DUNGRI NU KHARYU

DUNGRI NU KHARYU

 

 

 

1 large onion

3/4 tea spoon salt

1 tea spoon chili powder

1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder

1/2 tea spoon lemon juice

1 table spoon oil

1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds

 

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Once heated add mustard seeds. When it stars to crackle add the cut onions and all the above ingredients except lemon juice. Toss and mix well until just tender, about 2 minutes. Add lemon juice, turn the heat off and garnish with cilantro. Serve hot .Goes well with thepla.

 

 

 

 

LAPSI

LAPSI

 

A couple of weeks back my nephew Alok was going to propose to his “now” fiancée, Hiral.  Hiral and her mom had come to Charleston and when Alok broke the news to us I began to plan the family get together.

Alok’s parents, my brother and bhabhi are in Mwanza so I wanted to ensure that we celebrated with the rest of the family.  So I invited my other nephews around for dinner and began planning the menu.

As with all “shubh”, auspicious events I made some lapsi, a sweet dish made with cracked wheat, ghee, gur, mawo, and garnished with slivered almonds, pistachios, cardamom raisins and mace.  In our household, the lapsi is readily devoured by the bowlful.

I also made some dhokla, potato curry, dal, rice rotli etc.  For dessert I made two different types of ice-cream. One with honeycombe and another with almonds and pistachios.  I will share my recipe for the lapsi here and next time tell you how I made the ice-creams.

2 cups cracked wheat

1 1/2 cups jegerey

3 table spoons ghee

6 cups water

handful raisins

 

 

For garnishing

1/2 tea spoon cardamom powder

few strands saffron

handful almonds and pistachios slivers

1/2 cup grated mawa

 

Boil the water add jagary  keep on the side. Heat the ghee in a pressure cooker, add the lapsi mix ( cracked wheat) and sauté on medium  heat till it turns little golden brown. Add the hot jagary water top with raisins. close the lid and pressure cook on high heat for 3 whistles. Let it cool before opening the lid. Add the mawa mix well and  Pour the lapsi in the serving bowl and garnish with almonds, pistachios and saffron .

 

lemon pudding

LEMON PUDDING

 

Sweeten all your get together  with delicious creamy, fruity, crunchy, desert. This easy recipe uses pre made ready crust, its simple to prepare. you all will love it!!

 

 

 

 

 

1 pack Jell-O instant lemon pudding

1 cup cool whip

1 cup strawberries

1 cup grapes

1 cup pineapple chunks

 

In a bowl, beat lemon pudding until blended. Whisk in cool whip, stir in all the fruits. Spoon into ready to use graham cracker crust. Garnish  each serving with sliced strawberries. Refrigerate for about 2 hours and serve cold

 

GRILED VEGETABLE PANINI

 

Grilled Vegetable Panini

   

Ciabatta bread rolls

mozzarella cheese slices
1 small egg plant sliced
1 small zucchini sliced
1 small squash sliced
red bell pepper sliced
Basil leaves as needed
Butter

 

Ingredient for pesto sauce:
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 cup basil leaves
2 garlic cloves
3 table spoons pine nuts
1/4 cup parmesan
salt to taste.

Place all the above ingredients in the food processor and pulse until thoroughly combined. Keep on the side.

Grill all the above vegetables with extra virgin olive oil until tender. ( Don’t over cook)

Slice the roll and spread the pesto sauce, add slice of cheese, top with grilled vegetables and basil leaf. Top with another slice of Ciabatta and grill on Panini press. You can also make this recipe using sun dried tomato pesto, or a combination of both pestos, one on each half of the ciabatta bread.