Saturday 8 August 2015

Easy Mayonnaise and Grated Vegetable Sandwich

Ingredients:

Mayonnaise - 1/2 cup
Carrot - 1 medium grated
Spring Onion - 2 white and green chopped finely
Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp finely chopped
Red Chilli Flakes - 1/2 tsp
Bread Slices - 6 to 8

Directions:


  1. Take all ingredients except bread in a bowl and mix well.
  2. Take bread slices and trim off the edges. 
  3. Spoon the filling in and spread evenly. Cover with another slice of bread.
  4. Cut into finger like slices and serve.

Friday 7 August 2015

Cheese French Toast

Ingredients:

Bread Slices - 2
Cheese Slice - 1 or use 1/4 cup of grated cheese
Egg - 1
Milk - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Red chilli flakes - 1/2 tsp
Carrots - 4 tbsp grated
Tomato Ketchup as needed
Oil for pan frying

Method:

  1. Take a slice of bread and spread some ketchup over it. 
  2. Place a cheese slice over it and cover with another slice.
  3. Now cut into four portions.
  4. Take egg, salt, chilli flakes, milk. carrot in a bowl and mix well.
  5. Dip the bread into this mix and coat it on both sides. Place this on a oiled heated tawa and cook till golden on both sides.
  6. Remove and serve with ketchup

Pepper Mushroom

Ingredients:

Onion-1 sliced
Mushroom-1 packet cleaned and sliced
Capsicum-1/2 sliced
Green chilli-1 slitted
Tomato-1 sliced
Ginger garlic paste-1 tbsp
Pepper-1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Ajinomoto-1 tsp
Soy sauce-1 tbsp
Oil-2 tbsp
Coriander leaves-for garnishing

Directions:

  1. In a frying pan add 1 tbsp of oil and heat it to high.
  2. Add in the Mushroom and stir fry it.At first the water from the mushroom will leach out,but later all the water will get evaporated and all the mushrooms will have a nice sear in it.Remove that and set it aside.
  3. In the same pan add 1 tbsp of oil and throw in the ginger garlic paste and mix well.
  4. Add in the onions,Green chilli,Capsicum and stir fry for 3 min on high heat.
  5. Add in salt and Ajinomoto and mix well.
  6. Add a dash of soya sauce and mix well.
  7. Now goes the sliced tomatoes and give it a quick stir.
  8. Now add in the browned mushroom and mix well.
  9. Add in the Pepper and mix till everything is combined.Garnish with coriander leaves.
  10. serve hot with chappati or anything.

Aloo Beans Badiyan (Badi / Adauri) without Onion and Garlic

Ingredients :


Potatoes - 2 large peeled and cubed. Lightly Fried.
Beans- 1/ 2 cup chopped. Lightly Fried.
Tomatoes - 4 large chopped finely.
Wadiya- 3 tbsp lightly crushed and lightly fried.
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Ginger - 1 tbsp finely chopped
Salt to taste
Sugar - 1 tsp
Oil- 2 tbspCoriander leaves / Cilantro for garnishing

Whole Spices:

Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Nigella Seeds / Kalonji - 1 tsp
Fenugreek Seeds / Methi  - 1/2 tsp

Spice powders :
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder-1 tbsp
Turmeric powder  - 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp

Directions:

  1. Heat oil in a pan. Fry
  2. Add all the wholes spices along with curry leaves and ginger. Let this saute for a min.
  3. Add in all the spice powders and mix well. Saute this for 10 seconds.
  4. Add in tomatoes and season with some salt and sugar. Mix well cook till they turn mushy.
  5. Add in potatoes, Beans and Wadiyan. Fry for 3-4 minutes. 
  6. Add Water. Cook till the potatoes are cooked and gravy is thick.
  7. Serve it with Poori, Roti or Rice.