Roasted mixed vegetables rice and bhindi raitha

Roasted mixed vegetables rice and bhindi raitha.

Ingredients

Basmathi rice 1 cup (cooked)
Onion  1
Carrot 2
Beans a few
Long bean a few
Cauliflower chopped a small  cup
Garlic  a few
Green peas shelled  a small  cup
Coriander a handful
Green chili 2
Ginger a few slices
Ghee 1tbsp
Sunflower oil1tbsp
Salt for taste
Garam masala 1tsp
Turmeric 1/4tsp
Dhaniya jeers powder a little
Pepper powder  1/2 tsp

Method of preparation

Wash and cook Basmathi rice by adding just enough water(1:2) spread in a plate.  Pour Ghee and oil in a heated  kadai.  Add one by one  chopped  vegetables,  garlic, onion, carrot, beans Cauliflower and finally peas. Add green chili and ginger slices.   Saute for a while.  Add Turmeric powder. Reduce the flame allow the vegetables to cook and roast  in slow  fire till soft, tender and onion and cauliflower turns into golden brown. Add Garam masala, , jeers daniya  powder, red chili powder  and salt.  Mix well.  Add a handful of freshly cut Coriander leaves. Toss well with  prepared rice.  Make sure the rice is well mixed with roasted vegetables  adjust salt.  Serve hot with bhindi raitha.

Bhindi raitha

Ladies finger a few
Green chili 2
Ginger a few slices
Coconut a tbsp
Green chili 2
Hing a pinch
Salt for taste
Curd 2cups
Coriander leaves a tbsp

Oil for deep frying bhindi

Method of preparation

Wash, trim and chop bhindi into very small pieces. Keep  oil in a small kadai when oil is really hot slowly add a handful of  chopped bhindi. Let it turn golden brown.  Repeat the process till  all the chopped bhindi is fried.  Spread the fried bhindi on a  paper  napkin.  Let the excess oil be absorbed.

Crush the green chili and coconut in a mixer.
In a bowl add 2 cups of curd, chili, ginger, Hing, salt, chopped coriander leaves, crushed coconut and finally fried bhindi. Mix well.  Serve as a side dish with  roasted mixed vegetables rice.

Badam and coconut halwa

I am tempted to try different ways to make sweets. Today I thought of making badam halwa with almonds and fresh coconut!! The result is super delicious badam coconut halwa.
Badam coconut halwa

Ingredients

Badam 30 nos.
Milk 1/2 litre
Sugar 1 cup
Coconut 2 cups
Elachi 3 to 4
Clove 1
MTR badam milk powder 200grams
Ghee 4 tbsp

Method of preparation

Soak badam and remove skin. Grind the badam with little milk, elachi and one clove. Keep aside. Grate coconut and coarsely grind it in mixer. In a thick bottomed pan pour sugar and 1/2 cup water. Allow it to melt and bubble. Add grated coconut, badam paste, milk. Cook it in high flame for about 20 minutes. Reduce the flame add ghee. Now slowly blend in MTR badam milk powder. This helps in giving a different taste and texture to the sweet. Further keep stirring the halwa till ghee separate. Apply a little ghee on a plate and spread the halwa on it. Allow it to reach room temperature. Cut into desired shape and serve.

Dragon fruit salad

Wishing all my friends and family a very happy new year.
A new twist in salad. I tried making a simple salad with pomegranate, green apple and dragon fruit. (wonder why this most beautiful fruit is called dragon fruit!)
Dragon fruit salad
Ingredients
Dragon fruit 1
Green apple 1
Pomegranate 1
Jeera powder a little
Black salt a little
Chat masala a little
Line juice 1/4 tsp
Method of preparation
Take a beautiful presentable bowl. Cut and chop dragon fruit, apple and remove pomegranate seeds. Mix together. Sprinkle black salt, chat masala, jeera powder and add a 1/4 tsp lemon juice. Toss and serve.