Turnip Pickle

Ingredients:
Turnip - 1 no, small in size ,peeled and chopped into ½ " size pieces
Fenugreek seeds - (Menthulu/Methi/Vendhiyam)- ½ tsp,
Mustard seeds - 2 tbspn
Cumin seeds - 2 tspn
Red Chilly pwd - 5 tspn
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tbsp
Ginger -1" size,chopped
Green Chillies - 5 no,slitted and soaked in salt and lemon juice for 15 days
Sesame oil(Nuvvula nune/Til oil)- 2cups
Salt to taste
Refined Oil for frying
How I Made:
Heat oil in a saucepan and fry turnip pieces until light golden brown colour.
Remove from fire and transfer to a dry mixing bowl.Fry ginger for a light golden brown colour.
Grind mustard seeds,fenugreek seeds,cumin seeds for a fine powder.
Add ground spice mixture ,red chilli powder,turmeric,salt ,soaked and dried green chillies,fried ginger to the fried turnip pieces.
Combine well with a wooden spatula until spice mixture coats turnip pieces evenly.Add sufficient sesame oil and mix well.Transfer to an earthenware and cover with a muslin cloth and leave for 2 weeks.Make sure to stir once in a week with dried wooden spatula.We liked the turnip pickle as a good condiment .It goes well with the hot rice or curd rice because of its spicy and tangy taste.

Turnip Tofu Gravy

Ingredients:
Turnip - 1 no,washed,peeled,chopped,pressure cooked with half a tspn of salt & sugar.
Tofu - 1 block of organic tofu
Onion - 1 no,chopped
Tomato - 1 no,medium size
Red chilli pwd -11/2 tspn
dhaniya pwd - 1 tspn
Turmeric - a pinch
garlic - 2 pods,crushed
ginger - 1/2 inch,grated
Bay leaf - 1 no
Golden raisins - 5 or 6 no
cloves - 4 no,crushed
Milk - 1/2 cup
Curd - 1 cup
Sugar - 2 tspn
Jaggery - 1 tspn
Salt to taste
Oil for cooking
Mint leaves for garnishing

Preperation:
Drain water from tofu and cut into desired shape.
Heat 2 tspn of oil and fry the tofu on both sides until crispy and golden color.Remove from pan and place on a paper towel.
Cook chopped turnips in a pressure cooker for 10 to 12 minutes.
Heat the pan with a tspn of oil .Add crushed ginger ,garlic and stir for a light brown color.Add bay leaf,chopped onions,golden raisins fry for 2 minutes.Add chopped tomatoes, raisinsdhaniya pwd,red chilli pwd,turmeric and stir well .Sprinkle 2 tspn of water and cover with lid and cook until tender.Add fried tofu pieces and cooked turnip pieces and stir well to combine with the gravy.
Add sufficient salt ,crushed cloves, milk, beaten curd , a sprig of mint leaves and stir well.Allow to cook for another 6 to 7 minutes in medium flame until gravy becomes thick.Remove from fire and garnish with mint leaves.
Turnip Tofu Gravy is ready to eat with chapathis or rotis.

See here for Turnip recipes from
Radhi
BEE,
Indira

Turnip Tofu Gravy is my entry for Grindless Gravies event hosted


by Dear Sra of whenmysoupcamealive .