Delicious Recipes by Nisha

Ingredients:
1" ginger(adrak)
3 tblsp onions chopped
1 cup coconut (narial) scraped
1" cinnamon (dalchini)
a pinch asafoetida (hing)
8-10 peppercorns (kali mirch)
2 tblsp oil
1 1/2 tblsp tamarind (imli) pulp
4 - 6 cloves
3 red chillies whole
1 tsp turmeric (haldi) powder
1 tsp mustard seeds (rai)
8 - 10 curry leaves
2 tblsp coriander seeds
1 tblsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1 medium size bottle gourd (lauki,doodhi)
salt (namak) to taste

Method:
Take off and wash lauki. Cut into 3/4 " cubes.
Dry roast coriander and cumin seeds.
Make a paste of roasted cumin seeds, coriander seeds, peeled ginger, garlic, whole red chillies, peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon, turmeric powder and scraped coconut. (reserve one tblsp of scraped coconut for garnish.). Keep the paste aside.
Heat up oil in a pan.
Mix in asafoetida and mustard seeds.
Once they begin to crackle, mix in curry leaves and cut onions.
Stir fry for two minutes and mix in lauki.
Stir fry for 5 minutes. mix in the masala and coconut paste, dissolved in 11/2 cup of water. Stir and bring it to a boil.
Dissolve tamarind pulp in water if it is too thick.
Mix in to the gravy. Add salt and mix well.
Serve hot decorated with grated coconut

Labels: Indian, Spicy

Ingredients:
oil for deep frying
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
salt according to taste
5-6 raw bananas

Method:
Take off and put bananas in plenty of salted iced water.
Slice bananas with a chip slicer into water, mix in in turmeric.
Keep for 10 minutes, remove out water fully.
Spread out on a kitchen cloth to take off moisture.
Heat up oil in a wok till smoky.
Fry banana slices in one-layer batches for a minute or two or until crisp.
Lift chips out with slotted spoon and remove on paper towels.
Sprinkle with salt before serving

Labels: Durga puja special, Indian, Navaratri