Kurma Bhaji

Kurma Bhaji, a dish I fell in love with the first time I tasted it and I instantly got my notes ready to take this recipe down from my mom-in-law. The green color bhaji was so flavorful and infused with all the spice and goodness. Here is the recipe for this amazing dish.

Recipe: 

Ingredients:
Oil - 4 tbsp
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Potato - 1
Peas - 1 bowl
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Ginger - small piece
Garlic - 4
Green Chilly - 2
Coriander leaves - 1 small cup
Salt - to taste
Garam Masala - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add onion and fry till the raw smell goes away.
3. Add tomato and let it fry for 5 mins.
4. Add chopped potato and let it cook well.
5. Then add peas.
6. In a mixer, take coconut, ginger, garlic, green chilly, coriander leaves and grind it well with some water.
7. Put this ground mix to the potato-peas mixture and season with some salt as per your taste.
8. Mix well and let all of this cook well until the bubbles come.
9. Finally add garam masala, turmeric powder and salt to this mixter. Mix well and serve.

Kurma Bhaji is ready to be served along with Puri or Chapathi. It goes great with rice too.

Cabbage Koshimbir

Not a big fan of eating raw vegetables, but when you make salads the way its done in India, then no doubt any raw vegetable tastes great! Koshimbir or salads are a mandatory accompaniment to meals at many households in India. I got this recipe from my mom-in-law and Kaku and it tastes great with Chapathi or rice.

Recipe: 

Ingredients:
Cabbage - Half (1 bowl)
Onion - 1
Salt - 1 tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - 1 handful
Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
Green Chillies - 1
Lemon - 1/2

For Tadka:
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Hing - Pinch
Ghee - 1 tsp
Red Chilly - 1

Preparation:

1. Finely chop or grate cabbage and onion and mix them together.
2. In a mixer, grind coriander leaves, coconut and green chillies together. Add it to the mix above.
3. Now we can give tadka to this - To do this, heat ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds, hing and cut red chillies. Add this to the above mixture.
4. Add salt, sugar and lemon juice to the above and mix well.

Cabbage Koshimbir is ready to be served as a side for Chapathi or rice.