Shalgam aur Matar ka Bharta/ Turnip and Peas Bharta/ Side Dish with Turnip and Peas

Shalgam aur Matar ka Bharta/

Turnip and Peas Bharta/

Side Dish with Turnip and Peas

Hi Friends,

This vegetable comes in most neglected veggies, because of its taste. Kids generally don't like it. Even i am the one who prefer eating it raw as salad instead of cooked one. But years back one of my colleague at previous office came with its bharta and at first we were not able to recognize the veggie. When she told us that its turnip/shalgam, we were so much surprised. From that day onward  when ever this veggie comes in handy i make this bharta. Even kids would not be able to recognize the veggie. 

Its bit time consuming but once you know how to make it, then it will be like any other side for you. What i do is, i do half step, one day earlier so that half of the work is done and i can make them in no time. Like i boil it and prepare tadka at night and proceed in the morning. This way its very easy and fast to make it. You can also do it side by side, its not that much hard to do it. Just like we do for baigan bharta. Start boiling it and by the time it will be done your tadka will be prepared. So hardly 30 minutes will be enough to make this side for your loved ones. Try this guys it will be on menu list every time you see them.

Ingredients:-
Shalgam/Turnip - 1 kg
Peas- 1 cup
Onion- 1 medium
Tomato- 2 medium
Ginger - 1 tsp grated or pureed\
Garlic- 1 tsp grated or pureed
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
Coriander seeds- 1 tsp
Turmeric- 1/4 tsp
Sambar Masala- 3 tsp
salt- as per your taste

Method:-

Take all your veggies

peal and wash them 

chop them finely 
you can pure them too

Now take 1.5 glass water in a cooker and add salt

and turmeric powder 

cook them upto three whistles

Your ingredients are ready

mash cooked turnips with the back of spoon 
or you can puree them in mixer 

all mashed

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a vessel

throw in cumin seeds and let them crackle

crush coriander seeds

throw in too 

now add chopped/pureed ginger garlic

saute for few seconds

then onion

let them brown

add tomatoes 

mix well  and cook till oil separates

see oil separated

add salt+sambar powder

mix well and cook for more 10 seconds

throw in peas

mix well, cover and cook for few minutes

cooked in 2 minutes

add mashed/pureed turnips

mix well cover and cook for 2 minutes

then uncover and cook till all water evaporates

DONE

Notes:-

1. You can make this side dish without onion ginger garlic also. Just skip them and proceed with tomatoes alone.
2. You can make it without sambar masala also. Replace it with garam masala and coriander powder and make simple side dish.
3. You can make it bit runny also, use leftover water after boiling to make it gravy like, but the real taste is in dry version like bharta. 
4. You can skip peas but it will give you a unique taste. So its recommended. 
5. Chopping onion, ginger and garlic finely will give a great taste, but you can puree them if you don't like chunks in between. 

Hope you will like it

Love

PariCash

Mix Veg Savory Cake/ Tea Time Snacks/ Kids Special

Mix Veg Savory Cake/

Tea Time Snacks/

Kids Special

Hi Friends,

In these chilling days and frozen nights what we all need is some piping hot coffee and something to munch with it. Cake is not always a good idea as some times hot savory snack do the trick. On a chilling evening i was craving to bake something and i was totally  confused that what should i bake? Firstly i though to bake a chocolate cake then i thought its vry regular in my home sooooo why not a savory cake. Yes a savory cake. I immediately made list of ingredients (in my mind) and searched for the available ingredients and came delighted to know that i was having each and everything i was looking for. 

Please don't scared with the ingredients list as it seems very long but believe me most of the ingredients are available in any home bakers home. I went ahead with my imagination but the most difficult part was baking it. As i was doing everything by my own imagination it was the part where my imagination went wrong. Normally my cakes take hardly 30-35 minutes but this cake done in 50 minutes (why? even i don't know). Here are some points which i mentioned in my notes section. If you want to try this cake then pls read notes carefully. You can enjoy this cake warm or cold any way you like. 

Ingredients:-
Wheat Flour or APF - 1.5 Cups
Baking Powder-1 tsp
Baking Soda- 1 tsp
Cauliflower - 1 small piece (2 tbsp chopped in small pieces)
Mushroom - 2-3 (Chopped 1 tbsp)
Peas- 1 tbsp
Onion - 1 medium
Tomato - 1 medium
Cumin Seeds-1/2 tsp
Mustered Seeds- 1/2 tsp
Chaat Masala- 1 tsp
Red Chilly pdr- 1 tsp
Turmeric Pdr- 1/4 tsp (optional)
Hot Water- as needed ( i used 1.5 glass)
Pumpkin Seeds- 2-3 tsp (optional)
Salt- as per taste

Method:-

Take all your ingredients

Wheat flour +baking soda+baking pdr

Sieve them

Chop veggies

Heat 2-3 tbsp oil in a pan

 add cumin seeds+mustered seeds+hing

let them crackle

now add peas

when they start spluttering

add chopped mushroom and cauliflower

mix well

now add chopped onion and tomato

mix well and cook them for only few seconds
don't overcook them veggies should be firm

add salt and turmeric

chaat masala

Mix everything well

Take sieved flour in a big bowl 

 Throw in all cooked veggies

Mix well

add hot water

add little at a time

Mix well and make a smooth batter

Tip in the greased and dusted pan

sprinkle pumpkin seeds on top

ready to bake

Baked in 50 minutes

Hot savory Cake

see the texture

sorry picture is not clear

Notes:-

1. For more airy and spongy cake you can use maida/APF instead of wheat or multi grain flour. My cake was bit dense.
2. Veggies like peas/ mushroom are purely optional, you can add any of your favorite veggie like carrot etc.
3. You can add chopped ginger, garlic and green chilly as per your liking.
4. Don't overcook veggies, we just have to saute them a bit.
5. You can add 3/4 cup of curd to make it more spongy and airy.
6. Turmeric is purely optional as i want my cake bit yellowish i used it. You can skip it.
7. You can use sesame seeds instead of pumpkin seeds. I used it to give it a crunch. Or you can skip both of things and make it plain.

Hope you will like it

Love

PariCash