Ginger Cabbage Fry

Ingredients

• 2 cups cabbage
• 1 medium potato
• 2 tablespoons grated ginger
• 3 green chillies
• 1 medium onion sliced
• Turmeric
• Salt
• Jeera
• Hing
• Curry leaves
• Oil 
• Corriander leaves

Process->In a pan add oil. Once it is heated add jeera, curry leaves,hing, green chillies and let it splatter. Next add the onions, ginger and turmeric and stir fry for couple of minutes until it is cooked. First add the chopped potato and steam it for couple of minutes. Next add chopped cabbage and salt. Cook the fry until its well done. Finally garnish it with corriander and serve with phulka or chapati.  

Chapati Laddu

Chapati laddu is an easy sweet and very healthy. The dry fruits give a crunch to the soft laddu. Use fresh chapati for the laddu. The jaggery and ghee will bind the small chapati pieces together. If you don't want to make laddu you can eat it like a sweet mixture. 

Ingredients

• 5 chapati's
• 1/4 cup grated jaggery
• 5 spoons ghee
• 5-6 almonds
• 5-6 cashews

Process->Break the chapati in tiny pieces. Add the grated jaggery on the chapati mixture and ghee. Mix the mixture properly with your hands. Next add the dry fruits in the laddu mixture. Make small laddu from the mixture. 

Note->Adjust the taste of jaggery as per your choice.

Chole Salad

Salad as we all aware is the healthiest of all meals. This is an easy chole salad which you can pack for lunch. I have deliberately not added onions in the salad as it has a strong taste and smell. 

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiled chole
• 1/3 cup diced cucumber
• 1/3 cup diced capsicum
• Corriander leaves
• Lemon juice
• 1 green chilli
• Salt 
• Sugar

Tadka (optional)

• Oil 
• Jeera
• Mustard seeds 
• Curry leaves

Process->Finely dice the green chillies. In a bowl take the chole. Add the diced cucumber, capsicum, corriander leaves, lemon juice, salt, sugar and green chillies. Toss the salad mixture. 

Note->Sprinkle 2 pinches of jeera powder on the salad. 

Dal Kanda

Dal kanda a lovely fry option when you are short of vegetables in the fridge. You can simply eat it or serve with bhakri and thecha. A typical village meal simply delicious .....

Ingredients

• 1 cup chana dal 
• 3/4 cup diced onion
• Turmeric
• 5-6 curry leaves
• Red chilli powder
• 1/2 spoon kanda lasun masala
• Salt
• Jeera
• Mustard seeds
• Oil
• Corriander leaves

Process->Soak chana dal in water for 2 hours. Drain the water after it is saoked properly. Heat a skillet and add mustard seeds, jeera, curry leaves and onion. Saute the onions and add turmeric, red chilli powder. Finally add the chana dal, salt and kanda lasun masala. Place a lid on the skillet and cook it tender. Do not add any water when the dal is cooking. Finally sprinkle some corriander leaves.

Stuffed Banana Pepper

Stuffed capsicum or peeth perun shimla mirch as we say in marathi was a very common dish at my mom's house. I tried making it today only I used banana pepper instead of capsicum. Use small capsicums instead of the bigger ones.

Ingredients

• 6 banana peppers
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 5-6 spoons gram flour
• Red chilli powder
• 1/2 spoon dhaniya jeera powder
• Turmeric
• Salt
• Oil
• Hing

Process->Roast the gram flour in a pan for 3-4 minutes on low flame. In a bowl take the gram flour in that add onion, red chillli powder, dhaniya jeera powder, turmeric, salt, hing and 1 spoon oil. Mix the stuffing properly. Slit the banana pepper length wise and fill the stuffing in the banana pepper. Heat 2 spoons oil in a skillet. Sprinkle little hing and turmeric in the oil. Arrange the stuffed banana pepper in the oil. Place a lid on the skillet and cook the banana pepper tender. 

Note->Sprinkle little salt on the banana pepper while it is cooking as per your taste.