Dahi Fruit Chaat How to Prepare

    Fruits are essential part of fasting, in most of the fast fruits are allowed.  Eating fruits just plain can be boring some times so here comes a simple fruit salad in yogurt dressing.  The recipe is very quick, easy and taste good, actually it’s so easy lot of you may wonderful why I am posting this.  This fruit salad is good not only for vrat/fasting days but also for party or get-together, you will be amaze how this simple salad will be liked by all.  This is a bright, colorful and refreshing fruit chaat that can also be used as a fruit salad. We rarely make any fruit salad as we always believe in eating the fruits in it's most natural form especially the smaller fruits like apricots, peaches and plums so abundantly available in this season . Even apples and mangoes are preferred as standalone snacks n so are bananas , but still there are some fruits which need to be cut into pieces...... papaya and melons and the tough nut pineapples......papaya are just chopped and devoured as it is but whenever i buy pineapples it is for a salad ...... More than the fruits I love that dressing and sometimes make that at home whenever I have apples, pineapple, or a few of them ...........

     Here i have used pineapples ( they impart a very tangy sweet twist to this salad n so i consider them essential for this) , banana, grapes, straw berry, papaya and a long neglected near comatose apple whose skin was so shriveled I had to peel it ( BAD ) ...any fruits can be used for this chat and I missed having guavas this time....... First time I taste this item in my friend's home she a North Indian, her mother will prepare this different snacks, recipe will prepare... I like it so much then, I asked to aunty how to prepare this chat item so aunty will told to me this tasty recipe.. So I tried this recipe in my home so taste, but I use some ingredients extra.... So friends lets see the process to prepare it "Dhai Fruit Chat" item...

Ingredients :-

• Yogurt  1 1/2 cup
• Apple 1
• Banana 1
• Papaya pieces 1/2 cup
• Green grapes 1/2 cup
• Straw berry pieces 1/2 cup
• Chat masala powder 1tbsp
• Red chili powder for sprinkle
• Honey 1 tbsp
• Salt 3 pinches
• Black salt 1/6 tsp
• Cumin seeds powder 1/2 tsp

Preparation :-

1. First take a bowl add yogurt, cumin seeds powder, salt, black salt, chat masala powder, red chili powder and then mix it well.
2. Next add chopped apple pieces, chopped banana pieces, chopped papaya pieces, green grape pieces, straw berry pieces and again mix it.
3. The mixture is totally mixed, then move it to a serving bowl and then sprinkle cumin seeds powder, chat masala powder, red chili powder and honey...

Now the tasty and chat recipe "Dhai Fruit Chat" item is ready to serve... You can serve it cool... Put it for 30 minutes and then serve it... Hot summer... Cool cool dhai fruit chat... So friends try this item in this summer and enjoy the new taste..... :-)

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Paneer Peas Masala Korma Curry Recipe

  Matar Paneer is a hearty vegetarian dish from North India. Paneer (Indian cheese) is available at Indian super markets. If you cannot find paneer, you can use queso fresco (Mexican cheese) as a substitution. To make this recipe vegan, use tofu in place of paneer and replace the cream with cashew nut paste. Any way you make it, matar paneer will be utterly delicious. It is sure to become one of your most favorite recipes of your repertoire. Matar paneer recipe – a simple and delicious North Indian curry of paneer or cottage cheese, green peas, potatoes and Sweet corn. This is one of my favorite side dish recipes that is easy to make. Though frozen green peas are available throughout the year, I love the fresh green peas that you get during winter season. I generally make Paneer matar sabzi a dry curry of peas and potatoes which has no tomatoes in it. Paneer being my favorite, I incorporated it to this aloo matar paneer curry which has tomatoes lending a gravy consistency to the dish.

   As for nutrition, green peas are a rich source of vitamin C while paneer is rich in protein. Potatoes are starchy vegetables and are also a good source of vitamin C. This side dish recipe goes very well with rotis, naans or any Indian flat bread. Kids will love this combination of peas, paneer and potatoes. Lets see how to make aloo matar paneer curry. Matar (peas) Paneer (cottage cheeses) is one of the most popular North Indian dish. And it’s one of my most favorite dishes too. My family and friends used to tease me for it. I always wanted to try matar paneer in my kitchen.  I’ve tried Butter paneer masala so many times but never tried matar paneer.  So I tried making matar paneer and  it came out awesome, if I say so myself.  Try this yummy recipe and definitely you will love it too. The soft and creamy Paneer (Cottage Cheese) with fresh Green Peas (Green Peas) in a spicy , tangy tomato gravy, is a perfect side-dish not only with Indian Flatbreads like Roti or Naan but goes equally well with Basmati Rice or Pulav. 

Ingredients :-

• Paneer 1 cup
• Green peas half boiled 1/2 cup
• Onion paste 1 cup
• Tomatoes 1 cup
• Boiled potatoes 2
• Sweet corn 1/2 cup
• Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
• Red chili powder 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala powder 1 tbsp
• Coriander powder 1/2 tsp
• Oil 10 tsp
• Cream 3 tbsp

Preparation :-

1. First take a wok add oil to heat, when oil is heated then add ginger garlic paste, onion paste to fry it for.
2. When the onion paste is fried with lite gold color, then add tomato paste also and then mix it well. And cook it for 3 more minutes.
3. Then add salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder and mix it well for. Then add chopped paneer pieces and mix it well.
4. Now add coriander powder mix it. Then add garam masala powder mix it, fry it for 2 minutes.
5. And then add boiled chopped potato pieces, boiled peas, sweet corn and mix it well for. Then fry it for 3 minutes.  Then add 1/2 glass of water mix it, boil it for 5 minutes in medium flame.
6. When the curry is boiled then add cashew nut powder then mix it well for. The curry is thick then add fresh coriander mix, then move it to a bowl and serve it... Add some fresh cream and then serve.

And now the "Paneer peas kurma"is ready to serve. You can serve this recipe with roti, chapati, pulav, fried rice.... So friends try this recipe in your home and then enjoy it taste... You can eat this curry in dinner time to take this recipe..... 

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Amaranthus Toor Dal Curry Recipe How to Make

This morning, my regular vegetable vendor brought home fresh Chirikura aka amaranth leaves. Isn’t it lovely cooking clean and fresh ingredients and transforming them into simple healthy meals? One green leafy vegetable should be consumed daily in our meal by one way or the other as they contain iron, magnesium and other minerals that are essentially required for our body.  Normally Dal curries are made in combination with green leaves like Spinach, Amaranth leaves, sorrel leaves, fenugreek leaves etc. For sour conscious people, Sorrel spinach will be a good choice to prepare with dal as it contains Vitamin C, rich in Oxalic acid as well as magnesium, iron and other minerals. It also helps in prevention of  cancer, hypertension, diabetes etc. It also helps in controlling hair loss. Sorrel leaf toor dal is a famous recipe in south india which will be delicious and can be eaten with rice or roti. Amma made this dal, so I can’t take any credit for anything other than clicking the pictures!! The way it got polished off at the table, it deserved to make its appearance here!! This is a simple yet very tasty preparation that can be had with rotis or rice.  This is a dal that is guaranteed to have the most slurps you have ever heard while eating a dal dish!! My amma prepare with leafy vegges so many varieties, like amaranthus dal, amaranth tangy curry, fry, etc..., Not only with amaranthus, amma prepare with fenugreek leaf, spinach, sorrel, like all type of green leafy vegges to prepare.. My amma prepare this weekly twice.. Its so good to health, actually my first recipe also pappu.. I tried pappu in my home first time in my 10th class he he he... That is not good to came... Why means i will not use water, that days I don't know how to cook. Then my amma told to me the process and then show to me how to prepare this recipe in my school days.. I learned in my school holiday's.... But now am the best cook :)... My amma told that am really happy to that.... So lets come to process how to prepare this taste Amaranth dal recipe, lets see the process and ingredients..... 

English: Amaranthus Tender Tamil: Thandukeerai Telugu: Chirikura akku Hindi: Chaulai sag. Kannada: Dantu

Ingredients :-

• Toor dal (Kandi pappu) 1 cup
• Amaranthus Tender 2 cups
• Onions 2
• Tomatoes 2
• Green chilies 8
• Red chilies 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
• Tamarind paste 2 tbsp
• Urad dal 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds 1 tbsp
• Fenugreek seeds 1/2 tsp
• Garlic cloves 4
• Curry leafs 
• Salt to taste
• Oil 6 tbsp

Method :-

1. First take a cooker add toor dal clean it with water, then add amaranthus, chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, chopped green chilies, red chili powder, turmeric powder, tamarind, 1/2 glass of water and then close it with lid. And cook it for 4 vessels and then switch off it.
2. When the cooker is cool, then open the lid then mix it well for smooth. Then add salt add and mix it well.
3. Then take a wok add oil to heat, when oil is heated then add urad dal, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds,  chopped garlic cloves and fry it red color.
4. Then add curry leafs, then add boiled pappu then mix it well. And cook it for 3 minutes in medium flame.
5. After 3 minutes check salt, then move it to a serving bowl and then serve it... You can serve it with rice, roti.. What u like...

And now the taste and delicious recipe Amaranthus dal. You can serve this recipe with hot rice, and ghee to so tasty. You can serve this taste recipe with  Dry fruits Gutti Vankaya fry to side dish with this recipe its so tasty.... So friends try this recipe in your home and then send to me your feed back to me.... :)

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