Wednesday, April 30, 2008

MANGO LASSI

Best for the summer. Best for every body. Cool, Cool drink in hot summer.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups ripe mango cubes

1 cup curd/yogurt

1 tbsp sugar or 2 tbsps honey (adjust according to the sweetness of mango)

1/2 cup water (add more water for a thinner consistency)

1/2 cup crushed ice cubes

Whip the above ingredients in a blender for a little less than a minute. Adjust the consistency of the smoothie according to the variety of mango used. If its a juicy variety, it will yield a thicker smoothie. Add more water and adjust sugar accordingly, for a thinner consistency lassi. Serve chilled.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Mango Milk Shake


Mango milk shake. Prepared with minimum effort, it serves as a lazy summer meal or brunch.. With a strong mango flavor and undertones of cinnamom, its cool, refreshing and low on calories

Ingredients:

2 cups ripe mango cubes

1/2 lt low fat milk

1 1/2 tbsps sugar (upto taste

pinch of cardamom pwd (optional)

1/2 cup crushed ice cubes

1 Blend the mango pulp along with a cup of milk for 15-20 seconds.
2 Add the remaining milk, sugar, cardamom pwd and crushed ice and blend for another 30 seconds and serve chilled.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

PALAK TOMATO CURRY


Ingredients :-

Palak 5 bunches

Tomatoes 5

Onions 3

Garlic 6 flakes(smallpieces)

Tamarind juice small cup

Turmeric ¼ spoon

Sugar ½ spoon

Salt to taste

Oil 2 spoons

For seasoning:

Blackgramdal 1 spoon

Mustered seeds 1 spoon

Jeera 1 spoon

Hing ¼ spoon

Red chilly 2

Green chillis 3

Preparation :-

Heat oil in a pan, add the seasoning ,and onions ,add sugar fry for a minute, and add garlic flakes, again fry min, add well wash grated palak, add turmeric, mixed well and pour ½ cup water, cover the pan and cook on low heat for about 5 minutes, add tomatoes, and tamarind juice add salt according to your taste, again cover the pan, wait 5 minutes, finally, sprinkle 1 spoon of basen(senaga pindi) mix well, wait 1 min, after that, serve with rice ., healthy, and tasty palak tomato is ready . . o.k try yourself .

Mixed Upma

A best break fast for every one. It is best for the kids who do not like plain ravva upma. It is best for the health and taste.

Ingredients

  • Rava - 1 cup
  • Oil - 2 tbsp
  • Green chillies - 3 to 4
  • Seasoning - 1 tsp of toor dal,
  • Urad dal ½ spoon
  • Mustard seeds ½ spoon
  • Jeera 1 spoon
  • red chillies 2
  • curry leaves few
  • Water - 2 cups
  • Salt as required
  • Tomatoes 2 or 3 (pieces)
  • Green peas few
  • Cabbage leaves pieces

Preparation:-

  1. Fry rava in little ghee or oil until it turns light golden color or the raw smell goes away.Heat the oil in a pan add the seasoning and green chillies.Fry for a min and add 2 cups of water with salt, according to your taste.add tomatoe pieces, and green peas, cabbage leaves. Cover the lid once the water starts boiling add ravva slowly stirring all the time.Cover the lid, and cook on low flame for about 5 min.Serve hot. O.k...

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Corn raita

Ingredients:-

Tender corn cobs 5

Curd 1/4 kg

For frying 2 tbsp. oil pepper powder 1 ½ small tsp.

Grated coconut 1/2 cup

Green coriander for garnishing.

Salt to taste

Preparation:-

Shallow fry the whole corn cobs in oil till golden brown. Remove and immerse in cold water. Separate corn from the cob and keep aside. Beat curds; add salt, pepper, grated coconut and corn. Mix well. Garnish with coriander. Serve cold.

PURI

Breakfast with pure is not liked by all at home but in hotels every body will order for the same. I know not the food item which is mainly high energy giving is not opted at home…

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 2 cups

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Milk - 4 tbsp

Water to knead dough

Oil to deep fry

Preparation:-

Take a large bowl, add all above ingredients, and Make soft pliable dough using all ingredients. Make some rounds about a small lime size. Roll them with the rolling pin about 4'' in diameter. Then fry in hot oil, till light brown. Turn once and fry other side. Drain and serve hot with spicy vegetable curries (like potato curry).

Friday, April 25, 2008

BOBBATLU

The traditional Granny’s sweet in Andhra Pradesh. Which is a common sweet item that will occupy an important dish in pongal and festive season. The item is tantalizing and even some people wonder how the taste occurs to simple chenna dal

For Stuffing

1 Cup Bengal gram dal (chana dal)

1 and 1/2 cups sugar /jaggery powdered (adjust according to taste)

8 Cardamoms

1/2 cup maida

1 cup oil

Ghee to fry

Method

Wash dal and cook with just enough water. Dal must be cooked very well. Mix maida, and a pinch of salt adding water. Make hard dough of it and knead it by adding oil (4 tablespoons) slowly till the dough becomes very soft and pliable. Keep it covered for about 2 hours. Take the cooked dal, drain out any extra water and mash it well or put it in a blender and mix it with Sugar / jaggery and a pinch of salt. Heat the mixture on low flame till almost dry. Cool it and add powdered cardamom and make it into 10 or 12 equal sized balls. Knead the maida mixture and divide it into equal number of balls. Take a plastic sheet and put a few drops of oil and spread the maida ball on it with hand, thin at the edges and thick in the middle. Put the sweet ball in the middle and cover it by bringing the edges together. Repeat the procedure for all the balls. Flatten each ball with hand into 6" to 8" diameter flat circular chapati carefully with the help of a few drops of oil and fry it on low flame on tava sprilling ghee.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

KEERA{CUCUMBER} CHUTNEY[ SALAD]



The tasty keera chutney as mentioned by my granny is worth to take in summer season. Because the water in the keera makes us cool. The digestive system too will be cool enough to have any thing. In north India consuming Keera in slices is maximum in the name of salad. It is best for health and vigor

Ingrediants:

1. Kheera : chopped to fine grain size.

2. Gingly seed : 1 cup

3. Red chilly : 3 nos.

4. Tamarind. : Juice 5 spoons.

5. Salt : to taste

Method:

Fry Gingly seed and red chilly in a pan till they become golden brown in color. Grind …. Take finely chopped keera in a bowl add powder, salt and tamarind juice. Keep for 3 hours….. The salad or chutney is ready for serve. Is best with rotes or rice.. Try once.. you will lick your fingers. Sure!!

Monday, April 21, 2008

MYSURE BAJJI

Hai , This snake item is light cutta, and smooth ,easy, tastiest food item in evening time ,ingredients are very less , now.. Let us start the dish.

Ingredients :-

Cutta curd - 1 cup

Mida floor - 1 cup

Rice floor - 2 spoons

Salt - to taste

Green chilly - 3 or 4

Fresh coconut grated - 2 spoons

Oil - required deep frying

Vanta soda - pinch

Preparation:-

Take a bowl , pour mida and ad rice floor ,grate green chilly , grated coconut, salt, red chilly powder ½ spoon, and add cutta curd , mix well , heat oil in a pan ,deep fry like bonda , serve hot hot mysure hajji,.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

EASY CRAZY MILK KHEER

Ingrediants:-

fresh Milk 1 litre

Sugar 400-500 gms

long grain Rice handful

Method:

Wash the pressure cooker nicely,Pour milk into the pressure cooker, add sugar & washed rice. close the lid & let it cook. After one whistle keep the cooker on low flame for 30 mins. Remove it from the gas & let it cool. Tasty, easy milk kheer is ready to serve . tast it , try yourself.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

CHANDRA KANTALU{ Moong dhal Burphy}

An old passionate sweet.of granny’s times. But it is special for even today. Can be preserved for a fortnight. It keeps body cool The moong dal is very much named after cooling the body and upkeeps the digestive system.
Ingredients:
Split yellow moong dal 1 cup split
Sugar 1 1/2 cup
Fresh grated coconut 1/2 cup
Chopped cashew nuts 1/4 cup
Cardamom powder 1 spoon
Salt pinch
Oil required deep frying
Soak moong dal for an hour, drain and grind to a fine paste adding 4 spoons water. You can even grind it without adding any water. Heat a bowl and add the sugar, the ground dhal paste, grated coconut, and mix well. You will find that the sugar melts and the mixture begins to form bubbles while cooking. Cook this mixture on low heat, stirring continuously till it forms into a thick lump. Remove from heat and mix cardamom powder and pinch of salt. Immediately transfer the mixture on to a wet cloth and spread the cooked mixture over it using a flat ladle which has been oiled and gently spread the mixture to form 1/2″ layer and cool. Cut into desired shape and separate the pieces very carefully lest they break and keep aside. Heat oil in a wide pan and deep fry the squares till golden brown. You can deep fry a batch of six to eight depending on the size of the pan Serve warm or cold. Store in an air tight container you can store 4 days

WATER MILON JUICE


Summer is rising up. with its maximum itensity. We are aught to take muchwater inside to prevent from danger of dehydration. Here is one to help for the situation

Ingredients:
chilled watermelon cubed and de-seeded 2 cups
chilled water 1/2 cup
sugar 1 1/2 tbsp
lemon juice 1-2 tbsp
for garnish) mint leaves
Blend the above ingredients for 8-10 secs. If you want a smooth drink, strain. and serve chilled.

Monday, April 14, 2008

PANASA POTTU [Jack fruit]CURRY

The prime seasonal curry with lots of danger to health but so tasty that is irresistible. The curry once you taste, The taste will make you to repeat. But be cautious it is problematic to your digestive system.

Ingredients:

Tender Jack fruit finely chopped 250 grms
Tamarind Juice ½ cup
Turmaric 1 pinch
Mustered seed powder 3 spoon fulls
Black Gram dal 1 spoon
Chena dal 1 spoon
Hing 1 pinch
Salt to taste
Dry Mirchi 3 nos
Preparation: [It is better to use very tender jack fruit] Take chopped jack fruit into a cooker bowl add turmeric to it. After 2 or 3 whistles remove from cooker and drain the excess water. Take a pan add 3 spoon fulls of oil after getting heat fry gently popu{ Black Gram,Chena dal. Mustered seed, and Dry mirchi. Add cooked jack fruit in to it add salt, tamarind juice to it till it comes to dry state. Then add mustered seed powder.Remove from heat. Take a pan, heat 3 spoon full of oil, add hing to it. Now add this oil. Curry ready Try it in the evening it very irresistible…. Try once..

VADA PAPPU

The special and simple offering to Lord Rama Chandra Prabhu is one more thing that is Vada Pappu. It is simple and said to be most liked by all Deities. Sri Rama Navami which will come in the earlier spring turns the season temperatures to high. The elders kept the festivals with a view to up keep the health of common man by means of offerings to Lords. Vada Pappu is one of that kind.

Ingrediants: Green gram dal and Jaggary

Preparation.: Soak dal for 1 hr. add required quatity of jaggaryto your wish. Finish … That is Vada Pappu. Which will keep the temperature I your body constant.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

RAMA RASAM


An item regularly prepared for presenting as offering to Lord Sri Rama on the day SRI RAMA NAVAMI. The special juice that is made very particular on this day is felt that it cures the intestinal troubles. Makes one happy with his life. Truly speaking it helps in digestion and the climatic change in the Country.
Ingrediants.

Jaggary : 100 Grms for 1tr of Water

Pepper : finely powdered 2 Tps.

Mint leaves : 10 leaves

Method: Mix Jaggary in water well, add pepper and mint leaves to it. If possible

add Tulasi leaves too for flavor..

Saturday, April 12, 2008

CAPSICUM CARROT GRAVY

Capsicum and carrot curry is very delicious , and having rich of vitamins, now , some useful tips to make a gravy tasty .o.k… always use ghee or butter with or instead of oil, which gives a good flavor to the gravy, and another tip, fry the grind masala in reduced flame , so that it retains its color and taste. Next very important tip, add little sugar to the gravy, makes it tasty ,. O.k now let us start .capsicum & carrot gravy ..

Ingredients :-

Carrot - ½ k.g
capsicum (Bangalore mirchi ) - ¼ k.g
Tomatoes medium size - 3
Green chilies - 5
Dry coconut (scraped) - ¼ cup
Ginger - ½ inch piece
Garlic - 6 flakes
Onions - 5
Cardamoms - 2
Cloves - 3
Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
Cashew nuts - 5
Turmeric powder - ¼ spoon
Salt - as required
Oil - 1 spoon
Butter - 2 spoons
Sugar - 1 small spoon

Preparation :-

First wash well carrot and capsicum cut small cubes, carrot boiled in water, till soft, capsicum half boiled, .take mixy jar , add cardmom, cloves, cinnamon, mix well, add onions, garlic, ginger little bit salt, again grind well , remove the paste keep aside . next grind cashew nuts smooth paste, remove it, now heat 2 spoons oil in a pan , add grind onions masala, fry well, add sugar and turmeric again fry till oil separate, add cashew nut paste mix well add boiled carrot , add enough water add salt cover with lid , wait for 5 minutes add half boiled capsicum , cover with lid boil till gravy light thickness .( just 5 minutes) finally add 2 spoons butter ,mix well , wait 2 minutes , remove from flame ..serve along with pure, chapattis, rotes, and dose and rice also. O.k

KATTU PONGALI

This is one of the best and easiest, and tastiest vegetarian food ….
“ KATTU PONGALI “ grand maa’s dish “ traditional south Indian food . when ever I make it , I feel blessed. It is also used for offering to God in temples and shrins.


INGREDIANTS:-

Rice - ½ k.g

Green gram dal - 300 grams

Cashewnuts - 50 grams

Ghee - 200grams

Black pepper powder- 5 grams

Jeera - 5 grams

Salt - as required

Curry leaves - 1 smallbunch.


Preparation:-

First wash rice and green gram dal , add required salt and required water, boiled in a pressure cooker, wait 2 whistles , after cool ,heat in a pan add 100 grams ghee, fry cashew nuts, add jeera, and pepper powder, and curry leaves, add boiled rice +green gramdal ,mix well , add rest of the 100 grams ghee , mix well after 2 minutes remove from flame , serve with coconut chutney . o.k

Friday, April 11, 2008

MANGO PINEAPPLE JUICE

A good soft drink for health and vigure in this summer for one and all.
Ingrediants :-

Mango paste - ½ glass

Pine apple juice - ½ glass

Kive fruit juice - 2 ½ glasses

Ice - small quantity

Soda - 1 glass

Preparation :-

Take a mixer or juicer , add mango paste, pine apple juice ,kivi fruit juice, ice , mix well remove from mixer , before serve in glasses add soda , tast it , o.k.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

BANANA MILK SHAKE

Ingredients :-

Banana ‘s - 4

Milk - 1 lt

Sugar - 4 spoons

Vanilla essence - ½ spoon

Cardamom powder - ¼ spoon

Preparation:-

First cut banana small pieces, boiled milk , when ones cooling, now take a mixy jar , add banana pieces, milk, sugar , vanilla essence, or any other flavored essence ( as you like) cardamom powder, mix well , remove mixer , serve with glass . Have it. There is no weakness, and strain, try your self.

SITRAS MACTILE

Ingrediants :-

Orange juice - ½ cup

Pomegranate - ½ cup

Ice - ½ cup

Grape juice - ½ cup

Ginger juice - ½ spoon

Honey - ½ spoon

Preparation :-

Take a mixy jar (juicer) add ice, orange juice , pomegranate juice ,grape juice, ginger juice, and honey , grind well , serve in juice glasses. Tasty sitars Mac tile is ready o.k try your self.

SITRAS MACTILE

Ingrediants :-

Orange juice - ½ cup

Pomegranate - ½ cup

Ice - ½ cup

Grape juice - ½ cup

Ginger juice - ½ spoon

Honey - ½ spoon

Preparation :-

Take a mixy jar (juicer) add ice, orange juice , pomegranate juice ,grape juice, ginger juice, and honey , grind well , serve in juice glasses. Tasty sitars Mac tile is ready o.k try your self.

BUTTER MILK DELITE

Ingrediants :-

Butter milk - 2 glasses

Ginger juice - ½ spoon

Pudina paste (mint paste) - ½ spoon

Salt - ½ spoon

Blacksalt - ½ spoon

Fried jeera - ½ spoon

Soda - pinch

Green food color - 2 drops

Pudina (mint) - 6 leaves

Ice - ½ cup

Preparation :-

Take buttermilk in mixy jar (juicer) , add pudina paste, ginger juice, salt , black salt, fried jeera, ice ½ cup grind well , and serve it , in hot summer, tasty butter milk delight, try your self . o.k.. finally garnish with mint leaves .

COFFEE MACTILE

Ingredients :-

Black coffee - 1 cup

Sugar syrup - ¼ cup

Ice cream - 3 or 4 spoons

Black kola - 1 cup

Ice - small quantity

Preparation :-

Take a mixy jar or juicer add black coffee, sugar syrup , ice, ice cream, mix well , remove from mixer, add cola serve in glasses. O.k..

CARROT GRAVY

Ingrediants :-

Carrot - ½ k.g

Tomatoes - 3

Dry coconut chopped - ½ cup

Green chillies - 5

Garlic - 6 flakes

Poppy seeds - 1 spoon

Onions - ¼ k.g

Cardamoms - 2

Cinnamon - 1 inch piece

Cloves - 2

Turmeric powder - ¼ spoon

Salt - to taste

Oil - 1 spoon

Preparation :-

Grind ginger, garlic , green chilies, dry coconut and poppy seeds ,cut carrot s into small pieces and boiled, heat oil in a pan add the spices ,onions ,and fry, when it done add cut tomatoes and fry for few minutes, add carrot and grind mixture with just enough water ,boil till. Gravy thickness, remove from flame, this is suitable for rote, chapattis, puris,and dosa also. o.k try your self and taste it.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

PALAK KOFTA

Ingrediants:-

Palak - 3 bunches

Onions - 3

Potatoes - 4

Bread - 5 slices

Green chillis - 2

Ginger - 1 in ch piece

Chilli powder - ½ spoon

Turmeric powder - ½ spoon

Dry mango powder

(amchure powder) - ½ spoon

Garam masala powder - ½ spoon

Butter - 2 spoons

Salt to taste

Oil - for deep frying

Preparation :-

First boiled potatoes , peel, and smash thoroughly, soak bread in water , squeeze and add to the potatoes, add with finely cut onions, chilies, coriander, leaves, garammasala , salt amchure powder, and small amount of finely chopped palak, mix well , and prepare for small balls, heat oil in a pan, deep fry , keep aside,

Gravy :-

Chopped onions , ginger garlic paste, well wash and finely chop palak, heat 1 spoon of oil in a pan , and fry the palak with 1.2 spoon sugar added, sprinkle water, in few minutes it becomes soft paste, remove from flame, cool and grind to smooth paste, heat butter in a pan. Fry onions, and ginger then the grind palak with milk, salt chilli powder, amchure powder, turmeric , and garammasala, mix well , and boil till it becomes a thick gravy. add kottas just before removing from flame,

MENTI KA SUBJI[ Fenu greek curry]

Ingrediants :-

Soaked mentulu[fenu greek seeds] - 1 small cup

Jeera - 1 spoon

Mustered seed - ½ spoon

Turmeric powder - ¼ spoon

Sugar - 2 spoons

Dhania powder - 2 small spoons

Amchur powder - 1 spoon

Cashewnuts - 6 (chopped small pieces)

Kismis (dry grapes) - 1 spoon (chopeed small pieces)

Dry dates - 1 spoon ( chopped small pieces)

Salt - to taste

Chilli powder - as required (1/2 spoon)

Preparation :-

Before 2 hours soaked mentulu, after that through out soaked water, heat oil 2 spoons in a pan add jeera, mustered seed, soaked mentulu mix ones, again add turmeric, chilli powder, salt , and sugar, mix well , add dhania powder, amchur powder,and cashewnuts, kismis, dry dates, now mix well , fry 5 minuts, add ½ cup water fry until thickness , remove from flame , this is dry curry , this is suitable for chapaties ,pur, roti. O.k try your self.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

TOMATO CURD CHUTNY

Ingrediants:-

Tomatoes mediam size - 5

Curd - 1 big cup

Coriander leaves - 1 bunch

Sugar - 3 spoons

Turmeric - pinch

Salt - to taste

For seasoning:-

Mustered seed - 1/2 spoon

Jeera - ½ spoon

Dry red chilli - 2

Green chilli - 3

Hing - ¼ spoon

Preparation :-

Heat 1 spoon oil in a pan , season with mustered seed ,jeera, dry red chilli , and hing fry well , add slit green chilli again fry 1 minute, remove from flame, after cooling add curd add pinch of turmeric powder, mix well, keep aside, now heat 1 spoon of oil in a pan, add cut tomatoes, fry till the tomato skin comes off from it, cover he lid , wait thick paste add sugar mix well after I minute remove from flame, keep aside , after cooling add curd mix well , garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves, now super tasty tomato chutney is ready to serve it, this is suitable with dal-rice combination, and normal rice also, one thing this is super combination with pulihora…Try your self .

NAVARATAN KURMA

Ingrediants :-

Mixed vegetables - 2 cups

(carrot, beans, green peas,

potatoes,cauli flowe

tomatoes - 3

onions - 3

turmeric powder - 1/2spoon

ginger,garlic paste - ½ spoon

chilli powder - 1 spoon

dhania powder - 1 spoon

garam masala powder - 1 ½ spoon

fresh cream - 2 spoons

milk - 1 cup

salt - to taste

ghee - 2 spoons

cashew - 2 spoons piees

kismis - 2 spoon

tinned pine apple pieces - 2 spoons

paneer small cubes - 50 gms

Preparation :-

Paneer small cubes , deep fry and keep aside, grate onions, put tomatoes,in hot water, for few minutes, peel and smash , heat ghee in a pan , fry onions , and ginger garlic paste,fry in low flame till ghee separates from it, add smash tomatoes, dhania powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala powder, and salt, add boiled mixed vegetables, and boil for few minutes, when the gravy thickens, add milk, and cream boil for 1 minute, add fried paneer cubes, and dry fruits, before removing from flame, garnish coriander leaves tasty navarattan kurma is ready. Try your self.

Monday, April 7, 2008

TOMATO ,PEPPER SOUP

A nourishing soup for all home maker’s, those who are working for the house all the time , a richly vitaminized soup . try your self.

Ingredients :-

Tomato slices - 2 spoons

Capsicum - 2 spoons

Onion slices - 2 spoons

Garlic - 3 flakes

Pepper - ½ spoon

Preparation :

Heat butter in a pan add capsicum slices , and add tomato slices, add onion slices, cover with lid , wait 5 mts, till tender , add salt , and pepper, mix well , the preparation should be half boiled . remove from flame, after getting cooled grind smooth paste in mixer , heat 1 or 2 cups water in a bowl , ones bubbles come remove from flame pour in bowl ,taste it .

RICE KHEER

Ingrediants :_

Rice - 1cup or 1 glass

Sugar - 1 cup or 1 glass

Milk - 8 cups or 8 glasses

Cashew Nut - 10 pieces

Elaichi Powder ½ spoon

Preparation :-

First wash rice 1 cup or 1 glass, and keep aside, Take one thick bowl , pour milk 8 cups or 8 glasses, boiled, ones bubbles come pour rice without water ,mix well and cover with lid, Cook in Low flame, wait for 30 minutes stir intermittently. When t become light thick pour 1cup or 1 glass of sugar, mix well,after 2 mts remove from flame. Garnish with Cashew and add elaichi powder. Now tasty, and easy rice kheer is ready, taste it,

Sunday, April 6, 2008

UGADI PACHHADI

WISH YOU A HAPPY UGADI

INGREDIANTS:

FRESH chopped mango - 1

Fresh neem flower - 3 spoons

Chopped jiggery - 3 spoons

New tamarind juice - 3 spoons

Chopped banana - 3 spoons

Turmeric powder - pinch

Salt - to taste

Green chilly finely chopped - 1

Preparation :

Finely chopped mango in a bowl, add neem flower, and add 3 spoons of jiggery, tamarind juice, add finely chopped green chilly, add small pieces of banana, add turmeric powder and salt mix well , traditional ugadi pachhadi is ready . now taste it. It’s good for health. o.k.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Cabbage Fry

Ingredients:

chopped cabbage 3 cups

very finely chopped 1 onion

turmeric pinch

chilli pwd (adjust) 1 spoon

coriander pwd finely chapped 1 bunch

big pinch cumin pwd 1 large spoon

salt to taste

oil 2 spoons

For seasoning;

cumin seeds ½ spoon

garlic, crushed 3 flakes

curry leaves 2 spoons

Boil cabbage with pinch of turmeric and salt to taste. Drain and keep aside. Heat oil in a cooking vessel, add the cumin seeds and let them turn brown. Add the garlic and curry leaves and sauté for a few seconds. Add the chopped onions and sauté till transparent. Add chilli pwd, cumin pwd and combine well. Add the par-boiled cabbage and combine. Stir fry for a few more mts till the flavors blend and the cabbage retains a bit of crunch. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve with rice o.k . Try your self.