Malaysian Stir-Fried Water Spinach (Kang kong ) with Shrimp Paste

Method

Method
1 bundle water spinach (from Chinese store)
Wash thoroughly and cut into 1 1/2 inch  length.
Separate the stems and the leaves
 1 fistful of dry shrimps , clean and wash and gmash into a paste .
Heat 1 tbsp oil add 2 cup chopped onion
add 4 pods of mashed garlic, some finely chopped green chillys or red chilly paste.Fry till it becomes light brown.
Add 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp fish sauce
Add the dry shrimp paste and stir fry
Add the spinach stems first stir fry for a few minutes and then add the leaves.
When  done serve hot. Eat like a salad.

Note: Fish sauce is a substitute for salt. Do not add salt.

Punjabi Khadi

Method -
 Mix 1 tbsp basin in little water .
Add  2 glasses of butter milk and mix thoroughly  adding little water.
Add salt to taste
 Keep this on gas and stir till it becomes little thick and then remove from the gas.
Heat 2 tbsp oil.
Add 1/2 tsp mustard , curry leaves chopped coriander leaves , little asafoetida , 3 to 4 bits of red chillys,1/2 tsp ginger garlic  paste and 1/2 tsp turmeric powder.
Once the mustard starts to splutter, add this seasoning to the butter milk khadi
Serve with rice or consume like soup .

Mutton Red Curry

Method
 1 kg mutton pieces
wash and keep aside
Masala
 2 big onions chop
Two big tomatoes chop
1 cup  grated coconut
4 to 5 tbspn  byadigi chillipowder or 1/2 cup byadigi chillies ( roasted or without roasted)
Roast the ingredients below-
4 tbspn coriander seeds
1tspn cumin seeds
1 tspn kuskus
4 ,5 elachies
2" cinnaman
4 to 5 cloves
 4 , 5 garlic pods
2 " ginger
 keep aside
 In the same kadai heat little oil
Fry chopped onion till it becomes transulant
while frying onion add ginger and garlic pods and fry for a while
Add chopped tomatoes and fry till it become soft

Keep this aside
 In the  same kadai fry grated coconut
Add chillipowder or chillies and fry for 10 minutes

Grind the onion paste and roasted ingredients first
 Add  coconut with red chilli powder
 Grind to smooth paste

In the pressure cooker heat 3 tbspn oil
Add 1/2 cup of finely chopped onion . fry till it becomes light brown
Add 1 chopped tomatoes fry till it becomes mushy
Add 3 , 4 bayleaves
Add the masala and stir for a while
add the washed mutton and mix well
Salt to taste and  little water
Mix together and pressure cook it with 2 whistles (If the mutton is tender)
  Open the pressure cooker after it is cooled fully ;
If the mutton is cooked mix thoroughly adding sufficient water according to ur consistency .
Add 1/2 cup chopped coriender leaves and simmer for a while
 Serve hot with bread or rice

KARELA SABJI

Method -
4 medium size karelas
 Cut legth wise and remove seeds
 cut in to small cubes or  legthwise 1/4 "  thin pieces
Wash and apply 1tbsn  Salt, keep aside for 2 to 3 hours time .
 Squeeze nicely and remove the bitter salt water
   2 small raw mangoes wash and cut in to similar cubes as karela cubes
 1 big onion chopped in to cubes or in to thin legthwise similar to karela slices
 Heat 4 tbspn oil
Splutter 1 tspn mustard , curry leaves 4 slit green or red chillies
Add chopped onion and fry
Add karela  , fry for a while
Add mangoe cubes and fry till  they r soft

Add 1 tspn asafoetida powder , 1 tspn turmeric powder 1 tspn coriander powder , 1 tspn chilli powder and 1 tspn garam masala powder (optional)
Mix well
 This mixture can be baked in the oven at 350 degree temparature for one hours time till they become slightly crispy
 OR keep this on the medium flame tossing frequently till it becomes little crispy .
Add one fistful of coconut gratings and mix well
serve with dhal and rice , yumi !



P .S
If mango  is not available
soak little jaggory and tamarind in  little water and squerze it after a while and add the water to seasoned karela  and cook.fr a while .after it is  cooked stirr it on fire till it is done ! 

PARVAL SABJI

method -
 1/2 kg parval
remove skin and wash
 Cut length wise into 2 or 3 pieces
2 small potatoes , peel cut legthwise and wash
Cut 1 big onion lengthwise
 Heat 3 to 4 tbspn oil in a kadai
 Splutter 1 tspn mustard , a few curry leaves
Add cut onions and 1 tbspn garlicpaste + 1 " ginger chopped finely + 5 slit green chillies
 fry for a while
Add potatoes and fry for a while
 Add parval , fry for 5 to 10  minutes till they become soft
Add 1 tbspn coriander powder , 1 tspn cumin powder , 1 tspn turmeric powder ,
and 1 tbsn redchilli powder , 11/2 tbsn amchur powder , 1 tspn asafoetida powder(optional)
1 tspn garam masala
chopped coriander leaves
 Mix and stir well
keep on the gas fire till done
 Serve hot with rice dhal or with roties