Cabbage dal

My kids love dal, but they don't like cabbage stir fry or any dish with cabbage. So one day I thought of adding cabbage in  dal and they didn't even realize that their favorite dal had cabbage in it. Whether you like cabbage or not, this dish takes dal to a different level. It can be served with rice or roti..a little ghee and papads on the side to go with rice makes it a yummy meal.

Ingredients

Toor dal or split moong dal - 1/2 cup

Onion - half of a medium sized, chopped fine

Shredded cabbage - 2 cups

Tomato - 1 small, chopped (optional)

For tempering

Oil - 2 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Jeera/ Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Dry red chillies - 2

Curry leaves - a sprig

Garlic - 3 cloves crushed

Hing/asafetida - a generous pinch

Turmeric powder - 1/4 TSP

Chilly powder - 3/4 TSP

Chopped coriander leaves to garnish

Salt as needed

Preparation

1. Rinse and drain dal and pressure cook with 2 cups of water.

2. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds followed by jeera. Add crushed garlic and saute till raw smell is gone. Add dry chillies, onion, curry leaves and hing.

3. Stir for a minute and add cabbage and spice powders.  Mix well and add tomato.

4. Stir fry for a minute. Add cooked dal and enough salt. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Add water if needed to adjust consistency.

5. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves/cilantro.

Serve hot.

Mushroom Bellpepper sandwich

Ingredients

Bread - 10 slices
Button Mushroom - 200 gms
Green bell pepper - 1
Red bell pepper - 1
Crushed pepper - 1 TSP
Salt as needed
Shredded cheese - 5 tbsp
Or
Cheese slices - 5
Olive / any oil - 1 tbsp
Italian seasoning - as needed

Preparation

1. Slice the mushroom and chop the Bellpepper to very small pieces.
2. In a pan add the veggies along with oil, pepper and salt and stir fry on high heat. The veggies give out a lot of water. Stir fry till it becomes dry.
3. Take a bread slice. You may apply some butter if needed. Spread the veggie mix evenly. Top it with 1 tbsp shredded cheese. I used a mix of mozzarella and cheddar. If you are using cheese slices, place it on top of the veggies. Sprinkle a little Italian seasoning. Cover with another bread slice.
3. Grill till sandwich is lightly browned.

Serve hot.

Chicken Sausage masala stir fry

Let's make a desi dish out of chicken sausage.

Ingredients

Chicken sausage / Frank - 6
Onion - 1, chopped fine
Tomato - 1 small, blanched and pureed
Ginger garlic paste - 1 TSP
Red chilly powder - 1 TSP
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
Saunf/ fennel seeds 3/4 TSP
Curry leaves - a sprig
Lemon juice - 1 or 2 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Salt as needed

Preparation

1. Cut the sausage into rounds and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in pan and splutter the sauf. Add in onions and saute till soft
3. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes.
4. Add red chilly, turmeric and coriander powders and mix well.. Take care not to burn them.
5. Add in tomato puree and combine well. Saute for few minutes.
6. Add sausage rounds and curry leaves. Combine well and cover and cook for 5 mins. You can sprinkle a little water if it gets too dry.
7. Add the lemon juice and stir fry on high for a few minutes until the dish is dry as in the picture. You may add some chopped coriander leaves to garnish.

Enjoy as a side dish with roti or rice.

Homemade Strawberry ice cream

4 years ago in May I took a long break from blogging... I wasn't able to find time to post any recipes due to the busy schedules of work and home...Many friends kept asking me to start blogging again whenever I find time...and here I'm back to my little space...so let me resume blogging with a sweet treat...

Who doesn't love some ice cream on these hot summer days...this is a super easy recipe with just 3 ingredients... Do give it a try...

Ingredients

Strawberry - 250 g

Heavy cream - 1 cup

Sweetened condensed milk - 1 cup

Preparation

1. Clean the strawberries and use a blender to make a fine puree.

2. Whip the cream and condensed milk together using a hand blender until it thickens. This may take about 5 minutes or a little more.

3. Fold in the strawberry puree using a spatula.

4. Take a freezable container with a lid. Transfer the mix and freeze overnight.

Enjoy the best and simple strawberry ice cream