Reposting for Healing Food - Beetroot Event

Instead of updating the archived post I thought of resposting it and it works out easy for everyone to check out the recipe.

I am sending my simple Beetroot - Onion Curry & Beetroot Vadai
to Siri's Healing Food event, hosting by Priya.

Beetroot curry

Beetroot Vadai

Kadalaparuppu Payasam - 1

I am not a very big fan of any paruppu payasam. But my mom used to make paruppu payasam very often and she used to tell that jaggery is good for health than sugar. I made this payasam last month for my FIL's ceremony and it came out pretty good and the surprisingly kids really liked it.

Ingredients:-

1. Channa dhall/Kadalaparuppu - 1 cup
2. Jaggery - 3/4 cup (can be increased acc to taste
3. Cardamom - 1
4. Edible Camphor - a pinch
5. Ghee - 1 tsp
6. Cashew - 1 tsp (chopped)
7. Coconut - 1 tsp (chop it into small cubes)

First pressure cook channa dhall upto 3/4th done.  In the mean time, dissolve jaggery with required amount of water and removed sand from it, if any. Again in the same pan, boil the jaggery water adding cardamom and edible camphor. When it starts to boil, add the 3/4th cooked dhall to it and let it boil for5 to 7 mts or till the dhall is fully cooked. Mash the dhall if you wish to. Fry cashew and coconut in ghee, to golden brown and pour it top of payasam. This is how my mom used to make this payasam. My MIL used to follow another method to make this. Will post that recipe soon..

Aloo Paneer Sabji

My girls like to eat chapathis for dinner.This aloo paneer sabji I made last week along with chapathis.  It took just 15 mts to finish this and my girls loved it cos i always use less amount of chillies. I just made this for me and the girls cos my husband was out of town that day. Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients:-

1. Potato - 2 Medium sized (chopped into cubes)
2. Paneer - 1/4 cup (cubed)
3. Tomato - 1 medium sized
4. Onion - 1 medium sized
5. garlic - 1 pod
6. cashew - 4
7. poppy seeds - 1/2 tsp
8. turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
9. Green chillies - 1 (acc to taste)
10. red chillies powder - 1/2 tsp
11. coriander seeds - 1 tsp
12. cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
13. salt to taste
14. Ghee - 1 tsp
15. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
16. Ajwain - 1/4 tsp

Microwave cubed potato in microwave using a microwave safe bowl for 4 to 6 mts or until its 3/4th done.  In the mean time, fry paneer pieces adding a drop of oil to golden brown and keep it aside. Also grind onion, tomato, garlic, cashew, poppy seeds, green chillies, coriander seeds and 1/2 tsp cumin seeds to a fine paste.  Now take a pan, pre heat ghee, splutter 1/4 tsp cumin and ajwain to golden brown. Add the grounded onion tomato paste, turmeric powder, red chillies powder, salt and required amount of water. Let it boil for 3 minutes. Now add the cooked potato and fried paneer pieces to the mixture and let everything cook for another 5 minutes. Adjust water according to the required consistency. Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve it hot.

I am sending this entry also along with mixed vegetables dry curry to Letz Relishh - Paneer Event.

and to BSI weekly event hosting by Ruchika and this time its BSI - week 95 - Paneer.