Vegetable kurma

This is a very nutritious recipe because it includes carrots,beans, peas and cabbage  and i simply love this recipe with chapati as well as poori . If you wish you can also add potato and beetroot , which will give good aroma and the beetroot color will be very nice .

Ingredients

Carrots	2 medium size
Cabbage	1 cup
Beans	12 nos
Potato	2
Peas	½ cup
Turmeric	¼ tsp
Red chilly powder	1 tsp
Garam masala	1 tsp
Coriander leaves	½ cup
Salt	As per taste

To temper

Elachi	1 no
Bay leaf	2 no
Jeera	1 tsp
Oil	3 tblsp

To grind

Coconut	¼ cup
Onion	2 big sized
Tomato	2 medium size
Ginger garlic paste	2tsp
Green chilly	1 medium sized
Sombu	1tsp

Method

1. Chop the vegetables in equal squares and in a cooker add all the vegetables and pour enough water to cook the vegetables.
2. To the vegetables add chilly power,turmeric and salt .Close the cooker lid and cook for 3 whistles.
3. Take a pan  add little oil fry onion,tomato,ginger, garlic ,sombu and green chilli for 5 to 10 mts.Cool it and grind it to a soft paste
4. separately grind the coconut by adding half a tumbler of water .
5. To the cooked vegetables add the ground paste, garam masala and cook in medium flame for 5 to 10 mts.
6. Then add the coconut paste cook for 5 to 7 mts or until the raw smell vanishes
7. In a pan add little oil add bay leaf,elaichi and jeera let it splutter, then add this to the vegetables.
8. Atlast garnish it with chopped corriander leaves.

serve hot with chapathi or poori................................

Eggless custard jam cookies

Eggless custard jam cookies 

By its name itself we can understand its a very sweet and tasty cookie . It's a cookie with a indent in the centre filled with jam and coated in sugar . These cookies are crispy and flaky . It goes well with hot tea.

Ingredients

All pupose flour	2 cups
Custard powder	½ cup
Butter	1 cup
Any sugar (confectioner sugar or icing sugar)	½ cup
Vanilla extract	2tsp
Any jam (diluted)	As per need
Sugar  (for coating)	½ cup

Method

1.Preheat the oven to 180C, line baking sheet over a baking tray and keep aside.

2.Sift together the all purpose flour and custard powder, add in the vanilla extract, keep aside.

3.Whisk the butter, confectioner's sugar together until they turn creamy, add in the flour-custard powder mixture and gently mix until it becomes a soft dough.

4.Shape the dough into small walnut sized balls, coat it in sugar and flatten them slightly.

5.Make a indent in the center of the cookie with your thumb . Heat the jam with little water. Be careful not to burn. Fill it in the indent.

6.Place them on the lined baking tray and bake for 15-20minutes.

Serve with a cup of tea or coffee.........................

Carrot Halwa

           Its a perfect sweet recipe to celebrate a special occasion but i did this recipe for a evening snack.  I love the taste and colour of carrots . Carrots are full of beta-carotene and vitamin A, as well as soluble fiber so it is very easy to digest. It takes about 30 to 40 mts for the preparation with all the items readily available at home ...So here we go

Ingredients

Carrot, grated	3 cups
Milk	2 ½ cups
Sugar	¾ cup
Ghee	3–5 tbs
Elachi powder	1tsp
Cashew nuts	6-7
Salt	A pinch

 

 Method

1. Take a heavy bottomed pan and add 2tablespoon ghee and  fry the grated carrots  till it turns pale in colour.(say 2-3 minutes) 
2. Add the milk and bring it to boil in a medium flame. 
3. Cook till the milk evaporates and the carrot gets cooked 
4. When the milk is completely evaporated add the sugar and stir it for 10 mts   
5. When the mixture starts thickening,add ghee,elachi powder,cashew nuts fried in ghee.Keep stirring for 5 more  minutes.
6. When the halwa starts leaving the sides transfer it to a serving plate and garnish with your favorite nuts fried in ghee

Serve hot or chilled  .............................