Vegetable Kolhapuri

A wonderful Maharashtrian dish from the western part of Maharashtra, Kolhapur... this popular dish is traditionally spicy but you can adjust the heat to your tastebuds. Serve it with plain boiled rice or hot chapatis.....
Preparation time : 15-20 minutes
Cooking time: 30-45 minutes
Serves: 2-3
Ingredients
Carrots 1 medium (diced and boiled)
Potato 1 medium (diced and boiled)
Cauliflower 6-8 florets (boiled)
French beans 6-8 1/2 inch pieces (boiled)
Green peas 1/4 cup (boiled)
Ginger paste 1 tsp
Garlic paste 1 tsp
Oil 4 tbsp
Dry coconut 1/2 (grated) (you can use dry desicated coconut 1/2 cup)
Cloves 8
Black peppercorns 8
Poppy seeds (khus khus) 1 tsp
Coriander seeds 1 tsp
Whole dry red chillies 6
Onions 2 large (chopped)
Tomatoes 2 large (chopped)
Red chilli powder 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander leaves 2 tbsp (chopped)

For Garam Masala

Fennel seed (saunf) powder 1/2 teaspoon
Cinnamon 1 inch stick
Stone flower (dagad phool) 1
Cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon
Bay leaves 2
Black cardamoms 2
Black peppercorns 7-8

Method

1. Grind ginger and garlic to a fine paste.

2. Grind all the ingredients of the Kolhapuri garam masala into a fine powder and set aside.

3. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a kadai. Add grated dry coconut, cloves, peppercorns, poppy seeds, coriander seeds and red chillies. Lightly fry.

4. Now add two thirds of the chopped onions and cook till it turns slightly brown. Cool, grind to a paste using sufficient water. Set aside.

5. Heat remaining oil in another kadai. Add the remaining chopped onions and sauté till brown.

6. Add ginger and garlic paste and continue to sauté till lightly browned. Add tomatoes, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, masala paste and half cup of water and cook for two minutes.

7. Add the boiled vegetables, adjust salt and simmer for four to five minutes. Sprinkle Kolhapuri garam masala powder and mix well.

8. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

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Scrambled Tofu

We had a potlock party last month in our office... Everyone had got wonderful dishes... we had a sumptuous lunch that day.. enjoyed a wide range of dishes.... it was a great day... as after the lunch we also had a tea party at 4 which was not planned... One of the colleague had got this dish of scrambled tofu which at first I thought was scrambled egg (egg bhurji)... when asked she told me the recepie... it was great to taste... So here goes the recepie... u all make eat and enjoy....
Ingredients
Red dired chillies 2-3 (deseeded) (if you like spicy then add more chillies)
Ginger paste 1 tsp
Garlic paste 1 tsp
Medium Onions 4
Tahu/Tofu 2 pieces
Sugar 1/2 tsp
Tamarind paste 1 tsp
Big tomatoes 2
Oil To fry the Tofu/ and then to fry the gravy
Salt To taste
Method
1. Wash, dry and cut the Tofu into small cubes. In a wok take oil and fry the tofu nicely till it changes its color.
2. Remove on a tissue and keep aside.
3. Deseed the tomatoes and cut the onion into 4 pieces. In a blender make a paste of the onions, tomatoes and the red chillies together.
4. Heat the remaining oil and add the ginger and garlic paste and fry till it becomesa bit brown. Then add the onion tomato paste and cook properly on low flame till the oil starts to separate.
5. Add sugar, salt, tamarind paste on cook over low fire for 1/2 an hour.
6. Lastly add the fried tofu and mix together. Remove and serve hot or cold with rice/bread/naan/chappati.... etc......
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Badam and Banana Sheera

I wanted to make Badam Sheera since a long time.... but the with my job and the routine I am hardly getting time nowadays to try new stuff... But this weekend I reserved time to do it.... it was a good snack in the afternoon....

Ingredients

Sooji/Rawa 1 cup

Badam/ Almonds 1 cup (soaked in warm water)

Sugar 1 1/2 cup (if you prefer less sweet then adjust accordingly)

Riped Bananas 2

Cardamom/elaichi powder 1 tsp

Milk 3 1/2 cups

Water 1/2 cup

Ghee 1 1/2 tbsp

Method

1. Remove the skin of the almonds and then make a paste of the almonds in a mixie.

2. In a thick bottomed vessel put the add 1/2 of the ghee and rava and roast it on medium flame until it changes its color and becomes aromatic.

3. While roasting the rava on another gas take a vessel and mix water and milk in it and keep for boiling.

4. Put the rest of the ghee in the vessel and add the almond paste to it. Roast it until it changes its colour.

5. Once the almond paste changes its colour add the rava and smashed bananas and mix all the together.

6. Then add the hot boiled milk to this above mixture. And keep stirring until they blend together.

7. Cover and let it cook for 2 minutes. Then add sugar and mix properely.

8. Once the sugar is completely dissolved and mixed nicely remove from the gas and add cardamom powder, any other nusts,raisins as desired and serve hot with a little ghee on top....

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