Tuesday, 12 November 2019

BEST CLEANEST & LOW WATER CONSUMING KITCHEN GARDEN IDEA FOR FRESH ORGANIC SPINACH / FENUGREEK / CORIANDER / SPRING ONION ET CETERA AT HOME ANY TIME.- USE SHAKE OF LEFT OVER GREEN CUTTINGS OF VEGETABLES AS SHOWN IN MIXER AS MANURE






BEST CLEANEST & LOW WATER CONSUMING KITCHEN GARDEN IDEA FOR FRESH SPINACH / FENUGREEK / CORIANDER / SPRING ONION AT HOME ANY TIME.































                                             
                                                         
                                                     

   

                                                                               

Monday, 11 November 2019

Thepla / Parantha / Rumali Wrap

Thepla / Parantha /  Rumali Wrap




Ingredients for filling wrap

1. Paneer  cubes - 1/2 cup 
2. Mozzarella cheese cubes / 1/2 cup 
3. Green onion 3 to 4 finely chopped
4. Soya chap  1/2 cup finely chopped
5. Green chilies - 3 to 4 finely chopped
6. Salt as per taste
7. Coriander leaves chopped 1/2 cup
9. Basil leaves 4 to 5 finely chopped (if available) 
10 Spinach leaves 3 to 4 finely chopped 
11. Zucchini - 1/4 cup cut into small cubes 
12. Corn - boiled 1 cup 

Quantities of above items as per taste

Saute Soya Chap & Paneer / Milk Cheese in a pan for 3  minutes in oil at high flame then mix all other ingredients , saute further for 1 minute at high flame & keep covered on low flame for 5 minutes

Add Salsa Sauce / Tandoori sauce / Pizza - Pasta sauce, mix all keep covered for 3-4 minutes after switching off the flame.

Wrap the mix in Namak -  Mirchi Parantha / Thepla or Rumali Roti.


READY TO SERVE

CHEESE BALLS / CHEESE BOMBS

 CHEESE SHOTS





Ingredients


1. Potatoes 1/2 kg boiled and mashed 
2. Onions - 2 medium  finely chopped 
3. Green Chillies - 2 - 3 finely chopped 
4. Red Chilli flakes - as per taste / one pinch
5. Corn floor 1 spoon to bind the batter
6. Kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves - 2 tbsp
7. Namak./ salt as per taste
9. Beans finely chopped - 1/4 cup
10. Coriander finely chopped.1/4  cup
11. Fresh white Bread slices -  5 to 6 for bread crumbs (make small pieces of bread slices and grind to coarse 
     powder in shake making jug of mixer )
12 Mozzarella cheese  -   250 gm brick (cut into rectangular long fingers)


Steps

Mix all the ingredients from sr. no. 1 to 10 except s.no. 11 & 12 ...
Wrap potato mash around cheese finger to give a shape of bullet or your choice
Roll it in bread crumbs to cover with bread crumbs which will stick around it 
Deep fry these rolls on medium flame in fry pan , note that oil should be hot but not very hot...slowly cheese will melt inside for which potato mash should be thick enough to hold melted cheese.


Healthy Spicy Indian Oats & Semolina Pancake / Oats & Suji Chila

Healthy Spicy Indian Oats & Semolina Pancake / Oats & Suji Chila 


Ingredients

1. Semolina / Sooji / Rawa - 1 cup
2. Oats (dry roast & then grind to powder or whole) - 1 cup
3..Curd / Buttermilk - 1.5 cups
5. Tomatoes -  1 finely chopped 
6. Coriander leaves  - 1 cup
7. Cauliflower 1/2 cup finely chopped 
9. Beans 3 - 4 finely chopped 
10. Garlic 2 -3 cloves finely chopped
11. Onions 2 small  finely chopped 
12. Green chillies 2  finely chopped 
13. Salt as per taste 
14. Red Chilli flakes - as per taste
15. Water for making batter  
16. Oil - for light greasing of griddle 


Steps

1. Mix all ingredients from S.no. 1 to 15 and make a normally flowing thick mix

2. Brush griddle with oil & heat till it smokes

3. Spread (1 large spoon) the  mix on griddle / tawa on high flame for 3 minutes, it will start leaving tawa.

4. Reduce the flame to low and now keep the griddle covered for 2 minutes , by now the spread will leave the 
     griddle / tawa 

5. Flip the side, cook on high flame for 1 minute then turn the flame low now keep covered for 3 minutes.

READY TO SERVE

Can be served as it is or with Salsa Sauce, /Green Chutney / Tomato ketchup 


















TIP - MAKE A VERY SMALL SAMPLE FOR CHECKING TASTE, IN CASE OF VARIATION BATTER  / SPICES --CAN BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY ----- SEE SAMPLE IMAGE



Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Oats Chila for weight loss health fitness freeks

OATS CHILA 



Ingredients

1. Oats 1 cup
2. Semolina / Suji - 2 tbsp
3. Curd  / Buttermilk -  1/2 cup
4. Green chillies - 4 finely chopped
5. Onion - 1 small finely chopped
6. Garlic cloves - 3 finely chopped
7. Coriander & curry leaves a few finely chopped
7. Rock Salt as per taste .
9. Coconut oil / Mustard Oil 

Steps.

1. Dry roast oats and then grind them coarsely .
2. Add all the above ingredients and mix.
3. Make a free flowing batter (add water as required) and let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
4. Heat tawa / griddle , grease / brush it with  oil and spread the batter evenly on tawa , cover with lid 
    and cook for 5 min on low flame.
5. Turn the chila with the help of  flat spoon , cook until chila is cooked.
6. Serve hot with green chutney.

Friday, 1 November 2019

RED CLEAR SOUP

RED CLEAR / VEG SOUP




Ingredients 

1. Water -   6 glasses
2. Cauliflower  - 1/4 cup finely chopped 
3. Cabbage  - 1/4 cup finely chopped
4. Ginger smashed 1/4 inch cube
5. Garlic gloves smashed - 5 to 6
6. Green Chilly  2
7. Beetroot  - 1/4 cup finely chopped.
9. Coriander  - few leaves finely chopped.
10. Beans  - 1/4 cup finely chopped
11. Green Onion 1/2 cup finely chopped
12. Desi tomatoes -  2 cups finely chopped
13. Tamarind - 1/4 cup (soak in 1 cup water for 15 min, separate the seeds and extract the paste for mixing in 
      soup) 
14.  Curry leaves
15. Basil leaves
16. Tez patta / Bay leaf - 


Steps

1. Boil all the above ingredients in a  pressure cooker till 2 whistles .
2.  Let it rest for 10 minutes. Add salt and garnish with basil leaves
3. Can be served in three ways:-
     a)  As it is with all the vegetables
     b)  Vegetables strained out 
     c)  Vegetables mashed in mixer and then strained


TIP :  corn flour can be added to increase thickness / viscosity of soup.


LEHSUN CHUTNEY / GARLIC SAUCE

LEHSUN CHUTNEY / GARLIC SAUCE




Ingredients

1.Peeled garlic cloves 200 gms 
2. Ginger -  50 gms
3. Desi tomatoes 1/2 kgs
4. Oinions - 200 gms
5. Green Chilly - 4  
6. Coriander - a few leaves
7. Salt - as per taste
9. Whole Red Chilly - 3
10. Mustard Oil, mustard seeds for tadka   

Steps

1. Grind all the ingredients mentioned above in a mixer (except sr. no. 7 & 9).
2. Boil the ready paste for 30 min.
3. Heat Oil in pan.
4. Add mustard seeds & whole red chilly when starts to sparkle pour it over the boiled paste & mix..
5. Cover with lid and let it rest till it cools down. 
6. Ready to serve with nearly all Indian dishes.

Thursday, 31 October 2019

Weight loss Smoothie

Weight loss Smoothie




Ingredients

1. Banana - 1 medium
2. Low fat cow milk / almond milk - 1 glass
3. Honey - 1 tsp
4. Oats (dry roasted) 1/2  tsp 
5. Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp
6. Chia Seeds - 1 tsp
7. Amonds - 5
9. Curd - 1 cup

Steps

Mix all the ingredients in a blender and serve cold, garnish with banana slices, sliced almonds & pinch of cinnamon powder.


Bread Roll

Bread Roll



Ingredients

1. Potatoes - 3 to 4 (boiled and mashed) / Paneer 1 cup 
2. Onions - 2 medium finely chopped
3. Green Chillies - 2  finely chopped.
4. Red chilly powder as per taste
5. Amchur powder / dry mango powder- 1/2 tsp
6. Anardana - 1/2 tsp (dry pomegranate seeds)  
7. Salt as per taste
9. Coriander leaves
10. Bread 6 slices
11 SALTED Water around 1 cup to soak the bread

Steps

1. Mix all the ingredients from Sr. no. 1 to 9



2. Dip bread in water (DEFINITELY add salt in water as per taste) and then squeeze water completely.


3. Make small bowls of potato / paneer batter and keep in middle of bread and make a roll (any shape you want round or oval).





4. Heat Mustard Oil in deep frying pan and deep fry the rolls on low flame till crispy brown and serve hot with green  chutney / tomato ketchup










Coconut Chutney (without fresh coconut)

Coconut Chutney (Without fresh coconut any time, just stock coconut flakes - dried or powder)


Ingredients

1. Coconut Powder - 1 cup / or you can also used fresh grated coconut if available.
2. Onion - 2 small cut into pieces
3. Garlic - 3 to 4 cloves
4. 2 tbsp chana dal soaked for 10 - 15 minutes.
5. Green Chilly - 2 
6. Mustard Oil, Mustard seeds, whole dry red chilly - 1 & 1 tsp soaked chana dal for tadka
7. Salt as per taste.

Steps

1. Add all the ingredients mentioned above except sr. no. 6 and grind to fine paste.
2. Heat oil in pan add all ingredients in sr. 6 and pour on the paste, your coconut chutney is 
    ready.
3. Garnish with finely chopped and smashed Green chilly & coriander twigs.
 
   

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Vegetable Pulao

Vegetable Pulao 

Ingredients

1. Rice  (Brand - Double Chabi 1121) - 1 glass
2. Potato - 2 cut into cubes
3. Cauliflower /  Phool Gobhi -  1 small cut into pieces
4. Peas / Matar -  1 small bowl
5. Onions - 2 medium sliced / 5 very small size whole
6. Mushroom - 1 bowl 
7. Tomatoes - 2 medium sized mashed in fine paste or chopped into pieces as per taste
9.  Salt - as per taste
10. Red Chilly flakes -  as per taste
11. Maggi masala - 1 pouch - special attraction for kids.
12. Green Chilly - 3 to 4 diced
13. Kasuri Methi - 1 tbsp - to sprinkle 
14. Desi Ghee - 3 tbsp
15. Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
16. Water - 1.5 glasses


Steps.

1.  Wash rice and soak for 15 minutes
2. Heat ghee in cooker and add cumin seeds.
3. Add onions when cumin seeds start to sparkle
4. Saute for about 5 minutes.
5. Add all the vegetables mentioned in ingredients except tomatoes.
6. Saute for about 5 minutes.
7. Then add tomatoes and cook for a while till ghee gets separated.
9. Add salt , chilly flakes, mix well.
10. Add soaked rice , maggi masala and water stir well, close the lid of cooker, after one whistle low 
      down the flame and after 2 min swtich off the gas.
11. Sprinkle kasuri methi and again cover the lid for 2 minutes. mix and serve hot with white butter
      topping .