Perfect Aloo Quinao

 

Ingredients:
• Quinao - 1 cup (wash and cook with 2 cups of water in rice cooker)
• Medium potatoes4 -  (chopped into small cubes)
• Oil -  3 tbsp 
• Mustard seeds  - 1/2 tsp

• Cumin seeds  - 1/2 tsp

• Dry red chillies - 1
• Curry leaves - 10 leaves
• Onion - 1 medium chopped fine
• Green chillies - 2 chopped fine
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder- 1 tsp
• Coriander powder- 1 tsp

• Pav bhaji powder- 1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste

• Lemon juice to taste
• Fresh coriander leaves for garnish

Preparation: 
1. wash Quinao and cook with 2 cups of water in rice cooker and set aside.
2. Chop the potatoes into small cubes, rinse tand drain and keep aside.

Method:
1. Heat oil in a  pan-fry the potatoes until golden and crisp. Keep aside.
2. In the same pan, Use same oil and add tempering seeds, dry red chillies, and curry leaves.
3. Add onion, green chillies, and ginger garlic paste. Sauté until golden brown.
4. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, and salt. Mix well.
5. Add the fried potatoes and toss to coat them with the masala.
6. Add the boiled quinoa, pav bhaji masala and gently mix everything together until well combined.

7. Add Lemon juice and mix well,

8. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve hot.

Perfect Bell pepper/Paneer lemony Quinoa

 Ingredients

Quinoa -1 cup ( wash and cook with 2 cups of water in rice cooker)

• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Peanuts – 2 tbsp
• Chana dal – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – 8–10 leaves
• Dry red chillies – 1
• Green chillies  – 4 finely chopped
• Asafoetida (hing) – a pinch
• Onion  – 1 medium finely chopped
• Green Bell pepper  – 1 medium chopped 1 inch pieces
• Paneer – 15 pieces ( 1 inch cubes)
• Salt – to taste (about ¾–1 tsp)
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Lemon juice – 2–3 tbsp (adjust to taste)
• Coriander leaves (chopped) – 2 tbsp

Method
1. Cook Quinao separately and keep it aside to cool.
2. Heat oil in a pan.
3. Add peanuts and fry until golden.
4. Add chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds and cumin seeds; fry until lightly brown.
6. Add curry leaves, dry red chillies, green chillies, and asafoetida. Sauté for a few seconds.
7. Add chopped onions and cook until lightly brown.
8. Add bell pepper, paneer, salt, and turmeric powder. Sauté until the bell pepper is slightly soft.
9. Add boiled quinoa and mix gently until everything is well combined.
10. Turn off the heat.
11. Add lemon juice and mix well.
12. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Perfect Drumstick curry

 

Set 1 ingredient:

Drum sticks / mulakaya - 20 pieces ( 2 lbs frozen premium bag)
Oil - 2 tbsp

Set 2 ingredients:

Oil - 1 tbsp ( use above oil plus this)

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Onion - 2 chopped fine

Green chilies - 2 chopped fine

Curry leaves - few

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
Tomato - 3 Medium chopped big half
Red chili powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Coriander leaves - 1/8 cup
Kasoori methi - 1 tsp crushed

Aam chur powder - 1/2 tsp ( if you feel little less sourness) optional

50 % fried Drumsticks ( munagakaya) - from set 1

Method :

1. In a wide pan, add set 1 ingredients and cook drumsticks 50 percent while frying nicely and keep aside.

2. Now in same pan, Heat oil, add cumin, fry for a min

3. Now add onion, green chili, and curry leaves, and fry onions are light brown color.

4.Now add ginger garlic paste and mix well for a min

5. Now add tomato and cook for 5 mins with the lid close. once cooked take out the skin and mash the tomatoes nicely.

6. Now add red chili powder, turmeric, salt, coriander powder, and cumin powder and mix well for 1 min.

7. Now add Drumsticks and fry for 5 mins with an open lid.

8. Now add water and close the lid n cook for 10 mins until oil is separated.

9. Now add kasoori methi and coriander leaves, and mix well for a minute.

10. Now cook on low flame for 5 mins. if needed add aamchur powder.