"Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action."
Todays receipe is spinach pakora. Its make a good appetizer.
Ingredients
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Spinach - 2 bunches (Nicely chopped)
Besan - 11/2 cup
Rice flour - 2 tbsp
Green chilli paste - as required
Salt as per taste
Turmeric power - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds
carom seeds - 1 tsp
water as required
Baking powder - 1 tsp
oil to deep fry
Method:-
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1. Mix Spinach, Besan,salt, rice flour, baking powder, water, turmeric powder, carom seeds, green chilli paste and water together.
2. Heat Oil in a kadai. When its hot, make pakoras and deep fry under medium heat.
3. Once they are fried, place them on tissue paper to remove excess oil.
Note:-
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1. I used green chilli paste instead of red chilli powder. This would enhance the taste of pakora.
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Palakura Pappu
Todays receipe is Palakura Pappu or Spinach dal.
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Spinach - 1 cup(Nicely cleaned and chopped)
Toor dal -2 cups (washed)
Ginger-garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Salt as per taste
Red chilli powder as required
Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Water - 2 cups
Green chillies - 2 to 3
Oil
For Tempering or Seasoning
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Cumin seeds
Mustard seeds
Red chillies
Method:-
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1. Take a Pressure cooker, add dal, spinach, green chillies, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder and cumin seeds. To this add water and pressure cook until 3 whistles.
2. Heat some oil in a pan. When it is hot add all the ingredients mentioned under tempering.
3.Add this to the cooked dal. Now add salt and check the spices if required add red chilli powder. Add tamarind paste and cook on medium flame for 5 to 7 minutes. Cook until it gets desired consistency of your choice.
4. Serve hot with rice or chapati of your choice.
Spinach Dal with garlic tempering/Lasooni dal
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." - Thomas Edison
Todays recipe is spinach dal. I love to have green vegetables in my diet.They are good for eyes and hair.Using spinach , I also prepare spinach fry with moon gal and garlic (dry version), spinach pakoda.I will blog them too sometime. I usually love to have spinach dal with meal maker fry. I like the combination. Today i would like to try the spinach dal with potato fry.
Ingredients
Spinach - Bunch (Nicely chopped and washed)
Toor Dal - 1 cup
Garlic - 3 flakes
Tamarind paste - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Green chillies - 3 to 4
Red chilli powder as per taste
Salt to taste
Oil
For Seasoning/tempering
Cumin seeds
Coriander seeds
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves (leaves)
Dry red chillies (Optional)
Hing(Optional)
Chopped garlic - 2 flakes
Method
1. Wash the dal nicely for 3 to 4 times in a pressure cooker. Add 1 and half cup of water to it. Add turmeric powder, cumin seeds, chopped green chilles, chopped garlic and now add chopped spinach to it .
2. Pressure cook the dal up to 3 whistles.If the dal is not cooked, you can cook for 2 more whistles.
3. Once the dal is cooked, add salt and tamarind paste to it. If the spice level is less you can add the red chilli powder.
4. Take another small pan or kadai. This is for tempering. Add oil to it. when it is hot, add the ingredients listed under tempering.
5.Pour this tempering to the dal and Boil it for 5 minutes and switch off the flame.
6. Serve hot with roti or rice.
Lessons from my experience
Initially when I start cooking, I never used to taste the curry while preparing. So I used to wonder whoever tasted used to tell me about salt/red chilli powder being less or more.Sometimes also with the question how many spoons you have added?.As I used to feel I added reasonable amount of them. Then I started tasting the curry whatever I made before it is served. After then I became confident with the amount how much need to be added.Later on , whenever I made anything I just used to trust my instincts.
Todays recipe is spinach dal. I love to have green vegetables in my diet.They are good for eyes and hair.Using spinach , I also prepare spinach fry with moon gal and garlic (dry version), spinach pakoda.I will blog them too sometime. I usually love to have spinach dal with meal maker fry. I like the combination. Today i would like to try the spinach dal with potato fry.
Ingredients
Spinach - Bunch (Nicely chopped and washed)
Toor Dal - 1 cup
Garlic - 3 flakes
Tamarind paste - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Green chillies - 3 to 4
Red chilli powder as per taste
Salt to taste
Oil
For Seasoning/tempering
Cumin seeds
Coriander seeds
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves (leaves)
Dry red chillies (Optional)
Hing(Optional)
Chopped garlic - 2 flakes
Method
1. Wash the dal nicely for 3 to 4 times in a pressure cooker. Add 1 and half cup of water to it. Add turmeric powder, cumin seeds, chopped green chilles, chopped garlic and now add chopped spinach to it .
2. Pressure cook the dal up to 3 whistles.If the dal is not cooked, you can cook for 2 more whistles.
3. Once the dal is cooked, add salt and tamarind paste to it. If the spice level is less you can add the red chilli powder.
4. Take another small pan or kadai. This is for tempering. Add oil to it. when it is hot, add the ingredients listed under tempering.
5.Pour this tempering to the dal and Boil it for 5 minutes and switch off the flame.
6. Serve hot with roti or rice.
Lessons from my experience
Initially when I start cooking, I never used to taste the curry while preparing. So I used to wonder whoever tasted used to tell me about salt/red chilli powder being less or more.Sometimes also with the question how many spoons you have added?.As I used to feel I added reasonable amount of them. Then I started tasting the curry whatever I made before it is served. After then I became confident with the amount how much need to be added.Later on , whenever I made anything I just used to trust my instincts.
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