Thursday, 5 May 2016

Avocado & banana smoothie with honey

Avocado & banana smoothie with honey.......... beat the heat 

Delicious but high calorie one!! Apt for a breakfast

stuffed capsicum kudamilagai stuffed with hot puri

Fry gram floor 1 ½ TSP


Coriander – 1 tsp

Fennel – 1 tsp

Red Chili 1

Fry

Make it powder



Take nonstick

2tsp oil

Cumin seeds

Diced onion

Ginger n garlic paste

Mix well

Roast onion till it become little brown

Add spices grinded

Add salt

Add roasted gram floor

Add little dry mango powder

Mix all those



Keep the stuffing aside



Take a capsicum

Remove crown n seed

stuff

Take a pan

3 spoons oil

Now put the capsicum

Keep turning it


Pesarattu with coconut chutney

Green sprouts/pachai payaru/moong dal -1cup
green chilies -3
rice -1tbp
salt –as required
asafetida -3pinches
jeera-1/4 tsp
Method
Wash and soak sprouts in water for 4 hrs.
.Add green chilies,jeera and salt and grind it to a coarse batter.
Heat a tawa pour a laddle of batter,spread round drizzle oil on both sides and cook in medium flame till there are brown spots on both sides.

kothimbir vadi (cilantro vadai) for evening snacks

2 cups - dhania leaves( preferably leaves, the stems become a bit chewey once steamed), chopped finely
3/4th cup besan/chickpea flour/gram flour

1-2 tablespoon rice flour
2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp ommum ( crush them in your palms and then add)
3/4 tbsp ginger garlic green chilly paste (optional)
1 TSP oil
1 tsp. Lemon juice
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp white sesame seeds (yellu)
Salt to taste.

Procedure
Heat water in a steamer or idly vessel.
Apply/ coat oil on all sides of the vessel (preferably a flat bottom pan).
Mix all the above ingredients in a separate pan .
Pour the mixture in the greased vessel.
Steam the mixture for around 25-30 mins
Insert a knife if it comes clean then it is done.
Remove them from the steamer let them rest for 5 mins
Cut them in cubes.
Then shallow fry them. Frying is optional.

Steamed version
Once you remove it from the steamer. Cut them into slices
Add oil to a kadhai and then add seasoning of mustard seeds ,cumin seeds, asefotida, curry leaves.
Add the cut pieces to the seasoning and toss around till the seasoning coats all the cut pieces.
Finally garnish with toasted white sesame seeds (toast them without oil)


kondakadalai sundal

boiled  Chana- 1 cup
Coconut - 3 tbsp
Salt - to taste

roast the ingredient

Chana Dal - 1 tbsp
Moong Dal - 1 tsp
Pepper corns - 1/4 tsp
Red Chilli - 1
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp


Oil - 2.5 tsp
Mustard seeds - 3/4 tsp
Curry leaves - a small sprig
Red Chillies - 2 small
Hing - a tiny pinch

add cooked chana, coconut and powdered masala.Check and adjust salt at this stage.Mix well and cook for 3 mins in low flame until the masala is blended well.. serve hot

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Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Ragi Koozhu with Veppilai Katti for my energy booster

Ragi: 1/2 cup
Water to boil the Ragi 
Salt to taste
Hing(Perungayam) Powder: Pinch
Buttermilk: 1 to 1.5 cup

METHOD
Boil Ragi in water into paste consistency with pinch of salt.

Once done cool it and add buttermilk, needed salt and pinch of perungayam powder, mix it well and drink it.
If you want you can add raw onions or drink it with Veppilai Katti, Cut Mango, MangaInji and Green Chilli Soaked in Salt or with any desired pickle too


Potato and cheese stuffed bread pakoda

my both daughters loved the way i made ..it came out very well very easy to make...any one can do 

cheesyyyyyyyyyyyy sandwich

Mix chopped capsicum...boiled sweet corn..Italian seasoning...chilli flakes...salt along cheese spread. Spread this on one side of the bread and place one cheese slice and close it with other bread and toast it or grill it.

WHITE PASTAAAAAAAAAAAAA



Butter 1 sp
Garlic little 
Cornflour 2 sp
Milk 1 cup
Pasta seasoning 1sp
Chilli flakes 1 sp
Cheese slice 1
Salt to taste
Boiled pasta 1 cup
Method
Heat butter add garlic and saute. Add cornflour and fry for a minute. Add milk and keep.stirring it. Add the other ingredients and mix well. Add pasta and mix well again. All done to gobble it up.
U can add boiled sweet corn, palak,capsicum, mushroom for healthier wholesome pasta.