Friday, March 28, 2008

Vegetarian Tacos



Things we need:

Tacos - 10 no.

Cook until heated through in a microwave, do not burn

Mexican Style beans - 1 tin
Cayenne pepper - 1/2 tsp

Mix these two in microwave safe bowl and cook for 1-2 min

wee look

Nupur's Green tomato chutney (Hiravya tamatyachi Chutney) - as required
Avocado and garlic dressing - store bought
Red Capsicum - 1 no. (chopped)
Carrots - 1-2 no. (grated)
Cheddar Cheese - grated, as needed


Salsa - as needed

White onion - 1/2 no. (chopped very finely), Jalapeno - 2 no. (chopped finely), Tomato - 1 no. (chopped finely), lemon juice - to taste - Mix these in a small bowl


getting ready

Proceed:

Keep everything separately in bowls with serving spoons.

Hold taco shell in one hand and spoon off some beans on to the bottom of the shell, then some grated carrots, capsicum pieces, salsa, Nupur's chutney, avocado dressing and some cheese.

A big thanks to Nupur for the recipe, I ate it with kichdi and invented to eat this way too. Worked wonder. Hugs........



Tip:


For assembling in taco shells, invert non-stick muffin trays, and keep the shell inside the gap to hold, do this for every gap, fill and place it to serve.

© 2008 by Rajani Rayudu

Monday, March 10, 2008

Silverbeet Pappu/ Dal


Set 1:


Toor Dal/ Kandi pappu - 1 cup
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Water - 2 and 1/2 cups
Silverbeet - 1/2 bunch (cut the white part off, wash and chop)

Cook set 1 in pressure cooker until soft and mash lightly with pappu guthu. or masher.

Set 2 (seasoning):


Oil - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Garlic - 5 cloves (smashed and sliced)
Red chillies - 2 no. (split in half)
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Hing/ Asafoetida - small pinch
MTR Rasam powder - 1/2 tsp (my twist)


Set 3:

Tamarind - lemon size (add water until immersed and microwave for 1 and 1/2 min and squeeze out the pulp when cool enough)

Salt to taste

Proceed:

1) Take a kadhai, heat oil in it. Do seasoning from Set 2 by adding mustard seeds when it is stopped poping add cumin seeds when it is starting to brown, add curry leaves, red chillies, garlic and fry, add hing and rasam powder in the last, mix well. Immediately follow by adding Set 3 and stir. Cook until it becomes slightly thick.

2) Add cooked dal from Set 1 to the above, mix well. If you want the dish to be little runny add water to loosen up a bit, cook until it boils. Check for salt and switch off.

Serve with Plain White Rice, Ghee, Poppadums, Aloo Fry, Yoghurt on side.

Tip:

Use home made tamarind paste.

Meanings:

Silver-beet = Swiss Chard

© 2008 by Rajani Rayudu