Gobi Manchurian

Beetroot Pizza

Ingredients:
Grated and cooked Beetroot - 1 cup
Mature Cheddar Cheese -50 gms
Ready made Pizza Base - 1
Tomato Ketchup - 1 tbsp

Cooking Method:

Spread tomato ketchup on the pizza base, top it up with cooked beetroot and finally grate the cheese with a cheese grater. Bake it for 10-15 mins and a nutritious pizza is ready to eat.

Cashewnut Burfi in 5 Mins

I made Cashew Burfi in 5 mins using microwave for this Diwali.

Ingredients:

Cashewnuts - 200 gms

Icing sugar - 100 gms

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Ghee - 1 tsp

Water - 2 tbsps

Cooking method:

Break the cashews into small pieces and coarsely grind it in a mixer. Mix all the ingredients by adding water little by little . Heat in a microwave for 5 mins by stirring it every minute. Apply 1 tsp ghee in a plate and pour the mixure. Allow it to cool, cut it into small squares and relish it!

Happy Diwali!

Salmon Fish Fry

Ingredients:

Salmon - 2 fillets

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsps

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Lemon juice - 2 tsps

Salt - 1 tsp

oil - 1 cup

Cooking Method:

Cut each salmon fillet into 2 pieces. Marinate the fish with ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, turmeric powder and salt for 3 to 4 hrs . Heat oil in a frying pan for 10 mins , deep fry the marinated fillets.

Parrupu Adai

Paruppu Adai is a nurtition packed  South indian food. Soak toor dhal and rice in 1:2 ratio and grind it by adding garlic cloves and dried red chillies using a wet grinder.

 Add chopped coriander, curry leaves and red onions , salt and mix the batter thoroughly.

 Make the adai just like making dosa.

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As a part of the 12th 5 year plan , the world's cheapest tablet computer named Aakash

was launched by the Indian government. I would like to appreciate the government's efforts to make this dream come true. Aakash will defintely bridge the digital divide between rural and urban areas in India.

Homemade Thirunelveli Halwa

Green Peas and Sweetcorn salad

Salads are must for a healthy and balanced diet.

Ingredients:

Green Peas - 1cup

Sweetcorn - 1 cob

Red Onion(chopped) - 1/4 cup

Carrot (diced) - 1 cup

Olive oil - 1 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Salad Preparation:

Boil peas and corn. Saute the onion in oil and add the peas , corn and carrot. Add salt and stir for a minute.

Vazhaipoo Murungaikeerai poriyal

Usually i use only vazhaipoo for the poriyal but there was a little murungai keerai from our garden and i thought of adding it to the poriyal to enhance the flavour.

Ingredients:

Vazhaipoo - 1

Murungakeerai - 1/4 a bunch

Red chillies - 2

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dhal - 1/2 tsp

Onion(Chopped) - 1/2 cup

curry leaves - 1 strand

water - 1/2 cup

Olive oil - 1 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Cooking Method:

Do the seasoning with mustard seeds and urad dhal by heating 1 tsp of olive oil in a kadai. Fry the chopped onions until it turns golden brown add red chillies , water,chopped vazhaipoo and murungaikeerai and stir fry. Finally add salt as the vazhaippo cooks faster without salt.

Vazhaipoo Kootu

Ingredients:
Moong dhal - 1 cup
vazhaipoo- 1
shallots / red onions- 1/2 cup
mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
curry leaves - 2 strands
dried red chilli - 2
oil - 2 tsps
salt - 2 tsps

Cooking Method :
   Remove the stem from the banana flower and chop the rest. Pressure cook the moong dhal,chopped banana flower and chopped onions  by adding a cup of water in a medium flame until dhal is cooked well.
Do the seasoning with mustard seeds, saute the onions , add curry leaves and mix it with pressure cooked kootu.Add salt to taste and mix well.

Vazhaipoo Vadai

Procedure for making Vazhaipoo vadai is the same as that of Mutton Vadai i posted earlier , the only ingredient to be replaced is Vazhaipoo instead of mutton.

Vazhaipoo Vaaram (Banana Flower Week)

Surprisingly , vazhaipoos were available at a grocery store during our Birmingham visit . Though the imported ones are not as fresh as the newly picked ones available in India, itz worth buying. As i bought few of them i'm planning to make all vazhaipoo recipes this week.

Rasam

Recently we went to Lord Subramanya temple in london. They served tasty rasam as part of the meal. Couple of friends i met there has been asking how to make that style of rasam and i'm happy to post this recipe for them.

South Indian meal is not complete without rasam.Usually served after sambar. It's used for digestion as its main ingredients are cummin seeds, pepper corns and garlic.

Ingredients:

Tamarind extract(diluted) - 1 cup

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Urad dhal - 1/4 tsp

Asafoetida powder- 1 pinch

Cummin seeds - 1 tsp

Peppercorns - 1 tsp

Green chillies - 2

Ghee - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Tomatoes - 2

Salt - 1/3 tsp

Garlic - 2 cloves (crushed)

Curry leaves - 2 strands

Chopped Coriander

Pre-Requsites:

Coarsely grind cummin seeds and peppercorns .

Making Rasam:

In a kadai heat 1 tsp of ghee and do the seasoning by adding urad dhal mustard seeds and asafoetida. Fry the chopped garlic and add the remaining ingredients except tomatoes and coriander. Finally chop the tomatoes and sqeeze with hands(should not grind as it would taste like tomato rasam) , add the ground cummin seeds and peppercorns boil for 10 mins. Garnish with coriander and the rasam is ready to serve.

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Happy Ganesh Chathurthi!

Wish u all a very Happy Ganesh Chathurthi!

Pink Salmon with mashed potatoes

A simple and healthy breakfast on the go............

Ingredients:

Pink Salmon - 1 fillet

Mashed Potatoes - 1 cup

Tomato Ketchup - 2 tbsps

Cucumber Slices - 4

Bread - 1

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Cooking Method:

Steam Salmon fillet , split it into small chunks with fork and mix thoroughly with mashed potatoes and salt. Cut the bread loaf horizontally and stuff the mix. Top it up with ketchup and decorate with cucumber slices.

Thai lemon grass soup

Thai lemon grass soup is a watery soup, if you prefer a thicker consistency add tomatoes. For non-vegetarians chicken stalk can be added for better taste.

Ingredients:
Galangal - 1 inch piece
Lemon grass - 2/3 stalks
Shallots - 4
Garlic - 4 cloves
Ghee - 1 spoon
Birds eye chilli - 2
Tomatoes - 2 (optional)
Chicken stalk - 1 cup(optional)
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Water - 1 cup

Cooking method:

Peel the onion, garlic and gangal . Chop all the ingredients into small pieces and roast it in ghee/butter. Bring it boil for about 10 minutes by adding a cup of water. Add half a spoon of salt and the soup is ready to serve.