Palak Puri ( Spinach Puri)

Ingredients:

Wheat flour(atta) - 2 cups

Gram flour(besan) - 2 tbs

Rice flour - 2 tbs

Palak(spinach) - 1/2 bunch

Green chillies - 4-5 no

Cumin seeds(roasted) - 1 tsp

Ginger - 1 small small piece

Red chili powder- 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - a pinch

Asafoetida - a pinch

Sesame seeds - 1tbs

Salt to taste

oil for frying.

Procedure:

1.Wash the spinach leaves in water and blanch in boiling water for about 5 min.
2.Then in a blender pot take spinach leaves, green chillies, ginger, cumin seeds and grind in to fine paste.

3.Take all flours , add salt, asafoetida, sesame seeds and mix with fingers

4. Now mix the palak paste in the atta, add red chili powder,turmeric powder and 1 tbs oil while kneading into semi hard dough.

5.Now make equal sized balls and roll into round shape puries.
Deep fry puries in hot oil from both sides on medium to high heat.
6.Serve palak puri hot with aloo sabji or red chili chutney.

Rajma Masala

Ingredients:

Rajma( red kidney beans) - 1 cup (soaked overnight)
Onion finely chopped - 1 big size
Tomato finely chopped - 1 medium size
Ginger-garlic paste - 1/2 tbs
Green chillies - 2
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Red chili powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Bay leaf - 2
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tbs
Salt to taste
Finely chopped coriander leaves

Procedure:
1. Wash soaked rajma (overnight) and pressure cook it for up to 2 whistles. Keep water of cooked rajma for curry.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add bay leaf and cumin seeds. When cumin seeds splutter add cut onions and fry them till golden brown.
3. Now add ginger garlic paste and green chillies and saute for few seconds.
4. Add all spices except garam masala and saute for few seconds.
5. Now add the cut tomatoes and cook them till mushy.
6. Add boiled rajma along with the boiled water and bring it to a boil.
7. Add salt and garam masala powder, cover it and cook on a medium flame till everything blends together. (Approximately 15 minutes).
8. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapati or rice.

Simple Tomato Soup

Ingredients:

Tomatoes(big) - 2
Onion (medium) - 1/2
Ginger - 1 small piece
Pepper powder - as per taste
Salt - as per taste
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Butter - small cube

Corriander leaves for garnish
Water.

Procedure:

1. Cut tomatoes, onion and ginger into pieces, and cook them in a pressure cooker with 2-3 whistles and then grind it into smooth paste by adding some water.
2.Filter the mixture and then in a heavy bottom pan pour this mixture.
3.Add butter, salt, cumin and pepper powder and required amount of water.
4.Make it boil , if required add water.
5. Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with bread stick.