Ladies finger/Okra Gravy is a famous Side dish and ac-compliment with Rice This Ladies-finger vegetable (okra) cooked in a gravy soured by Tomato/ Tamarind is cooked in all Indian household, and is a Main gravy dish for vegetarians.
This Time made the gravy North Indian Style along with Yogurt. Where ladies-finger(okra) is fried and cooked in a Tomato gravy and Yogurt is added for creaminess.
Make this Easy Okra gravy and enjoy your scrumptious Vegetarian Meals, here are few more Okra recipies: Crispy Okra, Okra south Indian gravy, Ladies finger with prawns gravy Ingredients Required: Okra(ladiesFinger/ Bhindi): 10-15 Oil: 3-4 sps For grinding: Onion: 1 Tomato: 2 Greenchilies: 3-4 Yogurt: 1 cup
Simple method for this North Indian Style Dahi Bhendi First wash the Okra (bhindi/ ladiesfinger) nicely & pat it dry using kitchen towel Then cut it little slantly to form finger size long pieces
For the gravy : In a pan add little Oil & fry the Onion along with green chilies Then once its fried for 5 min add the Tomatoes & fry till its mushy In a blender add all these fried ingredients along with 1 cup water And Grind to a fine paste
In a Deep dish: Take oil & add the Bhindi(Okra) & fry it nicely for 5 min Then add salt & fry for 2 more minutes Lastly add the Blended paste mix add water 1 cup water
Now let it boil for 5 min, Then simmer & add 1 cup yogurt mix Close the lid & cook just for 2 min Bhindi (Okra)cooks completely Check the consistency if its too thick add bit more water Tangy & Spicy Dahi Bhindi in tomato gravy ready to serve with Rice
Fruits salad with custard, made using custard powder store brought & served with Fresh fruits Always include lots of fresh fruits in your diet, this way you can have all seasonal fruits which are healthy I have Made this custard in a very simple way, this is the Eggless version using Vanilla custard powder slow cooked & served chilled with fruits salad....
Method: Bring the Milk to Boil & cook it for 5 more min Add sugar appx 5 tsps Mix well check the taste if you want more sweet Mix custard powder in a bowl with half cup milk(room temperature) to make a paste Slowly add the above custard paste to Milk & keep stiring Cook for another 5 min till it thickens Remove from heat & let it cool down & come to Room Temperature If you want you can even whisk this mixture Place this in any container with cap...close tightly & freeze Freeze for 1 hr for best results Remove from the freezer mix Serve with fruits & Nuts of your choice
It's Festive time again, Eid Special Sheer korma or roasted Semaiya kheer is a sweet pudding prepared on this occasion This is usually accompanied with lots of nuts which makes it very rich. Usually its made using Long roasted Vermicelli. If you dont get this thin Vermicelli can make using the regular Vermicelli as well
Ingredients Vermicelli: 2cups Ghee: 4sp Milk: 1/2 ltr Sugar: 1+1/2 cups WATER: 3 cups Badam powder: 2 tbsps Nuts(cashew & pista): 1/2 cup Pista: few for garnishing
Method
In a Kadai take Ghee add Vermicelli & fry till golden brown
Keep water in a vessel & bring to boil
Once the Vermicelli is roasted add hot boiling water to it & cook 5 min
Then add the Milk & let the Vermicelli cook in milk
Once it bubbles up you can see that the vermicelli is almost cooked
Add sugar to this and mix well
Cook for 2 min & add Badam powder for taste
Finally add Add the Nuts fried in ghee
Sheer korma is Ready to be served Garnish with pistas....Serve hot / chilled, Enjoy Eid
Crispy Millet dosa for breakfast, replace rice with millets for Healthy breakfast, same crispy and tasty dosas can be made with Millets try this easy recipe Millets are traditionally important grains,Millets are gaining popularity these days because of their health benefits like high fiber content, gluten free and rich nutritional content. So replace your Rice with Millets & make all the dishes healthy & low calorie, click here for some of my Millet dishes: South Indian special breakfast is incomplete without dosas, These crispy Dosas are made using Foxtail Millet, You can use any millet of your choice
Ingredients for Millet dosa
Urad Daal: 1 cup Foxtail millet: 2 cups Dosa Rice: 1 cup Flattened rice(poha): 1/2 cup Oil little to spread on dosa
Soak Urad Dal & millet in separate containers for 4 hrs Wash & Grind Urad dal with little water to fine paste & remove Soak Poha just before grinding for 15-20min Then Wash & Grind soaked millet with poha & water to fine paste Here is Urad dal paste & Millet Paste below
Then mix this millet & poha paste with Urad dal Paste Add little water & make it dosa paste consistency Keep in warm place to Ferment Overnite (6hrs) Procedure For Millet dosa is as follows After fermentation when making Dosa add Salt to batter & mix Heat up the dosa pan, take a laddle full batter and spread to form thin dosa Spread the oil to the sides & apply little ghee on top of dosa cover lid and cook on medium flame After 2min when its slightly brown turn and cook other side for 2 min Crispy healhy Millet dosa is ready to serve, Best served with chutney
Tasty seafood for todays Sunday lunch, Shark fish which has a white flesh with very little or soft bone is good to make Manchurian So try this Shark Chilly Fry(Manchurian)style & enjoy these boneless soft shark flesh This fish is very rare to get and seasonal, also it produces heat in the body so consume it in fair quantities, Include salads with your fish meals, Coastal fresh fish is the best.
Ingredients Shark Chilly Fry Fish cubed:8-10 PCs Lemon juice: 1/2 Redchili powder/Achi fish fry masala: 3sps Corn flour: 4-5tbsp Salt o taste Turmeric 1 pinch Oil to deep fry Tomato sauce or sweet chilly sauce: 2-3sps
Method for Shark Chilly Fry Marinate: fish steaks: apply salt to taste & 1/2 lemon juice keep for 5 min Mix together chili powder or Achi fish fry masala, Turmeric lillte, 1/2 Lemon juice to form a paste add spoon full water not more. Squeze the fish remove excess water & apply this paste leave to marinate for 15min- 1/2 hr
Heat a deep pan with Oil for deep frying Coat the Fish pieces with cornflour & remove excess then deep fry in oil
Cook for 3 min on each side then remove on an absorbent paper Once all the fish is fried, In a pan add Tomato sauce or sweet chilly sauce and add fried fish and toss well till its coated Spicy Shark Chilly Fry(Manchurian) is ready to serve, enjoy this boneless fleshy shark manchurian
