Thursday, 31 October 2013

Cheera Thoran/amaranth(amaranthus) fry

cheera fry

Ingredients
red/green cheera chopped-250 gram
1 teaspoon ghee or oil
cumin seed-1/2 teaspoon
coconut grated-100 gram
salt 1 teaspoon
 a pinch of turmeric powder
Method

red and green cheera
Take washed and chopped red cheera in a pan and cook with 1 teaspoon ghee in medium heat for 5 minutes with a lid.No need of adding any water.You can use oil instead of ghee.But remember ghee adds more taste.Add salt.
chopped cheera

Meanwhile it is cooking,take grated coconut and into it add 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds.Grind it.
grated coconut and cumin seeds
Add the grinded mixer into the cooking cheera and stir for 2 minutes.The tasty dish is ready :)You can have this with cooked rice.
cheera fry

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Healthy bread sandwich (mayonnaise recipe)


Ingredients
4 wheat bread
2 egg
50 gram cabbage chopped
2 green chilli chopped
1 tomato chopped (optional)
3 curry leaves
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon mayonnaise(you can get this from any grocery shop)
Method
Mayonnaise is salty in taste.
 
Cook the finely chopped vegetables in 1 teaspoon oil in a pan,add 1/2 teaspoon salt to it while cooking.Then into the cooked vegetable,add 2 egg.
 Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and mix well all the ingredients and make a big egg omelet in a non stick pan. Cook one side for 5 minutes and on top of omelet while cooking add 2 tablespoon of mayonnaise and spread evenly with a spoon.




Cut the omelet into small pieces and place in between two wheat bread and have it.Its so tasty and healthy too :)

Tasty Rice Flakes Ladoo/Aval ladoo/Poha Ladoo

rice flakes/aval/poha ladoo
Ingredients
  1. 100 gram rice flakes
  2. 3 teaspoon ghee
  3. 5 tablespoon sugar
  4. 5 cashew-nut
  5. 5 raisin
Method
  • Wash rice flakes with water.
  • Roast rice flakes in 2 teaspoon of ghee for 5 minutes in medium heat.
  • Grind the rice flakes in mixer well.Then add 5 tablespoon of sugar and grind it well with rice flakes.
  • Roast the cashew-nuts and raisins separately  in 1 teaspoon of ghee for 1 minute in medium heat.
  • Add the roasted cashew-nuts and raisins into the grind-ed mixer and mix well with hand.Make it into small balls.Tasty ladoo is ready :)


Saturday, 26 October 2013

Healthy and Tasty Ivy Gourd(Tindora/Kovaka)

IVY GOURD
Normalize blood sugar level-Because of an essential liver enzyme contained in this particular food which standardizes the sugar metabolism within your body, by improving the glucose production. Therefore additionally it is of excellent assistance to the diabetic patients and is also strongly suggested for them.
 Healing certain diseases-Since times immemorial, the ivy gourd has been utilized like a cure for asthma, leprosy, bronchitis and jaundice. The plant of the veggie is additionally utilized for offering relief to the bowel problems. This particular veggie is additionally verified to be healthy in healing particular blood diseases and is particularly confirmed to reduce higher fever.
 Ivy Gourd as Health Food-It is promoted like a health food in several parts of India due to its high-content of Vitamins. Each one of these vitamins is essential for the body of a human, and helps reinforce the defense mechanisms. It is abundant with Vitamin C, which will help in conditioning the bones.
Cooked Ivy gourd

Ingredients
6 piece of Ivy gourd
1/2 teaspoon fenugreek powder
2 teaspoon of chilli,turmeric,salt, and coriander powder
Method
Cut Ivy gourd into small round pieces.
Ingredients for cooking Ivy gourd

Marinate with chilli,turmeric,salt,coriander and fenugreek powder and keep it aside for 1/2 an hour.
Cook it in a pan by adding 1 glass of water with closed lid for 10 minutes in medium heat on stove.When water disappears add 2 teaspoon of oil and cook for 5 minutes in medium heat and stir in between.Ivy gourd dish is ready.You can serve it with rice.:)

Fish Fry with Yogurt



Ingredients
2 teaspoon yogurt
2 teaspoon chilli,turmeric powder
salt 1 teaspoon
Method
Marinate fish with 2 teaspoon chilli,turmeric powder and salt(I prefer 1 teaspoon) as per taste.Keep it aside for 1/2 an hour.
Just before frying add 2 teaspoon yogurt in marinated fish pieces and mix well with hand.
Fry it in hot oil in medium heat in a pan.
Fry both sides for 5 minutes.
Remember to fry in a non-stick pan,so that the fish would not broke.


Friday, 25 October 2013

Yummy Fish Curry With Tomato



Ingredients
1/2 kg fish
10 garlic cloves chopped
100 gram ginger chopped
2 medium sized onion chopped
3 green chilli chopped
3 medium sized tomato 
2 teaspoon each salt,chilli,turmeric,coriander powder
                                   
Marinate fish with salt,chilli,turmeric powder.Keep aside the marinated fish for 1/2 an hour.

Prepare tomato pure with 3 medium sized tomato
Roast ginger,garlic,chilli in oil for 1 minute in medium heat.Then add tomato pure and cook for 5 minutes with closed lid to remove tomato's raw taste.Then add salt,chilli,turmeric and coriander powder and mix well by adding bit water into it.Then add the marinated fish pieces in top and cook each side for 5 minute with closed lid.Remember not to stir the gravy after adding fish because the fish may broke.Lasty add 1 teaspoon of oil at top and serve hot with rice/dosa/chapati/puttu :)

Friday, 18 October 2013

Chickpea Curry

Ingredients
chickpea 1 cup
coconut grinded thick paste 1 cup
1 onion chopped
5 garlic cloves chopped
50 gram ginger chopped
coriander powder 2 tablespoon
chilli powder,turmeric powder each 2 teaspoon
salt as per taste
Method
Soak chickpeas for 8 hours.
Then cook in pressure cooker for 5 whistle.For 1 cup of chickpea add 4 cup of water and mix well with salt,turmeric and chilli..After cooked keep it aside.

Now fry ginger,garlic,onion one by one in oil for 5 minutes.

Then add thick coconut paste and 2 tbsp coriander powder.

Stir once and lastly add the cooked chickpeas.
With a lid cook it for 10 minutes.Grnish it with coriander leaves.Curry is ready :)

You can have this with chapati,puttu and appam.Hope you liked it.