Egg Methi Malai

                                  It's halloween .. Kids are super excited to wear their costumes and go trick or treating . Halloween is associated with different colors ; orange, green and purple . Pumpkins and corn...
                                  I wanted to make dinner on the same theme. Kiddos love eggs . And they go well on cold nights . I had methi (fenugreek) leaves in the fridge . Moms always want to make greens appetizing for kids . Same goes with me too . This was a perfect occasion when they ould be eating without any fuss . I made spooky vegetable biryani to along with the curry . Hope recipe of the spooky biryani makes to my blog soon...

We need :-

8 Eggs - Hard boiled
2 cups methi -chopped
1 medium onion - chopped
paste of 2" ginger and 3-4 garlic cloves
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2-3 whole cardamom
2 cloves
Paste of 4-5 cashews and 4-5 almonds soaked for 1/2 hr
1 cup yogurt
1 cup heavy cream ( optional : 1/2 cup heavy cream + 1/2 cup whole milk )
salt and sugar to taste
1 Tbsp Ghee or butter


To Proceed :-

1) Make slits on the hard boiled eggs in a way that they make a plus sign if put together ; i.e. one cut on each side of the egg .
2) Boil the onions in enough water till they are soft and tender .
3) Drain and make paste of boiled onions .This gives a sweeter taste to the gravy .
4) Heat ghee in pan ,add whole cardamoms and cloves .
5) Add the onion paste ,ginger -garlic paste and fry till the oil seperates .
6) Add turmeric powder ,coriander powder and garam masala and fry for a minute .
7) Add chopped methi and fry till the leaves start wilting .
8) Add yogurt and cook till the oil seperates .
9) Add the cashew-almond paste and fry for a minute .
10) Add the eggs and let the masala coat the eggs well .
11) Add salt and sugar to taste .
12) Add heavy cream and cook till the gravy comes to a boil . You can adjudt the consistency either with milk or water if needed .


       Serve warm with rice,pulao,biryani and roti ,naan , poori too . This gravy is on sweeter side and is favored by the kids .

Enjoy !!!

Vegetable shepards pie

                   On cold wintery nights I prefer warm one dish meals . This is an awesomely easy recipe and is ready in a jiffy . This is a very accomodating recipe so you can change everything according to your liking .

We need :

3-4 big potatoes
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cheese
1 tbsp oil
1 onion chopped
2 cups mixed vegetables ( i used 1/2 bag of frozen mixed vegetable , 1 bell pepper and 1/2 lb mushrooms ** Princess Pea tries new food only if she sees lots of mushrooms**)
1 1/2 tsp ginger-garlic- green chilli paste
1 tsp garam masala
salt to taste

To proceed :

1) Boil the potatoes.
2) Mash the potatoes with salt , 1 tbsp butter , sour cream , milk and cheese .
3) Heat remaining butter with oil in a pan .
4) Add onions and ginger garlic chilli paste and saute for couple of minutes .
5) Add vegetables and cook till they are half cooked .
6) Add salt and garam masala and cook for a min .
7) Keep aside .

To assemble :

1) Preheat the oven to 350 F .
2) Grease the rectangular pan .
3) Press half of the mashed potatoes on the bottom of the pan .
4) Spread the vegetables and top with rest of the potatoes .
5) Bake in a pre heated oven for 20 mins and then broil on high for 5 mins .
6) Serve warm .