Ingredients:

Tur dal                                  : 1/2 cup
Spinach or Palak leaves        : 1/2 bunch
Onion                                    : 1 chopped
Garlic                                    : 2 cloves
Green chillies                        : 2 chopped
Tomato                                  : 1 small chopped
Mustard seeds                       : 1 tsp
Chilli pdr                               : 1/2 tsp
Turmeric pdr                         : a pinch
Ginger                                   : 1/2 " pc chopped
Kitchen king masala              : a pinch
Salt to taste
Oil as required


Method:

Pressure cook tur dal adding a pinch of turmeric pdr and keep aside.

Wash and chop the spinach finely and keep aside.
Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add chopped garlic, chopped ginger and chopped green chillies and saute it . Then add the chopped onion and saute  till it slightly changes the colour.  Now add chilli pdr and fry  for 2 seconds and add the chopped tomato and saute again till it become soggy. Then add the chopped spinach, salt and mix together. Transfer this to the pressure cooker and cook along with tur dal. Finally add a pinch of kitchen king masala and mix well. Serve hot with rice or chappathi .

1.  Bread rolls:

Ingredients:

Bread                                :  4 slices
Paneer                              :  1 cup crumbled  
Onion                               : 1 small chopped
Cumin pdr                        : 1/4 tsp
Green chillies                   : 2 chopped finely
Ginger garlic paste          : 1/2 tsp
Tomato ketchup               : 1 tsp(optional)
Coriander leaves              : 1 cup chopped
Salt to taste
Oil for frying    


Method:

Mix crumbled paneer with chilli pdr, cumin pdr, onion, chopped green chillies, ginger garlic paste, tomato ketchup and chopped coriander leaves, finally  salt together and keep aside.

Take bread pieces and remove the crust. Roll it thinly and place 1 tbsp of the paneer mixture at one end of  the bread slice  and roll it slowly and tightly. Keep aside. Repeat the process with the remaining bread slices.

Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan and shallow fry the rolls, careful while turning it, the stuffing should not come out.  A very nice evening snack!!



2. Bread Bajji:




Ingredients:

Bread                    : 3 slices
Besan                    : 1/2 cup
Red chilli pdr        : 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida            : a pinch
Baking soda         : a pinch(optional)
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method:

Remove the crust of the bread slices. Cut it diagonally to make triangular piece. keep aside.
Mix besan, red chilli pdr, asafoetida, salt, baking soda together and add water to make it a medium thick batter.  Heat oil in a kadai. Dip the bread slices one by one in the batter and deep fry it in hot oil. Serve hot with tomato sauce.

variation: If you toast the bread with butter in a dosa tawa and then follow  the process it will be more tastier!!


3. Stuffed bread sweet:




Ingredients:

Bread                        : 3 slices
Grated coconut         : 1/2 cup
Sugar                        : 1/4 cup
Cardamom dpr         : a pinch
Oil for frying


Method:

Mix grated coconut, sugar and cardamom pdr together in a bowl.  Remove the crust of the bread and dip it in water and take out and squeeze it to remove the excess water.
 Then take a portion of the coconut mixture and place it in the soaked bread piece and make it like a ball shape. 
Heat oil in a kadai and fry the bread balls till golden brown in colour. Serve hot!!