Sunday, September 30, 2018

Fried Rice



Fried Rice 
Lunch/Dinner Recipe

Ingredients 
2 cups Cooked Rice
1/2 cup Beans finely chopped
1/2 cup Carrot finely chopped
1/2 cup Peas
1 Onion chopped
2 - 3 Green Chillis chopped
2 - 3 Garlic cloves crushed
2 spoons Soya Sauce
1 spoon Pepper powdered
1/4 cup Oil
Salt

Method 
Heat oil in a thick bottom pan, add garlic, onion, green chilli and saute few minutes.
Add beans, carrot, peas and stir fry for 5 minutes on a medium flame.
Add soya sauce, pepper and salt and cook for 2 minutes.
Lastly add cooked rice and mix well.
Stir fry for 2 - 3 minutes and turn off the flame.
Serve fried rice hot.

Note:
You can use basmati rice instead of sona masuri rice.
You can even add capsicum, cabbage, corn and spring onions. 

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Baked Fryums


Fryums 
Baked in microwave oven for 1 minute without using oil.

Take 10 fryums in microwave safe bowl and bake for 1 minute.
Once cool down, fryums are ready.

Note:
Some fryums take 1 minute and 40 secs to bake.
Onion rings in the picture bakes for 1 minute very well. 

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Lady's Finger Gojju


Lady's Finger Gojju 
Side Dish

Ingredients
15 Lady's finger chopped
1 Onion chopped
1/4 inch Ginger
2 Green Chillies chopped
1 spoon Red Chilli powder
4 Curry Leaves chopped
1 spoon Coriander Leaves chopped
1 spoon Mustard seeds
1 spoon Turmeric Powder
1 spoon Masala powder
1 spoon Grated Coconut 
3 spoons Tamarind extract
1 spoon Roasted Gram powder
1 spoon Sesame seeds
3 spoons Oil
Salt

Method:
Make a fine paste of coconut, roasted gram powder and sesame seeds by adding 1 spoon water.
Heat oil in a pan on a medium flame, add mustard seeds, ginger, onion, green chilli and saute well. Add  curry leaves, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, masala powder.
Add lady's finger to the pan and mix it to the mixture and cook for 5 minutes.
 Add tamarind extract, coconut paste, salt, half cup water  and coriander leaves and cook for 10 minutes on a medium flame.
Serve Lady's Finger Gojju with chapati, dosa or idli.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018


Poori with RidgeGourd Sabzi
Breakfast

Poori
Poori made by adding 1 cup wheat flour and 1 cup fine sooji/ chiroti rava.

Recipe
Ridge Gourd Sabzi 

Ingredients:
2 RidgeGourd chopped
1 Onion chopped
1/4 inch Ginger
2 Green Chillies chopped
1 Tomato chopped
Curry Leaves chopped
Coriander Leaves chopped
1 spoon Mustard seeds
1 spoon Turmeric Powder
1 spoon Masala powder
1 spoon Grated Coconut (optional)
3 spoons Oil
Salt

Method:
Peel the skin of RidgeGourd and chop.
Heat oil in a pan on a medium flame, add mustard seeds, ginger, onion, green chilli and saute well.
 Add  curry leaves, turmeric powder, masala powder.
Add ridgegourd to the pan and mix it to the mixture and cook for 2 minutes.
 Add tomato, coconut, salt, half cup water  and coriander leaves and cook for 5 minutes on a medium flame.
Serve RidgeGourd Sabzi with chapati, rice or jowar roti.


Sunday, September 16, 2018

Channa Masala

Channa Masala
Side Dish

Ingredients
2 cups Channa/ Chickpeas
1 spoon Onion powder/1 Onion chopped
2 Green Chillis chopped
1/2 spoon Garlic powder/ garlic paste
1/2 spoon Ginger paste
1 spoon Jeera
1 Tomato puree
1 spoon Garam Masala powder
Salt
Oil

Masala
1/4 inch Cinnamon stick
2 Clove
1 spoon Red Chilli powder
1/2 spoon Turmeric powder
1/2 spoon Kasuri Methi
1 spoon Coriander seeds

Method
Soak Chickpeas/Channa in water for 6 - 8 hours or overnight.
Pressure cook Channa for 1 whistle.
Grind masala in a mixer jar into a fine powder (ingredients mentioned above)
Heat 2 spoons oil in a pan, add Jeera, garlic powder, ginger, onion powder, green chilli, tomato puree and saute on low flame.
Add cooked Channa with water, masala powder, garam masala powder and salt.
Cook on medium flame for 4 - 5 minutes and turn off the flame.
Serve Channa Masala with hot Chapati or Puri.

Note:
I have used Red Onion powder and garlic powder from Kitchendlite.