Mixed Vegetable Sabzi

Sending this to CoL -Leftover Delicacies 

And also to Healthnut Challenge by yasmeen

Ingredients

Mixed vegetables       - 2 cups ( i used carrot, beans, peas, potato, cauli flower, baby corn,red cabbage, white cabbage, brocolli)
 Onion                - 2
Red chilli powder    - 1 tbsp
Oil
Mustard
Salt
Curry leaves

Method

Chop  the vegetables
Chop the onion
Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard, curry leaves, onion and saute well.
Add the vegetables, salt and let it cook for 5 nins
Now add chilli powder and mixwell.
Serve with rice.

Vegetable Briyani

Ingredients

Rice       - 1 cup
Mixed vegetables  - 1 cup( carrot, beans, peas, potato, cauli flower)
Coconut milk       - 1 1/2 cup
Onion                 - 2
Tomato               - 2
Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Green chillies      - 5
Bay leaves
Cinnamon
Cardamom
Cloves
Ghee
Salt
Coriander leaves
Mint leaves


Method

Wash & soak rice for 10 mins .
Chop the vegetables .
Grind tomatoes separately.
Grind 1 onion,1/2 of the coriander leaves, 1/2 of the mint leaves and green chillies
Heat ghee in a pressure pan,put bay leaves,cinnamon,cardamom,cloves, chopped onion,ginger-garlic paste, ground paste , salt in this order and saute well.
Now add tomato juice,soaked rice  and mix well.
Close the lid,wait for 1 whistle and reduce the flame , cook for 10 mins.
Garnish with rest of the coriander leaves and mint leaves.
Serve with any raita.

Sarkarai Pongal

Sending this to Priya's CWS - Cardamom seeds Event and also to priya's JFI - Wedding Feast series

Ingredients

Raw Rice  -1 cup
Moong Dal  - 1Tsp
Jaggery       - 2 cups
Ghee           - 3 tbsp
Cashewnuts  - 2 tsp
Cardamom powder  - 1 tsp

Method

Pressure cook rice and moong dal with in the ratio of 1:4 & leave 7-8 whistles and mash it.
Add 1/2 cup hot  water to jaggery and filter it.
Boil the jaggery and when it reaches the thick consistency add the mashed rice,cardamom powder and stir well.
Fry cashews in 3 tbsp of ghee and add to the sarkarai pongal and mix well.

Mixed Vegetable Kurma

Sending this to srilekha's  "EFM - Parathas Gravies/ curries series" and also to Healthnut Challenge by yasmeen

Ingredients

Mixed vegetables    - 2 cups ( carrot,cauli flower, beans,peas, potato)
Onion         - 2
Tomato       - 2
Ginger- garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Cinnamon    - 1 piece
Cardamom   - 2
Cloves      - 3
Coconut  - 1 cup
Cashewnuts  - 2 tbsp
Khuskhus    - 1 tbsp
Green chillies  -  4
Salt
Oil
Coriander leaves

Method
Cook the vegetables.
Soak khuskhus, cashewnuts and cardamom for 1/2 an hour .
Grind Coconut, green chillies with soaked cashew mixture to a very smooth paste.
Heat oil in a kadai ,add cinnamon, cloves onions and stir well.
Then add tomato ,ginger-garlic paste, salt and fry for sometimes.
Now add the ground coconut mixture and cooked vegetables.
Let it boil for 5 mins and garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve with chapathi or poori or any pulaos.