Vidya Baindur's Home Thali specials

  Mangalorian Crab Curry.. very tasty when served with rice,bread or chapati.. Ingredients: 1.crabs- 4/5 2.grated fresh coconut-2cups 3.long cut onions-5/6 4.garlic cloves-10 5.ginger-3/4 inch 6.kashmiri or bedgi whole red chillis-7/8 7.haldi-1tsp 8.whole garam masala-6cloves,1inch  cinnamon,dhania seeds-2tabsp.,jeera- 1/4tsp,saunf- 1/2tsp,black pepper-6/7, green elaichi-3,optional(small piece  dagadful,javitri,1/4sp khaskhas,(this is optional) 9.oil -4-5tabsp. 10.dhania leaves-finely cut-1/2cup 11.green chillies-3/4 12.salt-as per taste. 13.finely cut medium size tomatoes-3 Preparation: 1.wash crabs..clean it and make 2 pieces.. 2.grind 1/4 cup dhania leaves,green chillies, 5  garlic cloves, 2inch ginger piece without water. 3.marinate crabs with salt,haldi,and ground  green masala,keep aside. 4.take 1sp.oil in a pan roast all whole garam  masala for 1 minute 5.take 1tab sp.oil in a pan roast long cut  onions,5garlic cloves,ginger piece,fry untill lig...

 Nogli or Kane (Lady Fish) Curry Recipe..... 1. Clean n wash Nogli Fish. Apply somme Salt .n  Haldi. Keep aside. 2. Grind 1/2 cup  Fresh Coconut ,1/2tsp.Haldi,  5..6 whole red chillies, Dhania Seeds,  3 to 4 Black pepper whole, with  1/2 cup of instant coconut milk powder  n  Water as needed .n make Fine paste. 3. in a pan take this ground masala..add salt,  kokum, 2 green chillies long cut, small Ginger  piece crushed..1/2onion finely  chopped.add salt  as per taste add water as much as you need for semi thick  gravy.. Boil  it properly,,then add Fish in this curry  n just give a boil..Lady fish cooks very fast . 4. Make Tadka with Coconut Oil n 1/2 finely  chopped Onion.Add it in Fish Curry., n serve. Karela (Bitter Gourd) Kachrya or Karela Stir Fry... Recipe..                                           ...

 Garlic Tadka Dal... Recipe.. Pressure cook 1 Cup Toor Dal  till Dal cooks very  soft.. then mash it or mix it till no  Dal  grain remains.  Add water as much you need.. keep for  boiling..add salt in it.. add haldi in it.. mix it.. boil  it properly.. keep the thickness of Dal as you like. Make tadka with Ghee add cushed lots of Garlic  n Whole Red Chilli pieces ..Fry till Garlic  gets slight Brown..add tadka in Dal.. Lasun  Tadka Dal is ready to serve. Tomato Goad Lonche or Hot n Sweet Tomato Chutney. Recipe... Ingredients:  1. Red ripe Tomatoes - 4 to 6 finely chopped 2. Green chilly - 2 medium spicy long slits. 3. Red chilly powder - 2 tsp. 4. turmeric - 1/4 tsp 5. Jaggery - 2-3 tbsp 6. salt as per taste. 7. oil for tadka - 2 tbsp 8. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp 9. hing - 1/2 tsp 10.methi seeds(fenugreek) - 1/4 tsp Instructions:  1. In a fry pan make tadka of oil, mustard seeds,  methi seeds, hing, turmeric, red chilly...

 Mixed  Vegetables Sambhar..or Kholombo Recipe.. Mixed Vegetables  For Sambhar....Drumsticks - Small Onions-French Beans- Cook tur dal in pressure cooker till very soft.  make pieces of,tomato ,& make long pieces of  drumsticks n, French beans,small  onions , ...boil all the vegetables with some salt . For Sambhar masala... roast 1tabsp of dhania seeds,1/2tsp of jeera, 7-8 methi seeds,6-7 black pepper,  1tabsp.chana dal,1/2tsp of udid dal,5-6 curry patta, pinch haldi, hing, then add 7-8 bedgi  whole red chillies. finally add fesh 2tabsp of grated fresh coconut.roast it properly in few  drops of oil.make fine paste . ( Or you can use Readymade Sambhar Powder instead of  this ground fresh masala..) add some imli juice in it. or grind imli with this.. mix mashed cooked tur dal, this ground masala or Sambhar Powder.  add water, add cooked vegetables. add some salt ,gud .boil it properly. then add some  dhania leaves. make tadka...

   Sprouted Bagdo (Brown Alsanda or Brown  Eyed Beans) n Tender Cashewnuts  Ambat... (Amti with coconut ground masala ) Recipe Soak 3 cups of Brown eyed beans in water for  overnight,.next day remove water n keep in  warm place for sprouts.then again add water in it,.  remove skin of each bean.then cook  with  peeled tender cashews  with water n salt till it  gets soft.n  well cooked...(you can cook it in  pressure cooker for only 1 whistle.) Roast and 10 to 15 methi seeds and 2-3red whole  chillies in 1/4tsp of oil in a tadka pan Grind  1.1/2wati fresh coconut, small piece of  chinch(tamarind),haldi, and above roasted  masala with some water.make fine paste..then  add this  ground masala in the mixture of  well cooked beans. Add salt &mix well..boil it..  Make tadka of 1t to 2tabsps of oil,I use coconut oil..you can use any oil  add 1finely chopped onion,.fry till brown.and...

  Palak Potato Paratha in 10 minutes.. Here is recipe.. Take 15 to 20 palak leaves,wash it,chop it fine... boil 2 medium size or 1 big potato, I cooked it in micro in 3 minutes. remove skin n mash it, crush garlic n ginger n green chillies, Mix palak,1tabsp of chopped dhania  leaves..,mashed potato.,crushed  masala..., salt,,sugar to taste( optional) ,little of haldi, mix it. add wheat flour,do not add large quantity of  flour.,add only as much as you need..,mix it  add little water to mix . add some oil  knead it like chapati atta,, then roll small rotis n fry it on a pan applying  some oil from both sides,parathas will be ready  to serve,parathas become n remain very  soft,kids just loved it,, try it.

 Simple Ambemohar Rice Pulao with Fresh  Green Peas. Recipe... Wash 1 bowl of Ambemohar Rice.n keep it for 15 minutes. In a kadai take some Oil or Ghee .Add 2 Lavang Small.piece of Dalchini, 1 Tamalpatra or  Tejpatta,   1 Green Elaichi. n saute. Then add washed Rice, 1/2 bowl Fresh green  peas.Saute for 2 minutes.add 1tsp.Ginger ,garlic  paste. Saute again.add 2 Green chillies. Add  some salt. If you have Fried onions you can add  it.. (optional ). Saute .. Then add little of Garam masala. Or you can add  Shahi Biryani masala .mix it. Add 2 cups of hot water. Keep lid ..and cook it on  low flame till Rice gets well cooked.. Garnish with Dhania leaves . Simple Rice Pulao is ready to serve. Anda Rassa or Egg red spicy curry.. Recipe.. Make paste of fried ..1 onion chopped n 2 tabsp  of  fresh grated coconut or dry grated coconut. In a pan take some oil. Add chopped 2 garlic cloves. Saute it.. add 1 finely chopped Onion.n 1 ...