The day has been a pain in the neck!!

Literally! I have spondylitis and due to the pain cannot even turn my head around. Like a zombie I need to turn my whole body around if I need to turn to look at something!! It would be funny if weren't for the pain :-)
Anyway, made soy granules pulao and Paneer bharwan tamatar (recipe courtesy Good Housekeeping - April 2011)

Paneer bharwan tamatar and Soy pulao

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Paneer Bharwan Tamatar

For the stuffing

1/2 cup of grated paneer

1 small potato boiled and mashed

1 small onion finely diced

1 green chilli finely diced

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp coriander pd

1 tsp garam masala pd

1/2 tsp turmeric pd

Salt and chilli pd to taste

Heat oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds. After they have spluttered add the onions and the chilli and fry till the onion turns pink. Now add the salt and other spice powders and saute for a min. Now add the potato and paneer and mix well. Cook for a minute and set aside.

For the gravy

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

2 big onions roughly chopped 

2 tomatoes roughly chopped (also add the scooped out insides of the prepared tomatoes)

Grind the above to a smooth paste. 

1 tsp garam masala pd

1 tsp kitchen king masala

Salt and chilli pd to taste

3 tbsp cream (optional. You could also add coconut milk, cashew paste or poppy seed paste instead)

Heat oil in a pan and add the paste and fry till the raw smell goes away. Add the spice powders and saute for some more time. Remove from flame and reserve.

For the tomatoes

5 tomatoes - They should be a good size and capable of standing straight on their own! Alternatively you could cut a slice off the bottom to make them stand upright (just need to be careful that you are not slicing it too deep so all the filling would leak out. 

Slice the top off the tomatoes and scoop out the insides. Use the insides in the gravy as mentioned above.

Assembling the dish

Fill the stuffing into the tomatoes pushing down till they are completely stuffed :) Place the tomatoes in a dish so that they are upright. Now pour the gravy gently taking care that the tomatoes do not topple and the gravy does not submerge them. Bake in the oven at 170 for about 20 mins till the tomatoes are a little cooked but do not turn mushy. Serve with rice or pulao.

Soy Pulao

Soy granules 1 cup pre-soaked in water. I used the small granules.

1 cup peas

1 tomato chopped

1 onion sliced

1 tsp garam masala pd

1 tsp coriander pd

salt and chilli pd to taste

Heal oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds to splutter. Add the garam masala and salt and saute for a sec. Now add the onions and fry till they turn brown. Add the tomatoes and soy granules and peas and saute for a few minutes. Add a little water to cook the peas. Then add the cooked rice and mix well.

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Okay then! see you all tomorrow. Hope the pain in the neck is no more!!