Mashed Beet Root with onion and tomatoes

            Chuqander ka Bharta 

 Chuqander ka bharta
 ( mashed beet root with onion  and tomatoes

My mother's cooking was unparalleled, that was the reason we always  preferred  home made food  as  she was  habitual to cook  most delicious food for us .When she was alive,she used to prepare  out of the ordinary  dish   Chuqander ka Bharta
 for  us which  has  memorable taste ,that taste  i can  feel even  today  on my tounge. I am sharing this recipe  of  Mashed Beet Root with you. Surely you  would  love it.

Rajma (Kidney Beans)

                        Rajma ( Kidney Beans)

Rajma (kidney beans)

Rajma  is  great is taste and  very popular among Indians. Its a complete dish itself and  does't require any side dish. 
Here  is  lip smacking  recipe of  Rajma  for you  from my mother's kitchen.

Ghobhi- Aloo (Cauliflower-Potatoes)

                Ghobhi -Aloo ki sabzi

Ghobhi- Aloo (Cauliflower-Potatoes)

When  my mother  was alive she  often demanded  me to cook  Gobhi Aloo for her. She liked this recipe  of mine, and that is  my  biggest  memorable compliment She used  to enjoy  Ghobi- Aloo with Arhar daal - Chawal .It's a great combination ... you can also  try.  

Cheese With Onion -Tomatoes ( Paneer Bhujia)

 Paneer Bujiya (Cheese With Onion-Tomatoes) 

 Paneer Bhujia

Paneer Bujiya is awesome in taste and very easy to cook. It  hardly takes 10-15. min to cook. Try to use fresh paneer to get  the best taste of paneer bhujiya .

 




 Category- Vegetarian

 People- 2-3

 Time-10-15 min. 

for Paneer Bhujia you will be needing.....

Cheese with Peas (Matar- Paneer)

                            Matar- paneer (Peas with Cheese)

Cheese with Peas (Matar- Paneer)

 My  mother was vegetarian.  She used to cook very tasty  Matar -Paneer. She  always preferred  to cook Matar- Paneer with  fresh  peas to get best taste . 
Although taste  of  matar paneer with  frozen  matar  is o k  but  as per my experience  the real taste of  this dish  one can  enjoyed with fresh sweet  matar only. 
Its tastes  best of the best. Today I share matar -paneer  recipe from My mother's kitchen.

Lady Finger/ Okra veg. Recipe

   Okra / Lady finger/ Bhindi ki Sabzi

Lady  Finger/ Okra  veg. Recipe

Thinking of cooking  some thing  healthy for meal. What it can be ? lets cook  Bhindi / Okra .I cook  this vegetable  often  because it  is  cholesterol  and  fat free. 
Okra  is an antioxidants,  and  rich in  fibre, calcium, vitamin- c  content.

Besan Roti - Pyaaz ki chutney (Chick pea flour bread and onion- tamarind) sauce)

     

 

Besan ki Roti aur Pyaaz ki chutney

From couple of days I was craving to have  my favourite dish Chick pea flour bread  and onion- tamarind sauce(Besan ki roti aur Pyaaz ki chutney). yesterday I had it in my dinner.It was so delicious . 

Generally we cook  it on the 10th of Moharram to break our all day long fast, Which we keep in the memory of Hazrat Imam Hussain who martyrdom on this day.

I want you to taste this awesome dish . For this dish  you will be needing...

Meal-Egg Plant-Potatoes(Baigan Aaloo)

       Baigan-Aaloo (Egg Plant-Potatoes)
                                                       

 

Egg Plant -Potatoes(Baigan-Aaloo) is a dish which is  one of my favourite. I love to have it with  plain rice & mango pickle which tastes awesome.

Baigan -Aaloo(eggplant with potatoes)

 It's only  my brother  Ali ,who never liked this dish and made faces when ever asked to eat Baigan- Aaloo, but the day he tasted this  recipe he  started  liking it . Now he  eats baigan -Aaloo happily.....

here are the ingredients of delicious egg plant-potatoes ( Baigan -Aaloo).

 Category-  vegetarian
 Time- 15- 20 min.
 people- 3-4


Ingredients

      

• Egg plant(Baigan)-1/2 k.g

• Potatoes(Aaloo) 2 medium size
• Green chili(chopped)-4
• Riped tomato(chopped)-2 medium size
• Onion(chopped)-3 medium size
• Garlic (chopped) -5 cloves
• Fenugreek seeds (Methi daana) 10-12
• Red chili powder-1/4 tea spoon
• Turmeric powder-1/2 tea spoon
• Coriander powder-1/2 tea spoon
• Salt.-1/2 tea spoon (as per your taste)
• Ginger-1/4 tea spoon (Chopped)
• Coriander leaves (Chopped)

 How to do

Wash Brinjal- Potatoes, peel it off
 and  cut into small pieces.

Heat the mustard oil/ refined oil in the  pan or pressure cooker. Fry chopped onion until it turns light pink, add  methi dana , stir a little. now turn the flame low and mix other spices like turmeric, red chili, and coriander powder  and  stir quickly, add chopped tomatoes, green chili, garlic, ginger....mix it well  and  add  1/2 cup of water .let the gravy cook till the water dry.when the oil started coming  on the gravy... add potatoes-egg plant in gravy... mix it well ,add 2 table spoon of water... close the lid of pressure cooker  and  bring it to one whistle on the low flame.( if you are cooking in a vessel then you need to add 1-cup of water,  cook it till  vegetables turn  well cooked) .Let the lid open... settle the salt, parch it well until dish is done....  garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.

Tasty Baigan -Aaloo is  ready. Serve it with Roti & Plain Rice.

Baigan- Aaloo(eggplant with potatoes)

Have you ever tried  the combination of  Baigan -Aaloo, Plain Rice with pickle ?..... just try it once... its awesome !

Happy Cooking !!! 
Arshia Zaidi

aam ka achaar/ pickles

                        Aam k a Achhar                                                   
                                                          ( (Raw Mango Pickle)

 Aam ka achaar/ Mango pickle

Summer comes with a smell of  tangy Mango.There are varieties of pickles  which can be added in our meal to boosts taste. This mango pickle was my mother's  favourite  ,which she used to prepare with  immature mangoes in  the month of April .Usually it takes  a week to settle the pickle but we impatient kids started eating this pickle just after 3-4 days. Just  try it....  for once, after that, you are going to prepare   this pickle season after season . 

 kacche, chele aam/ raw mango

• Raw immature green mango-1/2 k.g
• Salt-1tea spoon (or as per your taste)
• Red chili powder-1 tea spoon
• Turmeric powder 2-tea spoon
• Nigella sativa seeds (Kalounji)-1/2 tea spoon . 

Method-

 Mixture of spices  for mango  pickles

After washing   mangoes peel off their skin (no water should remain left).Cut them into small pieces.

 Aam ka achhar /mango pickle

Now mix turmeric powder, salt, kalaunji, red chili powder  with three table spoon mustard oil. Add pieces of mango in this paste. Mix it well as all  pieces of mango should be covered with this  paste. Put it in the glass jar and leave  pickle jar under the sunshine for a  week.Enjoy it with any meal specially with Daal-Chawal.

Happy cooking!!!

 Arshia Zaidi

   

Tahire(Yellow Veg.Pulao)

              Tahire (Yellow Rice Veg.pulao)

Tahire (Yellow Veg Pulao) is a very famous  and common dish of north India.Every body loves it for its yellow colour  and  mouth watering taste.My adorable  Mummy used to cook this dish for all of us specially on sunday's. When  we all  were at home . When family eats together , it enhances the taste of that dish it self. 

Tomato chutney  and white Radish was her combination with  tahiree. 
This dish reminds me lots of childhood memories. I remember my  favourite  History teacher and our family friend  Mrs. Vasumati Agnihotri  used to demand  Mummy to cook this tahire for her. 
You can also try it.I am sure once you would taste it... you are going to cook it again and again.

Arhar daal -chawal

                     Arhar Daal-Chawal 
                             (Split pigeon lentil &Cumin Rice)

Arhar/Tuar daal

Arhar daal is most popular  daal among Indians. This is my favourite too. My mother used to cook this daal in a simplest  and  tastiest manner.Guest & Relatives used to demand her to cook this daal with zeera rice.


Here is the recipe  ....

Ingredients- 

• Arhar Daal/Tuar Daal -2 cup for two people.

• Water- 4 Cup
• Red chilli Powder-1/2 t.s
• Salt-  1/2 t.s or as per your taste

For condiment (bhagaar/chaunk/Tadka)

• Desi ghee/oil-2t.s or per your taste 
• Garlic (chopped)-2-4 clove
• Red Chilli Dry (broken)-2

Method
Wash  arhar daal well  and soak it  in water for 1/2 an hour.

Boiled Arhar/ Tuar Daal

Place  it  in pressure cooker  with 2 cup of water  and  salt on the medium heat. When the pressure cooker starts steaming, turn the heat down  and bring it to 2-3 whistle then turn off the gas stove When the lid open,check if  daal is well cooked , if it is done ,Add  red chilli powder  and  adjust the salt . 

 If  arhar daal looks too thick, mix enough water . stir it  well as there should be no lumps and Bring it to boil again 

For condiment (baghaar/chaunk/tadka)

Heat 1-2 table spoon Pure ghee/oil in a small pan,add broken Red chili, chopped garlic cloves,stir quickly with a small spoon till it turn little brown. Mix this  baghaar to cooked Arhar daal and cover it with a lid immediately.It will infuse the flavour to the daal.
    
Zeera - Rice

Ingredients-

rice

• Rice -3 cups(for two)
• Cumin seeds -1/4t.s(zeera)
• Re find oil- 1tea.spoon 
• Clove-3-4 
• Salt to taste-1/2t.s,or per your taste

Arhar/Tuar daal Method-  Put the pressure cooker on the low flame. Add cumin seed and clove in hot oil. After spluttering,add  well  washed rice,water (3 cups approx) and  salt in the  pressure cooker.Bring it to  3 whistle on the low flame.Turn off the heat and let the lid open  itself.

mango pickles

Enjoy the yummy taste of Arhar daal-Zeera chawal(Rice) with Mango /Chili pickle  and  mix salad.

Happy Cooking!!!

Arshia Zaidi