Tori Ki Bhujia (Best Zucchini Ever!)

* This recipe makes for four people.

Ingredients:

• Zucchinis: 3, medium - peeled and sliced (roughly 0.5 cm thick)
• Tomato: 1, half finely chopped and half coarsely chopped - microwave the coarsely chopped half for a minute
• Onion: 1/2, medium, sliced
• Vegetable Oil: 5, 6 tbsp
• Salt: 1.75 tsp
• Red Chili Powder: 1 tsp
• Turmeric Powder: 1.25 tsp
• Cumin Seeds: 1.5 tsp
• Green Chillies: 4, whole
• Coriander Leaves (optional): 1.25 cups, coarsely chopped

Method:

1. Heat the oil. Fry the onion. When it's golden, add the finely chopped tomatoes. Keep stirring until the tomatoes have formed a thick sauce. Add all the spices (salt, chili, turmeric, cumin) and mix.
2. Add the sliced zucchinis, mix well, cover and let cook over slow heat for 20 minutes.
3. Add the coarsely chopped tomato and the green chillies. Cover and cook over the same heat for another 10, 12 minutes.
4. Garnish with the coriander leaves (if using). Serve with raita and roti.

Variations:

- Omit tomatoes from the third step and thus only use half a tomato.
- Sometimes I like to add omelette to this dish too. Sounds weird but tastes good. Beat two eggs and add salt and red chili powder. Make an omelette and break it into almost 1 inch pieces. Add this to the dish after the third step. This would work better if you're following the above suggestion of using only half a tomato.


Raita:

The BEST condiment when serving most Pakistani dishes. It's made by adding things to yogurt. There are a lot of variations to this which I'll be adding them with my recipes. For this recipe, the following mixture of ingredients works the best.

• Beat 3/4 cup of yogurt. Add: 1/4 medium onion, chopped; 1/2 tsp black pepper powder, 1/2 tsp red chili powder. Mix well. You can serve it at room temperature or slightly cold; doesn't make any difference.

Roti (Indian Flat Bread):

Indian flat bread. The following link shows the method:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD4o_Lmy6bU
-The dough can be made by adding 3 cups of whole wheat flour and kneading it with water to a rubbery consistency. The more you knead it, the better. I knead mine for 6, 7 minutes.
-With this amount, you'll be able to make 8, 9 rotis.
-It's best to prepare the dough a night before and leaving it in the fridge.