Sunday, June 28, 2020

Pumpkin Paratha




Pumpkin Paratha

Pumpkin is a good source of Vitamin A.

Ingredients
2 cups Wheat Flour
1/2 cup Sweet Pumpkin grated
1/2 spoon Red Chilli powder
1/4 inch Ginger finely chopped
2 spoon Coriander Leaves chopped
1/4 spoon Garam Masala powder ( optional)
1/4 spoon Turmeric powder
1/2 spoon Jeera
6 Curry Leaves finely chopped
Oil
Salt

Method
In a mixing bowl, add wheat flour, grated sweet pumpkin, red chilli powder, ginger coriander leaves, garam masala powder, turmeric powder, jeera, curry leaves, salt, mix well  and little water.
Make stiff dough, add 1/2 spoon oil while kneading the dough.
To make paratha, divide the dough into small balls.
Roll into roti size.
Heat tawa on a medium flame and cook paratha on both sides by adding 1/4 spoon oil.
Pumpkin paratha is ready to serve with dal or any sabzi, raitha or butter.

Note
Add little water while making dough, as pumpkin already has water content.
You can add more  grated pumpkin, like 3/4 cup.

Sunday, June 21, 2020


Dosa with Coconut Chutney
Dosa made from Idli batter

Recipe Link For Dosa
https://palateobypushpa.blogspot.com/2018/11/dosa-made-from-idli-batter-recipe-link.html


Chutney - Davangere Butter Dosa Chutney Style

Chutney Recipe

Ingredients
2 cups Freshly Grated Coconut
1 or 2 Green Chillies
1 Cardamom
Salt

Method
Boil 1 cup water in a vessel, add 2 green chillies and cook for 2 minutes.
In a mixer jar, Grind coconut, Green chillies, cardamom and salt into a coarse paste.
Serve coconut chutney with dosa.

Note
You can add green chilli as per your taste.

Friday, June 12, 2020

Jackfruit



Jackfruit
Seasonal Fruit

Various dishes are prepared using jackfruit like papad, chips, kheer etc. Jackfruit is healthy and tasty.

Thursday, June 4, 2020


Chapathi, Cabbage Sabzi, Sambar and Cucumber Slices. ( Rice not in the picture)

Recipe 

Here instead of grated cabbage, I have chopped cabbage for sabzi.


Recipe  For Sambar

Ingredients :
1 cup Toor dal
1/2 cup Methi Leaves chopped
1/2 cup Dill Leaves chopped
6 Jackfruit Seeds
1 Tomato
1/2 Onion
2 cloves Garlic
1 spoon Tamarind extract
Curry leaves
Mustard seeds
Jeera
1/2 spoon jaggery
Asafoetide
Coconut ( grated)
1 spoon Turmeric powder
1 spoon Sambar powder
2 spoons Red Chilli powder
Salt
Oil

Method :
Cook Toor dal, dill leaves, methi leaves, jackfruit seeds and tomato with 1/2 spoon oil in a pressure cooker on a medium flame for 4 whistles.
After cooking is done, make paste of cooked tomato and coconut in a mixer jar.
For seasoning , heat 2 spoons of oil in a vessel on a low flame.
Add mustard seeds, jeera, garlic, onion, curry leaves and pinch of asafoetida.
Now add cooked dal, tomato paste, turmeric powder, sambar powder, red chilli powder,  tamarind extract, jaggery, and salt. Cook for 10 mins on a medium flame and stir well. 
Sambar is ready to serve with rice.

Note
Crush jackfruit seed into 3 - 4 pieces and remove the outer white skin and discard the skin.