Collards stir fry

Things needed
Collards -1 bunch- chopped finely
Onion - 1 medium sized, cubed
Garlic pods - 6-10 pods, minced
Moong dal - half cup, soaked for half an hour
Oil- 2 tbsp
Salt, chilli  powder - as needed
Sugar- 1/2 tsp

Time - 20 mins excluding preparation

Method

• Take a nonstick tawa, add oil and heat it.
• After the oil gets hot,  fry seasoning stuff, moong dal(pre soaked and drained), onions, garlic pods one after the other. Add sugar.
• Now add collards and fry them until their mass becomes half. Once collards are half way fried, add salt and continue frying for 3-5 minutes on low flame. 
• After adding salt, stir fry may turn little wet but don't worry. At this point (5 minutes) add chilli powder, mix and fry for another 3 minutes on medium flame. 
• Collards stir fry is ready...

Pudina/Mint Chutney

Ingredients

Fresh Mint leaves - 1 cup
Cut Onions - 1/2 Cup
Green Chillis - as needed
Salt -as needed
Oil - 2 tbsp
Methi/Fenugreek seeds powder - 2 pinch
Tamarind - 1 small lemon size

Preparation Time : 20 mins

Method

• Take a small tawa, add oil and heat it.
• To the hot oil, add onions, green chillis and fry them.
• Add mint leaves, methi powder, tamarind and cook them on low flame.

• Make sure not to burn/overcook the contents. After the leaves are cooked enough, let them cool.
• Grind them by adding salt. Season it with Hing/Asafoetida.
• Delicious mint chutney is ready...

Serving options

Goes well with hot plain rice and ghee, Idli/Dosa.

Spinach-Tofu/Palak-Tofu curry

Items needed

Spinach- 200gm, washed, whole leaves
Tomato- 1 medium sized, cut into pieces
Green chillies- 3
Almonds- 4 tsps (peeled, raw)
Coriander powder -1/2 tsp
Cumin powder -1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1tsp
Oil- as needed
Tofu - 100gm, cut into cubes
Onion - 1/4 th of a medium sized, cut into pieces
Ginger and garlic paste - 1tbsp
Lemon juice -  1tsp

Preparation Time - 1 hr


Gravy / Paste:

• Grind tomato, almonds, cumin powder, garam masala, coriander powder, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice together. Add water during grinding if needed. Keep aside.

Method

• In a pan, heat oil (1tsp), add cut green chillies, spinach, salt. Allow the spinach to boil. Empty the contents, grind keep aside.
• Fry tofu in the same pan in oil. Once the tofu changes color, take them off the pan, keep aside.
• Take a nonstick pan, heat oil (2 tsp's). Add the gravy paste prepared, boil it until, oil comes out.
• After the paste gets cooked, add spinach paste and fried tofu. Let it boil for 10-15 mins.
• Delicious Spinach tofu is ready...goes very well with roti and plain rice.

Brussel sprouts snack/fry, Indian style

Ingredients needed

Brussel sprouts-1/4 kg or approx. 1/2 lb
Onion-1/2 medium sized; sliced
Besan powder - 1 tsp
Chill powder- as per taste
Kosher salt- very little for use during roasting in oven
Regular salt-as needed
Peanut powder/Garam masala-1 tsp
Oil- as needed
Oregano leaves- few
Lemon juice- 1 tbsp

Preparation time- 30mins

Method

• Peel off the outer layer of brussel sprouts and cut them into halves.
• Spread thin layer of oil all over the surface of brussel sprouts. 
• Add little kosher salt, roast them in pre heated oven (400F) for 20mins. During 20 mins of roasting, make sure they dont get burnt. They must look like this (shown below) after roasting..

• In a nonstick pan, add 1 spoon of oil, fry onions, few dry oregano leaves.
• Once onions are done, add roasted brussel sprouts, fry all contents for 3 mins. Add lemon juice, salt.
• Mix besan, peanut powder and chilli powder together, add it to fried contents in the pan.
• Fry for 2 mins. Delicious brussel sprouts snack/ fry is ready to eat!

Note: Chilli/Sri racha sauce can be used instead of powder..but makes it more spicy-good to use with rice.

Cabbage-Peas stir fy

Items needed

Cabbage - 1/2 kg
Peas - 100gm
Onions - 1 small one, cut into pieces
Curry leaves -  few
Oil - 1.5 tbsp
Flax seed powder - 1 tea spoon
Curry powder -1 tbsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
Oregano leaves - few
Chilli powder - as needed
Salt - as needed
Turmeric powder - as needed

Preparation Time - 25 mins
Cooking Time - 25 mins

Method

• Cut cabbage, microwave for 8mins with minimum water strain, keep aside.
• In a nonstick pan, add oil, fry onions, add oregano leaves, grated garlic and flax seed powder.
• Add peas (frozen), fry them for 3 mins. Add turmeric powder, later add partially cooked cabbage.
• Fry the contents for 5-8 mins. Add salt, keep frying for 5 mins.
• Add chilli powder, coriander powder and curry powder, fry for 5 mins on low flame.
• Cabbage- peas fry is ready!!

Tofu with Broccoli

Items needed:

Cut Broccoli-1/2 lb

Tofu-1/2 lb

Tomatoes-1/2 or 1

Onions-1/4th-cut into pieces

White pepper powder-(1/2 -1) tea spoon

Garlic-3 cloves

Salt, Chilli powder as needed

Coriander powder-1 tea spoon

Dried Oregano leaves-few

Oil-1 tea spoon

Melted Butter-3 teaspoons

Preparation time:40 mins

Method

Wash tofu, squeeze out all the water from it.Once water is removed,cut tofu into pieces.Apply a thin coat of butter on two sides of tofu.Fry them on a nonstick pan until they turn into  golden-brown color.

Meanwhile cook the cut broccoli in microwave for 6mins ( frozen or fresh).Use water exactly up to the level of broccoli pieces if fresh.Once it is cooked, drain the pieces and keep the drained water aside (may be useful for gravy).

In a pan add a teaspoon of oil, to it add onion pieces. Fry them until their color turns golden.Now add boiled broccoli,turmeric powder,grated garlic,oregano leaves  and white pepper powder.Add very little salt, on a medium flame let them fry for  5 mins with occasional stirring.

Now add fried tofu into the cooking pan,allow 5-10 mins on low-medium flame so that garlic flavor/white pepper powder gets onto tofu pieces.

Now add cut tomatoes and add remaining salt needed.After 5 mins of cooking, add chilli powder,coriander powder.In case gravy is needed, can add  broccoli boiled water. Cook on low flame for 5 mins.

Tofu & Broccoli curry is ready..

Note:

Instead of butter, oilve oil can be used to coat tofu pieces.

Instead of frying, tofu pieces can be baked in oven at 350F, but it takes 30 mins!

If more gravy is needed, add tomato paste(mixed with  water) towards the end and boil for few minutes.

Kale Fry

Items needed:

1 bunch of kale

1 or  2 carrots-medium sized

1/4 th of a medium sized onion

Green chilli-2 or Red chilli powder

Chana dal,Moong dal- 1 tsp each

Cumin powder,Coriander powder,Turmeric powder,Coconut powder(dry)

Curry leaves/powder

Salt to taste

1 table spoon oil or as desired

Preparation & Cooking time-35 mins.

Method:

Finely chop kale leaves,wash and drain the water using colander.

Grate carrot/s and keep aside.

Cut the onions and green chillies into pieces.

Place the nonstick cooking pan on the stove,add oil.

To the oil, add Chana and Moong dal and fry them.

Add onions and green chillies  to the fried pulses and half fry them on.Now add chopped kale leaves,turmeric powder,curry leaves or curry leaves powder and keep frying on medium flame  until the leaves are half fried or until the leaves quantity becomes half.

Now add grated carrot to it and reduce the flame below medium and keep frying until the color of the carrots change.Add salt now.

Now add Coriander powder,Cumin powder,Coconut powder and red chilli powder(if needed) and fry for another 5 mins on low flame.

Kale fry is Ready…!

Tips:

Make sure to drain the water completely from kale before adding to the pan.

Try to use non stick pan so that can make this fry even with less than 1 tablespoon of oil.

Add salt only at the end to get the  consistency as fry.