Low fat simple Healthy dishes
Sooki Bindhi, Aloo Baigan, Sliced Arbi
Popular dessert dishes are Urad ka Dal Pinnis, Gajjar ka Halwa, Pinjiri, Rasgullas, gulab -jamuns and many more.​
 
New Tomato Rice:
Ingredient: 1C rice washed in 4-5 waters. Soak for 1/2 hour,   drain and keep aside. 2Cups water; 2 onions chopped fine;      1/2 lb tomatoes, finely chopped; 1/2 Tsp turmerc powder;
A few mint leaves; 1" Ginger piece; 7-8 garlic flakes;
juice of 1/2 lemon; Green Chilies and salt according to taste;
2tbsp Oil or Ghee;
Method: 1. Grind ginger, garlic and green chillies to a paste.  
2. Heat oil or ghee, fry the onion till brown. Add ginger-garlic paste, fry fr 2 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes, salt and turmeric powder. 
3. Saute until the tomatoes are well done and the sauce is formed. Add strained rice and cook for 2 minutes.
4. Add water, stir and cover. Cook until rice is nearly cooked, about 10mts. Add mint leaves and lemon juice. Stir in gently the lemon juice and then add the mint leaves. Cover and remove from fire.                                                                                                       
​Serve hot with curd.

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Paneer mushroom curry
Festival dishes are as shown above are Sag mushroom paneer, Paneer mushroom curry





​Vegetarian food is recommended by the Dietitians for Healthy Body.
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Dishes with Masala and Curry- A little  heavy dishes
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Masala Gobi Musalam;  Stuffed Tinda;  Spinach koftas with Cheese filling
 
These dishes can be served in Parties.

In any North Indian festivals the main dishes served  are Allo Puri and kadhu ke sabz                                 
Sweet sour Pumpkin- (Mitha Khata Khadu)
Ingredients:
250gm Pumpkin (Phetha)
1C thinly slices onion
1-2 green chilies, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
1tsp Haldi (Turmeric)  
1tsp chopped fresh Ginger
1tsp salt
½ -1tsp Sugar
1 -1 ½ tbsp. Amchur powder (dry Mango powder)
½tsp red Chili powder
½tsp red Chili flakes
¼tsp Garam masala
2tbsp chopped fresh Coriander leaves
4tbsp cooking Oil
Method;
Wash and cut the pumpkin, discarding the inside seeds and threads, into ¾“ pieces  
Heat oil on medium heat, and add onion, green chilies and ginger. Stir fry until the onions are light brown.
Put in chopped tomatoes, cook for 2 minutes. Add pumpkin stir for a minute then add salt, red chili and haldi. Mix well stir in ¼ C water, cover and cook on medium low heat for 10-12 minutes or until the pumpkin is cooked and soft. The skin of the pumpkin should be quite soft.
There should be a little liquid in it, if it is dry add 2tbsp more water to make the sabzi some- what watery. Stir in sugar, cook for 1mt.  
Then add amchur to the Khadu. Mix and cook stirring on high heat, uncovered for 1 minute. Lower heat and cook covered for 2-3 minutes more.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with Puris or Parantha.  

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Masala Gobi Musalam; stuffed Tinda; Spinach Koftas with cheese; Sweet & sour Kaddu (Pumpkin)






​Simple healthy dishes                                          
Which are rarely cooked in our homes these days, their relishes still linger in our mind. They are cooked in minimum of time and are healthy, easy to prepare.  
Dishes like  Cabbage  potato and the following dishes comes under this heading    Tori   –     Indian Subzi   
Methi  Bhaji ; Bhartha (Mashed Eggplant)                                                         
Dandhal (Spicy Cauliflower Stem) Sabzi                                     
Aloo-Kathar (Pea peel)                                                                          
Quick Spicy Punjabi Channa: Microwaved                                 
Cut Okra Sliced Onion Sabzi                                                       
Vegetable Spinach Koftas                                                           
Tomato onion subzi                                                                              
Salgam (Turnip)