Potatoes and Green Beans

 

Ingredients:

-3 cups of green beans (cut into small pieces)
-2 small potatoes  (cut into cubes)
-1 small onion
-1 tomato
-3 cloves of garlic
-3 tbl spoon of olive oil
-1 teaspoon of ginger paste ( not heaping)
-1 teaspoon turmeric
-1 teaspoon garam masala
-a pinch of red chili powder
-salt (to taste)
-cilantro leaves

Heat the oil in a frying pan and saute the chopped onions and garlic until browned, and add the ginger and saute for a few minutes. Then add the chopped tomato and saute for 10 minutes on  medium- low heat. Add  the green beans, potatoes, turmeric, red chili powder,garam masala and 1 cup of water. Cover the pan, and lower the heat.Cook it until the vegetables are tender.
 Garnish with cilantro leaves.

 It can be served with another Indian dish.

Enjoy it!!!!!!!

Chole

 Chole is one of my favorite Indian dishes .

 Ingredients:
-1 can garbanzo beans
-3 tbl spoons of oil
-1 small onion
-1 tea spoon ginger paste
-3 cloves of garlic
-2 small tomatoes
-1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon turmeric
-1 teaspoon coriander powder
-a pinch of red chili powder
-1 teaspoon garam masala
-salt (to taste)

Heat the oil in a dutch oven, and add chopped onion, garlic and ginger, and saute over medium heat until browned. Turn the heat down to medium-low and add the chopped tomatoes, cumin powder, turmeric, coriander powder, red chili powder, garam masala and salt to taste.Cook it for another 5 minutes on low heat. After that add the chickpeas to the masala in mix well. Add salt to taste  and water to make the gravy-2 cups. Simmer and cook it for 30 minutes with the cover on. When ready remove it from the stove an garnish with coriander leaves.

 It can be served with another Indian dish and Indian bread .

Enjoy it!