Category: Recipes

thedisaster_food – bengali authentic Curry

Ingredients:
AVNI NATURAL HALDI POWDER
• BRINJAL (BAIGAN)
• PUMPKIN (KADDU)
• POTATO (ALOO)
• ONION (PIYAZ)
• TOMATO (TAMATAR)
• CHILLY ( MIRCHI)
• GINGER (ADRAK)
• BLACK CUMMINS (KALANJI)
• SABJI MASALA
• ROHU FISH HEAD
SALT as per taste

Procedure:
Cut all the vegetables in small pieces
Heat the pan and add oil
Add cumin seeds and ginger paste
Add onion and fry and then add tomato and fry
Add all the vegetables and mix together
Add Avni Haldi Powder, salt and sabji masala and mix it well
Add smashed rohu fish head (Rohu fish head already fried)
Add 1 glass of water to make gravy.
Cover the lid of the pan and wait for vegetables to boil
After 5-10 mins serve it hot
(Please note – We have taken the vegetables 250gm each)

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food_crave1999 – idli sambar

Ingredient-
• 2 tsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard
• ¼ tsp methi / fenugreek
• pinch hing / asafoetida
• few curry leaves
• 4 shallots (halves)
• 2 chilli (slit)
• 1 tomato (chopped)
• ½ carrot (chopped)
• 1 potato (cubed)
• 5 beans (chopped)
• 5 pieces drumstick
• ½ brinjal / baingan (cubed)
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp jaggery
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup water
• ¾ cup tamarind extract
• 1 cup toor dal (boiled)
• 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
• 2 tbsp sambar powder

Procedure:
firstly, in a large kadai heat, 2 tsp oil and splutter tempering.
add 4 shallots, 2 chilli and saute for a minute till it changes colour.
further, add 1 tomato and continue to cook.
now add mixed vegetables and saute for 2 minutes.
further, add ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp jaggery, 1 tsp salt and 1 cup water.
mix well, cover and boil for 10 minutes.
now add ¾ cup tamarind extract and mix well.
cover and boil for 10 minutes.
additionally, add 1 cup toor dal, water and mix well.
add in 4 tsp of prepared sambar powder.
boil for a minute, until the flavours are well absorbed.
add in 2 tbsp coriander leaves and mix well.
finally, enjoy idli sambar with hot steamed idli.

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dilsefoodie06 – Sambhar

Ingredient-
• 1cup/150 gm Toor dal
• 1 big onion sliced
• 1/2 onion into cubes
• 2 tamatoes chopped
• 1 small pumpkin chopped
• 1 brinijal chopped
• 1 drumstick chopped
• 1 small bottle gourd chopped
• 1 tbsp grated ginger
• 2-3 tbsp tamarind pulp
Fresh coriander
• 2 tbsp sambhar powder
• 1/2 tbsp black pepper powder
• 1/4 tbsp turmeric-powder
• 1/2 tbsp Red chilli powder
Salt as per taste
Piece of jaggery

For Tadka-
• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 red chilli
• 1/2 tbsp kashmiri red chilli powder
• 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tbsp fenugreek seeds
• 1/2 pinch Asafoetida
• 10-12 curry leaves

Procedure-
Wash and soak 2 tbsp of toor dal in lukewarm water for 20-25 minutes. Chopped all the vegetables. Take tamarind and soak it in warm water for 30 minutes. After 25 minutes add dal and 2 tbsp of water to the mixer and blend the dal coarsely. Then Add chopped veggies, 1/4 tbsp of turmeric powder, coarsely dal, 2 cups of water, salt as per taste to the cooker.Cook the sambhar till it whistles. Mash the tamarind and filter the pulp through a sieve. After a whistle, cook the sambhar over low heat for 2 minutes then add 1 more cup of water if needed, 1/2 tbsp of red chilli powder, 1 tbsp of sambhar masala, 2 tbsp of tamarind pulp to the sambhar and cook it for 3-4 minutes.
Now, heat 1 tbsp of oil in the tadka pan, add 1/2 tbsp of mustard seeds, 1/2 pinch hing, 1/4 tbsp of fenugreek seeds, 10-12 curry leaves, 2 red chillies, 1pinch red chilli powder to the oil and mix well. Mix tadka to the sambhar.
Sambhar is ready to serve.

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thefoodiegirl48 – Payasam

Recipe with procedure:
• Cook 1Cup channa • • dal with 4 Cups water For 4 Whistels
• Drain the water and keep aside
• Heat the pan add the cooked dal along 1 cup jaggery,
• cook till all the jaggery melts and the mixture is soft and mushy.
• In a tadka pan, heat 1tsp ghee, raisin, cashew, almonds, chopped coconut.
• Add it to the pan and mix well.

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Recipe from Ms. Ashwini Iyer – Kanchipuram | Black rice laddu

Ingredients :
• Black rice – 1 cup
• Black urad dal – 1 cup
• Black sesame seeds – 1/2 cup
• Roasted gramdal – 3/4 cup
Avni Jaggery powder – 1 or 1.5 cup based on required sweetness.
• Cardamom – 5-8 pods
• Dryfruits(almond+cashew) – 1 cup

Procedure :
Dry roast Black rice, black urad dal and black sesame seeds.
Grind roasted Black rice separately and strain them for any grainy particles and keep aside this cleaned roasted black rice powder. (the grainy black rice can be used to make spicy dishes like upma or pongal)
Grind Black urad dal, Roasted gramdal, black sesame seeds, cardamom and dryfruits.
Now mix them thoroughly with black rice powder and Jaggery powder.
Now add warm ghee to the mixture and prepare laddus.
Let them dry completely and store it in a airtight container.
Stays good upto 10 days when refrigerated.