Thursday, November 30, 2006


Coriander chutney

Ingredients:

1 big bunch of coriander leaves

1/2 cup shredded coconut

4-5 green chillies

1 small piece of ginger

1 small ball of tamarind

Salt to taste

Method:

Grind all the aforementioned ingredients into a coarse chutney adding little water. This can be had with chapattis or rice. This is a simple but tasty dish.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006


GHIA RAITA

Ingredients:

2 Cups Curd (Yogurt)
1 cup grated Ghiya (lauki)
1tsp Cumin (jeera) powder
salt to taste
Red chili powder to taste

Method:

Boil grated ghiya till soft, drain and cool it. Stir the curd with hand mixer. Add ghiya and mix well. Now add salt, roasted cumin powder and chili powder, mix well. Keep in refrigerator for an hour or so. Serve ghiya raita chilled.

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Garlic Mushrooms


Ingredients:

1 packet of Mushroom you get in Foodworld
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp finely chopped spring onions
2 tbsp chopped Garlic
3 chopped green chillies
1 tbsp thick tomato puree
1 tbsp cream (optional)
2 tbsp mixture of coriander and mint finely chopped.
Salt to taste

Method:

Heat butter in pan, add spring onions, garlic and chillies. Saute for about half a minute. Add mushroom to the pan and salt. Mix well. Cover and let it cook for about 2 to 3 minutes. Then, add tomato puree and cream. Mix well. Leave it on the stove for half a minute. Take it off the stove and garnishwith the herbs.