Monday, 5 October 2015

LONKU MY WAY(CHAYOTE SQUASH)



Lonku with hari mirch and adrak
1kg lonku washed and cubed
10 whole green chilies slit length wise
1” ginger julienned
1tsp haldi
1tbsp dry mango pwder
1ladle mustard oil
1/4tsp heeng
Salt to taste  
Heat oil in pan  add heeng and ginger sauté for few second add lonku haldi and salt mix well cook covere for 5-6 minutes add green chilies and amchoor mix well cook coverer for another 5-6 minutes or till done…serve hot  with chapaties or pratha.
Lonku chana til
500gms lonku washed and cubed
4tnsp chana daal
2tbsp sesame (til)
1tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp haldi
1tsp dry mango powder
5 whole red chilies
4cloves garlic mashed
4tbsp mustard oil
Salt to taste
Dry roast chana daal, til and 3 red chilies and powder them with amchoor, heat oil add mustard seed  red chilies add garlic when chilies turn brown add lonku haldi and salt mix well cook till 70% done add powdered spices mix well cook covered till done serve hot with chapatti or prantha.
Lonku with chana daal
500 gms lonku washed and cubed
100 gms chana daal
1tsp haldi
3medium size tomatoes chopper
4cloves garlis mashed
½” ginger chopped finely
1tsp zeera
2 medium green chilies chopped
1/2tsp red chili powder
Mustard oil 1 ladle
1” piece of butter
1tbsp coriander leaves chopped
Salt to taste
Wash daal put in a pressure cooker with lonku 1cup of water haldi red chili pwd and 1/2tsp of salt cook for 2-3 whistle on cooling open the lid and mash little with the back of the ladle. Heat oil in a pan add zeera when it is brown add garlic and ginger sauté for 30 sec add green chilies and tomatoes add the some salt sauté till oil gets separated from the tomatoes add lonku daal mix well cook for 3-4 minute on low  remove from fire put in a serving bowl mix butter garnish with hara dhania and serve hot as you like.
Lonku raita
250 gms lonku grated
400 gms beaten curd
1tsp roasted zeera powder
1tbsp hara dhania, 2hari mirchi ½ “ piece ginger ground to paste
Equal quantity of both black and normal salt to taste
Boil lonku till done, run through cold water and drain
In a serving bowl mix together everything refrigerate for half an hour serve as side dish….
Lonku kofta

250 gms lonku grated
 4 tbsp besan
¼ tsp red chili powder
1 green chili/hari mirch, finely chopped
1/2tsp salt
oil for  frying the koftas
for gravy
2 large tomatoes chopped
1 medium sized onion chopped
1 green chili chopped
1 inch ginger chopped
4-5 garlic chopped
2 tbsp broken cashews/kaju(optional)
1 tsp cumin/jeera
 ½ tsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder/haldi
¼ tbsp garam masala powder
 2 tbsp oil if using fresh oil
salt to taste
 squeeze the grated lonku and keep the juice aside.
mix all the ingredients for making the koftas with the grated lonku except oil
make small round shaped balls and deep fry in oil till golden brown. drain on paper tissues. blend onion tomatoes green chilies ginger and garlic, kaju to a smooth paste. Remove extra oil from the frying pan in which the koftas were fried. keep  2 tbsp oil.   heat the oil and first fry the cumin. then add the masala paste.  fry for 8-10 mins or till mixture start leaving the side of the pan and then add all the spice powders. stir and continue to fry the masala paste till it starts leaving oil from the sides.  add the juice and about 1 cup water to the paste. stir and cook  for 3-4 mins on boiling . lastly add the fried  kofta. switch off the fire and let them be in the  curry for a few minutes. Serve hot as you like….


Lonku pakorha
250 gms of lonku chopped length wise
For batter
100 gms of besa
½ tsp red chili pwder
½ tsp haldi
1tsp amchhor
2big pinches of heeng
½ tsp garam masala
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
Mix ther ingredients of batter on a bowl with 1cup of water it should be little tick heat oil in a frying pan when its hot take one tbsp hot oil from the pan and mix it well in the batter , not dip each piece one by one in the batter and fry till golden

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