Lemon Rice

Recipe:

Ingredients:

Oil - 3 tsp

Red Chilly - 1

Peanuts - 1/4 cup

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Chana Dal -1/2 tsp

Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp

Hing - pinch

Curry Leaves - 4 chopped

Ginger - 1/2 tsp grated

Onion - 1 small chopped

Green chilly - 4 slit

Haldi - 1/2 tsp

Cooked Rice - 2 cups (or leftover rice)

Salt - to taste

Lemon juice - 3-4 tsp

Preparation:

1.) Heat oil in a pan, add red chilly, peanuts and fry it till brown.

2.) Add mustard seeds, once it starts to splutter, add chana dal and urad dal. Fry till slightly brown.

3.) Add a pinch of hing, curry leaves, chopped ginger and onion.

4.) Add salt and let the onions cook a bit, next add green chilly, haldi and cooked rice. If you have leftover rice, then you can use it too.

5.) Squeeze lime juice and serve it hot.

Batata Vada

Recipe:

Ingredients:

For filling:

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 2 tsp

Oil

Hing - pinch of it

Green chilly - 4

Potato - 4 small

Salt - to taste

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Curry Leaves - 5-6 chopped

Coriander Leaves

Lemon juice - 1 tsp

For Frying:

Besan/Gram Flour - 1/2 cup

Water - as need to make a thick paste

Salt - to taste

Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp

Oil - for deep frying

Preparation:

1. Boil the potatoes and mash it thoroughly. I usually don't prefer lumps of potato, so I boil it for a long time and mash it very well.

2. Take oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and let it splutter.

3. Next add cumin seeds, hing powder, green chilly and let it cook for a while.

4. Add curry leaves and mashed potato and mix well.

5. Add turmeric powder, lemon juice, coriander leaves and mix well. Take it off the stove.

6. Make small balls of this filling.

7. Take gram flour, water, salt, red chilly powder and mix well. This should be of semi-thick consistency so that it can hold onto the filling.

8. Heat oil for frying.

9. Once the oil is hot enough, dip the filling in the gram flour batter and deep fry it.

Batata Vada is ready to be served with Chutney.

Thai Basil Fried Rice with Tofu

Recipe:

Ingredients:

Oil

Hard Tofu - 1

Eggs - 3

Ginger - small piece

Garlic - 7-8 cloves

Onions - 1/2

Green onions - 6

Brocolli - cut into 10-12 florets

Capsicum - 1/2 red, 1/2 yellow

Basil - 6 leaves chopped

Salt

Soy Sauce - 6 tsp

Hoisin sauce - 6 tsp

Green Chilly Sauce - 6 tsp

Rice - 1 cup (cooked rice)

Preparation:

1. Take oil in a pan and scramble the eggs and keep aside.

2. Deep fry the tofu in oil and keep it aside.

3. Take oil in a pan and add crushed ginger-garlic.

4. Add onions and saute them for a while.

5. Next add brocolli and capsicum.

6. Add green onions and chopped basil leaves. 

7. Once the vegetables cook a bit, add salt and fried tofu.

8. Add soy sauce, hoisin sauce and green chilly sauce.

9. Add cooked rice and mix well.

10. Add scrambled eggs and garnish it with basil leaves.

Guacamole

Guacamole is an avocado based dip which originated in Mexico. Avocado is a very healthy fruit loaded with important nutrients. This dip is usually made with ripe avocados. It is served with corn chips, and added as a side to burritos, tacos, enchiladas and salads in Mexican restaurants.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

Avocado - 1

Onions - 1/4 piece chopped finely

Tomatoes - 1/2 piece

Pepper - 1 tsp

Salt

Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Preparation:

1. Cut the avacado in the center and scoop the green part with a spoon. Remove the seed and mash the rest.

2. Add chopped onions, tomatoes, salt, pepper and lemon juice and mix well.

This is served with corn chips in many mexican restaurants.