CabbageVadas in Sourcream Gravy

Cabbage vada

Cabbage grated – 2 cups
Cornflour – 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Cut the cabbage and pulse them in the mixie. It will come to a grated form. Add the corn flour and salt .
Heat oil in a pan. Make small vada and fry it till golden brown.

Sour cream Gravy

Sour cream – 1 cup
Water - 1 cup
Greenchillies -2
Ginger –a small piece
Basen – 1 tbsp
Sauf -1 tsp
Turmeric pdr – 1/4tspalt to taste

Mix all ingredients and Pulse 2-3 times it in the mixie.

Seasoning

Oil – 1 tsp
Onion -1small
Cumin seeds -1 tsp
Asafoetida –a pinch
Curry leaf – 4-5 nos

Cut the onion finely.
In a pan add 1 tsp oil. Add cumin seeds and curry leaf. Then add the onion and fry it. Add asafoetida. When the onion turn golden brown add the gravy mixture to it. Let it boil till the raw smell of Basen goes(15mnts) in medium flame. Stir in between. Add little water if it thickens. Also add salt to taste.
Just before serving add the vadas

Serve it hot with pulao or parathas.

SnakeGourd(Padavalaga)Curry

Ingredients

Snake gourd – 1
Grated coconut -1/2 cup
Onion – 1
Salt to taste
Turmeric pdr – ¼ tsp

Seasoning

Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp
Channadal – 1 tsp
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Redchilli – 2

Method

1. Cut the snakegourd. Boil water. Add little salt. Add the cut snake gourd . When it starts to soften Drain it.
2. In a pan fry the grated coconut with out adding oil till it turns golden brown. Keep it aside.
   Cut onion finely.
3. In the same pan add 1 tsp oil, mustard seeds, channadal, uraddal and red chilli. When it pops, Add the finely cut onion and fry it. When it turns light brown add the snake gourd, little turmeric pdr .
4. Sprinkle the fried coconut and mix well.
   

This goes nice with rice and rasam.

Egg Curry

This is the first time I am making egg curry at home. Some how i am not very fond of Egg, but my kids and husband like them a lot. More over in our house back in India egg is also considered nonveg. But coming out from India most of us tend to eat everything especially egg is supposed to be good protien for kids. When ever my husband accompanies me to the Indian store he would ask me to buy the Parampara masal pdr for egg gravy. So 2 weeks back when I went shopping i got some . We were having some firend come over too. But when time came to put the masal pdr I instead added sambar pdr. It tasted good. I exchanged my unopened masala when i went to the store next time.

Ingredients

Eggs – 6
Onion – 2 medium
Tomato – 2 medium
Sauf – 1 tsp
Garlic – 3-4 cloves
Grated coconut – ¼ cup
Sambar pdr -1 tsp
Redchilli – 2
Amchur pdr – ¼ tsp
Salt to taste

Method

Boil the eggs. Peel the eggs. Give small cuts with a knife on the eggs.
In a pan add 1 tsp oil. Cut 1 onion and fry it. Add sauf, garlic and 1 tomato.
Grind the coconut well adding little water. Then pulse them adding redchilli and fried ingredients.
Cut the 2^nd onion and tomato into small pieces.
In a pan add 3 tsp oil fry the onions. Then add the tomatoes and fry till it becomes soft. Add 1 tsp sambar pdr and amchur pdr. Add the pulse mixture . Add salt to taste and little water and keep it closed and cook it for 8-10 mnts.
Add the eggs in the end.