Kadhai Vegetables

Kadhai Vegetable is , a very authentic Punjabi dish, which is served in restaurants loaded with oil. This vegetable is a mix of many vegetables and spices. I think it is named so as it is served in a kadhai:)

Here’s the recipe for Kadhai Vegetable, from Sanjeev Kapoor’s “Simply Vegetarian”.

 

Ingredients

1.10-12 French beans

2.2 medium sized carrots

3.2 medium sized capsicums

4.¼ medium sized cauliflower

5.3 large sized tomatoes

6.2 medium sized onions

7.¼ cup shelled green peas

8.3 red chillies (whole)

9.1 tbsp coriander seeds

10.1 tsp cumin seeds

11.12-15 cloves garlic

12.2 one inch pieces of ginger

13.3-4 green chillies

14.A few sprigs of fresh coriander leaves

15.4 tbsps oil

16.½ tsp turmeric powder

17.1 tbsp coriander powder

18.1 tsp red chilli powder

19.Salt to taste

20.1 tsp garam masala powder

Method:

1.String and wash French beans. Peel and wash carrots. Wash, halve, and deseed capsicums. Cut all the vegetables into ¼ th inch cubes. Separate cauliflower into small florets and wash. Wash tomatoes and chop roughly. Peel, wash, and slice onions. Wash and drain green peas. Remove stems and break red chillies into two.

2.Grind coarsely three of the red chillies with coriander and cumin seeds. Peel and wash ginger and garlic. Remove stems and wash green chillies. Clean, wash, and chop coriander leaves.

3.Grind half of the ginger with garlic and green chillies. Make julienne of the rest of the ginger.

4.Heat oil in a pan. Add the coarsely ground masala (coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and red chillies). Add sliced onions and sauté till golden brown.

5.Add ginger-garlic-green chilli paste and sauté for one minute. Add the vegetables except capsicums and tomatoes and stir. Cook covered on low heat till carrots are almost done. Sprinkle a little water if necessary.

6.Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, and red chilli powder. Stir continuously. Add tomatoes, salt, and half cup of water. Cook till the vegetables are cooked and water dries up.

7.Add capsicums and cook for 4-5 minutes on low heat. Sprinkle garam masala powder.

8.Serve hot garnished with ginger julienne and coriander leaves.

Pal Ada Pradaman

Palada Prathaman is my ever favorite payasam. There are several payasam varieties. Some of the very famous ones being adapradhaman, chakkapradhaman, palada pradhaman, parippu pradhaman, idichu pizhinja payasam, aval pradhaman, wheat Pradhaman, etc. But the royalty is the palada pradhaman. There are no shortcuts to making this fabulous dish. In palada prathaman pieces of flour paste (ada) are boiled in milk and sweetened with sugar. No ghee or spices are added except some cardamoms.My Mother used to make ada in banana leaves. The rice used is a special reddish variety which is washed, dried, and powdered. A paste made of this powder is spread on banana leaves, which are rolled and tossed into boiling water. Once cooked, the leaves are plunged into cold water, and the cooked rice spread removed, and cut fine. This is the ada.Now Ada packet available in all stores.I prepared Ada pradaman on onam day.

Ingredients:

Ada : 1/2 cup
Milk : 1 lr milk
Sugar : 1 to1/2 cup or as per your taste
Cardomom powder: 1/4 teaspoon
Saffron (optional) strands : 2 or 3 strands

Method:

Soak rice ada in boiling hot water for 10 minutes and rinse them in cold waterand fry boiled ada with 2 tsp ghee

Boil milk in a thick bottom pan then Add boiled ada and reduce heat to low medium while stirring all the time.

Keep stirring till milk is reduced by 2/3rd. cook until the consistency becomes thick. This will take minimum 1 hr to 1 ½ hrs. the color of pradaman should be of pink color.

Add sugar and mix it well and boil for few min. Then add cardomom.

Delicious palada prathaman is ready…Serve warm.