Easy Veggie Salad

Ingredients
1 cup carrots,chopped
1 cup cabbage,shredded
1 cup onion,chopped
1 cup tomato,chopped
1 cup sprouts
2 tbsp pepper
a pinch of salt
mayonnaise

Method
Mix all the vegetables and sprouts in a bowl.
Add enough mayonnaise to the veggies and toss well.
Sprinkle pepper and salt and mix again.
Refrigerate for an hour before serving.

Chilli Babycorn

1 pack of babycorn
3 tbsp corn flour
4 spring onions,chopped
3 green chillis,chopped
2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1tbsp soya sauce
a pinch of ajinomotto
1tbsp vinegar
few greens
salt
oil

Make a batter with cornflour and water and mix the chopped babycorns well.
Heat oil in a wok,fry the babycorns for a few minutes till they turn golden brown and remove from heat.
In a pan,add oil and saute the onions till light pink.
Add the chillis and ginger garlic paste,mix well.
Add the soya sauce,vinegar,ajinomotto and salt.
Now add the babycorns and toss it well and cook for a few minutes.
Garnish with the greens and serve hot.

Carrot Halwa

Ingredients
3 carrots,grated
1/4 cup milk
4 tbsp castor sugar
1/4 tspn cardamom powder
2 tspn ghee
pinch of saffron

Method
Heat the ghee in a kadai and saute the carrots well.
Add the milk and keep stirring till it evaporates.
Then add the sugar and continue stirring until the mixture is slightly thick.
Add the cardamom powder,saffron and stir well.
Serve hot or chilled.

Poha

Ingredients
4 cups poha
1 cup peas,boiled
1 cup potatoes,boiled
1 tsp asafoetida
1 tsp mustard seeds
few curry leaves
2 red chilies
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chili powder
2 tsp salt
2 green chilies
1/2 cup water

Method
Heat oil in a kadai,let the mustard seeds splutter and then add asafoetida,curry leaves,red chilies and saute.
Add the peas,chilies,potatoes and mix with red chili powder and turmeric powder.
Add salt and poha and mix well, add water to this mixture and keep stirring.
Garnish with curry leaves and serve hot.

Moongdal Jalferezi

200gm boiled sprouts
1tsp cumin seeds
2 onions,chopped
1tbsp ginger-garlic paste
1tsp garam masala
2tsp dania powder
2tsp salt
1tsp chilli powder
1/2tsp tumeric powder
1/2 cup curds
1tsp kasoori methi

Heat oil in a kadai,add the cumin seeds .
Then add the onions and saute till they turn pink and add the ginger garlic paste.
Add garam masala,dania powder,tumeric powder,red chilli powder,salt and keep stirring till they are mixed well.
Add the boiled sprouts and mix well with the masala.
Add a cup of water and bring the mixture to boil and simmer and keep stirring.
Add the curds and blend well and finally top it with kasoori methi.
Serve hot with rotis.