MERI RASOI

My hubby is very fond of Koftas , so i make lot of variety in them. ..this I make with raw banana... 1 banana 2tbsp gram flour 1onion 2 tomatoes pureed oil for frying salt to taste 1tsp ginger garlic paste red chilli powder..half teaspoon for kofta and half for curry. 1 teaspoon kitchen king or any other curry powder. wash and grate banana, I never feel them as the peel is very nutritious. mix gram flour and salt and red chilli powder...and make balls..if its too wet, then add a little gram flour ...with a medium sized banana we can make 10 balls Fry these balls( kofta ) and keep aside. Now to make gravy .. grate or grind the onion and saute it with 2 tbsp oil.... when it is light brown, add ginger garlic paste and kitchen king and saute for one more minute. Then add pureed tomato, stir it and then add one glass of water and let it boil at slow fire for3-4 minutes..add salt also. Then add koftas and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Ready to serve, you may garnish it with green coriander ...

Kadhi ..... has a very auspicious connotations for us...when we bring a bride home, we prepare kadhi , when when a newborn is 6 days old, we celebrate by making kadhi ( cchathi ) and even on Rakshabandhan we enjoy it. Ingredients: Moong dal 1 cup soaked in water for 3-4 hrs , then grind it. 1 cup sour curd oil for frying salt to taste. 1tsp turmeric 1tsp cumin seeds 1/2 tsp red chilli powder 2 tbsp. desi ghee or butter 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder Take the ground moong daal , and for testing put a drop of it in a cup of water, if it floats, then its Ok , otherwise churn it a little. Keep 1/4 cup daal aside. Now fry small balls from the rest of the dal and put them in water. Now in a bowl mix curd and that 1/4 cup dal thoroughly and then add 1glass water. Take a kadhai or sauce pan and put 1 Tbsp oil, when it gets hot, add asafoetida and cumin seed and chilli powder and turmeric and then slow the fire and add daal and curd mix stirring continuously., then add one more glass o...