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  • Dal with Methi

    Dal with Methi

    Dal with methi makes a tasty side dish with any meal. It tastes good with hot steamed rice, jeera rice, pulav or even with chapati or phulka.

    I love making a variety of dals, it is not only filling but packed with vital nutrients essential for carrying on day to day activities. It serves dual purpose, tastes good with both rice and chapati. Moreover, my family members have a special liking for dal, thus I find many good reasons to play round it.

    Dal with methi or fenugreek leaves tastes good, thus I make three kinds of dal with it. One is the south indian dal  (muddipalya) we make  regularly, it is a traditional recipe loved by all elders. Let’s get to the recent addition that I have made in my cooking.

    Dal with Methi

    Measurement: 1 cup = 200 ml

    Ingredients:
    • 1 cup tur dal
    • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
    • 2 teaspoon oil
    • 1 teaspoon cumin
    • 2 cluster of fenugreek leaves
    • 1 onion
    • 2 tomato
    • 2 teaspoon red chilli
    • salt to taste
    Method:
    1. Wash the tur dal and cook it in the pressure cooker with a little turmeric powder.
    2. Cut the onion and tomato.
    3. Cut the stem of the fenugreek leaves, chop the leaves and put them in water for sometime. A little salt may be added, it helps to remove the grime.
    4. Take oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, as they splutter, add onion, turmeric powder and asafoetida. Let cook for sometime.
    5. Now, add the fenugreek leaves to it.
    6. Put the tomatoes and salt. Let cook for sometime.
    7. Once the tomatoes are soft, add chilly powder to it and mix.
    8. Take the cooked dal and mix it thoroughly.
    9. Put the dal and allow to simmer for sometime.
    10. Dal with methi is ready to serve.
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    Dal with Methi

    Dal with methi is tasty and makes a good accompaniment with both rice and chapati.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes
    Soaking time 30 minutes
    Servings: 4 people
    Course: lunch ideas, Main Course
    Cuisine: north indian
    Ingredients Method

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup tur dal
    • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
    • 1 tablespoon oil
    • 1 teaspoon cumin
    • 2 bunch fenugreek leaves
    • 1 onion
    • 2 tomato
    • 2 teaspoon red chilli
    • salt to taste

    Method
     

    1. Take oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, as they splutter, add onion, turmeric powder and asafoetida. Let cook for sometime.Now, add the fenugreek leaves to it.Put the tomatoes and salt. Let cook for sometime. Once the tomatoes are soft, add chilly powder to it and mix.Wash the tur dal and cook it in the pressure cooker with a little turmeric powder.
      Cut the onion and tomato.
      Cut the stem of the fenugreek leaves, chop the leaves and put them in water for sometime. A little salt may be added, it helps to remove the grime.

      Now, add the fenugreek leaves to it.

      Take the cooked dal and mix it thoroughly.
      Put the dal and allow to simmer for sometime.
      Dal with methi is ready to serve.
    2. Wash the tur dal and cook it in the pressure cooker with a little turmeric powder.
      Cut the onion and tomato
    3. Cut the stem of the fenugreek leaves, chop the leaves and put them in water for sometime. A little salt may be added, it helps to remove the grime.
    4. Take oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, as they splutter, add onion, turmeric powder and asafoetida. Let cook for sometime. Now, add the fenugreek leaves.
    5. Put the tomatoes and salt. Let cook for sometime.
    6. Once the tomatoes are soft, add chilly powder to it and mix.
    7. Take the cooked dal and mix it thoroughly. Put the dal and allow to simmer for sometime.Dal with methi is ready to serve.

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  • Menthe Kadabu | Karnataka recipes

    Menthe Kadabu | Karnataka recipes

    Menthe Kadabu is a traditional recipe from Karnataka. It makes a good menu for lunch. Small, flattened discs of wheat flour are fried and sauted in a seasoning of fenugreek leaves, garnished with coconut.

    I attribute my cooking skills to my mom and mother in law and indebted to them. Both,  have been good cooks during their hay days and give good guidance.

    Methi or fenugreek leaves are extensively used by me. I like the pungent taste that it gives besides the nutrition.Here is one such kind where methi leaves are tossed in flattened puris. It is known as” menthe kadabu” in kannada.  I am sure  that you will love this recipe. Do let me know.

    methi delight
    methi delight

    INGREDIENTS :

    A  for the flattened puri or kadabu :

    • wheat flour 2 cups
    • chilli powder 1/2 tsp
    • salt
    • turmeric powder
    • asafoetida
    • rice flour 1tsp

    B   for the seasoning :

    • fenugreek leaves 2 bowls
    • chilli powder 1tsp
    • fresh coconut 1/2 bowl
    • oil for seasoning
    • cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
    • asafoetida
    • turmeric powder
    • salt

    Method :

    A  to make kadabu or flattened puri

    Mix the wheat flour with all the given ingredients into a thick dough. Keep aside for sometime.

     

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    Then, take a small ball and flatten between palms. Keep aside.

    Heat oil in a kadai and fry them. Keep aside.

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    B   For the seasoning :

    Cut and wash the fenugreek leaves. Take a kadai and make the seasoning using cumin seeds. Add the washed green leaves and saute for two minutes. Then, add chilli powder,salt and fresh grated coconut and mix well. Now, add the flattened puris , simmer for two minutes and remove from flame. Methi delight is rezdy to serve.

    methi delight
    methi delight

     

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    Methi delight / menthe kadabu

    Methi delight or menthe kadabu makes a tasty dish, serve it for breakfast or with the lunch. 
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    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Total Time 30 minutes
    Course: Breakfast, lunch, weekend
    Cuisine: Indian
    Ingredients Method

    Ingredients
      

    For the flattened puri /kadabu
    • 2 cups wheat flour
    • 1 teaspoon rice flour
    • 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
    • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
    • 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
    • salt to taste
    • water for kneading
    For the seasoning
    • 2 cup fenugreek leaves
    • 1 tablespoon oil
    • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
    • 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
    • 1 teaspoon chilli powder
    • 1/2 bowl fresh coconut
    • salt to taste
    Other ingredients
    • oil for shallow frying

    Method
     

    To make the flattened puri / kadabu
    1. Mix all the ingredients into a stiff dough. Keep it aside
    2. Take a small piece of the dough, flatten between palms and keep aside on a plate. Repeat for the rest of the dough.
    3. Heat oil and fry them. 
    To make the seasoning
    1. Cut and wash the fenugreek leaves. Take a kadai and make the seasoning using cumin seeds. Add the washed green leaves and saute for two minutes. Then, add chilli powder,salt and fresh grated coconut and mix well. Now, add the flattened puris , simmer for two minutes and remove from flame. Methi delight is rezdy to serve.

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