Few months ago, when I was still pregnant, I was frantically searching for recipes with spinach because of its health benefits. Some of you might have noticed, I was posting many spinach recipes. While talking to Pel , I mentioned the same and he suggested adding sambar powder to spinach-potato dish. I started making this dish and thought adding kasoori methi and lemon juice would be a nice change. It came out very delicious. Now it has become our favorite. Give it a try and I am sure you would love it. Thank you Pel.
Ingredients: 3 cups spinach 1 cup chopped potato 1 tbl spn kasoori methi 1 tea spn chilli powder 1/2 tea spn sambar powder 1 tbl spn lemon juice 1 tea spn cumin seeds 1 tec spn garlic chopped A pinch turmeric Oil Salt
Method: Heat oil and add cumin seeds and garlic. When they are fried, add potato, turmeric. Cook till potatoes are half cooked. Add spinach and fry till the leaves are cooked. Do not add any water. Add chilli powder, sambar powder, kasoori methi, salt and mix well. Take off the heat, add lemon juice, mix well. Serve hot.
Serves : 3 Preparation time : 20mins
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I have been cooking a lot of chicken these days. At my native, chicken is available in big portions and usually they cannot finish it on their own. So aayi cooks it very rarely. Since pappa loves it, I wanted to prepare some of my favorite dishes for him. Last week I prepared this chilli-ginger chicken. A very simple, yet delicious dish. For best results, make this on a high heat. I made it quite spicy, reduce the spice if you cannot take that much heat.
Ingredients: 1 lb tender chicken breasts 1 cup sliced onions 1/4 cup capsicum 4 green chillies A pinch turmeric 1/4 tea spn pepper powder 1 tea spn chilli powder 1 tbl spn ginger-garlic paste 1 tbl spn julienne ginger (ie, ginger cut into thin strips) Oil 1 tbl spn thick yogurt 2 tbl spns lemon juice 1/2 tea spn garam masala Salt
Method: Add all the ingredients (except oil and lemon juice) to chicken pieces and keep it aside for about 30mins. On a high heat, heat oil in a thick bottomed pan (or wok) and add chicken mixture. Keep stirring till the chicken is cooked. Switch off the heat and mix lemon juice. Serve hot.
Serves : 3-4 Preparation time : 20mins
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