Cauliflower Curry

Cauliflower is my favourite veg item.It has various food qualities.Different dish can be made with it.But Ilike most the item,"cauli flower curry".Its preparation is so easy that one can make it at any time he/she likes.It is a veg. preparation.You can have it with rice ,roti or paratha whatever you like.

  Ingredients:

• cauliflower-small size
• potato- 250gm.
• tomato-one small size
• peas-100gm
• ginger-5gm
• cumin powder-3&1/2 teaspoons
• turmeric powder-1&1/2 teaspoons
• mixture powder of cardamom,cloves&cinnamon-2 teaspoons
• bay leaves2/3 pieces
• salt & sugar - as required
• cumin seeds-a little
• ghee-1 teaspoon
• oil 200 gm.
• green chilly according to taste & corriender leaves.

Preparation:
1. Heat the oil in a pan.
2. Pour the cleaned cauliflower into the oil & fry lightly.
3. Now keep the fried cauliflower aside in a bowl or dish.
4. Add bay leaves & cumin seeds into the oil.
5. Put the cleaned potato pieces, tomato pieces and peas into the hot oil & stir it.
6. Now add ginger paste, cumin powder & turmeric powder one after another keeping 2 minutes'gap each  time.
7. Stir it well in light flame adding salt & sugar and green chilly.
8. Now pour water into the pan & let it boil for 4/5 minutes in light flame.
9. Put the fried cauli flowers into the pan &let it cook for 2/3 minutes.
10. Now add the mixture powder of cardamom,cloves & cinnamon and the ghee & corriender leaves to this         preparation and cover it for 3 minures.
11. Cauliflower curry dish is now ready to be served.

Papad Dalna

We, all are acquainted with fried papad. But when this papad is used in making curry, it tastes really nice. Papad dalna is a veg. item which I like very much. When you have no vegetable at your home, you just make this preparation. I am sure you must thank me for this item. You may better taste it with rice than roti or paratha. It is a favourite item of mine

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Ingredients:

• Papad  7/8 pieces
• Potato pieces (250gm)
• Ginger paste (smal two pieces)
• Cumin dust (three teaspoons)
• Turmeric powder(one&half teaspoons)
• Powder of mixture of cardamon,cloves & cinnamon(one teaspoon)
• Salt & sugar (as required)
• Bay leaves (2 pieces)
• Ghee or clarified butter

           

Preparation:
1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Lightly fry the papad & keep these aside.
3. Again pour oil in the pan make it hot.
4. Add bay leaves & little cumin seeds to the oil.
5. Now pour the potato pieces into it & stir it well.
6. After 2-3 minutes, when potatoes will be lightly fried, add ginger paste to it & stir well.
7. Now make a mixture of cumin & turmeric powder& add these to the fried potato & stir well in light flame.
8. Add salt &sugar as required & stir it.
9. After two minutes pour 3 cups of water & let it boil for 5 minutes.
10. When the potatoes will be boiled well, add the papad pieces to it
11. Add ghee & the mixture of cardamon,cloves & cinnamon & cover it for 3 minutes.
12. Now uncover the lid & take a sniff of the preparation.I'm sure u must say "wow".