Veg Tawa Masala

Ingredients:

Onion (2) (pureed)
Tomato (2 small) (pureed)
Paneer (1 small bowl)
Capsicum (1) (roughly chopped)
Potato (1) (roughly chopped)
Cabbage (1 small bowl) (roughly chopped)
Green Peas (1 small bowl) (roughly chopped)
Cauliflower (1 small bowl) (roughly chopped)
Ginger garlic paste (2tbsp)
Red chilli powder (2tbsp)
Turmeric powder (½tsp)
Coriander powder (1tbsp)
Garam masala (½tsp)
Coriander (for garnish)
Salt (for taste)
Oil (3 tbsp)

Method:

1. Steam all the vegetables for 10 mins before cooking.
2. Heat 3 tbsp oil in a wok.
3. Add the onion and tomato puree and turmeric powder sauté for 5 mins.
4. Add the Ginger garlic paste, Red chilli, Turmeric powder, Coriander powder, Garam masala, little Coriander and Salt. Cook well till the oil starts separating.
5. Add the vegetables and mix well.
6. Cover with a lid and cook for 5 mins, check the vegetables should be well cooked. Remove the lid and cook on high flame for 2 mins to get the crispiness. Don’t cook for long on high flame or you might get a charred flavour.
7. Garnish with some Coriander.
8. Serve hot with paratha or roti!!

Vegetable Rockers

Ingredients:
brinjal (bada baigan)(1 big)
Capsicum (1) 
Potatoes (2 medium) (boiled and grated)
Paneer(grated)(100 gms)
Green chillies (6-7)
Roasted cumin powder (zeera powder) (1 tbsp)
Red chilli powder (1 tbsp)
Chaat masala (1 tbsp) 
white sesame seeds (Til) (2 tbsp)
Coriander (finely chopped) (1 tbsp)
Lemon juice (2 tbsp)
Oil 
Salt
  
Method:

1. Cut the brinjal and capsicum (you may use any other vegetable of your choice such as cucumber or torayi) in slices and remove the central part. (as shown in d picture). 
2. Apply some red chilli powder and chaat masala to the vegetable and keep aside.
3. Mix the potatoes, paneer, green chillies , zeera powder, sesame seeds, coriander, lemon juice, salt, chaat masala and red chilli powder.
4. Fill in the vegetables with the potato and paneer mixture. Drizzle some oil on a non-stick pan and fry the vegetable rockers on both side till crispy brown on both sides.
5. After pan frying bake in the oven for 5-6 mins.
6. Serve hot with a cold dahi dip or with a tomato chutney.

American chopsuey

Ingredients for sauce: 

Mixed vegetables (1 onions, 1 Capsicum, ½  cup cabbage, 5-6 French beans and ½ carrot) (roughly chopped)

Baby corn or sweet corn (½ cup)

Vinegar (1 tbspn)

Soya sauce (2 tbspns)

Red Chilly sauce (1 ½ tbspns)

Tomato sauce (3 tbspns)

Black pepper (1 tspn)

Sugar (1 ½ tbspns)

Corn flour (2 tbspns)

1 ½ corn flour combined in 1 cup water

Salt

Oil

Ingredients for fried noodles: 

2 cups boiled noodles, drained and dried on a kitchen towel, sprinkle 1 tbsp of corn flour and mix.

Oil for deep frying.

Method:

1. Boil the carrot, French beans and corn for two minutes just to cook them a bit before we start cooking drain the water and keep the vegetables aside.
2. Heat some oil in a wok and sauté the onions. Add the capsicum, cabbage, and the boiled vegetables and sauté for 5 mins.
3. Add the vinegar, soya sauce, tomato sauce, chilly sauce, black pepper, salt and sugar. Mix properly and add 1 ½  cup water cook for 5-7 mins.
4. Add the corn flour along with water and go on stirring continuously till it thickens slightly and coats the vegetables. Remove from heat and keep aside.
5. To prepare fried noodles, heat oil for deep frying in a vessel. Once hot, reduce flame to medium and place around 2 cups of noodles and cook till it turns golden brown. Remove onto absorbent paper and repeat with rest of the noodles.
6. To serve, place the fried noodles on a plate. Ladle the vegetables over the bed of fried noodles and top with a bull’s eye (fried egg).
7. enjoy!!

Schezuan Mix vegetables and corn pakoraz

Vegetables and corn pakora a perfect evening snack!!

Ingredients:

Mix vegetables (Onion, Capsicum, cabbage) (1 bowl) (sliced)
Corn (boiled) (½ bowl)
Besan (gram flour) (2 big spoons, 3 big spoons if needed, you don’t want to completely cover the vegetables we just need the flour to bind the vegetable together)
Schezuan sauce (3 tbsp)
Chaat masala (2 tsp)
Zeera (cumin) (1 tsp)
Lemon juice (1 tbsp)
Salt
Oil

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients.
2. Heat a non-stick frying pan and drizzle little oil, make small patty's of any shape you like and fry the patty's from all sides till golden brown.
3. Serve hot!!

Roasted capsicum salad with wheat

This is one delicious salad. Made with roasted capsicum and boiled wheat, it can be served with a variety of dishes like kebabs.

Ingredients:

Onion (1) (sliced)
Capsicum (1 roasted and 1 raw) (sliced)
Tomato (½ ) (sliced)
Wheat (soaked overnight and boiled) (3 tbsp)
Molasses syrup (2 tsp) (alternatively you can use sugar syrup or kaakvi or golden syrup)
Vinegar (1 tsp)
Lemon juice (1 tbsp)
Salt

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients and let it rest for 15 mins.
2. Serve and enjoy!!:)

Ayran

Ayran is a Turkish soup made basically from yogurt, it is very refreshing healthy and yummy; unlike the traditional soups Ayran is served chilled. It is my comfort food. I love it! Hope you’ll will like it too !!

Ingredients:

Yogurt (1 cup)
Vegetable stock (1½ cup) (make sure your stock has a little bit of heat to it)
Chick peas (soaked overnight and boiled) (½ cup)
Wheat (soaked overnight and boiled) (½ cup)
Mint (a good bunch) (finely chopped)
Sugar (½ tbsp)
Salt

Method:

1. Beat the curd until smooth.
2. Mix the vegetable stock, chick peas, wheat, mint sugar, salt and yogurt well.
3. Keep in the freezer for a while and serve chilled. Enjoy!!

cheese and chips

Cheese and chips! who doesn't love this??????

Ingredients:

Medium potatoes (4) (unpeeled)
Oregano (dried) (1tbsp)
Red chilli flakes (1tbsp)
Lemon juice (1tbsp)
Tomato salsa (2 tbsp)
Cheese (1 small bowl) (grated)
Salt
oil

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Wash the potatoes and cut wedges.
2. Mix the oil, oregano, chilli flakes and salt together in a bowl and toss the wedges into it so that the seasoning coats them.
3. Place the potato wedges on a baking tray and bake uncovered for 20-30 min or till the potatoes are cooked and browned.
4. Transfer the potato wedges into another microwave safe dish and spread some tomato salsa and cheese on top of the wedges.
5. Microwave till the cheese melts and serve hot!!