Potato Spring Onion Curry

Potato Spring Onion Curry Recipe – Here is a quick and easy recipe of vegetable made from potato and spring onion.

Spring onions also known as Scallion or hara pyaz has many health benefits. Not only it reduces the blood cholesterol levels but also reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. The vitamin C in this vegetable also boost the immunity.So combining spring onion with carbohydrate rich potatoes is great complete healthy meal. 

Please find the full recipe below:

Serves : 2

Ingredients:
1 tsp oil
1 chopped onion
1 dried chilli chopped
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp sugar
Salt according to taste
1 tsp grated ginger
2 potatoes scrubbed and halved
2 cup Vegetable Stock
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 cup chopped spring onion
Fresh Coriander

Method:

1. Heat Oil in a pan until very hot. Add onion and when it starts changing color then add all spices, sugar, salt and ginger (not garam masala).
2. When the mustard seeds start to pop, add vegetable stock (or chicken stock), and potatoes, stir around and cover. Turn the heat down and leave for 15 mins for potatoes to soften.
3. Now add spring greens, stir again. 
4. Leave to cook for five more minutes, then add the garam masala, sprinkle with the coriander, stir and serve.

Traditional Sweet Potato Casserole

Traditional Sweet Potato Casserole

This is the traditional sweet potato recipe which basically can be used at the time of Christmas and thanks giving. People just loved the taste and simplicity. Its very simple and quick, when i asked my mother about this recipe then she told me she used to eat this when she was younger and was in school.

Actually it should be cooked into a dutch oven but i cooked it into a coal and sand flame to give the effect of the dutch oven beacause i donot have a dutch oven. And i also used bread loaf baking dish instead of normal cake baking dish.

I added chironji(nut) by myself to give my a touch of traditional sweet and now i am feeling its a my type recipe. You can use many things like choco chips, candies, dry fruits, cardamom etc. But i wanted to make it as simple as possible.

You can make this dish when guests are coming at your home and you don't have much time to contribute then this is embarrassingly simple and quite delicious. And my personal review about the recipe is that you can serve this with normal vanilla ice cream also.

Please find the full recipe here:


Yield :10 servings

Ingredients: 350gms Sweet potato 
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup unsalted(or Salted)melted butter
1/2 tsp salt (optional)
1/4 Spoon Vanilla Essence
10-15 chironji (a type of nut usually used in making sweet) soaked in water for 2-3 hrs
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans/ walnuts
half cup chopped marshmallows

Method:

1. Cook the Sweet potato on coal and sand  & cut it into 1 inch cubes or you can use dutch oven at 375 degree and cover with cold water till it boils and simmer for 15 mins or util very tender. Drain and cool slightly.
2. Place potatoes in a large bowl. Add Sugar, Butter, Salt(optional), Vanilla Essence and chironji.
3. Mash sweet potatoes mixture with a potato masher. 
4. Add 1/4 cup pecans/ walnuts and mix well.
5. Scrape sweet potato into a 9.5 * 4.5 inch baking dish coated with butter / oil. ( I used the bread loaf dish capacity half kg)
6. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup pecans/ walnuts. Top with Marshmallows (optional).
7. Bake at 200 degree for 35 mins or until golden. Check after every 10 mins.

Note: You can simply bake the sweet potato if you can not use the above two methods for point no. 1

Palak Paneer

Palak Paneer/ Paneer Saag

Summer is also the time when baby bundles of spinach appear regularly at the farmers markets.Palak Paneer is a type of saag which can also be made with mustard leaves also. But Palak Paneer may be more watery than saag paneer & serves the purpose of main course in party cooking. Besides being healthy, it tastes delicious. 

My mum would often make this when we had unexpected guests because it never fails to impress, yet is so simple to put together.  If you have paneer handy, all it takes is 20 minutes from start to finish to get a delicious Saag Paneer to your table.

Traditionally Palak Paneer is served with Roti (wholewheat flatbread) or Pulao (rice cooked with whole spices). Generally we don't eat rice or chapati in the evening but I got tired of having soup and stir fried vegetables in dinner. So i thought today make something healthy and nutritious also and i have taken it with plain rice it tastes yum.

Please find the recipe written below:

Serves : 5

Ingredients:

350 grams Paneer
Palak 1 bunch
3 onion grinded
3 tomato grinded
Ginger Garlic paste 2 tsp
2 bay leaf
5-6 Laung
1 large size dalchini
3/4 cup milk
Salt according to taste
2 tsp coriander powder 
2 tsp Chilli powder
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1 tsp oil

Method: 

1. Clean & Wash Palak & boil it in a cooker with little salt. Take one whistle then let it cool down and grind it & keep seperate.
2. Take oil in kadai. Let it become little hot and add onion  & fry it till it changes the color to dark brown. Put Bay Leaf, Laung & Dalchini together while frying it.
3. Add tomatoes in kadai and fry them until dry. Add red chilli, coriander powder and garam masala and chilli garlic paste then again fry for 4-5 mins.
4. Add milk and fry till it becomes dry again and leave the oil.
5. Add Palak and fry it till palak is cooked properly. It should not be too watery. Make it little dry if that is too much liquid. 
6. Add Paneer, Salt and cook for 7-8 mins. 

Note: 1. Add Little crushed paneer also in kadai.
2. When you crush ginger garlic paste add little salt in it. It becomes easy to crush it if we put salt.
3. If you like you can add little cream before serving.
4. Don't over cook palak otherwise it will leave its nutrients. Only one whistle is enough.

Butter Paneer Masala

Serves : 6

Ingredients: 

2 tsp butter

1 tsp oil

2 green chilli

1tsp jeera

Ginger 1"

Garlic 4 flakes

5 onion dipped in hot water for 15 mins then grinded

3 tomatoes dipped in hot water for 15 mins then grinded

6-7 pieces of cashewnuts put in hot water for 15 mins then crushed with 4tsp milk

4 pieces cinnamon, cardamom & Laung ( crushed)

2tsp kasoori methi crushed with hand and little coriander leaves chopped

cream 100gms (optional)

Cashewnut Mixture:

cashewnuts, cinnamon, cardamom & Laung ( crushed)

Method:

1. Put oil in kadai. add jeera & when it changes color put onion to fry.

2. Add tomatoes, ginger, garlic, chilli and fry very well.
3. Add cashewnuts mixture & put salt, chilli, coriander powder, yellow powder(haldi) and fry for few minutes.

3. Add water as per consistency & boil for 10 min on low flame.

4. Add kasoori methi, paneer and coriander and boil for 2 more mins.

5. Serve hot with cream and butter.

Food for babies: Raw Banana Curry

Quantity : 1 Bowl

Ingredients :
1 Onion chopped
1 tomato chopped
1 carrot grated
15 Green Beans chopped
1 Unriped Banana cut in medium sized cubes
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves
1 Spoon Ghee
Half Cup Water

Method:
1. Take little Ghee in kadai and fry onion.
2. when onion becomes brown then put tomato. Cook till tomato becomes soft.
3. Add Beans and carrot and fry for 7-10 mins. Now put banana pieces and half cup water and let it boil for few minutes.
4. You can mash it in grinder or by hand to give it to your baby. Baby food is ready.

Food from Tanzania-- Uji wa Ulezi ( Lishe) .......Mixed Grains Porridge (Vitamins)

Quantity : 1kg

Ingredients for 1kg Uji :

jowar-1/2kg (Ulezi)

Corn- 100gms

Grain- 100gms

Peanut- 100gms

Rice- 100gms

Soyabeans- 50gms ( For Adults)

Ingredients for 250ml Porridge( Meal for 1 time):

Water - 1 and 1/2 cup

Milk- 1/4 cup

Uji- 2 full spoons

Sugar according to taste

Method:

1.  Wash all the grain and let it be dry Then grind them all to make the powder. This mixture you can call Uji.

This powder we can keep for 1 month.

2. Take 1 and 1/2 cup water in a pan. Add two full spoon uji and 1/4 cup milk and stir.

3. Keep stirring this on normal flame for 15-20 minutes.

4. Add milk if you want( for children). Add butter if you want (for adults).

5. Porridge is ready to serve.