Ingredients

• 1 cup whole urad or black gram lentil
• 1/3 cup kidney beans( Rajma)
• 1 tbs grated ginger
• 1. tsp Red chilli powder
• 1 tsp. turmeric powder
• 3-4 tbs. clarified butter 
• 1 tsp. cumin seeds
• 1 tsp. ground cumin powder
• A large pinch of hing
• 1 tbsp minced ginger & garlic
• 1 medium onion (thinly chopped ,optional)
• 2-3 medium tomatoes, finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp. Garam Masala
• 1/2 cup fresh cream.
• coriander leaves to garnish
• Salt to taste
  Wash and soak black urad whole and rajma overnight. When I am out of time I usually soak them for hour atleast. Cook the soaked dal and rajma in 5-6 cups of water with salt, red chili powder, fennel seeds powder, turmeric, and grated ginger till dal and rajma are done/soft. I use pressure cooker for all kind of beans and for this I usually do 10-12 whistles. Lightly mash dal and rajma mixture, keep aside. Heat oil or butter in a thick bottomed pan. Add cumin seeds and hing, let it crackle. Add ginger, garlic, chopped onions, and cook till light golden brown in color. Add chopped tomatoes. Sauté till tomatoes are well mashed and fat starts to leave the masala. Add mashed dal and rajma to this mixture and little water ( desired consistency). Add garam masala & cumin powder. Correct seasoning, and simmer at very slow flame for 15-20 minutes.Add fresh cream and let it simmer for 5 minutes and turn off the heat. Garnish with coriander leaves before serving.

Serve hot with Naan or Paratha or even with rice!

This is classic receipe in our house. This is one of my favorite snack Receipe because it very tasty, quick and Spicy :)

Ingredients:

• 1 Finely Chopped Tomatoe
• 1 Finely Chopped Onion
• Salt
• 1/2 t sp. Chilli Powder
• 1/2 t sp. Garam Masala
• 1/2 t sp. Cumin Powder
• 1/2 t sp. Chaat Masala
• Fresh Coriander  Chopped
• Wheat Bread 8 Slices

Direction:

Mix all ingredients in bowl nicely except Bread. If possible try to mash it with hand. Please do not grind it. Spread this masala/mixture over one bread Slice and cover it with another slice and cook it in Sandwich Maker. If you don't have Sandwich Maker, Heat Skillet, add little oil if needed and cook sandwich on it. Turn sandwich after 1 minute and cook another side. If you want it dark and toasty, keep thali/plate over sanwich and keep some heavy box/pressure cooker over plate/thali while sandwich is on Skillet/Tava. Usually Sandwich maker does a good job and its pretty inexpensive. I bought few years back for $10 or so from Target.

This is my friends "Stanley's Idea". if I won't name him, I won't be able to contribute anymore because I will be dead. I have done some modifications too it, to make it more deliecious. I like this receipe because its quick, tasty and it has Broccoli which has good nutritional value.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli Sliced - 1
• Small Onion long sliced- 2
• Tomatoe - 1
• Eggs - 4
• Coriander leaves - few
• Coriander Powder - 1 t sp
• Cumin Powder - 1 t sp
• Chilli Powder -  1/2 t sp
• Salt
• Garam Masala - 1/2 t sp
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 t sp
• Oil - 1 tb sp
• Garlic- 3 cloves

First cook Broccoli in half of the oil mentioned above. Once it done, take it out of pan and keep it aside. In same pan add oil and when oil is heated add cumin seeds and onions. Once onion turns light brown add tomatoe and smashed Garlic . Cook them till tomatoe becomes soft completely. If I am out of tomatoe, I usually add Hunt Tomatoe puree 1/3 of small can. Add Coriander powder, Chilli, salt and Cumin powder. Cook for few more minutes. Now Break eggs and add in pan, keep stirring . When eggs are half cooked, add broccoli to it. Try to fold broccoli in eggs as much as you can. Add garam masala and keep stirring until eggs are cooked completely. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with Rice or chappati.

Enjoy!

When I am out of fresh tomatoe, I use tomatoe puree and I observe that my Garlic turns Green/Blue in final receips. I seriuosly got scared and threw out garlic. One day when I saw on America's Test Kitchen and came to know this:

"Working on a pasta sauce recipe for an upcoming issue, test cook Erika Bruce noticed that fresh garlic cloves sometimes take on an odd blue-green shade when cooked with acid (tomatoes, in this case).Under acidic conditions, isoallin, a compound found in garlic, breaks down and reacts with amino acids to produce a blue-green color. Visually, the difference between garlic cooked with and without acid can be dramatic, but a quick taste of the green garlic proved that the color doesn't affect flavor."

Hope it Helps!

I learned this recipe few weeks back and since this is on our breakfast menu every Weekend. Its addictive and yummy, so be cautious :)

Ingredients:

• Jam(I prefer organic apricot)
• Plain Cream Cheese  at room remperature(low fat will work too)
• Wheat Bread(at least something is healthy)
• Egg
• Salt
• Little Seasonings(Black pepper or cinnamon powder)

Its a french toast with tasty filling inside. First we need to break some egg to coat breads, add some salt and seasonings to it, mix it thoroughly and keep it aside. Now in small bowl add 2 spoons of Jam and 2 spoons of Cream Cheese, mix it will. don't worry if u have little lumps. we are not trying to make paste, just mix as much as you can. Take a slice of bread, speard Jam/Cream Cheese filling on it, cover it with another piece of bread. Hold carefully and gently roll in egg mixture. Finally cook them on skillet till egg coating is done. I promise it won't take more then fifteen minutes next time.

 Cheers,

This one of my favourite  mexican recipe and fairly simple to create. I usually make this when I want to come out of kitchen asap and want to eat something else than indian cuisine.

Chicken Fajitas

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/4 stick butter
• 1 cap full Mrs. Dash (regular or chipotle) /you can use your own version of spices. I sometime add little Chilli powder, salt and jeera powder when I am out of Mrs. Dash.
• 1 large onion
• 1 green pepper
• 1/4 brown sugar

Topping:
lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, cheese, tortillas

Slice chicken into long strips, place in pan with half of the butter and Mrs. Dash. Cook until done and lightly browned. Stir in a small amount of water or chicken broth and the brown sugar. Cook until caramelized.
Chop the pepper and onions into strips and rings, sauté in a separate skillet with the remaining butter, if you want to save time else you can cook in same pan once chicken is done, take it out and cook onion and bell pepper. Cook until onions are caramelized and peppers have crispy edges.

These fajitas are really easy to make and a little different because they're sweet and spicy. Buy a packet of tortilla and serve this chicken fajita with toppings.

Enjoy!