Gongura Pachadi

   Yummy  gongura pachadi ,my dear hubby like so much . lot of people have  problems with tamarind.so instead of  that u can use gongura . we can do lot of dishes with gongura like gongura pappu,gongura mutton,gongura chicken , gongura rice etc. kids don't like leaves so you can use then like above dishes .

Ingredients: 

• gongura 1 bunch
• 5 green chillies
• 1 garlic clove 
• curry leaves 
• 3 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 
• 1/2 tsp mustered seeds
• 1/2 tsp urad dal(minapa pappu)
• pinch of turmeric powder
• salt 
• chopped onions(optional)

 Preparation:

          heat 1 tsp of oil in the pan ,fry the green chillis take a side and add gongura leaves (cleaned and washed) in the same pan ,cook it 5 min.
         then grind all together (green chillies,cooked gongura leaves,garlic clove,salt).
for seasoning : heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan add cumin seeds,mustered seeds ,urad dal, turmeric ,finally curry leaves . mix it with above gongura paste . if u want you can add some chopped unions into this pachadi .
you can eat with hot rice mmm yummy ho god . i just have it with rice .

Channa Masala (chole )

Channa Masala (chole) is north indian dish . it's very healthy food . you can eat it with chapati ,poori, rice .

  Ingredients:

•  1 cup chick peas(chole)
•   2  chopped  onions
•   2 or 3 finely chopped  tomatoes
•   3 green chilli 
•   4ts oil 
•   salt to taste
•  1 ts ginger garlic paste
•  1 ts red chilli powder
• 1 ts coriander powder
• 1/2 ts garam masala powder
• 1/2 ts  turmeric
• 1 ts cumin seeds
• 2 cloves
•  2 bay leaves
• 2 cardamom
• cinnamon stick
• chopped coriander leaves for garnish 
• lime (optional)

  Preparation :

• sock the chick peas for 6 to 10 hours and cook it in presser cooker for 4 whistles.
• take some oil in pan add cloves,cardamoms ,bay leaves ,cinnamon stick and  cumin seeds when they splatter add chopped onions  when they get brown then add turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste  ofter that add finely chopper tomatoes, green chillies.
• cook it 5 min make sure tomatoes cooked very nice then add coriander powder, garam masala ,red chilli powder  and mix it well.cook it for 3 min .
• then add the cooked chole with some water .cook it until  grave get thicker . then taste it . if u need some spice/salt  add red chilli powder  .
• finally add chopper coriander leaves and some lime juice . 

you can also eat it like chaat   just add some onions,some lime .it taste yummy . kids love it .
here is my dish