If I am not in front of the computer, my family knows that I will either be in the kitchen or in my small kitchen garden, so much is my passion for cooking and gardening. I love growing vegetables with natural fertilizers at home. I harvested a bunch of radish and cooked it along with its leaves. Radish and it leaves has many health and nutritional benefits. In fact the leaves contain more Vitamin C, calcium and protein than their roots. This curry goes well with both rice and chapati.
| Me and my harvest |
Radish Curry with leaves
Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time : 20 mins
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Side Dish
Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Side Dish
Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Radish chopped – 1 cup heaped
Radish greens -1 1/2- 2 cup
Onion – 2 (medium size)
Green chilli -1
Tomato – 1
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Chilli powder -3/4 -1 tsp
Coriander powder -2 tsp
Salt to taste
For the seasoning
Oil – 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds/ jeera – 1 tsp
| Radish curry- picture taken in my garden for a change |
Preparation
Wash radish well, peel the skin with a peeler and chop it into cubes.
Wash leaves, remove the thick stem and chop it finely.
Chop onion, ginger, green chilli and tomatoes finely.
Method
Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, when it splutters, add finely chopped onions, green chilli and ginger.
When onion turns golden brown, add tomatoes and cook till it becomes mushy.
Then add chopped radish, radish leaves, chilli powder, turmeric powder,coriander powder, salt needed and saute for a few minutes.
Add 1/4 cup of water and cook covered on low flames until the radish becomes soft. Check for salt.(Keep stirring in between for even cooking. Also sprinkle water if required.)
Serve hot with chapati or rice.
More Radish Recipes (Indian)
Radish Channa Curry (protein packed)
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View Comments (21)
Although radish is something that people don't relish, but your wonderful clicks tempts to have this radish curry. A Wonderful dish.
padhu so cute presentation and our fav araichutu vitta sambar from your kitchen ..yummy
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wow...lovely dear... nice radish in your garden... n recipes too yumm...
VIRUNTHU UNNA VAANGA
Simple n healthy dry curry
Looks tempting to see the radish recipes... even I am not a radish lover..Nice clicks
NIce one, we call it muli ki bhujia and i love it with paranthas!
That is so nice Padhu... if only everyone of us could do this, then no need to go hunting for fresh organic veggies..:))
Hats off to your passion.. Lovely..
Reva
Homegrown radish, wow you rock Padhu..Sabzi looks fabulous.
i am also interested in gardening, tell me it has seeds or you have to cut the stem and plant?