Banana Strawberry Smoothie

Ingredients:

1 banana peeled and sliced

1/2 cup fresh strawberries chopped

1/4 cup of plain yogurt

1/4 cup of cold milk

2 ice cube

sugar (optional)

Method:

Blend the banana, strawberries, yogurt, milk, ice cube and sugar until smooth. It will serve for 2.

Okra Blackeye Beans Curry

Ingredients:

Blackeye beans 1 lb frozen (thawed)
Okra ½ lb chopped into small pieces
Onion 2 medium chopped
1 cup pasta sauce (prefer any with herb and garlic)
½ tbs mustard seeds
½ inch ginger chopped
4-5 dry red chilli
Few black pepper
1 tbs curry powder
¼ tbs turmeric powder
salt to taste
cooking oil

Method:

1) Blend the curry powder, black pepper, dry red chilli, chopped ginger and 3 tbs of chopped onion into a smooth paste with few spoon of water.
2) Heat 5-6 tbs of oil in a frying pan and add mustard seeds when it’s done popping add chopped onion and sprinkle a pinch of salt and fry for couple of minutes and add okra and fry for another 4-5 minutes.
3) Add masala paste, turmeric and fry it for another 4-5 minutes. Keep stirring in between to avoid it sticking to the bottom of the pan. Now add the thawed beans and stir it properly add 2 cups of hot water and let it boil.4) Add salt and paste sauce cover, stir cover the lid and let it cook for another 5-10 minutes and your okra beans curry is ready to serve with your choice of Roti or Rice.

Apple Strawberry

Ingredients:
2 Ripe Apples, peeles and chopped
1/4 cup strawberries, chopped
1/4 cup of orange juice
Sugar as per taste (optional)

Method:
1) Take a blender or food processer and blend the apples, strawberries, orange juice and sugar until smooth. Your Apple Strawberries drink is ready to serve two people.

Masala Paratha

Ingredients:

Wheat flour 1 ½ cup
Besan ¼ cup
Yogurt ¾ cup
Potato ¾ cup (boiled, peeled and mashed)
Corn can (boiled) ½ cup
Spinach chopped 1 cup
½ tbs turmeric
Green chilli chopped finely 8-10 (you can adjust as per your need)
3 tbs oil for dough
salt to taste
5 tbs oil

Method:

1) Make dough with what flour, besan, potato, corn, spinach, turmeric, green chilli, oil, salt and yogurt*.
2) Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces and roll each one into 8-10 inch round circle.
3) Fry these roti in a non-stick flat frying pan and add little bit of oil (**) and turn it over and let it fry from both side and add little oil. Follow the same procedure all the paratha.
4) Masala paratha is ready, you can serve it with Dahi Raita or pickle.

*You may not need all the yogurt if the spinach and potatoes and corn have more water content.
**You can use ghee instead of oil.

Shaibhaji

Ingredients:
1 bunch chopped spinach
1/2 cup channa dal (soaked in water for at least half an hour)
1 large chopped onion (about 2 cups)
2 chopped tomatoes
2 small eggplants chopped(about 2 cups)
1 small carrot chopped (about ½ cup)
1 small potato chopped (about ½ cup) (optional)
small amount of dill (suwa) (optional)
amall amount of chopped methi (optional)
2 spoon ginger garlic paste
3-4 chopped green chillies
1 tablespoon coriander powder
1/2 tsp haldi
1 tsp whole jeera
2 tablespoons oil
salt to taste

Method:
Once my friend made this for a Potluck and it was so tasty that I had to ask her the recipe. When she made it she has mashed it properly, I like little bit of chana daal texture so didn’t mash it properly. I hope you will also enjoy this recipe as much as I enjoyed it. Thanks Sonia for sharing your recipe…

1) Heat oil in pressure cooker, add jeera, after a minute add onions, ginger garlic paste and green chillies. Stir onions are translucent.
2) Add all chopped vegetables(eggplant, carrot, potato), tomatoes and channa dal and mix well.
3) Add salt, haldi and coriander powder and mix well. Keep stirring for 3-4 minutes.
4) Add chopped spinach, dill and methi and stir for 3-4 minutes, then add 2 cups of water and mix well.
5) Close the lid of the pressure cooker, turn heat to high and let it cook for 3 whistles, then turn the heat to low and let it cook for 5 minutes on low heat and again turn heat tn high and cook for 3 more whistles. Turn off the heat. Wait for the cooker to cool and then open. Mix everything well using a long circular wooden ladle. Taste and adjust salt and your Saibhaji is ready to serve with your choice of Roti or Rice.

Pav Bhaji

Ingredients:
3 potatoes peeled and chopped
1 medium carrot chopped
1 cup of frozen green pea and corn
1 cup of spinach
2 chopped tomatoes
1 medium size onion chopped
1 small onion chopped for masala paste
A small piece of ginger
2 cloves of garlic
1 tbs red chili powder
1 tbs curry powder
1 tbs garam masala powder
1/2 tsp haldi
1 tsp whole jeera
6 tablespoons oil
salt to taste

Method:
1) Grind the onion, garlic, ginger, chili and curry powder with few spoons of water to a fine paste.
2) Boil potatoes, carrot, peas and corn, spinach with salt and mash it properly and keep it aside.
3) Heat 4 tbs oil in a frying pan add jeera, after a minute add the chopped onion and fry till onion gets translucent and the masala paste, turmeric and fry till nice aroma starts to come out of this paste.
4) Microwave the chopped tomatoes to 2 minutes.
5) Add the cooked vegetables and mix it well and let it cook for about 2 minutes.
6) Add cooked tomato and stir it properly and let it cook for another 4-5 minutes and add the garam masala and rest 2 spoon of oil and switch off the gas and mix it properly. Your Pav Bhaji is ready to serve. Optionally garnish with chopped onion and coriander leaves.

Mixed Veg Curry

Ingredients:

1 medium potato peeled and chopped (about ½ cup)
1 medium eggplant chopped (about 1 cup)
1 medium zucchini chopped (about 1 cup)
1 medium cabbage chopped finely (about 2 ½ cups)
A fist of soaked chana daal (optional)
1 chopped tomatoes
1 small onion chopped
A small piece of ginger
2 cloves of garlic
3-4 dry red chillies
1 tablespoon curry powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp whole cumin
3 tablespoons oil
salt to taste

Method:
1) Grind the onion, garlic, ginger, chili and curry powder with few spoons of water to a fine paste.
2) Take all the chopped vegetables including tomatoes, daal and put in the pressure cooker, add salt and turmeric powder and cook till it is ready to get the whistle switch it off the gas and let it cool down.
3) Heat oil in a frying pan add cumin, after a minute add the paste and fry till nice aroma starts to come out of this paste. Add the cooked vegetables and mix it well.
4) Let it cook for 4-5 minutes and your mixed curry is ready to serve with your choice of Rice or Roti.