Palak Mushroom

Ingredient:

1. 1 bunch of Spinach
2. 1 onion blended in smooth paste
3. 2 tomato blended in smooth paste
4. 2 chilies blended in smooth paste
5. 1 inch of ginger blended in smooth paste
6. Button Mushroom- 150 grams (chopped roughly)
7. Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
8. Turmeric Powder- 1 tsp
9. Coriander powder- 1 tsp
10. Chili Powder- 1/4 tsp
11. Salt- 1 tsp
12. Garam Masala- 1/2 tsp
13. Butter/ Ghee/Oil- 20 grams

Method:

1. Wash leaves of spinach and put the leaves in cooker, add 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder and cook it till 2 whistle with medium flame.
2. After the spinach leaves cools down, blend the leaves to smooth paste
3. Now In a fry pan, add butter, as the butter warms up add cumin seeds, when the seeds starts to crackle add green chilli paste, ginger paste and saute for 2 minutes, then add paste of onion.
4. Cook the mixture for 5 minute on medium flame then add tomato paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt and mushroom and cook it for next 10 minutes at medium flame with covered lid.
5. You will notice the colour of mixture changed to little dark brown then add the blended spinach and mix well.
6. Now add garam masala, and cook it for next 7-8 minutes on medium flame with covered lid.
7. Here your yummy Palak Mushroom is ready to be served with bread, naan, Roti, Chappati. 

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Lauki(Bottle Gouad, Dhudhi) ke kofte

Ingredients:

For making Kofte

1. 1 Medium size bottle guard (doodhi, lauki)
2. ¾ cup gram flour
3. ½ tsp salt
4. Oil for deep frying

For making gravy

1. 2 medium size onion grinded in smooth paste
2. 2 medium size tomato grinded in smooth paste
3. 2 green chillies chopped
4. 1 tsp of cumin seeds
5. ½ tsp of coriander powder
6. 1 tsp of turmeric powder
7. ½ tsp of garam masala
8. ½ cup of milk
9. 2 tbsp of cashew-nut powder
10. 2 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves
11. 2 tsp of oil

Method:

1. Grate the guard n add gram flour, salt and keep it aside for 20 minutes.
   
2. Now grind Onion, tomato separately.
3. Now take a Kadhai, or fry pan for making kofte of step 1 batter.
4. Heat the oil, as the Oil warms up start dipping each spoon full of batter in oil and fry it till it turns to golden brown in colour.
   
5. Keep the fried kofte on soaking tissue paper, do the same with the rest of the batter.
6. Now take a separate pan add 2 tsp of oil, as the oil heats up add cumin seeds and when the seeds starts to crackle add chopped green chillies.
7. As the colour of chillies start to change add paste of onion cook onion on low flame for 10 minutes.
8. When the colour of onion starts to change little golden add cashew-nut powder, tomato paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder and again let it cook for next 10 minutes on low flame with closed lid.
9. Now add milk, salt, garam masala and stir well, add fried koftes to the gravy and sprinkle coriander leaves.
10. Here is yummy koftes ready to serve.