Sunday, March 29, 2015

Sev Usal

Sev Usal


Pre-preparation time: 10 Minutes
Cooking time: 20 Minutes

Ingredients

Dry green peas: 100 grams
Finely chopped onion: 2 nos
Finely chopped tomatoes: 2 nos
Green chilly and garlic paste: 2 to 3 Tbspn
Curry leaves: 6 to 7
Coriander Leaves: 1 Tbspn
Oil: 3 Tbspn
Red chilly powder: 1  to 2 Tbspn
Turmeric Powder: 1/2 tspn
Mustered seeds: 1 tspn
Asafoetida (Hing): Pinch
Garlic and red chilly paste: 1 Tbspn
Lemon Juice: 2 Tbspn
Garam masala: 1to 2 tspn
salt to taste

Sev as required
Finely chopped spring Onion: 4 Tbspn
Bun(Pav) to serve
Lemon as required

Method

Soak dry green peas in hot water for 6 to 7 hours, Pressure cook them until 4 to 5 Whistles. 

In a pan, take oil, add mustered seeds, pinch of asafoetida, curry leaves, green chilly and garlic paste, finely chopped onion and saute till it becomes translucent then add finely chopped tomatoes and again saute.

Add salt, red chilly powder, turmeric powder and mix it altogether.

In a pan, take boiled green peas and add this sauted mixture into it and also add necessary spices as per taste and shimmer it for 10 - 15 minutes.

Add Lemon juice and coriander leaves to it.

Usal is ready.


For Tarry (Garlic, Red chilly gravy)

In a pan, heat 2 Tbspn Oil and add Red Chilly & Garlic Paste to it and let it shimmer for a while.
Add 1 cup of water to it and let it shimmer for 4-5 minutes. Tarry is ready.

In a serving bowl, take Usal garnish it with a tspn of Tarry.

Serve with sev, spring onion, lemon and Pav.


Enjoy !!!





Sunday, March 22, 2015

Corn Apple salad


Corn Apple Salad




Preparation time: 5 minutes
Pre preparation time: 5 minutes

Ingredient
Boiled American corn: 1 Cup
Finely Chopped apple: 1 Cup
Pomegranate: 3 Tbspn
Olives: 10 no
Olive Oil: 1 Tbspn
Crushed Black Paper: 1/2 Tspn
Black Salt: 1/2 Tspn
Lemon juice: 1 Tspn
Salt to Taste
Coriander for Garnishing
Method

In a bowl take olive oil. 

Add crushed black paper, black salt, lemon juice, salt and mix well and keep aside for 5 minutes.

In another mixing bowl, take boiled American corn, chopped apple, chopped olives and pomegranate. 

Now add this mixture to the previous mixture.

Mix well...

Put that in a refrigerator for almost 10 - 15 minutes.

Serve it Chilled !!!