Potato-Ladies Finger Poriyal/ Fry

Ingredients:
Potato - 2 big (diced)
Ladies Finger - 1/2 kg (diced)
garam masala - 1 tbsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
green chilli- 4
Salt
Pepper
Coriender leaves- to garnish

For Potato Ladies Finger Poriyal:

• Deep fry both ladies finger and potato seperately and keep aside.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in pan, Add curry leaves, green chillies, the fried potatoes and ladies finger and add the garam masala, coriander powder, pepper and salt and mix them well.
• Garnish wiwth coriander leaves.

This would taste heavenly.... try it out.

Vaalaka/ Plantain Bajji

Ingredients:

Besan Flour - 1 cup

Valaka/ Plantain - 1 Sliced into thin pieces

Garam masala - 1/2 tbsp

pepper or chilli powder - 1 tbsp

salt - as required

• Make a paste of all the above except the plantain. Make sure its a little thick in order to stick well to the plaintain.
• Coat the plaintain nicely in besan paste and deep fry in oil.
• Fry all the pieces in the same way.
• Interesting and easy snacks ready in less than 15 mins. Enjoy hot !!!

Channa Puri Samosa

Ingredients:
Wheat flour/ Atta - 2 cups
Warm Water - as required
Salt - as required
Oil - 2 tbsp

• Mix the above ingredients except oil , and make a soft dough.
• Coat dough with oil and let it rest for atleast 20 to 30 mins.

Meanwhile, for the Masala filling:

Channa/ Chick Peas - 1 cup (Soaked over night and pressure cooked)
Potato - 1 (pressure cooked, peeled and diced)
Peas - 1/2 cup
Onions - 1/2 chopped
garam masala - 1/2 tbsp
coriander powder - 1 tbsp
chilli powder - 1 tbsp
Green chilli - 2
curry leaves - 1 strand
Salt - as required

• Heat oil in pan, Add curry leaves, onions, potato, peas, chick peas, all the masalas and cook for 5 to 10 mins. Add required salt and turn of flame.
• Let it cool down little bit.
• Now, to the rolled dough, place little filling, and press the edges firmly so that the filling does not come out.
• Deep fry in oil, till golden brown... Repeat the same for as many samosa's you want
• Enjoy hot !!! :)
  

Honey & Cinnamon

It is found that mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures most of the diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Ayurvedic as well as Yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries. Scientists of today also accept honey as a Ram Ban (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients also. A famous magazine named Weekly World News published in Canada dated 17 January, 95 has given a list of diseases that can be cured by Honey and Cinnamon as researched by western scientists.

ARTHRITIS: Take one part honey to two parts of luke warm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly. It is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two. Or arthritis patients may daily, morning and night take one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If drunk regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research done at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

HAIR LOSS : Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair. It was found very effective if kept for 5 mins. also.

BLADDER INFECTION : Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of luke warm water and drink it. It destroys the germs of the bladder.

TOOTH ACHE: Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be done 3 times a day daily till such time that the tooth has stopped aching.

CHOLESTROL: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, if given to a cholesterol patient, it reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day any chronic cholesterol is cured. As per the information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complains of cholesterol.

COLDS: Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon luke warm honey with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.

INFERTILITY: Yunani and Ayurvedic have been using honey for years in medicine to strengthen the semen of men. If impotent men regularly take two tablespoon of honey before sleeping, their problem will be solved. In China, Japan and Far-East countries, women who do not conceive and to strengthen the uterus have been taking cinnamon powder for centuries. Women who cannot conceive may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey and apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body. A couple in Merryland, America had no children for 14 years and had left hope of having a child of their own. When told about this process husband and wife started taking honey and cinnamon as stated above, the wife conceived after a few months and had twins at full term.

UPSET STOMACH: Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS : According to the studies done in India & Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

HEART DISEASE: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread or chappati instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, are kept miles away from the next attack.

Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat.

In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that due to the increasing age the arteries and veins which lose their flexibility and get clogged are revitalized.

IMMNUE SYSTEM: Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks.
Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts.
Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA: A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY: Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea.
Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age.
Life span also increases and even if a person is 100 years old, starts performing the chores of a 20 year old.

PIMPLES: Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste.
Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water.
If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTION: Eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections are cured by applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts.

WEIGHT LOSS: Daily in the morning, 1/2 hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup water.
If taken regularly it reduces the weight of even the most obese person.
Also drinking of this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER: Recent research in Japan and Australia has reveled that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully.
Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day.

FATIGUE: Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful than detrimental to the body strength.
Senior citizens who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts are more alert and flexible.
Dr. Milton who has done research says that half tablespoon honey taken in one glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3.00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts decreasing, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH: People of South America, first thing in the morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water. So their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS: Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts restores hearing.

As far as i have heard ans researched honey is very very healthy and useful for many cures which you ve seen above ... Apart from all these displayed here , there might be lots more yet to discovered im sure ... One thing i can guarantee you is ... " Honey is Healthy" and Good for your Health ....so try it ... Eat Healthy...Live Healthy !!! Enjoy life ..

Nutty Banana Vanilla Creme Cake

It was my hubby's Bday yesterday and so, i baked a Surprise cake for him :)) mmm ..Not much of a surprise, coz he knew ill bake a cake for him.. I bake cakes for all special occasions. Then, wont i do it for his bday ??? !!! ha ha ... so it was not a surprise ... he was actually expecting one !!!

So... my hubby is very picky...so finicky... no chocolate, no pineapple, no strawberry's ....what else cake can we bake for a bday ??? If i had baked any of the above No's ...ill end up eating the whole cake and adding extra kilo's..which i don't want :) So I decided to bake a Banana Walnut cake ....but since i did nt have walnuts...i used Almonds and Pecans and changed my cake name to "Nutty Banana Cake with Vanilla Creme ... " ...howz that !!!

Here's what you ll need to bake Nutty Banana Vanilla Creme Cake:

All Purpose Flour - 2 cups
Baking Powder - 1 tbsp
Baking Soda - 1/2 tbsp
Butter - 100 gms (1 stick)
Powdered Sugar - 2 cups
Egg - 2 (Separate the egg white and yoke and beat both till fluffy- keep aside)
Milk - 1/2 cup
Sour Creme - 2 tbsp
Vanilla Essence - 2 tbsp
Smashed Banana - 1
Nuts - Almonds, Pecans, walnuts - 1/2 cup ( use any nut of your choice and quantity of your choice too)
For Nutty Banana Vanilla Creme Cake:

• Wet Ingredients: In a mixing bowl, add butter and beat till creamy and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar and beat again. Add the beaten eggs, milk, vanilla essence, sour creme to the above mixing bowl and beat till it mixes well.
• Dry ingredients: First Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda. Add them to the mixing bowl along with all the other ingredients. Beat well till the batter is well mixed.
• Add the smashed Banana and beat again.
• Finally add the nuts and fold the batter well.
• Grease the baking pan, place a baking paper( parchment paper) and add the batter to 2 pans. Meanwhile, preheat the oven @ 350 degree
• Bake the cakes @ 350 degrees for 45 minutes.



• Let the cake cool down for a little while.

For Vanilla Creme Icing Ull need:

Heavy Whipping Creme - 1 pint
Butter - 1 stick (optional)
Sour creme - 1 tbsp (optional)
Confectioners sugar - 1 to 1/2 cup
Vanilla Essence - 2 tbsp

• Add the heavy whipping creme, sugar and beat till the creme becomes little thick, then add the butter and beat again till thick. Add the vanilla essence and fold the icing creme.

Layering the Cake: Once the cake is cooled, Place the first cake layer add 1/2 inch icing on top, then the next layer and add 1/2 inch icing throughout the outer surface of the cake in even pace. You need not make it perfectly flat. Having a little bumpy and messy cake surface gives a nice Home mstyle look ....and i like that. :))
Tips:

• I added cocoa powder to the icing creme for the decorations. coz i needed a contrast color. You can also add 'icing color' to the icing mix to decorate in different colors. Since i did nt have it, i used chocolate icing for decorations. you can try any other colors as well.
• While layering, you can also add Strawberry preserves to the middle layer.
• You can also use, nuts and chocolate chips for the decorations..
• Adding sour creme to your cake, makes your cake more fluffier and soft..

I baked the cake yesterday and its over today !!! It was indeed delicious and nutty :))) try it out and let me know your suggestions and comments...

Natural Weight Reducing Diet !!!

This is an interesting topic !!! and this post is especially for my brother and for all those of you, who want to reduce some weight and want to be trim and fit...

Well, to start of with some facts, regular exercises are very important for a trim and fit body. But diet also plays a very vital role in toning our body line. Most or all the food that we eat do have some calories. So when we eat calorie food, we add weight. "But, can you imagine eating food can also reduce your weight ? Yes , you read it right!!! Eating some food can actually reduce your weight ...and you need not starve or sacrifice any of your favourite dishes in the process of weight loss.. "

"So as i told you, eating some food can actually reduce your weight, lets see how and what and where and many more answers to all your questions ... "
Some fruits and vegetables are very high in calorie...and unfortunately, the tastiest foods contain the highest calorie rate.. Lets ignore those for a while and lets see what helps in weight loss...
There are some vegetables and fruits which have 'NEGATIVE CALORIES' .... that's right ...."-ve -ve calories .... " Great to hear this isn't it !!!
So the more the -ve calorie food you eat , the more calories you will BURN !!! ... And you can see the difference in just 1 week..

What does Negative Calorie' mean ?
Negative Calorie food are those which use more calories to digest than the calories the food actually contains. Hence, you get to reduce the extra fat in your body. And also they are rich in Vitamins and Minerals ...This gives these foods a tremendous natural fat-burning advantage. So having Negative Calorie food is the best way to Natural Weight Loss ...

How it works?
All foods have a nutrient (carbohydrate, fat, protein), caloric (calories) and vitamin & mineral content. Vitamins stimulate living tissues to produce enzymes that breakdown the caloric nutrients of that food.The foods with negative calorie contain sufficient vitamins & minerals that produce enzymes in quantities sufficient to break down not only its own calories, but additional calories from body in digestion as well. This is called "negative calorie effect".

How to do it ?
Well, I'm not asking you to eat just the negative calorie food. What I'm telling you is " Add the negative calorie food in a higher ratio to your regular cooking" ...For example, Banana's and Mango's are very high in calorie. But, don't avoid them, coz they are also high in fiber, vitamins and minerals. Just include apples, strawberries, orange, watermelon to your fruit bowl in a higher ratio and relish ...
Similarly, in vegetables, potato's are high in calorie only when fried in oil. But if they are eaten in the right way by steaming and boiling them, there is no other source of medicinal values you can get then from a 'Potato'... Potatoes are rich in 'Medicinal Values' - if eaten in the right way!!! Most of us miss interpret, the above facts and avoid it ... Don't do that mistake anymore. Eat potatoes, bananas, mango's in the right proportion and you ll stay healthy !!!
Carrots, Lettuce, celery, Spinach, Cucumber, etc are Negative calorie vegetables .... - you can also eat them raw...so eat lots of these.. . The more you eat, the more calories/ fat you ll BURN.

I have a list of some of the Negative Calorie food....which i have tired my self. And Now, even after being a mom, I'm able to fit into my college days jeans... I did nt do follow any special diet ....i just ate 'Negative Calorie food' ... and i still do. Even if you feel difficult at the beginning, youll soon get used to the cycle. I know a friend of mine who reduces 12 lbs in 1 month. So try it out. It really works !!!

Some of the food with Negative Calories:

• asparagus
• apple
• beet
• cranberries
• broccoli
• grapefruit
• green cabbage
• lemon
• carrot
• orange
• cauliflower
• pineapple
• celery
• raspberries
• peppers
• strawberries
• cucumber
• lettuce
• garlic
• onion
• green beans
• papaya
• zucchini
• radish
• turnip
• spinach
• etc

TIP: In addition to Negative Calorie Food, drink plenty of WATER.. Water washes away all the bad toxic from the body and keeps skin fresh and vibrant throughout.

This is the list of Negative Calorie foods as far as i have researched and as far as i have experimented my self. This is not ALL ...There are still lots that i don't know and lots more that is not yet known to anyone.. So gentle readers, if you know any other Negative Calorie food, do let me know, and ill add them to the list ...so that all can benefit !!! Also do give me your comments if you have found this post useful...

Don't let your body control you ....and Good Luck with your Weight Loss !!!

Yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies...

Ingredients:
All purpose flour - 2 1/4 cups
Baking soda - 1/2 tbsp

Baking Powder - 1 tbsp
Salt - 1 tbsp
Butter, softened - 1 cup (150 grams)

Granulated sugar - 3/4 cup
Packed brown sugar - 3/4 cup
Vanilla essence- 1 tbsp
Eggs - 2
Semi Sweetened Chocolate chips / Broken Chocolate pieces - 2 cups

Chopped nuts- 1 cup(optional)

For Chocolate Chip Cookies:

• First, preheat your oven to 375 degrees F .
• Lets mix the wet ingredients first.
• To a large mixing bowl, add the flour, granulated and brown sugar, vanilla essence and eggs and beat till creamy.
• Now add the dry ingredients to the bowl - add the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt - and blend till all ingredients are mixed well. Don't over mix. That will give a hard texture to your cookies. So just mix till all the ingredients are just combined together.
• Now, add the nuts and chocolate chips/ chocolate pieces and just fold the mixture. Don't blend or mix any further. Just fold the mixture using a spatula.
• To the baking tray, place a baking sheet so that the cookies don't stick to the tray, and place one scoop of cookie dough (Size off a golf ball) to baking sheet. Do not spread it flat. It will flatten in the baking process. Also while placing the rest of the cookie dough, make sure to have 2 inch space around the cookies. coz, it will expand in the baking process.
• Place all the cookies in tray, bake for 10 - 12 minutes.
• Once baked, let it cool for 5 mins.

Tips:

1. If you don't have brown sugar , just add granulated sugar instead. Plus add 2 tbsp honey for extra flavour. It tastes great !!!

Will be gone in no time ...
Enjoy your cookies ... :)

Quick & Easy Chicken Biriyani

Ingredients:

Basmathi Rice - 3 cups

Chicken - 2 lbs

Chopped Onion - 1/2 (medium)

Chopped Tomatoes - 1

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp

Green chillies - 4 to 5 ( small)

Biriyani Masala - 3 tbsp

Spices - Bay leaf - 1, Cinnamon sticks - 1 (2 inch) , Cardamom - 4, Cloves - 4

Mint leaves - few (optional)

Coriander Leaves

Salt

Oil

Biriyani Masala: Dry roast all the below ingredients separately, cool and grind to a fine powder.

Cinnamon – 1 big stick

Cardamom – 3

Cloves – 4

Nutmeg – 1/4 tbsp

Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp

Peppercorn - 1/2 tbsp

Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp

Shahjeera – 1/2 tsp

Mace – 3

Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp

Red chillies - 4

For Chicken Biriyani:

• Soak the Basmathi Rice for 30 mins in Luke warm water.
• Heat Oil in pan, add the spices, ginger garlic paste, green chillies, keep stirring. When golden brown, add the onions, fry till golden brown, add tomatoes and let it cook for another 5 mins. Smash the tomatoes, add the biriyani masala, little water and let it cook for 5 mins. Add the chicken pieces, stir well, add water till chicken is covered in water and cook for 10 mins.
• Add required salt.
• Now, add the rice just on top of the chicken, and water just till the rice is soaked. Add Mint leaves and coriander leaves. Pressure cook for 10 to 15 mins. Or add to electric cooker and let it cook.

Cooking time will not take more than 30 minutes... Serve hot with Raitha and brinjal masala.

Samba Puttu

Ingredients:

Samba/ Chemba Puttu Flour - 2 cups

Salt - 1 tbsp
Water - as required

Shredded coconut - as required

Sugar - as required

For Puttu:

• Wet the flour with water,add salt and keep aside for 5 mins.
• In Puttu Kolal, add 2 hand full flour, then 1 hand full coconut, repeat the same till you reach the end of the puttu (kolal )vessel.
• Place it on top of the pressure cooker, and steam it.
• Puttu will be ready in 5 to 10 mins.
• Transfer to plate, add sugar and enjoy with Green gram dhal ( cooked and sugar added) and papad.

Tips:

1. If you dont have a puttu kolal/ vessel, spread the puttu flour with the shredded coconut on a tray and steam it by placing inside the cooker.
2. Pressure cook the green gram dhal in cooker, and use the pressure outside to steam to Puttu... All in one !!! ..
3. Follow the same steps for 'White Puttu' as well..

Good for an ideal breakfast !!! Tastes Yummy yummy .... Enjoy

Rice Kheer

Ingredients:

Steamed Rice - 1 cup

Milk - 4 cups

Sugar - 3/4 to 1 cup

Cinnamon or Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tbsp

Raisins and Nuts - 1/2 cup

Saffron - 1 pinch (optional)

Ghee

For Rice Kheer:

• Boil Milk. When the milk is about to boil, add the rice and let it cook for 5 to 10 mins.
• Once it gets little thick, add the sugar and Cardamom/Cinnamon powder.
• Heat Ghee in another pan, add nuts (any nut of your choice) and raisins, fry till golden brown, and add to kheer.
• Garnish with Saffron and nuts..
• Serve hot or cold !!!

Tips:

I was actually running short of Cardomom Powder and so decided to add Cinnamon powder instead. Wow ...it tasted great !!! I like it better with cinnamon powder ...try it !!! You ll like it too ..

Enjoy Rice Kheer for desert ...

Egg Curry

Ingredients:
Eggs - 4
Chopped Onions - 1/2
Chopped Tomato - 1 ( medium size )
Minced Garlic - 2 to 3
Green Chillies - 3
Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tbsp
Mustard Seeds s- 1 tbsp
Curry Leaves
Coriander Leaves
Salt
Oil

For Egg Curry :
Hard boil the eggs, remove shell and keep aside
Heat Oil in pan, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, garlic, chillies s- fry for 2 mins.
Add the onions - fry till golden brown.
Add the tomatoes once the onions are fried. Let it cook for 5 mins, till oil seperates out.
Add the masalas and little water and let it cook for 5 mins. Add salt and required water.
Mean while, cut the egg into 2 or 4 halves and add it to curry.
Garnish with coriander and curry leaves.
Serve hot !!!

Enjoy ...with rice or chapathi ...

Lemon Rice

Ingredients:

Steamed White Rice - 2 cups

Lemon Juice - extracted from 1 Lemon

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tbsp

Hing - 1 pinch

Urud Dhal - 1 tbsp

Mustard Seeds - 1 tbsp

Curry Leaves - few

Red or Green chilli- 2 slit

Oil

Salt

For Lemon Rice:

• Add turmeric powder to lemon juice and keep aside.
• Heat oil in pan, add hing, mustard seeds, curry leaves, chillies, urud dhal - fry.
• Add the lemon juice and salt and let it cook for 1 min.Turn off flame and mix with Rice..
• Serve hot !!!

Ready in minutes... Enjoy with any spicy curry or potato chips..

Delicious Rasagullas

Ive been thinking....are there any recipies with less ingredients !!! and yeah ....these are a lot of delicious recipies we can get out of just 5 or even less than 5 ingredients. So to start of with ....this is my first '5 Ingredients Recipe' ...Less than 5 indeed :))

Ingredients:

Milk - 5 cups ( will make 10 to 12 balls)

Lemon juice - 1 tbsp

Sugar - 5 cups

water - 3 cups

For Rasagulla:

• Boil the milk. Once the milk is boiled, turn off flame, and add the lemon juice to it.. stirring slowly. The milk will slowly start cuddling and you will soon see the separation of water and cheese. Once you see the greenish water separated from the cheese, strain it in a light muslin cloth or paper towel.
• Now you have your cheese in your cloth. Let some cold water to flow over them to remove the lemon flavour. Squeeze out all the water and place on work surface and kneed it like a dough.
• Make small 1 diameter balls out of the fresh cheese.
• Meanwhile, in a pressure cooker add water and sugar and let it turn into a nice sweet sugar syrup. Keep the flame in High to Medium. When the syrup is boiling, add the balls, and pressure cook for 10 mins.
• Let it cool. then refrigerate it ..and serve cold !!!

Tips:

• Do not over cook the cheese, or they might harden.
• Remember, the balls will become bigger and bigger once you cook them, so leave more space for them to grow while pressure cooking.
• Once you cool them they ll become even more bigger.
• The thinner your syrup is , the better your rasagulla is ....

Thats it !!! A Delicious sweet with less than 5 ingredients !!! Cooking time is less then 20 mins.

Sweet Treat yourself !!!

Avial

Avial: Its a very popular dish in South India. And one of the main dishes you ll find in any south indian wedding.. The goodness of all vegetables in one dish .. is Avial !!!

Ingredients:

Cut Vegetables ( Carrots, Beans, Raw Plantain, Brinjal, Drumstick, Raw Mango)

Raw Mangoes are optional

Tamarind Juice Extract - soak 1 lime size tamarind in warm water for 10 mins and extract juice.

Shredded Coconut - 1 hand full

jeera - 1 tbsp

garlic - 2 cloves

Small onions - 2

turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp

Curry leaves - few

Green chillies - 5 to 6 small or 1 to 2 medium

Hing - 1 pinch

Seasoning:

Coconut Oil - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp

Curry Leaves - few

Red chilli - 2

For Avial:

• Add all the vegetables and tamarind water in a kadai / pan and let it boil for 20 mins or till all vegetables are cooked. ( Add water till the vegetables are just soaked ).
• Meanwhile, grate the remaining ingredients - coconut, green chillies, jeera, small onion, hing, turmeric powder, curry leaves, salt and keep aside.
• Once the vegetables are cooked, add the ground paste, mix well and let it cook for 5 mins and/or till the water has drained. Its ok if little more water is left in the kadai.
• Heat oil in another pan, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chillies, fry for 2 mins and add to avial..
• Turn off flame and serve hot with Steamed Rice and any curry.

Enjoy ...

Tips:

Once the avial cools down, add some thick curd to enrich taste. Enjoy avial...

Dahi/Curd Vada

For Vada:

Urud Dhal - 1 cup

Moongh Dhal - 1/4 cup (optional)

Salt - to taste

Curd - as required

Chat masala - 1 pinch

chilli powder - 1 pinch

Coriander leaves - to garnish

Boondhi - to garnish ( optional)

For Curd Vada:

• Vada: Soak the urud dhal + moongh dhal overnight or for 6 hours. Then grind it into a fine paste. Add salt and keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pan, take small amount of batter in hand or plastic cover, make a small hole in the centre ( like a doughnut) and deep fry it in oil. Remove once golden brown, squeeze excess oil and soak it in water with salt added to it for 10 mins. Squeeze extra water and keep aside.
• Take required curd in a bowl, add salt, chat masala, chilli powder and mix well to make it creamy.
• Place the vada's in a serving dish, pour the curd layering the vada's fully and garnish with chat masala, chilli powder, coriander leaves, boondhi (optional)

Enjoy Curd Vada ...

Tips:

1. Use slightly sour curd for Curd Vada..
2. Well, if you dont get to make the doughnut hole at the centre, forget it. I dont get it either. The taste is all that matters. You ll get it over time..

Quick & Easy Fried Rice

Ingredients:
Steamed/Cooked White Rice- 2 cups
Any or All Vegetables - Beans/ Carrot/ Peas/Cabbage ( half cooked)
Egg - 1
Soya Sauce - 1 tbsp
Chopped Onions - 1/2 cup
Spring Onions - 1/2 cup
Pepper - to taste
Salt - to taste
Oil

For Fried Rice:

• Heat Oil in a Pan, beat the egg and scramble it. Once done, remove from pan and keep aside.
• Again, heat oil in pan, add the onions, once slight brown, add the vegetables and stir fry for 2 mins. Add soya sauce.
• Add the salt and pepper as per taste
• Add the White Rice
• Add the scrambled eggs. Mix/ toss the fried Rice. Garnish with Spring Onions.
• Serve hot...

• Enjoy hot.. I guess you can see the vapour in the picture ive added.. :))
• Straight from the oven !!!
  

How to set Thick Curd

Ingredients:

Milk - 1/2 litre

Old Curd - 1 tbsp ( store bought or home made)

For Thick Curd:

• Boil Milk and keep it aside for it to cool. When the milk is luke warm ( not hot and not cold), add the old curd to it, mix well and keep aside for atleast 6 hours.
• IMPORTANT TIPS :
• The old curd should be in room temperature, which helps the bacteria grow when we add it to the milk.
• Until your curd is set, do not disturb or check it. Coz, once it is disturbed, curd wont get set after that.. So check it only after 6 hours.
• By now your curd would be set. Refregirate the curd and use when ever you want.
• If you want more sour curd, keep it outside for somemore time.
• I used 2% Reduced Fat milk and still i get thick and delicious curd...
• Home made fresh curd is gluten free, animal fat free and chemical free unlike the store bought curd. ...

So eat healty stay healthy !!!

Try it out..

Sweet Poli

Those were the days when i used to go to Tnagar Sri Krishna Sweets just to have sweet poli.... Now that I'm too far away from Home town... i missed sweet poli a lot... But not anymore ..:) i did nt know it was this easy and can be made at no time at Home ...!!!!...Its very easy, delicious and quenching..that i sometimes have them for breakfast or even lunch...

I'm extremely sorry for the photo quality and quantity ...coz, the minute the poli comes hot out of the pan....it gets over within 5 mins... I had to literally hide these two pieces to click a snap of it... And what you see in the snap happened to be my share :(( Just two left... I could nt wait any longer to relish my share of the precious and delicious poli.

Here's your chance to enjoy it too....Dont miss it..Try it out and enjoy.

Delicious sweet right at your kitchen ..you dont have to go to a sweet stall for this anymore ...:)))))))

For Sweet Poli:
Poornam:Boil channa-dal until half-cooked and drain the water.

Pat dry the dal and keep aside. Add jaggery, cardamom and grind.

Make it thick by heating in low heat for a little while. (Dont add water...the jaggery will have enough water to bring it to the right consistency. Right for it to be made into balls)

Make this into round balls.
Outer Layer :Add a pinch of turmeric and salt to All purpose flour (maida ) and knead it by adding a few tsp of sesame oil and keep aside for at least 10 mins.

Pat/Roll it on a plastic sheet or banana leaf into round flat shape.

Place a ball of poornam in the centre and cover it with the dough.
Pat it again, like a chapati. Heat a pan/griddle, put the poli and add a spoon of ghee around it.

Turn over until both sides are cooked well.

Tips:

1. Adding turmeric powder gives a nice yellow color to the poli....
2. Do not add extra water.
3. Adding grated coconut to the poornam enriches the taste more..
4. Eat or refrigerate within 2 to 3 days..

Morkhozumbu/ Buttermilk Curry

Ingredients
Buttermilk - 5 cups
Green chillies, slit - 4 to 5

Veggie - ladies finger or potato

Hing - 1 pinch

Ginger - 2 " piece

Channa dhal - 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tbsps
Coconut, shredded - 2-3 tablespoons
Salt to taste
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig of curry leaves
Oil for seasoning
Water for diluting the buttermilk if needed

For Buttermilk Curry:

Add 1/2 tsp of turmeric to the buttermilk and mix well. Add water if the buttermilk is too thick. If your curd is not sour, add little lemon juice or citric acid to make to sour. Also, add salt and heat on a low flame till the buttermilk reaches room temperature. Take off from the fire and set aside.

Shallow fry the ladies finger in oil till cooked. If you are using potatoes, jusst boil them, peel skin and add. Need not fry the potatoes. Since the Ladies finger leaves out some gluten, we need to fry it first. Then keep aside..
Roast in a little oil, one by one, the coconut, the remaining turmeric,jeera, coriander, channa dhal and green chillies. Blend to a smooth paste.
Heat oil in pan, Season with mustard seeds, curry leaves, hing, veggie( ladies sfinger or potato), then add this coconut ,warm buttermilk, put it back on the stove and heat for approximately 4-5 minutes. Do not allow to boil.. Just make it warm..
Delicious when eaten with hot plain rice.
Cannot be re-heated on direct fire. Enjoy !!!

Coriander Chutney

Ingredients:
1 bunch coriander leaves
2-3 tbsp coconut
2 green chillies
2-3 dry red chillies, roasted
A small piece ginger
2-3 garlic flakes
1 small onion
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
Salt to taste
For Coriander Chutney :
Blend all the above to a smooth paste adding a little water.
Can be refrigerated for about 1-2 days.

Red / Green Coconut Chutney

Ingredients
1 cups of fresh coconut, shredded
4 dry red chillies for Red Coconut Chutney and 4 green chillies for Green Coconut Chutney
1 sprig curry leaves
A pinch of hing (asoefetida)
1/4 tsp methi(fenugreek) seeds
1 tsp udad dhal
1 tsp channa dhal
Salt to taste

Method:

• Heat some oil and add the dhals, curry leaves, hing, methi and red chillies. Fry till done.
• Add this to the coconut and blend into a smooth paste.Add salt to taste.
• Goes well with dosas, idli and plain rice.

Enjoy !!!

Mint/Pudhina Chutney

Ingredients:

Mint (Pudhina)leaves, washed and chopped - 1 bunch
Small onion - 1, chopped
Garlic - 3-4 cloves, crushed
Ginger - 1 small piece , sliced
Green chillies - 4 to 5, chopped
Coconut(optional) - 1 tbsp, shredded
lemon juice - 2-3 tsp
cumin seeds or powder - 1 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Channa dal - 1 tsp
Salt to taste

For Mint Chutney:

• Fry all these in a little oil, one by one.
• Blend to a smooth paste using a little water.

Enjoy with Rice or Bread

Carrot Halwa

Ingredients:
Carrots - 2 ( serves 2 people)
Milk - 3 cups
Sugar - 4 to 5 tbsp
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cardamon powder - 1 tbsp
Cashew nuts and Raisins - to Garnish

For Carrot Halwa:

• Boil Milk in a heavy bottomed pan. Once it comes to a boil, add the carrots and keep stirringto avoid from sticking to the bottom.
• Once the milk has completely drained, add the sugar and cardamon powder. Stir well for 5 mins.
• Once it comes to a solid state, add ghee and turn off flame when the ghee oozes out of the halwa.
• Garnish with Cashew nuts & raisins..
  

Tempting Caramel Custard...

Reposting this for my '5 Ingredient Recipes ' Event!!!

Yummy and delicious Caramel Custard ...My mother used to make this for me when i was a kid:) Havent had it in a long time...so i asked my mother how to make caramel custard.. and made it today!!! It was very very delicious ....
I actually set 4 caramel custard's in the freezer. When i took out the first one on my plate, it was so very tempting, i did nt wait to get a picture of it or did i think i should keep a share for my husband.. I just eat it to the last bit. And so with the second and so with the third ...:))) I had only one more left in the freezer... and thought i should keep this one atleast for my husband... But, what can i say ...I could only wait till a clicked a snap of it :)) ))))))


Ingredients:
Whole Milk - 4 cups ( 4 to 5 servings)
Egg - 1
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Vanilla Essence - to taste

Note: If you are using Reduced Fat milk, boil the milk to make it a little thick and let it cool. If you are using Whole Milk, you can use it as it is..

For The Pudding:
Mix Cold Milk, Egg, sugar ( 4 to 5 tbsp) and vanilla essence in a bowl or beat them in a blender/food processor, and keep aside.

For the Caramel:
Heat a pan, and add sugar ( 10 tbsp). Don't add anything else. Let it get heated up. The color changes to slight brown. Keep stirring till add the sugar has melted. Pour it immediately into Caramel Pudding Dishes. Let the caramel cool and settle down.
Once the caramel is set, pour the pudding mix and steam cook it in pressure cooker for 10 to 15 mins. Let it cool down.
Then Place the caramel custard's in the freezer for at least 3 to 4 hours, for it to get set.
Transfer it to serving tray and enjoy Caramel custard Cold !!! ...

Treat yourself with Caramel Custard !!!

Fish Scrambles ...

Ingredients:

Boiled Fish Pieces - 10

Egg - 1

Chopped Onions - 1/2

Chilli powder - 1 tbsp

coriander powder - 3 tbsp

turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tbsp

Salt

Pepper - 1 tbsp

Oil

For Fish Scrambles:

• Heat Oil in a Pan, Add the onions, fry for 2 mins
• Add the cooked Fish pieces and stir well. Stir in such a way that the fishes break into small pieces.
• Add the masalas and stir again for 2 mins. Add lil water if you want.. or else not required.
• Add one egg to this mixture and stir well. Once the egg is mixed well, add the pepper and salt.
• Remove from heat. Garnish with Coriander Leaves.

Serve hot ....

Enjoy your Fish Scrambles ....with Steamed Rice and just by itself ...

Tips:

Add some spices, salt and masala's while cooking the fish. That adds more flavor.

Or use the fish from the leftover Fish Curry ( If you have them). Just for a Change ..!!!

Ginger Chicken

Hmmm ...one of my favourite dish amongst all nonveg is Ginger Chicken...mmm it tastes heavenly. The fresh ginger aroma just gives me an out of the world experience...

The ingredients are so very simple ....I wonder why most of the restaurants dont have this dish :( ...so i prepare them at home ... :)) You can try it too ...

Here's what you ll need...

Ingredients:

Boneless Chicken ( 2 lb)

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Chopped Ginger - 3 tbsp ( cut lengthwise)

Big Onion - 1 (medium size)

green chilli - 4 to 5

curry leaves - few

coriander stem and leaves - hand full

Soya sauce - 1 tbsp (optional)

Corn flour - 1 tbsp

Whole Pepper - 1 tbsp

Lime juice - 1 to 2 tbsp

Salt - to taste

Oil

For Ginger Chicken:

• Wash and cut the chicken into bite size pieces
• Add corn flour, lime juice, soya sauce and salt to the chicken and let it marinate for 30 mins
• Add the chopped onions, chillies, coriander stem and leaves, and curry leaves to a blender and make a paste. Keep aside.
• Heat 5 tbsp oil in pan ( Use a wide open pan ) , add the chicken pieces into pan. The chicken should be layered directly to the oil and not one on top of the other chicken. Water ozes out of the chicken. Let it cook till all the water has drained.
• Now, add the fresh ginger pieces and stir fry.
• Add the ginger garlic paste, and stir fry for 5 mins.
• Once the chicken has turned slight golden brown, add the onion-chilli-curryleaves-coriander leaves paste and stir well.
• Let it get cooked till the onion is nicely cooked and golden brown in color..
• Add salt to taste.
• Crush the pepper corns, and add to chicken. Drain out excess oil.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and lime juice.

This is a dry dish... Enjoy with Biriyani/ Fried Rice, chapathi, or just like that ..:)

Tips:

Try to use a non-stick pan to prepare this dish, in order to avoid sticking to the bottom.

Kerala Fish Curry - My Mother's style

There are different methods to prepare Fish curry. I don't prepare fish curry in one particular way.. I just prepare it based on the ingredients Ive got .... So today I'm going to prepare Fish Curry in my Mother's style... No matter how different i try to prepare Fish Curry, My Mothers Preparation has always hit the top ... and i love it especially the next day :)

So here s what you ll need for Kerala Fish Curry in my Mother s Style:

Ingredients:
Fish Fillets - 4 ( Washed and cut into bite size pieces)

Raw Mango pieces - 6 to 7

Small Onions - 10
Garlic - 5 cloves

Green chillies - 2 to 3
tamarind ( soaked in water and juice extracted)
Chilli Powder - 1 1/2 to 2 tbsp
Coriander Powder - 3 tbsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
Coconut milk - 1 cup ( optional)
Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp
curry leaves - few
Coconut Oil

For Fish Curry - My Mother's Style:

• Wash the fish and cut into pieces. Keep aside
• To the tamarind juice extract add chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder and keep aside
• Heat oil in pan. When hot, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, chopped garlic, chopped onions, and fry till golden brown.
• Add the tamarind paste and let it cook till the oil separates out.
• Then add the mango pieces and required water based on the consistency you want and let it boil for 5 mins. ( I don't have it and so Ive not added it ). Add required salt.
• Now, add the fish. Once you add the fish, make sure you don't stir much and that you don't beak the fish pieces. Let it cook for 5 to 10 mins.
• Finally add the coconut milk, adjust taste with salt and let it come to a boil. Turn off flame.
• Serve hot!!!

Tips:

1. Use small onions for a unique and excellent taste.
2. Adding the optional items will also add a lot of taste.

Enjoy Fish Curry with Steamed Rice. It would taste great the next day !!! :))

French Fries

We were passing by McDonalds today, and was tempted to have french fries...But an inkling just came over my mind that, i can make fresh fries at home in a more healthy way... So here you go ... Ingredients:
Potato - 2
Salt - to taste
Pepper - to taste
water
oil

For French Fries:
Cut potato into vertically, evenly shaped. Soak in salt water for 10 mins
Remove the potato pieces from water and place in tissue paper to drain excess water..
Heat Oil in pan, fry the potatoes in oil, till golden brown.
Transfer to serving tray and garnish with salt and pepper..

Enjoy hot with ketchup...

Tips:
For Crispy french fries, dip the potatoes in rice flour before frying in oil...

Potato Peas Curry

Most of us consider Potato to be a High calorie food and tend to avoid it. I used to think of it in the same way. But the truth is " If cooked in the right way (without adding extra oil/butter/etc), potatoes are considered exceptionally healthful, low calorie, high fiber food that offers significant protection against cardiovascular disease and cancer".

Amongst the food ranking system, qualified potatoes as a very good source of vitamin C, a good source of vitamin B6, copper, potassium, manganese, and dietary fiber.

So eat potatoes, stay healthy.... You can cook potatoes in different ways. One amongst them is what I'm going to show you below:

Ingredients:

Potatoes: 2

Peas - 1/2 cup

Green chillies - 2

Garlic cloves - 3 to 4

chilli powder - 1 tbsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp

Curry Leaves

Mustard seeds

Salt

Oil

For Potato Peas Curry:

Pressure cook the potatoes, remove skin and cut into small bite size cubes.

Heat Oil in pan, Add mustard, curry leaves, turmeric powder, chilli powder and fry to 10 secs.

Add the potatoes and peas, mix well with the sauce and close lid to cook for 5 mins.

Add garlic paste to the potatoes now. ( the more the better). Let it cook for another 5 mins.

If you want gravy, you can add water to get the semi gravy consistency.

Add the salt and garnish with coriander leaves.

Enjoy dry with Rice or Gravy with chapati/dosa/ any tiffin..

Dhal Curry/ Lentils Gravy/ Parupu ..

Very Simple and very delicious...

Ingredients:
Thoor Dhal - 1/4 cup
Moongh Dhal -3/4 cup
Small Onions/ Shallots - 4 to 5 ( chopped)
Tomato - 1/2 to 1 ( chopped)
Green chillies - 3
Garlic - 4 cloves ( chopped)
Hing - a pinch
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tbsp
Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp
Coriander Powder - 3 tbsp
Curry Leaves - few
Coriander Leaves - few
Methi Leaves - 1 tbsp
Cumin Seeds ( Jeers) - 1 tbsp
Whole Pepper - 1 tbsp
Shredded coconut - hand full
Mustard - 1 tbsp
Oil
Salt

For Dhal Curry:

• In a Pressure cooker, add the washed dhal, hing, garlic, green chillies, curry leaves, jeera, pepper, tomatoes, methi leaves with 2 to 3 cups water and cook till done. Smash the dhal once done.
• In a kadai, add oil, mustard, curry leaves, onions, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, water and let it cook. add the dhal and water as required. add salt.
• Garnish with coriander leaves, curry leaves and shredded coconut.

Would be ready in no time ...
Serve hot with Steamed Rice and Ghee.

Enjoy your dhal treat with Ghee !!!

Tips:

1. Adding salt to the dhal in the pressure cooker, will not allow the dhal to get cooked. So add salt only after the dhal is fully cooked.
2. You can add sambar powder instead of chilli powder and coriander powder to alter the taste.

Appam

How to Make Appam Batter :

Raw Rice - 2 cups

Boiled Rice - 2 cups

Urud Dhal - 2 tbsp

Coconut - 1/2 mudi

Coconut water - 1 cup( optional)

Ripe Banana - 1 (optional)

Appam Soda/Baking Soda - 1/4 tbsp

Salt - to taste

sugar - 1 tbsp

• Soak the rice and dhal for 2 hours in warm water and add to grinder to make a fine paste. You can add coconut water to the grinder instead of water to get the consistency. Also adding 1 or 2 ripe banana's to the batter while grinding will give a different flavor. Its however optional.
• Grind the coconut into a fine paste in a blender/mixer and add to grinder to blend with the remaining ingredients. Once done, store the batter in an airtight container for minimum 6 hours.
• Now take only the required amount of batter you need, and refrigerate the remaining.
• Now, to the batter to be used, add 1/4 tbsp appa soda/ baking soda, sugar - 1 tbsp, and salt - to taste and let it remain for 1/2 an hour for the batter to get fermented.

Now your appam batter is ready.

For Appam:

• Take a non stick kadai that is curved inwards. if you dont have a curved pan, use a flat non stick pan.
• Add 2 spoons of batter to the centre of the kadai and holding the handle, spread the batter to the sides. Close with lid and let it cook for 2 mins.

Serve hot with Stew or and curry or coconut milk. ....

Tips:

1. To make sure the shredded coconut is ground into a fine paste and that we dont have any bite size coconut pieces, i grind the coconut separately in a blender and then add to grinder along with the other ingredients. You can try adding the coconut directly to grinder as well.
2. Adding sugar gives a crisp and Browning effect to the outer circle of the appam. If you want white appam, avoid adding sugar.

Easy Kashmiri Pulav

Ingredients:

Basmathi Rice - 3 cups

Vegetables - 1/2 cup ( Beans, carrot, Peas, Capsicum)

Cardamon - 5

Cloves - 5

Saffron - few strands

Butter - 1 tbsp.

Salt - to taste

For Easy Pulav:

• Wash and soak Basmathi Rice in warm water for 10 mins.
• Heat oil in pan, Add Butter, Shallow fry Cashew nuts and dry grapes. Once golden brown, remove from pan and keep aside.
• In the same pan, add Cardamon and Cloves.
• Then add the vegetables and stir till half done.
• Turn off Flame..

In an Electric Rice cooker/ Pressure Cooker, Add the rice, 6 cups water, the vegetables, cashew nuts, dry grapes , saffron and salt to taste, and let it cook.

Enjoy Delicious Pulav with any spicy curry.

Tips:

1. How to know whats the exact amount of salt to be added: In the rice cooker, while adding salt, taste the water. The water should be slightly salty. Only then when the rice is cooked, the salt would be perfect. If the water tastes perfect, then the rice would have less salt once cooked.At that point, we wont be able to add salt. So add the right amount of salt!!! This is applicable for any mixed rice recipe.
2. Adding butter, keeps the rice White in color. If you add oil or ghee, the rice would be slightly yellow. So try to use butter to have it white.
3. If you dont have a electric rice cooker, you can also try this out directly in pressure cooker.

Carrot Manchurian

I happen to buy 10 lb of carrots few days back and was wondering, what new dish can i do with carrots... Well, i was craving for Manchurian so so i thought id make Carrot Manchurian... It was a great hit and believe me, I love Carrot Manchurian more than Cauliflower or Mushroom Manchurian ...It tastes great!!! From that day on, Carrot Manchurian has always been on our Special Day Menu !!! Try it and you ll love it !!!

Ingredients:

Carrots- 1/4 kg ( cut into round pieces)

Garlic ( finely chopped ) - 4 to 5 cloves
Ginger ( finely chopped ) - 1" piece

Green chillies ( chopped) - 3 to 4

Onion ( finely chopped ) - 1/2

Bell peppers / capsicum ( finely chopped) - 1/2

Tomato sauce - 4 to 5 tbsp

Chilly sauce / sweet and chilly sauce - 1/2 tbsp

Soya sauce - 1/2 tbsp

Corn flour - 1 tbsp

Spring onions / coriander leaves - few

salt to taste

For the batter:

All purpose flour ( maida) - 1/4 cup

Cornflour - 3 tbsp

Red chilly powder - 1/2 tbsp

Pepper powder - 1/2 tbsp

Soya sauce - 1/2 tbsp

Ginger- garlic paste - 1 tbsp

water ( as required)

salt to taste

For Carrot Manchurian :

• Mix all the ingredients to make the batter. Not too thick and not too thin... the consistency similar to dosa batter. Add water as needed.
• Heat oil in pan, Dip the carrots in the batter and add them to the oil and let it cook till golden brown. It might take 10 to 15 mins. Change sides occasionally till crisp and golden brown.
• Meanwhile, prepare the sauce...
• For Sauce: Heat oil in a pan, Add ginger garlic pieces, green chillies, onions , bell pepper and let it cook till golden brown. Then add tomato sauce, chilly sauce and soya sauce.
• Mix 1 tbsp corn flour with water and add to pan. Add more cornflour - water mixture if you want more sauce and add salt if required.
• Saute for 3 mins and turn off flame. Garnish with Spring Onions. Since i did nt have spring onions today, i used coriander leaves.
• Just before serving, mix the sauce with the fired carrots and serve hot.

Enjoy Carrot Manchurian ...
Tips:

1. Also try Mushroom Manchurian, Cauliflower Manchurian and Vegetable Manchurian... in the similar method.
2. If you want more sweetness, add little more tomato sauce ( ketchup) ...

Mango Tango Milk Shake

Yummy Yummy Mango Tango Milk Shakoo.... Very Simple, very delicious , very nutricious !!!
Mango is a seasonal fruit and very delicious amongs all the fruits. Mango has got a lot of nutritional values:

• Lots of iron - good for pregnant women,
• its rich source of Vitamin A, E and Selenium which help to protect against heart disease and other ailments.
• Contains phenols, which act as powerful antioxidant and have anticancer abilities.
• and lots more ...

So during season time, enrich your self as much as you can in a delicious way ....

Ingredients:
Mango - 1 (cut into pieces)
Milk - 1 Cup
Sugar - 3 to 4 tbsp
Honey - 2 tbsp

For Mango Tango Milk Shake:

• Add the Mango pieces into blender and make a fine paste
• Then add milk, sugar and honey and blend for another 3 to 4 secs.
• Need not filter. Transfer to Glass and Enjoy ...
• Decilious Mango Tango Milk Shake ready in mins.....

Enjoy Mango Tango Milk Shake ...

Tips:

1. Blend the mango pieces seperately before adding the milk. This will help prevent lumps..