Dahi (Curd/Yoghurt) Aloo

This is not as difficult as you might think it is, lets dwell right onto the details.

Ingredients

1. Potatoes - 2 lbs
   
2. Green Chilli - 4 nos.
3. Garlic - 4 cloves
4. Ginger - same amount as Garlic
   
5. Jeera (Cumin) seeds
   
6. Red Chilli Powder
7. Dhaniya (Corriander) Powder
   
8. Turmeric Powder
9. Salt
10. Wheat Flour - 2 tbsp
    
11. Oil - 1 tbsp
12. Garam Masala Powder
    
13. Thick Dahi a.k.a. Curd a.k.a. Yogurt - 1.5 cups
    

Procedure

1. Pressure cook all the potatoes with a salt and turmeric powder for 3 whistles. While the potatoes are in the cooker, prepare the gravy
2. For gravy, beat the thick curd into a less viscous liquid. Not as watery as butter-milk, but somewhere in between
   
3. Add Chilli Powder, Turmeric Powder, Garam Masala, Dhaniya Powder on the curd and beat again. Set this aside
   
4. When the potatoes are done, peel the skin and mash half the potatoes and cut the other half of potatoes into uniform sized cubes
   
5. Add green chilli, finely chopped ginger & garlic, wheat flour to the mashed half of potatoes
6. Add oil in a pan and add cumin seeds
7. Add the mashed potatoes mixture onto the pan
8. Add the curd immediately and stir it pretty well until the mashed potatoes and the curd mixture jell well. Add salt as needed.
   
9. Keep the stove on medium flame and close the pan with a lid. Leave it for 10 minutes
10. After 10 minutes, add the other half of the cubed-potatoes and stir well. Leave the whole mixture for another 10 minutes on medium flame
11. Your Dahi aloo is all set and garnish with a little bit of fresh coriander leaves.
    
12. A very nice side dish for Rotis and Parathas.
    

Vegetable Jalfrezi

This is a no-brainer, as long as you have some time, these ingredients you should be, as how they say in Taco Bell, good-to-go.

Ingredients

1. Vegetables, a lot of them (Potato, Carrot, Bell Peppers, Onion, Tomato, Green peas, Cauliflower, Broccoli etc)
2. Green Chilli - 4 nos.
3. Garlic - 4 cloves
4. Ginger - same amount as Garlic
   
5. Jeera (Cumin) seeds
   
6. Red Chilli Powder
7. Dhaniya (Corriander) Powder
   
8. Turmeric Powder
9. Salt
10. Oil - 1 tbsp
11. Garam Masala Powder (or any Jalfrezi mix. I used 'Khana Khazana')
12. Water - 2 tumblers

Procedure

1. Cut vegetables into cubes (as shown above) and keep them aside
2. Add oil in a pan and add cumin seeds
3. Add onion, green chilli, ginger, garlic and fry till it changes color a bit
4. Add the bell peppers, tomato and saute` the mixture a bit
5. Add rest of the vegetables
6. Add all the above mentioned powders in any order as you desire
7. Sprinkle 1/2 tumbler of water and mix everything together
8. Reduce the flame to medium and close the pan with its lid, keep mixing it every 5 minutes by adding water as needed
9. In 20 minutes, this is what you get...

A very nice, easy to make sabjhi for Roti's, Peas Pulav, Tacos.