Aloo Methi (Fenugreek Potatoes)

Aloo Methi 

(Potatoes with Fenugreek Leaves)

Ingredients:

1 Kg Fenugreek leaves (Methi)

3 Potatoes

2 Onions (Chopped)

1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds

5-6 Tomatoes

2 Green Chilies

1 tsp Salt or as per your taste

1/2 tbsp Red Chilies

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

Oil

Method:

1.Wash Fenugreek leaves.Add 1/2 tsp salt,squeeze water from them and leave till they get dry.

2.Fry onions in a pan.Add cumin seeds,green chilies,salt,red chilies,turmeric powder and Fenugreek leaves.Cook for 7-8 minutes.

3.Add potatoes and one tomato.Cook for 5 minutes and then cover it on low flame.

4.One by one add tomatoes to it till potatoes get done and fully mixed with Fenugreek leaves.

5.Serve with Pickle.

Note: 

• Do not use water while cooking because it gives bitter taste to Fenugreek leaves. 
• Before cooking you can also mix turmeric powder with Fenugreek leaves instead of mixing with salt.

Potato Samosay

Potato Samosay

Ingredients:

Flour Covering Ingredients:

2 cups Refined Flour (Maida)

1/4 tsp Baking Powder (To raise the flour)

1/2 tsp Salt 

1 tbsp Butter

3 tsp Oil 

Potato Filling Ingredients:

3 Potatoes (Boiled and mashed)

1/2 Onion (Chopped)

1/2 tsp Coriander Seeds (Zeera)

2 tsp Soya Sauce

2 Green Chilies (Chopped)

2 tbsp Chopped Coriander (leaf)

Oil for frying

Flour Paste:

3 tbsp flour

1/2 Egg

(Combine them to make flour paste which seals the samosa sides)

Method:

1.Combine salt,oil,baking powder with refined flour and knead.Keep dough for 8-10 minutes.Make small balls of it.

2.Apply little oil and roll out into small rounds.Cover it and stay aside for 20-25 minutes.

3.Heat oil in a pan.Fry onions,cumin seeds,green chilies.Add mashed potatoes and all the spices.Cook for 5 minutes.

4.Flatten round balls and roll out the dough to make sides even and thin.Cut the sides to give it rectangle shape.Now cut 2-3 long sections of one rectangle.

5.Apply flour paste on the sides of it.Then fill with potato filling and again apply flour paste on the top to close covering to give them triangle shape.

6.Heat oil in a wok and fry samosay till it gets its golden color.

7.Remove on absorbent paper.Serve with Ketchup.

Chicken Rice

Chicken Rice

Ingredients:

1 Cup Rice

4-5 Chicken pieces

2 Onions

1 Tomato

2 Green Chilies

2 tsp Ginger paste

1 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder

1/4 tsp white Pepper Powder

5-6 Whole Black Pepper

5 tbsp Oil

Method:

1.Make stock of chicken with water,salt,black pepper powder and whole black pepper.

2.Heat oil in a pan.Brown onions.Add ginger paste,green chilies, tomato and chicken.

3.Add salt,black pepper powder,soya sauce,white pepper powder and cook for 5-7 minutes.

4.Add chicken stock and when it comes to a boil,add rice.

5.Cook till rice get done.Serve with fresh salad.

Potato Cutlets

Potato Cutlets

Ingredients:

4 Potatoes

1 Capsicum

Salt 1/2 tsp

2 Green Chilies(chopped)

1/2 tsp Red chili powder

1/2 tsp Black pepper powder

4 pinches White pepper powder

2 tbsp Coriander(chopped)

1 ful tbsp of Mayonnaise

1 tsp Soya sauce

1 Egg  

1/2 cup Bread crumbs

Oil for frying

Method:

1.Boil potatoes and mash it.

2.Cut capsicum in small cube shape.

3.Mix potatoes with capsicum and chopped coriander.

4.Add salt,pepper, mayonnaise,soya sauce and mix well.

5.Give round shape to cutlets.Firstly dip in egg then coat with bread crumbs and fry.

6.Serve with ketchup.