Vegetable Jalfraize

 Vegetable Jalfraize 

Ingredients

Carrot – 1

Potato – 1

Beans – ½ cup

Peace – ½ cup

Chopped cabbage – 1 cup

Onion – ½

Salt – As required

Sugar – ½ tsp

Fresh cream – 2 tbsp

Cinnamon – ½ inch

Cardamom – 2

Oil – 3 tbsp

Coriander leaves for garnishing

For grinding:

Onion – ½

Tomato – 1

Cashews – 8-10

Poppy seeds – 1 tsp

Green chillies – 3

Garlic and ginger paste – 1 tsp

Procedure

1. Cut all the vegetables into small pieces.
2. Cook all vegetables except peas and onion and keep aside.
3. Roast poppy seeds and green chillies in little oil.
4. Grind it along with all other grinding ingredients.
5. Heat oil in a pan.
6. Fry cinnamon, cardamoms followed by onions and fry till translucent.
7. Add ground paste and fry for few minutes.
8. Add all cooked vegetables, salt and little sugar.
9. Pour required water to make it into a thick gravy and cook till done.
10. Just before turning off, add fresh cream and simmer for 2 minutes.
11. Garnish with finely cut coriander leaves. (Serve hot with chapathis or parathas)

Bread Kofta Curry

Bread Kofta Curry

Today I am presenting fried bread and potato dumplings in spicy tomato onion curry.

Ingredients

For the koftas:

Bread slices – 3

Potato – 1

Salt – As required

Green chillies – 2

Chilly powder – 1 tsp

For the gravy:

Tomatoes – 4

Onion – 1

Chilly powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Yoghurt/Curd – 1 tbsp

Oil – 3 tbsp

Coriander leaves for garnishing.

For grinding:

Onion – 2 tbsp

Garlic pods – 3

Ginger – A small piece

Garam masala powder – 1 tsp

Procedure

1. For making the koftas, pressure cook potato, peel and mash nicely.
2. Soak bread in little water and squeeze out water from the slices.
3. Mix together mash potatoes and bread by adding salt, green chillies and chilly powder.
4. Heat oil in a pan.
5. Make small balls from the prepared bread and mashed potato dough, flatten a little bit and fry till golden brown.
6. For making the gravy, heat oil in a pan
7. Add chopped onions and fry till translucent.
8. Add ground masala and fry till oil separates.
9. Add yoghurt and fry for a while.
10. Add chilly powder and turmeric powder and fry for another minute.
11. Add tomatoes.
12. After a while, add about one cup of water and boil till the gravy becomes thick
13. Add prepared koftas just before serving.
14. Garnish with finely cut coriander leaves.