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Top 5 dishes made from chopped methi patta,

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1 . SPICY ALOO METHI

SPICY ALOO METHI

#feb #W4 #cooksnap #cookpadindia #cookpadenglish #simplecooking

Ingredient

med sized Naya Aloo, peeled, cut into 4 length wise,

2 cup

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Wash the veggies, keep aside separately. Take an iron wok, add oil, heat it. Add garlic, saute it until brown.

* Step 2

In goes dry red chilli, saute it until brown. Add onion now, stir fry it until light brown.

* Step 3

In goes aloo, salt & haldi powder, stir fry it for a minute.

* Step 4

Add ginger paste now, give a stir b. Lower the flame, cover it with the lid, cook it until aloo is almost cooked.

* Step 5

Open the lid, increase the flame, add tomato & methi patta, also add dhania powder, stir fry it for a minute. Cook it covered on low flame for 5 minutes.

* Step 6

Open the lid, increase the flame, stir fry it until a lil dry. Do not over cook it.

* Step 7

Turn off the flame, take out in a serving bowl, garnish it with a green chilli. Can be served along with Roti or Paratha...

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2 . Palak Methi Matar

Palak Methi Matar

#jan #w3 #win #week8 #ebook #cookpadindia #cookpadenglish #simplecooking This is an exotic recipe made with leafy greens & matar dana.. Hope you ll like it .. Enjoy ..

Ingredient

1 cup

2 choti elaichi,1 small pc of dalchini, 2 laung

1 cup

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

For Palak Puree.a). Blanch 1 bunch of palak, transfer it to the ice cold water.

* Step 2

B). Take a grinder jar, add palak leaves, 1/2 cup dhania patta & 6 green chilli, grind it to a fine paste, keep it. Use only 1 cup of this. Wash methi, keep aside.

* Step 3

Take a pan, add 2 tbsp oil, heat it. Add 1/2 cup onion, stir fry it until light brown. Add ginger garlic paste, saute it until rawness is released. Add very lil water to avoid burning.

* Step 4

Now add methi & salt, stir fry it until a lil dry.

* Step 5

In goes palak puree, mix it well. Cook it until a lil thick. Turn off the flame, keep aside.

* Step 6

Take another pan, add rest of the oil, heat it. Add whole Garam Masala, saute it for a sec.

* Step 7

Add onion now, stir fry it until light brown.

* Step 8

In goes ginger garlic paste, saute it until rawness is released. Add very lil water to avoid burning.

* Step 9

In goes tomato & salt, cook it covered on low flame until tomato becomes mushy.

* Step 10

Open the lid, increase the flame, add haldi powder, dhania powder & red chilli powder, add very lil water to avoid burning, stir fry it until oil has surfaced.

* Step 11

Now add curd & fresh cream, mix it well. Cook it covered on low flame until oil has oozed out.

* Step 12

Open the lid, add garam masala powder, stir it.

* Step 13

Now add cooked palak methi in the masala, mix it well.

* Step 14

Meanwhile boil matar dana for 5 minutes, strain it. Add in the masala, mix it well.

* Step 15

Cook it until oil has oozed out. Add 1/2 cup water, mix it well. Give a boil.

* Step 16

Cover it with the lid, lower the flame, cook it for 5 minutes.

* Step 17

Turn off the flame, open the lid after 10 minutes.

* Step 18

Take out in a serving bowl. Can be had with Tandoori Roti, Naan or Lachcha Paratha...

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3 . Chana Dal with Fenugreek Leaves.

Chana Dal with Fenugreek Leaves.

#win #week3 #ebook #dalrecipe #methi #cookpadindia #cookpadenglish #simplecooking

Ingredient

1 cup

chana dal, washed, soaked in water overnight,

as required

dry red chilli broken into halves,

1/2 cup

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Take a pressure cooker, add strained dal, salt, haldi powder & oil. Add 1.5 cup water, place the lid, give 4 whistles on high flame. Lower the flame, cook it for 5 minutes. Turn off the flame, allow it to depressurise naturally. Open the lid, take out in a bowl, keep aside.

* Step 2

Take a tadka pan, add ghee, heat it. Add hing & zeera, let it splutter. In goes dry red chilli, saute it for a sec.

* Step 3

Now add onion, stir fry it until light brown. In goes tomato & salt, mix it well.

* Step 4

Add very lil water, cook it until tomato becomes mushy.

* Step 5

Add red chilli powder & garam masala powder, mix it well.

* Step 6

Add dahi now, mix it well. Cook it until oil has oozed out.

* Step 7

In goes methi patta, stir fry it for 2 minutes.

* Step 8

Transfer cooked dal, mix it well. Add coconut milk, stir it nicely. Boil it for 2 minutes.

* Step 9

In goes dhania patta, mix it nicely.

* Step 10

Turn off the flame, take out in a serving bowl. Can be had with Roti or Paratha....

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4 . Aloo Gobhi with Methi

Aloo Gobhi with Methi

#Nov #W4 #winterveggies #cookpadindia #cookpadenglish #simplecooking Methi is one of the healthiest green vegetable. Winters aur full of greens . Can be made with various ways.. Hope you ll like it .. Enjoy..

Ingredient

aloo, peeled, diced,

med sized gobhi florets,

1 cup

chopped methi patta,

3 tbsp

mustard oil,

1 tsp

chopped garlic,

1/4 tsp

hing,

1/4 tsp

zeera,

green chilli slitted,

1/2 tsp

grated ginger,

small onion chopped,

as required

Salt to taste,

1/2 tsp

haldi powder,

1 tsp

dhania powder,

1 tsp

red chilli flakes,

1/2 tsp

garam masala powder,

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Wash the veggies separately, keep aside. Take a wok, add oil, heat it. Add garlic, saute it until light brown.

* Step 2

In goes hing & zeera, let it splutter. Add green chilli now, mix it well.

* Step 3

In goes aloo & gobhi, stir fry it for a minute. Add ginger now, stir fry it for a minute.

* Step 4

Now add onion, stir fry it for a minute, add salt also.

* Step 5

In goes methi now, mix it well. Add haldi powder & dhania powder.

* Step 6

Stir fry it for a minute. Lower the flame, cover it with the lid, cook it until veggies aur almost cooked. Stir in between.

* Step 7

Open the lid, increase the flame, add red chilli flakes & garam masala powder, stir fry it for 30 sec.

* Step 8

Turn off the flame, cover it for 5 minutes. Take out in a serving bowl. Can be served along with Roti or Paratha...

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5 . Methi Dal

Methi Dal

#ws3 #dal #cooksnapchallenge #simplecooking Thanks Ms Sweta Shrivastava Sinha for sharing such a nice recipe ... A popular dish in North India during Winters. I have made with my style .... Hope u ll like it ... Enjoy..

Ingredient

1/2 cup

arhar dal,

1/4 cup

chana dal,

1/4 cup

dhuli urad dal,

1/2 tsp

haldi powder,

to taste,

Salt

Pinch

hing,

2 tsp

desi ghee,

1 cup

chopped methi patta,

aloo diced,

1 tsp

oil,

garlic cloves chopped finely,

dry red chilli broken into halves,

Pinch

of hing & zeera,

small onion chopped finely,

green chilli slitted,

1 tsp

grated ginger,

tomato chopped finely,

1 tbsp

dahi,

1/2 tsp

red chilli powder,

1/2 tsp

garam masala powder,

1 tsp

chopped garlic,

dry red chilli,

1/2 tsp

Kashmiri red chilli powder,

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Mix dals in a bowl, wash it, soak in water for 1/2 hour. Take a pressure cooker, add strained dal, haldi powder, salt, hing & ghee. Add 2.5 cup water.

* Step 2

Place the lid, give 5 whistles. Lower the flame, cook it for 5 minutes. Turn off the flame, allow it to depressurise naturally.

* Step 3

Open the lid after 5 minutes, give a stir. Dal should be a lil thick. Keep aside.

* Step 4

In the mean time, take a wok, add 1 tsp oil, heat it. Add garlic, saute it until light brown. In goes dry red chilli, saute it for a sec. Add washed methi patta & aloo, stir fry it for a minute. Add salt, give a stir. Cover it, cook it on low flame until almost cooked. open the lid, stir fry it on high flame till dry. Keep aside.