Aloo Palak
Ingredients
3 cups chopped spinach
2 large onoins chopped fine
2 large potatoes boiled and peeled
1 tomato grated
2 green chillies
1″ piece ginger
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. wheat or other flour
1 tsp. red chilli powder
1 tsp. cinnamon-clove powder
1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 pinches asafoetida
1/2 tsp. garam masala
1/2 tbsp. butter
4 tbsp. ghee
salt to taste
METHOD:
Put the washed spinach in a pan, add very little water (just a sprinkle) and a pinch of salt.
Cover and boil over a high flame for 2 minutes. Cool quickly, or hold under running water in a colander.
Put in a mixie, add green chilli and run for a minute. Keep slightly coarse, do not make very smooth.
Keep aside.
Cut the potatoes into big pieces. Heat ghee and fry potatoes till light brown.
Drain the potatoes, keep aside.
In the same hot ghee add the cumin seeds.
Add the ginger, onions and fry till very tender.
Add the tomato and further fry for two minutes.
Add all the dry masalas and fry till ghee separates.
Add spinach and potatoes.
When it resumes a boil sprinkle the flour and stir well. Boil for 2-3 minutes. Add lemon juice
Just before serving heat butter in a tiny saucepan and add the asafoetida.
Pour over the vegetable and mix gently.
Serve hot with naan or parathas or even rice.
Note: You may use boiled peas, boiled corn kernels or paneer chunks in the above dish, instead of atoes.
Making time: 45 minutes
Makes for: 6
Shelf life: Best fresh
Puranpoli
Ingredients
300gms. channa (yellowgram) dal
300 gms. jaggery (molasses)
1 tsp. cardamom powder
150 gms. plain flour
1 tbsp. ghee
warm water to knead dough
ghee to serve
Method
Boil dal in plenty of water till soft but not broken.
Drain in a colander for 10-15 minutes.
Pass through an almond grater little by little till all dal is grated.
Mash jaggery till lumps break. Mix well into dal.
Put mixture in a heavy saucepan and cook till a soft lump is formed
Take care to stir continuously, so as not to charr. Keep aside.
Mix ghee, flour, add enough water to make a soft pliable dough.
Take a morsel sized ball of dough, roll into a 4″ round.
Place same sized ball of filling in centre, life all round and seal.
Reroll carefully to a 6″ diameter round.
Roast on warm griddle till golden brown.
Repeat other side.
Take on serving plate. Apply a tsp. of ghee all over top.
OR
Shallow fry on griddle like a paratha for a better flavour.
But this method will consume more ghee and therefore calories.
Serve hot with dal or amti.
Note: The water drained from boiling dal is used to make the amti. ( a thin curry made using black masala, garam masala and some mashed dal.)
Making time: 45 minutes
Makes: 7-8 puranpolis
Shelflife: Best fresh (puran {filling} may be stored in the refrigerator for a week.
Aloo Palak
Ingredients
3 cups chopped spinach
2 large onoins chopped fine
2 large potatoes boiled and peeled
1 tomato grated
2 green chillies
1″ piece ginger
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. wheat or other flour
1 tsp. red chilli powder
1 tsp. cinnamon-clove powder
1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 pinches asafoetida
1/2 tsp. garam masala
1/2 tbsp. butter
4 tbsp. ghee
salt to taste
METHOD:
Put the washed spinach in a pan, add very little water (just a sprinkle) and a pinch of salt.
Cover and boil over a high flame for 2 minutes. Cool quickly, or hold under running water in a colander.
Put in a mixie, add green chilli and run for a minute. Keep slightly coarse, do not make very smooth.
Keep aside.
Cut the potatoes into big pieces. Heat ghee and fry potatoes till light brown.
Drain the potatoes, keep aside.
In the same hot ghee add the cumin seeds.
Add the ginger, onions and fry till very tender.
Add the tomato and further fry for two minutes.
Add all the dry masalas and fry till ghee separates.
Add spinach and potatoes.
When it resumes a boil sprinkle the flour and stir well. Boil for 2-3 minutes. Add lemon juice
Just before s erving heat butter in a tiny saucepan and add the asafoetida.
Pour over the vegetable and mix gently.
Serve hot with naan or parathas or even rice.
Note: You may use boiled peas, boiled corn kernels or paneer chunks in the above dish, instead of atoes.
Making time: 45 minutes
Makes for: 6
Shelf life: Best fresh
Caponata
1 cup pitted green olives
2 cup skinned, seeded — chopped
1 pound eggplant diced
tomatoes (canned if you salt like)
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup vinegar
2 lgonions chopped
2 tablespoon sugar
2 lg stalks celery chopped and
2 tablespoon capers(jarred)
par-boiled
Place diced eggplant in colander, sprinkle with salt and let sit over bowl for 1 hour. Rinse, drain and dry. Heat 1/2 the oil in pan until hot but not smoking. Fry eggplant until golden on all sides. Drain well. Heat rest of oil and fry onions until golden. Add celery, olives, tomatoes, salt, pepper and cook 5 min. Add sugar, vinegar, and capers and cook for 10 min. Remove from heat. Serve cold with crusty bread.
TOMATO SOUP 2
1/2 bushel tomatoes
2 bunches celery
24 sm. onions
Very little red pepper
1 c. butter
1 c. sugar
3 tbsp. salt
1 c. flour
Cook tomatoes, celery and onions until done, 1/2 to 3/4 hour. Put through colander or food mill. Add rest of ingredients. Cook until thick, put in jars. Seal; put in pressure canner for 15 minutes at 10 pounds pressure.
Mike Stock Daikon Kim Chee
1/2 lb Daikon; cut into 1/2″ cubes
1/2 c Salt; Kosher, Diamond brand
8 Green onions; 1″ pieces
1 Bunch; chinese chives
-or garlic chives cut into -1 inch pieces —————————–SEASONING MIXTURE—————————– 1 Carrot; coarse grate
5 Garlic cloves
3 Celery ribs; 1/2 ” thick
1 Piece fresh gingeroot (1″)
3 1/2 tb Kim Chee pepper; from market
2 tb Salted Shrimp; seenote
1 tb Granulated sugar
: This is a worksheet for my Daikon Kim Chee…. Seenote: Salted Shrimp, “Assi” brand salted jarred shrimp. highly recommended. Day One: 1. Peel the daikon and cut into 3/4″ cubes. Cut the onions into 1 ” strips and then shred lengthwise into slivers. Mix the daikon and onion strips in a bowl, add the 1/2 cup of salt and mix very well and let sit overnight. 2. Peel and mince garlic and gingeroot. Cut celery,carrot, and scallions,
slice chives . Mix these ingredients together with the pepper and granulated sugar and combine into the daikon and onion mixture. Add shrimp, and chives The next day: 3. Slosh the liquid around the cubes of daikon to wash off the salt. Lift the cubes of daikon out of the brine and let them drip off in a strainer or a colander. In a large bowl mix the daikon and onion with the garlic gingeroot mixture, mix very well. 4. Pack the daikon and onion mixture into the bottom of a crock or other
non-metal container. Press down. Set a small weight on top of the cover and let sit overnight. It can be stored for a week or longer prior to opening. Keep it in a cool (60 degree) place. Daikon Kimchee will be ready to eat in 2 days….
Mikenote: The question of whether to cover it tightly or to let the kim chee breathe is still up to you…. The original crocks that either were or were not buried in the ground, have a water seal around the top that lets the air out but nothing back in….. I have made good Kim Chee (to me), both ways… End Mikenote: 5. After removing the Kim Chi from the crock it can be stored in glass
jars and used as needed. This is a medium hot recipe, if it is still not hot enough, diced red peppers with seeds can be added, to the daikon and onion mixture. Enjoy.