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Vegetarian dishes

Lauki/Sorakaya Pulusu

Chef's Name: 
zainab
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Ingredients: 

 

Indian Bottle Gourd/Sorakaya - 1 small cut into rectangular pieces
 
Onion - 1 small chopped
 
Green chillies - 3 slit lengthwise
 
Dry Red chillies - 2
 
Methi seeds - a pinch
 
Mustard seeds - 1/4rth tsp
 
Cumin seeds - 1/4rth tsp
 
Jaggery/Gud - a small cube/ 1 tbs
 
Turmeric powder - 2 pinches
 
Tamarind paste - 1 tsp
 
Coriander/Dhaniya powder - 1tsp
 
Salt and Chilly powder - to taste
 
Cilantro/Coriander - to garnish
Preparation Time: 
30 min
Preparation Method: 
Heat a deep skillet and add 2 tbs oil. Add mustard seeds and allow them to splutter. Add cumin, chopped onions, methi seeds, green and red chillies and turmeric powder. Mix well.

Add bottle gourd/sorakaya pieces and saute for a minute.

Add tamarind paste and 2 cups of water. Add jaggery. Cover and cook for 7-8 minutes. Stir once-in-a-while.

Remove lid and add salt, chilly powder and dhaniya powder. Simmer for 10 minutes/until sauce starts thickening.

Garnish with Cilantro and serve with steamed Rice.
Recipes: 

PALAK KOFTA KADHI

Chef's Name: 
Zainab Jasdanwala
Ingredients: 
For the palak koftas

1 cup spinach leaves (palak), blanched, drained and chopped

1/4 cup Bengal gram flour (besan)

1/2 teaspoon chilli powder

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)

a pinch soda bi-carbonate

salt to taste

oil for deep frying
For the kadhi

1 cup curds

2 tablespoons Bengal gram flour (besan)

1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)



5 curry leaves

1 onion, sliced

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)

1 tablespoon oil

salt to taste
Preparation Time: 
Cooking Time : 20 mins. Prepartion Time 15 Mins Serves 4
Preparation Method: 
For the palak koftas
1.

Mix the spinach leaves, gram flour, chilli powder, cumin seeds, soda bi-carb and salt in a bowl to get a soft dough.

2.

Mix well, divide into 16 equal portions and shape into even-sized rounds.

3.

Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry the koftas.

4.

Remove and drain on absorbent paper. Keep aside.

For the kadhi
1.

Mix the curds and gram flour in a bowl. Keep aside.

2.

Heat the oil in a saucepan and add the cumin seeds. When they crackle, curry leaves, onion and garlic and saute for 4 to 5 minutes.

3.

Add the curds and gram flour mixture, turmeric powder, salt and 1 cup of water and bring to a boil.

How to proceed
1.

Add the palak koftas to the hot kadhi and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes.

2.

Serve hot with rice.

Recipes: 

BHINDA NI KADHI

Chef's Name: 
Zainab Jasdanwala
Ingredients: 
Ingredients

For the Kadhi

2 cups curds

2 tablespoons Bengal gram flour (besan)

2 cloves

1 stick cinnamon

1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)

2 green chillies, slit

1 teaspoon grated ginger

5 to 6 curry leaves



1 tablespoon oil

sugar to taste

salt to taste
Other ingredients

1 1/2 cups okra (bhindi), cut into 25 mm. pieces

1 tablespoon oil
Preparation Time: 
Cooking Time : 30 min.Prepartion Time 10 Mins Serves 4
Preparation Method: 
Method
1.

Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan, add the okra and cook till tender. Keep aside.

For the kadhi
1.

In a bowl, mix the curds with the gram flour so that no lumps remain.

2.

Heat the oil in a pan, add the cloves, cinnamon and cumin seeds. When the seeds crackle, add the green chillies, grated ginger, curry leaves.

3.

Add the curds and gram flour mixture and about 1 1/2 cups of water and stir continuously till it comes to a boil.

4.

Add the cooked okra and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.

5.

Season with sugar and salt and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes.

6.

Serve hot with khichdi.

Tips
Make sure the okra is dry when you cut it because the presence of any water will make it sticky when it is being cooked.
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Recipes: 

NAWABI CURRY

Chef's Name: 
Zainab Jasdanwala
Ingredients: 
Ingredients

1½ cups tomatoes, chopped

1 cup mixed boiled vegetables

a few strands of saffron (optional)

1 teaspoon sugar

4 tablespoons ghee

salt to taste
To be ground into a paste (for the curry)

1 cup onions, sliced

1 tablespoon cashewnuts

1 tablespoon almonds (optional)

1 tablespoon coriander (dhania) seeds

1 tablespoon cumin seeds (jeera)

1 tablespoon khus-khus ( poppy seeds)

2 teaspoons aniseeds ( saunf)

2 tablespoons fresh coconut, grated

25 mm. (1") piece ginger

2 green chillies

4 red chillies

1 to 2 cardamoms ( elaichi)

2 cloves (laung)

25 mm. (1") piece cinnamon (dalchini)

7 curry leaves
Preparation Time: 
Cooking Time : 20 mins.Prepartion Times 30 Mins
Preparation Method: 
Method
1.

Add 1½ cups of water to the tomatoes and boil for 10 to 12 minutes. When soft, cool and prepare a purée by straining the mixture through a sieve.

2.

Heat the ghee in a pan and sauté the ground paste for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the tomato purée, sugar and salt.

3.

Warm the saffron in a small vessel, add a little milk, rub in until the saffron dissolves and add to the curry.

4.

Add the boiled vegetables and bring it to a boil.

5.

Serve hot.

Recipes: 

PANEER MASOOR PARATHA

Chef's Name: 
Zainab Jasdanwala
Picture: 
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Ingredients: 
For the dough

1/2 cup whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta)

1 tablespoon oil

salt to taste
For the filling

1/2 cup paneer (cottage cheese), crumbled

2 tablespoons whole masoor (whole red lentils), cooked

1 onion, chopped

1 teaspoon grated ginger

1/2 teaspoon chilli powder

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)

1 teaspoon coriander powder

2 tablespoons chopped coriander

1 tablespoon oil

salt to taste
Other Ingredients

oil for cooking
Preparation Time: 
Cooking Time : 45 mins. Prepartion Time 15 Times, Makes 4 Parathas
Preparation Method: 
For the dough
1.

Combine all the ingredients and knead into a soft dough using enough water.

2.

Cover with a wet cloth and keep aside for 10 to 15 minutes.

For the filling
1.

Heat the oil and saute the onion till it turns translucent.

2.

Add the paneer, masoor, ginger, chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, coriander and salt and mix well.

3.

Cool, divide into 4 parts and keep aside.

How to proceed
1.

Divide the dough into 4 equal parts and roll out each portion very thinly into circiles of 250 mm. (10") diameter.

2.

Put one portion of the stuffing in the centre of each paratha and fold all the sides in such a way so as to form a rectangle.

3.

Make a paste using a little flour and water and use this to seal the edges of the paratha.

4.

Place the paratha on a tava (griddle) with the open edge at the bottom. Cook for a few minutes, turn over on the other side and cook again till crispy, using a little oil.

5.

Repeat for the remaining dough and filling to make 3 more parathas.

6.

Serve hot with curds.

Recipes: 

tava pulao.

Chef's Name: 
Dr.Fatema Kudrati
Ingredients: 

3 cups 70% cooked  rice , 1  cup  parially  bolied  vegetables  like  french  beans , carrot  and  peas,  1  capsicum, 2 bay leaves , 1 stick cinnamon, 2-3 cloves, half   tsp  jeera , 2  chopped  onion  and  1  cup  brown  onion, 2 tomotoes  puree, 1 tsp  red  chilly  pwder, 1/2 tsp  haldi, 2 red  chillies  whole, 1  tsp  ginger  garlic  paste  and  salt  to  taste. 1  tsp  butter.

Preparation Time: 
20-30 mins.
Preparation Method: 

First  make  a  paste  of  brown  onion  and  whole  red  chilles.

On  a  tava ,take  little  oil  and   add  jeera  and  whole  garam  masala , onion , capsicum  and  saute  it  properly. Then  add  ginger -  garlic  paste  and  boiled  vegetables. add  the  paste  of  brown  onion  and red  chilly  and  again  saute. Finally  add  red  chilly  pwder, haldi  and  salt. Add  rice  and  mix  it  properly  and  add  1  tsp  butter  from  top  and  cook  on  tava  for  few  mins  and  serve  hot.

Recipes: 

mexican trio

Chef's Name: 
Dr.Fatema Kudrati
Ingredients: 

This  recipe  is  made  up  of  three  layers ...white, red  and  green.

For  white....1tbsp  butter, 1  cup  milk , 1tbsp   wheat  flour. This  is  for  making  white  sauce. I  prefer  wheat  flour  rather  than  maida  and   the  sauce  is  really  good. Salt  to  taste, pepper  pwder, oregano, bolied  pasta  or  macaroni.

For  red... 2-3  tomotoes, 1 tsp  ginger  garlic, 1 tsp red chilly pwdr, salt to taste  and  2  tsp sugar, saoked and  boiled  rajma.

For  green.... 1-2 buch of spinach leaves, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste, 1 tsp green chilly paste  and  salt to taste, 1 tsp fresh cream.

Shredded  cheese  and parseley  for  garnishing.

Preparation Time: 
40-50 mins
Preparation Method: 

To  make  the  white  layer , prepare  the  white  sauce  by  taking  butter  in  pan  and  saute  wheat  flour. Pour  hot  milk   over  it  and  make  fine  paste  like  sauce. Add  salt, oregano  and  pepper  pwder. Finally  add  boiled  macaroni  or  paste. (  you  can  also  add  vegetables  of  your  choices  like  cabbage, carrot,bean etc)

To  make  red  layer, boil  and  make  a  fine  tomato  puree. In  a  pan  take  little  oil  and  add  ginger  garlic  paste. saute. Then  pour  tomoto  puree  and  add  chilly  pwder, salt  and  sugar  and  oregano.Check  for  the  consistency. Then  add  crushed  rajma.

To  make  green  layer, blanch  spinach  and  make  fine  puree. In  a  pan  take  little  oil, add  jeera, ginger  garlic  paste, green  chilly  paste  and  spinach  puree. Add  fresh  cream  and  mix  properly. If  consistency  is  not  thick  then  add  corn  flour  in  it  by  dissolving  in  water.

In  a   baking  tray, pour  the  red  mixture, then  white  and  finally  green. Garnish  with  cheese  and  paresly. Keep  in  oven  for  15- 20  mins  at  150 C  or  till  cheese  melts.

It  is  a  healthy  and  lovely  appetizer  liked  by  my  family.

Recipes: 

Paneer Coconut Curry

Chef's Name: 
Rehana Khambaty
Ingredients: 
250 gms cottage cheese (Paneer) 
3 onion (Pyaj)
4 - 5 cloves garlic (Lasun)
1 " long piece ginger (Adrak)
4 tomato (Tamatar)
coriander leaves (Dhania Patta)
2 fresh red chillies
1/2 tsp cumin Seed (Jeera)
1 tsp coriander seeds powder (Dhania Powder)
1/2 tsp red chili powder (Lal Mirchi)
1/2 tsp sugar
3 tblsp groundnut (Moong Fali) powder
1 cup coconut milk
1 tsp lime or lemon juice (Nimbu)
2 tblsp clarified butter (Ghee)
Preparation Method: 
  • Cut paneer in squares.
  • Grind onions to a paste.
  • Grind tomatoes finely.
  • Grind ginger, garlic to a paste.
  • Chop coriander leaves very finely.
  • Chop fresh red chillies very finely.
  • Roast the groundnuts and grind them to a fine paste.
  • To make coconut milk, grate fresh coconut and mince in a grinder with 1 cup of water. Sieve the mixture and coconut milk is ready.
  • Heat clarified butter in a pan.
  • Add cumin seed, onion and fry till it turns pink, stirring continously.
  • Add the ginger garlic paste and stir it for 1 minute
  • Now add tomato and fresh red chilly.
  • Cook for sometime and then add tomato.
  • Continue cooking it on medium flame till ghee/oil begins to separate.
  • Add coriander seeds powder, red chili powder, salt, sugar, peanuts powder, coconut milk.
  • Add the paneer pieces and let the gravy cook till it thickens.
  • Take off the fire and serve hot garnish it with well chopped coriander leaves.

Recipes: 

Paneer Makahan Curry

Chef's Name: 
Rehana Khambaty
Ingredients: 
2 cup Makhana
250 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer) 
4 Onion (Pyaj)
4 Tomato (Tamatar)
1 " long piece Ginger (Adrak)
4 - 5 cloves Garlic (Lasun)
1/2 cup Cream (Malai)
2 cup Milk
1 tsp Red Chily Powder (Lal Mirchi)
1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi)
1/2 tsp Dried Pudina Leaves
1 cup Cashewnut (Kaju)
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1 tblsp Poppy seeds (Khuskhus)
Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
4 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)

Preparation Method: 
  • Heat clarified butter in a pan.
  • Fry makhana in the ghee.
  • Cut cottage cheese in small pieces.
  • Mince onion, tomato, garlic, ginger.
  • Cut cashewnut in small pieces.
  • Soak poppy seeds in 1/4 cup of water.
  • After 1 hour grind the soaked poppy seeds to a fine paste.
  • Chop coriander leaves very finely.
  • Heat clarified butter in a pan.
  • Add onion, tomato, garlic, ginger paste and brown it, stirring continously.
  • Add poppy seeds and fry for 2 minutes and then turn off the gas.
  • To this mixture add makhana, cottage cheese, cream , salt, red chili pepper, turmeric, dried pudina leaves.
  • Keep this mixture aside for half an hour.
  • After half an hour put the pan on the flame and add milk.
  • When it comes to a boil add 3 cups of water.
  • Simmer it till the makahana are completely done and soft.
  • Then add cashewnuts and garam masala.
  • After 1 minute, put the flame off.
  • Transfer the mixture to a dish and sprinkle some coriander on it.
  • Serve it hot with nan, roti or parantha.

Recipes: 

Dal Dhokli

Chef's Name: 
Rehana Khambaty
Ingredients: 
250 grams tuvar daal
200 grams wheat flour
3 green chilies
3 tbsp green chili paste
50 grams groundnut
25 grams cashewnut,
1 tbsp Turmeric powder
1 tbsp Mustard seeds,3-4 cloves
2 cinnamon, 2 tomatoes
1 tbsp Tamarind 100 grams brown sugar
Salt To Taste
1 tbsp Garam masala
1 tsp Ajama 4-5 tbsp.Oil
2 tbsp Red chili powder asafetida
1/2 cup cilantro leaves
3-4 tbsp. Ghee
Preparation Method: 
  • Shift wheat flour. Add salt, turmeric powder, ajama, red chili powder. Mix well. Add oil and knead the flour to roti like consistency.
  • Wash tuver dal and pressure cook it for three whistles.
  • Cool and remove the dal. Heat oil and ghee in a pot, then put cloves and cinnamon and then add mustard leaves.
  • When they crackle add curry leaves, green chilies and a pinch of asafetida. Pour tover dal.
  • Mix tamarind and brown sugar water, cashew nuts, groundnut, garam masala, red chili powder and mix well.
  • Add tomato pulp, turmeric powder, salt and 2 cups of water. Boil the dal. roll out big rotis and cut them into pieces and add these pieces in boiling dal.
  • Boil for 10 minutes and remove. Serve the dal dhokli warm. Sprinkle cilantro leaves.

Note: Prepare kachori of green peas or of any other vegetable or coconut and add in boiling curry.
Recipes: 

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