Try these yummy, quick-fix recipes

We invited readers to share some of their favourite recipes with us. As part of a continuing series, we publish three recipes we've received so far:

Here, Sucharita Sen shares her recipe for Mutton Malaikari:

Cuisine: Bengali

Type: Non-vegetarian

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

Preparation:

• Marinate mutton with salt, ginger paste, chilli paste
• Heat ghee in heavy bottom pan and add onion paste. Fry till oil separates.
• Add marinated mutton and ground masala.
• Cook till mutton pieces are half cooked.
• Transfer to a pressure cooker and add hot water.
• Cook till mutton gets soft and gravy is of fine consistency.
• Heat some ghee in a pan and add dry red chillies. When they are already fried, pour the entire gravy with mutton into it.
• Cover immediately and serve with steamed rice.

Health quotient: Mutton (non-veg protein) is a good source of protein with respect to essential trace elements like zinc, and assimilable high amino acid qualities.

Next, Vinay shares this recipe for Poha:

Cuisine: Madhya Pradesh

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup poha (beaten rice)
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
• Salt
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp haldi (turmeric) powder
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• Groundnuts
• 2 green chillies
• 1 onion
• Oil for cooking

Preparation:

• Wash the poha in water, add slat and sugar and keep for five minutes.
• Heat a pan and roast the groundnuts for two minutes.
• Heat oil in a frying pan and add mustard seeds, jeera.
• After a miute add green chillies,chopped onion.
• Once onion is translucent add haldi powder and red chilli powder.
• Add the poha to this and mix well.
• Reduce heat and allow to cook for two minutes.
• Poha is ready, serve with sev and lemon.

Health quotient: Poha contains lots of starch which gives a lot of energy. It is a healthy breakfast option.

Preeti shares her recipe for Stir-fried Pasta:

Cuisine: Italian

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cooked macaroni/pasta
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 cup thinly sliced veggies of your choice (carrots, bell peppers, beans)
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp paprika/chilli flakes
• 1/2 tsp dried rosemary (optional)
• Oil
• Salt

Preparation:

• Heat oil in a pan, add the onion and fry till cooked.
• Add the veggies and stir fry for three-four minutes. They should retain their crunchiness.
• Add the herbs and chilli flakes and fry for another minute.
• Toss in the pasta and mix well.
• The pasta is ready to serve.

Health quotient: Uses very little oil, lots of vegetables, whole wheat pasta can be used to make it very healthy.

Next is Geeta's recipe for Palak Rice:

Cuisine: Indian

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch palak leaves (spinach)
• Small bunch of mint leaves
• 4-5 curry leaves
• 1/2 cup coriander leaves
• 1 lemon
• 4 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 3 green chillies
• 1/2 cup coconut slices
• 1/2 coconut, grated
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
• Salt
• 2 tsp masala powder

Preparation:

• Prepare the rice and wash the palak and mint leaves.
• Fry the palak in a pan with a little oil.
• Blend the fried palak in the mixer with coconut slices, ginger, garlic, green chillies and mint.
• Take another pan, pour in a little oil, add mustard, jeera, curry leaves.
• Add the onion and fry.
• Later add palak paste to the masala and add salt.
• Keep this on a low flame for sometime till the paste is cooked well.
• Now add the cooked plain rice to the mixture with a squeeze of lemon and mix well.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut and server with potato wafers.

Health quotient: Green leafy vegetables are for good for health, hair and eyes.