Kadai Tofu

Kadai Tofu

Ingredients:

Extra Firm Tofu - 1 pkt

Green Pepper -1

Red Pepper-1
  
Onion-1 large

Toamtoes-4 or 5 (medim sized)

Green chillies-3

Ginger-1/4 inch piece

Garlic- 2 to 3 small pods

Oil-3 Tbsp

Cumin seeds-1 Tbsp

Red chilly powder-1 Tbsp

Coriander powder-2 Tbsp

Kasuri Methi/Dried fenugreek leaves-2 Tbsp

Turmeric powder-a pinch

Salt to taste

Procedure:

1.Drain the water out of the tofu,pat it dry with a paper towel or wrap it in between a paper towel and place some weight on it to squeeze out the excess water.

2.Cube the tofu, bell peppers and onions into 1/2 inch square pieces.

3.Blend the tomatoes, ginger, garlic to make a puree.

4.Heat oil in a pan or kadai on medium heat and first fry the tofu  till it starts to turn brown.

5.Next stir fry the bell peppers and then the onions and keep aside.do not overcook them.

6.Add the cumin seeds and green chilli to the same oil and let it splutter 

7.Now add the tomato puree,turmeric, chilly powder, coriander powder and Kasuri methi leaves.

8.Cook for about 5 minutes till the tomato puree reduces to half. Add salt and 1/4 cup water at this stage.

9.Once the gravy begins to boil, add the tofu, onions and bell pepper and let it cook for about 5-7 minutes on low flame.

10.Do not stir in between as the tofu pieces may break.

11.Remove from heat and serve hot with naan or roti of your choice.

Spinach fried rice

Spinach fried rice

Ingredients:

Cooked rice -1cup
Chopped onion-1
Chopped carrot-1
Sweet corn-1/2cup
Turmeric-pinch
Gringer garlic paste-1tbsp
Cumin seeds -1tbsp
Cashew nut-2tbsp
Oil
Green chillies-3
Bay leaves-3

Method:

In a boiling water, blanch the spinach and drain it keep aside
Grind into smooth paste
In a pan add oil,bay leaves,cashew nuts,green chillies and fry for a min
Add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes
Add onions,carrots,sweet corn and salt .
Cook for 5mins with lid covered
Add grounded spinach and cook for 5 mins with lids covered
Add turmeric and salt 
Add cooked rice mix well
Cook on low heat for 5mins and serve into plate
Spinach fried is ready to serve with raita

Cornmeal Dosa

Ingredients

Cornmeal-1cup
Riceflour-1/2cup
Cumin seeds-1tbsp
Green chilli paste -1tbsp
Salt as per taste
oil 
water

Method

In a mixing bowl, add cornmeal,rice flour,cumin seeds,green chilli paste mix well 
Add water to make a batter , batter should be watery
Add salt , kept aside for 30mins
Heat a griddle, pour batter 
Add oil to it
Cook until dosa is golden brown colour
Serve with chutney

Rice Pudding

Rice Pudding

Ingredients

Rice-3/4cup
Milk- 2 1/2cup
jaggery -3/4 cup
cashew nut-2tbsp
Raisins-2tbsp
Saffron-pinch

Method:

Boil milk in heavy bottom pan
Add washed rice and cook on medium heat
Once rice cooked completely add saffron
Add jaggery mix well
Stir continuosly till jaggery melts
In another pan add ghee, cashew nuts,raisins
Fry till golden brown and add to pudding
Rice pudding is ready to serve

Sweet Corn Rice

Ingredients:

Basamati Rice -1 cup
Onion-1(chopped)
Carrot-1(chopped)
salt to taste
Ginger garli paste
Bay leaves-4
Cinnamon stick-small piece
Cloves-3
Cumin seeds-1tsp
sweet corn-3/4cup
Green chilli-4

Method:
Wash and soak basamati rice with 1 1/2 cup water for 15-20mins
In a pan , add oil, bay leaves,cloves,cinnamon,green chilli
Add chopped onions, salt and ginger garlic paste
Fry for a min
Add chopped carrot,sweet corn .saute for few mins
Add soaked basamati rice ,water and salt
Cook on medium heat with lid covered
Onces rice is cooked completely fry for a min and serve into a plate
Sweet corn rice is ready to serve

Mini Chocolate Cake

Mini Chocolate Cake

Ingredients 

Egg-1
Milk-3tbsp
oil-3tbsp
salt-1tsp
Baking powder -1tsp
Cocoa powder -3tbsp
Granulated Sugar-4tbsp
All purpose flour -4tbsp

Method:

1.In a mixing bowl, beat egg
2.Add milk,granulated sugar beat until sugar dissolves
3.Add oil,salt,sifted baking powder,cocoa powder,flour
4,Mix well 
5.Pre heat oven at 350f and grease 4inch pan 
6.Pour chocolate batter into greased pan and bake for 20-25mins
7.Place on wired rack until completely cool down
8.Remove cake from pan and apply frosting

For frosting 
Refer to https://youtu.be/WkRt9BH8vpQ

9.Place in refrigirator until frosting set completely
10.Chocolate cake is ready

Chocolate Frosting recipe with cocoa powder

Chocolate Frosting recipe with cocoa powder

Ingredients for Chocolate Frosting

1/2 cup-- cocoa powder
3/4 cup -- powder sugar or more as per your taste
3 tbsp -- melted butter
1/4 cup -- milk

Method:

1.Mix all ingredients and microwave for 30sec
Ready to use

Vegetable oats upma

Ingredients:

Oats-1cup
Onion-1(chopped)
Carrot-1(chopped)
Greenpeas-1/4cup
Potato-1(chopped)
salt as per taste
oil

Tempering

Urad dal-1/2tsp
Chana dal-1/2tsp
Cuminseeds-1/2tsp
Mustard seeds-1/2tsp
Curry leaves
Turmeric
Cashew nut-2tbsp

Method:
1.Dry roast oats in a non-stick pan for 2 minutes and set aside.
2.Heat oil in same non-stick pan and temepering.
3.Add onion, carrot, potato, green peas, curry leaves and salt.
4.Add 1 1/2 cup water and boil till the vegetables are cooked.
5.Add oats and mix well.
6.Reduce heat and cook till the oats are done.
Serve hot.

Bitter gourd onion masala /Kakarkaya onion masala/karela onion masala

Bitter gourd onion masala

Ingredients:

Bitter gourd -5
Tamarind-small piece
Turmeric - pinch
Salt to taste

For Masala

Onion-2
Coriander seeds-1/2tsp
Cumin seeds-1/2tsp
salt to taste
oil
garlic-2

Method:

1.Wash bitter gourds and cut into big pieces and remove seeds kept them aside
2.In boiling water add tamarind,turmeric and salt
3.Add bitter gourds cook until soft
4.Grind all the ingredients for masala as ground paste
5.In pan add oil fry bitter gourd seeds and transfer to a bowl
6.In same pan and onion ground masala and cook for 5mins on medium heat
7.Remove or strain bitter gourds from boiling water
8.Heat oil in pan, add bitter gourds fry untill golden brown
9.Add fried seeds to onion masala mix well
10.Stuff onion masala to fried bitter gourds.
Serve with hot rice

soya keema paratha

Ingredients:

Wholewheat -1 cup
Soya chunks -1/2 cup
Chopped onion-1/4cup
Gram masala-1/2tsp
Coriander powder-1/2tsp
Red chilli powder -1/2tsp
oil
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves handful

Method:
1.Boil 1 cup water wit a tbsp of milk and little salt. Once it starts boiling rigourously switch it off and add the soya chunks, set aside for 10mins.
2.Drain water and rinse with cold water twice atleast to get rid of the raw smell of soya chunks.Squeeze out extra water completely then pulse grind for a second
3.Heat oil – add onion, ginger garlic paste and saute till golden brown…then add red chilli,coriander and garam masala powder and mix well
4.Now add the kheema and mix well.Cook in low flame for 3mins until the masalas are well blended with the kheema.
5.Mix wheat flour with water to form a soft pliable dough. Now divide the chapathi dough into equal parts and roll into smooth balls. Flour the surface and roll the chappathi dough slightly thicker.Then place the filling in the center and gather the dough from all sides.Seal it well.
6.Flip to other side and start rolling to a thicker / thinner paratha. Dust flour when needed.Heat dosa tawa and carefully place the parathas, drizzle oil and cook until the parathas turn golden brown on both sides.
Serve hot with curd

Walnut chutney

Ingredients

walnuts-1/2cup
garlic-2
Tamarind-small piece
Greenchilli-3
salt
water as needed

Tempering

Urad dal -1/2tsp
Chana dal -1/2tsp
Mustard seeds-1/2tsp
Cumin seeds-1/2tsp
Red chilli-1
Curryleaves
oil

Method:

Heat a pan , add oil,garli,walnuts,green chilli .Fry till nice aroma
Let cool completely and grind by adding water to smooth paste
In another pan add tempering ,add to chutney
Walnut chutney is ready to serve for idly ,dosa

Chewy Jello Bites

Ingredients
1 package Jello chocolate pudding and pie filling, not instant, any flavor
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup milk
1 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
1/4 cup nuts, chopped

Directions
Combine pudding, butter and milk. Bring to a full boil. Boil gently for 1 minute; stirring constantly. Remove from heat. 

Quickly blend in sugar; add nuts. Pour into greased pan. Cool; cut into squares.

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Ingredients

Ragi flour - 1/2tbsp
Apple -1 
Water -1 cup
Ghee -1/2tbsp
Jaggery -1/2tbsp

Method:

1.In a pan add ragi flour ,water mix well ensure no lumps .
2.Grate apple and mix with ragi batter and add jaggery . cook on low flame for 30mins
3.Add ghee and switch off the heat
4.serve into bowl

Vegetable Cheese Discs

Ingredients:
1 packet Bread
Tomatoes - Finely chopped
1 tbsp. Butter
Capsicum - Finely chopped
Onion- Finely chopped
50 gms Crumbled paneer/Tofu
4 tbsp. Cheese
Coriander leaves
1 tbsp. Italian Seasosing
2 1/2 tbsp. Tomato sauce
Pepper
Salt to taste

Method:
- Add some finely chopped capsicum, finely chopped tomato after removing its seeds and squeezing out some water from it, finely chopped onions, crumble tofu ,cheese, some grated cheese, coriander leaves, pepper powder, dry oregano crushed in your hands and salt to taste and mix all the ingredients of the filling.
- Then add 1 1/2 tbsp. tomato ketchup to the mixture and mix it well.
- Take some soft butter, 1 1/2 tbsp. of tomato ketchup and some grated cheese and mix them well.
- For preparing the disks, take some white bread slices and cut them with a sharp edged cutter.
- Cut smaller rings out of the bread slices so that each bread slice can be used as a base with a ring on top.
- Finely spread the butter spread on the bread slices, taking care of the edges so that the rings stick to the slice properly.
- In the centre of the ring, add the cottage cheese filling till the level of the bread.
- Place all the rings in a tray and before serving, place them in a pre heated oven at 180degress or 350 fahrenheit for about 5-7 minutes, until the rings are golden-brown in colour.
- Cheesy Disks are ready to be served.

Vegetable Cheese Omelette

Ingredients

Eggs -3 
Onions chopped -1/4 cup
Capsicum chopped - 1/4 cup
Spinach chopped - 1/4 cup
Coriander leaves - handfully 
salt to taste
Oil - 1/2 tbsp
Cheese slices -3
Green chilli- 3

Method:

1.In a large bowl, break all the eggs and whisk it and add the chopped vegetables and salt in it. Mix all the ingredients well.
2.Now heat a frying pan over medium flame and pour a little oil on it and let it heat.
3.Once the oil is heated properly, reduce the flame to low and gently pour half of the egg mixture in the pan (spread it evenly).
4.Cook the egg mixture on low flame for a minute,
5.Place the cheese slices on it and cook untill cheese melts
6.The vegetable cheese omelette is ready to serve

Instant Oats Uttappam

Instant Oats Dosa 

INGREDIENTS:
- Plain instant oats - ½ cup
- Semolina/sooji - ¼ cup
- Rice flour - ¼ cup
- Fresh yogurt- ¼ cup
- Onions- 1 medium, finely chopped
- Green chillies- 2 to 3, finely chopped
- Coriander- Handfully, finely chopped
- Cumin seeds- ½ tsp
- Salt to taste
- Water- as required 
- Oil- 3 to 5 tbsp for frying

METHOD
- To start you have to turn your instant oats into Instant Oats flour. Run the oats through a blender and blend till you get a fine powder.
- To this oats flour add the semolina (rava) and the rice flour. Use a whisk to whisk these together. This helps blend the powders together and removes any lumps.
- Now you can add the yogurt and water to start thinning the batter. Use the whisk to prevent lumps.
- This batter should be a fairly thin consistency, thinner than normal dosa batter.
- If you let the batter sit for a little while you will see that it has become thicker. This is because the oats absorb water and get fluffier. Add more water to keep the consistency thin.
- Now add your toppings, onions, green chillies, cumin, coriander leaves,salt.
- Mix all these together and you’re ready 
- Let the pan get hot and then start pouring the batter. It should become harder instantly and should not be spread with the ladle.
- Pour some oil around the edges . 
- After you see that the top has become fully cooked, the dosa lifts easily and is a nice golden brown colour then you can flip it over. Cook it for about a minute or two and then your dosa is ready!
- Serve with any chutney

Healthy Multi Grain Cereal for Babies and Toddlers (Uggu)

 Ingredients

Brown/White rice - 1/4 cup
Masoor Dal - 1/8 cup
Urad Dal - 1/8 cup
Moong Dal - 1/8 cup
Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
Sago - 1/8 cup
Barley - 1/8 cup
Ghee - 1tsp
Water - 3/4 cup

Preparation

1.Wash rice and dal in lots of water till it is completely cleaned. Drain it and dry it.
2.Heat a pan, add  washed rice and grains and roast them on a medium heat till it is golden. It will take around 20 to 25 mins.
3.Now take everything in a blender and powder them finely.
4.Once everything is done, allow the powder to cool and then store in a air tight container. 

Preparing cereal to baby

1. Add 1 tbsp of this powder, add 3/4 water and salt.Cook this on low heat till it is cooked, it will take around 10 mins 
2. Now remove them from heat and allow it to cool a bit, add some ghee for taste and feed your baby.

Note: If you want to add nuts powder you can add along with baby cereal powder and cook for you baby

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