Chocco Custard

Awesome chocolate custard to be relished in just 15-30 mins...!

Below is the quick and easy method to prepare the dish...

Ingredients:

• 1/2 litre - condensed milk
• 1 1/2 tsp - cocoa powder
• 2-3 tbsp - custard powder
• 5-6 tbsp - sugar
• Sliced Nuts like almond, pista, cashew - few
  

Method:

• Mix all the ingredients without lumps and boil on a medium flame.
• When the mixture thickness, remove from fire and leave at room temperature.
• Spoon out into individual bowls and spread the nuts on top of it.
  
• Refrigerate for an hour.
• When the custard is set, serve chilled.

Delicious chocolate recipe is ready in minutes..!!

Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients:

• 1 cup basmati rice
• finely chopped mixed vegetables - 1 cup (vegetables like carrot, cabbage, capsicum, green peas can be included)
  
• Ginger - 1 tsp finely chopped
• Garlic - 1 tsp fineley chopped
• Green Chillies - 3-4 nos chopped or slight length wise
• Pepper powder - 1 tsp
• Pattai - 1 inch
• salt - as needed
• Cashews - few
  

Method:

1. First, in a pressure cooker , heat a tsp of oil or ghee. Fry the pattai in the oil. Add the basmati rice, salt and fry for few seconds in oil.
   Then add 1.5 cups of water and close the lid and cook the rice as usual
2. In a pan, heat oil. Fry the cashews in it. Then add the green chillies, ginger and garlic and fry for few minutes.
3. Now add the chopped vegetables, salt and in high flame, fry them. Don't add water to cook the veggies. Fry them for 5 - 10 minutes. Make sure u don't burn them.
4. Now add the pepper powder and turn off the gas
5. Mix this fried veggies into the cooked rice and mix well.

Vegetable Fried Rice is ready...!! Serve them with a vegetable kuruma.

Quick Bread Omlette

Ingredients:

• Whole wheat bread / any kind of bread  - 3 pieces
• Egg - 2
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Salt - as needed

Method:

• Cut the bread into to diagonal wise, so that you get triangle pieces
• In a bowl, mix the egg with salt and chilli powder
• Heat the dosa tawa, and dip the bread piece in the egg mixer and place it in the tawa
• Flip both sides and serve

Easy and healthy morning breakfast ready..!!

Paneer Matar Masala

In this Season, we get lot of fresh green peas at cheaper rate...!!
So i try to add fresh peas in whatever dish i could... :)

Ingredients:

• Fresh green peas   - 1 cup
• Paneer                  - 1 cup ( cubed)
  
• Big Onion              - 2 ( chopped length wise)
• Big onion               -1
• Tomato                  - 2 (chopped finely)
  
• Kasa kasa             - 1 tsp
• Pattai                    - 1 inch piece
• Jeera                     - 1 tsp
  
• Ginger garlic paste -  1 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder    - 1/2 tsp
  
• Chilli powder         - 1/2 tsp
• Chicken Masala    - 1 tsp
• Corriander powder  - 1 tsp
• Garam masala       - 1 tsp
• Corriander leaves   - few chopped
  

Method:

1. If the paneer is bought from store, immerse the packet in hot water for 5 minutes, so that it becomes soft. Then cube the paneer.
   
2. Heat a pan, add few drops of oil. Then fry the paneer cubes in the pan until slight brown. Keep the fried paneer aside.
3. In a bowl of hot water, put the peas and allow it soak until it is half cooked or better pressure cook the peas for 1-2 whistle and keep it aside
4. Grind 1 big onion, kasa kasa and pattai and keep it aside.
5. In a kadai, heat oil. Add jeera. Once it splutters add the chopped onions and fry until golden brown.
6. Add the ginger garlic paste and fry well. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry until tomatoes are cooked well
7. Add the turmeric powder, garam masala, corriander powder, chilli powder, chicken masala and fry for 2 minutes
8. Now add enough water to make a gravy lconsistency
9. Cover tha pan with lid and allow it cook for 3-5 minutes
10. Once it starts boiling, add the cooked peas and fried paneer cubes and mix well and cook by closing the lid. Allow it to for 5 minutes
11. Now add the chopped coriander leaves and serve hot

Delicious panner matar masala is ready..This goes well with chapathi/Roti/ any pulav

Channa Masala

Ingredients:

• Chickpeas/Kabuli Chana - 1 cup, soaked in water for 8 hours or overnight
• Ginger  - 2 tsp, grated
• Garlic - 2 tsp, grated
• Onion - 1 cup, chopped
• Tomato - 1 cup, grated
• Green Chillies - 2, sliced
• Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Coriander Powder - 1 tblsp
• Cumin Powder - 1 tblsp
• Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Garama Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Coriander Leaves - 2 tblsp
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece, julienned
• Vegetable Oil - 2 tblsp
• Salt as per taste

Method:

1. Cook the chana till soft and set aside.
2. In 2 tblsp hot oil fry onions till pink.
3. Add grated garlic and ginger.
4. Cook for 2 minutes in low heat.
5. Add grated tomatoes, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder and chilli powder.
6. Saute over low heat till the oil separates.
7. Add chana, 1 to 2 cups of water, salt and half of the coriander leaves.
8. Simmer uncovered until the liquid has been absorbed.
9. Add a pinch of garam masala.
10. Sprinkle the remaining garam masala, coriander leaves and shredded ginger.
11. Serve hot.

Aloo Papdi Chaat

Real Aloo papdi chaat will have a actual north indian touch. But this recipe is moderated to our taste and with the ingredients which we have normally in our kitchen. Behind this invention, there is a small story..
We had lots of thattu vadai  ( a south indian snack) at home prepared by mom. Bored of eating those as such. Then this chaat variety hits..!! Its more tasty when mixed with potato..

Ingredients:

• Potato - 3  (boiled and smashed)
• Thattu vadai - 10-12 nos (crushed into small pieces)
• Onion - 1 (chopped finely)
• Green chill - 3 (chopped finely)
• Garam masala  - 1 tsp
• Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Corriander Leaves  - few (chopped finely)
• Salt - as needed

Method:

• Mix all the above ingredients well and serve..!!! 

Tasty allo papdi chaat ready... :)
Instead of thattu vadai, can add mixer or kara sev too...

Andhra Spicy Chilli Chutney

This chutney is andhra special and i learnt it from my hubby's friend..!! It is also called as kara chutney in our Tamilnadu side...
It can be prepared in minutes and a good side dish for dosa.. Also it can be spread on egg dosa while cooking.. It gives a different flavor to egg dosa...
Look here for this chutney recipe and also hint to prepare diff dosa's with this chutney


Recipe for chutney

Ingredients:

Big onion - 1
Garlic - 4
Red Chillies deseeded - 4 or 5 depending on the chilli
Tamarind - small amt
Salt- as needed

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard
2. Add the chopped onions, chillies, garlic, salt and saute for few minutes till raw smell goes off. May be for 3 minutes
3. Cool and grind it in the mixer.

Hint:

• Spicy Dosa:  Pour a lad of batter in dosa pan, spread this chutney one layer, then idly podi one layer and cover and cook. Delicious hot dosa ready..!!
• Spicy Egg Dosa:  Pour a lad of batter in dosa pan. Spread the beaten egg on the dosa as a layer, then spread this chutney as well. Make sure the egg and chutney are mixed. Allow to cook on one side and flip to the other and serve hot..!!