Tuesday 28 February 2023

SATTU PARATHA

Prep Time : 25 mins
 Cooking Time : 15 mins 
Serve : 2

 INGREDIENTS
 Wheat flour - 2 cup
 Carom seeds - a pinch
 Onion seeds - a pinch
 Salt - to taste
 Clarified butter - 2 tbsp
 Water - as required
 For filling
 Chana ka sattu - 1 cup
 Finely chopped onion - 1
 Finely chopped green chillies - 2-3
 Finely chopped garlic cloves - 3-4 
Finely chopped ginger - 1 inch
 Lemon juice - 1tbsp 
Salt - to taste
 Coriander leaves chopped - 1tbsp

 METHOD
 Mix all the ingredients well and adjust salt and lemon juice according to your taste.
 Mix wheat flour, salt, carom seeds and onion seeds with the help of water to make a stiff dough
. Cover the dough and keep aside for 15 minutes.
 Divide the dough into equal size balls.
 Stuff the filling in the dough and roll into balls.
 Then roll out the parathas.
 Cook on hot tawa applying clarified butter till both the sides are cooked and golden brown in colour. Serve hot with chutney.

MIX VEG BIRYANI

Prep Time : 15 mins
 Cooking Time : 20 mins
 Serves : 2

 INGREDIENTS
 Cooked basmati rice - 1 cup
 Chopped mix veggies (beans,carrot,peas) - 1 cup
 Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
 Green cardamom - 2
 Black cardamom - 1
 Cloves - 1
 Bay leaf - 1
 Clarified butter / ghee - 2 tbsp
 Salt - to taste
 Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp

 METHOD
 Heat clarified butter / ghee in a pan.
 Add cumin seeds, cardamom,bay leaf and cloves to crackle.
 Add mix veggies and saute for 4 - 5 mins.
 Add cooked rice and salt and mix well.
 Garnish with coriander leaves.
 Serve hot with chana dal,curd and chutney.

YELLOW MOONG DAL APPE

Prep Time : 15 mins 
Cooking Time : 5 mins 
Serve :4 
 INGREDIENTS 
Moong dal - 1 cup 
Chopped carrot - 1/2 cup 
Chopped onion - 1/2 cup 
Green chilly and ginger paste - 1 tsp 
Salt - to taste 
Asafoetida - a pinch 
Eno - 1 tbsp
 Oil - 1 tsp 
Black mustard seeds - 1 tsp
 Curry leaves - 8 - 10
 METHOD 
Wash and soak moong dal for 4 - 5 hours, add green chilly and ginger and grind to make a paste. 
Keep aside for fifteen mins, Take a bowl add moong dal paste, carrot,onion,salt, and eno and mix well.
 Heat oil in a pan add asafoetida,black mustard seeds and curry leaves and tempered the appe batter. 
Take appe patra grease with oil add one spoon batter and cover it and cook for 3 - 4 mins. 
Flip it and cook for five mins,turn off the flame serve hot with chutney.

Tuesday 21 February 2023

VEG BURGER

Prep Time : 45 mins
 Cooking Time : 15 mins
 Serve : 2

 INGREDIENTS
 Boiled n mashed potato - 2
 Rice flour - 2 tbsp
 Chopped onion - 2 tbsp
 Green chilly - 1
 Grated ginger - 1 inch stick
 Cumin seeds powder - 1 tsp
 Red chilly powder - 1/4 tsp
 Salt - to taste
 Oil - 2 tbsp
 Cornflour - 2 tbsp
 Bread crumbs - 1/2 cup
 Hot and sweet tomato chilly sauce - 2 tbsp
 Black pepper powder - 1 ts
 Burger bun - 2
 Cheese slice - 2
 
 METHOD
 Mash the boiled potatoes,add salt,ginger,green chilly,red chilly powder,cumin seeds powder,bread crumbs,rice flour and one tbsp hot and sweet tomato chilly sauce and corn flour and mix well.
 Shape each ball to flat patties of medium thickness.
 All the balls are made in the same way.
 Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the veggie tikki in a medium flame
. Cut the burger into the middle.
 Spread butter and shallow fry the burger.
 Add cheese slice ,potato tikki and hot and sweet chilly sauce and now cover with burger pieces serve hot.

Monday 20 February 2023

ANDA PARATHA

Prep Time :15 mins
 Cooking Time :15 mins
 Serve :4
 INGREDIENTS
 Wheat flour - 1 cup
 Eggs - 4
 Finely chopped onion - 1
 Chopped green chilly - 2 - 3
 Chopped capsicum - 1
 Chopped carrot - 1
 Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
 Black pepper corns - 1/4 tsp
 Grated cheese - 4 tbsp
 Salt - to taste
 Carom seeds - 1/4 tsp
 Clarified butter - 2 tbsp
 METHOD
 Take a kneading bowl mix wheatflour,carom seeds and salt with small amount of water to make a soft dough .
Keep aside for 15 mins.
 Divide the dough into round balls,roll out dough into thin circle with the help of rolling pin.
 Heat the pan on a medium flame and make a chapati
 Take a bowl beat one egg and mix salt and pepper 
. Heat clarified butter in a pan spread the egg and place the chapati over the egg and press it.
 Spread some clarified butter on it.
 Flip over and cook on the other side.
 Place the onion, green chillies,carrot,capsicum,grated cheese and coriander leaves on the egg side facing and fold it
.Cut into the middle. Serve hot.

INSTANT IDLY

Prep Time : 15 mins Cooking Time : 10 Serve : 4 INGREDIENTS Semolina/suji - 2 cup Yogurt - 1 cup Salt - to taste Water - 2 cup Eno fruit salt - 1 tbsp Oil - 1 tsp METHOD Mix semolina and yogurt in a large vessel and keep aside for 15 mins. Now add salt and water as required,mix it gently and make a batter(neither too runny nor to thick). Mix it well. Now add eno fruit salt just before making idly and again mix it well. Grease the idly plate and pour the batter in idly plate and steam for ten mins. Enjoy hot idly with sambar and chutney.

SABUDANA KHEER WITH MILKMAID

Prep Time : 15 mins
 Time : 30 mins
 Serve : 2

 INGREDIENTS
 Milk - 1 cup
 Milkmaid - 1/2 tin
 Sabudana/sago - 1/4cup
 Cardamom powder - a pinch
 Pistachio - 2tbsp

 METHOD
 Soak sago for 3 - 4 hours.
 Boil milk in a heavy bottom vessel
 Once boiled, keep it in a low flame and add milkmaid.
 Drain extra water from the sago.add in the milk.
 Stir occassionaly for thickening the milk
. Cook well till it gets thick and sago mix in the milk.
 Remove the vessel from the flame.
 Add cardamom powder and pistacho and stir allow to cool completely.
 Garnish with crushed pistachio.

BHATUA AND POMEGRANATE RAITA

Prep Time : 10 mins Cooking Time : 5 mins Serve : 2 INGREDIENTS Bhatua saag - 2 cup Pomegranate pearls - 1 cup Curd - 1 cup Roasted cumin seeds powder - 1 tsp Black salt - to taste Sugar- 1/2 tsp Red chilly powder - a pinch METHOD Pick off the leaves of the saag. Wash and clean bhatua leaves .Pressure cook bhatua leaves with one cup of water. After one whistle turn off the flame. Once cooled,open the lid.Drain water and mash the leaves, keep aside. Beat the curd, sprinkle the black salt,roasted jeera powder,red chilly powder and sugar. Add mashed bhatua leaves and pomegranate pearls and mix well. Garnish with pomegranate pearls. Serve chilled

Wednesday 15 February 2023

MOONG DAL DOSA

Prep Time : 15 mins
 Ceooking Time : 25 mins 
Serve : 2 

 INGREDIENTS
 Split moong dal - 1 cup 
Green chilly - 1 
Ginger - 1 inch stick 
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp 
Salt - to taste 
Chopped onion - 2 tbsp 
Finely chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
 Oil - 4 tbsp 

 METHOD 
Soak yellow moong dal for 4 - 5 hours,drain and add green chilly and ginger to make a fine paste. Add salt cumin seeds, coriander leaves and one cup of water to make a batter of dosa. 
Heat oil in a pan.add two spoon moong dal batter and spread it. 
Drizzle one tbsp oil. 
Flip it and cook both the sides. 
Serve hot with chutney.

NO BAKE CHOCOLATE TART

Prep Time : 4 - 5 hours
 Total Time : 4 - 5 hours
 Serve : 4
 
 INGREDIENTS
 Dark chocolates - 250 gms
 Milmaid - 1 cup
 Blueberry - for garnishing
 Strawberry - for garnishing
 Pistachio - for garnishing
 Powder sugar - 1 tbsp
 For biscuit tart
 Digestive biscuits - 250 gms
 Butter - 3/4 cup
 Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp

 METHOD
 For tart - Crush the digestive biscuit and grind the biscuit to make a powder.
 Add cinnamon powder and butter and mix well.
 Grease the mould and press the dough in the mould and keep in the fridge for 4 - 5 hours
 To make the filling Heat the milkmaid in a pot over medium low flame,until it simmers slightly around the edges.
Remove from the heat add the chopped chocolate and stir until melted and smoothed out
 Pour the filling into the cooled tart shell and put in the fridge for one hour.
 Garnish with strawberry,bluberry,pistachio and powder sugar
 Cool before cutting.