Vidya Baindur's Home Thali specials

 Arvi Jumping...... (Taro root Dry Spicy Sabji ).... Recipe..  Steam Arvi till soft.. peel it ..make small pices of it. take little more oil in a pan.. add lots of crushed garlic..fry till slight brown.. Add Arvi pieces.. add haldi,salt & lots of red chilli powder.. and fry it till Arvi pieces get crisp n well mixed.  it is spicy  so we call it Arvi jumping!!!!   Onion_Tomato Besan Pithle  Recipe...  Make tadka of oil in a wide kadai or pan. Take add chopped garlic, rai, jeera, green chillies, haldi,hing.. n some chilli powder. Then add finelly chopped Onion. Fry for some time. finally add add chopped Tomato ,fry for few minutes...add salt, then add besan 5 to 6 big tabsps as we need..n fry it for some time... ..keep it on low flame.. stir it till besan gets well fried. Then add enough water .mix it nicely 1st it shud be watery..like thick batter. But as it gets cooking ..it will become thick.. Adjust salt if you need. Add some Jeera powd...

 Rawas n Prawns Curry.. Recipe... clean and wash prawns and Rawas fishmake  pieces of it... apply salt and haldi.n little of any Fish masala to  Prawns n Rawas.. I used Everest Fish masala...keep aside.. In a pan take some coconut oil(or any other oil),  add rai,currypatta,methi seeds,haldi, red chilli  powder ,everest Fish masala powder then add  finely chopped ginger garlic , . fry for few seconds, add 2 finely chopped Onion ..add finely chopped  tomato,green chillies chopped fry till all gets mixed together.. then add salt,some coconut milk,& water ,add  kokum...add some dhania leaves.then add  prawns and fish  in to it....add some more  currypatta while boiling..  boil it for 5minutes.. fish curry is ready to serve.. Karela Koshimbir... Recipe.. Chope finely Karela..apply some sa!t n keep for  15 minutes. Then squeez it n again wash  it water n squeez it properly to remove  bitterness of karela.. heat oil...

 Steamed Pathrado or Alu Vadi. Pathrado.. Recipe.. Ingredients... Rice... 1/2 Bowl or Cup Toor dal... 1/2 bowl or cup Fresh grated Coconut... 1 cup Whole Red chillies ... 5 to 6 Imli... Smal ball Haldi... 1/2 tsp. Hing .. 1tsp. Salt ..as per taste Gud... 1tabsp.or as per taste. Method Soak  rice n toor dal,for 3 hours.. then grind it with fresh grated coconut ,  red  whole chillies as required n imli n lots of hing  powder n haldi.. Grind it in very thick paste,do not make thin or  watery. add salt n gud as required, Then use take alu leaves,... Keep 1 big Alu leaf on table top.. Apply ground  masala properly on it..n  Then keep another leaf again .apply masala  again. Keep 3to 4 leaves with repeating same  process. Make rolls like alu leaves..n steam it in steamer  for 15 minutes.. You can serve these pathrado pieces  as it is.. or  shallow fry it .( You can roll each piece n fry..this  is optional)