Spicy Butternut Squash

1 medium sized Butternut Squash

1 small tomato

1/2 inch ginger cut into small slices

1/2 Tsp Mustard Seeds

1/2 Tsp Cumin Seeds

1 Tsp Turmeric Powder

2 Tsp Paprika

1 Tsp Salt

1/2 Tsp Sugar (optional)

Cilantro for garnishing

1 Tbsp Lemon Juice

2-3 Tbsp Oil

• Wash and peel the squash. Cut into medium size pieces. Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.Wait for 30 seconds, let the mustard seeds crackle.
• Add Squash and ginger. Cook for a minute, add turmeric powder, salt, sugar and paprika.
• Mix well, add 1/2 cup of water and let it simmer on medium flame. When squash is tender, remove form flame.
• Add Lemon Juice, mix well. Garnish with Cilantro. Serve hot with Nan/paratha/roti.

Banana Curry (Kele ki Sabji/Kela nu Shak)

2-3 bananas
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp salt
2 tsp paprika
2-3 tbsp oil
curry leaves(optional)
Tomato (optional)

1 bell pepper/ any kind of pepper(optional)

1/2 tsp cumin/mustard seeds

Remove Banana skin and slice them

Heat oil in a pan

Add mustard/cumin seeds

Add Turmeric powder

Add Banana and other spices. Keep on stove for 5 minutes.

Garnish with Cilantro and serve hot with chapatis, papad and jeera chhash.

It is very easy and you can cook in 5-10 minutes without any preparation.

Potato Rice (Vagharela Bhat)

Potato Rice

2 Medium Potatoes
1 cup Rice
2 small green peppers
1/2 inch of Ginger piece
6-7 curry leaves
Salt according to taste
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
2-3 teaspoon Paprika

1/2 tsp mustard/cumin seeds

2-3 Tablespoon Oil
Coriander/ Cilantro fro garnishing

• Cut potatoes and other vegetables into small pieces. Wash and soak rice
• Heat Oil in a pressure cooker or pan. When Oil is hot enough add mustard/Cumin seeds. Wait until they crackle
• Add Potatoes, fry them in oil for a minute. Add turmeric powder, salt, paprika and all other ingredients except cilantro. Add Rice and water. If you are using pressure cooker take 2-3 whistle. Otherwise cook until potatoes and rice are cooked thoroughly.
• Garnish with Cilantro and enjoy hot potato rice with yogurt.

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Besan Puda

Besan Puda

1 cup besan/chickpea flour
1 tsp coriander-cumin powder
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
pinch of asofotadia powder
garlic paste
chopped cilantro
1 green pepper cut into small pieces
1/4 cup chopped green onion or any kind of onion
(* you can also add tomato cut into small pieces)

Method:

Mix all the ingredients. Make smooth batter like pancake.
Heat the griddle, put little bit oil and pour the batter. Spread the batter with big spoon all over griddle to make thin pudlas(Pudas)

Serve hot with yogurt/ketchup/chutney. Also goes with onion slices seasoned with salt - pepper and lemon juice.

Soji na Gota

Ingredients:-

1 cup semolina(soji)

1/2 cup yogurt

3 tbsp green peas

3 tbsp onion pieces

1 green chili

1/2 inch ginger cut into pieces

2 garlic cloves cut into pieces.

salt as per taste.

1 tsp black paper powder

green coriander (cilantro) chopped.

oil for frying gota

water if required

Method:-

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Keep for 5 min.

Hit oil in a pan. With help of the spoon, take some mixture and fry in small amounts until it becomes light brown.

These gota are crunchy and tasty. And also you can make anytime, as it is instant.

Serve with tomato ketchup .

Churmana Ladu

Ingredients:-







2 cup wheat flour



1 cup sugar(or you can also use Gud)


1/4 cup oil ( to put into dough)


poppy seeds


10-15 almond


5 cardamom


1 cup ghee ( boiled and purified butter)


water to make dough

oil to fry rolls.





Method:-







In a bowl, mix wheat flour,1/4 cup oil, mix well. Add water as required and make firm dough.





Take dough in your hand , and press tightly and make a roll, Do the same with remaining dough.





Now deep fry all the rolls, until they become light brown. When they cool down, grind these rolls .





Now take these grounded rolls in a big bowl, mix sugar, ghee, cardamom powder and almond pieces together. Make balls out of that. Sprinkle poppy seeds on each sweet ball.(laddu).

Lasaniya Gajar( Garlic carrots)

Carrots 500 gms.
Garlic
Red chili powder 5 to 6 tbsp
Salt
Oil 1 cup.
Lemon 4

Method:-

Cut carrots in 3 inch. Make paste of Ginger and red chili. Get juice out of the lemons. Mix salt, chili-garlic paste and lemon juice in to carrots.

Now heat the oil. Let it be cool. Then add the oil in to garlic mixed carrots. We can eat these lasaniya gajar with sabji and roti like we use achar. It is hot and tasty.