Aloo Mutter

This is one of my favorite Aloo dishes. Goes well with Roti, Poori & also Rice/Pulao.

Ingredients:
3-4 potatoes - diced
1 cup green peas
1-2 onions
1-2 tomatoes
1/2 cup coriander leaves - chopped for garnishing
2-3 green chillies (or use red chilli powder)
1/2 tsp jeera/cumin powder
1/2 tsp dhaniya/coriander powder
1/2 tsp jeera/cumin seeds
salt
cooking oil

Preparation:

• Grind onions & tomatoes to a coarse paste.
• Heat oil in a pan, add jeera & fry till brown.
• Add the onion & tomato paste, jeera powder & dhaniya powder, fry till the raw smell of the spices are gone.
• Add potatoes (& water in required quantity), salt & allow it to cook (Or, boil potatoes prior & add them).
• After the potatoes are cooked add green peas & cook for 2-3 minutes.
  
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
  

Serve with Roti/Paratha, Poori or Rice/Pulao.

Palak Poori

Poori is usually the breakfast we plan for weekends. May be it's because we feel we can digest all the oil over the weekend or that if it makes us feel drowsy, we have the weekend in hand to sleep tight :) Like every other dish, this too would need a variation than the usual. The next type of Poori I want to try is to add more masala to the dough; may be some green chillies, lemon, jeera & dhaniya powder & more.. Here's the recipe for Palak Poori.

Ingredients:
1 bunch of Palak/Spinach
2 cups wheat flour
Salt
WaterOil for deep frying

Preparation:

• Steam/Boil spinach & grind it to fine paste.
• In a bowl, add wheat flour, ground spinach paste, maida (1:1 wheat: maida optional) & salt; mix it well to make dough. If required add water.
• Make small lemon sized balls of dough.
• Roll dough (a bit thicker than usual, as done for plain poori) using rolling pin.
• Deep fry them & place them on tissue paper to soak excess oil.

Serve with Sagoo or any side dish.

Cabbage Soup

Soups, not just as appetizers but are good alternatives when you want to cut down on eating junk in late evenings.

Ingredients:
(serves for 4)
3-4 cloves of garlic - finely chopped
1/2 onion - finely chopped
1 cup cabbage - finely chopped
2 tbsp corn flour
Salt
Pepper powder
Garlic powder

Preparation:

• Add 4 cups of water with finely chopped garlic, onion, cabbage, green chillies (optional) & allow it to cook
• In a separate bowl, mix corn flour with 1/4 cup water
• Add corn flour thin paste to boiled cabbage, stir well ensuring no lumps are formed
  
  

Serve soup adding salt, pepper & garlic powder.