Tomato Chutney

Ingredients:

Tomatoes(chopped) – 4
Small onion(chopped) – 10
Garlic(minced) – 1tsp
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
Chilly powder – 3/4 tsp
Salt – to taste
Oil – 2 tsps
Tamarind - 1 inch slice soaked in 1 1/2 tsps water

For seasoning:

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Dry Red whole chilli – 2
Curry leaves – 4–5
Oil – 1 tsp

Directions:

Heat oil on a wide pan,add onion and saute till tender.
Add the tomatoes,cumin seeds,garlic,chilli powder,salt and saute until the tomatoes get mashed up.Remove from the flame and let cool down slightly.
Grind this to a smooth paste and pour it into a bowl.
Soak tamarind in 1 1/2 tsps warm water.
In the same pan,heat 1 tsp oil,splutter mustard seeds,add dry red whole chilly and curry leaves to it.
Pour the ground tomato paste to the seasoning,add the tamarind juice to it and let the chutney come to a slight boil.
Add salt to taste and garnish with chopped cilantro over it.

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Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients:

4 cups cooked (cold) rice
2 spring onions(finely chopped)
fistful chopped capsicum
1 cup finely chopped vegetables (carrots, cabbage and beans) par boiled for 2 mins
3/4 tsp vinegar
fine black pepper to taste
salt to taste
1 1/2 tsps sesame oil or peanut oil

Directions:

1. Heat sesame oil in a large wok and once the oil is piping hot,add the spring onion whites and stir fry for 1 min on high.
2. Add the rest of the vegetables and toss them on high heat for 3-4 mins.
3. Add salt and pepper powder combine.Cook on high for a minute.Add the cooked cold rice and combine well.Spread it all over the pan and leave on medium high for a minute.Combine again, spread out and leave on medium high for another minute.
4. Add vinegar and toss all the contents on high heat for a 30 secs.Turn off flame.Garnish with chopped spring onion greens and serve hot.

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Banana Coconut Fry

Ingredients:

Ripe banana - 3
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 4 tsps
Ghee - 4 tsps
Cardamom powder - a small pinch
Cashew nuts - 2 tsps
Raisins - 1 tsps

Directions:

• Cut the bananas into small pieces.


• Heat ghee in a pan add raisins,cashew nuts and grated coconut and fry for 3 mins.Then add banana pieces and cardamom powder into it and fry for 5 minutes.

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