Masala vangi(Spicy brinjals)

Brinjal sabji is very common all over India. In curry form or as baigan bharata, some or other form you name it, we have it. In maharashtra masala vangi was used to be a common dish in every marriage along with chapati, masalebhat, raita, boondi ladoo and jilebi.In almost every home of India you will get special form of baigan, here is the recipe commonly used in almost every marathi home(little bit change here and there). Here goes the traditional form of this recipe.
Ingredients:
4 tablespoon peanuts
2 tablespoon sesame seeds(til)
1 tbspoon cumin seeds
2 tbspoon coriander seeds(dhane)
coconut 1 inch
1 teaspoon black/garam masala
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
jaggery 1/2 teaspoon.
lemon juice 1 table spoon or to taste
salt to taste
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Brinjals/vangi 6-7
1/2 cup onion cut in squares
1 green chili cut(optional)
oil for fry abt 1/2 cup

Method:
Heat the pan, roast peanuts, when they are abt half roasted add coconut, coriander, cumin and sesame and roast for 2-3 minutes. Grind to fine paste in blender. Add all the spices and ingredients(above dotted line). Mix well.
Wash brinjals, and make four slits and fill the masala mix. Keep aside. Heat the oil in pan, add onions and green chili(if using), after 2-3mints, add the stuffed brinjals. Cook for 2-3 mins covered, add a glass of hot water(8oz.). Let it cook for 10-12 mins. Check the consistency of curry and add water accordingly. Garnish with cilantro. Serve hot with chapati or/and rice.


Enjoy. See you with my next post, till then take care. Have a nice day everybody. Bye bye.

Orange Cake

I wanted to try this cake for so long. It was perfect time when I got these nice fresh oranges which tempted me to make this tasty good looking cake, finally. As I had few ingredients at home that original recipe calls for and of course I do not use eggs, so turns out I modified whole recipe. Here is this delicious cake recipe my way.
Ingredients:
11/2 cup whole wheat flour
13/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt
2/3 cup canola oil
2 jumbo size navel oranges
2 tablespoon flax seed meal

Method:
1.Preheat the oven to 350* Fahrenheit. Oil and flour (13X9)" pan.
2.Mix flour baking soda and powder, set aside.
3.Mix flax seeds with 8tbspoon water, stir in sugar.
4.Cut the oranges in squares with peel on of course and puree them in mixer.
5.Mix the purred oranges and oil in big vessel. Add sugar mix in three parts alternating with flour mix.
6.Put the batter to baking pan and bake for 35-40mins. To check, insert a wooden needle in middle, if it comes out clean, then cake is done. Serve warm or chilled.

Note:
Recipe calls for 2 large eggs, so if you want, you can replace 2tbspoon of flax seed and avoid step 3. Just beat the eggs instead. My cake pan was not even half fill, so you can use pan with small size. In India, we get small and medium size oranges(from orange city I am) use 4 if small and 3 if medium size.

Enjoy. See you with my next post, till then take care. Have a nice day everybody. Bye bye.

Rajma/redkidney beans sandwich

Sometimes I get bored of doing Indian style of lunch/dinner everyday. This sandwich is perfect for such days when you need a change in routine. Ingredients needed for this are simple and you almost always have it in home. And with leftover beans, you can make nice breakfast too(just need to refrigerate it). These beans testes even better as time passes, may be it absorbs all spices well with time. Here is the recipe my way.

Ingredients:
1 can(8oz.) red kidney beans
1 cup onion cut in squares
1/2 teaspoon garlic/ginger paste
1/2 cup tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder(according to taste)
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon black/garam masala
3 tablespoon oil
salt and little sugar(if you like) to taste
Bread slices
Butter 1-2tbspoon
Grated cheese(Mozzarella preferably)
black paper powder to sprinkle

Method:-
Cook the beans so that you can easily mash it, discard water if any.
Heat the oil in pan, add onion(1/2cup) and ginger garlic paste. Before it turns brown, add all spices mix well. Add tomatoes and cook foe 2-3 minutes. Add mashed beans. Cook for some time. Let the beans mix rest till it gets cool. Put the butter on both side of bread slices, sprinkle black paper if you like. Put beans mix, top with cut onion and grated cheese. Put it in sandwich maker. If you are using tawa then roast until breads turn brown and cheese melts. Serve hot.

Enjoy. See you with my next post, till then take care. Have a nice day everybody. Bye bye.