Raw tomato chutney

There is some chutneys’ made traditionally in all homes in Dharwad, my home town. the same recipe can be used for the ridge gourds skin, Amma once used red pumpkin’s skin.

Ingredients:
3-4 tomatoes roughly chopped
2tsp. oil
Mustard
½ tsp.Hing
1 tsp urid dal
3 green chillies (as per taste)
1tbsp. til
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
½ grated fresh coconut
Salt to taste

Method:
Heat oil add mustard when they splutter
Add hing, urid dal till it changes colour.
Add green chilies, curry leaves, til.
Add tomatoes and lightly roast.
Switch off the gas add coriander leaves, coconut and cool.
Grind in the mixer with salt.
Serve with dosa.

Pasta

My good friend Neeta introduced me to pasta, she used white sauce in the tomato puree but I prefer it this way.

Ingredients:

250g Pasta
3 onions chopped fine
2 tsp. ginger garlic paste
4 tomatoes pureed
200g mushrooms
Grated cheese
3-4 tbsp. tomato sauce
½ tsp chili sauce
1tbsp. sugar
Salt to taste

Method:


In oil fry onions once they become pinkish add ginger garlic paste.
Add tomato puree simmer, add mushrooms.
In a separate vessel boil sufficient water (about 500Lit.) add a little salt and a tsp.ful oil. Add the pasta and cook.
When the pasta is done drain the water and add to the onion tomato mixture.
Add grated cheese, tomato sauce, chili sauce, sugar, salt.

Palak Paneer

Palak Paneer

This recipe is an adaptation of Sanjeev Kapoors recipe. You can use potatoes,peas,corn kernels in place of paneer. Nothing beats paneer in palak.

Ingredients:

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Paneer 200 gms.

Spinach (palak) 4 bunches

Onion 1 no

garlic paste 2 tsp.

Tomato1nos.

Pav Bhaji Masala ½ tsp.

1 tsp.Oil2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Method

1. Pick, wash and soak palak in boiling water for a minute then immediately transfer in ice-cold water.

2. Grind boiled palak coarsely with a chilli.

3. Chop onion. Puree the tomatoes.

4. Add oil in a pan and heat. Add the garlic paste.

5 when the garlic becomes brownish add the onions.

6 .Next add the tomato puree and cook till oil leaves the pan.

7.Now add the Pav Bhaji Masala and palak. Add the paneer Mix well.

8.dd salt.

Alle Pak

My dad asked me for this recipe. Kusum Maushi my husband’s Maushi gave me this recipe. Kusum Maushi is an excellent cook so this tastes wonderful.

Here is your recipe for ginger cubes (alle pak).

1. Grate cleaned &  peeled ginger.
2. Now grind the same in the mixer fine.
3. Measure the grated ginger.
4. For one cup of grated ginger –1 1/2 cup of sugar (if your ginger is not tender take 2 cups sugar) add a little water till the sugar gets wet.
5. Put on the gas on and heat till the syrup reaches hardball stage i.e. when a drop of the syrup is put in water it hardens to a ball.
6. Now add the ground ginger & cook till the edges harden.
7. Pour on a greased plastic sheet or greased thali & cut to squares.