Onion And Tomato Gravy

Ingredients

* 3 medium onions, chopped
* 3 cloves garlic, chopped
* 1/2 inch ginger, chopped
* 1/2 cup tomato paste
* salt
* 2 tablespoons yoghurt
* ghee
* water

To be made into a paste

* 1 teaspoon cumin seed
* 1 teaspoon coriander seed
* 3-4 dry kashmiri chilies
* 7 black peppercorns
* 3/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
* 3 cloves

Directions
1.Dry roast the cumin, corriander, red chillies, cloves, peppercorns and turmeric on a frying pan/ a flat bottomed tava.
2.Grind with a little water to make a paste.
3.Heat ghee or oil in a pan.
4.Fry onions and garlic until golden in colour.
5.Add ground spices and ginger.
6.Fry until the oil begins to separate.
7.Add tomato paste, yoghurt and salt.
8.Keep frying, stirring continuously.
9.After a few minutes, add enough warm water to make a gravy.
10.Cook for 8-10 minutes.
11.Add your choice of vegetables/meat now and cook until the veggies/meat is tender and ready to eat.

Kadhai Gravy

500 ml of gravy

Ingredients

* 5 1/2 tablespoons ghee
* 4 teaspoons garlic paste
* 4 tablespoons coriander seeds, pounded with a pestle
* 9 whole red chilies, pounded with a pestle
* 2 tablespoons ginger, chopped
* 3 cups tomatoes, washed and chopped
* 5 green chilies, de-seeded and chopped
* 1 tablespoon dried rose petal
* salt
* 1 teaspoon garam masala

Directions
1. Heat ghee in an iron-cast wok (kadhai).
2. Add garlic paste.
3. Saute over low heat until light brown in colour.
4. Add the pounded corriander seeds and red chillies.
5. Saute for half a minute.
6. Add the ginger and green chillies.
7. Saute for another half a minute.
8. Add the chopped tomatoes.
9. Cook until the ghee separates and floats on the surface.
10. Add the rose petals, salt and garam masala.
11.Stir and mix well.
12. Add the vegetables of your choice and cook until the veggies are tender.
13. Serve hot with rotis/naan/parathas/bread- you name it!

Cheese Toast

SERVES 1

Ingredients

* 2 cups self raising flour
* salt
* grated cheese
* 1 teaspoon black pepper
* 1 teaspoon ginger and chili paste
* 2 teaspoons gram flour (besan)
* coriander leaves
* water
* 2 slices bread

Directions
1. Mix the first 7 ingredients to make a dough by adding water.
2.Take one slice of bread and apply the above made paste on one side.
3. Take a non-stick pan and put the paste side of the bread below.
4. Apply some oil/butter on the plain top side of the bread.
5. Cook the bread on both sides.
6. Once cooked, cut it into 2 triangular-shaped pieces and serve with Tomato Ketchup or any chutney of your choice.

Three Colour Rajma Salad

A very nutritious low-calorie veggie enjoyable salad!

SERVES 4

Ingredients

* 2 cups rajma, soaked overnight and boiled
* 1 cup macaroni, boiled
* 1/2 cup green capsicum, chopped
* 1/2 cup cucumber, chopped
* 1/2 cup spring onion
* 1/4 teaspoon mustard powder
* 2 teaspoons salt
* black pepper
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions
1.Toss all in a bowl and serve!

Eat the right food for healthy living

Diverting from the Recipes....

We know that the right balance to a healthy life is to exercise regularly, maintain an active mind and of course, eating the right food.

Hence, any discussion on keeping healthy must also include the important subject of food and healthy eating. For those of us who can never remember or differentiate carbohydrate from protein to fat nor remember on what quantity or quality we should eat to keep healthy, here’s a simple pictorial chart that simplify the complex subject of healthy eating.

Why not print this chart and paste it somewhere prominent? How about your fridge?