Month: July 2019

Ingredients:

• Chicken pieces
• grated onion
• ginger paste
• garlic paste
• tomato
• curd
• lime
• few mint leaves
• turmeric
• chilli
• garam masala powder
• pach foran
• hing
• little dry red chilli
• cooking oil
• little mustard oil ( if possible )

Cooking Method:

Heat some oil in a vessel, saute grated onion till light brown in colour. Add ginger, garlic paste and saute again in low flame. Add finely cut tomato and a little salt, water. Boil, cover and cook in low flame for 5 min. With spoon ,mash the mixture well.

Add some slightly beaten curd, turmeric, chilli ,garam masala powder,chicken pieces enough salt and little water. Stir in low flame for some time. Bring the mixture to a boil, cover and cook till the chicken is tender. (25 or 30 mins)

Open the lid. Add few cut mint leaves. In a separate small vessel heat some mustard oil ( use normal oil if mustard oil is not available). To this add a small piece of dry red chilli, pinch of hing, and some pach foran. Saute well , then add this to the above chicken preparation.

Add little lime juice , mix ,cover and keep covered for some time so that the aroma is retained. This is a semi dry prep which can be had with rice or bread.

Ingredients :

• Yellow mug dal
• cumin or pach foran seeds
• bay leaf
• small piece dry red chilli
• ginger paste
• turmeric powder
• some cabbage and/or peas
• salt
• pinch of sugar or sugar free
• oil
• little butter

Cooking Method:

Heat a little oil in a vessel. Add cumin or pach foran seeds, bay leaf, dry red chilli, little ginger paste and saute in low flame.

Add washed mug dal, turmeric powder, salt , sugar or sugar free and appropriate quantity of water. Bring to a boil. Cover and cook in low flame till the dal is cooked.

Cut some cabbage in cubes. Boil the cabbage and or some green peas in water with a little salt for about 10 mins. After the dal is cooked, add the boiled vegetables to the dal and a little butter. Mix and serve with rice or bread.