Kaju paneer curry - no onion no garlic

 No onion No garlic kaju paneer curry. This kaju paneer curry is super creamy, rich and tasty. I like no onion nd no garlic recipes a lot. We can pair this curry with roti's,naans, flavored rice items and with biryani. I planned to pair this curry with jeera rice but Riddhesh like veggies which we add in biryani, also he love paneer that is cooked in this gravy. I wash veggies and paneer in water and then will give to him. Riddhesh use to eat well but now he stopped eating becoz of teething. Wish he again start eating well soon, thought to share this happy moment with you all that - Riddhesh first touched food - laddu on his Anna prasana day. We thought because of its color he touched and we replaced laddu with badusha and changed its place. You know what he again touched badusha and smashed it. Later he touched books nd jewellery. We all laughed loudly and felt he will become foodie like me. Right now he is not eating nd he will eat soon, have lots of recipes in my mind to prepare for him🤩. Once I start talking about Riddhesh I can't stop myself😄 let's jump into our recipe.

Event : Shhhhh Secretly cooking challenge

Taking this super delicious payasam recipe to shhhhh secretly cooking challange, this month theme was suggested by  Priya Iyer. I am paired with Narmada. I gave amchur powder and garam masala as secret ingredients using these she prepared tasty Chole masala. In turn Narmada gave me melon seeds and ginger I prepared this yummy and tasty kaju paneer curry.

Gongura Pachadi

Preparation time : 20 minutes  

Serves : 3 to 4 person 

Category : no onion no garlic 

Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Main ingredients : kaju nd paneer 

Ingredients

Paneer -200gms 

cashew nuts - 75gms adjust

For gravy

Tomato - 1 large or 2

Ginger - 1 inch

Melon seeds -2 tsp

Pumpkin seeds - 2 tsp

Cashew nuts - 10

Elachi - 1

Clove - 1

Cinnamon stick - 1/2 inch

Others

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder -1 tsp

Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp

Garama masala powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt -as per taste

Oil - 3 tsp

Coriander leaves - 1 tsp finely chopped

Process:

1) let's prepare our gravy first, grind all the ingredients mentioned in above ingredients list (for gravy) for fine paste by adding little water and keep it aside.

2) Heat 3 tsp of oil in a pan then add cashew nuts fry till it changes color on low to medium flames and then take into bowl and keep it aside.

3) Now  add prepared gravy cook till its raw smell goes. 

4) later add all the spices mentioned and mix everything well. 

5) when oil starts oozing out add 1 & 1/2 half cup of water and mix everything well.

6) now add paneer cubes, cashew nuts and mix well. Adjust water as per your consistency. Close the lid and close it on low flames 7 to 10 min.

7) Atlast garnish it with coriander leaves.

That's it our tasty kaju paneer curry is ready to serve. 

Hope you liked this recipe, will meet you again with intresting recipe...bye

Yours

Aruna Saras Chandra

Cluster bean curry || Healthy and tasty cluster bean curry

Cluster Bean curry is one of the tasty side dish which is very easy to prepare with less ingredients. We can have this curry as side dish for rice and roti's. I love to have it with jowar roti and pulka's.  Hubby is not big fan of this cluster bean but I love it a lot and made him to like it 😉. We can prepare this curry easily by pressure cooking. I made this curry crunchy by adding coarsely crushed ground nuts and by adding vangi bath podi(video link). 

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** Mango matka kulfi

Trust me this vangi bath podi gives very good taste to curry, try it once. kakarakaya pulusu is one of my side dish which is very popular at Andhra. Let's start our recipe..

Do check out some related recipes from youtube  channel and blog by just clicking below links..

** Kabuli chana curry(youtube link)

** Hyderbadi kaddu ka dalcha(youtube link)

**snack gourd moong dal curry

**Bottle gourd milk curry

**  Baingan ke lonje

** Hyderabadi Mirchi ka salan

** Punjabi Dum aloo

** Uttarakhand - Phaanu

** malai matar panner

** Kaju curry

** pan-fried-mediterranean-veggies 

Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this healthy and tasty curry  recipe to  FoodieMondayBloghop fb group's #304Sidekakamal theme . By this time you are all aware that I am part of this lovely group where we bloggers share recipe for theme suggested by a person in alphabetical order every week. This weak theme is suggested by "Priya VJ" who blogs at "sweetspicytasty". Do check her space for more healthy and tasty recipes. I bookmarked her chou chou kadali parappu kottu to try. 

                           

                                Cluster Bean Curry

Preparation time - 10 minutes

cook time : 15 min

Serves : 2 persons

Category : curry 

Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Main ingredients : cluster bean 

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

cluster beans - 150gms

onions - 2

groundnuts - 2 tsp

vangi bath podi - 2 tsp

red chilli powder - 3/4 tsp(adjust)

turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

oil - 2 tsp

mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

cumin seeds - 1 tsp

curry leaves - 1 sprig

coriander leaves - 2 tsp(finely chopped)

salt - as per taste

hing - 1 pinch

Instructions

1) Wash cluster bean under water twice and remove its heads and tail and cut into pieces.

2) Pressure cook the above for 1 whistle and switch off the flames. Let the pressure come down naturally.

3) Mean hot 2 tsp of oil in a pan to this add mustard seeds when it starts crackling add cumin seeds fry till you get nice aroma.

4) To this add curry leaves, hing & fry for few seconds.

5) Now add finely chopped onion fry it in medium flames till it changes color.

6) To this add pressure cooked cluster bean and mix everything well. Now add salt, turmeric powder mix everything well cook it for few minutes by closing lid. 

7) Crush fried ground nuts coarsely and then add it  above mixture.

8) Now add red chilli powder, vangi bath podi , finely chopped coriander leaves and mix everything well. Let it cook for few more minutes by closing lid. 

That's it our cluster bean curry is ready to serve. Serve hot with rice or roti's and enjoy :)

Tips

** Adjust red chilli powder and vangi bath podi according to your taste.

** You can also add urad dal and chana dal while tempering.

** Instead of pressure cooking cluster bean you cook it directly.

** If you are not using vangi bath podi then add coriander  powder and cumin powder 

Also check other related recipes from our youtube  channel and blog by just clicking link below pics..

                         

                          Bottle gourd milk curry/sorakaya palu posina kora                                                                                     

                                        https://youtu.be/1skbakUNx2U

                                                      Baingan ke lonje

                         
                
                    Tamil Nadu - Sundakkai vatha kuzhambu

                    

                                     Punjabi Kadi
               

                 Hyderabadi Mirchi ka salan

                         Punjabi Dum aloo

                         

Uttarakhand - Phaanu

malai matar panner

Kaju curry

pan-fried-mediterranean-veggies

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Sorakaya palu posina kura || Andhra style Anapakaya palu kura || Bottle gourd curry in milk

 Sorakaya or Anapakaya palu posina kura || Bottle gourd curry in milk with step by step pics and tips(will share video soon). This is very popular curry in Andhra Pradesh, we can prepare this curry in two different ways. Both ways taste good.. 

Method 1: After cooking bottle gourd add milk, cook it for 1 or 2 minutes and switch off flames. Here milk will remain like that without curdling.

Method 2: After cooking bottle gourd add milk, cook till milk becomes thick. Here milk will curdle and become thick cream.

 Today i am sharing method 2 will share tips and step for method 1 too. It is very creamy and lip smacking curry that goes well with hot steamed rice or even with roti's & puri's too. And also it is very easy to prepare this curry, goes well in lunch box too. 

Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this Corn chaat to #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group #261MilkyWay theme. Here every week one member from group in alphabetical order will suggest 2 theme, others will vote. High voted theme will be selected, everyone prepare recipes according to theme. This week theme is hosted by talented chef Swaty Malik . Check out her site for delectable and innovative recipes. You can learn many UP's regional recipes and also many fusion, baking recipes from different regions. Her photography and way of presentation inspires me a lot. This week Swaty suggested to prepare any any milk based recipe, so i selected this curry . I bookmarked her recent  Basundi, No yeast bread, Cheese paneer tikka parcel, to try soon, do check out her space.

                                

  

    

             Sorakaya palu posina kura / Bottle gourd curry in milk 

Preparation time  - 10 minutes

cook Time : 20 minutes

Serves : 2

Category : Curries 

Recipe Cuisine: Andhra 

Main ingredients : bottle gourd, milk

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   

Ingredients

Bottle gourd - 1 bowl

onion - 1 large

milk - 1&1/2 glass

green chilli - 2

curry leaves - 1 sprig

oil - 2 tsp

mustard seed - 1/2 tsp

cumin seeds - 1 tsp

urad dal - 1 tsp

chana dal  - 1 tsp

hing -1 pinch

turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

red chilli powder - 1 tsp(adjust)

coriander leaves - 2 tsp (finely chopped)

salt as per taste

Instructions 

1) Peel out bottle gourd skin and spongy part in middle and cut it into small pieces. Cut onion into small pieces and keep it aside.

2) We can cook bottle gourd directly or pressure cook and use it. Today i pressure cooked it for 2 whistles with 1/8 cup of water.  We can prepare curry in jiffy if we pressure cook it. cook as per your choice. Let the pressure comes down naturally.

3) Heat 2 tsp of oil in a wide pan add mustard seeds, when it starts crackling add urad dal & chana dal fry till changes color on low flames. Now add cumin seeds fry it for a second or till you get nice aroma.

4) Now add curry leaves, hing fry well.

5) Add finely chopped onions, green chillies fry well by adding salt. When onions changes color then add turmeric powder mix everything well.

6) Add cooked bottle gourd(without water, preserve it) to the above, add red chili powder and cook everything well for a minute or 2 by closing lid.

7)Method 1: Now add 1 glass of boiled and cooled milk mix everything well and for few seconds on low flames, later add coriander leaves and switch off the flames. (**Check tips ) 

Method 2: Add 1 & 1/2 glass of milk ( here i am adding more milk as we need thick creamy texture).

8) Mix the above well and cook it on low to medium flames till milk becomes thick and creamy.

9) Do not close lid after adding milk, as milk will curdle quickly and it takes long time to cook. This is my tip which i follow, try it once. As per your taste cook bottle gourd very thick creamy or bit thin milky cream. Check below consistency which i prefer, it will become thick after cooling. So cook accordingly. At last add finely chopped coriander leaves and mix it well.

That's it our Andhra special bottle gourd curry in milk is ready to serve. 

Tips

** Select method 1 or 2 as per your wish.

** You can cook bottle gourd in pressure cooker or directly.

** You can prepare it satvik without adding onion.

Do check some curry recipes from my youtube channel and my link..

                                 

                                        https://youtu.be/1skbakUNx2U

                                                      Baingan ke lonje

                         
                
                    Tamil Nadu - Sundakkai vatha kuzhambu

                    

                                     Punjabi Kadi
               

                 Hyderabadi Mirchi ka salan

                         Punjabi Dum aloo

                         

Uttarakhand - Phaanu

malai matar panner

Kaju curry

pan-fried-mediterranean-veggies

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Onion and Tomato curry base || How to make basic onion and tomato gravy for curries

Onion and tomato curry base recipe with step by step pics and tips( will share video soon). This curry base is very tasty, spicy and aromatic. When i was child i was wondered how in hotels they prepare food that much quickly when we order😀. I know not many, few of us have same doubt , here is the answer. They prepare different types of gravy base ready, when food is ordered they use the gravy and main ingredients accordingly and prepare dish, is't it super quick and easy.

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 Today i am sharing one of popular curry base which we use regularly, that is onion tomato curry base. Both onions and tomatoes are always available at home, we can prepare it easily in any conditions. Use kashmiri red chili powder if available, it gives good color to the  curry. It is very easy to prepare any tough curries like 

** Kabuli chana curry(video), 

** kaju curry

** Punjabi dum aloo & paneer gravy curries if this gravy is ready.

 For example if you are preparing Kabuli chana curry, then soak kabuli chana for 8 hrs or overnight, boil it, add this curry base in some oil fry it and boiled kabuli chana in it. Cook it well by adjusting spices or you can also add kaju paste or cream at end while serving that's it. I even love to have this onion tomato curry base as spread on my masala dosa, it just taste yummy, try it once 😋😍. I stored this for 5 days in refrigerator, you can easily store it for a week, make sure that base is cooked well and container you stored is dry.

                                  Kabuli chana curry(video)

Foodie Monday Blog Hop 

Taking this recipe to Foodie Monday Blog Hop fb group's #256DesiBaseCurries theme.By this time you are all aware that i am part of this lovely group where we bloggers share recipe for theme suggested by a person in alphabetical order every week.  Today's theme was suggested Preethi ji, theme is to prepare any curry base. Preethi ji  is very talented chef do like her space for very tasty recipes from different regions. I bookmarked many of her many recipes to try, in that pistachio coated dry fruits seeds ball is my favorite. Also liked her Eggless chocolate cake, which is very tempting, also check her today's Onion and coconut curry base.

                               

  

                                   Onion Tomato Curry Base

Preparation time - 20 minutes

Serves : 1 bowl

Category : curries

Recipe Cuisine: Indian 

Main ingredients : onion & tomato

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   

Ingredients

Onions - 3 big

Tomato - 3 

Oil - 1/2 cup

turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 tsp

coriander powder - 1 tsp

roasted cumin powder -1/2 tsp

garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp

ginger - 1 inch

garlic - 3 pods ( i did not used)

salt as per taste

Instructions

1) Finely chop onions and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds, let it fry well then add finely chopped onion and pinch of salt. Let it fry on low flames till it changes color.

2) Add finely chopped tomatoes, ginger & garlic (i did not used used) , grind it to fine paste.

3) Check onions, make sure that onions are well to golden color.

4) Now add turmeric powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, coriander and jeera powder, garam masala and salt. You can also use normal red chili powder too.

5) Now add tomato puree and mix everything well. I added some in mixer jar, as puree was left in it.

6) Cover the lid and cook it on low flames for 10 to 15 minutes till oil oozes out. Do mix it occasionally, in order to avoid burning on bottom.

That's it our onion tomato gravy curry base is ready, store it in clean container and store it in refrigerator. 

Tips

** Make sure that onions are fried well .

** Do cook onion and tomato mix well, so that we can store it for long time.

** I prefer to add kasuri methi, kaju paste or cream while cooking recipes. As we will get good creamy, fresh and aromatic flavors.

** We can use it as spread on dosa's or as curry for roti's, pulka's,or as spread on masala dosa or as gravy for curries.

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                                                      Baingan ke lonje

                         
                
                    Tamil Nadu - Sundakkai vatha kuzhambu

                    

                                     Punjabi Kadi
               

                 Hyderabadi Mirchi ka salan

                         Punjabi Dum aloo

                         

Uttarakhand - Phaanu

Kaju curry

pan-fried-mediterranean-veggies

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