MyMusingsSangSpeak-Pet Puja - Beans Carrot Aloo Subji

Beans Carrot Aloo Subji

This is one more mix vegetable recipe, stir fried and most easy to make. The combination of beans, carrot and potato tastes very good. The humble aloo(potato) goes well in combination with almost anything and everything. I use Kanda Lasun(Onion Garlic) Masala for majority of my recipes. Kanda Lasun Masala is an essential ingredient of Maharashtrian cuisine. It is a dry masala with red chilly powder plus spices(garam masala) along with onion and garlic. So also, groundnuts, you will see many vegetables having groundnuts in them in various forms. If Kanda Lasun Masala is not available, use red chilly powder instead. Here, I am using roasted groundnut powder.

Ingredients

French Beans- 250-300 gms

Carrots – 2 nos

Potato – 1 medium

Oil – 2 tablespoons

Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon

Kanda Lasun Masala/Red Chill Powder – ½ teaspoon

Mustard Seeds – ½ teaspoon

Roasted groundnut powder – 3/4^th – 1 cup

Salt – As per taste

Water – 2-3 tablespoons

Method

Wash all vegetables clean and chop the beans finely. Peel the carrots , remove the central core and chop finely. Peel potato and chop finely. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds splutter, add potato pieces and stir well for a minute, lower the heat and let the potato cook for about 2 minutes. Keep stirring continuously, then, add beans and carrot, turmeric and salt.

If you feel water is required only then add just a little, otherwise the vegetables will cook even without water. After cooking for about 3-4 minutes, add kanda lasun masala, groundnut powder and stir well. Groundnut powder burns at the base of the pan, so constant stirring is required. Beans carrot aloo subji is ready to be served.

Note

In place of roasted groundnut powder, you may use fresh grated coconut.
Kanda Lasun Masala -  It is like Kolhapuri Kala Masala, a mix of red chilly powder+garam masala+onion+garlic. You get Pravin Company Kanda Lasun Masala(Ambaari Chaap) and many other companies too.  

MyMusingsSangSpeak-Pet Puja- Gajar Halwa

Gajar ka Halwa

Winters and Gajar Halwa go hand in hand, how true is it? I am sure you all are going to agree that the winter season seems complete only after eating the most sought after Gajar ka Halwa, “sabka pasndeeda”.  Home made gajar halwa is a treat for one and all and the one made by Mom is heavenly. Here is my recipe of the Gajar ka Halwa, hope you all enjoy it. Some effort is required for this lip smacking dish, but, I can guarantee that the effort is worth.

Ingredients:

Carrots- 1 kg

Ghee- 3 tablespoons

Sugar- 300-350 gms

Cream- 200-250 gms

Cardamom Powder (optional) - ½ teaspoon

Cashews, Almonds and kismis for decoration

Method:

Peel the carrots, remove the core and grate. Heat ghee in a pan and add grated carrots and keep frying till the juice of the carrot dries up, then add cream and keep stirring till the mixture becomes dry. Finally add sugar and keep stirring till the mixture leaves the sides of the utensil and ghee separates out. The halwa is ready, remove from heat and add cardamom powder, almonds, cashews and kismis.

Variations- You can use milk instead of cream if you wish to have a low fat version of gajar halwa. Khoya can also be used in place of cream to get a richer n more flavoursome gajar ka halwa. You may use sweetened condensed milk as well, sugar will have to be adjusted accordingly then.