Mooli Bhujiya / Stir Fried Radish

Mildly spiced stir fried Radish -North Indian specialty

Mooli/Daikon radish is a very healthy and easily available vegetable during winters.
 It has numerous health benefits, is a great detoxifier, good for the stomach and liver, helps in curing hemorrhoids, jaundice, urinary tract infections and reduces the chances of cancer etc.

Usually people use radishes in salad but throw away the green leaves. Mooli Bhujiya is a very popular stir fry in North India especially in U.P and Punjab, in which both - the root as well as the leaves are used.

INGREDIENTS-
preparation time-10 min
cooking time-10 min
serve-6

• Radish (Mooli), chopped - 2 Cups
• Radish leaves, chopped - 5 cups
• Green Chilies - 4
• Mustard Oil - 4 tbsp *
• Carom seeds (Ajwain) - 1 tsp
• Asafoetida-1/4 tsp
• Turmeric-1/2 tsp
• Salt-1 tsp
• Chili powder-1 tsp
• Mango powder-1 tsp
• Coriander powder-1 tsp 

 PROCEDURE-

1. Wash reddish and the leaves .Use only the fresh and green leaves,do not use the leaves which are yellow in colour.
2. Scrap the radish and then chop the root and leaves along with the steams
3. Pressure cook them with a glass of water for 2 whistle or boil till done.*
4. Drain and gently squeeze out the water from the boiled vegetable.(can use this water to make chapati/roti dough)
5. Heat oil in a pan and add carom seeds ,when it start crackling add asafoetida and chopped green chilies.stir for few seconds.
6. Now add turmeric and boiled radish,mix and saute for a minute.
7. Add salt and all the spices ,mix and cook on medium flame for 2-3 minutes.
8. Keep stirring in between,then cook on slow flame for 2-3 minutes.
9. Serve hot with chapati.

NOTE-
1-If you want to avoid boiling it, then you can directly add the chopped vegetables at step 5 and cook till done (dry up the water completely). Tastes great both ways.
2-Traditionally mustard oil is used in preparing this dish, but you may use any vegetable oil of your choice.
3-You may adjust the quantity of root and leaves according to your preference and availability. This dish can be made just with the root, if the greens aren't available.