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Instant Peas Dhoklas

2008-07-15T20:01:00.000-07:00

Instant Peas Dhoklas

Ingredients:
1 cup besan (gram flour)
4 tbsp rawa (Suji/Semolina)
1 tbsp Eno (1\4 packet)
4 long green chillies
1 small piece of ginger
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp oil
Salt to taste

Ingredients for temper:
11/2 tbsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp sesame seeds
6-7 curry leaves
A pinch of asafoetida

Method:
Step 1: Grind the peas, green chillies and ginger in to mixer. Do not add water in this paste.

Step 2: Make a smooth paste.
Step 3: Take big vessel and add besan(gram flour) in it.Step 4: Add rawa, lemon juice, sugar, salt, and oil in it.Step 5: Mix all this ingredients very well with spoon.
Step 6: After that add crush green peas paste in it.Step 7: Add 1\3 cup water and mix this material very well. For water use same cup as you use the cup for besan.

Step 8: Spread the oil in those dish which you can use for steam.

Step 9: Lastly add the Eno. When you add Eno (1\4 packet) or fruit salt then you can see like fragmentation in flour.

Step 10: Mix very well.

Step 11: Quickly spread this material into prepared dishes.

Step 12: Steam this about 10 minutes.
Step 13: After steam it looks like this.

Step 14: Cut this into triangle shapes.

Step 16: Place it into another dish. When you turn on into another dish it is come out nicely.
Step 15: Heat the oil in a small vessel.

Step 16: Add asafetida, mustard seeds, and sesame seeds and curry leaves.

Step 17: Fry for a while and after that turn off the flame immediately.

Step 18: Pour this mixture over the dhoklas.

Step 19: Serve hot with tomato ketchup or chutney.:) If you like without oil than you can also serve as it is with tomato ketchup.:)

"God desires that his temples be built from LOVE.
Men raise brick-built towers to the sky above."
-Stray birds fireflies

Sev Usal

2008-07-08T03:02:00.000-07:00

After long time I was post recipe here. I miss my all blog friends and I would like to come back regular in my blog. This pink rose is for my entire blog friends and all those people who search my recipe on line and also give me GOOD feedback here. Thank you very much for your pleasant words. I am really grateful to all.

Sev Usal- Hot and Spicy healthy dish with less oil.

Ingredients for Sev-Usal:
1 cup green peas
2 medium size potatoes
3 medium size onions
2 medium size tomatos
2 tbsp grama masala
2 tbsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp grated ginger
2 tbsp grated beet rout
4 tbsp lemon juice
1\2 tbsp sugar optional
2 tbsp oil
Salt to taste
To serve:

Yogurt

Coriander leaves

OnionTomatoTamarind chutney (Optional)

Sev (made up of besan(Gram flour)). Click here for recipe.

Method for making Sev-Usal:
Step 1: Chopped the onion into very small pieces.

Step 2: Cut the tomatoes into small size.

Step 3: Peel the potatoes and cut into medium size cube. Pressure cooks the green peas with potatoes cube with half cup water.

Step 4: Cook them for two whistle or until it is soft enough.

Step 5: Mash it just like we do for Pau Bhaji.

Step 6: Mash very nicely.

Step 7: Heat the oil in a frying pan in medium flame and add cumin seeds and cook for 1\2 second.

Step 8: Add grated ginger in it.

Step 9: Next add finely chopped onion.

Step 10: Let onion cook until they are golden brown. Then add grated beetroot for reddish color.

Step 11: Then add tomato and let it cook until it turns into thick tomato gravy. Then add red chilli powder, and turmeric powder.

Step 12: Now in add into this mashed peas and potatoes.

Step 13: Add a cup of water for making like gravy.

Step 14: All these cook together until it forms a good mixture with thick gravy.
Step 15: Finally add garam masala powder, salt and lemon juice to it. (If you like then add sugar also.)

Step 16: Cook for a minute and turn off the flame.

Step 17: Here our Usal is ready and garnish with fresh coriander leaves.

Step 18: Place in serving bowl.

Step 18. Add begal gram sev and decorate with lemon and onion slices. So it is called as Sev-Usal. Serve hot.

Step 19: This Usal also goes well with bread with taste of yogurt; we try it that way to for a change sometimes or otherwise sev is not at home and bread is ready to it………….:)

"Everyone is not fortunate to do great things, but everyone can write love on some human hearts & that would make him or her feel great."

Have a cheerful day to my entire buddies. :)

Raita marcha & Red Chilli chutney

2008-02-13T07:17:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine Day to My all Blog Friend!!!

History & Traditions
The holiday of Valentine's Day probably derives its origins from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. In the early days of Rome, fierce wolves roamed the woods nearby. The Romans called upon one of their gods, Lupercus, to keep the wolves away. A festival held in honor of Lupercus was celebrated February 15th. The festival was celebrated as a spring festival. Their calendar was different at that time, with February falling in early springtime. One of the customs of the young people was name-drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man drew a slip. The girl whose name was chosen was to be his sweetheart for the year Legend has it that the holiday became Valentine's Day after a priest named Valentine. Valentine was a priest in Rome at the time Christianity was a new religion. The Emperor at that time, Claudius II, ordered the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius believed that as married men, his soldiers would want to stay home with their families rather than fight his wars. Valentine defied the Emperor's decree and secretly married the young couples. He was eventually arrested, imprisoned, and put to death Valentine was beheaded on February 14th, the eve of the Roman holiday Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine was named a saint. As Rome became more Christian, the priests moved the spring holiday from the 15th of February to the 14th - Valentine's Day. Now the holiday honored Saint Valentine instead of Lupercus

HISTORY OF THE VALENTINE'S DAY SYMBOLS
History of Valentine's Day Roses'Oh, my love is a red, red rose' ~ Poets and scholars have likened the beauty of their sweethearts to that of roses. Rose, as the queen of flowers, symbolizes peace and war, love and forgiveness. Valentine's Day is a time to send flowers and gifts to your loved ones but beware! Some of these beautiful messengers may transmit wrong messages. Take the most common flowers, roses for instance. There are formal meanings of different coloured roses in some cultures. Each of these meanings is still used in society today, so choose your colour with care.

White roses are for true love and purity of the mind.
Red roses are for love and passion.
Yellow roses are for friendship.
Black roses mean farewell.
Pink roses mean friendship or sweetheart.
History of Valentine's Day Cupid
Cupid, the mischievous son of the Goddess of Love, Venus, is supposedly responsible for people falling in love. According to the myths, anyone being hit by Cupid's arrow falls in love with the first person he/she sees. His mischievous intentions have led to some entertaining situations in various legends. Cupid in the Roman mythology has Eros, the son of Aphrodite, as his counterpart in the Greek Myths. The names of both these Gods are used synonymously with the concept of love today.

History Of Love Knot
Young women in strict Muslim households used to send their pledges of love to young men through messages woven through the knots of a carpet in an Arab tradition. This tradition of sending messages through the knots gave birth to the concept of love knots that continues to this day.

History Of Valentine's Hearts
To a beloved, there is no symbol as important as the heart. To give someone one's heart means to give to him or her one's whole being, for the heart is at the center of one's existence. The heart stands for the most profound and noblest of human emotions- that of love. Through ages, it has inspired millions to rise above the mundane cares and to get lost in the thought of their beloved. Thus a heart, pierced by the cupid's arrow, has become the most famous of the valentine's symbols.

Spicy Achaar…………… I made this for my mom-dad who love this Pickle too much!!!

I am sending this as my entry for Pooja's theme of the week- Valentine's Day .:))

This is our traditional side dish of Gujarati. you can find this lovely and spicy dish in each home of gujarat , so this goes to Mathy who is hosting RCI- Gujarati this month.

This goes as well to Coffee for her JFI-Lemon this month.

Raita Marcha(Red chilli Pickle)

Ingredients:
500gm red chillies

100gm mustard seed powder

7-tbsp lemon juice

2-tbsp haldi powder

4-tbsp oil

Salt to taste
Method:

Step 1: Wash the red chillies and cut off the tops.

Step 2: Remove the seeds of the red chillies and cut in to long thin pieces.

Step 3: Heat the oil till smoking; add the mustard seed powder and haldi powder in it. Turn off the flame.Step 4: Cool at room temperature and add lemon juice and salt to taste.Step 5: Then add chopped red chillies.Step 6: Mix well so that all chillies get coated with the mustard seeds masala.Step 7: Take clean glass jar and place the red chilli pickle in the jar.

Red Chilli Chutney

Ingredients:

500gm fresh long thick green chillies

100gm sugar
Salt to taste
Method:
Step 1: Wash the red chillies and dry towel to absorb all the moisture. Cut these chillies in to long slices. Remove all the seeds very nicely.
Step 2: Crush the red chilli into mixer to make fine paste.Step 3: Place this mixer in to big vessel. Step 4: Add salt and sugar in it.
Step 5: Mix very well and place it for whole night.Step 6: In the second day morning cover the top with a muslin cloth and leave in the sun to dry for 2-3 days.Step 7: Take clean glass jar and place the chutney in the jar.Step 8: Close the lid of the jar and this should be remains as it is for one year.
I am sending this as my entry for Pooja's theme of the week- Valentine's Day .:))

Event Post

2008-01-25T18:02:00.000-08:00

These are my entry for Pooja's Republic day Event. Theme of this event is you can cook anything with 3 colors of flag of India. (Orange , White and Green – you can cook dish finally resulting in any of these 3 colors / any single color / all of 3 , some variation in color of final dish is perfectly Ok. In this New Year she is start her event with very nice theme for our country. So let’s celebrate Republic Dat with participant in this event……:)

Three color sandwich:

For recipe click Here!!!

Row Papaya, Carrot and green chilli side dish / Sambharo:

Ingredients:

1 carrot
1 small size raw papaya slice
5 long green chillies
2 tbsp lemon juice
1\2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Step 1: Peel the carrot and Papaya.

Step 2: Grated the papaya and carrot. Cut the green chillies in long size and remove the seeds.

Step 3: Heat the one tbsp oil in to pan and add green chillies into low flame.

Step 4: When chillies fry nicely add salt, and remove from the oil.

Step 5: After that add grated raw papaya in to law flame and cook for one minute.

Step 6: Add lemon juice, sugar and salt to taste and mix well. Turn off the flame and place it in another dish.
Step 7: Turn on the flame and one tbsp oil and heat it. Add grated carrot in it.

Step 8: Add sugar, lemon juice and salt to taste.
Step 9: Place it in dish like as three colors of our flag.
Step 10: If you like then mix all these and serve as a side dish.

Also contribute in AFAM event hosted by Nags!!!

Papaya:

This is my simple dish for dessert and likes to eat as it is. I contribute this simple papaya dish for event AFAM hosted by Nags.

Benefits:
1. An excellent source of vitamin C and potassium.
2. High in folate and beta carotene.
3. An extract is used to tenderize meat.

Drawbacks:
1. Can cause dermatitis in some people.

Green Garlic Chutney

Ingredients:
25gm green garlic
2 tbsp cumin seeds
10 gm Coriander leaves
5 pieces of garlic
2 green chillies
1 tbsp oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Step 1: Add all ingredients except green chilli in steal small vessel.

Step 2: Then crush with heavy steal handle with use of hand and make like paste.
Step 3: When it crushes half then adds green chillies in it and make paste not very much smooth.

Step 4: Heat one tbsp oil in microwave and add this material in it.

Step 5: Mix this material in oil very nicely.
Step 6: Microwave on high for only one minutes.

Step 7: You very tasty with nice aroma of garlic chutney is ready.

Step 8: Place in serving bowl.

I am sending this chutney to Sunita's Monthly Spice event, This time Think Spice : Think Garlic...!

Happiness Message:

You will never happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

-Albert Camus

Arusuvai Friendship Chain

2008-01-12T08:49:00.000-08:00

The Arusuvai Friendship Chain has been inspired by the Amish Friendship Bread Starter chain doing the rounds outside of India. More details about the chain, here. It has been quite active and as part of it, I received a surprise ingredient from Bhags of crazycurry!!! This is the beautiful logo created by Lakshmi.
The Arusuvi Friendship Chain is about sending along a surprise ingredients as a gift to your friends. Your friend prepare any tasty with it and share the recipe and pass on other surprise ingredients to another people. My blog friend Bhags send the surprise ingredient to me. But when she is send me I am not at home and my mom say your friend send you something to you. I am really very happy and excited when my mom says me on phone. After three days I am coming at home and open the packet. Say what is surprise ingredient for me? Rajgari flour is in the packet. I decided I made two different items from this flour one is sweet and another is spicy. So I made Rajgari sero and Rajgari Tikki.

Rajgira Flour Halwa/Rajgira Sero/Farali Sero

Preparation Time: 2 minutes
Cooking Time: 8 minutes
Serves / Makes: 2 persons

Ingredients:

1 cup rajgira flour
1\2 cup sugar
3\4 cup ghee
1 and 1\2 cup water
1-tbsp elaichi (cardamom) powder
Kaju (cashewnuts) for garnishing

Method:
Step 1: Heat the ghee in pan.

Step 2: Then add rajgira flour on medium flame.

Step 3: Roast it till it change colour and the small starts coming.

Step 4: Boil the water side by side in another pan.

Step 5: When Rajgira flour is roasted turn the gas on law flame and add water slowly.

Step 6: When water starts boiling and mixture becomes thick then add sugar in it.

Step 7: Heat till all the sugar dissolves and mixture start leaving side of Pan.

Step 8: Turn off the flame and add elaichi powder. Place it in serving plate.

Step 9: Garnishing with kaju and serve hot.

MakarSankranti
On January 14 the sun enters the rashi Capricorn. This is known as Makar Sankranti. Sankranti means the entry of the sun from one zodiac to another. Adults, children, even aged men and women, spiritedly fly kites all day. Kites dot the sky.

Gujarat Tourism started hosting International Kite Festival. So many well-known Kitists from many states and countries come here for this event. Kite Flying is now a special event in Ahmedabad held on Makarsakranti day, 14th January. The sky is full of colorful kites flying high in the air.

In Gujarat we made different type of chikkies like Til (sesame seed) chikki, Singdhana Chikki, Murmure Chikki, and Peanuts chikki. My next post for the different type of Chikki.:)

Something about Makar Sankranti........

Traditionally, this period is considered an auspicious time and the veteran Bhishma of Mahabharata chose to die during this period. Bhishma fell to the arrows of Arjuna. With his boon to choose the time of his death, he waited on a bed of arrows to depart from this world only during this period. It is believed that those who die in this period have no rebirth.

Makar Sankranti festival holds special significance according to the solar calendar as the day and night are of exactly equal duration on this day. For the people of northern hemisphere, the northward path of the sun marks the period when the sun is getting closer to them. This signifies that the days will get longer and warmer after Makar Sankranti. Makar Sankranti festival holds special significance according to the solar calendar as the day and night are of exactly equal duration on this day. For the people of northern hemisphere, the northward path of the sun marks the period when the sun is getting closer to them. This signifies that the days will get longer and warmer after Makar Sankranti.

In Uttar Pradesh, Sankranti is called 'Khichiri'.
In Punjab, Sankranti is celebrated as 'Maghi'.
In Madhya Pradesh, Sankranti is celelbrated as 'Sukarat' or 'Sakarat'
In South, Sankranti festival is known by the name of 'Pongal'

Pongal

A three-day harvest festival and one of the most joyful events in the South. Newly harvested rice is ceremonially cooked and cows and bullocks are gaily decorated and fed and are led out in procession to the beat of drums and music.
In south these three days people made Ven Pongal, Sarkkarai Pongal, and Aval Payasam
Pongal festival history is here.:)

Farali Tikki/Rajgira Tikki
Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins
Serves/Makes: 3

Ingredients for paste:

50gm roasted peanuts
7-8 green chillies
1 small part of ginger
4 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp sugar
Salt to taste

* Cut the chillies, ginger and mix with peanuts.

* Add sugar, lemon juice and salt in it.

* Grind all this material in to the mixer.

Ingredients for making Tikki:

1 cup Rajgira Flour
2 big size boiled potatoes
1 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp oil

Method for making Tikki:
Step 1: Peel the boiled potatoes and grated it.

Step 2: Add the papered material of peanuts in it. Mix very well with spoon.

Step 3: Add one tbsp oil and rajgira flour in it.

Step 4: Make tight dough. If material is very soft then add 2 tbsp rajgira flour and salt to taste.

Step 5: After that take small portion of this material and make the rajgira tikki with help of hand.

Step 6: Add sesame seeds over the each tikki and slightly press.

Step 7: Heat the flat pan and spread little oil over the surface. Place the tikki gently over it.

Step 8: Cook into medium flame for one minutes and turn into another side.
Step 9: Cook on other side for golden patches.

Step 10: Repeat the step 8 and 9 for remaining tikkies.

Step 11: Place the tikki in to serving bowl or plates.

Step 12: Serve hot with Tomato ketchup.

When you receive a package with a “surprise ingredient” as a part of Arusuvai here are the basic rules you need to follow:
1. Prepare something tasty with it and post recipe with a picture if you are a blogger with the logo, a link to person who passed it to you and to this post if you like for reference.
2. If you don’t blog, do share the recipe with the friend who gave it to you or post it as a guest post on someone you know who blogs.
3. Pass on a “surprise ingredient” to two or more friends, one of whom must preferably blog. We all want to have some fun together right?

I am sending my secret ingredients to Priya from Priyas kitchen-spices in life and Foodie from Zaayka now, hope they will continue the chain.:)

Almond Chocolate

2008-01-05T03:04:00.000-08:00

This is my contribution for "JFI-Chocolate" event hosted by Deepa.
Ingrdients:

1 cup milk powder
3\4 cup sugar
1\2 cup water for making sugar syrup
1\2 cup chopped almond
1\2 tbsp chocolate powder
1 tbsp ghee or butter

Method:
Step 1: Boil water with sugar in big pan on medium flame.
Step 2: Make little thick syrup of sugar so you made soft chocolate.

Step 3: Turn off the flame and add one tbsp ghee in it.

Step 4: When ghee mix well then add chopped almond pieces and chocolate powder.

Step 5: After that add milk powder in prepared material and mix very well.

Step 6: Place in another plate for cooling.

Step 7: Cool for 20 minutes after that take little ghee in your palm and make small balls of almond chocolate.

Also submitting this to Bindiya's event called as “These are a few of my favorite things “. We will be celebration a big

CHOCOLATE NEW YEAR TOGETHER!

Carrot, Beet and Gooseberries Juice/Healthy Drink

2007-12-24T18:01:00.000-08:00

The Story of the Birth of Christ Jesus as found in the Holy Bible, in the book of Luke. Christmas story from the bible is check here.

There were two Santa's Villages in California - today they are both closed. One was near Los Angeles, at Skyforest, CA near Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernadino Mountains. Another Santa's Village was near San Francisco, at 6348 Los Gatos Highway, Santa Cruz, CA.

Photo copy from Net.

Carrot, Beets and Gooseberries Juice/Healthy Drink

Ingredients:

3 medium size carrots
1\2 medium size beet
8 gooseberries
2 tbsp natural honey
5-6 black Pepper
Salt to taste

Method:
Step1: Peel and cut the beet and carrrots. Cut the gooseberries into small pieces.

Step 2: Mix all this ingredients in to big mixer jar.

Step 3: Add honey, salt and black pepper in it.

Step 4: After that add glass water and grind for one minute so that all ingredients crush very well.

Step 5: When all material crush very well then add more 2 small glass water in top of the jar.

Step 6: Drain juice into another bowl with big hole drainer so that some of crush fiber of carrot and gooseberries also drain with it.

Step 7: Shake very well and pour into serving glass. If you are like than also add ice pieces.

Step 8: Drink it within 15 minutes is good for health if you put into freeze than its original taste is change after 1 hour.
Benefits of Beets:

1. A source of folate, fiber and potassium.
2. The greens are a rich source of potassium, calcium, iron, beta carotene, and vitamin C.
Low in calories.
3. Rich in phytochemicals such as anthocyanins and saponins, which may bind cholesterol in the digestive tract, lowering the risk for heart disease.

4. According to folklore, beets were belived to posses curative powers for headaches and other painful conditions. Even today some naturalist practitioners recommend beets to prevent cancer and bolster immunity; they also suggest using the juice of raw beets to speed convalescence. Although beets are reasonably nutritious food source, there is no scientific proof that they confer any special medicinal benefits.

5. A half-cup serving of cooked beets provides 45 micrograms of folate, about 11 percent of the adult Recommended Dietary Allowance. The tops, if eaten while young and green are more nutritious: 1-cup has 35 mg of vitamin C, almost 46 percent of what is advised for adult women; 720 RE of vitamin A; and 160 mg of calcium, 2.5 mg of iron and 1300 mg of potassium.

Drawbacks of Beet:

1. Turn urine and stools red, a harmless condition that nonetheless alarms people who mistake it for blood.
2. If prone to kidney stones or gout, avoid beet greens as they are high in oxalates. Oxalates can form small crystals and contribute to the development of kidney stones.

Benefits of Carrots:

1. An excellent source of beta carotene, the precursor of vitamin A.
2. A good source of dietary fiber and potassium.
3. Help prevent night blindness.
4. May help lower blood cholesterol levels and protect against cancer. A U.S. government study found that volunteers who ate about one cup of carrots a day had an average 11 percent reduction in their blood cholesterol levels after only 3 weeks. Lowered cholesterol levels in turn, decrease the risk of heart disease.
5. One cup of cooked carrots has 70 calories, 4 g of fiber and about 18 mg of beta carotene. This provides more than 100 percent of the recommended Dietary Allowance of vitamin A. Nutrients essential for healthy hair, skin, eyes bones, and mucous membranes. Vitamin A also helps prevents infections.

Drawback of Carrot:

1. Excessive intake can give skin a yellowish tinge.

Benefits and drawback of Gooseberries is check here:

1. They are high in fiber (about 4g in a cup of raw berries), Vitamin C (50 mg per fresh cup) and potassium (250 mg per cup). They are also rich in bioflavonoid- plant pigments that help prevent cancer and other diseases.

A event called” Food during Pregnancy Event” has been lunched by Easy Crafts of "An easy cooking blog" this month. The theme is related to all pregnant ladies.

My contribution to this event is healthy drink of carrot, beet and gooseberries and lots of information about it.

During Pregnanacy:

1. At no other time in a woman’s life is good nutrition more essential than during pregnancy. While the need for calories increases only about 15 percent, the requirements for some nutrients more than doubles and a woman needs to plan her diet carefully.

Consume Plenty Of :

1. Lean meat, poultry, fish, dried beans, lentils and eggs for protein and iron.
2. Milk and dairy products, canned sardines and salmon (with bones included) and other high-calcium foods.
3. Citrus fruits, dark green vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and fortified cereals for folate.

Limit:
1. High-fat foods.
2. Sugary desserts and candy.
3. Coffee and other caffeinated drinks.

Avoid:
1. Alcohol use and smoking.
2. All drugs unless prescribed by a doctor.

From:Foods Harm Foods Heal Book, Reader's Digest

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Bitter gourd with lentil

2007-12-19T18:08:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:
100gm bittergourd,
100gm lentil (Tuver dal)
2-big size tomatoes
8-9 green chillies
3-tbsp oil
1-tbsp red chilli powder
1\2-tbsp turmeric powder
1-tbsp garam masala
1-tbsp mustard seeds
1-tbsp cumin seeds
1\2-tbsp asafoetida (hing)
3 tbsp lemon juice+2 tbsp sugar or jaggery(optional)
Salt to taste.

Method:
Step 1: Soak the Tuver dal for one hour.

Step 2: After that microwave for 4 minutes on high. So it’s become soft but not like smooth dal and Keep aside.Step 3: Peel and cut the bitter gourd into long slices. Remove the seeds.
Step 4: Soak into slated water for 1\2 hour so we reduce the bitterness.
Step 5: After that drain the extra water from the bitter gourd and put over the tissue paper.

Step 6: Cut the tomatoes into medium size pieces and keep aside.

Step 6: Heat the oil into a pan and add mustarded seeds, cumin seeds and hing.

Step 7: Add small green chilles and fry for one minute.

Step 8: After that add bitter gourd dry long slice in it.

Step 9: Cook into medium flame for 5 minutes and add turmeric powder.

Step 10: When bitter gourd slices become crispy then add red chilli powder and salt in it.
Step 11: After that add cook tuver dal in it and mix it. Cook into low flame for 3 minutes.

Step 12: Add chopped tomatoes and gram masala in it.

Step 13: Cook on medium flame until all tomato mix with curry very well.
Step 14: Turn off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.

Step 15: Serve with hot roti and ripe banana pieces.

Note: If you like then also add lemon juice and sugar for taste. Also you reduce the bitterness with lemon juice and sugar. Mix the lemon juice and sugar before the one minute of turn off the flame.

Love can bring a smile & a smile can take you another mile.:)

Sending the Bitter Gourd with lentils to Pooja from My Creative Ideas for her VOW: Bitter Gourd

Bharela Marcha (Stuffed Chillies)

2007-12-16T17:52:00.000-08:00

This is favorite side dish of Gujarati......
Ingredients:

5 long and thick green chillies
1 tbsp oil

Ingredients for stuffing:
1/2 cup gram flour (besan)
2 tbsp cumin+coriander powder
1\2 tbsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp red chilli powder
2 tbsp lemon juice
Salt to taste

Method:
Step 1: Mix all ingredients for stuffing.

Step 2: Make a slit in each chilli and remove the seeds.

Step 3: Stuff the gram flour material into the chillies tightly.

Step 4: Heat the oil in a pan and gently place all the chillies in the pan one by one.

Step 5: Reduce the heat and cook for 3 or 4 minutes so that chillies becomes soft and gram flour stuffing absorb the oil.

Step 6: Turn off the flame and place it into serving plate.

A man can learn many things, but all the learnings are simply incomplete, without learning the importance of Love.:)