Mirch ka Salan

Ingredients :

500 gms - Green chillies
1 no - Large onion
1 no - Large tomato
1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder
1 tsp - Ground corriander
2 tbsp - Roasted cumin seeds
2 tbsp - Roasted peanut seeds
2 tbsp - Coconut grated
2 no - Garlic flakes
1 no - Ginger
1/2 Cup - Tamarind juice
3 Cups - Oil
Salt to taste

Cooking Instructions :

- Grind the roasted peanut and cumin seeds to make a powder.
- Chop onions and tomatoes finely.
- Grind garlic and ginger to make a paste.
- Heat the oil and fry chilies and keep it aside.
- Fry chopped onions and tomatoes.
- Add ginger garlic paste and fried chillies, saute for 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle tamarind juice and salt
- Add this mixture to fried green chillies.
- Serve it with rotis.

Sheer Korma

Ingredients :

100gms - Vermicelli
Milk - 1.5litre
Sugar - 250gms
Chopped cashew nuts - 50gms
Chopped almonds - 50gms
Chopped dates - 50gms
Powdered cardamom - 6nos
Butter - 4tsp
Water - 250ml

Cooking Instructions :

- Fry nuts in 2tsp butter till light golden colour, drain and keep aside.
- Fry vermicelli in the remaining butter until golden brown.
- Make a sugar syrup (one string consistency).
- Boil the milk until it is thickened to half the quantity.
- Add the fried vermicelli to the milk and cook. Do not allow lumps to form.
- Add sugar syrup and cook for a while until it comes to a homogeneous consistency.
- Sprinkle cardamom powder. Garnish with fried nuts.
- Serve hot or cold.