Ingredients I used:
White Oil
Red Bell Pepper
Yellow Bell pepper
Capsicum
Onion
Ginger - Garlic Paste
Tomato
Cumin Powder
Curry Powder
Brown Sugar
Coriander Leaves
Chili Flakes
Vinegar
Salt
Method I followed:
1. Chop onion, bell peppers, capsicum. Make a combined paste of ginger and garlic.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan. Saute the onion. Then add bell peppers, capsicum. Keep stirring occasionally.
3. Add ginger-garlic paste.
4. Add cumin powder, brown sugar, chili flakes, vinegar.
5. Simmer over medium heat until you get a salsa-like consistency.
6. Serve with chopped coriander leaves on top.
Ingredients I used:
250 gram of Arvi
2 tsbp of gram flour
3 tbsp of white oil
1/2 tsp of Ajwain
1 medium size onion (chopped)
2 green chili (chopped)
2 medium size Tomato (chopped)
2 tsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp of garlic paste
1/2 tsp of ginger paste
2 cloves
2 green cardamom
2 tsp Butter
1 tsp Honey (Optional)
Kasturi Methi
Salt
Lemon Juice
Garam Masala
Method I followed:
1. Peel the arvi and cut into halves. Place all the arvi pieces in a pressure cooker and add some water to boil them up to one whistle.
2. Remove the pressure cooker from the fire. Take out all the arvi pieces from the water. Set aside for cooking down.
3. After 5-7 minutes mash the arvi well.Sprinkle some salt, chili powder and gram flour on mashed arvi.
4. Now get ready to prepare masala for Bharta. Take tomato, 1 cup of water in skillet and let it be boiled. Add ginger-garlic paste, green chili, red chili powder, clove and cardamom to tomato mixture. keep stir frequently. Once you find sauce consistency of tomato mixture, add butter, honey, salt and kasturi methi. Stir again.
5. Keep it aside for cooling down.
6. Now blend the tomato texture in mixer.
7. heat little oil in the same skillet and add ajwain. Shift the mashed arvi to the skillet and saute in medium heat.
8. Add tomato mixture to arvi and keep stir until it becomes thick.
9. Sprinkle lemon juice over the arvi and stirring once again.
10. Your Arvi ka Bharta is ready. Serve immediately with hot rice.
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Ingredients I used: ( For 8 crackers)
1 cup of chopped and peeled mangoes
1.5 cup of finely chopped yellow bell pepper ( substitute : red or green bell pepper)
1 cup water
1 tbsp of brown sugar
1 tsp of vinegar(substitute : lemon juice)
1/2 tsp of grated ginger
1/2 tsp pf minced garlic
2 crushed red pepper
Whipped cream cheese
8 Cream Cracker Biscuit
Method I followed:
1. Take chopped mangoes, chopped bell pepper, ginger, garlic, brown sugar and crushed red pepper in a sauce pan and add vinegar and water (everything except cheese and crackers). Combine them well.
2. Place it on the oven. Let it be cooked for 10 minutes and keep stirring frequently.
3. Reduce the heat and let it be cooked uncovered.
4. Remove from the hear and set aside for cooling down for approx. 20 minutes.
5. Mango chutney is ready. Set it inside the refrigerator.
6. Take it out of the refrigerator the moment you are going to serve.
7. Place cheese on the crackers, then place mango chutney on the top of cheese (as shown on the image).
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Ingredients I used:
250 gram of white curd
1 cup of cucumber (grated)
1 tbsp oil to fry
2 tsp curry leaves powder
1/2 tsp cumin seed (Substitute : mustard seed)
2 whole red chilis
Method I followed:
1. Take the curd in a bowl and beat it finely with a fork.
2. Add cucumber and salt to the curd. Mix well.
3. Now add curry powder to the curd. Mix well and set the bowl aside.
4. Heat oil in frying pan. Once the oil is hot add cumin seed and let it splutter. Pour the spluttered seeds only over the curd mixture.
5. Then add red chilis to the same oil. Roast it and put over the curd mixture.
6. Your pachadi is ready. Set it inside the refrigerator until you serve it.
