Thursday, February 28, 2013

Today's Lunch - Kasoori Dal & Red Mooli ki Subzi

A simple food today afternoon was something on mind. So ended up making the two delicacies below. Sorry forgot to click any pictures and now its all gone while I write this post.

So here goes the recipe:-


Kasoori Dal
Ingredients:-
  1. Toovar Dal - 1 cup
  2. Tomato - 1 medium size
  3. Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
  4. Haldi powder - 1/2 tsp
  5. Pinch of hing
  6. Kasoori methi - 1 tsp
  7. Cumin seeds  - 1/2 tsp
  8. Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
  9. Oil - 1 tbsp
  10. Sugar - 1/2 tsp
  11. Lemon juice - 1/2 lemon
  12. Salt - As per taste
Method:-
  1. Wash dal and pressure cook it with haldi, red chilli and dice tomatoes.
  2. After pressure cooker has cooled down mash the dal a bit with back of the ladle or big spoon.
  3. To give tadka add oil to the pan. After oil has become hot add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, hing and crushed kasoori methi.
  4. Add Dal to this tadka.
  5. Add sugar and salt and lemon juice.
  6. Bring it to one boil and it is done.
Red Mooli - Mutter Sabzi
Ingredients:-
  1. Red Mooli - 1 packet
  2. Green Peas/Mutter - 1/2 cup
  3. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
  4. Green Chillies - 4-5 nos.
  5. Black Pepper crushed - 1/2 tsp
  6. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
  7. Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
  8. Garlic cloves - 3-4 nos.
  9. Hing- Pinch
  10. Oil - 1 tbsp
  11. Sugar - 1/2 tsp
  12. Maize/ Maika ka Atta - 1 tbsp
  13. Curd/Yoghurt - 1 tbsp
  14. Salt as per taste.
Method:-
  1. Wash and cut the Moolis first lengthwise and then breadth wise to get match sticks like shape.
  2. Take oil in a kadai or heavy bottom pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and hing.
  3. When seeds splutter add garlic cloves and green chillies. Fry it for a 30 secs roughly.
  4. Add cut mooli and green peas. Stir it for 10 -20 secs and then add turmeric, black pepper powder, salt and sugar.
  5. Stir it and then cover it for 7-8 mins. The mooli will release water so don't add any water.
  6. In the meantime make a paste of Maika ka Atta and curd. Add it to the vegetable and give it a nice stir
  7. Let it cook till oil starts leaving pan and Maika a Atta is cooked.
Note:- The above combination goes very well with Rotis as well as Rice.

Hope you enjoy relishing it :)

Happy Cooking!!!!!
-Namita





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