Suwa bhaji

30 05 2008

This is my lunch for today…

Suwa bhaji (Dill leaves curry)

I love the aroma of these leaves…. Got it yesterday evening while coming from office…

The quantity of this sabji reduces drastically after it gets cooked.Thats the reason i added potatoes also….

Ingredients:

4 bunches of Suwa

4 pods of garlic minced

1 onion finely chopped

1 big potatos peeled and finely chopped

1 tsp jeera

1 green chilli chopped

1/2 tsp garam masala

1/2 tsp chilli powder

Salt to taste

1 tbsp oil

Water

Method:

Clean and chop the Suwa leaves

Immerse them in water and wash thoroughly

Take oil in a Pan

Heat oil and add jeera and garlic

Add onions and saute

When the onions turn light brown add the potatoes and stir fry

Now add the Suwa leaves

Add water , salt , the masala powders and allow the potatoes and leaves to cook well.

A nice aroma fills your kitchen :P

Allow the water to evaporate

Sabji is ready to packed for lunch…

Gonna have this sabji and Chapati today for lunch :)

Have a nice day….





Potato-onion Gravy sabji

30 05 2008

Yesterday , started late from office…

Bangalore weather was asusual…evenings cloudy and makes me even more sick…

I hurried home taking an auto….thinking what to prepare for dinner…..

The potatoes in my kitchen veg rack were staring at me, as though asking “hey wen r u gonna cook us???”

I remembered its been a long time i had made potato onion gravy sabji…So made up my mind to make it instantly…

A look at the time : 8 pm

Ingredients:

4 medium sized potatoes boiled and peeled

1 big onion finely chopped

2 small green chillies

1 tsp jeera

1 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp chilli powder

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

2 tbsp oil

3 cups water

Salt to taste

Pinch of hing

Coriander leaves for garnish

Make a fine paste of the following things

4 garlic pods

1 small piece of ginger (optional)

1 tomato finely chopped

Method

Take oil in a kadhai

Add oil and wen oil heats up add the jeera

Add onions and saute till the onions turn light pink

Now add the paste made and stir fry till the oil starts separating

Add all the powders and mix well

Now add the boiled potatoes and saute

Add sufficient water as per how much gravy you require

Add salt and allow the mixture to boil (close the kadhai with a lid)

When the sabji gravy becomes think enough simmer the gas, and add hing and garnish with coriander leaves

A look at the time:8:30 pm :D

Hot and steamy sabji is ready to served with Chapathis

Approx prep time: 25 mins

Rohit came late yesterday from office…I had made dinner by the time he came..

Mere stomach me chuhe daud rahe the….but as a dutiful wife, I did wait for him and we had dinner together:)

Dinner menu:

Potato onion gravy sabji

Chapathis

Plain urad papad

One onion sliced (Rohit likes onion to be eaten raw with food)

Curd

Try this recipe and let me know how it turned out to be:)