Perfect Green beans and carrot fry / poriyal

Green beans - 3 cups chopped ( cook in MW for 5 mins)
Carrot - 1/2 cup chopped 
Oil -  2 tbsp
Onion - 1 small chopped
Green chili - 6 chopped
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Coconut powder - 2 tbsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste 
Water - 1/2 cup
Tempering ingredients:
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Chana dal - 1 tbsp
Urad dal - 1 tbsp

Method :
1. Heat oil in a pan, once it is hot add the tempering ingredients and fry for a minute.
2. Now add onions and green chili and fry till onions are light brown color. 
3. Now add ginger garlic paste and mix well for a minute
4. Now add green beans and carrot and fry and cook for 5 mins, keep stirring in between.
5. Now add water to sides and close the lid and cook in that steam.
6. Once again add water and close the lid and cook in that steam.
7. Now add coconut powder, salt, turmeric and mix well n cook for 2-3 mis
9. Serve with hot rice or roti.

dondakaya fry with peanut powder

  

Dondakaya / Tindora - 2 lbs - cut into long slices ( 1 should be cut into 6 pieces)

Oil - 4 tbsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp.

Garlic - 10 pods lightly crushed

Dry red chili - 2 broken into half's

Onion - 1/2 chopped fine

Green chili - 4 chopped fine

Curry leaves - few

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Salt - to taste

List 2 :

Red chili powder - 3/4 tsp

Coconut powder - 1-2tbsp

Peanuts powder - 1 tbsp

Sesame powder - 1/4 tsp

Preparation:

Cook dondakaya un MW for 5 mins.

Method :

1. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin, garlic, dry red chili, now and fry for a min.

2. Now add onion, green chili, curry leaves and fry till onions are soft

3. Now add ginger garlic paste

3. Now add dondakaya and fry nice for 2 mins

4. Now close the lid and cook for 10 mins, mixing inbetween.

5. Now add red chili powder, turmeric and salt and mix well.

6. Now add coconut powder and mix well for a min.

7. Now add peanut and sesame powder n mix well.

8. switch off heat immediately.

Perfect Spinach Quinao kichidi

 

Set -1 : soak everything for 1 hr.
Quinoa - 1/2 cup
Red Masoor Dal - 1/4 cup 
Yellow Moong dal - 1/4 

Oil - 2 tbsp

Chana dal - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
hing - 2 pinches

Onion - 1/2 sliced thin (optional)

Green chilis - 4

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp

Spinach leaves - 1 cup chopped
Tomato - 1 M chopped
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/4 tsp
Sambar powder - 3/4 tsp (plus little more if you like spiciness)
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Salt - 2.5 tsp
Water - 4.5 cups

Lemon juice - 2 tbsp 

Method:

1. Heat 1 tsp oil in instant pot saute mode on high,
2. Now add chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, and cumin seeds and fry till days are light brown color.
3. Now add hing, green chili, tomato and fry nicely for 3-5 mins.
4. Now add ginger garlic paste and fry for 2-3 mins
5. Now add red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric, sambar powder, and salt.
6. Now add spinach n fry for 2-3 mins and mix well and cook till oil oozes out

7. Now add quinoa, dals, and water and check the salt.

8. Now cancel saute mode and keep the lid and seal the vent
9. Now press manual and 8 mins
10. Once 8 mins done, wait for 4-5 mins and pressure release
11. Garnish with 1 tsp ghee and lemon juice ( 1 whole)