Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Papaya juice


Ingredient:
  • 1 cup ripe papaya
  • 1 large banana
  • 1 teaspoon honey optional
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 cup water
  • Required amount of sugar

Method:
  • Blend papaya, banana, sugar while adding water little by little
  • Add milk and honey mix well
  • Add water to required consistency
  • Drink with some ice cubes 

Honey is best sweetener than the sugar

Whole wheat flour (Atta) Banana Cake

Ingredient:
  • 1 ½ cup whole wheat flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 large ripen banana
  • ¼ teaspoon coffee
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup margarine
  • 2 eggs
  • 10 dates or cashew optional

Method:
  • Sift flour and baking soda, keep it aside
  • Beat the margarine and sugar
  • Add the egg one by one while beating
  • Now add mashed banana, coffee, dates and beat again
  • Mix the flour little by little
  • Pour the mixture in greased non stick tray  
  • Bake in a preheat oven in 350’f for 20 minutes
  • Garnish with icing cream
    Note: Usually cakes gives better taste after one day

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Spicy cauliflower


Ingredient:
  • ½ Medium size cauliflower
  • 1 green chilli
  • 2 Cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 teaspoon chili paste
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • Pinch of mustard
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seed
  • ½ teaspoon fennel
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric
  • ½ of large onion
  • ½ tomato
  • ¼ cup water

Method:
  • Clean and cut the cauliflower into small pieces
  • Heat the oil add mustard, cumin seed, fennel, garlic and onion
  • Now add green chilli, turmeric, salt and cauliflower
  • Stir for few minutes and mix the chilli paste
  • Now add tomato and water cover it for 8 minutes
  • Serve with rice

Caramel pudding

Ingredients:
  • ½ tin condensed milk
  • 1 egg
  • ½ tin milk
  • ½ tin water
  • pinch of cinnamon powder/ ½ teaspoon vanilla essence

For caramel
  • 1 ½ Tablespoon sugar
  • 1 ½ Tablespoon water

Method:
  • Mix sugar and water heat slowly till it becomes brown
  • Pour the caramel in a dish
  • Beat the egg and mix all ingredients together
  • Pour it in the dish with caramel
  • Steam for 30 minutes (time may vary according to the steamer)
  • Prick the center with a toothpick and check before taking it
  • Let it cool 
  • Take a plate and turn it upside down while serving

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Devilled chicken

Ingredients:
For fried chicken:
  • 250g chicken
  • 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • ½ tablespoon chick pea flour

For tempering:
  • ½ onion
  • 1 tomato
  • 3 spring green onion
  • 1 Capsicum 
  • 1 tablespoon chili flakes
  • 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • pinch cumin seed
  • 1/2 tablespoon oil
  • salt to taste
Method:
  • Mix the chick pea flour ,soya sauce and salt
  • Apply to the chicken and keep it aside for 15-30  minutes
  • Heat the oil,   fry the chicken till golden brown
  • Heat the oil in a pan put onion, capsicum and tomatoes and saute for few seconds
  • Add chilli flakes, pepper powder and saute for few minutes
  • Now add ¼ cup of water and mix it
  • Add tomato sauce and soya sauce
  • Finally add chicken and green onion stir well
  • Cover and cook for 3- 5 minutes

Sarkkarai Pongal

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup red rice
  • 1/4 cup moong dal/ green lentil
  • 2 tablespoon ghee
  • 1 cup jaggery
  • 10 cashew
  • 1 cardamom
  • 1 pinch dried ginger powder
  • 1 tin coconut milk
  • 3 cup water

Method:
  • Roast the green lentil
  • Wash rice and  green lentil and keep aside
  • Heat one teaspoon ghee, roast the cashew and take it out
  • Add the water with rice and lentils
  • Add pinch of salt and bring to boil
  • When the rice cooked ¾ add the jaggery and stir
  • Add the cardamom
  • Now Add the coconut milk and reduce the heat
  • stir continuously to avoid burning
  • Cook till the  rice become soft and absorb all liquid
  • Add balance ghee and mix it well
  • Remove from heat while there is little watery
  • Add cashew and cover the pot

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

French toast with Eggnog

Ingredients:
  • ¾ cup eggnog
  • ¼ cup milk
  • pinch cinnamon powder
  • butter
  • 2 slice of bread 
Method: 
  • Mix the eggnog, milk and cinnamon powder
  • Beat slightly
  • Heat the pan and melt the butter
  • Dip the bread in mixture and toast it

Serve with butter or maple syrup or honey

 (1 Serve)