Monday, April 1, 2013

Celery Masala



Ingredients
Celery: 6 stems
Carrot: 1
Capsicum: 1
Potato: 1
Zucchini/Koosa: 3
For onion Paste
Onion: 1 big
Tomato: 1 big
Garlic: 4 cloves
Ginger: 1” piece
Green Chilli: 3
Spluttering
Jeera: 1tsp
Mustard Seeds: ½ tsp
Oil: 4-6tbsp
Masala Powders
Coriander Powder: 2tbsp
Garam Masala: 1tsp
Chilli Powder: 1tsp or as per taste
Turmeric Powder: ¾ tsp
Salt: needed
Coriander Leaves: few



Method Of Preparation
Chop all the veggies and keep aside.
Make onion paste by grinding onion, tomato, ginger, garlic and green chilli. Keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and jeera and then add the grounded onion paste to it.
Stir for a while till its raw smell goes and oil comes up.
Now add the coriander powder, chilli powder, garam masala and turmeric powder.
Stir for a minute. Then add 1 ½ -2 cups water, salt and add all the chopped veggies.
Close with a lid and lower the flame when boils.
Let it cook. When the gravy becomes thick and all the veggies get cooked add coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
Serve hot with chappathi.



            

15 comments:

Reshmi Mahesh said...

Celery masala looks delicious..

Nisha said...

I only used celery in juicing and would add very few into my regular mixed vegetable dal.
Did not experiment a sabji with it, wondered how it might taste. :-/
But from the looks of it, I think it would taste normal...might try sometime.

Teena said...

Another creative dish!! looks so tasty Faseela!!

www.mahaslovelyhome.com said...

never thought of using celery in cooking.ncei idea n yummy dish

Suja Manoj said...

Curry looks delicious,will try.

Priya Suresh said...

Beautifully done, who can resist to this wonderful celery masala.

Julie said...

yummy tempting masala dear..perfect with chapathis!!

Kaveri Venkatesh said...

Interesting Recipe...Looks very good

Sona - quick picks/pick quicks said...

gud one, Faseela..healthy too!

Unknown said...

Interesting recipe, never tried celery as a side dish!

Prema said...

wow delicious masala,yummy!!!

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Unknown said...

sounds very healthy..

Unknown said...

i have tried celery only in soup....masala looks tasty

Beena said...

Yummy masala