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Methi Recipes – Side Dish
December 1st, 2008 Madhuram Posted in From Other Blogs, Side Dish, Vegan Side Dishes | 
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I cook greens at least twice a week. Earlier it was only spinach and methi. Only recently I started using beet greens, swiss chard, turnip greens etc. Even though methi is bitter we all like it in our family. Our favorites are the methi theplas, sambar in the beet greens sambar method and another dry curry using channa daal and methi leaves.
Recently I saw a recipe for aloo methi subzi in Sailu’s blog. That day I was going to cook methi anyway, so I decided to try Sailu’s recipe itself. It was very simple to make and tasted awesome too. Very different from the methi recipes I make. I pretty much followed her recipe but for some minor changes.
I used around 2 cups of methi. The methi which we get here in US is not as tender as the ones which is available in India, it’s very big like curry leaves. Sometimes it can be very bitter. So my mother in law gave me this tip of frying the cleaned, rinsed and drained leaves in little ghee to reduce the bitterness. But Sailu’s idea of sprinkling salt and sugar on the methi leaves and squeezing out the liquids also works like a charm. I also fried the methi along with the tomatoes. Since the methi is not
tender, it will not be cooked properly if added in the end. The methi masala tasted very good with chapathis. This serves 2 adults.
The very same day I also saw another recipe for a methi chole in her blog. I bookmarked it immediately and tried it last week. This is yet another easy to prepare side dish for bhaturas and rotis. Another speciality of this dish is, it does not use onions or garlic, and yet it tastes great. If you use canned chick peas like me, this dish can be prepared in no time. In this recipe also I used more methi than specified (3 to 4 cups loosely packed). I used one 15.5oz can chick peas, which is approximately 1 and 1/2 cups of cooked beans. I also used oil instead of ghee for frying the spices. This measurement serves 2 adults.
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December 1st, 2008 at 7:50 am
I’m glad you enjoyed the recipes. I’m a methi leaves freak and when these leaves are available in abundance I tend to add them in most of my cooking. ::)
December 1st, 2008 at 8:52 am
Spicy and tangy.Methi leaves are very good.Nice dishes
December 1st, 2008 at 9:04 am
Madhu,
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I took the easy way out by using these.
Saw ur comments now only.I had doubts regarding marshmallow and jello.Thanks.As for the cake when cooled,it becomes a bit chewy and also would be a bit dry if you have reduced the amount of water drizzled(I experimented
Thanks again for informing me about the jello and marshmallow
December 1st, 2008 at 9:19 am
Lovely..I’m a methi lover. Never seen methi with channa, would love to try it out.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:23 am
Sorry for troubling again,Saw the biscotti comment now only.I will send it across today itself,thanks for including.They were mostly dry I felt because,they were twice baked and were like toasted,but I must say they were moist especially the part around cherries,as the cherries i used were sugared.So I would say 90% dry -10 % moist. Atleast mine were
Hope I satisfied the question.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:42 am
This looks so yumm.
Would love to eat them with roties.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:25 am
Wow wat a healthy side dishes..am drooling over methi chhole..looks delicious..
December 1st, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Looks yummy all methi dishes
December 1st, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Both dishes look so delicious Madhu! Perfect with rotis.
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:45 am
I love your methi dishes! They look so good. I too sprinkle salt and leave it aside to get rid of the bitterness. Aamchoor added also helps. I make aloo methi very often – almost once in two weeks! The pictures never come out well enough to blog.
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:53 pm
This looks delicious. I don’t know if I can get methi leaves here (Canada), but I use the seeds all the time in my cooking. Yummmmm.
I’m looking for a vegetarian samosa recipe. Can you or any commenters help out? I’m only looking for the filling, as I know how to make the pockets. Thanks.
Hi Valerie, you can get methi leaves in Canada. I lived in Winnipeg for somtime and I used to get it in the Indian grocery store and Superstore. You can also look for frozen methi leaves in Indian grocery stores. Check my friends blog for perfect samosas.
http://ammaluskitchen.info/2008/06/06/the-samosa-scrumptiously-yours/
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Such gorgeous methi recipes, Madhuram, and amazing pictures too. I love the idea of using chickpeas with methi which is quite possibly my favorite green.
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I too bookmarked this from her blog Madhu…WIll try out soon.Looks so yummy
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:13 am
superb and spicy side dish madhu. good company of roties even goes with rice i guess. looks perfect.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
This dish look so gorgeous! I love methi too. u r right about the stiff methi u get here. once I had sprinkled methi seeds in a pot, and they grew like weeds near a window. they were so nice & fresh.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:16 am
looks yummy n mouthwatering yaar..
December 4th, 2008 at 11:34 am
wow!! both dishes look so tempting and healthy too… so colorful
chakali
December 4th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Thank you for the link and I’ll be looking for the methi leaves at a couple of local Indian grocery stores.
December 5th, 2008 at 5:09 am
Methi aloo and methi choley are both my fav. ones,and sailus recipes always work fine.Yours look really lovely
December 6th, 2008 at 7:46 am
I liked the idea of methi chole very much. Nice way to add nutrition to traditional recipes.