Lentils and Chicory Greens Soup

Ingredients:

Masoor Dal – ½ cup
Channa Dal – ½ cup
Toor Dal   – ½ cup
Water       -4 cups
Chicory Greens - 1 bunch (cleaned and chopped)
Onion      - 1 (chopped)
Tomato     - 3 (chopped)
Green Chili– 3
Garlic     - 3 cloves
Turmeric   - 1/2 tsp
Lemon Juice– 2 tbs
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Red chili - 2 broken
Clarified butter - 1 tsp
Oil
Hing
Salt

Method:
 
        Pressure cook all the dals along with green chili, garlic and turmeric for one whistle. Meanwhile heat some oil in a large pan. Add cumin and mustard seeds. Once the seeds crackle, add hing and chopped onions. Sauté it until the onion becomes translucent. Add chopped tomatoes and salt. Once the tomatoes become mushy, stir in the chopped chicory greens and sauté it until the leaves are wilted. Reduce the heat and add the mashed dals to the pan. Let it cook for some more time (5-6min) in a medium flame. Stir in lemon juice at the end. Fry the red chili in a tsp of clarified butter and add it to the dal.  Add cracked pepper before your serve.

Chicory Greens and Onion Fritters

                                                 ~Crispy Chicory Greens and Onion Fritters


Ingredients:-

                                                                  ~Chicory Leaves

Gram Flour (Besan)    - 2 cups
Rice Flour                   - ¼ cup
Chicory Greens           - 2 handfuls (chopped)
Red onion                    - 1 (thinly sliced)
Chili Powder               - 1 tbs
Salt                              - 1 tbs
Garlic Cloves              - 3 (crushed or grated)
Broken Cashews         - few
Baking Soda               - a pinch
Hing                            -  a pinch

 

 

Method:

                                                               ~Mix

                      Mix the besan and rice flour with chili, hing, garlic and salt. Add cashews, chicory greens and onions.  Sprinkle water to the mix as needed.   Meanwhile heat the oil in a kadai. Add 2 tbs of hot oil to the mix and coat it well.  Take the mix in little quantity and drop it in oil one by one.  No need to shape them into balls while dropping.  Fry till it is golden brown.

           Enjoy the fritters/ pakoras with a cup of filter coffee or chai.