Bengal Gram Rasam

                                                                                

Ingredients For Rasam:

• Boiled water of Bengal Gram - 1 cup
• Water - 1/2 cup
• Rasam powder - 1 spoon
• Chilly powder - 1/2 spoon
• Salt - To taste
• Turmeric Powder - A generous pinch
• Tamarind - A small piece (1 inch)
• Chopped Tomato - 1 

To Temper:

• Mustard seeds - 1/4 th spoon
• Jeera - 1/4th spoon
• Curry Leaves - 5 to 6
• Garlic cloves - 2
• oil - 2 spoons
• Pepper powder - A generous pinch
• Hing - A generous pinch

PROCEDURE :

1. Take a bowl add all the ingredients under Ingredients for Rasam and boil it until water bubbles started. Roughly boil for 15 minutes.

                                                                            

2. Take pan add oil when it became hot add things under Temper. When it starts spluttering add boiled Rasam and off the stove. 

                                                                               

Potato stir fry

                 

                                                                             

Aloo is all time favorite vegetable for my husband. He loves to eat any variety prepared with Aloo. This is one among them. And this tastes good with both rice & chapathi.. I enjoyed my meal with potato and Black-gram Rasam.

INGREDIENTS :

Boiled Potatoes - 3 Medium sized
Onion - 1 Medium sized
Salt - To taste
Chilly powder - 1/2 spoon
Turmeric - A generous pinch

TO TEMPER :

Mustard seeds - 1/4 spoon
Jeera - 1/4 spoon
Curry Leaves - 3 to 5
Chanadal - 1/2 spoon
Uraddal - 1/2 spoon
Garlic - 1 mashed

PROCEDURE:

1. Take a pan pour 2 spoons of oil when it became hot add thing under Temper and wait until it starts spluttering. Add chopped onions and fry until it became golden brown color. Then goes this boiled potatoes chopped.

                                                                             

2. Add salt and turmeric and fry for 2 minutes. Then add chilly powder. Mix evenly and off the stove.

                                                                               

Tomato Egg Masala

                                                                             

INGREDIENTS:

Eggs - 2 /3 Boiled
Tomatoes - 2 Medium sized
Onions - 1 Medium sized
Turmeric - A generous pinch
Salt - To taste
Chilly powder - Half spoon
Garam Masala - 1/2 spoon
Ginger Garlic - 2 spoons
Bay leaf - 1
Cloves -3
Cinnamon - 1 inch
Jeera - 1/4 spoon

PROCEDURE :

1.  Take a pan add oil when it became hot add Bay leaf, Cloves , Cinnamon & jeera fry for a minute. Add ginger garlic paste and stir it. Then goes onions fry until golden brown color. Add Tomatoes and cook until it starts leaving water.

                                                                               

2. Add salt and turmeric and also add a cup of water. And let it cook until tomatoes were fully cooked. Then add boiled eggs and cook for a minute. Add Garam Masala and chilly powder mix evenly and off the stove.

                                                                                 

NOTE :
1. Don't forget to silt eggs with knife. 

Pointed Gourd curry

                                                                               

I never brought pointed gourd before. After coming here I just saw them in Indian store and I tried out my own. I just waiting for positive response from my Hus. He told it is tasty and good. Coming to the recipe

INGREDIENTS:

Pointed Gourd- 3
Tomato - 1
Onion - 1 Medium sized
Turmeric - A generous pinch
Salt - To taste
Chilly powder - 1/2 spoon

TO TEMPER:

Oil - 3 spoons
Chanadal - 1/2 spoon
Jeera - 1/4 spoon
Mustard seeds - 1/4 spoon
Curry Leaves - 3 to 5
Dried chilies - 1
Hing - A pinch
Garlic clove - 1 Mashed

PROCEDURE:

1. Peel out the skin and seeds inside the pointed gourd. Take a pan add oil. When oil became hot add things under the temper table. When it starts spluttering add chopped onions and pointed gourd fry for 2 minutes. Add turmeric and salt.

                                                                               

2.  Then add chopped tomatoes. Cook until tomatoes starts leaving water. In between add a small cup of water to avoid stickiness. when tomatoes well cooked add chilly powder and off the stove.