Carrot and Peas Veggie ( Gajar Matar Sabzi)

Carrot and Peas is quite a popular sabzi which is made in north India .It's tasty and very easy to make.Hope you give it a try and like it too.

Ingredients :-

1. 200 gms Carrot ( 2 cups of Carrot)
2. 100 gms Peas ( 1 cup Peas)
3. 1/2 cup fresh Coriander leaves
4. 1 tsp grated Ginger
5. 1 green chili finely chopped
6. 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds ( Jeera)
7. 1/4 tsp heeng ( asafotedia)
8. 1/2 tsp coriander powder ( Dhaniya Powder)
9. 1/2 tsp turmeric powder ( haldi powder)
10. 1/2 tsp red chili powder 
11. 1/4 tsp garam masala
12. 1/2 tsp dry mango powder ( amchoor powder)
13. salt as per taste
14. 1/4 cup water
15. 1 tbsp oil

Method :-

1. Wash Carrots and chop it into small pieces, wash coriander leaves and keep it aside.
2. Add oil in a pan , once warm then add cumin seeds, heeng and ginger , saute it for a minute on a slow flame.
3. Add chopped carrots , peas salt and Turmeric powder and saute it for 2 min.
4. Now add water and close it with a lid for 5 minutes.
5. Once cooked add Coriander powder , red chili powder, garam masala and Amchur powder, mix it well .Cook it for 2 minutes.
6. Garnish it with Coriander Leaves.
7. Gajar Matar is ready .
8. Enjoy it with chapatis.

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Masala Bhindi / Lady's finger

INGREDIENTS :-

1. 500 gms lady's finger cut length wise
2. 2 tomatoes - finely chopped
3. 2 big onions - cut length wise
4. 1 spoon ginger paste
5. 1 spoon garlic paste
6. 1/2 tsp of jeera / cumin seeds
7. 2 green chilli chopped length wise1/2 tsp chaat masala
8. Salt as per taste
9. 1 tsp red chili powder
10. coriander - garnishing
11. 4 tbsp of oil

METHOD:-

1. Cut the top and tail of the lady's finger and slit it length wise
2. Heat oil in a wok/ deep frying pan and fry the lady's finger till crisp.
3. Heat a little oil in a pan and add jeera , onion green chilli  and fry till the onion turns crisp brown.
4. Then add ginger paste
5. Add finely chopped tomatoes , chaat masala , salt , red chilli powder and fry.
6. When the tomatoes are properly cooked , add  garlic paste and cook for about 2-3 minutes.
7. Then add the deep fried lady's finger to the above prepared masala and cook for few minutes.
8. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves before serving.

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Healthy Chutney for Dosa's and Idlis

Its been months since I posted any new recipe , finally I decided to post this amazing tangy ,healthy chutney recipe which can be had with Dosas  , Idlis and much more.

Ingredients :-

1. 2 medium size tomatoes
2. 2 medium size onions
3. 100 gms of cilantro / corainder
4. 7-8 pods of garlic
5. 2 spoons of grated ginger 
6. 1 tbsp of oil
7. salt as per taste
8. 10-12 curry leaves

Method :-

1. Wash all the vegetables properly and chop it into big chunks ( as we will make it into a soft paste later using a mixer)
2. Add  oil in a pan and put all the veggies in it.
3. On a medium flame, keep on stirring it frequently so as the veggies don't get burnt .
4. let it get cooked for about 15 minutes.Add salt to this mixture.
5. Now keep it aside for a while and let it cool down . Once done then make a soft paste of the veggies using a mixer.
6. Our healthy tangy chutney is ready to be relished

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Wheat Banana and Dates Bread

I tried baking other breads at home twice before this but it never came out good to post on the blog , I thought of trying once more and this time results were good .My banana bread is not only healthy tasty and sugar free but tastes good as well.The Dates and Banana  which I added in the bread made it sweet hence I added no sugar to it.

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Ingredients :-

1. 2 cups of Wheat Flour
2. 1 cups of mashed Banana
3. 1 tsp of baking powder
4. 1 tbsp of Eno ( Fruit salt)
5. 1/2 tsp of salt
6. 1/2 tsp of Cinnamon powder
7. 7-8 chopped dates
8. 1 tbsp of sesame seeds
9. 1/2 cup water
10. 2 tbsp of Vanilla essence

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 Method :-

1. Mash the banana and keep it aside.
2. De seed the Dates , chop it and keep it aside.
3. Take a bowl to this add Wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon powder, salt  and vanilla essence.Mix it well.
4. Add mashed Banana and Dates to this mixture, give it a stir.
5. Finally add water and Eno to this mixture and mix it well.Your dough would rise a bit by addition of water and eno.
6. The Dough will be a bit hard.Put this in a greased pan and sprinkle sesame seeds on it .bake it for 40-50 minutes till the crust of bread becomes golden brown.
7. Insert a knife at the center and it should come clean.
8. Let it cool completely and then cut it into slices.

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Baked Tomato and Corn Soup

Valentine's day table arrangement at home

A very Happy Valentine's day to all my friends, yesterday was kind of busy day for me .I cooked decorated  the  house and arranged  the table for both of with with little candles in center .When Shivam came home he was so surprised :). I had my part of surprises too with valentine's day gifts .We had a good time taking pictures talking and enjoying our food.

I made this baked Corn tomato soup yesterday along with pasta , kidney bean salad and chocolate cake.I will be posting other recipes soon.

 Baked Tomato and corn soup is creamy and delicious the corn in the soup adds body to the soup so you don't have to add any cream to it .The combination of tomato and corn is just amazing.Give it a try I'm sure you won't have your tomato soup any other way after this :).

I made this soup yesterday along with pasta , kidney bean salad and chocolate cake.I will be posting other recipes soon.

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Ingredients :- 

1. 7- 8 tomatoes
2. 1 cup of corn
3. 5-6 cloves of garlic finely chopped
4. salt 
5. pepper
6. 1 tbsp of oil
7. Cilantro for garnishing
8. 2 green chili finely chopped

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Method :-

1. Cut the tomatoes into halves , drizzle a little oil on the baking plate and place the tomatoes on it with cut side on the top.
2. Drizzle little oil and salt on it and bake it at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes till tomatoes get little blackened.Take it out , let it cool down and then blend it into a puree.
3. Take a cup of corn seeds ( you can either use frozen ones or the fresh ones and cut the corn kernels off the cob ) .blend it into a puree, add little water if required.
4. In a pan add a tbsp of oil , once warm add the chopped garlic and let it simmer for about a minute.Now add both corn and tomato puree to this along with green chili , mix it well .
5. Let it simmer on a low flame for about 15-20 minutes.Add water for desired consistency.
6. Add salt and freshly ground pepper .garnish it with Freshly chopped Cilantro , Serve it Hot.

Valentine's day Deco at home :)

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