Vegetable Kolhapuri

Ingredients:
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Potato - 1
Capsicum - 1
Carrot - 1
Cooked Peas - 1/2 cup
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp
Tandoori Masala powder(optional) - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Dhania powder - 1 tbsp
Red chilli powder -1 tsp
Coriander chopped - 1 tbsp
Lemon juice - 2 tsp
To Grind:
Onion - 2
Ginger - 1 inch
Red chillies - 3
Garlic - 4
Tomato -1
Sugar - 1tsp
Method:
Head oil in a frying pan and add cumin seeds. Allow to splutter. Add chopped onion and fry for 2 mins. Add all vegetables and fry for 2 mins.Add ground paste. Add red chilli powder, dhania powder and tandoori masala powder. Stir fry till oil separates.
Add salt. garam masala powder, 1/2 cup water. Allow to simmer for 2-3 minutes.Add lemon juice and garnish with chopped coriander. Serve with hot chapathis.

Mint Pulav

Ingredients:
Basmathi rice - 1 cup

Potatoes - 2 diced

Peas(shelled) -1/4 cup

Mint leaves - 1 small bunch

Grated fresh coconut - 3 Tbl spoon

Green chillies - 6 or 7

Onions - 2

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Lemon -1/2

Salt - as required

Cloves - 2

Cardamoms - 2

Bay leaf - 1

Method:

Wash rice and pressure cook with 2 cups of water.Allow it to cool. Separate the grains.Pressure cook the potatoes and peel. Mash the potatoes. Cook peas separately. Cut onions into 1 inch long pieces. Fry mint leaves in little oil and then grind it along with coconut, green chillies, ginger and turmeric powder.

Heat ghee/oil in a broad frying pan and fry garam masala spices and onions. Add ground paste with potatoes and peas. Stir constantly in medium flame till the raw smell goes.Add powdered salt and cooled, separated rice to this. Mix well in high flame till rice becomes steaming hot.Squeeze lemon juice, mix gently and remove from fire. Serve hot with onion raita.

Stuffed Chilli Bajji

Ingredients:
Green chilli 8-10 (variety used to make bhajji )
Gram Flour 1 Cup
Rice Flour 2 Tbsp
Chilli powder 1 Tsp
Baking soda 1 Pinch
Coriander leaves 1 Tbsp
Salt to taste
For Stuffing:
Grated dry coconut 1 Cup
Tamarind powder 1 1/2 Tbsp
Cumin Powder 1 Tbsp
Salt to taste
Method:
Slit the green chillies on one side and stuff the dry coconut mixture.Keep aside.Prepare a slightly thick batter by mixing gram flour, rice flour, chilli powder,coriander leaves, soda and salt with water.Heat oil in a kadai.Dip the chillies in batter and deep fry.Delicious stuffed chilli bajjis are ready to be relished.

Vegetable salad

Ingredients
1 peeled diced cucumber
1 peeled diced raw mango
2 diced tomatoes
1 diced onion
1 tbsp chopped coriander
1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder
1/2 tsp chilli powder
2 tbsp lemon juice
Salt to taste
Method
Combine all the ingredients and serve.