Quacomole

I guess Quacomole needs no introduction. Its a very simple dish that can be made in minutes. It takes good if made fresh. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

• 3 Large hass avocadoes
• 1 Medium red onion, finely chopped
• 1 Jalapeno, seeded and finely chopped
• 3 Tablespoons of finely chopped coriander leaves
• 1 Roma tomato seeded and finely chopped
• 1 Tablespoon of lemon/lime juice
• 1-2 Garlic Cloves gratted
• Salt and Pepper

Directions
Cut the avocadoes into half and remove the pit. Scoop out the flesh of the avocadoes into a mixing bowl. Mash the pulp with a fork. Add the ingredients to the avocado and mix well. Serve it with tortilla chips or tortillas.

Egg Curry

Egg curry is a side that I make often when I go out of option. It goes very well with rice and chapathi. It can be made in no time. I used a store bought curry powder. Instead you can also use red chilly powder. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

• 3 Hardboiled eggs (cut each into 4 pieces)
• 1 Medium onion roughly chopped
• 1 Teaspoon of fennel seeds
• 1 Teaspoon of mustard
• 2 Tablespoon of corriander leaves
• 1 Tablespoon curry leaves
• 1 Tablespoon of curry powder or red chilly powder
• Salt to taste

Direction

Heat the oil in a skillet. Add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and cummin seeds and allow them to splutter. Add the curry powder, salt and onions and saute for sometime. Add the eggs and saute for few minutes. Serve hot with rice or chapathi.

Cauliflower Masala Curry

Cauliflower used to be a seasonal vegetable when I was in India. We dont get it throughtout the year. I have never tried cooking cauliflower before marriage. I am not good in making cauliflower curry. So I only make gravy with cauliflower. Then I remembered a white curry my mother make with cauliflower. I tried it yesterday and it turned out better than my other efforts so far. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 Medium cauliflower
• 1 Big onion chopped lengthwise
• 1 Teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 Tablespoon fennel seeds
• 1 Teaspoon cummin seeds
• 1 1/2 Cups of shredded coconut (fresh coconut)
• 3 Garlic cloves
• 5-6 Chillies
• 3 Tablespoons of cooking oil
• Salt to taste

Directions

Heat the oil in a saucepan. Add the mustard seeds and jeera and allow them to splutter. Now add the chopped onions and salt. saute until the onions are cooked. Microwave the cauliflower florets for 15 minutes. Meanwhile grind the coconut, green chillies, fennel seeds and garlic into paste.

Now add the cauliflower to the onions and saute for sometime. Stir in the masala paste to the cauliflower and cook until the raw aroma of the masala goes.

Serve with chapathi or steamed rice.

Bellpepper Raitha

When it comes to raitha onions, cucumber, carrots and tomato are the common ingredients. I made a raitha with bellpepper. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 Bellpepper seeded and finely chopped (Any color is fine. I used yellow one)
• 1 Jalapeno seeded and finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon of oil
• 1 small onion finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon of red chilli powder
• 3 cups of whipped yogurt
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons of corriander leaves finely chopped

Directions

Heat the oil in a skillet. Add the mustard seeds and allow it to splutter. Now add the jalapeno and onion and saute for sometime. Add the bellpepper, red chilli powder and salt and saute until bellpeppers are cooked. Toss these into the yoghurt and give a stir. Garnish with corriander leaves.

This raitha can be a side for chapathis as well.

Onion-Bellpepper Chutney

I made Dhania Thepia today for dinner. I got the recipe from my friend Ramya's blog. I didnt want to make gravy for sidedish. I wanted to try something different. I started making onion chutney. I added two more new ingredients to it. It came out very good. Checkout the recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 Medium sized onion roughly chopped
• 1 small bellpepper
• 3 tablespoons of corriander leaves finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon of urad dal
• 3 tablespoons of yellow split peas or channa dal
• 2 tablespoons of sesame oil
• 4 red chillies (more if want the chutney spicy)
• 1 small ball tamarind
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/2 inch ginger
• Salt to taste

Directions

Heat the oil in a skillet. Add red chillies, urad dal and spilt peas. Now add the onions, corriander leaves, ginger and garlic until onions turn translucent. Add the bellpeppers and saute until bellpeppers are cooked. Let the ingredients cool. Process the mixture in a processor or a blender. Serve it with Dhania Thepia.

Dhania Thepia with Onion-Bellpepper chutney