Baingan bharta - side dish for roti / Chapathi

Ingredients

Eggplant   ; 1 big size
Chopped onion  : 1/2 cup
Chopped tomato : 1/2 cup
Chopped ginger  : 1 tsp
Chopped garlic    : 1 tsp
Green chilly        : 1
Red chilly powder  : 1 tbsp
Garam masala  powder   : 1 tsp
Cumin seeds                : 1/2 tsp
Salt
Coriander leaves
Oil

Method

Dry roast the cumin seeds and grind to a fine powder in mortar pestle and keep aside. 
Apply some oil over the eggplant, put it on medium flame of fire to roast.
Turn it often for even cooking.
When it turns black , remove from flame and let it cool.
Remove the skin and mash it .
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, add chopped ginger, garlic, chopped green chilly  and fry.
Add chopped onion, tomato and fry for a minute.
Add red chilly powder, garam masala powder , salt and fry till oil separates.
Add mashed eggplant now, 1/4 cup water , mix and let it boil for few more minutes in low flame.
Finally add the cumin ground cumin powder, coriander leaves, mix well and remove from flame.
Serve with roti.
Enjoy

Rajma / Red kidney beans Pulao / Pilaf / Pulav

Ingredients

Cooked rice : 1 cup
Cooked rajma  : 1/2 cup ( overnight soaked & cooked with little salt)
Chopped onion : 2 tbsps
Green chilly : 2 nos
Red chilly powder : 1/2 tsp
Ginger - Garlic paste : 1 tsp
Garam masala powder : 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Salt
Oil
Coriander leaves 

Method

Heat oil in a kadai, add cumin seeds.

Add chopped green chillies,onion,ginger-garlic paste and fry.

Add the cooked rajma now and stir.

Add salt and mix and let it cook for few minutes.

Put garam masala powder,red chilly powder and stir.

Add cooked and cooled rice now and mix gently.

Cover and cook for few minutes.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with any raita.

Kanda poha or Poha with aloo/ Potato- Breakfast recipes

Ingredients

Thick Red Poha     : 1 cup
Boiled potato   :  1 
Green chilly     : 1
Red chilly        : 2 
Mustard seeds
Asafoetida
Curry leaves
Peanuts / cashewnut    : 1 tbsp 
Lemon juice                 : 1/4 tsp
Oil
Salt

Method

Wash and soak poha in water with required salt for 1/2 an hour.
Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds , chopped green chilly, broken red chilly and stir.
Add cashewnuts and fry.

Add cubed potato,turmeric powder,curry leaves,asafoetida , little salt and mix.

Add soaked poha to it and mix everything well
Switch off the flame, add lemon juice and mix .

Serve hot

Enjoy..

Note 

 This recipe is cooked without onion , but if you like you can add sliced / chopped onion..

Easy Palkova recipe / Microwave condensed milk Palkova

Ingredients

Condensed milk  : 1 tin
Curd / Yogurt      : 1 1/2 tbsp

Method

Pour the condensed milk in micro safe bowl.
Microwave for 40 seconds
Add 3/4 tbsp yogurt to the condensed milk , mix and cook in the microwave for 1 minute.
Remove from mw ,mix, add the remaining yogurt,  mix and cook again for 4 minutes.( stir in between)
By this time the condensed milk would have curdled well.
Cook  until the palkova forms .
Remove from mw when it is slighly loose consistency. 
It will get thick when cooled down.
Serve and enjoy.