Sprouted green gram soup

Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup - Sprouted green gram
• 1/2 cup - vegetables
• 1/2 cup - milk
• 1 tablespoon - lime juice
• 2.5 cup of water
• little coriander  and mint leaves
• Salt to taste

For grinding

• 1 tablespoon - Coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon - cumin seed
• 2 clove - Garlic
• 2 nos - Small onion
• 1 teaspoon - Pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon - yellow powder
• Few coriander leaves

Method:

• Heat the oil and fry  all the vegetables
• Add grounded paste, green gram and fry it again
• Now add  water,  salt and boil it for 5 minutes
• Take from fire and add milk
• After 5 minutes add lime juice, mint and coriander leaves

Cauliflower manchurian

Ingredients:

• 1 medium cauliflower
• ½ medium onion
• 3 spring onion
• 3 garlic
• 1” piece ginger
• 2 teaspoon chilli powder
• salt to taste
• ½ teaspoon lime juice
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 2/ 3 tablespoon tomato sauce
• 3 dried red chilli
• 1 tablespoon oil

for bater:

• 3 tablespoon corn flour
• 5 tablespoon wheat flour
• ½ teaspoon chilli powder
• salt to taste
• water required amount

Method:

• Prepare the thick batter
• Cut the cauliflower into small pieces
• Dip the cauliflower in batter and fry till golden brown
• Heat the oil in a pan
• Add mustard, onion and fry till golden brown
• Now add ginger, garlic paste, dried chilli mix well
• Then add chilli powder, salt, spring onion and tomato sauce mix well
• Now add fried cauliflower and cornstarch
• Finally add lime juice
• Serve it immediately to maintain the crisp

Easy veg soup

Ingredients:

• 2 cup - vegetables and greens ( cut into large and thin)
• 2 tablespoon - soya sauce
• 2 clove - garlic
• 2 tablespoon - oil
• 3.5 cup - water
• salt to taste

Method:

• Heat the oil and fry the garlic
• Add vegetables, cook for 2 minutes
• Add water, salt, soya sauce and boil it for 5 minutes
• Serve with pepper

Spicy green soup

Ingredients:

• 1 cup - mint leaves
• 1 cup - coriander leaves
• 1 - green chilli
• 1 piece - ginger
• 2 clove - garlic
• 1.5 cup - milk
• 2 tablespoon - lime juice
• 1 tablespoon - corn flour
• 2 tablespoon - oil
• 2 cup - water
• salt and pepper to taste
  

Method:

• Heat the oil
• Fry the mint, coriander, ginger, garlic and chilli in the oil
• Add water, salt and cook for one whistle or becomes soft
• Grind, filter and boil it again
• Mix corn flour with milk and add to the soup
• Take from fire add lime juice and pepper
• Serve while it hot

Yellow lentil curry

ingredients:

• ½ of large onion diced
• 1 cup yellow lentils (Toor dhall)
• 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon tamarind paste
• ¼ cup hot water
• ½ teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 pinch mustard
• 1 pinch asafoetida
• ½  tablespoon curry powder
• ½  teaspoon turmeric powder
• ½  teaspoon ground cumin
• ½  tablespoon chili powder
• salt to taste
• ½  teaspoon white sugar
• ½  teaspoon minced garlic
• ½  teaspoon ginger root, minced
• 4 Tablespoon tomato puree

Method:

• Wash the lentils, soak overnight, boil in the water and drain it
• Mix the tamarind paste with hot water and add with curry powder, turmeric, cumin, chili powder, salt, sugar, garlic, and ginger in a bowl.
• Heat the oil in a pan, fry the onion till golden brown
• Add the above mixture to the onions, cook for 2 minutes while stirring
• Now add the tomato puree, cook in low heat for few minutes
• Take from fire and mix the lentils
• Garnish with coriander leaves
• If you want more liquid do not drain the water and cook for 5 minutes after adding to the curry mix

Rava uppuma

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup -  Roasted Semolina (Rava)
• 2 cup - Water
• 1 - Small onion
• 1 clove - Garlic
• 2/3 - Dried chilli
• 1 teaspoon - Ulundhu / Channa dhall
• 6/8 - Peppers
• 4/5 - curry leaves
• 1 pinch - mustard
• 1 pinch - cumin seed
• 1 tablespoon - oil
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Heat the oil in a pan
• Fry mustard, cumin seed, chilli, curry leaves, dhall and pepper
• Add garlic and onion fry till they soften
• Add water and boil it
• Add salt
• Then add semolina little by little and mix
• Take from fire and stir it
• If it is sticky add little more semolina because semolina's stickiness may vary

Chole

Serves for 4 - 5 people

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup chickpea
• 1 ½ large onion
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 inch ginger
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 tablespoon tamarind paste
• ¾ teaspoon sugar
• 1 green chili
• ¾ tablespoon chilli powder
• 2 cardamom
• 3 cloves
• ½ inch cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ghee
• ¼ teaspoon cumin seed

Method:

• Soak the chickpea overnight, cook and drain it
• Blend tomato as a smooth puree
• Grind onion, ginger, garlic, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon for a smooth paste
• Heat the ghee and put the cumin seed
• Then add onion paste and mix till the oil separate from the paste
• Now add tomato paste and mix well
• Now mix salt, chilli powder, tamarind paste, sugar and chick pea
• Cook till it thickens
• Garnish with coriander leaves

This dish is suitable for roti, rice, chappati and bread