Rajasthani Laal Maas

Laal Maas that literally translates to Red Meat, which is a royal treat of rajputana kitchen..Its a perfect spicy, hot, very delicious aromatic recipe for a cold winter night..but people with weak stomach, plz avoid it, as it is a very hot(both chilli hot and spice hot)dish...But me and my family love the taste of this dish a lott..So i love to share it with u all...:-)

Cooking Time-1hr
Serves-4


Ingredients


1 Kg Mutton(Cut in to medium sized chunks)
3tbsp Dry Red Chilli paste
5-6 Whole Dry red chilli
6-7 Crushed Dry red chilli
1 1/2 cup Ghee
1/2 cup Curd
1 tbsp Garlic paste
7-8 Green Cardamom
3-4 Black cardamom
2'' Cinnamon stick
1 tsp Cumin seed
3 Bay Leaves
4 Medium sized Onion-sliced
7-8 Cloves of Garlic-chopped
3 tbsp Coriander Powder
Salt to taste

Method


Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel/Handi.
Add bay leaves, green cardamoms, black cardamoms, cinnamon, cumin seed and chopped garlic.
Saute for 2-3 mins and add sliced onions and again saute until they become golden brown.
Add mutton pieces, red chilli paste, salt, garlic paste to the above and saute for 5 mins.
Now add curd, coriander powder, crushed red chillies .
Cover the lid and cook stirring in between.
Cook till the mutton pieces become tender.

Then add whole dry red chillis and cook for 2-3 mins more.
Serve hot with rice/biriyani/roti/paratha/naan...enjoy..:-)

Rava Dosa

Hello friends, hope u all r doing fine...im soo sorry for nt posting regularly nw a daz...:('
actually my son who is now 1.10yrs old, needs my attention a lott, and i cdnt see his sad face, so i enjoy my time with him nw and thats the reason nt able 2 blog n a regular basis...thats why i decided not to continue any more with one of my fav events i.e; Blog Hop Wednesdays...though i enjoyed a lott during the 1st season, i cdnt able to do so now...So this is my last post for that event, and this post is the one which i missed in 6th week's Blog Hop, where my pairing was with Harini of Tamalapaku, who has a nice blog with so many mouthwatering delicacies..after going through her posts, i decided upon this Rava Dosa, as its a fav of mine and i wanna try it for long...Whenever i went to restaurants, i jumped upon this rava dosa, and ordered it everytime...its a very tasty and easy to make dosa, and thanx to Harini and Radhika, i learned this recipe now...and can make it at home anytime i want...so friends, lets go to the recipe and enjoy this yummy food..:-)

Ingredients


1 Cup Roasted semolina/rava/sooji
1/4 Cup All purpose flour/maida
1/4 Cup Rice flour
2 Cups Curd - Whisked
1 1/2-2 Cups Water
1-2 Green Chillies - Chopped
1 Cup Chopped Onions
1 tsp Finely chopped ginger
Few chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves
1-2 tsp roasted (cumin+dry red chilli) powder
Salt to taste
oil

Method


In a bowl take rava, maida, rice flour, curd, roasted (cumin+dry red chilli) powder and salt to taste.
Mix the above properly and keep it for 10-15mins like this.
The batter will be lil stiff after 10-15mins, so add  as much water needed and stir well to get a watery consistency.
Add chooped onions, gingers, green chillies and chopped leaves to the batter and mix well.
Heat a tawa/griddle, pour a spoon full of batter in a circle from edges to the center.
Do not the spread the batter and do not fill the small gaps in between.
We hav to remember that rava dosa is very thin, so take as much batter needed and try to make a thin rava dosa...
Drizzle lil oil around the edges and cook till it turns crispy and the edges leave the griddle.
It takes slightly longer to cook than the traditional dosa..
Gently flip it over and cook for some more time.

Fold it into a tringle or any shape of ur choice..
Serve hot with chutney or any side dish of ur choice...enjoy...:-)

See what other blog hoppers are doing in  6th week's Blog Hop..:-)

Dal Vada / Masal Vadai / Lentil Fritters

Time for Blog Hopping again and this is the 8th week for BLOG HOP WEDNESDAY EVENT...my pairing is with Priya of BON APPETIT...She has a gr8 space with so many yumm delicacies, among which i decided to make these yummy Vada/Vadai/Fritter,  as it reminded me of my Mom's Dal Vada...Its a very nice combo with evening tea/coffee...:-)

Ingredients

1 Cup Bengal gram/ Chana Dal
2 tbsp Toor Dal/ Pigeon Peas
1 tbsp Semolina/sooji
2 red chillis
1-2 Green chillies-chopped
2-3 Garlic flakes-chopped
1'' Ginger-chopped
1 tbsp Fennel Seeds
A small pinch of Asafoetida/hing
Salt to taste
Few coriander leaves and curry leaves-chopped
water
Oil

Method


Wash and soak the lentils/dal in enough water for 1-2 hr.
Retain a fistfull of dal separately and grind the rest with red chilli,ginger and garlic to a coarse paste.
Add very lil water if necessary.
In a bowl add the paste with the chopped leaves and the whole lentils.
Add salt, asafoetida, fennel seed to the above paste and mix properly.
Apply oil/water to ur hand, take 1 scoop from the paste and give it a shape of the disc.
Repeat this action with all the paste and keep the discs in a plate.
Heat oil in a deep bottomed pan/kadai.
Slid these discs in to hot oil and let them cook in medium flame till golden brown in color.

Serve hot with chutney or sauce of ur choice or enjoy them with a cup of tea/coffee....:-)


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