Aloo Matar Sabzi
Ingredients
- Oil - 2 1/2 tbsp.
- Medium Onion, chopped -1
- Ginger - Garlic paste - 1 tbsp.
- Cloves - 3
- Bay leaves - 2
- Cinnamon stick - 1
- Garam masala - 1tsp
- Chili powder - 2 tsp
- Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
- Coriander - 1/2 tsp
- Tomatoes, quartered - 2
- Salt to taste
- Potatoes, cubed - 2 medium
- Green peas - 1 Cup
- Water - 1 1/4 Cup
- Chopped Cilantro - 1 Cup
- Ghee - 2 1/2 tbsp.
Method
- Heat ghee & oil and saute onion & ginger-garlic paste over
medium heat till golden.
- Add cloves, bay leaves & cinnamon. Stir-fry for 2 minutes.
- Add garam masala, chili powder, turmeric, coriander, tomatoes and
salt. Mix well.
- Add potatoes & peas. Pour in water and bring to a boil.
- Lower heat, cover the pan and simmer gently for 20 minutes, or until
the potatoes are done.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
Akbari Paneer
Ingredients
- Paneer 250 grams
- 2 Onion (medium) cut in long thin pieces
- Ginger 1" piece cut in long thin pieces
- Garlic 8 kali cut in long thin pieces
- 3 Small cardamom
- Cinamom 1" piece
- Ghee or oil 4 tbs
- 3 Tomato (medium size)
- Salt to taste
- Red chilli powder 1 tea spoon
- Milk 1 to 2 glass
Method
- Heat the ghee in a pan.
- Put onion, ginger, garlic, cinamom and cardamom.
- Fry it till the onion becomes light brown.
- After that keep out all the things from ghee and make a smooth paste with
tomato in mixer.
- Then again fry for 4 to 5 minutes the paste in ghee and add salt and
chilli powder.
- Add paneer pieces and fry for two to three minutes.
- Add milk and cook till the gravy become thick.
- Garnish with chopped coriander .
Dum Aloo
Ingredients
- 12 Potatoes (small egg sized ones)
- 3 Onions (medium sized ones) - chopped
- 2 Tomato (medium sized ones) - pureed (ground to paste)
- Curd 1 Table spoon
- Masala
- Red Chilli powder- 1/4 th of a small spoon
- Turmeric
- Coriander powder- 1 small spoon
- Cumin powder 1 small spoon
- Oil (for deep frying Potatoes)
For Grinding
- Onions 2 medium sized
- Garlic 5 big cloves
- Ginger 1/2 piece
- Coriander leaves 1/2 a small bunch
- Green Chilly 3 medium sized ones
- Salt to taste
Method
- Lightly cook potatoes, peel and drill holes in them using a fork (this is
for the frying to reach the innards of the potatoes.)
- Put some salt and turmeric powder in a vessel, put all the potatoes into
this vessel and shake vigorously so that the powder is well spread over
them.
- Deep fry the potatoes until golden brown.
- Retain one table spoon of the fried oil in the kadhai and keep aside the
rest for future use.
- Add some cumin (jeera) into the oil until they crackle.
- Add the chopped onions and fry until dark brown.
- Add the ground paste and stir fry for two minutes
- Add the tomato puree, and all masala powders. Stir fry until the oil
stands out.
- Add the curds (beaten) in two batches so as to blend them into the gravy
smoothly.
- Add the fried potatoes stir for a few seconds and sufficient water so that
the potatoes are just covered. Cook on high flame until the gravy thickens,
add salt.
- Garnish with sliced onions and chopped coriander leaves.