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Aloo Poha

I make Poha a lot of times but i have never deviated from the regular recipe of Poha that we follow , one day i came across this recipe with Aloo that i never heard of , at that instant i decided to try it out for the sunday breakfast , my little girl loved it a lot . She eats potatoes in any form boiled , fried , baked anything she loves the veggie , she finished the whole bowl. I dont remember the blog from where i read this recipe but thanks to the person for giving me this wonderful breakfast recipe.

INGREDIENTS:
Poha(Beaten Rice) - 2 cups
Aloo - 1 big chopped into very small pieces
Onion chopped- 1 medium
Oil - 2tbsp
Chana Dal - 2tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1tsp
Jeera - 1tsp
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
Ginger - 1/2" chopped finely
Green Chillis - 2-3 finely chopped
Turmeric Powder - 2 pinches
Salt - Acc to taste

METHOD:
-Take the poha in a big vessel and wash it under running water for a minute , drain and keep aside.
-Heat Oil , add the Chana Dal and fry for 1 min , now add the mustrad seeds , jeera , curry leaves , ginger and green chillis and fry for 30 seconds.
-Now add the chopped onions and fry till onion is transleucent.
-Add the chopped Aloo and fry till the aloo is cooked , add the salt and turmeric and cook for another 1 min.
-Finally add the drained poha mix well and cook for a min.
-Add a dash of lemon juice and enjoy a warm breakfast.

Dondakaya(Tindora) Pulusu Kura

INGREDIENTS:
Donakaya - 1lb
Finely Chopped Onion - 1Big
Finely Chopped Tomato - 1Medium
Oil - 3 Table Spoons
Mustard Seeds - 1 TSp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Hing - 1 Pinch
Curry Leaves - 1 Sprig
Tamarind - Half Leamon Size Ball
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt - Acc to taste
Turmeric - 1/4th tsp

METHOD:
-Soak tamarind in warm water and extract 2 cups juice and keep aside.
-Heat oil, add mustard seeds jeera and hing.Add onion, salt, turmeric, and cook for 5-7 minutes.
-Add Tomatoes, mix well and cook for five minutes, till the whole mixture becomes paste.
-Add red chilli powder, garam masala cook for two minutes and then add the chopped dondakaya, cook for 5-7 minutes.
-Add the squeezed tamarind juice, cover and cook for 12-15 minutes.
-Serve hot with rice.

PEPPER CHICKEN

INGREDIENTS:
Chicken - 1/2 kg
Finely Chopped Onion - 1 big
Finely Chopped Tomato - 1 big
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 and half tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Oil - 3tsp
Pepper - 3 tsp
Garam Masala - 1 and half tsp
Turmeric - 1 tsp
Salt acc to taste

METHOD:

-Heat oil , add the jeera , onions and fry till transparent.

-Add the ginger garlic paste , turmeric powder and salt and cook till raw smell goes.

-Add the chopped tomatoes and cook till the mixture becomes a paste.

-Now add the pepper powder , garam masala . mix well add little water if mixture becomes dry and cook for 5min.

-Add the chicken and mix well.

-Let the chicken cook in its own moisture till dry.

-Now add 2 cups of water put a lid and cook till the gravy becomes thick.

-Serve with Bagara Rice

Sprouts Curry

INGREDIENTS:
Whole Mung Sprouts - 2 cups

Chopped Onion - 2 medium
Chopped Tomato - 1 big
Green Chillis - 2-3
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1tsp
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
Oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4th tsp
Garam Masala - 1 tsp
Salt acc to taste
Coriander and Pudina for garnish

METHOD:

-Heat Oil add the mustard , jeera and curry leaves.

-Add onions and cook for 5 min till they turn transparent.

-Now add the ginger garlic paste , salt and turmeric , mix well and cook till raw smell of ginger and garlic goes.

- Add the chopped tomatoes and cook till the whole mixture turns into a paste.

-Add red chilli powder , garam masala and cook for another 2-3 min , if the mixture turns dry add very little water and cook.
-Add the sprouts mix well and cook for 5-8min.

-Add a cup of water and cook till required consistancy.

-Garnish with coriander and pudina and serve with rice or chapati

EGG PULUSU

INGREDIENTS:
Hard Boiled Egg - 5
Onion- 2 big chopped finely
Green Chillis - 3 slit
Red Chilli Powder - 2tsp
Turmeric - 1/4th tsp
Salt acc to taste
Garam Masala - 2 pinches
Asafoetida - a pinch
Oil- 4tbsp
Mustard seeds-1tsp
Jeera-1tsp
Garlic - 2 small crushed
Tamarind Juice - 2 cups

METHOD:
-Heat oil add the boiled eggs salt , red chilli powder and turmeric and fry well for 5 min by continusly stirring the eggs. Keep aside
-Heat oil add the mustard seeds , jeera , curry leaves, crushed garlic and asafoetida.
-Now add the chopped onions , green chillis , salt and turmeric powder. Mix well and cook till the onions turn transparent.
-Add the red chilli powder , a pinch of garam masala and 1/4th cup water mix well and cook for another 5 min.
-Now add the fried eggs and mix well till the eggs are coated well with the onion mixture.
-Add the tamarind juice , mix well and let it boil for 15-20min.

Note: You can adjust the red chilli powder according to your taste by using less or more of it.

Dal Makhni

Dal Makhni the first dish that comes into our mind when we go to a north indian restaurant or a dhaba , the yumminess of this dish comes with the whole lot of butter in the dal.
I always thought its very difficult to make dal makhni , but after Vah Chef gave us this easy version of the recipe I don't have to go to a restaurant or a dhaba anymore to eat this , i can enjoy a nice bowl of dal makhni with soft parathas in my house anytime i want to.
I did i major change to this recipe that is i used a tin of black beans instead of dry black urad dal , the taste was the same just for convenience i used the tin , so friends click here for the tasty dal makhni video and enjoy the dish

Egg Biryani by Vah Chef

Vah Chef has been giving us many tasty recipes , with his guidance we all are making delicious restaurant style food in our kitchens with very little effort , this is also a recipe from his kitchen

it turned out fabulous as all the other recipes of Vah Chef.

Click Here to watch the video of this tasty biryani and give it a try am sure you all will also love it.

Mushroom and Capsicum Curry

Mushroom was something i never tried before , once we had ordered it in a restaurant in hyderabad but we didnt like the taste of it , so we never tried. Once while doing my grocery shopping i saw these cute little button mushrooms for sale and i asked my husband why dont we try it with a little hesitation , he was like why not and we bought two packets of those cuties home.
Now came the main task of cooking them , never cooked it before nor did i see anyone cooking it , our good old google is there to help us out so i started to search for the recipes and was not satisfied with any of the recipes i got , then i had got idea why dont i make it the way i make chicken curry it'll turn out spicy as we prefer at home , with this small i dea i started off with the curry and did a few additions and it turned out soo good that now mushrooms is a part of my grocery shopping and a must eat curry once every 2 weeks.
After this long story i think its time for the recipe so here it comes

INGREDIENTS:

Button Mushrooms-1lb
Capsicum - 1 large cut into cubes
Tomato - 2 medium chopped finely
Onion-1large finely chopped
Ginger Garlic Paste-2tsp
Green chillis-2-3
Jeera-1tsp
Mustard seeds-1tsp
Curry Leaves-1 sprig
Oil-2tbsp
Garam Masala-1tbsp
Red Chilli powder-1 and 1/2 tsp
Haldi- 1/4th tsp
Salt - Acc to taste

METHOD:
-Clean the mushrooms and cut each one into half.
-Heat oil , add the mustard seeds jeera and let them splutter and add the cury leaves.
Now add the chopped onions , ginger garlic paste , salt and turmeric and fry for about 5-7min till raw smell goes.
-Now add the tomatoes and green chillis and cook till the whole mixture turns into paste with no traces of tomato pieces left.
-Now add the red chilli powder and garam masala and cook for another 2-3min.
-Add little water if the mixture sticks to the vessel.
-Add the mushrooms , mix well ,cook for 5min and add the cubed capsicum.
-Once again stir well and let cook for 5 min.
-Now add about 1 to 1 and half cups of water , mix well and close with a lid and cook for 10min.
-Garnish with coriander and serve with rice or roti.

Vaangi Bhaath

1st time i tried out this vaangi bhath following the recipe from here , i followed the recipe as it is and it turned out really very delicious , had it with curds and papad with which it was heavenly