COLORFUL MASH

26th Jan is the Indian Republic Day.Its the day the constitution of India came into force and India became a truly sovereign state. In this day India became a totally republican unit. Since childhood this one holiday has been a total fun day for me. My dad used to work in the electricity so on republic day morning at 7:00am he would take me to see the flag hosting in his station. We would be back by 9:00am, and mom would always come up with very special breakfast every republic day a new different and yummy breakfast. And then we would watch the republic day celebrations on the tv. A wonderful day that I terrible miss nowadays. Well as for the story behind this recipe,a few days back I saw the Veg Tiranga Rice in th CookingEscapades blog and I totally adored it. So yesterday morning while watching the parade on tv I thought that I want to create something that says "REPUBLIC DAY" so here it is... :)

Potatoes	4 medium sized
Carrots	3 large ones
Spinach	2 bunches
Cream	1 cup
Red Chilli Powder	2 teaspoons
Black Pepper Powder	2 teaspoons
Flour	2 tablespoons
Butter	1 tablespoon
Garlic cloves	3 medium sized
Onion	1 medium sized
Oil	2 tablespoons
Salt	As per taste

CARROT MASH FRY:-

1. Boil water in a cooker with a pinch of salt and add the carrots and cook till the soften.
2. Mash the carrots. Then add the flour,salt,red chilly powder and black pepper and mix all them properly and set aside for 5 min.
3. Heat oil in a pan , spoon balls of the carrot mixture and fry them.
4. Place them on a tissue paper and set aside.

POTATO MASH:-

1. Boil water in a cooker with a pinch of salt and add the potatoes and cook till the soften.
2. Mash the potatoes. Then add the salt,butter and black pepper and mix all them properly and set aside for 5 min.
3. Place the potato mash in a baking dish and bake it for 10 min.

SPINACH MASH:-

1. Cut the spinach into very small sizes so that it almost becomes a mash while cooking.
2. Grate the garlic cloves and set aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan and add the grated garlic let to get light brown then add the spinach,black pepper and salt and fry.
4. When it looks done add 1 teaspoon of cream and cook it again. Remove it in a bowl and set aside.

CREAMY GRAVY:-

1. Chop the onion very finely.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add the onions and salt and fry them till golden brown.
3. Add the rest of the cream and let it shimmer. 

ASSEMBLING:-

1. In a baking dish, coat its bottom with little butter.
2. Place the spinach mash first in a smooth layer.
3. Top the spinach with the mashed potato and pour the creamy gravy on top to of the mashed potato.
4. Finally place the fried carrot balls on top and bake the whole thing for 2 min. And walla...!!!!

                                 

I had it with garlic bread.......... :)