Dhokala

Tuar Daal (Red Gram) Curry

French Beans With Peas

Peas With Eggplant

Buttermilk Curry

Dudh Pak

Ingredients:

Gram Flour (Besan) - 1 cup
Buttermilk - ½ cup
Paste of ginger and green chillies
Lemon Juice - ½ lemon
Grated Coconut - ½ cup
Chopped Coriander Leaves
Edible Sodium Bicarbonate - ¼ tsp
Turmeric Powder - ¼ tsp
Chopped Green Chillies
Oil - 3 tbsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Recipe:

Add half a bowl of sour buttermilk and half a bowl of lukewarm water to one bowl of Gram Flour.
Mix well and let it stand for about 10 hours in a covered vessel.
Then add Paste of ginger and green chillies, Salt to taste , quarter spoon lemon juice and half tablespoon oil to it.
Add quarter spoon of Edible Sodium Bicarbonate to this mixture. Mix well.
Coat the inside of a pressure cooker vessel with oil and add this mixture to it.
Add water in the pressure cooker outside the vessel.
Cook for 2 whistles.
After a while, take the vessel out of the pressure cooker.
(If Gram Flour still can be seen, then the Dhokala needs further cooking.)
Let the vessel cool down.
With the help of a knief, get the Dhokala out of the vessel and cut into rectangular or diamond shaped pieces.
Heat oil and add Asafotida,mustard seeds,turmeric powder and finally Chopped Green Chillies to it.
Pout this mixture on the cut Dhokala pieces.
Garnish with Grated Coconut and Chopped Coriander Leaves.

Ingredients:

Red Gram (Tuar Daal) - 1 large curry bowlful
Turmeric Powder - ¼ tsp
Coriander Powder - ¼ tsp
Cumin Powder - ¼ tsp
Ginger Paste - ½ tsp
Red Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp
Garam Masala - ¼ tsp
Tomato Puree - 1 large tomato
Asafotida - 1 pinch
Jaggery - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek (Methi) Seeds - ¼ tsp
Freshly squeezed lemon juice - ½ lemon
Red Chillies- 4
Coriander Leaves - 3 sprigs
Salt to taste
Oil

Recipe:

Boil Tuar Daal (Red Gram) in pressure cooker (3 whistles).Mix it well.
Add turmeric powder, Coriander powder, cumin powder,ginger paste,red chilli powder.
Add Garam masala, salt to taste, tomato puree and jaggery.
Heat oil and when it is heated, add to it Asafotida,mustard seeds, Fenugreek (methi) seeds and Red Chillies.
Pour this mixture over the daal(Gram) curry.
Sprinkle freshly squeezed lemon juice on the top.
Garnish with chopped Coriander Leaves.

Ingredients:

French Beans - 250 gms
Peas - 100 gms
Finely Chopped Green Chillies - 2 large or 3 small
Asafotida - 1 pinch
Cumin Seeds - ¼ tsp
Garlic Paste - ½ tsp
Turmeric Powder - ¼ tsp
Coriander Powder - ¼ tsp
Cumin Powder - ¼ tsp
Sugar to taste
Freshly squeezed lemon juice
Salt to taste
Oil

Recipe:

Cut french beans in small pieces.
Heat oil in pressure cooker.Add asafotida,cumin seeds and garlic paste to it.
Reduce the flame and then add chopped french beans to it.
Add peas, salt to taste, turmeric powder and finely chopped green chillies.
Add some water and cook in the pressure cooker ( 1 whistle).
(If french beans are not fresh, add a little bit more water and cook for 2 whistels)
Add coriander powder, cumin powder, little sugar and freshly squeezed lemon juice.

Ingredients:

Peas - 500 gms
Eggplants - 1 large or 2 small
Asafotida - 1 pinch
Cumin Seeds - ¼ tsp
Mustard Seed - ¼ tsp
Garlic Paste - ½ tsp
Chopped Green Chillies - 3 small
Turmeric Powder - ¼ tsp
Coriander Powder - ¼ tsp
Cumin Powder - ¼ tsp
Sugar to taste
Salt to taste
Freshly squeezed lemon juice
Oil

Recipe:

Heat oil in pressure cooker.Reduce flame and add Asafotida,mustard seeds,cumin seeds and garlic paste.
Add finely chopped green chillies and chopped eggplants to it.
Add peas and a little water and cook in the pressure cooker ( 2 whistles).
Add coriander powder, cumin powder, sugar ,salt , turmeric powder and lemon juice.

Ingredients:

Buttermilk - 3 large curry bowlful
Gram Flour (Besan) - ¼ large curry bowlful (Take more if thicker Curry is needed)
Shredded Ginger - ¼ tsp
Asafotida - 1 pinch
Cumin Seeds - ¼ tsp
Mustard Seeds - ¼ tsp
Cloves - 3
Fenugreek (Methi) Seeds - 5 to 6 seeds
Curry Leaves - 5 to 6
Chopped Coriander Leaves
Oil
Salt to taste

Recipe:

Add Besan(Gram Flour)to buttermilk, mix it well.
Add shredded ginger and salt to taste to it.
Heat oil and add to it Asafotida,mustard seeds,cumin seeds, Cloves, Fenugreek (methi) seeds and curry leaves.
Add buttermilk mixture to it.
Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves on top.