RAJASTHANI BADI HARI MIRCH KI SABZI

 

My husband is so fond of spice and green chilli that he often gets this big green chilli and likes it as a sabzi for roti and doesn’t take it like achar / pickle.  Sometimes, I wonder how one can have so many green chillies at one go.  I took this recipe from Nisha Mudhulika’s webside and didn’t make much changes since the ingredients and spices used by her were simple and minimal.  So, without altering the ingredients, I made this sabzi and my hubby liked it so much that he finished about 12 chillies at one go.

BOMBAY CHUTNEY

 

I first heard about the Bombay Chutney from my Mother-in-Law.  She, being born and brought up in Pune, cooks a lot of Maharashtrian dishes.  Even, some of her South Indian recipes will have a tinge of Maharashtrian touch.   This chutney goes well as a side dish for rotis and paranthas. 

MEEHOLI BHAJI

 

Meeholi Bhaji is an Assamese vegetable dish and has a wonderful confetti of colours and a fabulous mingling of flavours imparted by the different types of vegetable and the five-spice mix that is typical of this region.  I took this recipe from a cook book by Mridula Baljekar.

METHI SABZI

 

Methi is one of my husband’s favourite green vegetable.  My daughter likes methi is form of parantha and my husband as sabzi.  Here, is a simple methi sabzi which goes well with roti and/or rice.

KATHRIKAI (BRINJAL) PULI KOOTU

I learnt this recipe from my mother-in-law which is very different from what my mom makes.  I liked this kootu as it gives more of a sambhar look and taste, it can be had with paranthas as well.  Katrikkai puti kootu can be made quickly as brinjal cooks in no time.

KARUVEPPILAI KUZHAMBU / CURRY LEAVES KUZHAMBU

 

Karuveppilai kuzhambu is so simple to make and tastes so yummm with all the goodness of curry leaves.  I made this kuzhambu after such a long time and served it with aloo fry, cauliflower carrot curry and nellikkai thayir pachchadi.  This kuzhambu goes well with ven pongal and arisi upma.

GHIYA (BOTTLE GUARD) KOFTA

Once, my dietician told me that bottle guard is such a rich vegetable for weight watchers.  It directly fights fat deposits in the body and there are so many weight reduction medicine in the market which have bottle guard extract as their main ingredients.  I don’t know how much this is true and kind of believed her and try to include bottle guard in my diet at least twice a week – bottle guard payasam, soup, sabzi and kofta.  Here, is kofta sabzi.

MASHED ALOO MASALA

I made this once as a filling for Aloo sandwich and it became an instant hit with my husband and daughter.  Now, they ask me to make this as a side dish for chappati / roti.  Its a very simple, easy and quick recipe and can be used as a filling for parantha, sandwich and samosas.  I make it really spicy and tangy. 

PUNJABI CHOLE

Punjabi Chole is a spicy north Indian main course recipe which can be had with rice, pulao, roti or parantha.  Its very simple and quick to make.  I, personally, like to use onions for garnishing than in gravy.  When I googled about the properties of kabuli channa, I learnt that Chickpeas are source of carbohydrate, vegetable protein and soluble fiber.  They contain lecithin a type of fat that reduces cholesterol and improves memory.  Very rich in mineral that helps to treat fibromyalgia and weakness.  It is said chickpeas must be present in the diet at least twice a week.

PANEER BUTTER MASALA

Paneer Butter Masala is my daughter’s favourite side dish for roti.  When ever we eat out… my little one would order for PBM and would make sure that the order is for spicy gravy and the gravy should be really red in colour as she thinks that pale yellow / orange gravy will be sweet in taste.  I took this recipe from here and made very little changes and my daughter simply loved it.  I make this recipe without cream.

BITTER GOURD (KARELA) SABZI

Bitter gourd is my husband’s one of favourite vegetables… though I don’t like it much but take it for its medicinal value.  Bitter gourd can be make in a variety of ways… simple sabzi, barwan karela (north indian), pitlai (south indian), karela podi and more…  Here, I am posting a simple sabzi recipe which can be taken with roti or rice and sambhar.  Will try to post the other karela recipes soon… as karela is something I make almost very week.

CAULIFLOWER SOYA SABZI

Soya is a very good source of protein.  It contains more protein than Egg, Meat, Wheat and Milk.  Helps in prevention of blood pressure, controls hypertension and is also excellent as part of low-calorie diet for weight watchers.