Tamatari aaloo

I was lazy today to make lunch so I while checking out my fridge I found some boiled potatoes(that I boiled last night). I wanted to be quick so thought of making aalloo tamatar ki sabji :)

When I was young I see elders fasting in navratras and eating some special food during these fasts. I never missed this gravy since then :P

So here we go :

Ingredients :

1. 2 tablespoon refined oil
2. 3 medium potatoes cut into 1 inch pieces
3. 3 medium tomatoes
4. 2 teaspoon cumin seeds
5. 1 green chilli cut into small pieces
6. 1 1/2 inch ginger grated
7. salt to taste
8. red chilli powder
9. pinch of hing
10. Fresh green coriander chopped
11. pinch of turmeric (optional. I don't use it though)

Method :

• Heat oil in a kadai. Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
• Add ginger and hing and let it cook for two minutes. (Add turmeric at this stage if you want to add it)
• Puree tomatoes with a hand blender or mixer grinder and add them too. Cook tomatoes for 4-5 minutes or till oil separates.
• Add two potatoes cut into 1 inch pieces and leftover 1 potato should be mashed and then added. It makes gravy thicker and gives good texture.
• Add 1 1/2 glass of water and let it come to boil.
• Add green chillies and let the boil continue for another two minutes.
• Switch off the flame and add fresh green coriander.
• Serve hot with puri, chapati or rice.

Try this recipe and let me know your reviews :)

Punjabi Rajma

This is something I grew up eating. I just love rajma rice any day. Whenever I make it at home, you can find me with a bowl full of rajma rice almost every alternate hour :P
My friends love the way I make rajma. The recipe belongs to my mom :)
Therefore this post is dedicated to my mom.

Ingredients :

1. 350g of red rajma (I prefer to use kahmiri rajma which is shown in the image)
2. Pinch of asafoetida (hing)
3. 4-5 table spoon refined oil
4. 1 tea spoon cumin seeds
5. 1 big onion
6. 5 medium tomatoes
7. 1 green chilli
8. 1 1/2 inch long piece of ginger
9.  5-6 pieces of garlic
10. salt to taste
11. 1/2 tea spoon red chilli powder
12. 1/2 tea spoon garam masala
13. fresh green coriander for garnishing

Method :

• Soak rajma overnight or atleast 2-3 hours.
• Pressure cook rajma with hing and a tea spoon of salt for 25-30 minutes.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
• Grind onion in a grinder and make a paste. Add that paste into pan and let them cook till they become golden brown.
• Make a paste of ginger and garlic and add that to pan and cook for another two minutes.
• Make paste of tomatoes and green chilli and add that to pan.
• Add salt (don't forget we added salt to rajma as well) and red chilli powder and stir it well. Let it cook for 10-12 minutes now or till oil separates from this onion tomato mix.
• Add rajma to this mix and let it boil for 4-5 minutes.
• Add garam masala and mix it.
• Garnish with green coriander and serve hot.

Try this recipe and let me know how you like it :)