Corn Tomato Bharta

Baigan/ Bringal bharta is very common dish in India, but as always I wanted to make something new so I prepared corn bharta. Corn is easily available these days and in my freezer frozen corn is always present. I made corn bharta when I had some unexpected guests at home, I wanted to make something special and new, so it was then when I made Corn Bharta.

Ingredients 1 cup boiled sweet corn 2 sweet big tomatoes 1 onion ¼ tsp. cumin seeds salt to taste ¼ tsp turmeric powder (haldi) ¼ tsp. red chilli powder (lal Mirch) ¼ tsp. coriander powder (dhaniya) ¼ tsp garlic ginger paste pinch of sugar 1 cup of coriander & mint leaves 1 tsp. oil

Method Boil the corn with little turmeric powder and salt. Heat 1 tsp. of oil and put in the cumin seeds When the cumin seeds start crackling, add ginger garlic paste then add onions. Fry till it turns golden. Add all the remaining masalas. Then add the chopped tomatoes mash it like bharta cover and let it cook. Then add the boiled corn. Garnish with coriander and mint leaves. Enjoy with roti bread or rice.

Onion Shallots/ Small Onions- Rainy Day Subzi

Onion Shallots (Chote Pyaz) ki subji is so close to my heart. It is a story way back to my childhood days when frozen vegetables were completely unheard or known about. Buying fresh vegetables from a sabjiwala vendor was the normal and only option in India. In our town, household could be out of vegetables after a heavy rain or just because all the sabjiwala gang was out watching an Amitabh Bachchan  movie the previous night....

Ok, so no fresh vegetables at home, so? Mom had to think of something quick and then my mother use to prepare delightful dry sabji from just small onions. Me and my brother would call it as “Rainy Day Sabji”. Every time it rains I miss my mom’s cooked simple Onion Shallot Subji.

So now when it is raining heavily in London, there is no chance that I would not have made this dish. This is dedicated to my childhood rainy days memories and my Mother! :)

Ingredients:

Oil 2 tsp.

Shallots/small onions 10-12 peeled and halved

Turmeric (haldi) 2 tsp.

Cumin pwder (jeera powder) 2 tsp.

Red chilli powder 1 tsp.

Coriander( Dhaniya) powder 1 Tbsp.

Garam Masala 2 tsp.

Amchur( Dry Mango)  Powder 1 tsp.

Water ½  cup

Salt to taste

Method:

Heat oil in the pan

When hot add onions, cumin, turmeric salt, red chilli, coriander powder and water. Mix well.

Just then when you find onions are soft and still crunchy, and then mix in it dry mango powder.

Lastly serve it with hot roti or phulkas.