KABULI CHANA CHUNDAL, KABULI CHANA SUNDAL

Sundals are prepared with green gram or black chana or any other dried grams.  This is specially made during Navrathri festival.  For normal days also you can prepare this and have it as a snack with a dash of lime, chopped onion, tomatoes etc.

SAMOSA (TAMARIND POHA SAMOSA)

Samosa  is a fried or baked  pastry with a savory filling, such as spiced  potatoes, onions, peas, lentils, ground lamb, ground beef or ground chicken. Its size and consistency may vary, but typically, it is distinctly triangular. Samosas are often accompanied by sweet chutney or green chutney or sauce.   

Since so many days I wanted to try samosas at home but really did not take the pain to do so.  But made an attempt to prepare this when I had some left out Brown Chana Sundal with me prepared during Navrathri, and the tamarind poha which my neighbour gave me as Prasadam.  Since I do not want to waste the both the dishes, I tried on the samosa and it was really awesome.

MALAI PEDA

Happy Dassera to all the viewers of my blog.

Today is Dassera and I wanted to make some sweets other than the normal payasam or kheer.  Few years back I had made this peda and faintly remembered how to make it.  It is made with milk, sugar  and corn flour,  and the preparation is somewhat similar to Pal theratipal. paal-theratipal-palgova.html.  the only difference is corn flour is used and continuously stirred in malai peda.

Anyway, sweets in any form either it is peda or theratipal, everyone loves it.

BLACK URAD CHUNDAL, BLACK URAD SUNDAL, SUNDAL RECIPES

You can make varieties of sundals.  Another variety is with whole black urad.  It is very nutritious and is recommended for diabetics.   Black urad is  very popular in the Punjabi cuisine of India and Pakistan where it is known as "sabit maash" an ingredient of dal makhani. In Tamil it is known as "ulunthu" in Telugu as "minumulu", in Kannada as "Uddina Bele", and in Oriya as "Biri Dali" and in Malayalam "uzhunnu".

Spinach Paneer Kofta in potato case

Every day evening it is a big question mark in front of me what to make in the evening as accompaniment  for Chapati.  Thought of making Shaam Savera but did not have enough Spinach with me.  I had little paneer, so thought of making Spinach Paneer Kofta  with tomato gravy.  The final product was very very tasty as all the members in my family enjoyed it though it was bit oily.  (koftas were fried)

TUVAL DAL NE BAATH, TUVAR PULAO, TUVAR DAL PULAO, PULAO

                                                       

During winter season, you get fresh tuvar.  The taste of this is awesome.  You can either use fresh tuvar or tuvar dal for making this rice.  Garma garam pulao with raita or salad, papad,pickle,  it is really  yummy.  So why are you waiting? Let us begin to cook.

VARI TANDULACHI UPMA, CHAMA ARI UPMA, SANWA UPMA, UPWAS KA UPMA

Upma is normally made with suji (semolina) or lapsi or rice rava.  It can be made plain or with some vegetables but for upwas, these items are not used by some people.  Most of the  people use Vari Tandul, Chama arisi, sama chaval, sanva it is known as.  Since just plain upma will not be much tastier, i have used ratalu along with it.  Let us see the recipe now.

POTLI PUFF AND MINI PUFF

Potli puff is made with Wheat flour and vegetables and baked it.  You can also deep fry them but immediately you have to serve as it tend to become soggy.  If it is made in maida, it will be crispy like samosas but I do not want to use maida  and fried item, hence  I baked.  The end product was really nice.

VEGETABLE BIRYANI

VEGETABLE BIRYANI can be made very easily if you have got vegetables like carrots, beans,green watana, onion,  cabbage etc.  It is an easy way to  make the children all the vegetables.

DAL MAKHANI

Dal makhani is a staple food originating from the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. The dish differs from other popular Punjabi dal dishes, such as dal tadka.  In  that the primary ingredients in dal makhani are whole black lentil (urad) and red kidney beans(rajma), rather than red lentil (masoor).  

Whole urad like other whole lentils and pulses are good source of protein and dietary fibre.
" They are low in fat and rich in B complex vitamins, calcium and potassium
Let us  see the recipe now: