TAWA SUBZI
Ingredients
VEGETABLES:
SPICE MIX
MASALA PREPARATION
Instructions
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VEGETABLE PREPARATION:
Clean and wash Bitter gourd (karela). Using a knife scrape the surface of karela. All cleaned bitter gourds.
Slit them lengthwise, leave them inside but if the seeds are hard and big remove them from the karela. Take curd in a bowl, add salt and mix. Toss karela in this mixture and coat it well. Allow it to sit in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile let's prep up rest of our ingredients. Clean and wash okra/bhindi.
Cut them lengthwise. Spread them out on a baking sheet and bake okra pieces at 400 degree F for 20 minutes or until crisp.
Meanwhile clean and wash Baingan. Peel and wash pearl onions. Slice Paneer and finally peel, wash and slice potatoes into wedges.
Heat and grease a kadai. Add Paneer slices and cook till evenly crisp from all the sides. Set them aside.
Toss pearl onions in the same kadai and cover and cook till soft and lightly caramelized. Set them aside on a plate.
Toss potato and Baingan in the same kadai and cook till evenly brown and tender.
Time to clean and wash karelas. Squeeze out extra water and toss them in the heated kadai and cook till tender.
All the veggies are cooked and tender.
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SPICES
Time to assemble all the dry spices.
Combine them in a bowl...
And mix them thoroughly.
All the spices together will make a little less than 1/4 cup of spice mix.
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MASALA PREPARATION
Let's move on to the masala preparation. Chop onions, puree tomatoes and ginger - garlic. You can prepare this recipe without onion and garlic too
In a kadai heat oil, add cumin seeds and when they start to sputter mix in ginger garlic paste. Saute for a minute and then stir in chopped onions.
Cook till onions are translucent Mix in tomato puree and cook till all the liquid has evaporated.
Add curd and mix. Stir in the spice mix and mix till fully blended.
Add salt and cream and cook till everything is fully blended. If masala feels dry sprinkle some water and keep it moist.
Finally add Kasuri methi and mix thoroughly. Adjust seasonings
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ASSEMBLING TAWA SABZI
Bring veggies one by one coat in masala, sprinkle some chat masala and serve hot.