Swiss Chard with Channa Dal

Swiss Chard  Channa Dal

Spring Beauty from my Garden

Nutrient Rich Swiss Chard

Getting shower

Ready to cook

Ingredients

    Channa Dal               - 2 cups
    Swiss Chard             - 1 bunch
    Onion                       - 1 big
    Tomato                    - 3
    Green Chili               - 4
    Garlic-Ginger Paste  - 2 tbs
    Red Chili Powder     - 1 tbs
    Coriander Powder   - 1 tbs
    Amchur Powder      - 1 tsp
    Garam Masala
          Powder             - 1 tsp
    Turmeric                  - 1/2 tsp
    Potato                     -  2 small boiled , cubed
    Salt
    Butter                      - 1 tbs
    Kasoori Methi         - 1 tbs


Method :

              Pressure cook Channa Dal with 4 cups of water with little turmeric. Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let them crackle. Add the chopped onion and green chilies to the pan. Saute them well. Add garlic-ginger paste . Once the raw smell goes, add tomatoes and salt. Once the tomatoes are well cooked and oil starts to ooze out to the sides, add the chopped Swiss Chard . Let it cook for few minutes and then add all the powders to the gravy.  Once the pressure is released, take out the Dal and add it to the gravy along with the boiled potatoes. Add more water if necessary. Add butter and crushed kasoori methi  at the end and switch off the stove.

Yummy Dal

Roti, Dal and Raita - Our Dinner Today

Red Bell Pepper and Tomato Chutney

This is a modified version of my previous post on Bell Pepper Chutney.

Ingredients


Red Bell Pepper - 2
Tomato - 2-3
Green Chilies - 3
Garlic cloves - 2
Corriander leaves- handful
Salt

Tempering

Mustard seeds
Urad Dhal
Channa Dhal
Curry Leaves
Hing



~Bell Pepper and Garlic


Method

Wash the bell peppers, pat them dry and cut into pieces. Heat oil in a pan and roast the bell peppers along with garlic. Add chopped tomatoes to the pan and saute until the veggies become soft. Meanwhile heat oil in a seperate pan and add all the tempering ingredients. Grind the pepper-tomato mix in a blender , add the tempered seasonings and salt to the last pulse. Serve with Dosas or Idlis.



~Red Bell Pepper and Tomato Chutney




~ Dosa, Idli Milagaipodi, Sambar, Chutney, Ellupodi ~ Our Breakfast Today