and stuff paranthas as usual, cook with ghee, serve hot with cucumber and tomato raita and mango pickle.

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Cucumber cutlets

INGREDIENTS
cucumber grated  200 gm ( squeeze out the water and keep it aside, you can use for salad dressing)
green chilies 2-3 finely chopped or as per taste
cottage cheese crumbled 75 gm
cheese grated  50 gm
coriander leaves finely chopped 2-3 tbsp
mint leaves finely chopped 1 tbsp
salt to taste ( add little less salt, as cheese has salt)
breadcrumbs as needed to bind and to coat the cutlets
oil for shallow frying

METHOD
in a big bowl, add the squeezed out cucumber, paneer, cheese, coriander leaves, mint, green chilies, mix well, add salt and breadcrumbs to bind
shape the cutlets as round or oval or as desired, coat in breadcrumbs, shallow fry in hot oil on medium flame, serve hot with salad and tomato or mint chutney.

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RADISH VADA

INGREDIENTS
chana dal 1/2 cup
tuvar dal 1/2 cup
urad dal 2 tbsp
green chilies 3-4 as per taste
ginger 1" finely chopped
curry leaves finely chopped 1 tbsp
coriander leaves finely chopped 2 tbsp

hing 1/4 tsp
onion finely chopped 1/2 cup
salt to taste
oil to fry
radish grated 1/2 cup
oil to fry
 
METHOD
soak dal for about 3 hours with just enough water to soak it
grind without water along with ginger and green chilies to a coarse paste
in case it is difficult to grind, just sprinkle little water 
 to grated radish, add little salt, mix well, then squeeze out excess water and add to dal mixture, along with onion, curry leaves, mint, coriander leaves and salt.
heat oil in a kadai / pan, deep fry the vadas in hot oil till crisp on both sides, drain well and serve hot with chutney.

Tip- at times when one grinds for vada, at times, the batter isn't thick as needed, then add some fine rava, mix well and keep it aside for 10 minutes, it will absorb excess water and also you'll get crisp vadas !

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