Bread Upma

This is one of the easiest breakfast to make. Let's give us a try.



Ingredients

4 Nos -Bread (make into small pieces)
1 Tsp - Mustard seed
1 Tsp - Urad dhal
1/2 No - Onion(finely chopped)
1 No - G.Chili
4 Nos - Curry leaves
1Pinch - Tumeric Powder
1 Dash - Tomato Ketchup
1 Dash - Hot sauce(optional)
1 Pinch - Salt
1 Dash - Lemon juice
2 Tsp - oil

Instructions

Step 1. Heat oil in a kadai and when it turn heat add mustard and urad dhal once it splutters.
Step 2. Add onion and fry until cooked and add chilies and curry leaves.
Step 3. Then add pinch of tumeric and salt and add ketchup and hotsauce.
Step4. Let cook for 2 mins.

Step5. Then add little bit of water.
Step6. then finaly add bread and cook for 5 mins in a simmer.
Step7. Garnish with Cliantro and sprinkle with lemon jucie.

Fried Banana with Icecream

One of the best Thai Desert i have tried so far.. I felt like trying that in home to with some asian touch , it came out so awesome, i really felt so happy to come up with such a delightful recipe. I never felt so happy so far for the recipes i have tried. Sharing my joy and recipe with u.

Ingredients

1 sheet - Pastry Sheet

1 No - Banana

1 Scoop - Icecream(Any flavor)

1 tsp - Honey(optional)

1tsp - Powdered Sugar(optional)

oil for frying

Instructions

Step1. First Keep the frozen pastry sheet in room temperature for abt 15 mins.

Step2. Take one sheet and cut in to 5 squares

Step3. Cut one banana in to 5 small pieces

Step4. Wrap the banana in the pastry sheet, covering three edges as shown in the pics.

Step5. In a wok or kadai heat oil and medium low and fry the wrapped banana in batch don't overcrowd.

Step6. Serve with Icrecream.

Note

Sprinkle with honey and powered sugar if want resturant delight

Zucchini Dosa

There are of different varieties of dosa... this is one of the kind..

Ingredients

2 no-Zucchini grated
½ no-Onion ( finely chopped)
1 tsp-Mustard seeds
1 tsp-Urad dhal
2 pinch-Asafoedita
1 pinch-Salt
1 pinch-Pepper
Dosai batter

Instructions

Step1. First Grate Zucchini finely.
step2. In a wok, add oil when it turns hot add mustard when it splutters add urad dhal.
step3. then add zucchini and fry for few minutes(make sure it doesn't trun brown)
stpe4. then add onion and cook for 2 mintues.
step5. add pinch of salt and pepper to this mixture to get a nice flavor.
step6. Pour dosai batter in the kadai and sprinkle this prepared Zucchini. Cook until dosai is nice and crispy. Serve Immediately..Let's give one try.

Source

Myself

Kheer-(Rice Pudding)

A rich North-Indian way of payasam..

Ingredients

1/4 cup - Long grain rice, washed and drained(basmathi rice)

1 1/2 - Water

1 Cup -Milk

2 Tsp - Sugar

1 Pinch -Salt

2 Nos - Cardomon pods

2 Tsp - Blanched silvered almonds

1 Tsp - Skinned Pistachio nuts chopped.

Instructions

Step 1. Soak the rice in water for about 15 minutes.

Step 2. Put the rice,water and cardamon in to a pan.. when it is half cooked add the milk and cook until the rice is soft and the grains are starting to break up.

Step3. Add the almonds, pistachio and simmer for 3-4 minutes.

Step4. Add the sugar and stir until the sugar completly dissolves .

Step 5. Remove from heat . Serve hot or cold.

Note:

If u want rich texture u can add milk instead of water.

U can add 1/4 tsp of ghee if u are big fan of ghee's aroma.

Raisins can also be added to give more richness.

Crispy Okra

This is one simple crispy microwave okra.


Ingredients
10 Nos- Okra
1/2 tsp -salt
1/4 tsp -tumeric poder
1/4 tsp-asafoteida
1/2 tsp -chili powder
1 tsp - corriander powder
1 tsp - oil
1 pinch garam masala

Instructions

Step 1. Cut okra in length wise as shown below



Step2. In a bowl mix all the ingredients along with okra.
Step3. Make sure the masala spread evenly in all the okras
Step4. In a microvable safe plate place the marinated okra.(do not overcrowd okra)
Step5. Microwave for 3+2+1+1/2 minutes.
Step6. Cool down for 5 mintues. Crispy okra is ready.


Source

Mullai Madhavan-Spiceindiaonline.com

Carrot cake

This is one of my DH's favorite ever....I use to make him to impress.....I think u can also give a try...


Ingredients -1

2 cups - all purpose flour
2 cups - sugar
4 Nos - eggs
1 1/2 cups - vegetable oil
2 tsp - vanilla extract
2 tsp - baking soda
2 tsp - baking powder
1/2 - teaspoon salt
2 tsp - ground cinnamon
3 cups - grated carrots

Instructions:

Step 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Step 2. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
Step 3. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. See to that the cinnamon spread equally.
Step 4. Then add Vanilla,egg and mix them for few minutes, then add carrots followed by vegetable oil . Make sure Carrots and oil are equally distributed everywhere..
Step 5. Pour into prepared pan.
Step 6. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Notes:

If u want to add nuts u can put pecans or walnut

Hot Cross Bun

We all Learn this nursery rhyme when we are in kindergarden
Hot Cross Bun
Hot Cross Bun
One a Penny Two a Penny
Hot Cross Bun
If U don't have daughter give it to ur son.
But this hot cross bun can share with any one. Hope u will enjoy.


Ingredients-1

1 cup -Milk
¼ cup -Margarine or butter
¼ cup -Granulated sugar
2 pack -Active dry yeast
2¼ cup -All purpose flour
¼ cup -Raisins
1 tsp -Grated orange peel

Ingredients-2

1 tsp -Milk
2 tsp -Margarine or butter

Ingredients-3

2 tsp -Confectioner's sugar
1 tsp -Water (approx)
3 pint -Grated lemon peel

Instructions

Step1. In a Small Saucepan Combine 1 cup milk and 1/2 cup butter/margarine and heat over low heat until slightly warmed, not so hot.
step2. In work Bowl of food processor of in a medium mixing bowl combine sugar and yeast, add flour and gradually pour in warm milk mixture. Process or beat slightly with electric mixure or u can wisk with egg beater, until thoroughtly combined.
step3. Dough will be sticky. stir in raisin and in orange peel.
step4. Shape dough in to 12 equal ball, about 2 ounce each,
step5, arrange in a baking sheet,leaving 2 inch space inbetween.

step6. And allow to rise until buns are doubled in volume for 1 hour.

step7. Ina a small container, melt 2tsp butter/margarine, add 1tsp milk and stir to combine.(from table-2)
step8. Brush Mixture evenly oven each buns, then using a sharp knife, cut a cross inthe top of each .
step9. Preheat the oven to 350degree and bake it for about 15-20 mintues.
step10. Let the Bun cool down completely.
step11. In a small bowl, combine confectioner's sugar, water and if desired lemin peel, drizzle icing evely over each bun in the shape of a cross.

step12. Delicious hotcross bun is ready.

Notes

Milk can be either whole mix or skim milk or 2%.

Uruandai Kulambu(with very less oil)

Actually it is my mil's recipe i just tried yesterday, it came out very well i want to share u with my friends, enjoy !!!!!!!!!!

Ingredients-1

½ cup -Channa dhal(kadalai paruppu)
½ no -Onion ( chopped)
1 no -G.chilli
1 slice-Ginger (finely chopped)
2 strands-Curry leaves (chopped)
1 tsp -Fennel seed
Salt(very little)

Ingredients-2

1 no-Onion medium ( chopped)
1 no -Tomato (chopped)
2 nos-Green chili
1 -Tamarind (lime size)
3 nos-Garlic
3 strands-Curry leaves
3 tsp-Oil
1 tsp -Fennel seed
½ tsp -Chiili powder
1 tsp -Corriander powder
Salt (as per taste)

Instructions

Step1. Soak channa dhal for about 1 hour.
step2. grind soaked dhal in to very thick paste(it will really hard to grind but add very little water)
step3. Add salt, onion, greenchilli, ginger, salt and fennel seed
step4. Mix it well and keep it aside.

step5. In a wok add very little oil and fry onion, tomato,garlic and chilli
step6. when it all changes it color keep itaside and let it cool down for 5 mins.
step6. in a mixer grind all the above ingredient and make it in a fine paste.
step7. Now heat kadai, with 3 tsp of oil and when it turn hot add fennel seed and curry leaves when it splutters add the grinded paste along with the tamarind juice,chiili powder and corriander powder.
stpe8. It can be kind of liquid, meanwhile prepare urundai for this delicious kulambu.
step9. with the grinded channal dhal(step2to 4)make some urundai's

step10. Make sure the kulambu is boiling, then now add this urundai
step11. let it cook for 10 mintues.
step12. switch off the stove and garnish it with cliantro.

Notes

it will go fine with rice, dosa, idly and even pongal.
make sure that kulambu is boiling otherwise urundai with get dissolved.
i usually use to mix grinded paste(that is tomato,onion,chilli,garlic) with tamarind juice. it taste really good.

Source

My mil's and mom

Zuchini Fried rice

Zuchini is a negative calorie vegetable and taste delicious. It is often used in chinese and japenese resturants. This fried rice is combo of both american and asian.

Ingredients-1

3 cup -Cooked rice

Ingredients-2

1 no -Zucchini
1 no -onion(meduim size)
Pepper to taste
Salt to taste
4 stks -Cliantro( chopped)
2 tsp -Oil
½ tsp-Urad dhal
½ tsp - Mustard

2 tsp -Sesame oil

Instructions

Step 1 .In a pan(without adding oil) cook zuchini add little bit salt and pepper. fry for few mintues then add 1/2tsp oil.
Step 2. zuchini wil cook fast and it should not overcook. so make sure it turns slightly brown now u can add sesame seed (japense style) then take keep it aside.

Step 3. In a pan add oil and when it turns heat add mustard and urad dhal.
Step 4. fry onion and garlic until it turns brown
Step 5. add salt and pepper as per ur taste.
Step 6. in a wide pan put the cooked rice then layer with cliantro then zuchini and then fried onion after a mintue mix it well.
Step 7. before serving add 2tsp of sesame oil.
for the richness and texture of our food.