Mushroom, Capsicum, and Corn Masala.

Today i like to share a really delicious dish, Mushroom, Capsicum, and Corn Masala which, i learned it from my mother who has got this receipe from a cooking show on Tv. This receipe is definitely a healthy dish with combination of capsicum and mushroom.

One day i wondered if i can add some other vegetable to this, and i ended up with sweetcorn which was lying in my pantry thinking what to be done. It really added an extra taste and healthiness to this dish.The cashewnut powder added to this gives an extra richness to the curry. Goes well with chapatis/Naan.Try it and you will love it.

As we all know Mushrooms, a healthy, fat free vegetable, which helps in reducing high blood pressure, cholestrol. It helps in enhancing immunity and also a good source of iron and fiber. Capsicum, a good source of Vitamin A & C. Sweet corn again a good source of dietery fiber.

Ingredients:

Mushrooms - 6 or 7 no.
Capsicum - 1
Sweet corn - 10 no.
Cumin/jeera - 1/2 Tsp
Tomatoes - 2 medium size (pureed)
Onion - 1 (pureed)
Green chillies - 2 or 3 (slit/chopped)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 Tsp
Chilli powder - 1/2 Tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 Tsp
Coriander powder - 1Tsp
curd - 1 Tbsp
Garam masala - 1/2 Tsp

Salt - required
coriander Leaves - chopped for garnish.

Method:

Wash the vegetables, chop or slice the vegetables as per your requirement.

Heat oil in a skillet, then add cumin/jeera. Then add onion paste and let it fry until the raw flavour is gone, next add ginger garlic paste.
Fry for couple seconds. Now add add turmeric powder, mushrooms, capsicum and corn and fry for few minutes until slightly tender. Add the tomato paste, coriander powder,
chilli powder , cashew powder and little water and cook along with the vegetables few minutes until oil oozes. Once the vegetables are done, add required salt, curd, garam masala.
Simmer for few minutes and garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve hot with chapatis / rice.

** You can adjust the consistency of the sauce as required. Chilli powder also can be adjusted as per your required spiciness. Amount of vegetables used can vary according to your like/dislike.

Happy New year

Welcome to Turmeric and I wish all of them a Very Happy New Year 2010. May this year bring lots of happiness, success, good health with good food and peace all over. I am happy to start this new year with my blog to share all my good experiences with food and also the benefits of some food on health. Today i am sharing a very simple but a health lunch i prepared for my family on the New year day after a blast on the 31st night with all my Friends, Vegetable Bagara Rice (Indian style fried rice), Egg Fry, and Dal (pappu Charu). This rice is my favourite, which my mom makes it on special occasions. It tastes like biryani with no masalas and usually she compliment it with kurma curry.But, for a quicker lunch i ended up with Masala Egg Fry and Dal (Pappucharu).



MIX VEGETABLE BAGARA RICE

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice- 1 Cup
Whole Garam Masla (Elaichi, Cinnamom, Bayleaf, Shajeera, Cloves)
Coriander Leaves- 1/2 cup chopped
Mint Leaves- 1/2 cup chopped
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Vegetables (Carrot, Beans, Potato, cauliflower) 1.1/2cup
Cut the carrots and beans longitudinally.
Ghee/ Oil - 2tsp
water 2.1/2cup
Salt required

Method:

Heat a pan and put oil/ghee, then add the whole garam masala. Next add the coriander and mint leaves. Fry them for few seconds until aroma comes out. Then add ginger garlic paste, fry for a minute. Next add all the vegetables and fry for 2 min, next add the washed rice and fry for few more minutes.Now add the water, add enough salt. Either cook directly on the stove or in a rice cooker. Isn't it simple and quick and yummmmy...
You can add any vegetables to this dish.The main ingredients mint and coriander in this dish gives the pleasant aroma and good taste to the dish.


MASALA EGG FRY

Ingredients:

Boiled eggs 3
Onions 2 chopped(sliced)
Tomato- 1 small
Whole garam masala(Elaichi, Cinnamom, Bayleaf, Shajeera, Cloves)- Optional
Jeera- 1/2 tsp
Ginger Garlic paste- 1 tsp
Turmeric - 1/2tsp
Chillipowder - 1tsp
Green chillies - 2
Coriander leaves- 1/2 cup chopped
Coriander powder-1tsp
Garam Masala- 1/2tsp
Coriander leaves- 1/2 cup
Oil - 1Tbsp

Method:
First heat the pan with oil, add all the whole garam masala/jeera, let splutter then add all the onions and let cook until transparent.
Tip: Adding little salt to the onions will speed up the process.
Once the onion turn lightbrown, add the ginger-garlic paste to it and fry for few sec. next add turmeric, tomatoes, and green chillies.
Let the tomatoes cook for few min until soft, then add chilli powder, coriander powder, add required salt.
Let it simmer for few sec. then add the boiled eggs cut in halves and mix properly. Lastly sprinkle garamasala and coriander leaves and mix.

** in this recipe, tomato is optional.can add little water instead to cook the masalas.

DAL (PappuCharu)

Ingredients:
Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
Turmeric - Pinch
Chilli Powder - 1/2tsp
Green Chillies - 2 or 3
Tamarind - 1/2 inch
Tomato - 1 small size, cut in quarters
Water - Required
oil/Ghee - 1/2 tsp

For Seasoning:
Oil - 1sp
Onion - half onion finely sliced
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Jeera/jilkara - 1/2tsp
Garilc - 1 clove, finely chopped
Curry leaves - 5-6 leaves
Red chillies - 2-3
coriander leaves - 1 Tbsp finely chopped.

Method:

Pressure cook dal along with turmeric, chilli powder, green chillies, tamarind, tomato, oil and water. Cook until the dal is cooked.Once the pressure is cooled.
mash the dal with some salt and transfer it to a pan and put it on the stove. Add coriander leaves and 2-3 curry leaves an dbring it to boil for few seconds and take off the stove

For seasoning take a small tadka pan and put some oil , once the oil is hot add the mustard seeds and let them splutter, then add jeera, then add the garlic and
onions and fry until light brown , then add the curry leaves and red chillies. Add this seasoning to the dal.

** You can add vegetable like bottle gourd (sorakaya) or drumstick to this receipe. add these vegetables along with the dal. Remove the vegetable when mashing the dal or you can boil the veggies separately
and add at the time of boiling.