sorry reader!! beginner's mistake..in some posts I have written 'tablespoon' instead of 'teaspoon'...I do intend to correct it ASAP..bear with me!!! I hope if anyone of you did try my recipes, you used a fair amount of ingredients and it turned out well! 

MASALA BHINDI/ OKRA/ LADY'S FINGERS

Ingredients:-

·        500gms bhindi/okra/lady’s fingers

·        1 large onion

·        1-2 tomatoes

·        Garam masala

·        Oil

·        Salt

·        Turmeric powder

·        Paprika/ red chilli powder

·        Mustard seeds

·        Coriander

Preparation:-

·        Clean and cut the bhindi into long pieces of about 2-2 ½ inches. Make vertical cuts along these pieces but do not halve them.

·        Fry these pieces of bhindi in hot oil till they are cooked half way through. Keep them on a kitchen towel to drain off excess oil.

·        Heat 3-4 tablespoons of oil in a pot. Add mustard seeds and let them crackle.

·        Add chopped onion and sauté for a couple of minutes. Add chopped tomatoes and sauté till they are completely cooked.

·        Put a pinch of turmeric powder, 1 tablespoon of garam masala and paprika each.

·        Add the fried bhindi/okra/lady’s fingers to the pot and add salt to taste.

·        Take the pot off the stove and add finely chopped coriander.

·        Serve hot with phulka/roti. 

PURI

Ingredients:-

·        Wheat flour

·        Salt

·        Oil

·        Ajwain/carom seeds

Preparation:-

·        To make the dough, take about two large bowls full of flour and make a well in the middle of it.

·        Warm 2-3 tablespoons of oil and pour it in the flour.

·         Add salt to taste and 1 tablespoon of ajwain/carom seeds.

·        Add enough water to mix it all together to make dough.

·        Take a small part of this dough and roll it out as thinly as possible (about 5 mm thickness or a little more should do it) into a circle the size of your palm.

·        Heat oil in a wok. Deep fry the puris until they are a deep golden brown. Make sure the oil is really hot before putting the puris in it. Otherwise the puris take longer to cook and do not stay soft.

·        Serve with curry.

MASALA RICE

In this recipe I have used plain rice from the night before.

Ingredients:-

       ·        100gms boiled/leftover rice

       ·        2-3 chillies/chilli powder/paprika

       ·        1 chopped onion

       ·        Oil

       ·        Mustard seeds

       ·        Salt

       ·        Turmeric powder

Preparation:-

            ·     Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and let them crackle.

            ·     Add 1 chopped onion and sauté till it becomes translucent.

            ·  Add chopped chillies/paprika, turmeric powder and salt.

            ·  Add the boiled/leftover rice and stir till all of it turns yellow.

            ·   Serve hot.