Lunch Menu
Simple and delicious meal 🥘
☘️cauliflower potato sabji
☘️rawplantain kari with Flavors of ginger pepper and green chillies Tempering with coconut oil
☘️phulkas
Ingredients:
2 cups of cauliflower florets cut not too fine
1/ 2 cup of peeld cubed potatoes
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp of ginger garlic paste ( optional)
2 green chillies slit
Some freshly chopped coriander leaves
salt to taste
pinch of asafoetida powder/hing
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder or crushed coriander seeds
1/2 to 1 tsp of chilli flakes.
2 tsp oil.
2 tsp of fresh lime juice if preferred.Perks up the dish a lot though!
Method:
Take a pan and put some oil, let it heat and then add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
After the mustard seeds crackle add the ginger garlic paste, green chillies and then add both the cauliflower and cubed potatoes. Sprinkle some water to help the cauliflower cook slightly and not mushy.
The florets should retain the crunch lightly and add the salt and other spices one by one.Cover and cook for 5 minutes.This can be stir fried too and goes well with rotis and rice.
Variations
You can add some mixed veggies like green peas , carrots , beans wiht the same spices and you get a nice bowl of color ful dish.Colorful bell peppers may also be added and just your your own imagination.
Ingredients:
2 medium sized raw green plantains
1 tsp turmeric powder
1tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 green chilli, 1/2 tsp asafoetida/hing powder
2 red dry chillies
1 tsp spilt udad dal
2 tsp coconut oil/cooking oil
salt to taste
1/2 tsp pepper powder
some grated ginger.
Method:
Peel the raw plantains and cube them to small pieces and keep them in water to prevent blackening .
Put coconut oil in a broad pan and heat it to splutter the mustard and spilt udad dal seeds. Add the dry red chillies. and the cubed plantains . add spice powders like pepper powder, ginger , stir well. Add the turmeric powder,salt,asafoetida powder little pepper powder and little water enough to cook the plantains.
Optional
As the raw plantains cook very quickly,check to see if done and just before taking off from the gas stove,stir in the coarse grated coconut over the vegetable.Garnish with sprigs of curry leaves.Goes well with rice,moor kootan.
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