Pineapple n spinach splash

Hi friends,
Very healthy juice in winter for energy booster in your body. This juice is suggested by one of my friend. I tried it n trust me it is very refreshing.

Ingredients:-

(for 1 glass)
1 bunch Spainch chooped
1/2 small size pineapple peeled and cuts in small pieces
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper (if required then added)

Method:-

Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until all smooth. Drink and enjoy!

Fenugreek leaves salad (methi koshimbhir)

Hi friends,Here comes my third recipe by using methi(fenugreek) leaves. Koshimbir is Maharashtrian salad which we eat with meal. Methi leaves salad is tasty salad. Try this salad in this winter.

Ingredients:-

Chopped methi leaves - 1 and 1/2 cup,
Finely chopped onion - 1 medium
red chilli powder - 1/2 teaspoon,
oil - 1/2 teaspoon,
penut crush - 1 teaspoon,
salt to taste.

Method:-

1] Take one bowl. Add chopped methi leaves(don't chop finely) in that bowl.

2] Add finely chopped onion.

3] Next add red chiili powder, penut creush, oil, salt one by one.

4] Mix well and serve your tasty salad.

Idli fry

Ingredients:-

4 idlis,
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp,
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp,
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp,
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp,
Oil - 1 and 1/2 tbsp,
Salt to taste.

Method:-

1] Cut idlis into pieces (cube shape).
2] Heat oil in pan.
3] Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds to it.
4] When they crackle add turmeric powder , red chilli powder, salt.
5] Add pieces of idli and mix well.
6] Cover for 2 minutes. Serve hot with ketchup.

Chapati/roti Fries

Hello friends,After leftover khichadi I tried  recipe for letover roti.You can eat this as evening snacks also.Let's see how to make this dish.

Ingredients:-

Leftover rotis - 2

Salt,red chilli powder, chaat masala - pinch of

Oil for deep frying

Method:-

1] Cut rotis into pieces.

2] Heat oil in pan. Deep fry that pieces till golden and crisp.

3] Drain and place on plate.

4] Sprinkle salt, red chilli powder, chaat masala on it.
5] Serve hot or cold with ketch up.

Cheese cherry and pineapple

Cheese,cherry,pineapple is lovely combination. You will experience fresh taste. This dish we can eat as starter or dessert or serve instead of cold drinks.

Ingredients:

1. Pineapple cubes - 1 cup

2. Amul cheese cubes  - 3
3. Cherry (fresh cherries) - 1 cup 4. Toothpick - few

Method:

1.Devide the amul cheese cubes in 2 parts( you will get 6 cheese cubes by cutting 3 cubes in middle).

2. In a toothpick arrange the pineapple, cheese and then cherry in order and serve in a plate.

Masala oats

 We can eat oats in tasty way. And manage our diet easily. Oats contains high fiber.They are really good for health.

Ingredients:-

1 cup oats,

1 medium size tomato

1 tablespoon penuts

1 finely chopped medium size onion

1/4 cup spring onion

3/4 cup water (add if u need)

turmeric a pich

1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste

1 tablespoon mutter

2 finely chopped green chillies

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1/4 tsp red chilli powder

1/4 tsp garam masala

coriander leaves as needed

oil as needed

salt for taste

Procedure to make this tasty recipe:-

1. Heat pan with oil. Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds.

2.When they crackle add onion. After add ginger garlic paste,chillies,penuts and saute untill onion turn pink.

3. Next add finely chopped tomato and saute for 3 minutes.

4.Now add spring onion, mutter saute for 1 minute.

5.Add turmeric powder,red chilli powder, garam masala,salt and mix well.

6.Add oats and mix well.

7.Add water and stir well.

8.Cover and cook. If needed add more or less water to adjust the consistency.

9. Add coriander leaves. Serve hot.

(Note:You can add vegitables of your choice to make more tasty)

Potato fritters

Fritters are the all time favourite snack. Potato fritters are very crispy and tasty dish.This one is my mom's recipe. So let's see how to make this tasty dish.

Ingredients:-

2 cups gram flour,
2 medium size potatoes sliced,
½ Teaspoon Ajwaiin (carom seeds) ,
salt to taste,
baking soda 1/2 teaspoon,
2 cup vegetable oil for deep frying.

Method:-

1. Wash and peel the potato and slice them thin.

2. Keep the sliced potatoes in the water so that they do not change their color.
3. In a bowl mix gram flour, carom seeds and salt.

4.Now add little water at a time in the flour and with the hand .
5.Next add baking soda and mix well
6.Heat oil in frying pan or a kadhi, for 5 to 6 minutes.
7.  Now take few sliced pieces of potatoes and dip in the gram flour batter one
     after another making sure the slices are well coated with the batter then  gently
     drop them into hot oil.
8. With the spatula keep flipping the pakoras upside down for 4 to 5 minutes or until the pakors become golden brown.
9.Once pakoras become golden brown with the spatula take them out from the oil.
10.Serve hot with ketch up or green chutney.

Dudhi/Bottle gourd/Lauki thalipeeth

Thalipeeth is Maharashtrian recipe. we can make thalipeeth by using different flour,vegetables etc..
Bottle gourd is the vegetable which we dont like to eat as subji. So i tried to make thalipeeth using this vegetable which are very tasty.

Ingredients:

Lauki / dudhi / bottle gourd     :  1-2 cups grated 

   Wheat / Atta flour                   :    2 cups

   Gram Flour (besan)              :    1/2 cup

   Turmeric Powder                   :    1/2 tsp

   Sesame seeds                      :    1 tsp

   Thymol seeds/Ajwain seeds :    1/2 tsp

   Aniseed  (Sauf)                      :    1/2 tsp

   Red chilli pwd                         :    ½ tsp

   Green Chilli                             :     1

   Ginger garlic paste                 :    1 tsp

   Coriander leaves chopped   :    2 tbsp

   Salt to taste

   Oil / butter as required

Method:-

Step 1 :  First Wash and peel the skin of Lauki/Bottle gourd. Grate Lauki.

Step 2 :  Now add sesame seeds, salt, ajwain, ginger garlic, Aniseed  (Sauf) , Green cilli  paste, Garam flour  and combine well.

         

Step 3  : Add Garam Masala, Red Chilli powder, turmeric powder, Lemon, Whole wheat flour, 1 tsp oil and Mix well.

Step 4 :  Add some water and mix well. Remember: You may need to use a little more or less water depending on how ‘watery’ your lauki or bottle gourd is.

Step 5 : Heat Frying Pan and add oil. Take small dough on pan and spread likes shown in below pic.(when Spreading dough put some water on dough to spread well )

Step 6 :   Drizzle some oil on the edges and on the top as well.

Step 7 :  Cook for 1-3  minutes until edges turns brown and crispy.

Step 8 :  Serve Hot with pickle and curd.🙂

Bread roll

INGREDIENTS:-
5-6 bread slices
½ cup bread crumbs
oil for deep frying
water in a bowl for dipping bread slices
Stuffing:
3 potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed
oil - 1tbsp
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp green chillies very finely chopped
salt - to taste
½ tsp red chilli powder
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp coriander leaves
½ tsp coriander seeds powder

Method:-

For stuffing:-

In a pan, add oil and heat it.
Into it, add cumin seeds and saute well.
Into it, add finely chopped green chillies, stir well.
Add mashed potatoes, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander seeds powder and mix the whole mixture well.
Cook the whole potato mixture for a minute on low flame.
Add coriander leaves toss the potato mixture well.


Cut the bread slices, stuffing and deep frying :-
Take each bread slice, take a knife and cut out all the corners of the bread slice.
Cut out the corners of the remaining bread slices.
Dip the four corners of each bread slice slightly in water, squeeze it completely.
Fill a tsp full of potato stuffing onto bread slice, fold and make into bullets shape.
Coat the roll with bread crumbs.
Similarly, stuff and make rolls of all the remaining bread slices, coat them with bread crumbs and place aside.
Heat oil in a wok for deep frying.
Drop rolls in oil and deep fry them on low to medium flame until they turn golden on all sides.
Take them out from oil.
Place them on a tissue paper.
Serve them with sauce or ketchup!!!

Rice khichdi tikki

Hello friends,
We always think what to do of leftover khichdi.
You know we can make tasty dish from leftover khichdi.

Ingredients:-

 Leftover khichdi - 1 and 1/2 cups

Gramflour(besan)- 1/4th cup(you may need more or less, it should be enough to bind the tikkis)

Curd 1 tablespoon,

Semolina(rawa or suji) 2 tablespoon

Garlic,ginger,chilli paste 1/2 tablespoon

cumin seeds,mustard and sesame seeds 1 teaspoon each.

Red chili powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Coriander leaves- 2 tablespoon (chopped finely)

Oil - for shallow fry

Salt - to taste(be careful as there will already be some salt in khichdi so adjust by tasting)

Method- 

1]Take the khichdi in a bowl.

2]Add all the ingredients mentioned above except oil and mix very well.

3]Make equal sized balls of the mixture and gently flatten a little bit.

4]Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds,mustard and sesame seeds . Add tikkis whent it is crackle.

5]shallow fry the tikkis from both sides on medium heat till they are golden brown.

Poha cutlet

Hi friends,
One more breakfast recipe for you. I tried poha in different style.

Ingredients:-

• Pressed Rice(poha) 1 cup
• Oil 2 tablespoons + to deep fry
• Onion finely chopped 1 medium
• Gram flour (besan) 4 tablespoons
• Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
• Green chillies finely chopped 2
• Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Fresh coriander leaves finely chopped 2 tablespoon

   Method:-

Step 1
Soak the poha for five minutes. Add chopped onion.

Step 2
Add red chilli powder, chopped green chillies, turmeric powder, stir and mix well.

Step 3
Next add salt,gram flour(as per required,till the cutlet set),chopped coriander leaves. Mix well.

Step 4
Divide the mixture into six to eight equal portions and shape each into a cutlet. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai and deep fry the cutlets till golden.

Step 5
Drain onto an absorbent paper and serve hot with green chutney or ketchup.

French Toast

Ingredients:

2 eggs
2 tablespoon chopped onion
coriander leaves 1/2 tbsp
Red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste

Method:-

1]Finely chop onion, coriander leaves. 

2]In a large bowl break eggs, add chopped onion, coriander leaves,salt,red chilli powder.

3] Heat a tava or pan and add 1/2 tbsp of butter or 1 tsp oil, meanwhile dip one bread pieces in egg mixture for 10 sec each side. Use a spoon to spread veggie all over bread piece.

4]Place bread pieces on pan or tava (veggie portion facing down)

5] Cook 2 mins or until golden brown in medium to slow heat, flip the bread and cook again for 2 mins or golden brown. 

6]If required flip few more times to cook both sides until nice brown and crispy. Repeat same for another piece of bread with remaining butter or oil.

7]Serve with sauce.

Methi Handvo

Handvo is basically Gujarati recipe. We can make handvo in different style.I like methi handvo. This is easy way to make tasty hanvo with few ingredients.

Ingredients for Handvo Recipe:-

Rice 1 cup,

Split Bengal gram (chana dal) 1/4 cup,

white urad dal 1/4 cup,

Split Green gram(moong) 2 tablespoon,

1 cup finely choped methi(fenugreek) leaves,

1/2 cup finely chopped coriander leaves,

Buttermilk 1 cup,

Oil 3 tablespoons,

Salt to taste ,

Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon,

Red chilli powder 2 tablespoons,

Asafoetida(hing) a pinch,

Ginger garlic paste 1 tablespoon,

Mustard seeds 2 tablespoons,

Baking soda 1 tablespoon,

Sesame seeds (til) 3 tablespoons.

Method

1] Soak the rice with all the dals in 5 cups of water for 5-6 hours. Drain. Grind the rice to a coarse paste.Use buttermilk while grinding instead of water.make a batter of medium thick consistency.

2] Cover the batter and leave to stand in a dark place for 1/2 hours to ferment.

3] Add salt, ginger garlic paste,methi(fenugreek) and coriander leaves, baking soda to  batter.

4]  Heat oil in non stick pan. 

5] Add mustard seeds.When the seeds crackle, add the sesame seeds,asafoetida(hing), turmeric powder, red chilli powder and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.   

6] Pour  the batter and make a thick layer.

    

7] Cover and cook on a slow flame 9 minutes or till the base turns golden brown in colour and crisp.

8] Lift the handvo gently using 2 large flat spoons and turn it over to the other side.

9] Cook on a slow flame for another 7 minutes or till it turns golden brown in colour.

10]  Cut into square pieces.

11] Serve hot with buttermilk.