Kitchen-Kollections

Ingredients

2 cups potato cubes
1 cup tomato chopped
1/2 cup onion sliced
1 green chilli chopped
1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
4 cloves
cinnamon pieces (2 small)
1 cup water
Red chilli powder
turmeric
salt to taste

For tadka or tempering

1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp jeera
2 red chillies

Method

• Add oil in a pan and add the tadka ingredients.
• Add chopped ginger garlic paste,onion and green chilli. Fry till onions turn translucent.
• Add cinnamon and cloves and mix well. This will give a nice aroma. Add salt, turmeric and 1 tsp red chilli powder.
• Add chopped potato and cover with a lid. Let it cook for at least 15 min. Keep mixing in between.
• Add chopped tomatoes and again cook for 5 more minutes on medium high.
• Add water slowly and keep mixing. Cook for 10 more minutes till it becomes a thick gravy. Garnish it with chopped coriandar leaves. This curry goes well with chapatis or hot hot biryani.

This is my entry to Curry mela!!!

Here is one dish you would like to eat on any snowy day At least thats what I like to eat! Of course I like the spicy version..just bake them..sprinkle spices thats it..its done and ready to eat!

Ingredients

5 red potatos
1 tsp vegetable oil
half tsp jeera
Salt to taste
Turmeric
Red chilli powder
Italian seasoning
Seasoned salt

Method

Add a tsp of oil in a pan and add jeera, turmeric and red chilli powder. Now add the washed and cut potatoes (with the skin) into it and mix well so that the oil is evenly coated. Add salt and again mix well. Cover it with lid and let it cook. It will take about 15 min to cook properly on medium heat. Sprinkle italian seasoning and seasoned salt and serve it HOT!!

Sandwich Tikki Squares

This is another quick breakfast recipe especially if you have kids. Kids generally spend a lot of time eating so they will definetly enjoy these little squares. I used  this amazing coriandar mint chutney or you can call it a spread. Here is the recipe..

Ingredients 

Coriander and Mint chutney or spread
2 bunches of coriander leaves
half cup chopped onion
two green chillies
1 tbs salt or salt to taste
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
Half cup of curd or Butter milk
 
Method

Mix all the ingredients listed above in a grinder and grind them properly. It will be almost like a paste. Keep it aside.
 
Potato Stuffing

Ingredients

1 cup Boiled potatoes
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp dhaniya powder
1/2 tsp thinly cut green chillies
 
Method

Mash the boiled potatoes and add all the spices and green chillies. Mix them properly. You can add a spoon of corn flour in the potato mix. This will help in binding the mix. Take a spoonful of this mix and make small cakes or tikkis and fry them in a pan with vegetable oil till they are properly roasted. This is the method of making a tikki though!

Take two pieces of bread and  spread the coriander and mint paste on the bread. Place a slice of lettuce, a slice of Tomato,Onion and the Fried Potato cake or tikki. Add little bit of unsalted butter and keep one more bread slice on  the top and Toast in toast maker for a half minute. If you do not have a toast maker at home, you can toast the sandwich in pan.  After its roasted, apple some butter on to the top and serve it hot. For children, you can cut the sandwich in squares..otherwise you can eat it as it is with hot cuppa of tea! Enjoy!