Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Green Beans and Egg plant curry



Ingredients:


Eggplant - 2 Medium
Fresh Green Beans - 1 Cup (finely chopped)
Tomato - 1 can
Ginger garlic paste - 1 and 1/2 tsp
Green Chiles - 2
Red chili Powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt to Taste

Tempering:
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Urad Dal - 1/4 tsp
Broken Dried Red Chiles - 3 or 4
Asafoetida - Big Pinch
Curry Leaves - 5
Oil - 2 Tbsps

Procedure:

1. Heat oil in a pan, and make tempering. When mustard seeds start spluttering, add garlic and green chiles. Fry briefly.
2. Add the chopped fresh beans and fry for few minutes.
3. Then stir in chopped eggplant and salt. Fry for few more minutes, stir in chopped tomato and salt.
4. Cook till beans are soft, add red chili powder and garam masala powder. Fry a minute or two and remove from heat.
5. Serve curry with roti.

Onion Kulcha (onion stuffed naan)





Ingredients: 

Maida (all purpose flour) - 3 cups
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/8th tsp
Sugar - 1 tbsp
Salt - as per taste
Oil - 1/4 cup
Yogurt - 1/2 cup

For the Filling:
Onion - 1 (chopped very finely)
Chillies - 2 or 3  slices thinly (or as per taste)
Grated ginger - 1/2 tsp
Cumin - 1/4 tsp
Salt - as per taste

Procedure:

1. Mix all the ingredients for the filling in a bowl until blended and set aside.
2. Mix all the ingredients for the dough, add water if needed to make it into a soft dough.Set aside for at least 1-2 hours. Then divide the dough into small pieces and make rounds of each them. Roll it out into a small circle with the help of a rolling pin, just like you would do with rotis or parathas.
3. Now place little filling in the center of the rolled out dough and bring all the sides up to enclose the filling.
4. Press it down. Now roll it down softly into a circle or oval likea  naan.
5. Heat the oven to 230 C. Place the rolled out naan on the pizza stone/ baking tray and cook it till the surface turns to golden color. (or) Gently roast the both sides of naan in a pan (don't add any oil) then cook the naan directly on the flame. You can also use the griller to make the naan.