Vermicilli Pulav

Ingredients
Vermicelli (Semiya) - 2 cups
Water - 7 cups
Potato - 1 medium (Cut into small cubes)
Carrot - 1 medium (Cut into small cubes)
Cauliflower - 5-6 florets chopped
French Beans - 10 nos
Green peas - 1/4 cup
Green capsicum - 1 medium (unseeded and chopped)
Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Split black gram - 2 teaspoons
Ginger - 1 inch chopped
Onion - 1 medium chopped
Green chillies - 2 Green slit
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Lemon juice - 2 tablespoons
Salt - To taste
Oil - 4 tablespoons


Preparation Method
1. Boil potato, carrot and cauliflower in two cups of water.
2. Add French beans and peas and boil further for five minutes. Drain and cool.
3. Heat five cups of water and bring it to a boil.
4. Add vermicelli, salt and one tablespoon of oil. Cook for one minute or till slightly underdone.
5. Drain the water and refresh under cold water and keep aside so that the vermicilli does not stick to each other.
6. Heat remaining oil in a pan and temper with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
7. Add urad dal, ginger, green chillies and onion. Saute well till the onion turns light brown.
8. Add the cooked vegetables, green capsicum and turmeric powder and saute for four to five minutes.
9. Add cooked vermicelli, salt and stir gently. Cook for five to six minutes.
10. Remove from heat. Mix in lemon juice and serve hot Vegetable Vermicelli Pulav.

Tuna Cutlet

Ingredients
Potato(big) - 1 no
Bread - 3-4 slices

Green chillies - 3 - 4 nos
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tablespoon
Onion(big) - 2 nos
Coriander leaves - a small bunch

Tuna - 1 tin
Garam Masala - 1/2 teaspoon
Vinegar - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Pepper powder - 1 teaspoon
Salt - As reqd

Maida - 1/2 cup
Eggs - 1 nos
Bread crumbs - to roll the cutlet
Oil - to fry

Preparation Method
1)Cook and mash potatoes.
2)Grind onion, ginger garlic paste and green chillies without water.
3)Heat oil in a pan.
4)Saute this grinded items for 6 mins.
5)Switch off the flame and put the mashed potatoes in it and mix thoroughly.
6)Put some oil in a pan.
7)Put the tuna along with turmeric powder, vinegar and pepper powder.
8)Saute it in high flame for 2 - 3 mins to remove the smell of tuna fish and to let the water evaporate.
9)Mix this fish along with the above potato mixture.
10)Powder the bread slices in a dry bowl and mix it with the mixture with coriander leaves.
11)Make into cutlet shapes.
12)Beat the eggs thoroughly.
13)Roll the cutlet first in maida, then egg and finally in bread crumbs and fry.