# @cooking.is.happiness on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CMNKq1LFmOq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/79420889-cookingishappiness-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-03-09T17:05:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Prerna ✨Healthy & Easy (@cooking.is.happiness) — https://gondola.cc/cooking.is.happiness

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If you’re wanting to up your sabzi game, this post is for you 😇 A few steps that can enhance the flavors + feels of your dish, I am in the process of learning and thought it’ll be a good food idea to share 🙃
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What’s cooking? Raseele Aloo Matar, did I tell you I air fried the potatoes instead of deep frying before adding it to the masala? It’s a game changer step I am sure you’ll trust me on that 😎 No doubt the most important step to make an Indian sabzi/curry is the tadka - made with basic onion, tomato, garlic, ginger, green chillies and a handful of everyday spices. This is where it all begins from but how can you make it more rich? 🤷‍♀️
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1. Adding whole spices like pepper corns, cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom to your dish? Make sure to stir them in oil for a few seconds to extract flavors. 
2. Add a pinch of Lal Mirch powder to hot oil, after adding whole spices and right before onions, but don’t let it burn - this will give a vibrant feel to your tadka. 
3. Make sure you’re cooking your masala/tadka properly, steps saved in highlights under recipes.
4. Add a spoonful or two of tomato paste to your tadka and see for yourself how it changes the colour. I use a store bought paste TUBE which lasts really long compared to a can. 
5. Puréed onion + tomatoes work well for curries and chopped are for dry sabzis.
6. You can even purée the basics (onion, tomato, ginger, green chilies) together to reduce an additional step and cook them together in a pan. 
7. Cilantro is a must to finish your dish, but add it after turning off heat to retain the green, else it just turns black. 
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