Ivy Gourd/ Gentlemen's Toes/ Little Gourd Vegetable

 Ingredients:

• Ivy Gourd/ Gentlemen's Toes/ Little Gourd /Tendula (Tondli)  250 grams, chopped horizontally or vertically as desired.
• 3 green chilies finely chopped
• cumin seeds ( jeera)
• mustard seeds
• Salt as required
• Oil
• turmeric powder
• Asafoetida
• Lemon juice if desired
• ½ table spoon sugar if desired
• Coriander leaves

Time Required:

15 minutes.

Serving:

2 persons

Method:

• Take a table spoon of oil in a pan and add mustard, cumin seeds and let it crackle. 
• Add green chilies and sauté for a minute.
• Add asafoetida and tendula cut pieces to the pan. Mix everything thoroughly.
• Keep it on low flame and keep stirring after a while.
• Add turmeric powder, coriander leaves, lemon juice (if desired), sugar (if desired). Cook for few minutes but keep sauting in between.
•  Serve hot along with chapati/rotli/dashmi.

Health Benefits:

  Being rich in vitamin C, it helps in strengthening your bones and improving your body structure. It is also a rich source of vitamin  B1,  B2 and Vitamin A which help in strengthening your immune system, and thus keep away diseases.

Tendli is also rich in minerals like potassium, calcium and iron, which are needed in optimum quantities for the optimum functioning of your body. A very good vegetable controlling the diabetes, it is natural blood purifier and detoxifier. With lots of fiber contents it prevents and cures constipation.

Bonus Tip :

You can add plain curd or flavored yogurt to vegetable while cooking and this will give you different taste. Boiled raw banana pieces also can be added to the vegetable and that will be different version.  Tomato can be added and you will get again a different version of the vegetable.

Fuel Saving Tip :

Remember you can save up to 30% of gas/fuel if you simply switch on the gas stove only after preparation of all required materials within reach. You will not only avoid the idle flame but also will save wastage of 135gs of gas.

Barik Chival no Bhagro

 Ingredients:

•  (Barik Chival)  250 grams, chopped
• 2 green chilies finely chopped
• cumin seeds ( jeera)
• mustard seeds
• Salt as required
• Oil
• turmeric powder
• Asafoetida
• Lemon juice if desired
• Gram flour (besan) 3 table spoon

Time Required:

15 minutes.

Serving:

2 persons

Method:

• Take a table spoon of oil in a pan and add mustard, cumin seeds and let it crackle. 
• Add green chilies and sauté for a minute.
• Add asafoetida, turmeric powder and barik chival cut pieces to the pan. Mix everything thoroughly.
• Keep it on low flame and keep stirring after a while.
• Add green gram flour to the mixture and mix well. Cook for few minutes but keep sauting in between.
•  Serve hot along with chapatti/rotli/dashmi.

Health Benefits:

 Low calorie, good source of fiber  maintain improved blood sugar levels and helps to slow the rate of absorption of carbohydrate.

Zinc vitamin C copper, foliates, potassium and iron carry out many important functions in the body including ensuring normal electrical activity in the heart and utilizing proteins. 

Bonus Tip :

You can add plain curd or flavored yogurt to vegetable while cooking and this will give you different taste. Tomato can be added and you will get again a different version of the vegetable.

Fuel Saving Tip :

Remember you can save up to 30% of gas/fuel if you simply switch on the gas stove only after preparation of all required materials within reach. You will not only avoid the idle flame but also will save wastage of 135gs of gas.

Cow Pea - Black Eyed Peas (Chawali Bhaji)

Ingredients:

• Cow Pea - Black eyed peas beans (Chawali)  250 grams, chopped horizontally or vertically as desired.
• 2 green chilies finely chopped
• cumin seeds ( jeera)
•  mustard seeds
• Salt as required
• Oil
• turmeric powder
• Asafoetida
• Lemon juice if desired
• ½ table spoon sugar if desired
• Coriander leaves

Time Required:

15 minutes.

Serving:

2 persons

Method:

• Take a table spoon of oil in a pan and add mustard, cumin seeds and let it crackle. 
• Add green chilies and sauté for a minute.
• Add asafoetida, turmeric powder and chawali cut pieces to the pan. Mix everything thoroughly.
• Keep it on low flame and keep stirring after a while.
• Add coriander leaves, lemon juice (if desired), sugar (if desired). Cook for few minutes but keep sauting in between.
•  Serve hot along with chapatti/rotli/dashmi.

Health Benefits:

  Low calorie, good source of fiber  maintain improved blood sugar levels and helps to slow the rate of absorption of carbohydrate.

Zinc vitamin C copper, foliates, potassium and iron carry out many important functions in the body including ensuring normal electrical activity in the heart and utilizing proteins. 

Bonus Tip :

You can add ground nut powder to vegetable while cooking and this will give you different taste. Tomato can be added and you will get again a different version of the vegetable.

Fuel Saving Tip :

If you soak the vegetable in water for some time before cooking, it will require lesser time and energy to cook. Also, you can use the water used for soaking for making daal or other vegetables.

Okra (Bhendi) vegetable

Ingredients:

• Okra (Lady finger or Bhendy)  250 grams, chopped horizontally or vertically as desired.
• 3 green chilies finely chopped
• cumin seeds ( jeera)
  
• mustard seeds
• Salt as required
• Oil
• turmeric powder
• Asafoetida
• Lemon juice if desired
• ½ table spoon sugar if desired
• Coriander leaves

Time Required:

15 minutes.

Serving:

2 persons

Method:

• Take a table spoon of oil in a pan and add mustard, cumin seeds and let it crackle. 
• Add green chilies and sauté for a minute.
• Add asafoetida and okra cut pieces to the pan. Mix everything thoroughly.
• Keep it on low flame and keep stirring after a while.
• Add turmeric powder, coriander leaves, lemon juice (if desired), sugar (if desired). Cook for few minutes but keep sauting in between.
•  Serve hot along with chapatti/rotli/dashmi.

Health Benefits:

Okra is low calorie vegetable, rich source of dietary fiber, iron, calcium,  magnesium, vitamin A, B-6, C, K,  and anti-oxidants.

Bonus Tip :

You can add plain curd or flavored yogurt to vegetable while cooking and this will give you different taste. Boiled raw banana pieces also can be added to the vegetable. 

Fuel Saving Tip :

Remember you can save up to 30% of gas/fuel if you simply switch on the gas stove only after preparation of all required materials within reach. You will not only avoid the idle flame but also will save wastage of 135gs of gas.