Paneer Burji

I had a store bought paneer was tempted to cook it today, I was bored of always making a dish with gravy. Hence decided to do Burji out of it.
Recipe for Paneer burji is as follows,
2 cups of grated paneer
1 onion cut fine
1 Capsicim
1 cup of peas and carrot
2 Tomato
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp cumin powder
2 tsp Chilli powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp Aam chur powder
1 tbl spn Kasoori methi
1 tsp Jeera
1 tbl spn oil
salt to taste


Method
In a pan add the oil, jeera and allow it to splutter.
Add the onions and salt and fy till golden brown.
Add the peas, carrot and capsicum and cook for 5 minutes.
Add the tomato and cook well till the oil seperates.
Add all the masala powders and mix well.
Finally add the Grated paneer and cook till the raw smell goes away for about 5 minutes.
Serve hot with Roti's.

Side Dish

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Tomato-Bottle Gourd soup

I tried this soup from My Tasty Treats and just added onions extra to her ingredients.
It tasted very nice and her recipe was very simple and easy to make.
It is very healthy too.
Ingredients
2 Tomato
2 carrots
1 Onion
1/2 cup Bottle gourd
1 table spoon Butter
pepper to taste
Red pepper flakes to taste
salt to taste
water

Method
In a pressure cooker add the vegetables,salt and allow it to cook up to 2 whistles based on each cooker.
Transfer it to mixer and let it cool before churning.
Grind it and sieve it if required.
Add the butter and pepper and mix well.
Serve hot.

Soup

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Methi Dal

Methi dal is really fast and easy dish. Methi in general is good for health and here goes the recipe for Dal.
Ingredients
1 cup Methi leaves
1 Tomato
1 Onion
1/2 cup Moong Dhal
2 Green chillies
1/2 lemon
salt to taste

To temper
1 tea spoon Mustard seeds
1 tea spoon Urad dhal
1 tea spoon Jeera
1 tea spoon Oil

Method
In a pressure cooker add oil, mustard seeds, urad dhal, jeera and allow it to splutter.
Add the onions, tomato and Methi leaves and fry for a minute.
Add the Moong dhal and mix and cook until 1-2 whistles based on your cooker.
Once cooked add salt and lemon and mix well. Add water if required.
Serve hot with phulkas or Rice.

This dish goes to Mom chef's herbs and flowers in my platter event and originally hosted by PJ.

Side Dish

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Mysore Rasam/Paavakai Kari- Day 7

Today is the last day of the Blogging Marathon #4 by Srivalli.
It was real fun preparing and participating in the event.
Now, here is the recipe for Mysore rasam.
Ingredients
preparation time:5 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes
1/2 cup Toor dhal
1 Tomato
1 tea spoon turmeric powder
1 1/2 tea spoon Tamarind paste
To Grind
2 tea spoon Coriander seeds (Dhania)
1 tea spoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
1 tea spoon Pepper powder
2-3 Dried red chillies
2-3 curry leaves
1/2 tea spoon Asafoetida
To Temper
1 tea spoon Mustard seeds
1 tea spoon Jeera
1 tea spoon Ghee
salt to taste

Method
In a pressure cooker add the toor dhal and turmeric powder allow it to cook.
In a small pan add coriander seeds, jeera, pepper powder and red chillies and fry till nice aroma comes.
Grind into a smooth powder.
Once the dhal is cooked add 2- 21/2 cups of water and Tamarind paste then allow it to boil till the raw smell goes away (5-10 minutes).
Add the ground powder, salt and mix well with the rasam.
Serve hot with rice and kari.

Paavakai Kari
preparation time: less than 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
3-4 Paavakai (Bitter gourd)
2 tea spoon Besan (Kadalai maav)
1 tea spoon Rice flour
1 tea spoon chilli powder
1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder
1 table spoon oil
salt to taste
Method
Cut the bitter gourd into thin pieces.
Mix all the other ingredients and keep it in oven and put it in broil-low for 10 minutes until it becomes crisp.
If you don't have oven then you can cook in the stove itself until it becomes crisp.
Serve hot with rice and rasam.

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This Mysore rasam also goes to Suma's Veggie Platter Toor dhal event.

South Indian

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Nombu Adai- Day 6

Today's dish for the 7 day Blogging marathon is Nombu Adai (sweet and salt).
Sweet Nombu Adai
1 cup Rice flour
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup jaggery
1 tea spoon Elaichi powder

Method
In a pan dry roast rice flour until slight reddish color and keep the flour aside.
Then add the water and jaggery. Boil until the Jaggery dissolves.
Add the cardomon powder and mix well.
Slow down the gas and add the rice flour slowly without forming any lumps.
Mix until forming a thick dough and switch of the stove.
Make rounds with your palm and make a small hole in the middle.
Grease the idli plates and steam for 5-10 minutes.
serve hot with unsalted butter.

Salted Nombu Adai
1 cup Rice flour
1 1/2 cup water
1 tea spoon Mustard seeds
1 tea spoon urad dhal
1 tea spoon Channa dhal
2 Green chillies
couple of curry leaves
1 teas spoon oil
salt to taste

In a pan dry roast the Rice flour until a nice aroma comes out and raw smell goes away.
Keep aside the rice flour and add a little oil,add mustard seeds, channa dhal, urad dhal,green chillies and curry leaves and allow them to splutter.
Add water and allow it to boil and add the salt.
Slowly add the Rice flour and mix well without forming lumps and mix until forming a thick dough. Switch off the stove.
Make into a round shapes in the palm with a hole in the center.
Grease the Idli plates and steam for 5-10 minutes.
Serve hot with Butter.


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Seven Days of Cakes: Bhagyashri
30 Minutes Meals: Archana
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Tiffin

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Pav Bhaji- Day 5

Wow today is the fifth day of 7 day blogging marathon by Srivalli. Days are going really fast.
Also it is fun though. Being Friday evening i thought of making something spicy and hot.
My mother gave an idea of making Pav Bhaji and this is surely durable to make within 30 minutes.
Here goes the recipe for Pav Bhaji

Ingredients
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes

2 Potatoes
2 Tomatoes
1 Capsicum
1 Big Onion
1 cup peas
1 cup carrot
1 tea spoon turmeric powder
1 tea spoon Red chilli powder
1 table spoon Pav Bhaji masala
1 1/2 table spoon Butter
1 tea spoon Jeera
salt to taste

Method
In a pressure cooker add potatoes, carrot and peas, turmeric powder and allow it to cook up to 2 whistles.
In a pan add butter and jeera and allow it to splutter. Then add the onions and salt and saute until it turns transparent.
Add the chopped capsicum and saute for 2-3 minutes.
Next add the chopped tomatoes ad saute for 2 minutes.
Add pav bhaji masala, chilli powder and combine the mashed and cooked potatoes/carrots and peas.
Mix well for 3-4 minutes and add water if required.
Serve hot with butter toasted pav or bread.
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30 Minutes Meals: Archana
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Tiffin

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Tamizh Puthaandu feast- Day 4

Ellorkum en iniya Tamizh puthaandu Nal vaazhthukal.
Today being new year it is grand feast in our house. Among the lot of dishes made today, i thought i can share couple of dishes which were made within 30 minutes for BM #4 by Srivalli.
Dishes made within 30 minutes are:
Mullangi sambar
Cucumber pachadi
Cabbage poriyal
Carrot and badam payasam
along with this we made vadai and sweet manga pachadi but will not be considered within 30 minutes. I will share those recipes as well in another post. Since my mom is here and sweet maanga pachadi is one of her famous dish. She made that today. It tasted really awesome. I will share her recipe too in another post.

Here goes the recipe for Mullangi Sambar
Ingredients
Cooking time: 15 minutes
1 cup Toor dhal
1/2 Radish (Mullangi)
1 tea spoon grated coconut
1 table spoon Sambar powder
1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder
pinch of Asafoetida
2 tea spoon tamarind paste
1 tea spoon Mustard seeds
1 tea spoon sesame oil
salt to taste

Method:
In a pressure cooker add the toor dhal, turmeric powder and little water. Allow it to cook up to 2 whistles. Once the dhal is cooked, transfer it into a bowl and keep it aside.
In a pressure cooker again, add the Radish,tamarind water,salt, asafoetida, sambar powder and allow it to cook up to one whistle. Once the pressure releases mix the cooked dhal and coconut.
Allow it to boil for 2-3 minutes.
In a small pan add oil, mustard seeds and allow it to splutter. Mix well with the sambar.
Serve hot with Rice and ghee.
Cook rice side by side to serve along with the sambar.

I prepared the cucumber pachadi side by side while cooking the sambar.
Cucumber Pachadi
preparation time: 5 minutes
1 cucumber
2-3 table spoon of curd/Butter milk
1 tea spoon mustard seeds
1/2 tea spoon oil
salt to taste
Cut or grate the cucumber. Mix the curd and salt along with the cucumber.
In a pan add oil and mustard seeds and allow it to splutter.
Mix the mustard seeds with the cucumber.

Cabbage Poriyal
preparation time: 3-4 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

1 whole Green cabbage
2-3 Green chillies
1 tea spoon turmeric powder
1 tea spoon mustard seeds
1 tea spoon urad dhal
1 tea spoon oil
salt to taste
In a pan add the oil, mustard seeds and urad dhal and allow it to splutter
Add the cut cabbage, green chillies, turmeric powder and salt.
Keep stirring occasionally and allow it cook for 10 minutes and serve hot with rice and sambar.


Carrot/Almonds Payasam
preparation time: 10 minutes

1 carrot
1/2 cup Almonds (badam)
10 tea spoon sugar
2 cups Milk
In a pressure cooker add the cut carrot, almonds and 1 cup of milk.
Allow it cook up to one whistle.
Once the pressure releases grind into a smooth paste and add the remaining 1 cup of milk and sugar and boil for 2-3 minutes until the sugar dissolves.
Serve hot or cold.

All this was possible to make within 30 minutes only because of having 4 burners and two pressure cooker. There were more dishes we made for the festival. But it is not considered to make it within 30 minutes.

Happy Tamil New years day again. and enjoy!!
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Sweet

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Vegetable Pasta Indian Style--Day 3

Today the day was really busy with my little one.Just wanted to cook something quick for dinner. Hence thought about pasta and this will also be a dish to cook within 30 minutes for blogging marathon by Srivalli. Also, tomorrow being Tamil New years day i did not want any left overs. Hence decided to do pasta.
Here goes the recipe for the Vegetable pasta.
Ingredients
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes

1 box of whole wheat pasta
1 table spoon olive oil
Cheese to garnish
Vegetables
1 Bell pepper
2 Tomato
1 Onion
1 cup of peas and carrots
some Olives--Optional
1 carrot
Masala's
1 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tsp Chilli powder
1 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Garam masala
1 tsp Cumin powder
salt to taste
Method
Boil the pasta with some salt and keep it aside.
Cut the vegetables into small pieces.
In a pan add the olive oil and onions and fry for a minute.
Add the other vegetables and allow to cook for 4-5 minutes.
Add all the masala powders as mentioned above and mix well (turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder,cumin powder, garam masala and required salt)
Mix the cooked pasta and serve hot with garnished cheese.

This wholesome meal is ready within 20 minutes. You can also finish eating within 30 minutes.

Note:
Any vegetables can be added as per your taste.
I used whole wheat pasta since it is much healthier than normal pasta.
If you want to make it little liquid, add some water while cooking the vegetables.

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Seven Days of Cakes: Bhagyashri
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Pasta

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Coriander Rice & Curd Rice--Day 2

Today is the second day of the Blogging marathon by Srivalli.
The menu for the lunch today was Kothamalli saadham and Curd Rice done within 30 minutes.
Ingredients for Coriander Rice
Time took to cook the coriander rice: 20 minutes

1 Bunch Coriander leaves/Kothamalli
2-3 Green chillies
2 tea spoon grated Coconut
1/2 tea spoon Tamarind paste
2 tea spoon Urad dhal/Ulatham paruppu
1 piece of Ginger
Pinch of Asafeotida
1 table spoon oil
salt to taste
2 cups Rice--(I used Sona masoori)

To temper
1 tea spoon Mustard seeds
1 tea spoon urad dhal
1 dried Red chilli

Method
In the cooker add the rice and cook and keep aside.
In a small pan add 1/2 tea spoon of oil and urad dhal and fry till golden brown.
Grind all the above ingredients along with Urad dhal (Coriander leaves, green chillies,grated coconut,tamarind paste, Asafeotida and ginger) into a smooth paste.
In a kadai add the oil, musard seeds, urad dhal and Red chilli and allow it to splutter.
Add the Ground paste and stir for 3-4 minutes until the raw smell of the coriander leave goes away and switch off the stove.
Add the cooked rice and mix well.
Coriander rice is ready to serve.

Curd Rice
Time taken: 8 minutes
1 cup cooked rice
Curd/Butter milk
10-15 Grapes
salt to taste

To temper
1 tea spoon mustard seeds
1 tea spoon Jeera
1/2 tea spoon oil

Method
In a bowl add the cooked rice, curd, grapes and sale and mix well.
In a pan add the oil, mustard seeds and jeera and allow it to splutter.
Mix well along with the curd rice.

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Seven Days of Cakes: Bhagyashri
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Rice

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Vegetable Kurma and Ajwain Roti---Day 1

Today is the first day of Blogging Marathon 4. I am in the second group and thanks to Srivalli for running this marathon. We were given few choices and i chose 30 Minute meals.
I am sure it is going to be fun participating in the marathon and also checking out of what other blogger friends have done.
My first dish is "Vegetable Kurma and Roti" for the BM#4 DAY 1.
This dish takes less than 30 minutes to do from the scratch.
Here is the recipe for the Vegetable Kurma.

To Boil
1 medium size Potato
1 cup peas
1 cup carrots
1 bell peppers (Capsicum)
1 cup beans
1 Tomato
1 tea spoon Turmeric powder
To Fry and Grind
1 Onion
1 table spoon Grated coconut
1 table spoon cashew nuts
3-4 Green Chillies
1 Tea spoon Jeera
1 Tea Spoon Fennel seeds (saunf)
2 Cloves
Small piece Cinnamon
1 Cardamon
1 tea spoon sesame oil (any oil)
Salt to taste
Method

• Cut the Vegetables into small pieces and 1 1/2- 2 cups of water and turmeric powder in the pressure cooker.
• Allow it to cook up to one whistle and switch off the stove.
• In a small pan add oil, Jeera, Fennel seeds, cashew nuts, Onions, Green chillies, Cloves, Cardamon, Cinnamon and coconut and fry for two minutes.
• Grind into a smooth paste and keep it aside.
• Once the vegetables are boiled, Open the pressure cooker and mix the Grounded paste and salt.
• Boil the whole mixture for 3-4 minutes.
• Vegetable Kurma is ready to serve.

Vegetable kurma totally took around 20 minutes to make from scratch.

Side by side, i also made Roti's.

Ingredients to make the Ajwain Roti's
1 Cup Whole wheat flour
1 tea spoon Ajwain seeds (Omam)
2 tea spoon vegetable oil
salt to taste
water to make the dough.

• Mix all the ingredients and make a soft dough.
• Roll it into a round Roti and place it on a hot tawa.
• Flip sides until it is done.
• serve hot with Vegetable kurma.
• Roti's hardly take maximum of 10-12 minutes to make.

Notes:
Both these dishes are very good for health and nutritious.
Kurma can also be made any available vegetables at home.
Ajwain is very good for digestion and for nursing moms.

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Blogging Marathon

12

Healthy Salad

This is a colorful combo of vegetables and fruit salad. Very healthy and very easy to make.
Ingredients:
Tomatoes 2
Bell peppers(any color) 1
Olives 7-8
Baby spinach 1 cup
Cucumber 1
Strawberry 3-4
Cantaloupe 1/2 cup
Orange 1
Avacado 1

Onions (optional)

Dressing
1 table spoon Olive oil
Crushed pepper as per taste
salt to taste
1 lemon squeezed

Cut the vegetables and fruits and mix with the dressing.

salad

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