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Quick fix: Soya matar (soya nuggets &p peas korma)

Soya bean is rich in protien, and has vitamins and minerals. This recipe takes only 15 minutes to cook and is very delicious. If you have more time you can make it as a smooth korma recipe, if you have less time you can just toss all the vegetables together in a pan and stir fry it. Either way it will be delicious and sumptuous healthy meal.

Ingredients:

  • Soya Nuggets-1/2 Bowl
  • Peas-1/2 Bowl
  • Oil-2 tea-spoon
  • Tomatoes-2 medium-sized
  • Onions 2 big
  • Garlic 10 cloves
  • Ginger – 1 inch
  • Cumin seeds -1/2 tea-spoon
  • Cloves (laung) – 4 in numbers
  • Cinnamon – inch piece
  • Black pepper – 8 in number
  • Poppy seeds – one table-spoon
  • Turmeric – 1/2 teaspoon
  • Coriander powder – 1 tea-spoon full
  • Garam masala powder – 1 tea-spoon
  • Red chilly powder – 1/4 tea-spoon
  • Curd 4 tea-spoon
  • Milk -1/2 cup
Soya Nugget and pae Korma
Slightly out of focus, but super tasty nevertheless. This recipe calls for chopped onion and tomato to give it a chunky feel, if you want you can grind the ingredients for a more smooth korma

Method:

  1. Soak soya nuggets in water for 10 to 15 minutes.
  2. Put little salt and boil green peas and soya nuggets until they become soft, drain extra water and keep it aside.
  3. Make ginger garlic paste. And finely chop onion.
  4. Take a frying pan, heat it on gas flame, put oil in it and heat it.
  5. Put cumin seeds, cloves, black pepper and cinnamon stick to it, stir continuously for 2-3 minutes and add ginger garlic paste to it. Now fry it till golden brown.
  6. Add  finely chopped onion and stir continuously, cook it till it becomes golden brown.
  7. Now add turmeric, salt and garam masala powder to it.
  8. Stir it continuously and cook it in medium flame (you can add water if the mixture becomes very dry).
  9. Cook it for 3 to 4 minutes now add chopped tomatoes and cook it till they become soft.
  10. Now add green peas and soya nuggets to it. Cook it for 5-6 minutes in medium flame, until done. Stir continuously to avoid burning.
  11. Your korma is ready. Serve it with chapati, puri or rice.

If you want to add more flavour: After step 10 add curd and stir continuously to avoid curding. Now add milk to make it saucy. Cook it for 2-3 minutes.

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Quick summer fix: Dahi ke aloo recipe

This is a simple summer recipe. Light on stomach and tangy in taste. It is also known as mathe ke aloo. It takes only ten minutes to prepare.

Ingredients:

  1. Heeng/ asafoetida: Pinch
  2. Cumin seeds: 1/4 tspoon
  3. Matha/Diluted curd: 2 cups
  4. Turmeric: 1/2 tspoon
  5. Ghee: 1 tspoon
  6. Black salt
  7. Roasted & ground cumin seeds
  8. White salt
  9. Crushed dried red chillies
  10. 1 potato boiled and diced

Items 6 to 9 will be to taste

Method:

  1. Stir curd or mattha till it gets smooth.
  2. Mix turmeric and items 6 to 9 in it and mix properly.
  3. Put a pan on gas stove , pour ghee and let it heat.
  4. Put cumin seeds, let it crackle and pour curd mixture in it. Stir continuously to till it starts boiling.
  5. Add the potato in it.
  6. Cook it for 4-5 minutes.

Serve hot with rice

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Summer fix: How to make palak raita

Palak raita is easy to make, rich in minerals and light on stomach. You can have it with rice or parantha or also use it as dip with kebabs and pakodas.

Try this simple recipe

Ingredients:

Spinach leaves: 100 gms
Curd: 250 gms
Black Salt: 1/2 tea spoon
Roasted & ground cumin seeds: 1/2 teaspoon
Green chillies: 2, chopped
Red chilly powder: To taste

Method:

  • Boil  and grind palak in smooth paste.
  • Beat curd till its softens.
  • Add salt, cumin seed powder, black salt, white and chilly powder to curd.
  • Add palak paste to curd and mix well.
  • Your raita is ready.
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