Bottle gourd and Channa Dal Curry

Bottle gourd is 96.1% water, so is light on the stomach and aids digestion. A 100 gm serving of lauki contains just twelve calories and is ideal if you are watching your weight. Bottle gourd juice is an excellent remedy for excessive thirst caused by diarrhea, over consumption of fatty or fried foods, and diabetes. Drink a glass of this juice with a little salt added to it to treat this condition....

Ingredient's
1 medium size bottle gourd, clean and chopped in to small pieces
75gram of channa dal
2 onion, 3 green chillies, 3 tomato's, finely chopped
1tsp red chilly powder, 1tsp coriander powder, 1tsp garam masala, 1tsp turmeric
1tsp ginger garlic paste
2cup of water


For Tempering
1/2tsp cumin seeds
4 dry red chillies
4 garlic cloves
few curry leaves
Oil and Salt as per taste

Cooking Method
In a pressure cooker add channa dal, bottle gourd, turmeric, salt and water, close the lid and boil for atleast 4 to 5 whistle. Then in a deep frying pan add oil, when the oil is hot, add the cumin seeds, dry chillies, cloves and curry leaves, when they splutter, add chopped onion and green chillies, fry to golden brown, then add the masala and ginger garlic paste with little water, fry for 7 to 8 minutes, now add the chopped tomato's and cook till soften. Now add the boiled channa dal and bottle gourd, salt and water if needed, Cook for another 8 to 10 minutes.
Garnish with Coriander leaves
Serve hot with Roti's or Rice.

Potato Pizza

Ingredient's

1 ready made pizza base

1 small  boiled potato, cut in to small pieces 

1/2 onion, 1/2 tomato, 1/2 capsicum, chopped in to pieces

2tsp pizza sauce

1/2 cup of Grate Mozzarella cheese

Preparation

Pre-heat the oven for 10 minutes in 200 degree Celsius, In the mean time prepare the pizza. On a pizza base apply the pizza sauce and arrange all the vegetable and potato on top, now cover the vegetable with cheese, and bake the pizza in 180 degree Celsius for 8 to 10 minutes.

Serve hot with tomato sauce and other seasoning. 

Announcement Of Winners: Treat To Eyes Series-1 Event

Hi friends!!! WOW, i had never expected that my first event would be such a great success... My personal thanks to each and everyony of you for making it such a yummy event and sharing the best of yours.

Event received so many different types of recipes from different part of the globe and i was amazed to see the creativity of each dish. Each recipe had its own unique style and yummy factor :) I must admit it was very difficult for me to choose 3 out of so many recipes and for a while i thought to make it best 10. But then rules are rules and must be followed so had a tough time deciding the best 3.

So here is the TOP 3 best presented Treat to eyes :)

• Nutella Little Hearts is certainly heart stealing 
• Orange and Carrot Juice gives a rich fruit freshness feeling 
• Sabudana Vada perfect shape and great texture with green chutney is just so tempting

I would like to present my event's logo as an appreciation award to the winners of Treat To Eyes Series-1

Once again thank you to each and everyone for participating in my event.

Nutella Little Heart from Rasoi 

Orange and Carrot Juice from 4th sense cooking

Sabudana Vada from Foodelicious

Palak Mutter Gravy (Spinach and Green Peas Gravy)

Palak Mutter is a nutritious spinach and green peas sabji. Palak Mutter is loved by people all over. It is not that difficult to prepare palak mutter at home. Just follow these easy steps and prepare a truly nutritious and delicious spinach and green peas sabji. I had tried combination of spinach and mutter to create a new taste and it turned out so good.. Hope every one like's it ;-)

Ingredient's
1 cup boiled mutter
500g chopped palak (spinach)
1 onion chopped
3 red or green chillies
1/2tbsp musturd seeds
1/2tbsp cumin seeds
1/2tbsp turmeric
4 cloves garlic finely chopped
4 dry red chillies
Oil 4tbsp
Salt to taste


Cooking Method 1
In a broad pan, add 2tbsp oil, when the oil is hot, add cumin seeds, 2 dry red chillies and 3/4 of chopped garlic, fry it golden brown
Add chopped onion and turmeric. fry it for 1minute, now add 3/4 of chopped green chilly, Palak, and salt, mix all together and cook it for 10 miuntes
After cooking allow palak sabji to cool it down for 5 to 10 minutes
Then grind the palak sabji to smooth paste.


Cooking Method 2
In a deep frying pan, add 2tbsp oil, Musturd, 2 dry red chillies, when they splutter, add the left over chopped garlic and green chilly, fry it for 30sec
Now add boiled mutter and salt, cook it for 1minute
Then add palak paste and 4tbsp of water, mix all together, cook for another 7 to 8 minutes
Keep stirring in between so that it will not stick to the pan.
Add 1tbsp of Ghee before serving
Serve with Roti, Nan, Paratha's.

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..