Aloo Gobi Dry

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Aloo Gobi – a lethal combination!
Aloo-gobi by Mum is one of our favorites. We are sure you will love this one.

Aloo Gobi Dry Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel

Aloo Gobi Dry
Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel

Ingredients

  • Potato – 1 large
  • Cauliflower florets – 1 cup
  • Green chillies – 2-3
  • Garlic finely chopped – 4-5 small cloves
  • Cumin seeds – 3/4 tsp
  • Red chilli  powder – 1 tsp
  • Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Pepper powder – a pinch
  • Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Dry mango powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Salt – as required

Method

  • Boil and peel the potato. Cut into cubes
  • Cut the cauliflower into florets and wash them thoroughly  with hot water adding a little salt and  turmeric powder. Then boil  them with some water. Do not over cook. It should be crisp. ( you can microwave them too)
  • Heat oil in a Kadai. Add cumin seeds and wait until it splutters
  • Add finely chopped garlic and fry for a few seconds
  • Add the cauliflower florets and roast for sometime. Then add the potatoes
  • Add the green chillies and all the powders including salt
  • Toss it well and make  sure the potatoes and cauliflower are coated well with all the masalas
  • Roast for few more minutes. The cauliflower should still be nice and crisp
  • Serve hot with roti / rice and dal

Palak (Spinach) Pakoda

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Tempting Palak Paokdas to go with your evening tea!

Try it out 🙂

Palak Pakoda

Palak Pakoda
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Ingredients

  • Palak/ Spinach – 2 cups
  • Gram flour / Besan – 1 cup
  • Onion thinly sliced  –  1 small
  • Rice flour  – 2 tbsp
  • Cumin seeds/ jeera – 1/2 tsp
  • Green chillies – 3-4
  • Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Salt as required

Method

  • Wash the spinach thoroughly and finely chop it. Thinly slice the onion
  • Heat oil in a Kadai for deep fry
  •  Mix the gram flour, rice flour, cumin seeds, green chillies, turmeric powder and salt in a bowl
  • Add hot oil to this mixture. ( the hot oil and rice flour helps in making crispy pakodas)
  • Add the spinach, onion and coriander leaves ( finely chopped) to the bowl and mix
  • The spinach will leave some water so add water if required
  • Make sure the batter is not watery. It should be of dropping consistency
  • If the batter becomes a little water add a little gram flour. Make the pakodas immediately after mixing the batter
  • Prepare  the pakodas by dropping the mixture little by little into the Kadai and deep fry till golden brown.
  • Serve these crispy pakodas with tomato ketchup or pudina chutney.

Spicy Mutton Sukha/Mutton Dry

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Mutton Sukha or Mutton Dry is a dish that you can’t get enough of! Delectable, and spicy, Mum would make Mutton Sukha quite often. The various flavors are a treat you can’t resist!

Mutton Sukha

Mutton Sukha
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Ingredients

  • Mutton – 300 gms
  • Tomato –  1 large
  • Coriander leaves – 1 cup
  • Green chillies – 5-6
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
  • Red chili powder – 3/4 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 3/4 tsp
  • Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Pepper corns – 10-12
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Curry leaves – 12-15
  • Oil – 4-5 tbsp or as required
  • Salt – as required

Method

  • Wash the mutton thoroughly and cut into small pieces
  • Grind all the ingredients from tomato to pepper corns including salt  using very little water  into smooth paste
  • Heat little oil in a pressure cooker and add the mutton pieces and fry for sometime. ( mutton leaves some amount of water, fry until this water is dried up)
  • Add the ground masala to the mutton  and fry till the oil separates
  • Add a little water and pressure cook till the mutton is soft and tender. You can prepare in an open vessel too instead of the cooker
  • Heat a little oil in the Kadai. Add the curry leaves then the cooked  mutton and roast it.  Roast it well and make it completely dry. Make sure not to burn
  • Serve it with Dal and Rice or Roti

Note :
Adding curry leaves gives a different flavour to the mutton.
There is green chili, red chili and pepper added to this  dish . The spicier the better.

Chatpata Aloo Chaat!

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Craving for something chatpata?

Here’s Mum’s Aloo Chaat! Mum would try a variety of mouth-watering chaats for us on weekends. From Bhel, to sev, Dahi Puri and Aloo Chaat!

Do try it out!

Chatpata Aloo Chat Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel

Chatpata Aloo Chat
Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel

Ingredients
  • Baby Potatoes – 12 -15
  • Red Chili Powder – 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Garam Masala powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Dry Mango Powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Chaat Masala – 1/2 tsp
  • Oil – 1 tbsp.
  • Yogurt  – 1 cup
  • Sev – 1/2 cup
  • Onion finely chopped – 1 medium
  • Green Chutney
  • Date and Tamarind (sweet) chutney
  • Salt – as required
Method
Frying the Baby Potatoes:
  • Boil the potatoes in a pressure cooker, peel and cut each of the baby potatoes into half
  • Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadai and add the potatoes and fry for 2 minutes. Then add salt as required and all the powders and fry  till the potatoes are well coated with the masala and  are slightly roasted
  • Remove from heat and allow to cool
Green Chutney
Ingredients
  • Mint leaves – 1 cup
  • Coriander leaves – 1 cup
  • Green chillies – 5-6
  • Lemon juice – 2 tbsp.
  • Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
  • Ginger – a small piece
  • Black salt – 1/4 tsp (optional)
  • Salt as required
Method:
  • Grind all the ingredients with minimum water
  • Adding lemon juice gives the green colour to the chutney
  • You can add a small onion too if you like, it increases the quantity of the chutney
  • You can refrigerate this for a week without adding onions
  • Best to prepare fresh and serve it with chaat or any snack
Date and Tamarind (sweet) chutney
Ingredients 
  • Dates – 20
  • Tamarind pulp – 1 cup
  • Cumin seeds – 2 tsp
  • Jaggery –  1/2 cup
  • Red Chili powder – 2 tsp
  • Black salt – 1 tsp
  • Salt – as required
Method
  • Wash the dates , remove the seeds  and chop them
  •  Dry roast cumin seeds , cool slightly and crush with a rolling pin to make a coarse powder.
  •  Mix together dates, jaggery, tamarind pulp, cumin powder, red chilli powder, black salt, salt  and 3-4 cups of water
  • Cook on medium heat till it comes to a boil, reduce heat and continue to cook for sometime till it becomes thick
  • Remove from heat , cool and serve
  • Refrigerate it in an air tight container and use it whenever you like
  • Make sure to use a clean and dry spoon whenever you want to serve
Chatpata Aloo Chat Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel

Chatpata Aloo Chat
Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel

To Serve:
  • Place some baby potatoes on a plate
  • Add some yogurt to it
  • Then add the green chutney and Date and Tamarind chutney
  • Add some finely chopped onions and some coriander leaves if you like
  • Then sprinkle some chat masala
  • Top it with Sev and Enjoy

Mini Rava Idlis!

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Mum’s Rava Idlis were always a treat. With yummy chutney and hot rava idlis, weekend breakfasts were just delightful 🙂

Do try them out! Kids will enjoy every bite!

Rava Idli Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel

Rava Idli
Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel

Ingredients:

  • Rava  – 11/2 cups
  • Curd – 3 cups
  • Finely chopped onion – 1 large
  • Green chilies finely chopped – 3-4
  • Coriander leaves – 1 cup
  • Carrot grated – 1/2
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
  • Chana dal – 1 tsp
  • Urad dal – 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves – 7-8
  • Soda – 1 pinch
  • Oil – 1 tbsp + 1 big ladle
  • Salt as required

Method:

  • Roast the rava with 1 tbsp oil  for less than 5 minutes and make sure there are no lumps. Do not burn.
  • Heat 1 big ladle oil in a Kadai. Add mustard seeds. Once they stop spluttering add chana dal, urad dal. After a few seconds add onion, green chilies, curry leaves and salt. Fry till this onions are translucent.
  • Now add the rava and fry for sometime. Do not burn.
  • Removed from heat and allow to cool.
  • Now add curd. If the curd is too thick, add a little water. Curd and water together should be 3 cups. The batter should be same as Idli batter ( neither thick nor thin) consistency. First add 21/2 cups, then slowly add the 1/2 cup. If you still feel the batter is thick, add a little water and adjust.
  • Add the grated carrot.
  • Add soda. Add coriander leaves after a minute or 2. If added immediately, the  coriander leaves turn black.
  • Pour in Idli container and steam  for 10 – 15 minutes.
Rava Idli Image Credit: Mujahid khaleel

Rava Idli
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Garnish with thinly sliced cherry tomatoes and grated carrots if you like.
Looks attractive and kids would love to eat these mini rava idlis. Serve with any chutney, chutney podi or vegetable Saagu.

Mutton Cutlet

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Noor’s Recipes turned one year today. Here’s moms yummy Mutton Cutlet recipe. Enjoy with your family and friends!

Mutton Cutlet

Mutton Cutlet

Ingredients:

  • Minced mutton / Mutton Kheema – 1 cup
  • Finely chopped onion – 1 small
  • Ginger garlic paste – 3/4 tsp
  • Green chilies – 3-4
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Black pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Cumin powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Boiled potato – 1 medium sized
  • Coriander leaves – a handful
  • Corn flour – 1 tbsp
  • Egg beaten – 1
  • Maida/flour – 1/2 cup
  • Bread crumbs – 1/2 cup or fine semolina/suji – 1/2 cup
  • Oil – 2-3 tbsp + for shallow fry.
  • Salt – as required

Method:

  1. In a pan add about 2-3 tbsp of oil and saute the finely chopped onions.
  2. Add ginger garlic paste and green chilies ( finely chopped green chilies or green chili paste ) and saute for some time.
  3. Add the minced mutton, salt and all the powders and fry them well.
  4. Cook on medium flame until the Kheema is done.
  5. Remove from fire, transfer to a bowl and allow to cool.
  6. Mash the boiled potatoes, add it to the Kheema mixture along with, finely chopped coriander leaves and corn flour  and shape them into cutlets.
  7. Take 3 plates. Add maida/flour to the first plate, add 1 beaten egg to the second plate and bread crumbs or semolina/ Suji in the third plate.
  8. Coat the cutlets first with the flour on both sides, then with eggs and lastly with bread crumbs/semolina.
  9. Instead of  step 7 and 8, you can add 1 beaten egg into the Kheema mixture, shape them into cutlets, roll the cutlets with bread crumbs or semolina/suji. 
  10. Refrigerate for 30 mintues.
  11. Shallow fry on both sides until golden . Transfer to a plate. Squeeze some lemon on top.
  12. Serve with mint chutney, cucumber and tomato slices along with some French fries or corn.

Mutton Kofta Curry

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Mum would make yummy Kofta curry and Kofta fry for us. Here’s how you can make them too!

To make the Koftas refer to the Mutton Kofta recipe posted earlier

Here’s the recipe for Kofta Curry 🙂

Kofta Curry. Image Courtesy: Mujahid Khaleel

Kofta Curry. Image Courtesy: Mujahid Khaleel

Ingredients for the gravy

  • Onion – 1 medium sized
  • Tomato – 1 medium sized
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
  • Curd – 1 heep tbsp
  • Fresh Coconut paste – 2 tbsp ( optional)
  • Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
  • Jeera/ cumin powder – 1 tsp
  • Garam masala -1/2 tsp
  • Coriander leaves – 1/2 cup
  • Oil – 2 tbsp
  • Salt – as required

Method

  • To Make the Koftas refer to the Mutton kofta recipe. Grind  the kheema and masala as shown in the recipe, mix well in a bowl and keep it aside. ( do not deep fry the Koftas).
  • Thinly slice the onions and dry roast them for about 8-10 minutes. After it cools, grind along with ginger garlic paste and half of coriander leaves.
  • Heat oil in a Kadai And fry the onion paste for sometime.
  • Grind the tomato and add it and fry till the raw smell goes and oil separates.
  • Add all the powders and salt and fry well. Now add some water and bring the gravy to a boil.
  • Meanwhile shape the kheema into lemon sized balls.
  • Once the gravy comes to a boil, add the kheema And curd, cook for 45 minutes on low flame.
  • If you want to add the coconut paste add it after 45 minutes and cook for another 15 minutes.
  • If not add the remaining coriander leaves and cook for total 1 hour on low flame.
  • Serve hot with rotis or rice.

Note: if you do not want to grind the onion, finely chop and fry till golden brown, then add the ginger garlic paste and tomatoes and follow the same procedure above.

Perfect combo – Puri & Vegetable Saagu!

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Favourite among the kannadigas, the Vegetable Saagu is  best served with Puris, Set Dosas or Rava Idli. Mom would make this on Sundays and we would just love it. She learnt most of the  South Indian dishes from her childhood friend Sandhya who is also a great cook. Do make this on weekend and relish every bite!

Here’s how you can make hot puris!

Puri Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel

Puri
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Ingredients

  • Wheat flour – 2 cups
  • Water – enough for making the dough
  • Oil – 2 tsp for kneading + for deep frying
  • Salt as required

Method:
Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Add water little by little to form a medium soft dough. Mentioning it as medium soft, as the dough should not be too stiff or soft. The secret of soft puris lies in the way you knead the dough. Add 2 tsp of oil and continue kneading till the dough is smooth and has the right softness. Keep aside covered for 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into lemon sized balls. Roll these balls till they are smooth and make sure there are no cracks. Roll them into circles using a rolling pin. Let the circles be of medium thickness which helps in making puffy puris.

Heat oil in a wok enough for deep frying on medium flame. Deep fry the puris one at a time, pressing it under oil with a slotted spoon until the puri puffs up. Turn and cook on the other side. Serve hot with any side dish of your choice.

Delicious Vegetable Saagu 🙂

Vegetable Saagu Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel
Ingredients:

  • Chopped onion – 1 medium sized
  • Chopped tomato – 1 medium sized
  • Beans, carrot, peas, cauliflower, cabbage, chowchow/ chayote, potato – 1/4 cup each
  • Fried gram – 2 tbsp
  • Grated coconut –  2 tbsp
  • Green chillies – 2 tbsp
  • Coriander leaves – 1 cup
  • Ginger – 1/2 inch piece
  • Cloves – 2
  • Cinnamon – 1 small stick
  • Coriander powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Oil – 2 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
  • Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
  • Chana dal – 1/2 tsp
  • Salt – as required

Method:

  • Grind together all ingredients from Fried gram to cinnamon with very little water.
  • Heat oil in a Kadai. Add mustard seeds, after they splutter add urad dal, chana dal and curry leaves.
  • Add onions and sauté on medium flame till translucent.
  • Add tomatoes and cook until soft.
  • Add the ground masala, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt as required and fry well for sometime until raw smell goes.
  • Add all the vegetables and fry. You can add vegetables according to your choice. Mom used to say not to omit chowchow/ chayote as it gives a very good taste to the Saagu.
  • Add water and cook until the vegetables are done. For faster cooking, use cooker and cook for 2 quick whistles. Make sure not to over cook the vegetables.
  • Serve hot with Puri , Set Dosa or Rava Idli.

Aloo Matar Recipe

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Potatoes are to die for! And when the combination is Potato and Peas, it’s simply heavenly!
Try the simple and enjoyable Aloo Matar ricpe 🙂

Aloo Matar Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel

Aloo Matar
Image Credit: Mujahid Khaleel

Ingredients:

  • Potato – 2 medium sized
  • Peas – 1 cup
  • Onion finely chopped – 1 medium sized
  • Tomatoes – 2 medium sized
  • Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 tsp
  • Jeera powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Sugar – 1 tsp
  • Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
  • Salt as required

Method:

  • Finely chop the onion and grind tomatoes to a fine paste.
  • Heat oil in a cooker and fry the onions for sometime. Add ginger garlic paste and fry both till golden brown. (For one to make a good masala the onions should be rightly fried. If not fried properly, you will feel the onions as it is while eating and if burnt, obviously the taste would completely differ. Just add very little water immediately if the masala is getting  burnt. )
  • Add the tomatoes and fry for sometime. Slit the. green chillies and add it too.
  • Add all the powders as well as salt and fry the masala till raw smell goes and oil separates. (once the oil separates it means the masala is done.)
  • Add sugar as this will reduce the sourness of the tomatoes.
  • Add the potatoes and peas and fry for sometime.
  • Add a little water and  pressure cook for 2 whistles.
  • Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve it with hot rotis .

Walnut Banana Muffin

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Mum loved baking; it gave her immense pleasure and joy.
We sisters, loved to see Mum bake. She would hum songs as she mixed in all her ingredients and set up the oven 🙂
Remembering Mum’s Walnut Banana Muffin, Didi tries her hand at it. It looks yummylicious!
Treat yourself to an utterly sweet world!
Walnut Banana Muffin

Walnut Banana Muffin
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Ingredients:
Banana – 2 over riped
Walnut – 1/2 cup
All purpose flour / Maida – 2 cups
Butter – 2 over riped
Powdered Sugar – 1 cup
Egg – 1 (room temperature)’
Milk – 1/4 cup
Vanilla Essence – 2 tsp
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Baking Soda –  1/2 tsp
Method:
  • Keep all ingredients ready with the above mentioned measurements before you start preparing the cake.
  • If you do not have powered sugar, powder it and then measure. Here you will need 1 cup.
  • Sieve maida, baking powder, baking soda and salt thrice so that all are very well mixed.
  • Use softened butter. Do not melt.
  • Eggs should be at room temperature. If refrigerated keep them out for about an hour before baking.
  • Line the muffin tray with paper cake cups. If you don’t have them, grease the  tray with butter and dust with Maida so that the Muffins  come off easily once baked.
  • Preheat at 375 F or 190 C  till it becomes hot.
  • Mash the bananas and butter together without any lumps. Mash the bananas a little before adding the butter it becomes easier to mash.
  • Beat the egg separately with vanilla essence. Do not overbeat.
  • Stir in sugar, beaten egg and milk.
  • Fold the dry ingredients into wet.
  • Stop when they are just moistened otherwise the muffin will turn out to be hard.
  • Slowly fold in the walnuts.
  • Pour this mixture into the paper cake cups and bake at 375 F or 190 C  for about 20 -25 minutes. Time may vary for each oven.
  • Check if the muffin  is baked with a tooth pick. The muffin  is done if it comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and place it on a wire rack and allow to cool.
  • Serve muffins for breakfast or have them with your evening tea.
  • You can substitute walnuts for any nuts of your choice or make it just plain.
  • This recipe makes 12 muffins.