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Stuffed Kareila

Cooking time : 30 minutes

Serves 6-8

Ingredients:

1 kg bitter-gourd
1/2 kg minced beef or mutton
3 onions , cut into thin slices
4 cloves of garlic crushed
1 inch piece of garlic crushed
2 tbsp fresh coriander
2-3 fresh green chilly
1 tbsp red chilly powder
2 tsp. salt
oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Peel of the bitter-gourd, make a long cut in it and take out all the seeds.Sprinkle salt in and out of the bitter-gourd and put it aside for at least two hours. Wash the bitter-gourd with plenty of water and rinse them softly.
2. Cook mince meat with one onion, one tomato, garlic, ginger, one tsp red chilly powder and one tsp. salt.
3. Fill the mince meat in each bitter-gourd, sew it with needle and thread. Deep fry them on medium heat until they turn golden.
4. Cook one onion, one tomato, one tsp. chilly powder, one tsp. salt and half cup of water. Cook it over low heat for ten to fifteen minutes or until the onion and tomato gets soft. Mash it with the back of a wooden spoon to make gravy. Add one fourth cup oil in the gravy and cook from three to four minutes.
5. Put the fried bitter-gourd in the gravy and cook for five minutes.
6. Garnish it with tomato, onion , Green chilly and coriander leaves.   

Vegetable Egg Quickly

Cooking Time : 25 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 Eggs
1/2 cup Maida
1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 Large onion ( finely chopped)
sprig of coriander
1-2 Green chilli finely chopped
1/2 cup Mixed vegetables ( chopped carrots, beans, peas and cauliflower)
1 small cube Grated cheese ( optional)
1/2 cup Precooked keema or shredded chicken ( optional)
Butter or oil to fry
salt to taste

Method:

1. Sift the maida and baking powder and salt.
2. Beat the eggs well, add maida . Mix well.
3. Add chopped onions, green chillies and coriander leaves. Mix well.
4. Heat butter or oil in a frying pan. Pour half the egg maida batter. Top it with the precooked vegetables and keema or shredded chicken and grated cheese. Pour the rest of the batter over this. Cover and cook on low flame.
5. When the batter has risen , toss the omelet so that the other side gets done. Wait till both sides are golden brown.
6. To check whether it is properly cooked, cut with a knife and check if batter is sticking to knife. Serve hot with tomato sauce or ketchup.

Vegatable and Yoghurt Kadhi

Serving: 6
Preparation Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:

Mixed vegetables : 3 cups
Fresh curds : 3 cups
Gram flour: 3 level tablespoon
Mustard seeds : 1 teaspoon
Cumin seeds : 1 teaspoon
Onion: 1
Chilli Powder: 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder: 1/4 teaspoon
Coriander-cumin seed powder: 1/4 teaspoon
Coriander: 2 tablespoon
Ghee: 1 tablespoon
Salt: to taste

The Steps:

Pre-Preparation:

Boil the vegetables.
Chop the onion and coriander.

Preparation:

1. You can take carrots, French beans, cauliflower, green peas as the mixed vegetables.
2. Mix the curds and gram flour with 3 cups of water and beat well.
3. Heat the ghee and fry the mustard and cumin seeds until they begin to crackle.
4. Add the onion and fry for 1 minute. Add the chilli powder , turmeric powder and coriander-cumin seeds powder and fry for 30 seconds.
5. Add the vegetables and salt and cook for 3 minutes.
6. Top with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Calories: 128 per serving.

Suggested Accompaniments:

Rice

Left - over Ideas:

Add onion pakoras to create a different kadhi.