Soya chunks Curry

Soya chunks tastes so good in curries and it's such a good and healthy alternative for meat and it's really delicious as well ...this curry was the one the tried the other day when my fb friend Priya R Shenoy had posted it's was yumm and I simply loved it as a side dish for my chapathis ...So Do try this and don't forget to leave in your feedback as well !

Ingredients

1 cup of med sized soya chunks

1 onion (finely chopped)

1 tomato (finely chopped)

1 cup coconut

1' ginger

2 cloves of garlic 

1/4 tsp roasted Jeera Powder

1 tsp Red chilli powder

1/4 tsp Garam Masala powder

1/4 tsp mustard seeds

2 sprigs of curry leaves

2 tbsp coriander leaves

2 tbsp oil 

salt to taste

Method

• Add hot water to soya chunks and leave it aside for 30 mins. 
• Then squeeze out all the extra water from soya chunks and bring it to a boil till it is cooked.
• Grind coconut, ginger, garlic, Jeera powder and Red chilli powder.
• Heat oil add mustard seeds add in curry leaves then add chopped onion and fry till translucent then add in the tomato and fry well till oil then add the ground coconut and fry till it leaves out oil completely then add in little garam masala.
• Add in precooked soya chunks, Add in little water and cook till and the masala in well incorporated with the soya chunks and its coated beautifully with it.
• Add in coriander leaves . Serve it with chapathi / Poori .....it's yumm ! 

Til Gajak

This is one sweet which you can prepare in no minutes and its cherished in every household , likewise it used to be our favourite sweet too, you can use til, groundnuts, any nuts in this recipe, here I have used Til / sesame seeds which is such a good source of iron that one should incorporate in one's daily diet. Greasing the parat or a plate well in advance is very important as  once the mixture is prepared it just hardens really quickly. 

Ingredients

1 and 1/2 cups of  white roasted til / Sesame seeds

1 cup Jaggery (I have used Chikki Gud) if you find it hard to get hold of it then use Jaggery 

1 tsp ghee

1 tsp Green cardamom powder

2 tbsp water

1/4 tsp Soda Bi Carbonate / Cooking Soda

Method

• First Grease a thali or board and smear with ghee and keep it ready.
• Take a Deep pan add water then add jaggery and let it melt then lower the heat and allow jaggery to bubble. 
• Now add in White Sesame seeds and mix well. Add in Elaichi / Green Cardamom powder add in soda and mix well till becomes a mass.
• Pour on a Greased Thali  , grease a rolling pin and press and roll the mixture and and with the help of the greased knife just give it diamond shape cuts . 
• Store and Enjoy !!

 

Dry Fruits Overnight Porridge

                    

Ingredients

5-6 Whole Almonds

4-5 Walnuts

2 tbsp Cashew

3-4 Dates (I have used Medjool Dates)

1 cup Cold Milk / Vegan Milk 

3 tbsp Chia seeds

2 tbsp oats

1/2 tsp vanilla Essence

3-4 strands of Kesar/ Saffron

Method

• Wash and Soak all the dry fruits for 10 -15 mins and then discard all the water.
• Grind these dry fruits with milk and saffron . 
• Then take it out in a bowl add chia seeds, Oats, Vanilla Essence mix well.
• Leave it overnight to refrigerate.
• Next morning top it with your choice of fruits and extra nuts . 
• Here I have topped it up with pomegranate seeds and pumpkin seeds .