Peanut-Butter Honey Truffles

Peanut-Butter Honey Truffles

Preparations: 10 Minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients 

Unsweetened Peanut Butter: 100 Grams
Honey: 3 TbSpn
Crushed Oatmeal: 50 Grams
Vanilla Extract: 1 tspn.
Grated Dry Coconut: 4 TbSpn

Method

In a mixing bowl, Mix Peanut butter with honey.

Add Vanilla extract and curshed Oatmeal.

Mix till it becomes smooth.

Make small equal balls from that mixture.

Roll all of them in a Grated dry coconut. 

Put the prepared truffles in a refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Truffles are ready to be served.

Enjoy!!!

Daal Tadka

Daal Tadka

Preparation Time: 30 Minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

Boiled Toor Daal: 150 Grams

Boiled Chana Daal: 50 Grams

Finely Chopped Onion: 2 Medium Nos.

Finely Chopped Tomatoes: 2 Medium Nos.

Chopped Garlic: 6-8 Nos.

Garlic cloves: 3-4 Nos. (For Tadka).

Curry Leaves: 5-6 Nos.

Dry Red Chilly: 1 Nos.

Chopped Green Chilly: 2-4 Nos.

Cumin seeds: 1 Tbspn

Dry fenugreek leaves: 2 tspn

Salt to taste

Hing: Pinch

Kitchen King Masala: 2 tspn

Red Chilly Powder: 2 tspn

Oil: 2 Tbspn

Method

Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, curry leaves, green chilly, chopped garlic and saute for a while.

Add finely chopped onion saute it till translucent. (Add pinch of salt while cooking onion to cook it fast) 

Add finely chopped tomatoes and cook it till it's soft. Add all masalas and mix it well. Let it cook for a while.

Add some water and cook it again for a while.

Add mixture of boiled Daals to it. Mix it well. 

Adjust the seasonings as per taste. Mix it again thoroughly. cook the daal with closed lead for 5 - 10 minutes.

In other pan, heat oil. Add Cumin seeds, whole garlic cloves, red dry chilly. let it simmer for a while, add pinch of red chilly powder and spread it on the cooked daal. Close the lead again and put off the flame for 2-3 minutes.

Serve it hot with any rice preparation, chapati, naan or kulcha...etc.

ENJOY !!!

Paneer Bhurji

Paneer Bhurji

Pre-preparations: 10 Minutes.

Preparations Time: 15 Minutes.

Servings: 4

Ingredients

Grated Fresh Paneer(Cottage Cheese): 200 Grams

Finely Chopped Onion: 2 medium 

Finely Chopped Tomatoes: 2 Medium

Green Chilly: 3 Nos.

Ginger Paste: 1 tspn

Garlic Paste: 1 Tbspn

Kasuri Methi (Dry Fenugreek Leaves): 2 tspn

Fresh Cream: 2 Tbspn

Sugar: 2 tspn

Salt to taste.

Oil: 2 Tspn

Chilly Powder: 1 Tbspn

Garam masala (Kitchen King): 1 Tbspn

pinch of turmeric powder.

Method

Heat oil in a pan. Add Finely chopped onion and cook for a while.

Add garlic paste, ginger paste and chopped green chilly, mix and cook till onion turn to translucent.

Add finely chopped tomatoes, kasuri methi and season with all spices.

Add some water and cook till all become soft. Mix it well.

Add Grated paneer and mix gently. Close the lid and cook for 2 minutes.

Add cream and mix.

Serve it hot.

Enjoy !!!

Sweet Corn Savory Pan Cake

Sweet Corn Savory Pan Cake 

Pre-preparations: 15 Minutes
Preparations: 15 minutes.
Servings: 4

Ingredients

Broken wheat: 1 Cup
Gram flour: 1/4 Cup
Curd: 1/2 Cup
Crushed Sweet Corn: 1/2 Cup
Green Chilly: 2 Nos.
Garlic: 5-6 Nos.
Ginger: 1 Inch
Salt To Taste
Turmeric Powder: 1 tspn
Fenugreek Seeds: 1/2 tspn
Chopped Curry Leaves: 6-7
Chopped Coriander : 1 Tbspn 
Baking Soda: Pinch.
Water as required.
Oil to sallow fry
Sesame seeds: 1 Tbspn

Method

In a mixing bowl, mix all dry ingredients well.

Add Curd and mix well. Prepare the batter with Dropping consistency by adding required water.

Season it with all spices. Mix well. Keep it aside for half an hour.

Add Baking Soda and mix.

On a non-stick pan apply oil. Once it's heated, add pinch of sesame seeds. 

Pour the batter ( 1 Full Spoon ). Spread it well to make it round.

Fry it till brown on both the sides.

Serve it HOT with any dip, chutney or tomato catch up.

ENJOY !!!

Mexican Cheesy Potato Nuggets

Mexican Cheesy Potato Nuggets

Pre-Preparations: 15 Minutes

Preparations: 15 Minutes

Servings:4

Ingredients

Boiled Potatoes: 5 Nos. Medium in size.

Salt to taste

Oregano: 1 Tbspn

Red Chilly Flakes: 1 Tbspn

Olive Oil: 1 tspn

Fresh BreadCrums: 1/2 Cup

Dry Bread Crums: 1 Cup

Crushed black Pepper: 2 tspn

Grated Process Cheese: 2 Cubes

Corn flour: 2 Tbspn

Oil to fry

Method

In a mixing bowl, mesh the boiled potatoes roughly.

Season it with all dry herbs, Salt and mix it well. Keep on adding fresh bread crums to it and make slight tight dough from it. Lastly add oilve oil and mix it well. Keep it aside.

Prepare small nuggets from this dough.

In a bowl, make a thin slurry of Corn Flour. Take dry bread crums (made from Toasts) in another bowl.

Heat oil in a frying pan.

Take one by one nuggets. First deep it in corn flour slurry, and then coat it with dry bread crums. 

Deep fry all the nuggets on a medium heat till golden brown. 

Serve them hot with home made cheese Sauce.

Home made Cheese Sauce (Click Here for Recipe)

ENJOY

Green Peas "Potli"

Green Peas "Potli"

Pre-preparation Time: 15 Minutes
Preparation Time: 15 Minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

Maida (All purpose Flour): 300 Grams

Fresh Green Peas: 500 Gram

Grated Potatoes: 2 Medium

Green Chilly Garlic Paste: 2 tspn.

Lemon juice : 1 tspn

Salt to Taste

Hing: pinch

Garam Masala: 1 tspn

Sugar: 1 tspn

Oil to fry.

Method

Kneed the dough with Maida. Keep it soft like roti dough. Let it rest for a while.

Crush fresh green peas in a hand mixture or mirchi cutter.

Transfer it in a pressure cooker bowl. Grate a potato on top of that. Pressure cook it till 2 whistles. 

DONT ADD WATER AT ALL INTO THIS BOWL WHILE COOKING. Otherwise, it will be soggy.

Heat oil in a pan. Add green chilly/garlic paste, pinch of hing and saute for a while. 

Add the cooked mixture of green peas and potato into it.

Season it with salt and garam masala. Mix it well. Cook it for 2 -3 minutes or till it become dry. No Watery portion should be left in that. Mixture should be almost dry. Let it cool upto room temperature. 

Make small balls from this mixture for filling.

By the time, From the prepared dough, roll a big sized roti and cut small pooris from it with a cookie cutter.

Put mixture ball into poori and make small potlis from them.

In a fry pan, heat oil on a medium temperature. Deep Fry all potlis till brown.

Serve it HOT with Mint Coriander chutney / catch up / or any other deep of your choice.

ENJOY !!!

PAAN Flavored APPAM Cup Cake

PAAN Flavored APPAM Cup Cake

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

Appam Batter: 1 Cup ( We used Farmz2Familiez ready to cook appam batter)

Jaggary: 1 Tbspn

Pinch of Salt

Baking Powder: 1 tspn

Baking Soda: 1/2 tspn

Fennel Seeds: 1 Tbspn

GulKand: 1 Tbspn

Grated Dry Coconut: 1 Tbspn

Betel Leave: 1 Nos.

Method

Add some water to jaggary and let it desolve into it. 

In a mixing bowl, take appam batter, add jaggary water (batter should be in a pouring consistency and not too much watery), pinch of salt, baking powder and baking soda. Keep it aside for 5 minutes.

In a small bowl, mix Gulkand, fennel seeds, grated coconut and finely chopped betel leave. Mix it well.

Pour appam batter into silicon mold sprinkle some fennel seeds and raw gulkand on top of it.

Bake it in a pre heated oven @ 180 Degree for 10 - 12 minutes.

Prepare small ball from the gulkand mix and Top the cup cakes with it.

It can go well for HIGH tea or a quick bites.

ENJOY

Medu VADA in Rajasthani Kadhi

Medu VADA in Rajasthani Kadhi

Pre preparation Time: 10 Minutes

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

Medu-Vada Batter: 1 Cup (We used Farmz2Familiez Ready to cook Urad Daal Batter)

Ginger Chilly Paste: 2 tspn

Salt to Taste

Oil to deep fry Vadas.

Curd: 1.5 Cup Thick Curd

Gram Flour: 2 Tbspn

Turmeric Powder: 1 tspn

Green Chilly: 2 Nos.

Hing: Pinch

Dry Red Chilly: 2 Nos.

Chopped Garlic: 6 -7 Nos.

Curry Leaves: 5 - 6 Nos.

Cumin Seeds: 1 tspn

Chopped Onion: 1 nos.

Water as required

Method

In ready Made medu Vada batter, add salt to taste, ginger chilly paste and mix well.

Deep fry Vadas from that and keep it aside.

In a mixing bowl, take Curd, add gram flour and pinch of turmeric powder and beat it with beater till smooth. Add some salt to taste.

In a pan, heat a table spoon of oil, add pinch of hing, green chilly, dry red chilly and curry leaves. Let them crackle for a while. 

Add chopped onion and cook it till it becomes translucent. Add chopped garlic to it. Mix it well.

Add the Curd Mixture to it and mix it properly.

Keep on adding water as required. 

Cook it till it become somewhat thick.

Kadhi is ready to be serve.

In a serving bowl,  add Kadhi and put deep fried medu vadas into it. Garnish it with shimmered red dry chilly and some coriander leaves.

ENJOY this fusion rajasthani KADHI PAKODA with rice / chapati / naan / any indian bread.

Multi-Millet 'Thatte' Idli PIZZA

Multi-Millet 'Thatte' IDLI PIZZA

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

Servings: 2

Ingredients

Multi-Millet Idli Batter: 1 Cup (We have used Farmz2Familiez ready to use batter).

Salt to Taste

Chopped Onion: 2 Tbspn

Chopped tomato: 1 Tbspn

Chopped Capsicum: 1 Tbspn

Jalapeno: 5 - 6 Nos.

Grated Cheese: 1/2 Cup

Pizza Gravy: 1/2 Cup

Oregano: 1 Tbspn

Chilly Flakes: 1 Tbspn

Olive Oil: 1 tspn

Method

Use Dhokla Plate (Thatte Idli Plate) to prepare a large Idli from Multi-millet Idli Batter. Keep it aside. Let it cool for a while.

Spread Pizza gravy on the Idli. Top the pizza with all the toppings.

Lastly sprinkle grated cheese, oregano, chilly flakes and olive oil on top of it.

Bake it on Micro - High for 5 minutes.

IDLI Pizza is ready.

Serve it hot with any type of deep.

ENJOY !!!

MultiGrain IDLI TAVA HANDWA

MultiGrain IDLI TAVA HANDWA

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

Multi Grain IDLI Batter: 1 Cup ( We used Farmz2FamilieZ ready to use Batter).

Semolina (Sooji): 1/2 Cup

Curd: 2 Tbspn.

Water as required.

Crushed Fresh Green Peas: 1/2 Cup

Crushed Corn: 1/2 Cup

Green Chilly/Garlic Paste: 2 tspn

Salt to Taste

Dry Fenugreek seeds: 1 Tspn

Cooking Soda: Pinch of it.

Turmeric Powder: Pinch of it.

Oil to sallow fry.

sesame seeds: 2 Tbspn.

Method

In a mixing bowl, Mix Semolina and Curd and mix it well. Keep it aside for 3-4 minutes.

Add all the veggies, chilly garlic paste, turmeric powder, salt into Multi Grain IDLI Batter. Mix it well. Add Semolina Mixture to it and mix well. Keep on adding water as required to make pouring consistency of the batter.

Heat oil on a flat pan. Sprinkle some sesame seeds.

Spread  the batter on the Pan and Cover a pan with the lead. let it cook for a while. Shallow fry it both the sides until brown.

Serve it hot with the Hung Curd or any  Deep.

ENJOY !!!

Note: Multi Grain Batter Contains: Rice, Urad Dal, Pearl Millet (Bajara), Finger Millet(Raagi),Jowar,  Whole Green Gram, Black & White ChickPeas

IDLI Sandwich

IDLI Sandwich

Pre - preparations: 15 Minutes
Preparations: 15 Minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

Idli / Dosa Batter: 500 Grams

For Stuffing
Boiled Potato: 4 Nos.
Chopped Onion: 2 Nos.
Daalia (roasted gram): 1 Tbspn
Green Chillies: 2 Nos.
Curry Leaves: 7-8 Nos.
Mustered seeds: 1 tspn
Hing: 1 tspn
Salt to taste
Oil: 1 Tbspn.

Method

To prepare stuffing, first heat oil into a pan, add mustered seeds and let them crackle for a while.

Add pinch of Hing, Daalia, green chillies, curry leaves to it and saute for a while.

Add chopped onion and pinch of salt. Let it be translucent and pink.

Add boiled and mashed potatoes to it and mix it well. Add Salt to taste and mix it well.

Stuffing is ready. Transfer it in a bowl and keep it aside.

Steam thick and spongy Idli in a Tatte Idli tray. Let it cool for a while.

Un-mold it and cut it in a square shape with pizza cutter or smooth edged knife.

Cut the Idli from the middle and separate two layers of it.

To assemble the sandwich, on one layer of idli spread some tomato chutney and on other layer of it, spread the stuffing evenly. Cover the stuffed layer on another layer.

Put the prepared sandwich in a electric griller / toaster, and cook it for 5 minutes. Make sure even impression is there on both the sides of the sandwich.

Cut it in triangle and serve it hot with red tomato chutney.

Enjoy !!!

Mango Rice

Mango Rice

Preparation Time: 20 Minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients

Cooked Rice: 200 Grams (1 Cup).
Chopped Onion: 1 Medium
Grated Raw Mango (We used Totapuri): 1 Big
Dalia (split yellow gram): 1 Tbspn
Mustered Seeds: 1 tspn
Curry Leaves: 5-6
Salt to taste
Chopped Green Chilly: 2-3
Oil: 1 Tbspn

Method

Heat oil in a pan.

Add mustered seed and let them crackle.

Add dalia and curry leaves to it and saute till they are fried and some what brown.

Add chopped onion and saute it till translucent.

Add grated raw mango and saute it lightly for a while.

Add salt, turmeric powder and mix well.

Add cooked long rice to it and mix it very gently.

Serve it hot !!!

Enjoy

Lemon Rice (Chitranna)

Lemon Rice (Chitranna)

Preparations: 5 Minutes
Cooking Time: 10 Minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients

Cooked Rice; 200 Grams

Sliced Red Onion: 2 nos. (Medium)

Sliced Green Chillies: 2 nos.

Curry Leaves: 6-7

Gram Dal: 2 tspn

Hing: pinch.

Oil: 2 Tbspn

Mustered Seeds: 2 tspn

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder: 1 tspn

Lemon juice: 2 Tbspn

Method

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustered seeds and let them crackle. 

Add curry leaves, green chillies and gram dal to it and let them crackle too.

Add a pinch of hing and sliced red onion to it. 

Add salt at this stage and let it cook till pink.

Add cooked rice. Switch off the flame, and mix it well. 

At the last, add lemon juice and gently mix it.

Serve it hot.

ENJOY !!!

Aaloo Palya (South Indian Style)

Aaloo Palya (South Indian Style)

Preparation: 15 Minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

Boil Potatoes: 5 Medium

Tomato: 1 Medium

Onion: 2 Medium

Green Chillies: 3-4 Nos.

Curry Leaves: 5-6 Nos.

Urad daal: 1 Tbspn

Chana Daal (Daaliya): 1 Tbspn.

Oil: 2 Tbspn

Mustered seeds: 1 tspn

Hing: Pinch

Salt to Taste

Turmeric powder: Pinch

Water as required.

Method

In a pan, heat oil. Add mustered seeds and let them crackled. Add Curry leaves, green chillies, Hing and mix well.

Add urad daal and chana daal to it and cook till brown.

Add sliced onion to it and cook till pink and translucent. Add pinch of salt at this stage.

Add sliced tomatoes and mix well. Add little bit of water and let it cook for a while.

Mesh boiled potato mean while it's cooking.

Once onion and tomatoes are cooked, add this meshed potatoes to it and add almost cup full of water to it.

Season it with turmeric powder, salt to taste. Mix it well.

Cook for a while till the gravy is thick.

Serve it hot !!!

Goes well with any kind of Dosa (Set Dosai, Khali Dosai, Paper plain dosai, etc...)

Enjoy !!!

Broken wheat "Khichu"

Broken wheat "Khichu"

Preparations; 15 minutes.

Servings: 4

Ingredients

Broken Wheat (Kansar No Lot): 200 Grams

Green Chillies: 4 Nos.

Oil: 2 Tbspn

Curry Leaves: 4 -5 Nos.

Salt to Taste

Water: 2 Cup

Lemon Juice: 1 tspn

Turmeric Powder: Pinch

Mustered Seeds: 1 tspn

Coriander Leaves to garnish

Method

Heat Oil in a pan.

Add mustered seeds, Curry leaves and chopped green chillies.

Upon a shimmer, Add two cups of water into it. Let it boil for a while.

Add Salt, turmeric powder  to it. Again wait for an another boil.

Add broken wheat to it and mix it properly. Add lemon juice and again mix it well. 

With a closed lead, let it be cooked for around 5 minutes on a very slow flames.

Serve it HOT garnishing with the coriander leaves and green chillies.

ENJOY !!!

Healthy Baked Paneer (cottage cheese) Poori

Healthy Baked Paneer (cottage cheese) Poori

Pre - Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

Grated Paneer (Cottage Cheese): 1 Cup

Whole Wheat Flour: 1 Cup

Salted Butter: 75 Grams

Baking Powder: 1/4 tspn

Chilly Flakes: 1 Tbspn

Oregano: 1 Tbspn

Punjabi Tikka Masala: 1 tspn

Milk if required for dough

Salt to taste

Cheesy Dip to serve with.

Method

Greece the baking tray with butter(brush). Pre heat the oven at 180 degrees. 

In a mixing bowl, Take grated paneer and Butter and mix them till smooth.

In another bowl, sieve well the whole wheat flour and baking powder together. 

Add this dry mixture of flour and baking powder to the mixture of Paneer and butter.

Mix it well. Kneed the dough tightly. Use milk if required.

Roll a big paratha from the dough and cut pooris with a cookie cutter.

Prick them all with the fork to avoid them to puffed up.

Bake the same at 180 degree for 15-16 minutes.

Let them cool down to the room temperature.

Serve it with any Cheesy dip.

Also it goes well with Tea or Coffee. 

Enjoy !!!