Rajmma Masala :

Total cooking time : 25 to 30 mins . Servers for 4


This is an ideal dish for chapatti or rice..

I used to do this 2 different ways . 1. My method 2. General method

Here goes My method :

Mine is not a time consuming .. No grinding .. Though it tastes good . Ideal for busy life .

Ingredients :
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Rajma soaked for 6 hrs and pressure cooked or Canned rajma 200 gms
1 medium size onion thinly sliced
2 spoons of tomato puree
1 inch ginger chopped
1 clove garlic minced
1 spoon of garam masala
1 ½ spoon of oil

Mathod :
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In a pan Sauté the onion till golden brown add ginger and garlic fry for 2 mins .. Add the puree into it and pour 2 tumblers of wait .. Let it cook till it becomes thick gravy . Meanwhile mash the rajma (don’t make it into a paste ,just a squeeze is enough ) .. Add it into the gravy ,add salt .. Bring it to a boil .. Garnish it with coriander.


General Method:
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Soak rajma in water overnight.. Pressure cook rajma until tender. Cut onion, tomato and green chilli. Grind it in mixie along with ginger and garlic and make paste. Heat oil in a pan. Add the paste and fry on medium heat until golden brown. Till the oil separates from the gravy .Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala and salt. Mix well. Fry for 2-3 minutes. Add water enough to make thick gravy. Bring the gravy to boil.
Add cooked rajma and little milk (say ¼ cup). Stir well and cook over medium heat for 5-7 minutes.
Garnish with chopped green coriander leaves and serve hot.

NAN & BREAD KOFTA(healthy kofta) Curry

Servers for 4 ... cooking time 1 hr


Preparation of nan (NAN ABOVE THE PRESSURE COOKER)

Igredients for NAN :
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Maida flour - 2 cups

Milk - ¼ cup

1 spoon of yeast

Salt as needed


Method :
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Heat the milk warm , then add the yeast to it.. Let it dissolve in the water .. It takes 10 mins ..
Add the maida flour in a large bowl .. Add the milk to it .. Make it to a dough kneading it (as chapatti dough).. Add little water in intervals , to avoid the sogginess .

Squeeze a thin cloth in water .. Rap the dough .. Keep it aside for 15 mins ..

Mean while take the pressure cooker bottom, remove the lid ,turn it upside down and place on the stove,let it be in low flame . Brush the top with a little oil.

Roll the mida flour ( you may find the dough fluffy) into 8 potions .. Speard the dough thinly as u do for chappti . Now place the raw nan in the top of the pressure cooker … let it cook ... Now cook the other side of the nan .. Brush it with butter ..

You Nan is ready to serve ..


FOR KOFTA MASALA
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BREAD TO BE ROLLED like this

NAN with Healthy kofta curry

Ingredients :
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¼ cups diced carrot, beans , cauliflower a cup of green peas
6 slices of multi grain bread


To be grind into paste :
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1 large size onion
3 tomatoes
1 inch ginger
2 cloves of garlic
2 elachi (cardamom)
2 cinnamon stick
2 clove
¼ turmeric powder
1/2 spoon kashimiri chilli powder
1 spoon of garam masala
4-5 almonds(soak almonds for 15 mins in hot water and remove the skin)
3-4 cashews
Salt to taste


Method:
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Put all the ingredients (to be grind) into mixer with little amount of water ,Grind into a smooth paste .In a wide pan pour 3 spoons of oil , drop the paste into it . Let it cook for 20 mins . Add salt.

Meanwhile . Soak the bread slices in little amount of hot water . Add the minced green chilli and make the bread into 12 balls. Microwave it for 20 seconds .

Now add the bread balls into the masala .. Let it for 15 mins .

Serve with nan,chappati or rice .

Cauliflower rajmma masala

Ingredients
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1 ½ cups of Cauliflower florets
½ cup of rajma (kidney bean)
Note : soak the kidney bean for at least 6 hours .. Then pressure cook (leave 4 whistles) .

2 spoons of oil.

To be grinded into paste :
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3 tomatoes
1 medium size onion
1 ½ spoons peanuts
2 cloves of garlic
½ coconut
1 spoon Dhaniya powder
½ Chilli powder

METHOD :
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Boil the cauliflower in a large pan with ½ a spoon of salt for 4 mins . Off the stove,drain it .. Keep it aside .
Now grind the above ingredients including dhaniya powder and the chilli powder in a mixture without adding water .. tomato contains enough amount of water to grinder the mixture .

Heat the oil in a pan .. Add the grinded mixture in it , add ¼ cup of water .. Cover the pan with a lid .. Let it cook for 10 mins .. Occasional stirring . Add the Kidney bean to the mixture .. Cook it for 5 -7 mins .. Then add the cauliflower .. Let the masala be in stove for 6 mins . Off the stove .
Garnish it with coriander leaves .


Serve it with roti or rice …

Mushroom masala :

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total cooking time - 20 mins ,servers for 4

Ingredients
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1 pack of button mushrooms
1 medium onion finely chopped
1 spoon of freshly grinded garlic and ginger paste
2 spoons of garam masala
2 spoons of tomato puree (or freshly prepared paste )
1 medium capsicum
2 spoons of oil
½ cup of milk(subsitutw for cream.. which is very high in calorie)
Salt to taste
Coriander of garnishing

Mehod :
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Slice up the mushroom into pieces (half).Mushroom usually absorb water. So wipe the mushroom with wet cloth. it’s a pain .. anyhow for gravy u can wash it cleanly as it not going to be dry.

Sauté the onion with 2 spoons of oil for 2 mins and add the capsicum saute for another 3 mins . Add the tomato puree and ginger garlic paster along with ½ cup of water. Let it cook till the raw smell goes . It takes hardly 7 to 10 mins.
Then add the mushroom to the gravy (no need to sauté the mushroom) . Sprinkle the garam masala over the gravy .. Stir it well. don't add water .. After 5 mins add the cup of milk into the gravy .Let it boil for another 5 mins .add salt . Granish it with coriander leave .

Hey guys .. Its very easy to do and doesn’t have lots of oil. So enjoy the recipe when every you want.