Cauliflower Avakaya

A quick and easy pickle.



Ingredients:

• Cauliflower : 1/2 of big flower


• Red Chili powder : 3/4th cup


• Salt : as needed


• Methi seeds : 2 Tb sp


• Mustard seeds : 4 tb sp


• Lemon juice : 1/4th cup


• Oil

Procedure:

• Clean and chop cauliflower into small florets.Dry roast methi and mustard seeds separately.Once cooled, grind it to a fine powder.


• Heat oil.


• In a mixing bowl add cauliflower,salt, red chili powder, and grinded powder,oil and the add lemon juice and mix once or twice.


• Leave it for 6-8 hrs and serve with rice and ghee.

Stays fresh for a week.

Note: Adjust salt and red chili powder as per your taste.

Sorakaya,tomato Pappu(Bottlegourd,tomato dal)

Ingredients:

• Sorakaya : 1/2
• Tomato: 1
• Toor Dal: 2 cups
• Onion: 1 small
• Green chilies :6
• Tamarind : small lemon size
• Salt
• Mustard seeds
• Cumin seeds
• Hing
• Urad Dal : 1 t sp
• Curry leaves : 2 strings
• Oil

Procedure:

• Soak Toor Dal for 20min.Chop sorakaya,tomato,onion,green chilies.
• Pressure cook Toor Dal and all chopped veggies till Dal is soft.
• Keep the cooked Dal on low flame and add tamarind and enough salt.
• In a small kadai, put tadaka or talimpu and add it the cooked Dal.
  

Serve with rice and papd and few drops of ghee.