Eggplant Dahi

Ingredients
1 big eggplant cut into 1 inch slices
1 ½ cup yogurt
2 tbs besan
½ tbs turmeric powder
½ tbs paprika or red chilli powder
½ tbs mustard seeds
1 inch ginger chopped finely
2 green chilli chopped finely
2 dry red chilli
A pinch of hing
Coriander leaves to garnish
Salt as per taste
4 tbs oil

Method:
1) Take the eggplant pieces in a bowl and mix salt and turmeric powder properly.
2) Heat 2 tbs oil in a flat frying pan and fry all the eggplant pieces, and keep it aside and let it cool down.
3) Take yogurt in a bowl and mix it properly so that there should not be any lump. In a small bowl mix the besan, salt, turmeric , paprika with few spoon of water. Add this to the yogurt and mix it and add ½ cup of water and mix it properly.
4)Heat 1 tbs oil in a frying pan and add the hing and then yogurt mix, keep stirring so that it will not stick to the bottom, as soon as it start boiling, remove from heat and mix all the fried eggplant add chopped coriander.
5)Heat 1 tbs of oil and put the mustard seeds and whole red chilli, when mustard seeds finish popping add chopped ginger and green chilli and fry till the ginger turns nice brown color.
6)Add the popped mustard and everything on the yogurt and mix it properly and your Eggplant Yogurt is ready to serve with your choice or Rice or Roti.

Aachari Mushroom

Ingredients:

Button mushrooms, 8-10, sliced
1 medium red potato cut like French fry
2 medium onions, finely chopped
5-7 green chilli chopped
¼ tbs turmeric powder
½ tbs paprika powder
¼ tbs black pepper powder
½ tbs cumin powder
2 tbs lemon juice
Salt as per taste
5-7 tbs oil

Method:
1) Take a bowl add the sliced mushroom, chopped onion, chopped green chilli, turmeric powder, paprika powder, crushed black pepper, cumin powder, salt, lemon juice, 3 tbs oil and mix it properly and leave it for 20-25 minutes.
2) Heat 4 tbs oil in a frying pan and fry the marinade mushroom and chopped potatoes for about 10-15 minutes. You may cover the lid in between and stir in between so it will get cook from all sides. 3)Aachari Mushroom is ready to serve hot with your choice of rice or roti.

Malai Mushroom

Ingredients:

Button mushrooms, 15, cut into 4 pieces
2 large onions, sliced
10 cashews
1 green chilli
2 red chilli
3 green cardamoms
3 cloves
1 inch cinnamon stick
6-8 black pepper
1 bay leaf
¼ tbs turmeric powder
1 tbs red chilli powder
½ cup yogurt
2 tbs coriander powder
1/2 tbs cumin powder
1 tbs garam masala (optional)
Salt as per taste
3 tbs fresh cream (optional)
¼ cup of oil


Method:
1) Heat 4-5 tbs oil in a frying pan and fry the sliced onions till it gets good brown color. Let it cool and grind with 2 red chilli and few tbs of water to a smooth paste.
2)Grind cashews with the green chilli into a fine paste using few spoon of water.
3)Heat 4-5 tbs of oil a deep frying pan, add green cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon,
black pepper and bay leaf. Add mushroom pieces and sauté it from 4-5 minutes.
4) Add chilli onion paste, cashews paste and mix it properly and fry.
5) Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and yogurt and mix properly and
cook for two to three minutes.
6) Add coriander powder, cumin powder and salt and mix it properly and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
7) Add a glass of water and stir and let it boil for about 5-7 minutes and then add fresh cream and mix it properly. Sprinkle garam masala powder and mix it and Malai Mushroom is ready to serve hot with your choice of rice or roti.

Aachari Egg Curry

Ingredients:

6 Hard Boiled Eggs cut into 8 pieces
2 Medium Onions(finely sliced)
1 tbs Garlic/Ginger Paste
½ tbs cumin seeds
1 tbs cumin powder
1 tbs coriander powder
½ tbs Red chilli powder
¼ tbs turmeric powder
¼ tbs paprika powder
½ cup yogurt
½ cup Oil
Salt as per taste
2/3 cups of water

Method:

1)Heat oil in a frying pan and fry onions until lightly brown in medium to low flame, make sure it should not burn.
2)Add cumin seeds and fry little more and then add ginger garlic paste, cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric, paprika, red chilli powder and fry until it start to smell good, keep adding little bit of water for frying.
3)Add yogurt and fry it little more and then add rest of water and let it boil and then add salt and cook on low heat for another 15/20 minutes. Note: It should cook properly to avoid the row smell.
4)Add chopped Eggs in the gravy and mix it properly and fry for few minutes and Aachari Egg is ready to serve with your choice of Rice or Roti.

Asparagus Fry

Ingredients
1 lb fresh asparagus spears, trimmed
3 cloves garlic, minced
¼ tbs of crushed black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt as per taste

Method
1. Heat oil in a frying pan, add asparagus, garlic and salt and cook for about 10 minutes. Keep turning the asparagus so it cook evenly.
2. Add crushed black pepper and it’s ready to serve.