Peanut Chutney

Ingredients:
1 cup Roasted Peanut
2 Tsp Jaggery
2 Tsp Tamarind sauce
salt
1/2 Tsp Red chili powder

Method:
1. In mixer, add Peanut, Jaggery, Tamarind sauce, Red chili powder and salt. Grid it until it makes fine paste.
Serve Peanut Chutney with dosa or Idli.

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Chavali / Black eyed beans

Ingredients:
1 cup Chavali / Black eyed beans
1 Medium size Onion
2 Tomatoes
2 Green chili
1 Tsp Ginger-Garlic paste
1/4 Tsp Cumin Seed
1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder
1 Tsp Red Chili powder
1 Tsp Meat masala (optional)
 Salt as per taste
Coriander leaves

Method:
1. Soak Chavali overnight.
2. Add Chavali and Salt in pressure cooker and take 6-7 whistle.
3. Heat oil in a pan. Add Cumin seed, Chopped onions and Ginger-Garlic paste.
4. Cook onion till it becomes brown.
5. Add chopped Tomatoes, Green chillies, Turmeric powder and cook until it leaves oil.
6. Add Red Chili powder and mix it.
7. Add boiled Chavali and cook on a low flame for about 10 minutes.
8. Garnish with coriander leaves.
9. Serve Chavali with Chapati.

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Matki Usal

Ingredients:
1 cup sprouted Matki
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped Tomato
1 Tsp Red chili powder
1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder
1 Tsp chopped Garlic
1/4 Tsp Cumin seed
Salt
2 Tsp Oil
1 Tsp Meat masala (Optional)

Method:
1. Heat oil in pressure cooker. Add Garlic and Cumin seed.
2. Then add Onion. Cook and stir until onion is tender. Then add Tomato. Cook it for few min.
3. Add Turmeric powder, Salt, Red chili powder, Meat masala and Mataki. Mix it well.
4. Add 1/2 cup water and cover pressure cooker with lid. Take 3 -4 whistle.
5. Serve Mataki Usal with chapati.

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Fish Masala

Ingredients:
5 -6 Fish pieces
1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder
2 Tsp Lemon juice
1 Tsp Ginger paste
1 Tsp Garlic paste
2 Tsp Coconut paste
4 Tsp Oil
2 Tsp Kanda lasun masala or Meat masala
1/2 Tsp Garam masala
Coriander leaves
Salt

Method:
1. Mix Salt, Turmeric powder and Lemon juice, Fish pieces in bowl. Marinate it for half an hour.
2. Heat oil in pan, add Red chili powder, Kanda lasun masala and Garam Masala. Then add Ginger, Garlic and coconut paste. Mix it well. Add 1/2 cup water and cook it for 3 - 5 min.
3. Now add Fish pieces mix it well. Then cover pan with lid for 10 min on medium flame.
4. Serve Fish masala by garnishing Coriander leaves with Rice and Chapati.

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Paneer Butter Masala

Ingredients:
1 cup Paneer pieces
6 medium size Tomato (cut into big pieces)
3 Green Cardamon
1 Tsp chopped Garlic
1 Tsp chopped Ginger
4 Green Chili
2 Tsp Kasoori Methi
6 Tsp Butter
1 Tsp Kashmiri Red chili powder
1 Tsp Garam masala
1 cup Fresh cream/ Whipping cream
1 Tsp Sugar
Salt

Method:
1. Heat 1 Tsp butter in pan, add Garlic and black Cardamon.
2. Then add Tomatoes and cook it for 5 min on high flame.
3. Cool above mixture.
4. Grid above mixture in grinder and make thin paste.
5. Heat 5 Tsp butter in pan, then add Ginger, Green Chili. Mix it.
6. Then add Red chili powder and mix it.
7. Now add Tomato puree, Kasoori methi, Sugar and salt.
8. Cover pan with lid and cook it on medium flame for 15 min.
9. Then add Paneer pieces and whipping cream. Mix it. Cover pan with lid and cook it for 5 minute on medium flame.
10. Serve Paneer Butter masala with Naan.

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Potato Soup / Potato Stew

Ingredients:
3 medium size Potato
1/4 cup chopped Onion
1/4 Tsp grated Onion
2 Green Chillies
2 black peppercorns
2 Cloves
1 Cinnamon stick
1/2 cup Coconut milk
4 cup water
Salt

Method:
1. In cooking pan add water, chopped Potato, Onion, Green Chili, Paper, Cinnamon Stick.
2. Cover pan with lid and cook it on medium flame.
3. Cook it until potato gets cooked.
4. Once potato becomes soft, mash some potato's and add Coconut milk.
5. Mix it and cook it for 10 min.
6. Serve hot Potato stew.

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Tomato Soup

Ingredients:
8 fresh Tomatoes chopped
1 Tsp Black pepper
1 Tsp Ghee/Butter

Breadcrumbs
Salt

Method:
1. In Pressure cooker add Tomatoes. Then add some water and salt. Take 4-5 whistle. Then cool it.
2. In mixer make a puree of cooked Tomatoes.
3. Heat cooking pan, add Ghee, then add Black pepper. Then Tomato puree.
4. Cook it for 4-5 min.
5. Add breadcrumbs and serve hot Tomato Soup.

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Chicken Soup

Ingredients:
1Kg Chicken
1/2 cup chopped Onion
1/2 cup chopped Tomato
1 Tsp Ginger paste
1 Tsp Garlic Paste
1/2 cup grated Coconut
1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder
2 Tsp Oil
Coriander Leaves
Salt

Method:
1. Cut chicken into small pieces.
2. Heat pressure cooker and oil. Then add Onion. Cook and stir until onion is tender.
3. Now add Ginger, Garlic and Coconut. Mix it. Add Tomato, Turmeric powder and Salt. Cook it for 2 min.
4. Add Chicken pieces and cook it for 2 min. Add Coriander Leaves.
5. Cook it in pressure cooker by taking 3-4 whistle.
6. Serve hot Chicken soup.

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