Ground meat with cluster beans

Gavvar ki phalli  or Gawar ki phalli in Hindi or Cluster beans in English or Goruchikkudu in Telugu is a kind of beans which, while growing up were not my favorite. But by and by I started to like them and these days once in a while I have a craving for them and when I cook them they taste pretty awesome and my family also loves them.

This recipe with ground meat and the cluster beans is one such recipe. Everyone loved it and it just flew off the dish like it has wings.

Ground meat with cluster beans

Ground meat with cluster beans

Ingredients:

1. 1 lb ground meat / chicken or lamb
2. 8-12 oz of frozen or fresh cluster beans ends removed and chopped into 1 inch pieces
3. 1 tablespoon oil
4. 1/ teaspoon each of turmeric, salt, chilli powder
5. 1 teaspoon each of ginger garlic paste, coriander powder, cumin powder, amchur powder (optional)

In a pan heat the oil (skip if using ground meat with less than 90% fat). Add the ground meat and cook for 5 minutes breaking it. Add the rest of the ingredients and cover and cook for 15-20 minutes stirring occasionally. Garnish with cilantro and chopped green chillies (if you like it a bit spicy) and serve with roti or rice and dal

Here are one more recipe with Gawar ki phalli 

Maath ki phalli nariyal masala

Aalu bonda

Today is Sunday and as usual one of the few days of the week when actual breakfast is made. And I am bored with all those regular indian breakfasts i.e Idli, Dosa, wada etc. So I planned to make this Aalu bonda. It has been quite some time that I made this
                 This particular dish can be eaten as a breakfast or as an evening snack with Tea.
The curry I made to make bonda out of can be used as a side dish and served with with rice and dal

Dry Aalo curry (Potato fry curry with Indian spices)

Dry potato curry

Ingredients :

1. 3 medium sized potatoes boiled, peeled and cut into pieces
2. 1/2 cup thin sliced onions
3. 1/2 teaspoon salt, chilly powder, turmeric, cumin
4. 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
5. 2 tablespoons oil

In a pan heat the oil and fry the cumin till they start to splutter. Add the onions and fry till they become tender.  Add the boiled potato pieces along with all the other ingredients and 2 tablespoons oil except lemon juice, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Stir to combine once. Cut the heat and add the lemon juice and some chopped cilantro, stir to combine and serve  with rice or dosa or roti

Aalu Bonda (Potato curry dipped in Chickpea flour and deep fried)

Aalu Bonda

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup besan (chickpea flour)
2. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, chilly powder, turmeric and Ajwan and baking soda
3. Oil for deep frying
4. Above made aalu curry filling made into 15-18 balls

Mix the besan with all the ingredients except potato with 1/2-1 cup of water into thick pancake batter. Set aside 5 minutes. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan. Dip the potato balls in the batter and fry till golden brown. Drain on a paper towel and serve with chutney or ketchup