Moong Dal And Vegetable Pulao.. (Pressure Cooker Version)

Vegetable Pulao. Usually people make pulao in so many different ways and there are many recipes and versions to it. Even i cook many version by adding different kinds ingredients, you can make recipe taste different by changing or adding any ingredients. In south India pulao's are very famous in every household because it is easy to make and very very tasty to eat any time of the day. As i have mentioned in my previous post that i don't like to eat much of rice items, i cook all types of rice items just because my hubby finds it very tasty and he feels cooking rice is easy then cooking roti's and sabji, but i feel both are the same.. When it come's to vegetable pulao i cook very often not because it taste good because it looks and smells good..

Ingredient's

1cup vegetable (potato, carrot, beans, mutter, cauliflower)

2cup rice (Basmati or normal rice)

2tbsp moong dal

1 medium onion and 2 green chilli (finely slice)

1 medium tomato (finely chopped)

1tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder, 1tsp garam masala

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing.

For tempering

1 bay leaves, 2 dry red chili

2 star anise, 1 cinnamon stick

2 cloves, 2 green and black cardamom

1tsp cumin seeds

3tbsp oil.

Cooking Method

If you are using basmati rice then soak the rice in water for atleast 30minutes, no need to soak the rice if you are using normal rice, just wash and keep it aside.

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when the oil is hot add cumin seeds and all the tempering spices, when they turn brown, add moong dal, when dal turns lite golden brown, add onion and green chillies, fry to golden brown.

Then add turmeric, coriander powder and garam masala, fry for 1 to 2minutes, then add all the vegetables and tomato, fry for another 1 to 2minutes. Now add the rice, salt and enough water, cover the lid and cook for 3 whistle (1 in high flame, 2 in low flame), then allow the pressure to go and open the lid and mix well.

Serve hot with Onion Raita.

Hakka Noodles..

Cooking this Hakka Noodles is very easy, you just have to know how much to boil the noodles. If the noodles are over cooked then u won't be getting the perfectly cooked hakka noodles. So make sure you follow the instruction on the pack or you just boil the noodles for 2 to 3 minutes because you will be cooking the noodles again. I can say that this was the best noodles i have cooked so far. On the day when i cooked this noodles, i shared it with my friends in the apartment. They liked it so much that on the next day one of my friend called me to show her how to cook hakka noodles. For her kids, this has become the favorite food, they just want noodles on every weekends... If we can make a kids happy by our cooking then it means we have succeed in our goal.

So do try this my version of Hakka Noodles and let me know the taste :) 

Ingredient's 

Plain noodles 1 & 1/2 cup 

1cup fine thin strips vegetables (Cabbage, Carrot, Capsicum, beans) 

1 stem of celery (optional) 

Spring onion 3 sprigs (fine thin strips) 

1 onion, 1 green chilli (fine thin strips) 

1tbsp finely chopped ginger and garlic 

Pepper 1/2 tsp 

1/2tsp ajinomoto 

1tbsp soya sauce 

Tomato chilli sauce 1 & 1/2 tsp 

Salt as needed 

Oil 2 tblsp.

Cooking Method 

Cook noodles as per the instructions given in the pack or boil 3-4 cups of water and cook noodles for 3-4 minutes. Make sure its not over cooked. Drain water and wash it to remove the excess starch and add 1 tsp oil and mix well to avoid sticking.

Heat a pan with oil and fry ginger and garlic, when they turn golden brown add onion and green chilli, fry for 1 min. Add the veggies one by one frying each for half minute. Add the sauces, salt, pepper and ajinomoto. Give a quick stir. Add the drained noodles and mix well. Then add the chopped spring onion and stir well.

Serve hot with any Manchurian or As u like.

Vegetable Gravy Manchurian

Vegetable Manchurian. There are two versions of Vegetable Manchurian, wet and dry. Made with generous amount of garlic and ginger and flavored with soy sauce and vinegar, the wet Vegetable Manchurian (with gravy) complements steamed white rice and is best when drizzled on a serving of steaming hot rice, fried rice or noodles. The dry Vegetable Manchurian is best served as an appetizer and is a favorite in our home.

Ingredients

2 cups finely chopped capsicum, cabbage, carrot, beans, 

cauliflower and spring onion whites 

2tbsps maida, 2tbsps cornflour 

1tbsp ginger-garlic finely chopped 

2 green chilli finely chopped 

1/4tsp soy sauce, 1/4tsp tomato sauce 

1/2tsp black pepper powder 

salt to taste 

oil for deep frying.

For sauce 

1/4cup spring onions, finely chopped 

1onion roughly chopped 

1 1/2tbsps finely minced garlic 

1/2tbsp finely minced ginger 

2 finely chopped green chillis 

1tbsp cornflour 

2 tsps soya sauce, 1/2 tbsp chilli sauce 

2 tsps vinegar, 2 tbsps tomato sauce 

Oil and Salt as required

Cooking Method 

Heat oil for deep frying in a heavy bottomed vessel. 

In a bowl, combine maida, cornflour, salt, ginger-garlic-green chilli, pepper, soy sauce, tomato sauce and all the finely chopped vegetables. Sprinkle little water to make a thick mixture. Add water little by little and use only as much water as required to form small balls. 

Carefully place each ball into the hot oil. Do not crowd the vessel. Reduce flame and deep fry the vegetable balls till cooked. Increase the flame towards the end of the cooking process and fry till they turn golden brown. Remove onto absorbent paper and keep aside.

Cooking Method For Sauce 

Mix cornflour in a little water. Keep aside. 

In a deep wok, add oil, when the oil is hot add garlic and ginger, fry them to golden brown 

Then add onion and green chilli and fry for 1 to 2 minutes. Now add soya sauce, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, vinegar and salt. cook them for few minutes on a high flame, then add fried Manchurian and cornflour mixture and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on low flame. Garnish with spring onion and Serve hot.

Meethi Pulao.. Fenugreek Rice!!!

Meethi Pulao. I love greens and make it a point to prepare all kind of green vegetables at least 4 to 5 days a week as I strongly believe that we are what we eat. I always prefer the mini meethi leaves which are available here very easily, this mini meethi leafs perfect for a meal rather than those huge bunches which give me a headache when it comes to cleaning!! This is a simple and flavorful pulao made in jiffy and perfect for lunch box also. Nowadays i'm giving more rice items for my hubby in a lunch box, so that even i can get a chance to cook different differnt kinds rice items. Because it is easy to prepare to and delicious to eat...

Ingredients 

2cup Basmati Rice 

1 cup chopped veggies Beans, carrot, peas, potaos. 

1cup meethi leafs 

1 large onion. 2 green chillies, 1 large tomato 

1 star anise, 1 big cardamom, 1 cinnamon, 1tsp cumin 

1tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder, 1tsp garam masala 

2tbsp chopped coriander leafs 

Oil and Salt as per taste

Cooking Directions 

Wash and soak the rice for at least 1/2 hour. In a pressure cooker add oil, when the oil hot, add cumin, star anise, cardamom and cinnamon, when they starts spluttering, add onion and green chillies, fry to golden brown. 

Then add chopped veggies, meethi leafs, turmeric, coriander, garam masala and salt. fry for another 3 to 4 minutes. 

Add chopped tomatos and basmati rice. mix it gently and add 2cups of water and close the lid and cook for 3 whistle (1 in high flame and 2 in low flame) 

Garnish with coriander leafs and Serve hot with Raita.

Cheesy Curry Macaroni !!!!

I have already cooked cheesy macaroni before but this time i have tried it with a little bit of twist which is adding vegetable and tomato sauce. This new combination has blended very well and the curry taste in macaroni was simply awesome. Do try it :)

Ingredients

Macaroni Pasta 2 Cups

2 Tomatoes large, 1 medium size onion, 2 green chilli, finely chopped

1cup chopped veg (carrot, beans, peas,and cabbage) 

Coriander Powder 1tsp, Chilli Powder 1 tsp 

Tumeric 1/2 tsp, Garam Masala Powder 1tsp 

1tbsp Ginger paste 

1tbsp tomato sauce 

Cheese 1 cup 

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method 

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when it is hot, add onion, green chilli and fry to golden brown, then add all the masala powder and ginger garlic paste and fry till oil starts leaving, and then add tomato and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Then add chopped vegetables and mix it. Now add the macaroni and tomato sauce. mix it well, then add 2 cups of water and salt. Now close the lid and cook for 2 whistle (1 in high flame, and 1 in low flame) Once its cooked, remove from the stove and add cheese and coriander leaves, mix it gently.

Curry Macaroni is ready to serve.

Prawn Biryani (Pressure Cooker Version)

Prawn Biryani.. The delicious and tastiest biryani i have ever eaten. I have become a huge fan of this dish from the day i have cooked. Though it was bite of sweet in taste because of prawns but awesome. You guys must be thinking when ever i cook biryani i always cook in pressure cooker, right!! Let me explain. Cooking in pressure cook is very easy compare to open pot, because it saves lot of time and efforts, and i personally feel it taste good too. You might also like some more recipe's of Prawn.

Ingredients
1/2 kg Basmati rice, 1/2 kg Prawns
2 big size onion, 4 tomato, 3 green chilly. Finely chopped
3tbsp of chopped mint and coriander leafs
2tbsp Ginger garlic paste
2tbs red chilly powder, 1tbs turmeric powder, 1tbs coriander powder, 1tbs garam masala
1cup curd, 2tbsp lemon juice
2 bay leafs, 3 dry red chilly
2 small green Cordamom
Pinch of orange food color
Oil and Salt as per taste.

For marinating prawns
1cup curd
2tbsp lemon juice
1/2tsp ginger garlic paste
Salt as per taste.

Cooking Method

In a large mixing bowl, add curd, lemon juice, ginger garlic paste, salt and prawns, mix it well and keep it the fridge for 30 to 40 minutes. Soak the rice in 1 cup of water for about 10 to 15 minutes with food color. Heat pressure cooker and, add oil, elaichi, bay leafs, and red chilly, leave till it become's brown. Then add onion, green chillies and fry to golden brown. after add all the masala powder and ginger garlic paste, fry for another 10 to 15 minutes. Now add the tomatos and fry till it starts leaving oil. Now add the marinated prawn and rice. Give a good mix and from top add mint and coriander leafs. Add salt if needed. Close the pressure cooker lid and cook for 3 whistle(1 in high flame and 2 in low flame). Serve hot with Raita.

Tips: Don't add too much of water. When you are cooking in a pressure cooker. If you are using Basmati Rice. Soak the rice in a water for 10 to 15 minutes before cooking for the best result.

Grilled Chicken With Mash Potato And Stirfry Vegetables....

From last couple of weeks my Sunday's are generally getting boring in terms of cooking. It seems that i have reached to the saturation of cooking same food and with same ingredients over and over. Usually i get chicken and cook it with Indian chicken masala and spices.So the flavors are almost same irrespective of how much variation i try in cooking with spices and chicken masala.
Last night i tried a new variation of saute vegetable with minimum oil. It was so yum to eat and my husband also liked it very much. So he asked me to prepare tomorrow's lunch with same saute vegetable and combination of chicken and mash potato. I should thanks to him for giving me a wonderful and new idea for preparing such a yummy dish for this Sunday's lunch.

Ingredient's (To Marinate Chicken )
2 chicken breast
1tsp black pepper seeds
1/2tsp mustard seeds
10 garlic cloves
1/2tsp oregano
1tsp white vinegar
1tbsp lemon juice
3tbsp oil and Salt to taste

Cooking Method

Make a small slit on the chicken breast and set it aside. Mix all the above ingredients in a blender (including 2 1/2tbsp oil and salt) and make a smooth paste. Then apply on the chicken breast and keep it in the fridge for 1hour. Now heat a non stick pan with 1/2tbsp oil, and place the chicken breast and fry to golden brown both the side, with close lid.

Ingredient's (For Mash Potato)

3 boiled potatos
50 gram butter, room temperature
1tsp garlic paste
1/2tbsp dried oregano
3tbsp fresh cream
Salt to taste.

Cooking Method
Mash the boiled potato in a large mixing bowl. Then add the garlic, butter, oregano, fresh cream and salt, mix it well and keep it in the fridge.

Ingredient's (For Stirfry Vegetable)
Half cabbage, 1 large carrot, 5 french beans. (cut in to stripes)
1/2tsp soya sauce, 1/2tsp red chilly sauce
Salt to taste
1/2tsp oil.

Cooking Method
In a wok add oil, when it is hot, add cabbage salt and half of the soya sauce and stirfry in a high flame for 3 to 4 minutes, Then in a same pan add carrot, beans, salt, chilly sauce and left over soya sauce, and stirfry in a high fame for 2 to 3 minutes.

Chinese Schezwan Fried Rice

I got this recipe from a Tv show called Fringi Tarka in foodfood channel. I feel it is the best and easy recipe to cook fried rice. I have used less schezwan sauce, because my husband has stopped eating spice food from last month... Now i have to really think twice before i put any green chillies or red chillies in the dish.. Nowadays i'm in a big trouble because i love spice food and he don't allow me to eat. Let's see how long even i can survive without spice food...

Ingredient's
2 cup boiled rice (you can use leftover rice to)
2cup vegetables finely chopped (cabbage, carrot, beans, capsicum, spring onion)
1 onion, 2 green chillies, 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2tbsp schezwan sauce, 1tbsp soya sauce, 1tsp white vinegar, 1tbsp tomato sauce
Oil and Salt to taste.

Cooking Method
In a deep frying pan, add oil, when it is hot, add garlic, onion and green chillies. saute for 2 to 3 minutes, then add all the vegetables and fry for 3minutes. Then add the schezwan sauce, soya sauce, white vinegar, tomato sauce and salt mix it well. Now add the boiled rice and mix it gently and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes..
Chinese Schewan Fried Rice is read to serve. Serve hot with stir-fried vegetables.

Mushroom Pulao.. (Pressure cooker version)

Pulao usually comes to my rescue when I am not in the mood of cooking and hence prefer to cook 1 pot meal. Yesterday I cooked mushroom pulao which is not just easy to make but also very tasty. Mushroom pulao is a nice variation from the usual matar pulao or vegetable pulao.
Some of my favorite Rice Items Recipe's are: Mutton Briyani, Mushroom Briyani, Soya Chunk Briyani. 

Ingredients

1 cup Basmathi Rice

1 1/2 cup of sliced mushroom, frozen peas and carrot

1/4 cup thinly sliced onion, 2 Green Chilli 

2 Cloves, 1 Stick cinnamon, 2 Bay leaf, 1 Star Anise, 2 dry red chilly

1/2tsp turmeric, 1/2tsp coriander powder and 1/2tsp garam masala

1tsp ginger garlic paste

3tbsp mint leafs

1 tbsp ghee

Salt and Oil as per taste

Cooking Method

Soak the rice in water for few minutes. Heat oil and ghee in pressure cooker. Add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf, dry chillies and star anise. After a few seconds, add ginger and garlic paste, onion and green chilli. Saute for a couple of minutes. Add mushroom, peas and carrot, stir well. Add salt, all the masala powder and mint leafs. and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Now add salt, rice and water, mix it well and close the lid and pressure cook for 2-3 whistles. (1 in high flame and 2 in low flame.

Serve with mint raitha or chips.

Gajar Ka Halwa (Carrot Sweet)

Gajar ka halwa is a very popular Indian dessert made with carrots. Gajar ka Halwa is an unavoidable part of the menu. When served hot, the Gajar Ka Halwa tastes wonderful. It is simply the prefect sweet dish to be relished post dinner.
On my hubby's birthday i made his favorite gajar ka halwa. Usually i cook this halwa very often but never felt like taking picture, to remember my hubby's 2nd bithday after our marriage. I took a picture, this will always remind me of what i cooked on this special day... Even i made his favorite cake, food, and drinks too. As usual he love's the food what i cook.. :)

Ingredient's
Carrots -250 grams
Milk -3/4 cup (boiled)
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Cashew nuts -5-6
Raisins 6-8
Cardamom -3
Ghee -2 tbsp
Khova 100 grams

Cooking Method
Wash and grate the carrots. Soak the raisins in water for 30 minutes. Blanch and shred the nuts. Put the water to boil, when it starts boiling add the grated carrots. Cook for 5-7 minutes. Add the milk. Cook on a low flame for 1 hour stirring occasionally. Add sugar, mix well and cook till the sugar has dissolved and all the milk has been absorbed. Add ghee and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Add the slightly crushed cardamoms, raisins and khova. Mix well. Remove from heat and arrange in a serving dish. Garnish with almonds and pistachios. Serve cold, hot or at room temperature.

Mushroom Biryani (Pressure Cooker Version)

I just made few changes in the method of preparation. It came out so yummy that my husband enjoyed and asked me to prepare it again for this weekend. I have never tried biryani in this style. I can bet you this is the best mushroom biryani I ever had,and very easy to cook also. Here you go…

Ingredients
200 gms Mushroom, 1/2cup mutter, and 1/2 carrot chopped
4 cup Basmati Rice, pinch of food color
2 Onions,3 Tomatoes, 4 Green chillies, Mint leaves finely chopped
2 tsp Ginger garlic paste
3 Cardamoms
1-1/2 tsp Chilly Powder, 1 tsp turmeric, 1 tsp garam masala,3 tsp Coriander Powder
3 bay leaves and 4 dry red chillies
1 Lemon, 1/2cup curd
3/4 cups Oil/ghee
Salt to taste 

Cooking Method
Clean, wash and soak the rice for 1 hour in enough water taken in a pot and add the pinch of food color.Trim mushrooms into big pieces and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add bay leaves and red chillie, when they turn into brown, add onion and green chillies sautee to golden brown, Than add all the masala powder and fry till oil seprates, now add chopped tomato, lemon and curd fry till tomatos are soft, then add the mushroom, mutter, carrot and little salt fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Then add the rich and mix it gentely and close the lid, and cook for 3 whistle (1 in high flame, 2 in low flame)
Serve hot with rita..

Soya Chunks Biryani (Pressure Cooker Version)

Soya biryani is a protein rich biryani recipe with the soya chunks cooked and then added to rice along with whole spices and garam masala powder.. This was my first attempt to cook the soya chunks biryani and it turned out as usual very tasty. I was not even prepared to cook this biryani but just because of my S-I-L i cooked this biryani. Even i was also thinking that our breakfast and lunch is being repeated again and again,so when i opened my draw i saw a pack of Nutarila soya chunks so i thought why not to give a try in soya chunk only. First i thought to prepare paluo and finally finished with biryani... And it was very tasty and very healthy too..

Ingredient's
2 cup of soya chunks
1/2kg basmati rice
2 cup of all veggie's (mutter, gobi, potato, carrot) cut in to small pieces
2 onion, 3 green chillies, 3 tomatos, finely chopped
1/2cup curd, 3tbsp of lemon juice
1tbsp red chillies powder, 1tbsp turmeric, 1tbsp coriander powder
1 cardamom , 3 tej pata, 3 dry red chillies
Oil and Salt as per taste

Cooking Method
Soak the soya chunks in water for 20 minutes, Then in a pressure cooker add oil, red chillies, tej pata and cardamom , after 20 sec, add onion and green chillies fry to golden brown, add all the masala powder, and fry 5 minutes then add tomato, curd and lemon juice and cook for another 5 to 10 minutes, Now add the soya, all the veggies and salt, then allow the veggies to soak the masala and then finally add the rice and water as per required, and cook for 3 whistle, 1 in high flame and 2 in low flame.
Serve hot with Raita.

Vegetable Poha(Beaten Rice and Vegetable Mix)

Poha is one of favourite breakfasts. And I make it quite often, not just for breakfast, but for dinner as well. And i add as many vegetables as possibly  while making it. I add whatever i can lay my hands on. I love eating colourful stuff and the addition of a variety of vegetables results in a rainbow like dish and I kind of love it. I made a very heavy breakfast so that I could do with something light for lunch.

Ingredient's
1 cup Beaten Rice (Poha)

1 Carrot, 1 potato, cut finely
3 Spring Onions, chopped
4tbsp Peas and 4 tabp of chopped beans
¼ tsp Cumin Seeds
¼ tsp Mustard Seeds
7-8 Curry Leaves
¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
1 Green Chilli, slit

Cooking Method
Wash the beaten rice and drain it. Add the salt, turmeric powder and keep aside.

Heat the oil in a kadhai and add the mustard, and cumin. When the mustard splutters, add the green chilli and the spring onion whites. Add the curry leaves and fry for a couple of minutes. Add the carrots, peas, beans and potato. Add some salt and then cover and cook for a few minutes. Add the beaten rice and mix it gently. Garnish with with some coriander leafs . Enjoy this as soon as it is made.

Vegetable Briyani

Ingredient's

2 cup Basmati or Normal Rice
1 medium bowl of fresh vegetable chopped (Bean, Carrot, Potato, Cauliflower, Green Peas)
1 onion, 2 green chillies, 1 tomato (chopped)
3tbsp coriander leafs, 2tbsp Pudina
1tbsp ginger garlic paste, 1tbsp red chilli powder, 1/2tbsp turmeric, 1/2tbsp garam masala, 1/2tbsp coriander powder
Few drops of food color
Oil and Salt as per taste

For Tempering
1/2tbsp mustard seeds
4 dry red chillies
4 bay leafs (tez patta)
2 cardamom (broken in to 2 piecse)

Cooking Method

In a broad pan, add oil, mustard, bay leafs, cardamom, and dry red chillies. When they splutter, add ginger garlic paste, onion and saute to lite brown. When the onion is done add green chillies, fresh vegetable and salt, saute for few seconds, and then add tomato, spices, mix it and cook for 1 minute. After that add the rice, food color, salt and water as per requires. Mix all together gently, cover the lid and bring to boil. Open the lid, after the water is absorbed, mix it one more time very gently, low the flame and cover the lid and cook to complete.
Serve hot with Raita....

Korean, Chicken Gravy

This Korean Chicken Gravy is very healthy and very tasty too. I ate this dish in a Restaurant called (Omuto Tomato).This is one of the good restaurant in Korea and they are located at many places in Seoul, the one we went is located near City Hall. I liked this dish very much, first time in korea i liked something other than what i cook.... Hope who ever try this recipe even they will like. Here is this recipe for all of YOU ;)

Ingredient's.

5 to 6 piecse of chicken (bone less) 

1 onion, chopped in to medium size 

1 cup beans, 1/2 cup green bean seeds, 

1 capsicum, 1 carrot, 4 to 5 mushroom 

2 tomato. 1/2 cup soya sauce, 2tbsp chillie sauce 

3tbsp oil 

Salt as per taste.

Cooking Method

Boil the chicken, beans and bean seeds, salt with 1 cup of water, for 15minutes . Make a paste of 2 tomatos. Cut the capsicum, mushroom and carrot in to big picese.

In a deep frying pan, add oil, when the oil is hot , add onion, capsicum, mushroom and carrot, saute for 5minutes, and keep it aside.

In the same pan add litte more oil, boiled chicken, beans, and the bean seeds, fry for 1minute, then add tomato paste, soya sauce, chillie sauce, keep stirring for 1 to 2 minutes, then stir it with all the saute vegetable and salt if need, allow it to cook for another 5 minutes. 

Serve hot with Plain White Rice and Kimchi.

Diet Chicken Soup

Diet Chicken Soup is very good when you are planning to loose weight. Have this soup 2 to 3 times a day, you can also have in the dinner. As every body knows that chicken is a good source of Protein, it helps to loose weight fast.

Ingredient's

1 medium bowl of chicken (finely chopped) 

1 onion, 2 green chillies, 1/2 tomato, 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped) 

1 carrot (cut in to strips) 

3 tbsp coriander leafs 

1tbsp turmeric, 1tbsp oil 

A binch of pepper 

3 cup of water 

Salt to taste 

Cooking Method

Heat a deep frying pan, add oil, onion and green chillies, saute for 2 to 3 minutes. Then add chicken, turmeric and salt, mix it and fry till the chicken starts leaving oil. After that add garlic, tomato and carrot, fry for 1minutes. Now add water and coriander leafs, add salt if requirs, cover the lid and allow it boil for another 4 to 5minutes. Sprinkle pepper on it and Serve hot hot. 

Diet chicken soup is ready to serve. 

Vegetable Noodles

Ingredient's
Any Noodles of your choice,1 packet
Onion, or Spring onion, thinly sliced
2 green chillies, 1 tomato, finely chopped
2tbsp chopped coriander leafs
1 small Carrot, 1 medium Capsicum, 1 Potato, chopped lengthwise
Green Peas – 1/4 cup
Cut Gobi (Cauliflower) 1/2 cup
1/2tbsp turmeric, 1/2tbsp coriander powder, 1/2tbsp musturd seeds
Salt to taste
Oil, as reqired
Pepper Powder, as required

Cooking Method
Boil the Noodles with a little salt and 1 tsp oil, till it is almost cooked. Drain and allow it to cool. Boil green peas for 4minutes and keep aside. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan and add musturd seeds, onions, green chillies, turmeric, and saute till translucent. Add carrots, potato, gobi, and tomato, and stir fry for around 5-7 minutes till it almost cooked but crispy. and keep it aside. Next, heat 1 more tbsp of oil in a pan, add capsicum, boiled green peas with little bit of salt and stir for a few minutes. Then add the cooked noodles, coriander leafs and combine everything gently. Season with salt and pepper. Fry the noodles on medium-flame for another 2 minutes. You can sprinkle some more pepper powder. Garnish with Coriander leafs, or Spring onion. Serve hot hot with Tomato Sauce. Vegetable noodles are ready to serve.

Carrot Stir Fry

Carrots fresh from the veggie patch are a real delight for the eyes. Carrots are the best vegetable source of vitamin A; they supply 11,000-mg. Per 100 grams. Fresh Carrots provide an abundance of nearly all life supporting nutrients. Freshly extracted carrot juice is one of the best natural medicines available for preventions from colds and viruses. In India carrots are used in a variety of ways, as salads or as vegetables added to spicy rice or daal dishes etc.. I tried this carrot stir fry for the first time and it taste's good, so i thought of why not add this dish on my blog. so here it is.....

Ingredient's
2 big carrots chopped in to tiny pieces
1/2 bowl channa dal (soked in to water for 2 hours)
1 onion, 2 green chillies, few coriander leafs stem (Chopped)
5 to 6 curry leafs
1/2tbs ginger garlic paste, 1/2tbs turmeric, 1/2tbs chilly powder
1/2tbs cinnamon seeds, 1/2tbs musturd seeds
Oil as per req
Salt as per taste

Cooking Method
Pressure cooker channa dal for 8 to 10 minutes
In a broad pan heat oil, saute carrot for 5minutes and keep it seprate
Heat oil in frying pan, add curry leafs, musturd, cinnamon seeds and ginger garlic paste, saute for 30sec
Add onion, green chillies and boiled channa dal and sprinkle 1/2tbs salt on it, and fry it to golden brown
Then add turmeric, coriander powder and chilly powder, cook till the masala raw smell goes
Now add Carrot, coriander leafs, salt if required, and 1/2 cup of water mix it gentely
Keeping stirring in between so that it will not stick to the frying pan, add more water in between if it required
Cook for 10 to 12 minutes
Serve with hot Roti's or as a side dish for Dal Rice...