Aaloo Gobhi Magic

Cauliflower is one very frequently made curry at my place. That is what I mean by gobhi here. Once upon a time I used to think gobhi means cabbage as its so rhyming with the marathi name for cabbage -"kobi". So we are dealing with cauliflower here.
Gobhi parathas, gobhi in PavBhaji recipie,Gobhi manchurian,Gobhi kheema from Nags Blog, all are my favourite recipies. Health wise, what I read on wikipedia today is that "Cauliflower is low in fat, high in dietary fiber, folate, water and vitamin C, possessing a very high nutritional density".

So with enuff of the cauliflower talk let me now jump to the recipe.




Ingredients :
Cauliflower - chopped 2 cups
1 chopped onion (long slices or as you like)
1 chopped tomato
1 chopped Potato
Green peas
Curry leaves
Goda masala Sugar
Salt
Turmeric powder
Red Chilli Powder
Oil
Mustard Seeds


Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and currey leaves. Add chopped onions and fry them for a minute.
Add chopped Tomatoes. Let them cook till soft.
Add turmeric powder, 1 tea-spoon of goda masala, red chilli powder
After a minute add chopped cauliflower and chopped potatoes. Cook them covered for 5 mins.
Add Green peas (I ues frozen green peas which cook quickly, so I am adding them in the end)
Also add some salt, a tablespoon of sugar ,another tea spoon of goda masala and let the curry cook well.
Garnish with Chopped cilantro and shredded coconut as like. Squeeze some lemon juice to njoy the fresh aroma.
Serve warm with chapatti's.

The Cake I baked on My Birthday !

There are hundreds of varieties of cakes available to buy..but I thought it would be more fun to try to bake one.. I picked a simple recipe from Chakali Blog
This is a cake recipe which doesn't require any eggs and not too much of butter/oil. Eggless cake can be served to all my guests and no butter/oil makes it fit my choice immediately. Its "Ravyacha cake" and is made with curd(yoghurt),milk,sugar and rawa(soji) as the main ingredients. It can be decorated and flavoured with any dry fruits you like.

Shepu (Dill/Sowa)

Shepu also called as Dill/Sowa is a leafy vegetable and all leafy vegetables are my favourites. So here goes the easiest shepu curry recipe.



Ingredients :
A bunch of Dill leaves (Shepu gaddi)- sorted washed and chopped coarsely
3-4 green chillies-chopped
3-4 cloves of garlic- chopped
2 tablespoons of moong dal
mustard seeds
turmeric powder
Salt to taste
curry leaves


Wash and soak moong dal and leave aside.
Heat some oil in a pan
Add mustard seeds.
Add curry leaves, garlic and green chillies after the mustard seeds pop.
Add turmeric powder, salt to taste after a minute
Add the soaked moong dal. Do not add any excess water from this dal.
Finally add chopped dill leaves and cook for around 5 mins.

Quick dry shepu curry is ready to be served with chapatis :)