Cabbage and peas curry

It was a pleasant monday evening and mondays are special for the fresh arrival of veggies.
Many people bargain with the local grocery wallas, as i'm really bad at the art of bargaining i choose the supermarkets where there are digital weighing scales and the veggies are free to be chosen and handled.It gives a sense of security from being fooled.
We 've llimited options due to our upbringing in the choice of vegetables anyway there isn't much to pick from the grocerywallas other than cabbage,cauliflower,carrots,beans,bhendi,tendli.The other veggies go out of season or very poor in condition.After my marriage i got many tips on how to buy vegetables.The greens ought to be dark greener except bitter gord and like.
And my special cabbage which is available all around the year and it has become a staple diet of my family,though i choose the greener it is always tasteless. Cabbages in mumbai have a bitter taste or they come tasteless.So i thought it would be better to fry them with lil water than steam or boil cook them.But though it didn't turn out much as expected i added other veggies to cabbage to make it more interesting.This is one of them,

cooking time:20 min

Ingredients:
shredded cabbage(1/2)
peas 1 cup
red or green chillies 3-4
curry leaves chopped
mustard -1tsp
cumin seeds-1 tsp
urad dal -1 tsp

Method:
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
when they splutter add urad dal,cumin seeds,green chillies and saute for few secs and add curry leaves.
Then add the cabbage and peas and pour a lil water and saute.
cover and cook and keep adding lil water in intervals so that they don't ge burned.
keep doing till the cabbage and peas are cooked and soft.
Add salt to taste and saut for few min.
Serve hot with rice.

Italian Pasta

I was very tired eating noodles in the evening so i decided to do some pasta..mamma mia.
I already bought a macroni pasta and i was finding a way to use my favorite baby corns.Baby corns interested me so much and i bought a packet of it but oh boy how long it takes to cook. Now for the recipe..
Cooking time:30 min
serves:4-5




Ingredients:
any kind of pasta 200g
for pasta sauce:
onions chopped 2
tomatoes chopped 2
capscicum chopped1
baby corns few
oil/butter
virgin olive oil 1 tsp
cheese
cumin seeds
chillies slit 2
chilli powder
salt

Method:
For pasta:
Take a large deep bottomed pan with 1 litre of water.
Boil the water and once it boils fastly add the pasta.
stir for sometime
add 1tsp of oil and salt
let the pan uncovered
It usually takes 10-12 min for the pasta to cook.
check the packet.
stir occassionally.

For sauce:
Meanwhile cook baby corns in water separately.
Then heat butter/oil in a pan and add mustard and cumin seeds and chillies.
Saute the onions tillsoft.
Add the tomatoes and capsicum and 2-3 tsps of chilli powder.
saute them all.
add some water and add the cooked baby corns.
Make a gravy and add salt.
you can add also oregano flakes or any masala powder to make it more spicy and hot.

After the pasta's cooked drain immediately and mix with the
sauce.mix gently.
add cheese and garnish.
serve hot.

Veg pulao with raita

Veg Pulao

This is one of the most simple recipe and has more vegetables to give a satisfying meal.
It's very nutricious and tasty and so hot.

cooking time: 30-45 min
serves:4

Ingredients:
1 cup basmati rice
1/2 cup cauliflower lets
1/4 cup shredded cabbage
1/4 cup sliced carrots
1/4 cup peas
1/4 cup capsicum
1/4 cup chopped potatoes
1/4 cup chopped beans
chopped onion small
piece of garlic
pulao masala or
tej patta
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
kasakasa
piece of ginger
cardmon piece
3-4 green chillies
1 tsp cumin seeds
curry leaves a bit
salt to taste


Method:

Take the basmati rice and cook it with 2 cups of water in cooker.
take pan and saute the onions in oil with seasonings rai,cumin seeds,cloves,cinnamon,
cardmon,ginger,green chillies.
Add all the other vegetables and mix well
Add 1/2 cup of water
add salt and 2 tbspns of the pulo masala and cook covered
OR insted of the pulao masala
grind together onions,garlic,tej patta,kasakasa,cumin seeds,cloves
and make into a paste. Add this paste to the vegetables and cook covered.
After all the vegetables are cooked and soft take the rice and spread on a large plate to cool for sometime.
Then mix the vegetables with the rice.Mix them slightly without pressure and don't mix them well into paste.
serve hot with raita.


Raita

Prep time:2min
serves:4

Ingredients:
4 cups curd
1 onion chopped fine
1 tomato chopped fine
green chilies slit -3
salt

Method:
Mix the tomtoes and onions in the curd.
Add salt and green chillies.
serve.