Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Vegetable Salna

Salna or chalna is a popular street food available as side dish for parotta or chapathi in Tamilnadu and Kerala, India. I make this salna very often and mix with chapathi, just like vegetable kothu parotta (scrambled chapati). This comes handy if we make it in a big batch and freeze in small portions for a week.

Vegetables:
Cauliflower - 1/4 of a flower
Beans - 20
fresh green peas - 1 cup
carrot - 1
potato - 2 (medium size)
Ingredients:
tomato - 2
Red onion - 1
coriander leaves - a handful.
mint leaves - few
curry leaves - few
coconut milk - 1/2 cup
red chilli powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
curry masala powder- 1 tsp
salt - to taste
ghee / dalda / vanaspathy - 3 tbsp
cloves - 2
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
bay leaf - 1
ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
to grind:
cardamom - 3
shredded coconut - 1/2 cup
cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
green chillies - 4
cashew nut - 4

Method:
Grind ginger and garlic together.
Grind the items mentioned to a fine paste.
Cut cauliflower into big pieces.
peel and cut other vegetables in to big pieces.
Heat ghee in a pan. fry some fennel seeds and bay leaf.
Add the chopped onion, green chillies ,curry leaves, cilantro and mint leaves. After the onion turns golden brown , add ginger garlic paste and saute well.Then add the chopped tomato and fry till it is completely cooked.
Now add all the vegetables and mix well.
Add 2 cups of water,salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder , curry masala powder and stir well.
close the lid and cook all the vegetables to tender.Add the coconut masala and let it boil it gives a nice flavor.
Before switching off add the coconut milk.
Vegetable salna is ready!

Serving suggestions:
serve hot with parathas, parotta, chapati, roti or idly .

Monday, July 23, 2012

Event entries and re-posts.

Torview Toronto is hosting a nice event on  Know your flours: Millet theme , which is initiated by Jagruti's know your flour . Sending two of my millet recipes for her fabulous event.

1.Kambu dosai
2.Kambu kolukkattai

Happy hosting dear!
Priya is hosting an interesting event to celebrate Olympics with entries representing some country. I am sending a few from my collection for Priya's Olympic event started by Jagruti.

India:
Kadalai curry
Aappam with kadala curry.
Tandoori chicken


USA:
Sixteen bean soup
Whole roasted chicken

Italy:
Garden pizza
UK:
Christmas fruit cake

Happy hosting Priya!

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