Vegetarian Dishes to light up your mood
The festive season is going on as Durga puja went a few days back while Diwali and New Year are at the corner. The joy of celebration is not only in India but also among the Indians living away from their motherland. The festival is all about lights, fireworks, gifts and most importantly sweets and snacks.
Moreover, when it comes to food or snacks, there is a list of traditional and contemporary items which folks fondly eat on this occasion. Gifting sweets to the friends and family is also a usual common practice. However, the most important of them all is the dinner cooked at the festive night.
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Out of numerous mouth-watering dishes that one can think of cooking in the Diwali night here are a few of them. Not only easy to prepare but also don’t consume much time of yours. So, here is the list of dinner items.
- Shahi Mushroom with Jeera Rice
Yummy and full of delicious gravy, Shahi Mushroom is an excellent choice for Diwali dinner. This dish requires only half an hour to get ready. With the ingredients including different types of spices, butter and cashew paste which gives it a creamy texture and taste.
Jeera Rice is among the most quickly cooked option for any special dinner occasion. It is delicious and an excellent choice to accompany with any curry-based item. In a pan, pour a little oil and add onions. After turning the onion brown add Jeera and after a minute add rice. sauté it for a few minutes and add water to cook the rice.
- Kadai Paneer with Roomali roti
Among the favorite Paneer dishes, Kadai Paneer is perfect for any occasion celebration. Its main ingredients are Paneer, Capsicum, and Tomatoes. In a pan, pour a little oil and add chopped onions into it. Add ginger-garlic paste, followed by all the spices powder. All the spices powder includes cumin, red chili cardamom, and coriander powder. How to cook Paneer Butter Masala?
Now add chopped tomatoes, sprinkle salt over it. Cook it for some time and keep on mashing the tomatoes. Mix tomato puree and after some time add Garam Masala. Cook till all the liquid get soaked up. Now add some water with sliced Capsicum and further cook for a few minutes. Add Paneer cubes now and in the end mix fresh cream. It is great to go with parathas Naan, and Roomali Roti as well.
- Mushroom Pepper Chili with Naan
Mushroom Pepper Chili is the best if you are willing to make a full of flavour dinner. To make Mushroom Pepper Chilli heat some oil and add bay leaves to it. Now add sliced onions and after it went brown add crushed garlic along with mushrooms.
Once the mushroom gets a little-cooked put kidney beans, black beans, and peppers into it and sautés them. Add cumin, red chilli, salt powder with oregano and thyme leaves. Finally, mix tomato puree. Once cooked garnish it with coriander leaves.
Naan is also easy to make using whole wheat flour and purpose floor. Prepare the dough of whole wheat flour, purpose flour, baking soda using a liquid mixture of yogurt, milk, water, and sugar. Make small balls, roll and place it on the pan to cook it.
- Kulcha with Black Channa Masala
Another famous lip-smacking dish for any festival dinner is Black Channa Masala. Often in dinner or lunch, people eat black channa masala, but that does not mean that it is not appealing anymore. Once cooked its aroma will easily drive people towards the dinner table.
If you want to make it for dinner, make sure to soak the black chickpeas in the morning. Its making is also straightforward. Just put the chickpeas in the cooker and add a small amount of baking soda. Prepare gravy with onion paste, ginger-garlic paste, tomato puree, and spices. Mix the cooked black chickpeas into the juice and cook for a while.
For Kulcha prepare dough using purpose flour, salt, and water. Stuffed it with chopped ginger, garlic, onions green chilies, coriander leaves along with mashed potatoes, coriander powder and lemon juice. Cook it in the pan with the use of canola oil.
- Maa ki Dal with Kashmiri Pulao
Maa ki Dal is quite a favourite dish so much so that we even have it in the restaurant as well. The rich taste of this dal comes from the addition of ghee, butter, and cream.
Kashmiri Pulao is sweet and delightful to taste, but at the same time, its appearance is very colourful. Cooked in milk and the use of fruits and dry fruits gives it a sweet taste. However, you can reduce the use of dry fruits to make it taste a little less sweet.
- Navratan Korma and Ajwain Paratha
With a little effort make this lip-smacking Mughlai dish at your home. The ingredients include many vegetables like potatoes, paneer, beans, capsicum, and carrot. For the gravy, you will need chopped onions, tomato puree, ginger-garlic paste, spices such as coriander powder garam masala, turmeric powder along with the almond-cashew paste.
For Ajwain Paratha, make the dough of whole wheat, oil, and salt. When rolling the dough balls sprinkle carrom seeds and fold it like any other paratha. Now cook it on applying a small amount of ghee or butter. Make your festive night special with red velvet cake – How to make?
- Sweets
Diwali or any Indian festival cannot get completed without sweet. Earlier to the arrival of the festival the female starts preparing different types of sweets and snacks at their home. Some of the prominent home-made sweet dishes include Gujiya which is a stuffed sweet patty filled with grated coconut, dry fruits, and Rava.
The another easy to cook yet the delicious sweet dish is Rava pudding and Coconut Laddoos. Besides these may even prepare famous sweets which one can quickly become giveaways. Such desserts include. Kaju Katli, Mohanthal, Barfies, Badam Halwa are a few names in this list.
In the end, the festival is all about having fun with your family and serving your taste buds with mouth-watering food items. However, it is a healthier option to prepare all your festive sweets and dishes at home than buying from outside.
