Chapati with Beetroot Stir Fry and Tindora Sabzi

 Chapati with Beetroot Stir Fry and Tindora Sabzi 

Recipe for Beetroot Stir Fry

Ingredients

2 Beetroot grated - Medium size

1 Onion chopped

2 Green Chillies chopped

4 Curry Leaves chopped

1 spoon Coriander Leaves chopped

1/2 spoon Mustard seeds

1 spoon Turmeric Powder

2 spoons Oil

Salt

Method:

Heat oil in a pan on a medium flame, add mustard seeds, onion, green chillies, curry leaves, turmeric powder  and saute well.

Add grated beetroot, coriander leaves, salt and mix well and cook for 10 minutes and turn off the flame.

Serve beetroot stir fry with chapathi or rice.

Note

Beetroot already has water content, you need not add extra water while cooking.

Recipe for Tindora Sabzi

Cornflakes Mixture

Cornflakes Mixture

Evening Snacks

Ingredients

3 cups Cornflakes

3/4 cup Groundnuts

3/4 cup Roasted Channa Dal

10 Curry Leaves

1/4 spoon Red Chilli Powder

Salt as per taste

Oil for frying

Method

Heat  sufficient oil in a kadai, take a handful of cornflakes and fry in the oil on a low medium flame.

Transfer it to a large mixing bowl.

Fry groundnuts, roasted channa dal and curry leaves separately.

Mix fried cornflakes, groundnuts, roasted channa dal, curry leaves, red chilli powder and salt.

Allow it to cool and store in an airtight container.

Cornflakes mixture is ready to serve with hot cup of tea or coffee.

Tips

You can even fry cashewnuts and add to the mixture.

Corn

 Cornflakes and Corn Kernels

Using corn kernels,  I have shared recipe on how to make popcorn at home. Please check for the recipe.

Malabar Parota with Ridgegourd Sabzi

Malabar Parota with Ridgegourd Sabzi

Ingredients :

2 cups Maida/ Refined Flour
Salt
Oil

Method :
In a bowl, make dough by adding refined flour, salt and water.
Add 1 spoon oil while kneading the dough.
Divide into small portions, roll into chapati/ roti size.
Spread oil/ ghee on roti and start folding from one side and make pleats.
Roll in a circular shape as shown in picture.
Make parathas and cook them on heated tawa on a medium flame both sides and add 1 spoon oil.
Malabar parota is ready to serve with Sabzi.

Note

More oil is used while making parota, here I used less oil.

Beetroot Roti

 Beetroot Roti

Ingredients

2 cups Wheat Flour 

1 cup Grated Beetroot 

Salt

Method 

Peel the skin of beetroot and grate it.

Add grated beetroot to the wheat flour with salt. Combine well and make dough. 

Heat tawa, make small balls from the dough and roll into roti size. Cook on tawa with 2 spoons oil, both sides on a medium flame.

Serve hot roti with Raitha or Chutney. 

Tips

You can add 1/2 spoon Red Chilli powder and jeera. 

Baking Tools

 Baking Tools

 For Beginners

Measuring Cups 

Measuring Spoons 

Silicone Baking Cups 

Microwave safe Bowl ( corelle brand) 

Loaf Pan 

Baking is a science which requires right measurements. Silicon cups helps to demould cupcakes easily. 

For cookies, I used multi cook tawa which we get with microwave oven.

These tools helped me bake cupcakes, cookies, loaf cake etc. Do check for the recipes in the blog.

Ganesha Chaturthi Special

 Ganesha Chaturthi Special

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