Tomato Kuska And Veg Chalna

Tomato Kuska  and Chalna  makes a wonderful combination i love this  recipe and it is also a crowd pleasing recipe.

Serving for 2

Ingredients

Tomatoes --4 nos( Chopped to small pieces)

Basmathi rice --1 1/2 cups

Onion( chopped) --1 cup( 1 small size onion)              

Ginger garlic paste -- 4 tsp

Greenchili--  5 nos

Bay leaf -- 3 nos

Cinnamon  --1 stick

Cloves -- 3 nos
Star anise --2 nos
Cardomom- 2 nos

Fennel seeds -- 1 tsp

Lemon juice  -- 1 tsp

Turmeric -- 1 pinch

Cumin powder -- 1/2 tsp

Corrinder powder-- 1/2 tsp 
Garam masala -- a pinch
Chicken masala  -- a pinch

Red chili powder -- 1/4 tsp
Coconut milk --1 cups
Mint -- few
Corrinder leaves -- few

Oil -- 3 tsp

Salt -- 1 tsp

To Grind

Ginger garlic paste ( 8 garlic+1 inch ginger)

Method

• Add oil in  a pan, when hot add cloves,cinnamon, Star anise, cardomom fennel seeds and bay leaves.
• Add Onions, Chili, mint  and grounded paste stir untill raw smell disappear.
• Add tomatoes  and saute for few min.
• Add  coriander powder ,cumin powder ,turmeric powder ,red chili powder, gram masala, chicken masala and salt  then saute until tomatoes are fully cooked.( it takes 15 min to cook.)
• Saute until  u find the oil leaking out of gravy.(we can store the gravy and use it as a paste to mix with rice.) 
• Add basmathi rice  ( soaked for 10 min and fry with ghee in a pan to take out the moisture).
• Add lemon juice and mix well.
• Water for any basmathi cooking is 1:11/2.  1 cup of rice with 11/2 cup of water .So add 1 cup of coconut milk with 2 cups of water
• Pressure cook for  one whistle.
• Serve hot with Raita. 

Veg chalna:


Chalna is made generally with mutton since iam vegetarian i like to make in my way so i substituted with mango  and brinjal. Try this with any Briyani its easy and tasty.

Serving  for 2

Ingredients

Toordal --  3 tsp

Cut Onion into slices --   1/2 cup
Ginger garlic paste -- 2 tsp
Mango cubes --4 nos( cut with seeds)
Brinjal -- 2 nos(sliced)

Green chili -- 3 nos

Tomato -- 1 nos(optional)

Turmeric --A pinch

Chili  powder -- 1/2tsp
Jeera powder -- 1/2 tsp
Dhania powder -- 1/2 tsp

Bay leaf -- 3 nos

Cinnamon  --1 stick

Cloves -- 3 nos

Fennel seeds -- 1 tsp

Curry leaves  -- few

Coriander leaves -- few 

Salt  --  1 1/2 tsp

Oil                             3 tsp

Water                       2 cups

Asafoetida.

   

Method 

• Pressure cook the toor dal with turmeric  and asafoetida.
• In a hot pan add masalas then onion ,ginger garlic paste and green chili with curry leaves saute for a while.
• Add chopped  veg,saute till it becomes translucent, add red chili powder , jeera powder, dhania and water.
• Add cooked toor  dal and boil for few min. 
• Add corrinder leaves  and serve hot.