HOMEMADE HUMMUS



A classic arabic treat.  Normally you can get ready-made Hummus in any super market. But there's no need to buy it ready-made when it's so simple to make yourself.

INGREDIENTS : 

200g Canned Chickpeas
2 tbsp Lemon Juice Or more
2 Crushed garlic cloves
1 tsp Ground Cumin
100ml Tahini (Optional)
4 Tbsp water
2Tbsp extr virgin olive oil
1Tsp paprika
Salt
4 rounds of Pitta bread



METHOD :                                                                           

Drain the chickpeas and rinse under cold water in a sieve. Keep a few whole chickpeas to one side for serving. Mix the chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, salt, thini and water in a food processor, and blend well until you have a thick, creamy puree. Add a splash more lemon juice, a pinch more garlic and cumin or salt to taste. 

Spoon the mixture onto a dinner plate, and make it smooth by pressing with the back of a spoon. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and scatter with the whole chickpeas.


Sprinkle with paprika and serve with pitta bread, warmed in the oven for three minutes and cut into quarters.






MINI CHEESE CAKE


INGREDIENTS : 

Milk powder - 8 tbsp

Sugar - 5tbsp

Yoghurt - 2cups

Cheese Kiri cubes - 3

Dream Web powder  - 1

Digestive biscuits  - 20 pieces

Butter - 3/4 cup


Method :

  Mix the crushed biscuits finely with butter then distribute in small paper templates. mix the remaining ingredients in blender for 5 minutes. Distribute little of the mix in each biscuit base template to fill 3/4 template. Place these into the oven for 10 minutes or until the mixture solidifies. Now let them cool for sometime and then adorn them with readymade pie filling or jam of your choice. Spray a little pistachios for decoration and place them in the refrigerator to cool until they become nice and soft.



APPLE CRUMBLE

APPLE CRUMBLE


        A delicious desert, quick to make, for both winters and summers !!!



 INGREDIENTS :

Green apples peeled and sliced  - 5 cups

Plain flour - 1 cup

Oats  - 3/4 cup

Brown sugar - 1/2 cup

Butter -  120gms

Cinnamon Powder  - 1tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp


PREAPRATION :
   Set oven at 180 degrees C. Grease baking tray and layer the apples slices in it. Sift dry ingredients into bowl and rub butter in the mixture. Add sugar and oats. Mix well. Sprinkle the mixture over the apples and bake for an hour. Serve hot with vanilla ice-cream.
ORANGE POUND CAKE

INGREDIENTS : 

 All purpose flour  -  1 1/2 cup

Vanilla extract    -  1tsp

Baking powder   - 1 tsp

Sugar  - 1/2 cup

Orange Juice  -  1/4 cup

Orange zest  -  1 tsp

Melted unsalted butter  - 1/4 cup

Milk  -  1/4 cup

Last but not least,    Eggs  - 2


PREPARATION : 


        Ina mixing bowl, take sugar,eggs,melted butter and mix well till it forms a smooth mixture. To this, add vanilla extract, baking powder, orange juice and orange zest and mix well. Now add all purpose flour and mix well till the mixture turns smooth. Add milk to it and combine well. Preheat the oven for 350 degrees F.
Meanwhile, grease the round baking pan with butter, pour batter into the greased pan. Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes or till a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Place it on a rack to cool, Slice and serve at room temperature. Can use choclate sauce or powdered sugar or any fruit icing to decorate it.



   

CHRISTMAS CAKE



                           "MERRY CHRISTMAS"   A christmas special cake for you all.




INGREDIENTS  : 

Semolina  -    250gms

Sugar      -   250gms

Freshly grted coconut  - 500 gms

Eggs  - 3

Water - 45 gms

Unsalted softened butter   -   100 gms

Baking powder   - 1tsp

Vanilla essence    - 1tsp


HOW TO PREPARE :


     Grind the coconut in 45gms of water. Now add the semolina,egg,sugar,butter,baking powder and vanilla essence. Mix it well and let it keep for 4-5 hours. Cut the foil or butter paper and line the cake tin.  Now grease it with butter and pour the mixture in the pan. Preheat the oven and set it on 200 C and let the cake bake for 1 hour. To test if the cake is baked just pierce the sharp side of the knife the deep and if the knife comes out clean it's done. The sides will brown well. Once done put off the bottom flame and burn the top flame keep the oven open and let the top brown slightly. Remove and let it cool.


FISH FRY




Many people thinks for fish fry need to add so much ingredients or masalas but no need to add many ingredients and with a few, basic ingredients we can make fish fry. I learned this simple fish fry recipe from one of my family friend, in this weekend  I tried this fish fry recipe. It turns out very well. The taste was too good… If you are making fish fry for kids, then select the fish with less bones like salmon, raa, cat fish .  I used Rohu fish for frying. Have this fish fry with sambar, this is an awesome combination. Try once this combination, then you want to eat again and again. :)

Rohu fish fillets  :   4 pieces
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder : 3 tsps or according to your spicy level
Turmeric  :   1tsp
Oil for deep frying

Clean fish pieces and keep it aside.  Take a wide bottomed bowl and add salt, redchilli powder, turmeric and add 1tsp of oil and mix these ingredients.  Dip fish pieces in this mixture and nicely spread the mixture on both sides of fish. Keep fish pieces in fridge for 24hrs. Don’t keep in freezer.  After 30 mins of  marination you can fry your fish, but if you keep this marinated fish in fridge for 24hrs, the taste would be too good.


Next day take the fish pieces from refrigerator and directly deep fry in oil. No need to add any ingredients. Garnish with coriander leaves.  Simple and fabulous fish fry ready to serve.  
OMELET SANDWICH



It’s a simple and tasty sandwich and it takes only 10 minutes for preparation. For working women’s it is a best choice for every day breakfast selection.




INGREDIENTS :

Bread   :   2 slices
Lettuce leaves  : 1 or 2 
Onions slice :  3
Tomato slices : 3
Cheese slice  : 1 

Tomato sauce as required
Egg omelet  :  1


DIRECTIONS :

 First prepare amlet and keep it aside.  Chop onions and tomatoes into thin round slices, take sandwich bread and spread the tomato sauce evenly onto the 2 slices of bread. Place lettuce leaves and  slices of  onion and tomato on the tomato sauce. Place the cheese slice  and omelet pieces on,  cover with other half of the bread. Toast it with using sandwich toaster. Easy and delicious omelet sandwich ready to eat.


SWEET LASSI


OMG… Out side too hot here… :(  After I reached home in the afternoon usually I like to drink cool cool sweet lassi. A simple, tasty and we can say healthy also. Sweet lassi will reduce the body heat. Its good in the summer time. So try this !!!


What you need : ( For 2 servings)

 

Yoghurt : 1 cup
Sugar : 3tbsps or as needed
Water : As needed
Roohafza : 1tbsp (Optional)


Method :

Take yoghurt in to a bowl and Beat with egg beater until froth appears. Add sugar and water as needed and mix well.

Traditionally in Hyderabad,  people used to serve sweet lassi with roohafza. If you like you can add little roohafza to sweet lassi and mix well. Pour it in to a glass and serve chilled.

VEGETABLE SWEET CORN SOUP :






Sweet corn kernals : 100 gms
Carrot : 1
Beans : 5
Spring onions chopped : 1tsp
Salt to taste
White or black pepper : ½ tsp
Soya saus : 5 or 6 drops
Water or veg stock : 4cups




Wash and finely chop the carrots, beans, spring onions into small pieces. Boil the chopped vegetables & sweet corn.
Take 3/4th of boiled sweet corn and paste it in a mixie. Heat enough water or vegetable stock in a wok and add sweet corn paste, boiled carrot and beans pieces. Boil it for 3 mins. Mix cornflour in a little water and set aside. Add Salt, white or black pepper and soya saus and stir to mix well. Add cornflour paste to boiling soup and stir till the soup thickens. Now vegetable sweet corn soup ready. Pour in a soup bowl and garnish with spring onions and serve piping hot.



SUNNUNDALU OR URAD DAL LADOOS 

Old is gold… A perfect word for sunnundalu or urad dal laddos. Sunnundalu is very nutritious dish for all age groups especially for growing children and pregnant ladies. It’s a classic Andhra dish. When we heard sunnundalu every one remembers their childhood sweet memories. In every house, mom prepares sunnundalu for their kids. So i can tell it as mom’s recipe.

Sunnudalu is made easy with only four main ingredients. It takes 15 to 20 mins for preparation, can keep these laddos for 20 days.





WHAT YOU NEED :


Urad dal : 1 glass

Rice : 1/5 glass

Sugar : 1 glass

Elachi : 2

Ghee for making laddos.


HOW TO MAKE :


In a wide bottomed pan roast the urad dal on a low flame by stirring continuously. When roasting urad dal nice aroma will come from that and add rice to it and stir it, roast it until both of them gets light golden brown colour. Then remove it from heat and keep aside and let it cool. When we add rice to this, urad dal won’t stick in the mouth and it will melt in the mouth.

In the same pan add 2 tsps of ghee and add cashew nuts and almond pieces, fry it and keep it aside.

First grind this urad dal & rice into coarse powder, when grinding add 2 elachi also.

Then add sugar to that powder & grind well.

Take the powder into a bowl and add fried nuts and enough ghee for making small lemon sized laddos.

The mouth watering sunnundalu is ready.





EGG & PANEER FRANKIE






Take 1 cup of  wheat flour and add some salt & water, knead it into a soft dough. Cover it with wet cloth and keep it aside.  Normally frankies can be made with all purpose flour, but I prefer wheat flour. Making frankies with wheat flour is healthy.

For stuffing  :

Take kadai and add 2tsps of oil and add finely chopped ginger & garlic pieces. Then add finely chopped onions, green chillies, little salt  & turmeric. Sought out them until it gets colour. Add tomato pieces, red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and add little water and stir it well. Cook it for 4 mnts. Then add paneer cubes or chopped paneer pieces to it and mix well. Add finely chopped coriander leaves and mix it.




Making Frankies :

Take the dough and knead it again and make small sized balls and roll it into a thin sheet.   Take tava and place a roti on tava and cook on a medium flame until both sides turn light brown colour using 1tsp of oil or butter. Take a egg and whisk it and add little salt to egg and pour on the roll and spread it.




 Turn the other side also, fry it a minute and remove from tava.

Take the roll on a plate and place the stuffing on one end of the roti and spread evenly. Add  onion slices, tomato slices, Crushed cheese or small cheese pieces.





Fold the edges and roll the Frankie and serve it hot.


MUTTON BONE SOUP


Mutton bone soup is a nutritious food for all age groups. This soup can give for patients as nutrient supplement.




INGREDIENTS :
Mutton bones : 500 gms
Onions : 1 big
Green chillies : 2
Cloves, cinnamon : 2 each
Red chilli powder : 2tsp
Salt to taste
Dhaniya powder : 1tsp
Garam masala : 2tsp
Grated coconut : 2tsp
Khus khus / Poppy seeds : 1 tsp
Turmeric : ½ tsp
Water - 1.5 lt



Wash mutton bones and keep it aside. Take a blender and add poppy seeds and coconut, blend it into a smooth paste.

heat oil in a wide bottomed kadai and add cloves, cinnamon fry them. Add chopped onions and green chillies, sauté them 2 mins. Then add ginger garlic paste and stir well.


 Add mutton bones, turmeric and salt.




 Stir it and add 1.5 litre water and cover it with lid.

Cook it on a low flame, after 1 hour add red chilli powder, Coriander or dhaniya powder, garam masala and poppy seeds paste and stir it well. Boil it for another 2 hours and check the seasoning. . If you want more soup you can add water.Add chopped coriander leaves and serve hot. Full cooking process takes 3hours.




AVACADO JUICE / AVACADO MILK SHAKE

AVACADO  fruit is considered to be an almost complete or best food. It is the best fruit in source of vitamin E, an essential vitamin that protects against many diseases and helps maintains overall health. Avocado includes necessary minerals like potassium, calcium, vitamin C and K, folic acid, copper, sodium and dietary fibers. These are used to provide the mineral necessity of the body. People who live in hot climates have great mineral and water loss. So, avocado is suggested strongly by the medicals. Avocado contains vitamins A, C, E and K, which helps a great deal to improve overall skin health and give a soft look and instant glow.




One cup of avocado has 23% of the recommended daily value of folate. Studies show that people who eat diets rich in folate have a much lower incidence of heart disease than those who don't. The vitamin E, monounsaturated fats, and glutathione in avocado are also great for your heart.


Avoid eating large amounts of avocado if you’d like to lose weight, because they are high in calories.

Now I will discuss about how we can improve our beauty with avocado :

Hair Conditioner and for Hair Growth :

It is an ideal natural ingredient for hair rejuvenation as it is enriched with essential fats which are fabulous for moisturizing. Avocado makes the hair softer and more elastic and also makes it less prone to breakage. For Amazing soft, silky and shiny hair you need to do this:


Take one avocado, half teaspoon of olive oil and one egg yolk. Mash it thoroughly in a bowl. Apply this mix to wet or damp hair. Leave it on for 20 to 30 minutes. Massage it in your scalp properly. Rinse with warm water and shampoo your hair as usual. Amazingly soft, silky and shiny hair.

Face Cleansing Mask

Avocado is a natural cleanser . Take the flesh from the avocado and mash it with a fork in a bowl. Make the cleansing mask according to your skin type. For dry skin , add one teaspoon of honey in the avocado mash. For normal or oily skin , add one teaspoon of lemon juice in the avocado mash.Mix the mash thoroughly and stir it well. Apply it to your face and neck, and massage gently. Leave it on for 15 minutes and then rinse off with warm water. The result: Clean , Soft smooth and glowing skin.



So try to use avocado very often; now I will tell how to prepare avocado juice. Avacado juice preparation is very simple but a bit tricky.


FOR AVACADO JUICE YOU NEED :

Ripe, soft Avacado : 1

Honey : 2tsps

Sugar : 4 tsps

Pistachio Or any flavour icecream : 1scoop

Milk : 1 cup

Ice cubes or water

HOW TO MAKE :

Take ripe avocado and cut it into two, and scoop out the pulp and remove the inner seed. In a mixer juice jar add avocado pulp, pistachio icecream, honey,sugar and milk and blend it finely also add some ice cubes or water and blend it nicely. Avacado milk shake is ready and serve it chill.


CHICKEN LOLLIPOP


          Chicken Lollipop is one of my favourite chicken recipes.  This indo-Chinese recipe and can made easy. Try this!!!!


INGREDIENTS :

Chicken lollipops : 4
Ginger garlic paste : 2tsps
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder : 3tsps
Tomato ketchup :  2 tsps
Egg   : 1
Cornflour  :    3 tsps
All purpose flour / maida :  4tsps
Lemon juice : 1tsp
Azinomato (Optional) :  1 Pinch
Food colour (Red) : 1 pinch
Chicken masala  : 2tsps
Silver foil paper




 Make chicken lollipops out of the chicken wings.  Each wing can be  made into 2 lollipops. Cut the chicken wing into two parts, one part will have a single bone,  and the other will have two parallel bones. Remove the small bone from 2 parallel bones. Mould two parts  into a lollipop.


Wash them and drain all the water from it, and marinate with ginger garlic paste, salt, red chilli powder, tomato ketchup, beaten egg white, corn flour, all purpose flour, azinomato, food colour, lemon juice, chicken masala and  mix lollipops. Keep aside for 30 mins.

Heat oil in a deep bottomed pan and place the pieces on medium flame. Fry until it gets nice red colour. Place the fried lollipops on a absorbent paper so that oil will be squeezed out.  Take small silver foil paper and wrap the bones. Now chicken lollipops are ready. Serve with tomato ketchup, onion and lemon.

SOYABEAN MANCHURIAN


Soya bean Manchuria is a nutritious and tasty snack.  I used for this dish soya bean , cabbage & mint. These are having good nutritional values. Soya beans are an excellent source of protein and molybdenum. They are having very good source of iron, calcium, phosphorus, and dietary fiber and also good source of vitamins B1, B2, B6, and E and folic acid. Consumption of soya bean will reduce the cholesterol level. Soya bean consumption is thought to be one of the major reasons for the relatively low rates of breast cancer and prostate cancer in Asian countries. Try to use soya very often.





INGREDIENTS :


Soya bean  : 1cup
Chopped cabbage : 1cup
Mint leaves :  3or 4 stems
Corn flour    :  1 cup
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder :  1 tsp
Green chillies  :  4
Coriander powder  :  1 ½ tsp
Zeera powder :  ½ tsp
Garam masala  : 1  tsp
Finely chopped ginger : ½ tsp
Finely chopped garlic  : ½ tsp
Soy sauce   : 1tsp
Oil

       
HOW TO MAKE :

 Soak soya bean in water overnight.  Wash soaked soya bean and boil it in a pressure cooker up to 4 whistles.
 Grind the boiled beans to make a smooth paste. 
 In that, add finely chopped cabbage & mint leaves, salt, red chilli powder, dhaniya powder, cumin powder, garam masala and cornflour and mix it well.
 Make a lemon sized balls and keep it aside.
 Heat oil for deep frying in a kadai, once it is hot, dip the balls in to oil and deep fry on medium flame till they turn golden colour. Use absorbent paper to squeeze whatever oil in the fried balls.
 
Take a fry pan and heat 2 tsps of oil and  add  finely chopped garlic & finely chopped ginger pieces and fry them a minute. Then add 1tsp of soy sauce and add fried soya balls in it. Mix well. Now soyabean Manchurian is ready to serve.  Enjoy with tomato ketchup.

POORI BHAJI


Poori is a favourite  breakfast recipe for almost everyone. Traditionally puri is served with potato curry which is a delightful combination. Puri can be served as breakfast, snack even lunch or dinner. Bhaji we can make in few minutes.




 INGREDIENTS FOR POORI :

Wheat flour  : 2cups
Salt
Water 
Oil for deep frying

 Making Poori  :

 Take  wheat flour and salt in a bowl and mix it with enough water. Make a tight dough. Cover the bowl and set aside for 15 mins.

Knead the dough and make lemon sized balls.  Roll each balls into a thin round.  If u feel dough sticking  on to the surface you can use oil or wheat flour. Heat oil in kadai  or fry pan, Once it piping hot drop the poori in to oil and  gently press poori with a spoon for puff the poori.  Flip the poori on the other side and fry for few minutes.

 INGREDIENTS FOR POTATO CURRY :

Potatoes  : 2
Onion  : 1 big
Salt
Red chilli powder : 2tsps
Green chillies  : 2
Turmeric   : ½ tsp

For Popu / Tadka :

Urad dal  : ¼ tsp
Mustard seeds : 1/4tsp
Zeera  : ¼ tsp
Curry leaves
Red chilli  : 1

Making bhaji :

Heat 2 tsps of oil and add urad dal, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and red chilli. Fry for a minute and add chopped onions. Add little salt and turmeric and fry for 2minutes. Then add potato pieces and salt red chilli powder and mix it well.  Fry for 5 mins then add enough water and cover with a lid. Cook for 6-7 mins on medium flame, stirring occasionally.

Mix the besan in a ¼ cup of water and add this in to potatoes. Mix well. After adding besan immediately curry becomes thick. Check the seasoning. Bhaji is ready to be serve with puri.

CHOCO MOUSSE


                     Choco mousse is an elegant dessert. It is delicious and easy- to- make. I did some variations for choco mousse.  I prepared choco mousse with the combination of chocolate and yoghurt, without using whipped cream.






INGREDIENTS :

Cooking choclate bar : 1
 Choclate chips       :   4tsps
Yoghurt     :  1 cup
Almonds    :  8
Powdered sugar  : 4tsps
Disposable cups   :  2

          Step 1 : Remove the water from yoghurt  
 
            Squeeze out the water from yoghurt using a clean cloth, then it will be like a cream and keep it aside.

         Step 2 : Break the chocolate and melt

          Take half of the chocolate bar and break it into rough chunks and melt the chocolate in oven or put the chocolate chunks   in a small stainless steel bowl and set over a sauce pan of simmering water.

       Step 3 : Make chocolate glasses

       After melting the chocolate,  immediately pour 2tsps of melted chocolate in a disposable glass and  nicely rotate the glass until its spreads the half of the glass. Don’t use spoon for spreading and just you need to rotate the glass. Then keep the glasses in the freezer for 30 mins.



       Step 4 : Prepare yoghurt for stuffing

       Take the squeezed creamy yoghurt and add powdered sugar and mix it well. In that add chopped almonds (You can use any nuts, I used only almonds), chocolate chips and refrigerate it for 30 mins.


  Step 5 :  Removing the chocolate glass from disposable glass  and stuffing with yoghurt

             After 30 mins take the glasses from freezer and cut the disposable glass carefully. Then you can see the bowl shaped chocolate. Take the yoghurt from refrigerator and mix once and stuff in to the chocolate glass. Decorate with a cherry or strawberry on the top of mousse.

  Choco mousse ready to serve, keep it in a cool place.




Sprouted green gram chat

Sprouts are considered as wonderful foods. Sprouts provide all the essential vitamins and minerals. This is a very healthy dish. In the process of sprouting the vitamins, minerals and protein increase substantially with corresponding decrease in calories and carbohydrate content. Yesterday I have prepared sprouted green gram chat. We can call it as bean sprout chat. Can make Bean sprout chat very easily.


INGREDIENTS :


Sprouted green gram : 1Cup
Black pepper powder : 1tsp
Zeera : ½ tsp
Chopped ginger : ½ tsp
Olive oil or any cooking oil : 2tsps
Salt to taste
Lemon juice : 1tsp
Chopped coriander leaves : 2tsps





HOW TO SPROUT :

Take good variety of green gram and wash thoroughly. Then soak overnight in water. The Bowl should be covered with lid.
Next day rinse off seeds and drain out the water. Soaking makes legumes fatty and pulpy. For sprouting can cover green gram with a cloth or you can take a big box with a hole for air. It takes 12 -14 hours for sprouting.

CHAT PREPARATION :

If sprouted green gram is ready , chat preparation is very simple and it takes only few minutes.
  • Heat 2 tsps of olive oil in a fry pan and add zeera, chopped ginger and black pepper powder. Fry 1 min.
  • Then add sprouted green gram and add enough water and salt. Boil until water evaporates. Stir occasionally.
  • Then switch off the flame and take green gram in to another bowl. Add lemon juice and chopped coriander leaves. Gournish withkeera and carrot. Sprouted green gram chat is ready to serve.

CHICKEN FINGERS




Chicken  :  500 gms
Eggs        : 2
Potato     :  1 Big
Dhaniya powder  :  2tsps
Cumin Powder     :  1 Tsp
Garam masala      :   1 ½ tsp
Coriander leaves   : 2 tsps
Salt to taste
Turmeric             : ½ tsp
Red chilli powder  : 2 tsps
Ginger garlic paste  : 2 tsps
Bread crumbs       :  ½ cup or as required
Corn flour             :  2 tsps
Oil for deep frying
Tomato ketchup    :   As required


 

Boil the potatoes and mash them and keep them aside.

Heat 2tsps of oil in a pan and add minced chicken. Add salt, turmeric and chilli powder. After 10 mins add ginger garlic paste, dhaniya powder, cumin powder and mix it well.  Add garam masala powder and chopped coriander leaves to it.  Cook until water evaporates.

Add smashed potatoes to chicken and mix it well.Turn off the stove. 
Add corn flour to this mixture, check the seasoning and if required add salt and chilli powder.

Take white egg in a bowl and beat along with a pinch of salt. Take chicken mix and make fingers (can make any shape like balls or fingers, as you like).

Dip each finger in to white egg mix and roll it in to bread crumbs and then dip in boiling oil for deep frying. (Careful while dipping fingers in to egg mix as it may break, otherwise you can toss it with egg white using spoon.). 

Fry them until it gets golden colour.

Serve hot with tomato ketchup.


VEGETABLE CHEESE BALLS

INGREDIENTS :

 

Potato : 2
Carrot : 1
Mutter : ¼ of small cup

Eggs: 2
Bread crumbs : As required
Salt to taste
Chilli powder : 2tsp
Brown (or) milk Bread Pieces : 2 large
Oil for frying
Grated cheese : 2 to 3 tbsps
Chopped Coriander leaves : 2tbsps






(You can add cabbage & beans also)

Boil Potato, carrot, mutter and mash them. Soak bread into water, with in a minute squeeze out excess water and crumble.


Combine mashed vegetables, chopped coriander leaves, crumbled bread & grated cheese. Mix salt & chilli powder. Make lemonsized balls and keep them aside.


In a bowl take egg, and beat white substance of egg along with a pinch of salt. Dip each ball in to egg white and roll in the breadcrumbs. Now dumplings are ready to fry.


Heat sufficient oil in a deep pan. Once it is hot, dip the balls in oil to fry them on a low flame. Fry till balls get golden colour anddrain on absorbent paper. Now veg cheese balls are ready. It melts in the mouth. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

ANDHRA PRAWN CURRY / ROYYALA KURA

Andhra Prawn Curry is a tasty and simple sea food recipe.


 
INGREDIENTS :

Prawns : 500 gms
Oninons : 2 Medium
Green chillies : 2
Cloves & Cinnamon : 4 each
Garlic cloves : 3
Poppy seeds/ Khus khus/ Gasagasalu : 2 tsps
Coconut : 5 tsps
Dhaniya or dhaniya powder : If powder, use 2 tsps or dhaniya use 11/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste : 2 tsps
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder : 1 tsp or according to your spicy level
Turmeric
Garam masala powder : 11/2 tsp








PREPARATION :

Take peeled & cleaned fresh prawns, add turmeric 1 tsp and little salt. Boil them in a pressure cooker, after 3 whistles turn it off.

 In a mixer jar make powder of poppy seeds, then add cloves, cinnamon, garlic cloves and coconut. Paste them with adding little water. Keep this masala paste aside.
Heat 2 tsps of oil in a wide bottomed vessel, add chopped onions and green chillies. Add little salt and turmeric to bring out the moisture, and fry until they become transperant. Add ginger garlic paste and stir it well. Add the masala paste and add enough water to get right curry consistency. Cook for 10 mins, Add salt red chilli powder. Stir occasionally. Then add boiled prawns to it.

Cook for 5 mins, then add garam masala and cook for 2 mins. Check the seasoning. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve with rice or roti.
































PAVBHAJI

               Pavbhaji is a fast food dish mostly for north indians but also famous all over india as snack item. . It is  easy and popular indian street food. Bhaji means boiled and mashed  various vegetables and cooked with a spicy masala. Served with butter and pav. I made pavbhaji this weekend, turned out great. No more delay  try this mouth watering dish !! U can add any vegetables... take atleast 5 to 6 variety of vegetables.





INGREDIENTS  :

Pav : 6
Cauliflower :  1 small flower
Beans chopped  :  1/4 cup
Carrot :  1 large
Green peas  : 1/4 cup
Capsicum  :  1
Aloo  :  2 medium
Tomatoes  : 2 medium
Oninons  : 2 medium
Green chillies  :  4
Ginger garlic paste : 1 1/2 tsp
Cloves & cinnamon : 2
Red chilli powder :
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Coriander powder : 1 tsp
kasuri methi Mashed  : 1/4 tsp
Garam masala   : 1tsp
Lemon  : 1
Butter  : 4 to 5 tsps
Coriander leaves for garnish
Food colour  (red)  : Optional

  •    Chop and boil all the  vegetables in a pressure cooker, with adding 1 cup of water until tender. Drain left over water and keep it side,  mash the vegetables using a masher.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add cloves, cinnamon, onions and green chillies. Saute them till onions becomes soft.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 mins, then add tomato pieces to it. Stir for 3 mins and add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, kasuri methi to it and combine well.  
  • After tomatoes becomes mushy, add the mashed vegetables along with a cup of drained left over water. Cook on a medium heat for 10 mins, stir occasionally.
  • Add 2 tsps of butter.Add garam masala also. Then gravy will begin to thicken.
  • After getting bhaji consistency adjust salt if needed. Garnish with coriander leaves.
  • Serve with buttered pavs, sliced onions and lemon.
Note :  Instead of using coriander powder, kasuri methi, garam masala u can use 2 tsps of  pavbhaji masala.
 No need to add the same vegetables, u can add or less vegetables.

BADAM MILK / ALMOND SHAKE

                   Badam milk is a soothing and wholesome drink made from badam and milk.  Almond milk is a nutritious drink. Almonds provides you vitamin E.

                       WHAT YOU NEED  :

                                   Almonds / badams :  20 to 25

Milk  : 1 litre

Sugar  : 1/4 cup (Adjust to ur taste)

Elachi powder : a pinch

Food colour or safforn





HOW TO MAKE :


Soak badams atleast 2 to 3 hrs. Remove the skin and make fine paste adding little milk.

Heat the balance milk and add the badam paste and stir it well.

Boil it for 15 to 20 mins, keep stiring.

Add safforn or food colour, mix well.

Then add sugar and cardamom powder stir it well.

Once it done pour it into a bowl for cool down.

Pour in to a glass and add badam pieces.

Serve chilled.

ALOO CAPSICUM MASALA

                                   Aloo Capsicum Masala is a North Indian Dish and Goes Very Well With Roti Items. Aloo capsicum is a simple combination of bell pepper and Potatoes.




INGREDIENTS  :

Aloo / Potatoes  :  2

Bell pepper / Capsicum  : 2 big

Tomatoes  :   2

Onion    : 2

Green chillies : 3 to 4

Turmeric powder   : 1/2 tsp

Chilli Powder  :  Depends on ur spicy level

Garam masala : 1 tsp ( Optional)

FOR PREAPRING MASALA  : 

Onion  : 1

Garlic cloves  : 4

Ginger   :  small piece

Dhaniya / Coriander seeds   : 1 tsp

Cumin seeds  : 1/2 tsp

Cashew nuts  : 10


  • Wash and peel potatoes. Cut potatoes in to medium size pieces and boil it. Wash and cut capsicum and keep it aside.




  • In a fry pan dry roast coriander seeds & cumin seeds or u can use coriander powder and cumin powder ( 1tsp Each).
  • In a blender add ginger, garlic cloves or ginger garlic paste ( 11/2 tsp), Roasted coriander & cumin seeds, onions, tomatoes, cashew nuts and make a paste adding little water as shown in the picture.
  • Take a sauce pan and add 3tsp of oil. On heating add onions and need to add little salt at this point.
  • Fry onions 5 mins and add capsicum pieces in it.



  •  Let it fry for a while and add salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder and mix it well.



  • Covered with lid and cook for 5 mins till capsicum becomes soft.
  • Then add grinded masala paste to it.


  •  Mix boiled potatoes, add little water and cook till it leaves a layer of oil. Atlast add garam masala. (Optional)
  • Check the seasoning if u need add salt to it. Garnish with coriander leaves.
  • Serve with naan / roti / chapathi.