Indian Salad Recipe - Salad Basket

Ingredients:

1 big potato (aloo) (boil ed)
1 big sweet potato (shakarkand) (boil ed)
1 cucumber (kheera) (peeled)
1 Tomato (Tamatar)
1 cup sprouted moong dal
1/2 cup pomegranate (anar)
1 green chilli (chopped)
3 tsp green coriander leaves (dhania patta) (chopped)
salt (namak) to taste
1 1/2 tsp chaat masala
2tsp lime juice

How To Make Salad Basket :

1. Cut potato, sweet potato, cucumber and tomato into thick pieces.

2. Scoop them from inside.

3. In a bowl put sprouts, pomegranate, green chilli and inner part of porato, sweet potato, cucumber and tomato.

4. Add salt, chaat masala and lime juice. Mix well.

5. Put the mixture in hollows of vegetables.

6. Garnish with green coriander leaves and serve.

Indian Salad Recipe - Potato Salad

Ingredients:

4 Potato (Aloo) (boil ed)
2 tblsp coriander leaves (dhania patta) (chopped)
1/2 cup peas (matar) (boiled)
1/2 cup cream (malai)(sour)
1 green chilli (chopped)
1/2 tsp mustard powder
salt (namak) to taste
1 tsp sour curd (dahi) (if not available, then lime juice)

How To Make Potato Salad:

Cut potatoes into cubes. Mix all the other ingredients with it in a bowl. Mix well.

Indian Daal Recipes - Khatti Meethi Daal

Here's a delicious recipe of khatti meethi dal or sweet and sour dal. Learn how to make khatti meethi dal.

Ingredients:

1 cup Bengal gram
100 gm beet root
50 gm groundnut
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 dried dates
50 gm jaggery
1/2 cup tamarind juice
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp coriander powder
6-7 curry leaves
1 piece cinnamon
2 tsp cloves
1 tsp clarified butter
1 tblsp chopped coriander
1 tsp salt
a pinch of asafetida
2-3 chilly paste

How To Make Sweet And Sour Dal:

1. Rinse Bengal garm and add beet root pieces to it and cook in a cooker.

2. When cooked add turmeric powder, salt, coriander powder, jaggery, dry dates, tamarind juice, curry leaves, groundnut, chilly paste and boil.

3. Prepare the seasoning-Heat oil and add asafetida, cloves, butter, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, cinnamon.

4. Add to the gram and cook for 5 minutes.

5. Garnish with coriander and serve.

Indian Daal Recipes - Punjabi Sukhi Chana Daal

Ingredients:

1 cup - Chana dal
1 Onions, chopped
Salt To taste
1 - Turmeric Powder
Handful - Pinch Corainder leaves
2 - Cinnamon sticks
2 - Cloves
1 - Bayleafs
1/4 tsp - Cumin seeds
1 tsp - Lemon Juice
1 tbsp - Ghee

Preparation :

1. Clean, wash and soak chana dal for one hour.

2. Pressure cook the dal with 3 cups of water. Keep aside.

3. Heat ghee in a pan, add cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leafs, cumin seeds and fry until they pop up.

4. Add onions and fry till brown. Add salt and turmeric powder. Mix well.

5. Add dal and let it boil for few minutes.

6. Garnish with coriander leaves. When the dal will be cool, add lemon juice and stir well.

7. Serve sukhi chana daal hot with rice or Paratha.

Indian Vegetable Recipes - Indian Mixed Vegetables

Serves : 4

Ingredients :

120 g (4 oz) French beans, chopped
120 g (4 oz) Cabbage (bandh gobhi), chopped
120 g (4 oz) Capsicum (Shimla mirch), chopped
120 g (4 oz) Carrots (gajar), chopped
1/2 cup (60 g) 2 oz Onions, chopped
120 g (4 oz) Potatoes, cut into fingers
4 tbsp (60 ml) 2 fl oz Vegetable oil
1 tsp (2 g) Cumin (jeera) seeds
2 Dry red chillies (sookhi lal mirch)
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Black pepper (kali mirch) powder
2 tsp (12 g) Ginger (adrak), chopped
4 tbsp (60 ml) 2 fl oz Tomato puree
1 tbsp (15 ml) White vinegar (sirka)
1 tbsp (4 g) Green coriander (hara dhaniya), chopped

Method :

1. Heat the oil in a pan; add cumin seeds and dry red chillies. Saute for a few seconds. Add all the vegetables, salt, black pepper powder, and ginger. Mix well. Cook covered on low heat till the vegetables are almost tender.

2. Add the tomato puree and white vinegar. Cook till the vegetables are completely done. Remove from heat.

3. Serve hot garnished with green coriander.

Indian Vegetable Recipes - Crispy Cauliflower with Potatoes

Serves : 2 - 4

Ingredients :

500 g (1.1 lb) Cauliflower (phool gobhi), cut into florets
500 g (1.1 lb) Potatoes, washed, diced
1/2 cup / 100 g (3 1/4 oz) Ghee
1 tsp (2 g) Cumin (jeera) seeds
2 tbsp (50 g) 1 3/4 oz Ginger (adrak), chopped Salt to taste
1 tsp (2 g) Turmeric (haldi) powder
2 tsp (4 g) Red chilli powder
5 Green chillies, chopped
1/2 cup (12 1/2 g) Green coriander (hara dhaniya), chopped

Method :

1. Heat the ghee in wok (kadhai); add cumin seeds and ginger. Saute for a while.

2. Add cauliflower and potatoes. Mix well. Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, and green chillies. Cover the pan and cook on low heat for 15 minutes or till the vegetables are done.

3. Serve hot, garnished with green coriander.