Chowgra

Ingredients

6 to 8 medium potatoes cubed
1/4 cup green peas
1/4 carrots cubed
1/4 cup chopped beans
1/4 cup cauliflower in florets
1/4 cup chopped brinjal
1 cup sliced onions
2 tsp ginger and garlic paste
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp hilly powder
1 cup curd
1tbsp whole garam masala ( cardamom,clove,bay leaf, cinnamon and carway)
2 lemons
salt to taste
2 tbsp oil

Method
Keep all the cut vegetables separately. Heat oil in a wok, and fry one vegetable at a time. Remove and keep aside.
In the same wok saute the onions until golden brown. Add the garam masala, ginger garlic paster, salt and turmeric and chilly powders.
Stir until the spices blend. Add the vegetables and the curd. Cook for sometime on medium flame.Sprinkle little water while cooking
Add lemon juice in the end. Serve hot

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Arbi Gosht

Ingredients
1/2 kilo mutton
1/4 kg arbi
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 tbsp onion paste
2 tsp cashew paste
1 tsp melon seed paste
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp green chily paste
1/4 cup whipped curd
1 tsp  whole garam masala
1 tsp shahi jeera
1 tsp cardamom powder
3 tbp cream
1 tsp fresh chopped corainder
1 tbsp ghee
oil to fry

Method
Boil the arbi. remove the skin and slice. In a wok heat some oil and fry the arbi until crisp. Heat some oil. Add the garam masala
and shah jeera/ Add the washed and hopped mutton and onion paste. Cook on high flame , add the turmeric and green chilly paste.
Stir and add water. Cook under covered lid for some time until cooked. Add cardamom powder and cream and stir until blended. Add the fried arbi. Cook till mutton is soft. Garnish with coriander

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