Nursery and Playroom Learn Cooking Recipe

We are entering the final week of Blogging #46 and for this week its going to be combo themes.Today's recipe is a classic South Indian combo made for breakfast or dinner.Vegetable rava kichadi and coconut chutney is one of my favorite along with hot filter coffee or tea. Today's recipe is a simple one,like upma but it can be made with garam masala also which I share later.Off to the recipe......................................       Basic Information     Preparation time 10 minutes     Cooking time 20 minutes     Serves 2        Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Semolina/Rava/sooji 1 cup Onion(finely chopped) 1 (medium size) Ginger/inji(chopped) 1 inch Tomato(finely chopped) 1 (medium size) Green chilly/pachamilagai 2-3(slit lengthy) Carrot(small size) 1(small size) Beans(chopped) 5-6 Cashews 1 tbs Oil 1 2tbs Ghee/nei 2 tsp Salt 1 tsp   For the tempering Ingredient

For the third of Blogging Marathon #46 under the theme no onion -garlic recipe,I am sharing a creamy rich gravy. I had aloo palak in a restaurant buffet sometime back and I liked it a lot.The potatoes were deep fried and added,also lot of fresh cream was added. But here rather than deep frying I fried it in the pan and added.Since I didn't have cream,made it with no cream.Try this simple yet delicious creamy curry,off to the recipe...................................... Aloo Palak       Basic Information     Preparation time 10 minutes     Cooking time 25 -30minutes     Serves 2       Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Spinach/palak 11/2 cups(approximately) Potato 2 (medium size) Ginger/inji(chopped) 1 inch Tomato 2 (finely chopped) Red chilly powder/milagai podi 1/2-34 tsp Coriander powder/dhaniya podi 11/2 tsp Garam masala powder 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4 tsp Cumin s

I love to have warm,subtle channa masala along with hot pulkhas,especially in a cold evening. Last week the weather was so cold and wanted to make this delicious,comforting channa masala for our dinner. This is one such curry I make often to accompany for the phulkas.But never tried with no onion and garlic.For the blogging marathon theme I tried without onion.The curry came out so well and tasted yummy. I have already shared a South Indian version of channa masala here.Lets move on to the recipe..........................................     Basic Information    Preparation time 15 minutes    Soaking time 6-8 hours    Cooking time 25 minutes    Serves 2(generously) Ingredient Quantity Chickpeas/kondakadalai 3/4 cup Tomato 2 (medium size) Ginger/inji(grated) 1 tsp Green chilly/pachamilagai 1 (finely chopped/optional) Red chilly powder/milagai podi 1/2-3/4 tsp Coriander powder/dhaniya podi 1 tsp Garam masala powder

After 2 months of break,I am here with a simple cauliflower curry with no onion and garlic for the Blogging Marathon#46. The recipe,I noted down from a friend of mine and  its so flavorful and simple,a perfect pair of soft phulkas.The highlight of the recipe is the fresh fenugreek leaves.Today I made a dry version,to make the semi dry version add around 1/2 cup of tomato puree after the tempering.Off to the recipe.......................... Gobi Methi/Methi Gobi     Basic Information     Preparation time 15 minutes     Cooking time 25 minutes     Serves 2-3       Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Cauliflower florets 21/2 cups(approximately) Fresh Fenugreek leaves/methi 1 cup Ginger/inji(grated) 1 tsp Green chilly/pachamilagai 1-2 (finely chopped) Red chilly powder/milagai podi 1/2 tsp Coriander powder/dhaniya podi 1 tsp Garam masala powder 1/4 tsp Aamchur powder 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder/man