Khatti Arbi.(Colocasia)

Ingredients:
250gm Arbi (Colocasia)
3 Tb spoon curd
10-15 Kokum leaves paste (Gamboge leaves)
1 Tb spoon paste of pudina leaves(mint leaves)
1/2 Tb spoon garlic paste
1/2 Tb spoon roasted cumin powder
1/2 Cup chopped coriander
Juice of one lemon
1 Tb spoon mustard oil
Dry spices of choice
Salt as per taste.

Method:
Microwave arbi for 7-8 minutes, peel them and slice them as per you desire(I sliced with 1/2 cm thickness).
Mix curd with pudina paste, cumin powder, kokum paste and salt. Mix well the curd paste and sliced arbi.
Keep aside for at least 20  minutes.

Heat oil in a pan, add dry spices of your choice along with garlic paste. Saute for few seconds. Add arbi mixture . Mix well and cook covered on low flame for about 10-15 minutes.

Garnish with Coriander leaves. Serve with chapati.

Lauki ki kheer(Bottlegourd dessert).

Ingredients:

300 gm bottlegourd(grated)

1 ltr boiled milk

1/4 spoon cardamom powder

1/4 cinnamon powder

3/4 Cup powdered sugar

2 Tb spoon grated almonds

2 Tb spoon Ghee (clarified butter)

Rose or kewra flavor essence

Method:

Heat ghee in deep pan, add bottlegourd and roast well for 10-12 minutes. Add milk with cardamom and cinnamon powder  and cook on medium flame for an hour. Do not let the whole milk get dry, it should have thick consistency. Once you start feeling its getting cooked, add sugar, almonds. Cook for another 5 minutes and off the flame. 

Let it cool down and add few drops of your favorite flavor. 

Tastes really great when served chilled.

Simple Pulav.....

This is a simple pulav recipe, which i tried without using onion n garlic.

You need:

1 Cup basmati rice.
1 capsicum (finely chopped)
1/2 cup green peas
1/2 cup corn ( semi boiled)
1/2 cup carrot (finely chopped)
1/2 cup chopped coriander
9-10 whole black pepper
3-4 clove
1 T spoon cumin seeds
2 Bay leaves.
3-4 whole red chillies
1 Tomato(chopped)
2-3 Cinnamon sticks
2 Big cardamom.


Method:
Boil rice with salt, cinnamon,big cardamom and 1 Tspoon of oil. Strain the rice and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan , add black pepper, clove, when it starts to splutter put bay leaves, saute for few seconds and then put cumin seeds.

Add all the vegetable except coriander, now add your favorite dry spices and keep it on medium for few minutes till veggies are cooked.
Add rice and mix well with coriander. Your pulav is ready to serve.