Gobi ke parathe

This is mouth watering Punjabi dish. One of my fevourite breakfast. Here is the quick recipe.

Ingredients:

cauliflowers(gobi) - 250 gm •

Green chillis - 2-finally chopped

Red Chilly powder : 1 1\2 teaspoon

Chopped coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Method:

1) Finely grate the cauliflower using gratter•
2 ) Add salt,red chilly powder and mix properly.

3) mix copped coriender leaves and green chilly.
4) Don't leave this mixture for long after adding salt otherwise it will start leaving water.

5) Prepare dough as we prepare for chapathi.
6)Flatten a small portion of dough and put some mixture in the center. 7)Draw the edges towards center to cover the mixture.
8)Roll out in the form of paratha.
9)Heat a griddle and Roast the paratha on it with some ghee/oil. 10 ) Serve hot with curd and chutney.

Spinach dhokla

Spinach Dhokla : my experiment :)

Ingredients:

besan - 1 cup

ginger paste - 1/2 spoon.

spinach leaves - 1 cup coarsely chopped and washed

ajwain - 1 teaspoon

chilli powder - 1 tea spoon

green chillies - 3-4 finely chopped

oil- 1 tablespoon,

sugar - 1 teaspoon

eno salts- ½ teaspoons

turmeric - 1 teaspoon

1 cup water

For tarka:

1 tablespoon oil

1 teaspoon sesame seeds

2 dried red chillies

2 bay leaves

½ teaspoon mustard seeds

Lemon juice - 2-3 spoon

Method:

1. spread little on Oil a thali and set aside

2. In a bowl take the besan. Add the ginger, green chillies, salt, ajwain, turmeric, chilli powder, sugar, 1 tablespoon oil and 1 cup water.

3. Mix to form a thick batter

4. Add the spinach leaves and eno salts and mix thoroughly.

5. Transfer the mixture to the oiled thali and place in a steamer.

6. Steam until firm but springy to touch.

7. Remove from steamer and allow to cool.

9).Cut into 3 long blocks and then cut each block into 1 cm wide slices.

For tarka:

1. In a kadai, heat 1 tablespoon oil, add mustard seeds, sesame seeds, red dried chillies and bay leaf.

2. Add the sliced spinach dhokla and stir fry till they start to crisp up and brown slightly.

3. Finally add Lemon juice and mix it well.
Transfer the spinach dhokla to serving dish serve with tea and coriander chutney

Whole Wheat Roti (Cheela)

This recipe I learned from my room-mate in PG. We both used to have lot of fun in our PG's kitchen. This is very healthy and testy recipe. I made my first impression in my susral (in-law's place) with this recipe only. Here is the simple recipe

Cooking time : 10-min.

Serve - 2 person

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat - 2 cups

Green Chillies - 2

Ginger - 1'' piece

ghee\oil - 1-2 spoon

Water - 2 cups

Salt to taste.

Method:

1) Soak whole wheat in water for 4 hrs or overnight.
2) Grind it with green chillies, ginger, salt and water. it should not be fine paste. You should feel the pieaces in your hand like rava.

3) On a preheated griddle (tava) preferably non-stick, place some batter and spread it evenly pressing it gently with hand. 4) Cover the griddle for some time (1-2 min).

5) remove the cover and spread some ghee. put the ghee specially on holes to get crispness.

6) When the side roasted properly reverse the side and roast little bit.

6) Serve hot green chutney\coconut chutney.