Mint chutney

Ingredients:
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Dhalia - 1/2 cup
Green chillies - 4
Cilantro - 1/2 bunch
Mint Leaves - 1/2 bunch
Salt to taste
Garlic - 1 flake (optional)
Lime juice - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves - Few sprigs

Method:
Grind Coconut, Dhalia ,Green Chillies into paste.
Add Salt, Cilantro, Mint leaves, Garlic and salt to the mixture and grind into paste.
Take oil in a pan, add Mustard seeds, after it splutter. add curry leaves and fry it for a min.
Pour it to the ground mixture.

Akki Roti

Ingredients:
Rice flour - 2 cups
Onions - 1 cup ((fine chopped)
Curry leaves - few sprigs (fine chopped)
Green Chillies - 6 (fine chopped)
Salt to taste
Jeera - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - handful (fine chopped)
Dill leaves - handful (fine chopped)

Method:
Mix all the above ingredients into batter with water.
Tip: Batter should not be watery.
On the pan, Take a mixed dough and pat it on the pan. Cover it with a lid and cook for 2 mins on high flame.
Reduce the heat and remove the lid and cookit for 2 mins on med flame.
Flip the roti and cook it for 1 min.
Serve with chutney.

Palak Paneer

Ingredients:
250 gms paneer (cubed and lightly fried till brown in a tsp of ghee)
3 big bunches spinach
1 ½-2 tbsp ghee
1 tsp fennel seeds
2 onions finely chopped
2 green chillis slit length wise
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp red chilli pwd
2 big juicy tomatoes
1 cup water
salt to taste
½ tsp garam masala pwd (make a pwd of 2 cloves, 1 cardamom and 1" cinnamon stick)
1 tbsp Cream

Method:
In a pan, steam Palak(Spinach), Ginger garlic, Onion, Green chillies for 5 mins.
Tip: Steam Palak with little baking soda to retain the green color.
Add ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel add the onions and sauté them till light brown.
Add the tomato paste and let it cook for 5-6 mts on medium heat.
Add red chilli pwd and combine well.
Add the palak paste and let it cook further for another 4-5 mts.
Add the fried paneer cubes and combine. Cook covered on low heat for 3 mts.
Add the palak water and salt and cook on medium heat for 10-12 mts.
Add Cream, garam masala pwd and mix well.Reduce flame, cover and cook for 2 mts.
Serve hot with rotis or white steamed rice or rotis.

Palak Paratha

Ingredients:
Whole wheat flour-1 cup
Salt to taste
Jeera powder-1/2tsp
Coriander powder-1/4tsp
Oil-little
Palak-a hand full
Green chillies-1
Ginger & Garlic paste-1/2tsp
Baking Powder - 1/4tsp

Method:
Steam Palak leaves (Spinach) for 5 mins
Mix all above ingredients together & make a soft dough.Keep it covered with damp cloth for 30 minutes.
Take small balls & roll it out into a thin circle.
Cook on tawa adding oil on both sides till done.
Serve it hot with any gravy or raita.

Missi Roti

Ingredients:
2 cups Whole Wheat Flour (atta)
1 cup Gram Flour (Besan)
1 cup Maida (All purpose flour)
1 tsp Cumin Seeds (jeera)
2 tbsp Dry fenugreek leaves (kasoori methi)
1/2 tsp Red chili powder
Salt to taste
Pinch of turmeric powder
2 tbsp oil 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
1 Onion chopped (Optional) Water to knead

Method:
Mix all three flours, salt, chili powder, turmeric powder and mix well.
Make crushed fenugreek leaves, Chopped Onion, Ginger garlic paste and mix it to the flour.
Rub oil into the flour, slowly add water and make a soft dough and keep it covered with damp cloth for 30 minutes.
Knead well again the dough and make balls.
Roll into a slightly thick chapati than usual. Pre-heat the girdle (tawa) and cook the missi roti with or without oil.