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.

Patvadi( Maharashtrian speciality)

This is a very famous main dish of Maharashtrian people.

Ingredients:

For Patvadi:
Besan(Gram flour) - 1 cup
turmeric powder - 1 pinch
mustard seeds - 1 pinch
red chilly powder - 1 tsp
coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
cumin powder - 1 pinch
onion finely chopped - 1/2 small size
ginger-garlic paste -1 tsp
finely chopped coriander leaves
2 tsp oil
salt to taste

For Curry:
red chilly powder - 2tsp
turmeric powder - 1 pinch
cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
coriander powder - 1 tsp
garam masala powder - 1tsp
cumin seeds - 1tsp
ginger-garlic paste 1tsp
bay leaf - 2-3
peanuts -2 tsp
chana dal - 1 tsp
rice- 1 tsp
poppy seeds - 1/2 tsp
dried coconut slices - 2 tsp
black pepper - 1/2 tsp
cloves - 1-2
Black cardamon - 1
cinamon stick - 1 inch
onion cut roughly - 1 small
salt to taste
finely chopped coriander leaves for garnish
4-5 tsp oil

Directions:
For Patvadi:
1.Heat a container with 1 tsp oil, then add mustard seeds, after spluttering add cut onion , then stir till the onion golden brown and the add ginger-garlic paste in it.
2.Now add turmeric,red chilly powder,cumin powder, coriander powder ,salt & then add 3 cup water & let it boil.Once it boiled add chopped coriander & then slowly add besan, keep mixing & let it cook for 5-7 min.
3.Remove it from fire & spread it immediately on a greased, flat dish, spread it not much thinner with help of oily palm & allow to cool for 10-15 min.
4.Now with a help of knife make a rectangle shaped wadi , and our patvadies are ready.

For curry:
1.In a pan take 1 tbsp of oil and roast the onion, chana dal(1tsp),rice(1tsp),peanuts,coconut,poppyseeds,cumin seeds,cloves,black pepper ,cardamon and grind them & make a fine paste of it.(to make paste more fine add little amount of water in it & grind again)
2.Heat another pan , add oil in it then add ginger-garlic paste & then add ground paste in it.At first instance this paste absorb entire oil in a pan,keep mixing it.
3.After 3-4 min, this paste leave the oil ,now add turmeric, chilly powder ,cumin and coriander powder & salt in it and mix it well with paste.
4.Finally add water in it to make a curry & let it cook for 2-3min.
5.Then add garam masala and coriander leaves and remove the curry from fire.
6.Put the patvadies in the curry and serve it with chapati or rice.

Chole

Ingredients:

For Chole:
white channa - 200 gms
finely cut onion - 2 medium size
finely cut tomato - 1 medium size
finely cut green chilly - 2-3 nos
garlic-garlic paste - 1 tbsp
red chilly powder -1 tbsp
turmeric powder - 1 pinch
cumin powder - 1 tsp
coriander powder - 1 tbsp
chole masala powder - 2tbsp
salt - to taste
lemon juice - 1 tbsp
oil - 4 tbsp
whole garam masala - cardamom,cinnamon stick,cloves, black pepper(few pieces of each )
finely chopped coriander leaves for garnish

Procedure:

1.Soak chole in water overnight or to cook on the same day soak them in warm water for at least 5-6 hrs.
2. Then pressure cook chole . Do not drain chole, keep with water.
3.Heat oil in a deep saucepan and add mustard seeds , whole garam masala in the oil.
Then add chopped onion, green chillies to it and saute till they are brown in colour.
4.Add ginger-garlic paste to it and saute for couple of minutes .
5.Add all dry masala powders and salt to it and saute .
Saute the tomatoes till they are soft and mushed up totally.
6.Add the chole to the mixture and mix gently so that chole are properly coated in the mixture
7.Add the reserved water depending on the gravy you need,also see the seasoning .
cook covered for 5-6 minutes and garnish it with coriander leaves
8.Serve hot with bhatura, puri or chapatti with sliced onion and lemon .