Thursday, August 28, 2008

CURRY MASALA FOR DRY VEGETABLES

Instead of garam masala or dhania powder curry masala can be used in vegetables like brinjals tinda beans parmal or kundru or boiled potatoes.it tastes delicious.The powder can be stored for months.
ingredients for the curry powder are-:
1 cup sabut dhania powder
1 cup chana dal
1 cup whole red chillies
Method-:
Roast the red chillies separately in a pan without oil.roast sabut dhania and chana dal together.grind coarsely all the ingredients together and keep it in airtight container.it can last for months.
for making tinda sabzi or any other sabzi as mentioned above cut the vegetables in small 1" pieces.put 1 tablespoon oil for 1/2kg vegetables.in a kadhai.put 1 tsp sarson in hot oil till they crackle.then put the vegetables in kadhai.add 2tsp salt and 1/2 tsp haldi and cook till they are done without covering while cooking.just keep on stirring themtill they are done.add 2 tblspn curry masala and toss for 2 mins.if the vegetable is closed while cooking with a lid ,the veggie becomes gooey.if the cooking is done without covering the vegetables will be separate and cooked but not one single mass.and moreover they look good while tasting good.beans can be cooked with a lid covered bcos it takes time to cook.evev sita fal can be made this way .this vegetable can be had with roti.

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