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Monday, June 23, 2008

CHAPATHI AND ALOO PALAK

CHAPATHI

Ingredients :-

Wheat flour- 2 cups
Oil- 2 tsp
Water to make dough
Salt - a pinch

Procedure:-
  • Mix the flour with water and knead to a smooth dough.
  • Keep closed for 1 to 2 hours.
  • Divide the dough into even sized balls and roll them into 8"-9" dia thin circles.
  • Heat the griddle and put chapathi. When small bubbles appear on top, turn over immediately.When it puffs up, remove from griddle.
  • Serve hot with vegetables/ curry/ chutney.

ALOO PALAK

Ingredients:-

Palak- 1 bunch (approx. 30-40 leaves)

Boiled Potato/Aloo-2 nos.

Chopped onion- 1 cup

Tomato puree-1 cup

Cumin seeds- 1 tsp

Green chillies- 2 nos.

Red chilli pwdr- 1 tsp

Cinnamom, clove pwdr- 1 tsp

Garam masala pwdr- 1 tsp

Turmeric pwdr/ haldi- 1/4 tsp

Ginger paste- 1 tsp

Oil to saute

Salt to taste

Procedure:-

  • Cook cleaned spinach with chilli in a pan until soft.
  • Allow it to cool, grind it and keep aside.
  • Cut boiled potatoes into cubes.
  • Heat oil in a wok, fry potato cubes and keep aside.
  • In remaining oil, saute cumin seeds, ginger paste and chopped onion.
  • Fry until onion turn golden brown in color.
  • Now add tomato puree, cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add cinnamon- clove pwdr, garam masala pwdr, red chilli pwdr and turmeric pwdr/haldi one by one respectively.
  • Fry until all the powders blend and become paste.
  • Add ground spinach paste and salt, keep stirring, cook for 7 minutes.
  • Finally add fried potato cubes.
  • Serve hot with Naan/Chapathi/paratha/roti.

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