This is my pachi’s dish. I used to like it very much. I donno exactly what she puts. But this is how I do it and I simply love this.
Ingredients: Masoor 2 cups Potato 1 Ginger-garlic paste 1 tea spn Onion 1 Tomato 1 Chilli powder 1 tea spn Coriander leaves 3-4 strands Kala masala or kitchen king masala or garam masala ½ tea spn Oil 1 tea spn Salt
Method: Soak masoor in water for around 1hr(this helps in easy cooking). Cook with potato pieces. Heat oil and fry onions and ginger-garlic paste. When onions turn slightly brownish, add cooked masoor, chilli powder, chopped tomato and salt. Add sufficient water to bring it to curry consistency. Cover and cook till tomatoes are tender. Add kala masala(or kitchen king or garam masala). And cook for 2-3 minutes. Garnish with finely chopped coriander and serve hot with chapathis or rice.
Serves : 5 Preparation time : 30min
This is a traditional recipe from North Kanara. I never used to like it when I was kid. Aayi used to prepare it well, but i never used to touch it. Now when I have grown up & learnt cooking, just for the sake of trying, I tried it and liked it very much. It may be because, I have come to US and I have a limited choice of vegetables here. Because whenever I go to market here, there will be only 5-6 types of vegetables that I recognize from the whole lot they have. Same case with fruits also. Thanks to dessicated coconut we bought from Indian grocery shop, I am somehow managing with my Aayi’s cooking.
Ingredients: 2 cups radish(chopped) ½ cup toor dal 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup fresh/frozen coconut 1/4 tea spn tamarind extract 4-5 red chillies A pinch asafoetida(optional) A pinch turmeric 1 tea spn coriander seeds Oil Salt
Method: Heat oil and fry coriander seeds. Grind together coconut, red chillies, asafoetida, tamarind to a smooth paste. Cook dal , 1/4 cup onion(finely chopped) and radish with a pinch of turmeric in pressure cooker. Heat oil and fry remaining finely chopped onions till onions turn slightly brownish. Add cooked dal , radish and ground paste. Add salt and cook till paste is done(almost takes 5-10min to cook). Serve hot with rice or chapathi .
Serves : 5 Preparation time : 30min
