Thursday, December 22, 2011

Croquette Sambar

Ingredients:
Oil - 3 - 4 tsp
Onion - 1 small chopped
1/2 tsp of mustard seeds
Curry Leaves - a few
Hing - a pinch

To Cook:
Croquette - 1 big
Toor Dhal - 1/2 cup
Tomato - 1

To Grind :
Grated Cocunut-2 tsp
Samabar powder- 1 tsp
Tamarind - 1/2 tsp. If using regular tamarind, use 1/2 lime size and extract juice from it.
Coriander Leaves chopped - 2 tsp

Method:

Cook the ingredients in the 'To Cook' section in a pressure cooker. Grind the ingredients in the 'To Grind' section to a fine paste.

Now heat oil in a pot. Once the oil is hot, throw in some mustard seeds and curry leaves along with chopped onion. Once the onion is sligthly brown, add the ground mixture and fry for a little while on low heat. Now add the cooked mixture and Hing and boil until cooked.

Serve with hot rice/roti. Makes a yummy sumptuous meal.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Cream of Brocolli Soup

Ingredients:
Brocolli - 1 medium chopped
onions- 1 small
garlic - 2 pods finely chopped
soup stock - 1
pepper - to taste
salt - to taste
milk - optional

Heat some oil in a pan and saute onions and garlic. When onion is slightly brown, add brocolli and saute for 10 mins on medium heat. Now pour 3 glasses of water and soup stock and let it boil until cooked. Now filter the soup and grind to coarse the brocolli mixture. Add the wtare to the ground mixture and boil again with salt and pepper, add milk if desired and serve hot with some garlic bread. Healthy and yummy soup is ready to attack! :-)