Bottle gourd Chapathi / Suraikkaai Chapathi | Roti Paratha Recipes

Yesterday I was planning to make chapathi and a subzi with bottle gourd. It suddenly struck me that why not incorporate the bottle gourd into the chapathi and prepare some dhal for the side, and I quickly came up with this one.
Bottle gourd or Calabash is a vine grown vegetable with 96% of water.
I have always heard my father say vine grown vegetables are good for you and we try to incorporate

Quick Corn and Paneer Subzi

This Recipe is from Tarla Dalal's Paneer CookBook. It was so Easy and Quick to make. If you have sudden Visitors and  want to surprise them with a Delicious Paneer Recipe, you can Trust on this!!!!

Ingredients

1 cup Sweet Corn Kernels (i used frozen)

1 cup Paneer

1 cp onions, sliced

1/2 cup Capsicum, sliced

1 cup tomatoes, sliced

1 tsp roasted cumin powder 

1/2 tsp chilli powder

2 tbsp oil

Salt to taste

Method

Heat oil in  a pan and fry the onions. Add the sweet corn and capsicum and cook for atleast 3-4 minutes. Add the tomatoes and fry again.  Add the cumin powder, chilli powder and salt.  Mix well and cookj for 1 minute. Add the paneer and cook for 3-4 minutes. Serve Hot.

Freshly made Paneer, might add more taste to the dish. I have used Store-brought frozen paneer/Cottage Cheese. While using frozen paneer, soak the paneer in Hot water for 5-10 minutes to soften it. Use freshly made Cumin Powder, it definitely brings a lot of taste to the Dish. Before adding oil to the pan, roast the cumin seeds and use a mortar-pestle to powder it. If you dont have M-P, Keep it on Paper and Crush it with  Rolling Pin!!!!

Sending this to Bookmarked Recipe - Every Tuesday Event (Vol-23) Happening @ Priya Mitharwal Mharo Rajasthan Recipes and Also to Any One can Cook - Series 10 Happening @ Umm Mymoonah's Taste of Pearl City

Masala Sambhar / Selavu Sambhar | Side Dish for Idli Dosa

We make this Masala sambhar in our house as a side-dish for Idli/dosas. This is better known as varutha selavu sambhar where we fry the ingredients and bring to boil for sambhar.





Ingredients:
Onion - chopped 1 cup
Tomato chopped - 1/2 cup 
Chopped Potatoes - cut into 1/2" cubes - 1 cup
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dhal - 1/2 tsp
Water - 3 or 4 cups
Curry leaves -  a few
Oil - 2 tsp

Roast