Tomato Dal

Tomato Dal/Tomato Pappu is one of the most commonly cooked dal in India Specially in South India. This Dal goes excellent with Hot Rice and ghee Having any Fry curry as a side dish and some fryums included will make a great simple but delicious meal altogether.

Lets seee the ingredients and procedure to make ...

Ingredients:

• Toor Dal - 1 1/2 Cup
• Tomatoes - 2 Cups(chopped)
• Tamarind - Half the size of small Lemon
• Green Chillies - 4(slits)
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4th Tea Spoon
• Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Cilantro - 2 Table Spoons
• Water - 2 1/2 Cup
• Salt - To Taste

For Tempering:

• Cumin Seeds - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Mustard Seeds - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Garlic Cloves - 4
• Red Chillies - 2
• Oil - 2 Table Spoons

Procedure:

• Wash the dal and soak it for 10 minutes before cooking
• Soak the tamarind with 1/2 cup water and extract the juice from it
• Take a pressure cooker on a medium flame and add soaked toor dal to it
• To it add Turmeric powder, Tomatoes, Tamarind juice, Green chillies, Red chilli Powder, Cilantro
• Mix everything
• Close the pressure cooker and cook it for three whistles
• After 3 whistles switch off the flame and allow the cooker to cool down
• Open the lid and add salt according to the taste and using a masher mash the dal.
• For Tempering: Take a bowl on medium flame.Add oil and allow it to heat
• Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chillies and chopped garlic 
• Wait till mustard and cumin seeds sputter and then switch off the flame and add this tadka to the dal.
• Tomato dal is ready
• Serve it with Hot rice and enjoy it!!

For Video Description of the recipe please refer to the below link

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Mix Veg Dal Kichidi

Mix veg dal kichidi is a very simple and easy dish to make. This can be prepared for lunch or dinner and enjoy it with your favourite pickle.

This one pot dish is not only simple and less time consuming to make but it has lot of health benefits. Since it has lots of vegetables, moondal and desi ghee it just tastes too good.

Ingredients:

• Rice - 2Cups
• Moong Dal - 3/4th Cup
• Ghee - 2 Table Spoon
• Cumin Seeds - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Green Chillies - 3-4 (Finely Chopped)
• Onions - 3/4th Cup (Chopped)
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4th Tea Spoon
• Beans - 1/2 Cup (Chopped)
• Carrots - 1/2 Cup (Chopped)
• Peas - 1/4th Cup 
• Sweet Corn - 1/4th Cup 
• Cilantro/Corriander Leaves - 2 Table Spoons
• Water - 9 Cups used (Adjust water according to your desired Consistency)
• Salt - To Taste

Procedure:

• Soak Rice and Moong dal for 1/2 an Hour
• Take a pressure cooker and heat it on medium to high flame
• Add ghee and let it melt
• Then add cumin seeds, Green chillies
• Add chopped onions and cook till onions are soft and transparent
• Now add ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder and cook till its raw smell is gone
• Add all the chopped vegetables
• Mix Everthing and cook for 2-3 minutes
• Now add soaked rice and moongdal and mix together
• Add salt to taste and then add water
• Close the cooker lid and allow it to cook for 4 Whistles
• After 4 whistles switch off the flame and let it cool down
• Mix veg dal kichidi is ready to taste
• Garnish it with chopped cilantro and serve hot!!

For video Description of the recipe plz click below

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Guacamole Bread Spread - Healthy Breakfast

Avacado is highly nutrient fruit which has many health benefits specially it has heart healthy monounsaturated fatty acids which is good to lower blood pressure. Since it is rich and creamy many  dips and spreads are made out of it!! This guacamole is one of its variation which is loaded with many other vegetables to give that extra taste.

Ingredients: 

• Ripe Avacado - 1
• Lime juice - 1/2 Tea spoon
• Onions Chopped - 1/2
• Tomatoes Chopped - 1/2 (remove seeds)
• Cilantro - 2 Table Spoon
• Pepper Powder - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Salt - To Taste
• Veg Omelette -1 (optional)

Procedure:

• Take a ripe Avacado and cut into half
• Remove the seed from it and scoop out the avacado flesh
• Mash the avacado into smooth paste
• Add cilantro, tomatoes, onions, lime juice, pepper powder and salt to it
• Mix everything
• Spread this onto any bread.
• For extra taste make an omelette with lots of veggies

• Have this healthy and tasty breakfast for a good start of the day.

For Video Description of the recipe plz click below

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Veg Chow Mein Noodles

Chow Mein Noodles are Chinese Noodles stir fried in oil with sauces and veggies and meat. There are two variations in chow mein Steamed Chow mein and crispy Chow mein. Today lets see how to make soft version which can be taken as breakfast or evening snack especially for kids who does not like veggies to eat such recipes are great to make them eat healthy fun food.

Ingredients :

• Chow Mein Noodles - 4 Small Blocks
• Onions Chopped - 1 small
• CarrotsChopped - 1/2 Cup
• Capsicum Chopped - 1/2 Cup
• Cabbage Chopped - 1/4 Cup
• Spring Onions Chopped - 1/4 Cup 
• Garlic Crushed - 4-5 Big Cloves
• Cooking Oil - 5 Tea Spoons
• Soy Sauce - 1 Table Spoon
• Vinegar - 1/2 Table Spoon
• Tomato Sauce - 1 Table Spoon
• Chilli Sauce - 3/4 Table Spoon
• Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 Table Spoon
• Salt - To Taste
• Water - As Required

Procedure :

• Take a big bowl of water add 1tea spoon oil and salt and heat it on medium - high flame 
• Once it is rolling boiling add noodles to it
• Cook the noodles till it is slightly cooked or till aldante (one bite)
• Add the noodles to cold water to stop the cooking prodecure 
• Now strain the noodles and add oil and soy sauce to it
• Keep noodles a side Lets start to prepare sauce
• Take a clean bowl and add soy sauce, vinegar, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, salt and black pepper powder. Mix everything properly (adjust each ingredient according to your taste)
• Take a non stick pan add oil let it get heated on medium flame then add onions garlic and all remaing veggies
• Cook it for 3-4 minutes
• Now add noodles and sauce mixture to it and mix everything carefully without breaking noodles.
• Garnish with some spring onions and tomato sauce and serve it!!

For video description click the below link

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Dill Chicken Drumsticks / Soya Kura Chicken

This authentic Dill Chicken is very tasty and unique in its way which is made of Dill leaves and some spices.

Ingredients:

• Chicken Drumsticks - 5
• Chopped Dill Leaves - 1 Cup
• Chopped Onion - 1 Big
• Chopped Tomatoes - 1 Small
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 Tea spoon
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tea spoon
• Chilli Powder - 1 1/2 Tea spoon
• Dhania Powder - 1/2 Tea spoon
• Chicken Masala - 1/2 Tea spoon
• Salt - To Taste
• Oil - 3-4 Table spoon
• Water - 1/2 Cup

Procedure:

• Take a pan and add oil to it. Allow oil to get heated on a medium flame.
• Add chopped onions and dill leaves to the oil cook untill its raw smell is gone.
• Now add chopped tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes.
• Add ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder.
• Take fresh and neatly cleaned chicken and add to the above mixture.
• Add red chilli powder, salt and dhania powder to the chicken.
• Allow the chicken to cook for about 15-20 minutes if needed add water.
• Lastly add Chicken masala to it.
• Serve the Dill chicken Drumsticks with hot rice!

For Video Description of the recipe please watch below video

I hope you to try this recipe and leave a comment.

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Diwali Special Instant Sweet Recipe - Carrot Halwa/ Gajar Ka Halwa

Diwali is round around the corner and most of us might be wondering what recipes to prepare on this special day. This festival is such a celebrating moment to welcome so many good things and positivity. So to celebrate such a moment Sweet aka Dessert toh Banta hai!! Right!!

Lets look at this Instant Dessert which does not take too much time and can be readily done with just very few ingredients So why waste the time lets get started!!

Ingredients:

• Grated Carrot - 1 1/2 Cup
• Sugar - 1 1/4 Cup
• Whole Fat Milk - 1/2 Cup
• Ghee - 4 Table Spoons
• Cardamom Powder - 1/2 Tea Spoon
• Hand Full of Nuts

Prodecure:

• Take a frying pan and heat it on the medium flame
• Add ghee to it and allow it to melt
• Add freshly grated carrot and fry it till it loses the raw smell
• Now add whole milk and cook it for about 5-7 Minutes
• Then add sugar and allow it to dissolve completely
• Now put the flame on slow to medium and allow it to cook for another 5 Minutes
• Once all the water in it evaporates add cardamom powder and fried nuts.
• Garnish with some more nuts and serve it!!

For video Description of the same recipe is below plz watch it

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Wish You All A very Happy Dussehra/Vijaya Dashami

DeliciousandBeautifull Blog Wishes You All a Very Happy Dussehra!!

Let me quickly Share the menu we prepared for this Dussehra..

• Puri with Suji Halwa 
• Palak Dal
• Tomato Garlic Rasam
• Tindoora Fry
• Mixed Dal Vada
• Plain Rice

This is a simple vegetarian version of festival food we made this time.

Hope you all had a wonderful time with family and friends during this festive time.Let us hope and pray for a better and peacefull place for us and our children to live in.

See you with an another post till then have a great time!! Bye!!