Potato Lollipop

                           Helloo...... I am here with a recipe which is just loved by your Kids. This is a special one which is totally dedicated to your Kids. It is simple, easy and fast making recipe.In this recipe I have used only one Green Chili because as I have said that this recipe is totally dedicated to Kids. If you want you can increase the amount of the spiciness too...It is made up of Potatoes and can be easily cooked. So. let us get in to the process.....

Ingredients:

• Medium sized Potatoes - 2
• Ginger - 1 inch piece
• Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
• Green Chili - 1
• Onions - 2 finely chopped
• Curry Leaves - 1 tsp finely chopped
• Coriander Leaves - 1 tsp finely chopped
• Coriander Powder - 1 tsp
• Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - for deep frying
• Bread Crumbs - 1/2 cup
• Corn Flour - 2 tsp
• Water - little amount
• Tooth Picks - 15

Process:

STEP 1:

              Take 2 medium sized Potatoes steam them that is boil them and then peel them off later mash by placing in a large bowl. To this we should add Masala. For the purpose of this I am going to prepare simple, easy and fresh Masala. Take a blender or a mixer, add a inch of Ginger and a Green Chili and blend them in to paste and there is no need of adding Water. Finally add Cumin Seeds and blend once more and then add to the mashed Potatoes.

STEP 2:

             As these are mostly loved by Kids, I am reducing the amount of spiciness by adding little amount of Ginger and just a Chili. If your Kids likes more spiciness then you can add more number of Chili's.

STEP 3:

               To this, add finely chopped Onions, and also finely chopped Curry Leaves and Coriander to this and along with them also add the spices such as Coriander Powder, Garam Masala Powder and Salt to taste and mix all of them nicely. And also make sure that this Potato mixture does not contain much moisture because if it contains more moisture we can not make dumplings properly.

STEP 4:

                 Now we should make Slurry. For that take a small bowl. To this add Corn Flour and make a Slurry nothing but fine paste by adding 3 tsps of Water. Now we should coat the Bread Crumbs to the dumplings by means of this Slurry. Here Slurry means nothing but a Batter.

STEP 5:

                 As we have the Potato dumplings, Bread Crumbs and the Corn Flour Batter (Slurry) Our Lollipop's are almost done by doing a single step that is nothing but deep fry.

STEP 6:

                  Place a deep frying pan and pour the Oil in to it and let it heat up and mean while we will make our Dumplings ready to deep fry. As we have the Dumplings take them one by one and dip them in the Batter of Corn Flour and please be sure that you should not dip these Dumplings for more time because if you place them for more time because if you place them for more time in the Batter it may lead to absorption of more Oil during the deep fry.

STEP 6:

              And then after dipping in to the Batter roll them in the Bread Crumbs and follow the same procedure for all the entire Dumplings and then place them in the hot Oil and fry them until they turns in to golden brown color. After place them in the paper towel so that excess Oil can be absorbed.

STEP 7:

             Finally, pierce the tooth picks in to the fried Dumplings and serve them with Tomato Ketchup.

                      I am sure that your Kids will really enjoy these Lollipop's.        

             

Banana Cookies (Biscuits)

                              Hi everyone... Today I want to share a recipe only for Kids..Now I am going to show very simple Cookies  which can be made at home by less number of ingredients and which is done very quickly in less time. These Cookies will be simply loved by your Kids and you too. These Cookies are made of Bananas and hence called as Banana Cookies. These Cookies either we can bake them or deep fry too. But I am showing the process of deep fry method you can use oven too..

Ingredients:

• Bananas - 2
• Egg - 1
• Vanilla essence - little bit approx 1/2 teaspoon  
• Butter - 1 tablespoon
• Semolina (Sooji) - 1 small cup
• All purpose or Maida flour - 2 cups
• Powdered Sugar - 1 cup
• Almonds - 5
• Cashews - 10
• Oil - for deep fry

Method Of Preparation:

STEP 1:

                The first step that should be done by us is, as we have taken the dry fruits which are Almonds and Cashews, we should chop them finely or else cut in to small pieces and keep aside. And one more thing is we can use either powdered Sugar or else our regular Sugar but powdered one is mostly preferable.

STEP 2:

               Take a large mixing bowl, and then take 2 Bananas and just peel them off and then add to the bowl and mash them very nicely. It is not mandatory to take 2 Bananas, you can cut it down and can take 1 Banana. To this mashed Banana add 1 Egg and little bit of Vanilla essence and Butter and then mix them nicely. For 2 Bananas 1 Egg is required.

STEP 3:

              After mixing the Bananas, Egg, Butter and Vanilla essence nicely it is the rime to add the dry ingredients. Add 1 small cup of Semolina that is Sooji, 2 cups of all purpose Flour that is 1 big cup of Flour and also add a cup of Powdered Sugar. Here the amount of Sugar that should be added depending upon how much sweetness you want. Normally 1 cup of Powdered Sugar is sufficient to make these Cookies.

STEP 4:

             To this add finely chopped dry fruits which we have kept aside at starting of our preparation process. Now mix this nicely by means of hand and we are going to make a nice dough out of it and then we will roll it and make our Cookies.

STEP 5:

                  The dough will be soft and you need not rest this dough and just we can make it directly. Dust some Flour then we can roll the dough. Roll it till it is half inch thickness and we can cut it in to our desired shapes by means of cutter. There will be many shapes of cutters like Star, Circle, Triangle etc..; 

STEP 6:

              In order to grab the Kids attention cut them in a special shape like Star and they will look really amazing. While cutting, you just dip this cutter in to Flour and then cut so that your dough won't stick. Repeat the same process for the remaining dough and then we can deep fry them.

STEP 7:

              Place a deep pan and pour Oil and make it hot. When it is hot enough, drop all those Cookies in to the Oil one by one and we should fry them till they are slightly golden color. These Cookies should be cooked in a very very slow flame so that inside also gets cooked. And don't cook them too much.

                           Remove them to a plate and once they are cool down then you can have these Cookies then only you can have the real taste of it that is little bit softness and little bit crunchiness from these Cookies.

                     


         
            

Sooji (Ravva) Laddu

                           Helloo... Now I am going to introduce a Sweet which is made up of Sooji nothing but Semolina and we all well known this Sweet as Ravva Laddu... Have you ever tried this Ravva Laddu? Try this it is really tasty and crunchy too.. I am making this Laddu's by not powdering the Semolina or Sugar so that it will be really crunchy and yummy.. If you want to make them as powder you can make it but Try them as I have guided it will be really delicious..  

Ingredients:

• Sooji - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
• Milk - 1/2 cup
• Cardamom (Elachi) Powder - pinch 
• Ghee - 3 teaspoons
• Cashews - 10

Preparation Process:

STEP 1:

                Take a frying pan and place it on stove and switch on the stove and then add a teaspoon of Ghee and when it is hot enough add crumbled Cashews and fry them until they turn to golden brown color. When they turned in to the desired color take them in to a bowl.

STEP 2:

              To the same pan add 2 more teaspoons of Ghee, to this add 1 cup of Sooji which is referred as Ravva in the local language and fry it in a slow slow flame and we are going to dry roast this  if you want little bit color you can dry roast it until you get light brown color and it is not mandatory so that you can dry roast it so that the raw flavor is gone.

STEP 3:

                 We can identify that our Sooji should be free flowing till then we should roast it in the Ghee and make sure that the fame must be very very low flame. To this add grated Coconut and fry it for 2 more minutes in the same way till the raw flavor of Coconut goes away.Finally add a cup of Sugar in the same pan let it be on the slow flame for one more minute and then take the mixture of Sooji, Coconut and Sugar and put it in a large bowl so that we can make the Laddu's freely.

STEP 4:

               In order to make Laddu's we should need a proper binding or else they may break easily. For the purpose of the binding we are adding little amount of Milk. The Milk that we are going to use are the boiled one and they need not to be hot they must be cool. The quantity of Milk that should be added is not exact, add them so that it is enough for binding and don't add too much.

STEP 5:

               Before going to make the Laddu's add the roasted Cashews and Cardamon Powder and then make Laddu's. Here I have added that Cardamon (Elachi) Powder as it is a Sweet and everyone usually add this in Sweets. If you don't like this Elachi flavor you can skip it and finally our excellent tasty and crunchy  Sooji or Semolina  (Ravva) Ladddu's are ready to eat.. If you need you can garnish them with Cashews again.

           
               

             

Capsicum Potato Masala Curry

                                                  Hii everyone... Here is the tasty Curry which is made of simple and ready made Spices and hence it takes very less time to cook this curry and you can really enjoy the taste of the Bell Pepper along with our favorite Potato and Tomato... So, let us get in to the process..

Ingredients:

• Capsicums (Bell Pepper)  - 2 which are diced
• Potatoes - 3 which are cubed
• Tomatoes - 2 of finely chopped 
• Onion - 1 of finely chopped
• Cumin Seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
• Coriander Powder - 1 1/2 teaspoon
• Garam Masala Powder - 1 teaspoon
• Amchur (Dried Mango Powder) - 1 teaspoon
• Salt - to taste
• Chili Powder - to taste
• Turmeric - 1/4 teaspoon
• Oil - 2 teaspoons
• Roasted Jeera (Cumin Seeds) Powder - 1 teaspoon
• Coriander leaves - 2 spoons of finely chopped

Method Of Preparation:

STEP 1:

                   First we should take 3 Potatoes and these must be cubed and place in the bowl of Water. Because as we all know if the Potatoes left in the free air without placing them in the Water they gets Oxidized and hence place them in a bowl which is filled with Water. And also Finely chop the Tomatoes and also dice the Capsicums.

STEP 2:

             Take a nice deep cooking pan. To this, add Oil and when the Oil is hot enough, add Cumin Seeds and when they starts crackling add finely chopped Onions and also little bit of Salt so that the moisture in them gets extracted and Onions will fry in the less time. Fry the Onions for about 2 minutes so that they will be transparent.

STEP 3:

                  When the Onions are of our desired form, add finely chopped Tomatoes and  be sure that

 you should cook Onions along with Tomatoes for about 2 to 3 minutes by mixing it continuously. 

STEP 4:

               To this, for seasoning add about half teaspoon of Red Chili Powder, Coriander Powder, Cumin Seeds (Jeera) Powder, Amchur (Dried Mango Powder) and here you can substitute this Mango Powder by squeezing lemon at last and also add Turmeric and little bit of Salt to taste. While adding Salt be careful because, while frying Onions we have added some Salt so add little bit which is enough to your taste.

STEP 5:

                 After adding all those Spices mix them well and cook it for 2 minutes so that the Masala will be cooked and then we can add our Potatoes to it. After few seconds add the cubed Potatoes and mix it well so that Masala will be coated to the diced Potatoes. And the add some Water and cook it by covering it by a lid for 3 minutes and check whether the potatoes are cooked or not.

STEP 6:

             After this add our diced Bell Pepper and now add some more Water and cover it for 2 minutes and then after open it and cook for few seconds and our Curry is done by adding freshly chopped Coriander to it.

           We can serve this curry with Chapati, polka and Rice. It can be served as a Gravy Curry or also in the dry manner. If you like Gravy curries you can add more amount of water and then you can serve it in your meal.

Capsicum Masala Curry

                      Namasthe... Now I would like to share a very simple and tasty recipe with Bell Pepper. In India we usually called as Capsicum and this vegetable have a very unique taste and here with very less number of ingredients i am going to show you a very tasty and perfect curry for Chapati , Polka and Rice too.. So, let us get in to the process... 

Ingredients:

• Bell Pepper (Capsicums) - chopped in to medium size of 1 large cup
• Cumin Seeds - 1/4 spoon
• Mustard Seeds - 1/4 spoon
• Curry leaves - 2 leaflets
• Onion - 1 finely chopped
• Salt - to taste
• Chili Powder - to taste
• Turmeric - 1/4 spoon
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/2 spoon
• Coriander Powder - 1/2 spoon
• Coconut powder - 1 spoon
• Oil - 1 spoon
• Coriander leaves - 2 spoons of finely chopped

Method Of Preparation:

STEP 1:

                   Take a pan and place it on the stove by switching it on. Add 1 spoon of Oil and this little  amount of Oil is sufficient to make this Curry. Add Mustard Seeds and Cumin Seeds and mix them and then add one leaflet of Curry leaves and when they crackle add chopped Onion and then add little bit of Salt and this addition of Salt brings out the moisture from the Onions and helps in cooking faster. 

STEP 2:

             To this, add a pinch of Turmeric and then add a half spoon of crushed Ginger Garlic. And when the Onions are slightly gets transparent add chopped bell Pepper, in common known as Capsicum to it and mix it well.

STEP 3:

                 Capsicum or Bell Pepper is a very delicate vegetable and there is no need to cover it by a lid. If you cover it, there may be a chance of getting mashed so don't cover and cook it by mixing in middle and will cook in few minutes.

STEP 4:

                 In just 4 or 5 minutes you can observe that your Capsicum will be  half don. Before this,  add Coriander Powder, Coconut Powder and also add little bit of Salt to taste. Be careful while adding the Salt because while frying the Onions we have added little amount and here you can add very little as required to your taste.

STEP 5:

               Along with the Salt you also add little amount of Chili Powder to your taste approximately you can add half spoon and then mix all these. Generally, capsicum have a very unique taste and when you add them with the vegetables like Green Peas, Potato, cauli flower the taste further increases.

STEP 6:

                  After 10 minutes of slow flame cooking Capsicum looks really nice and tempting and all the Masalas will be coated to the Capsicum and  your dish will be almost ready. When it is almost ready, add finely chopped Coriander to it and switch off the flame.

                            This Curry goes excellent with Chapati, Polka and even Rice.....

      

Palak Pakoda

                             Today, I want to introduce a snack item made of Palak that is Palak Pakoda. This is very very easy to make and also tasty too. They will be perfect for evenings and loved by the Kids a lot. It is a simple Snack which requires very less number of ingredients and also less process too...   

Ingredients:

• Spinach leaves - 1 large cup
• Gram Flour - 1 cup
• Rice Flour - 1/2 cup
• Hing - pinch
• Salt - to taste
• Turmeric - 1/4 spoon
• Tymol Seeds (Ajwain) - 1/4 spoon
• Crushed Coriander Seeds - 1/4 spoon
• Water
• Oil - for deep fry

Preparation Process:

STEP 1:

                       For making this Pakoda, First we should prepare the batter. So that take a large bowl and add a cup of Gram Flour. The Gram Flour that we have taken must be nice, fine and pretty good. For one cup of Gram Flour, we need half cup of Rice Flour so that add this Rice Flour to the gram Flour.

STEP 2:

                 To the same bowl add a pinch of Hing and it gives a very nice flavor to your pakoda and also add Salt to taste. Basically, you all know that Spinach is got lot of Salt in it so, while adding the salt you please be careful and add up to your taste but little lesser than usual.

STEP 3:

              To this, add Turmeric, Ajwain nothing but Vaamu which is usually referred in our local language. And also add crushed Coriander Seeds. This Coriander Seeds are optional and it can also be avoided if you are not interested in that taste but by adding those crushed Coriander Seeds it adds an additional flavor to our Pakoda.

STEP 4:

                    Now, mix all of these ingredients nicely so that by adding Water we are going to make in to a nice Batter. But, before going to add Water to it add some Oil and one teaspoon should be good enough and then add Water and make in to a thick paste.

STEP 5:

                 Here I am suggesting you to make a thick Paste instead of making a Batter because, I think you all know this simple trick that when you make a thick paste then all the lumps will be gone and then you can add little bit of extra Water and make in to a nice Batter.

STEP 6:

                Take Spinach leaves. And no need to cut them in to small pieces we can use them as their original size. It is also your choice if you want to crush them in to small pieces you can do it and it is up to you. Now add that Batter to these leaves and mix it well so that all those leaves will be nicely coated with the Batter.

STEP 7:

                 Now we can fry them. Place a deep frying pan and add Oil to deep fry and when it is hot enough, drop these leaves in to the hot Oil and fry them to nice and crispy. Once they are fried to crispy take them from the Oil and place in paper towel so that excess Oil can be absorbed.

                 Finally, While serving you can serve by squeezing the lemon on this Pakoda and so that...Hot, yummy and crispy Palak Pakoda is ready to serve and there is no need of any Chutney to this we can have them directly... Enjoy the recipe... 

Bread Potato Rolls

                              Today I would like to introduce the snack item which is made by Bread and some spicy Potato filling. The snack is named as Bread Potato Rolls. It is the perfect snack for afternoon Tea and can also be served as an appetizer. These Rolls are Crunchy from outside and Spicy as well as Soft inside. This snack is very easy to prepare and there is no much long process involved in it and it is also liked by everyone. Let us begin the process by knowing the ingredients that are required to make these Rolls..      

Ingredients:

• Bread Slices - 4
• Medium size Potatoes - 2
• Mutter (Green Peas) - 1/4 cup
• Green Chili - 1 finely chopped
• Coriander leaves - 1 spoon of finely chopped
• Oil - for deep fry
• Cumin Seeds - 1/4 spoon
• Amchur (Dry Mango Powder) - 1/2 spoon
• Red Chili Powder - 1/4 spoon
• Salt - to taste

Preparation Process:

STEP 1:

                    First, trim the edges of Bread Slices and cut each piece in to two Slices by cutting them in to half. And don't feel that these edges are of waste, I usually make Bread Crumbs by those edges. Now it is the time to make filling. 

STEP 2:

                 Place a Pan on stove and heat is on in medium flame, add one spoon of Oil and when it is hot enough, add Cumin Seeds (Jeera) and as the Cumin Seeds cracks, add  Green Peas , finely chopped Green Chili's and finely chopped Ginger and fry them for few seconds.

STEP 3:

                  To this we should add boiled and mashed Potatoes. For this, take two medium sized potatoes and they should be peeled, boiled and also to be mashed and it should made about 1/4 cup of mashed Potatoes. This should be added to the pan and along with this add Mango Powder , Red Chili Powder , Salt to taste, finely chopped Coriander and mix it well and just stir fry about a minute and don't fry this too much and let some moisture be present in this filling.

STEP 4:

                  To make this filling you just add one spoon of Oil and it will be sufficient. if you add more amount of Oil, while we are deep frying the Rolls more amount of Oil gets absorbed So, add little amount of Oil for making this Stuffing.

STEP 5:

                After frying the Curry for 1 minute it is almost ready and you can switch off the flame. Before doing this, check the spiciness of this Stuffing, if you like more spice this is the time to add and mix it well and then finally switch off the flame and let it be cooled.

STEP 6:

               After then, take small amount of Stuffing and make in to the oval shape and do the same for all the remaining. At starting as we have kept the Bread Slices readily by trimming the edges now take them and take some Water, dip one side of Bread Slice in to the Water and squeeze the Water by placing the Bread Slice in between your Palms and then take one roll of stuffing and place it in the Bread piece and cover that roll from outside.

STEP 7:

                   Be careful while dipping the Bread Slice in to the Water because, if you dip the entire Slice at the time of deep fry it may absorb lot of Oil. So, dip only one side of the each Slice and squeeze out the excess Water.

STEP 8:

              Now, after preparing all of them in the similar way, Place a deep frying pan and pour Oil to deep fry and when the Oil is moderately hot and drop these Rolls in to it and fry them and please remember that the should not be smoking. Fry them all around to golden brown color and after that place them in the tissue so that excess Oil will be absorbed.

                       Yummy Yummy Bread potato Rolls will be ready to serve and serve them the Tomato Ketchup So that Kids really enjoy this snack... 

Noodles Cutlet

                                 I am here to introduce a nice recipe especially for kids.. Generally kids loves Noodles. So, by using kids favorite  Noodles I am making nice Cutlets. When your kids gets bored of eating regular Noodles you can just make this noodles cutlets which will be nice Crispy and Yummy and increases the taste by eating with tomato ketchup. So let us begin the process..

Ingredients:

• Noodles - 1 cup
• Very finely chopped Onion - 1
• Very finely chopped or grated Carrot - 1/4 cup
• Green Chili's - 2 finely chopped
• Black Pepper Powder - 2 pinches
• Very finely chopped Coriander - 3 spoons
• Boiled Mutter (Green Peas) - 1/4 cup
• Salt - to taste
• Coriander Powder - 1/4 spoon
• lemon Juice - 1 spoon
• Gram Flour - 2 to 3 spoons
•  Dried Bread Crumbs - to coat
• Oil - to shallow fry

Method of Preparation:

STEP 1:

                    Firstly, we should half boil the 1 cup of Noodles by adding pinch of Salt to it. For that,  Take the broken Noodles which we don't use or you know at the end  we usually throw them as they will not liked by our children. So, please don't throw away the broken Noodles What you all can do is take them and boil them til they are soft and do not over cook them.

STEP 2:

                 Now, take a large bowl add these boiled Noodles to  it. Along with the Noodles we should add all other ingredients one by one as I guide you. To make the Cutlets  add  very finely chopped Onions, grated Carrot , Boiled and mashed Green peas, very finely chopped Green chili's, and little amount of black Pepper powder, very finely chopped Coriander, Coriander Powder and finally add a spoon of Lemon Juice to it.

STEP 3:

                 Here I am adding Green Peas and Carrot.. We can also add different types of vegetables and also even green leafy vegetables and also even Corn. And instead of Lemon you can also prefer Chat masala etc..This recipe is especially liked by Children as our main ingredient is Noodles.. So, in order to feed them we can add extra proteins by adding all those vegetables.

STEP 4:

                And now to all those ingredients, add Salt as per taste. Be careful, because as I said to add some Salt while boiling the Noodles, it is not mandatory to add Salt while boiling them if you do not add Salt while boiling you can see and add now. Now, mix it nicely.

STEP 5:

                   It is the time to make the Tikki's... But there's a problem. Because if you try to bind this it won't bind and hence here we need a binding ingredient. Generally, in Cutlets for binding we usually add boiled and mashed Potato but here I am adding Gram Flour for a change.Instead of Gram Flour you can also add all purpose Flour (Maida) and even Oats powder to make your snack more healthy!!

STEP 5:

                After adding the Flour, mix it properly and make Cutlets in the desired shape.  While making the Cutlets if it is sticking to your hands you can just dip your hand in some Water and make in to nice Cutlets and keep aside. 

STEP 6:

              This binding is enough, but to give little more binding, I am taking a spoon of all purpose Flour, pinch of Salt and add some Water to make it in to a Slurry. And now make it in to a thin paste but not too thick. So now all our Tikki's, Slurry and Bread Crumbs are ready. And now take a Cutlet and dip it in the slurry and roll them in the Bread crumbs.

STEP 7:

              Take a pan when it is hot enough, add some Oil to shallow fry the Cutlets. Place the Cutlets and cook them in a medium flame till both sides are in nice golden color. Then transfer them to the plate and serve them..
               
                   Serve them with Tomato Ketchup and your kids will enjoy this yummy and crispy Noodles Cutlets..
                  

Potato Pancakes

                              Hii my dear friends....I want to introduce a simple and tasty snack item which will be perfectly set for Tea time. During holidays or else in normal days after arriving of your children from schools  to home there will be a lot of confusion to make evening  snacks for them. Here is a solution.. I will introduce easy and tasty items which includes very less number of ingredients and which takes less time to make them. Here is the item which  I am going to introduce Potato Pancakes... Potato is the one and only vegetable which is liked by everyone especially children. Because, it can be easily blended and we can prepare snacks as well as many curries with them and  I am sure that this snack will also be liked by them. So, try to make this item and enjoy this tastyy,  yummy  and crispy snack in the evenings.. In these pancakes I am not adding any kind of Spices, so they will be plain and hence liked by the small children too... Let's begin the process by knowing the ingredients.....  

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 2 

• Onion - 1

• Salt - to taste

• Egg - 1

• Plain flour (Maida) - 40 grams approximately 2 to 3 spoons

• Oil - to shallow fry

Procedure:

STEP 1:


                           First and fore most thing that should be done by us is take a Potatoes and grate them finely and put in water. Here the reason why I am stressing to place the grated Potato in to the water is you already know.. Potatoes will be easily effected by the air in the atmosphere and turns to black in color. So, place them in water.

STEP 2:    

                                   One of the main ingredient which is necessary for our pan cakes is almost done and now take an Onion and cut them in to half circle pieces, nothing but slice them as thinly. Now, take a large size bowl and add these Onion pieces and grated Potatoes to it.


STEP 3:   

                                  Make sure that before adding the grated Potatoes to the bowl, all the water should be drained out. And then add and mix them. To this, add  Salt which is required to taste and mix them again so that salt will be absorbed by both the Onion pieces and grated potatoes.


STEP 4:

                                        Take an egg and beat it in to the bowl, to this add 2 spoons of the plain flour nothing but Maida which is usually referred in our local language.And now, mix the all the ingredients finely So that our base is ready for making the Pan cakes.


STEP 5:

                     Take a frying pan and add 1 spoon of Oil add place the base in the shape of a Cutlet and fry them both sides to the nice golden brown color. Finally, garnish with fresh Coriander. 

                           So that our yummy and crispy Potato Pancakes are ready to serve.....

Soya Chunks Fry

                            Hi my dear friends.... If you are health conscious person Soya Chunks are to be their in your diet. But I know the doubt that have arised in your mind that is How to make them tasty.. Isn't it??? Okay.. Let me introduce a tasty item by Soya Chunks.. Here is the recipe to make your diet healthy as well as tasty that is nothing but Soya Chunks Fry. So... let us make me to know you the process of this recipe..

Ingredients:

• Soya Chunks - 1 Cup
• Onions - cut length wise
• Tomato - 1 finely chopped
• Lemon Juice - 1 Spoon
• Sliced Garlic - 1 Spoon
• Sliced Ginger - 1 Spoon
• Sliced Green Chili's - 2
• Red Chili Powder - to taste 
• Garam Masala - 1/2 Spoon
• Chat Masala - 1 Spoon
• Salt - to taste
• Coriander leaves - 3 Spoons finely chopped
• Oil - 2  Spoons
• Hot Water - 3 Cups

Method Of Preparation:

STEP 1:

                First, I am going to start by soaking the Soya Chunks. For this, take a bowl. To this, add Soya Chunks and soak them with the hot water and add little bit of Salt to it and let them soak for 15 minutes. Just keep this bowl aside till then we can prepare the masala required for this.

STEP 2:

                Now, take a pan and heat Oil. When it is hot enough, add shredded Onions nothing but chopped Onions and cook them for couple of minutes till they become transparent. Next add some sliced garlic, some sliced Ginger and sliced green Chili's and  let them fry for 2 minutes.

STEP 3:

               To this, add finely chopped Tomatoes and mix them well. Also it is the time to add all the Spices. Add Red Chili Powder, Garam Masala, Chat Masala and mix them. And fry them for 2 more minutes.

STEP 4:

                The Soya Chunks will be ready now. And now, just drain out the water from them and squeeze some of the water but not completely let some amount of moisture may present in them So that we can add them to our Masala.

STEP 5:

                     After adding Soya Chunks to the pan toss them and make sure that Masala is properly coated to the Soya Chunks. Add Salt to taste, some lemon juice and mix them again.

                          In the end, add lots of Coriander and mix it properly and it is done... Just dish out and serve it as a starter.
           

Egg Curry

                           Hii friends... I am here with a simple, easy and tasty recipe of Egg Curry. I am introducing this curry in a very simple way. Usually, there are many processes to make Egg curry. Here I am giving the method of preparation which includes very less number of ingredients. As we all know that Egg should be included in our regular diet so that the proteins that are required for our body can be  added by means of Egg. So, let us know the process to prepare this simple and yummy curry..

Ingredients:

• Eggs - 4
• Tomatoes - 3
• Cumin Seeds - 1/4 spoon
• Onions - 2  of medium size
• Oil - 3 spoons
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 table spoon
• Coriander powder - 1 table spoon
• Salt - to taste
• Chili powder - to taste
• Coriander leaves - 2 spoons finely chopped

Method Of Preparation: 

STEP 1:    

                 First we should boil the eggs and let them cool. And we should also prepare 1 cup of Tomato puree by using the 3 Tomatoes. Medium sized Tomatoes can make a cup of puree. Now, let us get in to the main process. 

STEP 2:

                 Place a deep cooking pan. Add 3 spoons of Oil to this pan and when the Oil is hot enough, add Cumin Seeds and when the color of Cumin Seeds turns to brown add finely chopped Onions and fry them till they are transparent.

STEP 3:

              When the Onions gets slightly transparent add Ginger garlic paste and fry until the raw flavor of the Ginger garlic paste goes. After, add 1 spoon of Coriander powder and enough amount of Chili powder. Chili powder can be added as per your tastes and preferences. 

STEP 4:

                 To this add Tomato puree and cover this and let the Tomato puree cooks perfectly until the Oil floats at the top. When it gets cooked add the boiled eggs and cover it again and cook  so that all the masala can be sucked by the eggs.

              Finally, add Coriander leaves and mix it well.  We can serve this with rice, polka etc...;

                           

                           Here I have added the boiled Eggs directly in to the puree. But if you like to roast them then you can do it. take a pan and add 3 spoons of oil and slightly fry them until they turns golden brown color and then add to Tomato puree and let them cook in masala.

Maggi Noodles Spring Rolls

                    Helloo...friends... The recipe that I am going to introduce is a snack item which is loved by all especially by children. The snack item is named as Maggi Noodles Spring Rolls. The name it self is tempting..right?? Maggi includes a tastemaker which tastes awesome and now by using the maggi we are going to prepare this yummy yummy snack item. So, try it and enjoy it....

Ingredients:

• Maggi Noodles and Taste maker - 1 packet
• 1/4 cup of shredded (grated) Cabbage
• 1/2 a Capsicum cut length wise
• 1 Spring onion length wise
• 4 to 5 french Beans cross cut
• Tomato Sauce - 1 cup
• Oil - 1 table spoon
• Ginger Chili paste - 1/2 tea spoon
• Chaat Masala - 1 tea spoon
• Salt - to taste
• Plain Flour paste- little bit

Method of Preparation:

STEP 1:

                  In the ingredients, I have mentioned the vegetables that are required for our recipe. The vegetables Capsicum and French Beans are cutted length wise that is thinly sliced with some length. If we cut the veggies earlier then it is easy to make this Snack item. So, let us prepare the filling for this Spring Rolls.

STEP 2:

             Take a deep cooking pan and add 1 table spoon of Oil and now we should heat the Oil and then I am going to saute the Capsicum just for a couple of minutes, I don't want to over cook the vegetables because I should deep fry the Spring Rolls So, there is no need of over cooking of veggies.

STEP 3:

                To this, add french Beans and cook for a minute by mixing them continuously. Here chop the French beans as finely as possible. Now it is the time to add our favorite Maggi noodles. just break them in to pieces add add it to the veggies and mix it.

STEP 4:

                 For the preparation of Maggi we usually add 1 or 1 1/2 cups of Water. But now I am going to add a little less because I want the Maggi noodles to be dry. This is because while we fry them they again gets cooked. So, may be 3/4th cup  of Water is sufficient to this. And let them boil and then add taste maker i.e; Maggi masala and so that the masala is nicely coated.

STEP 5:

             To this add Ginger Chili paste, Chaat masala and mix it well. Now, add a table spoon and half of tomato Ketchup (Sauce) , mix it well and let  all the moisture dry up.  I would like to throw up shredded (grated) Cabbage and Spring Onions. The reason that I am adding Cabbage and Spring Onions at last is because they cooks very quickly. Mix them well.

STEP 6:

                Now add very little bit of Salt. Why I am stressing is because, the taste maker and ketchup also consists of Salt and hence add pinch of salt and mix it well. The noodles are done they take only 3 to 4 minutes to cook and do not over cook them. Just cool them immediately under a fan. So, finally our filling is ready. Now, let us prepare the rolls to fill this Maggi.

STEP 7:

                We can get the Spring roll sheets directly from the market. In case if you do not get them in the market, we can prepare them in our home itself. Just take some plain flour say 1 cup and 1 table spoon of Oil and little bit of Salt and to this add some water and prepare the dough similar to the chapati and roll them as thin as you can.

STEP 8:

                Take a pan and just half roast the rolls only for 10 to 20 seconds on each side on each side until you get few brown spots and cover the roti's in a nice cloth and use them when ever you want. As the Spring Rolls sheets are ready and we also have our Noodles filling you just fill the stuffing in to the rolls as I guide you.

STEP 9:

               For 1 packet of Maggi noodles we can make up to 4 spring rolls. Let us start stuffing this in to the rolls. Take a  Spring roll sheet and place approximately 2 spoons of noodles filling and start rolling them. Make a tight roll as tight as you can and fold the edges and to stick this edges I have taken a plain flour paste. I have prepared this flour paste by taking some plain flour and mixing it with water so this helps in sticking the spring rolls and then nicely seal it.

STEP 10:

                Make sure that the Oil for deep fry should be medium hot not very very hot and as our rolls are ready just add them in to the Oil one by one and let them fry on  slow medium flame because I don't want  them to become them brown very quickly  it takes some time to fry because I want the inner layers of the sheets to cook properly. Don't be in a hurry to fry them.

STEP 11:
 

              In case if you are making them in large quantity  for parties or for something always half fry them and when ever you are ready to serve you just fry them and serve them. Fry the rolls until they are nice golden brown in color take them out from Oil and remove excess of Oil by using Tissues.

STEP 12:

             Now let them cool for 2 minutes before going to cut them. After 2 minutes you just cut each roll in to 2 pieces and dip them in Tomato Ketchup and enjoy the recipe.

  

Soya and Potato (Aloo) Kurma

                        Hii friends... Now I am going to share a kurma recipe with lots of Soya chunks and some potato. Anywhere in any functions you will really love to serve this Kurma, Some people add Soya, some people add Potatoes and even some more people add even other veggies to prepare the kurma Curry. But now I would like to share this recipe which involves Soya and Potato and I like Soya very much and it includes regularly in my diet. It is also very good for health because it consists of rich proteins. So. let's begin the process..

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 2 chopped in to cubes of medium size
• Onion - 1 finely chopped
• Soya chunks  - 1 cup
• Tomatoes - 2 finely chopped 
• Green Peas - 1/2 cup
• Poppy Seeds - 1 spoon
• Cashew nuts - nearly 10
• Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
• Oil - 3 spoons
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 spoon
• Salt - to taste
• Chili powder - to taste
• Garam masala - 1/2 spoon
• Coriander powder -  1/2 spoon
• Ginger Garlic paste - 1 spoon
• Curry leaves - 2 leaf lets
• Coriander leaves - 2 spoons finely chopped

Method :

STEP 1:

              Take a pan, first we should dry roast the Poppy Seeds, Cashew nuts and add some grated Coconut and fry them for 2 minutes and let them cool and then take a blender and add these to the blender and make them in to a fine paste or powder.

STEP 2:

               In the same pan, add 3 spoons of Oil. This Oil is enough for this curry but for Kurma's if you see many of us add lot of Oil and says that at the end the whole Oil will come at the top of the curry. But now, here we are making this in home style so little bit of Oil is sufficient to make this curry.

STEP 3:

             Once your Oil is hot enough, add chopped Onions to this add little bit of Salt so that water can be extracted and hence Onions can be fried in less time. Fry the Onions till they are slightly brown in color. When they are fried to our desired brown color, add Ginger Garlic paste, Turmeric powder, Curry leaves and let them fry for 2 more minutes so that the raw flavor of  Ginger Garlic paste goes.

STEP 4:

              Now, this is the time to add Spices. Add Coriander powder, Chili powder. Dear friends add Chili powder according to your Spiciness. Now add the paste that we have blended by adding some water at starting of our recipe. And we are should cook this until the Oil comes at the top. It cook at least for 3 to 4 minutes.

STEP 5:

               To this add little amount of Water and cook it for 4 minutes and then we can observe that the Poppy seeds paste will turns in to a nice lump and it will not stick to the base of the pan, till then we should cook this mixture. So that we can come to a point that it is cooked. Now, we can add vegetables.

         
STEP 6:

              Add the raw Potatoes that we have cutted in to medium sized cubes. Don't cut in to large pieces. And mix it well and then cover this to cook the Potatoes that is 70% done. Add some water and cook for 3 minutes and then we can observe that our Potato pieces gets boiled and now again add some water. Don't worry if you add little bit extra also, as it is a kurma it requires more amount of Water.

STEP 7:

               Take a bowl, to this add some water and soak the Soya chunks in this water for 5 minutes and it is better to take small sized soya chunks, later squeeze out the water and  add to our curry and also add finely chopped tomatoes and mix it well. And now it is the time for consistency because if you want the kurma wet then add some more water it tastes good when it is wet. If you  do not like to add the you let it dry but, i suggest ou to add little amount of water.

STEP 8:

               After adding water we should cover it and cook this for 5 more minutes so that our tomatoes will cook and even all the masala will go in to the Soya. Now ad some more of Water and check the taste. If there is need of adding Salt add Salt to it and also add Garam masala and add some Green peas and cover this and cook for another 3 minutes.

STEP 9:

                You just sim it for 3 minutes ad then you will observe that all the Soya are floating at the top because as they will observe the masala moisture. Finally, add finely chopped Coriander leaves and then it is done and ready to serve.

                         
                          We can serve it with Chapati, Polka and even with rice it really  tastes yummyy.......

Pappu Charu

                    Hello... Today I am going to prepare the dish in the pattern  prepared by my Mom and which  I like  the most. This dish we called as Pappu charu and this is some what similar to Sambar of Andhra Pradesh. It is not completely called as Sambar but in some portions it is refereed as Sambar.  Instead of adding more and more masala's here I am preparing this in mild version and it tastes awesome. Here I have used little amount of ready-made Sambar powder which is easily available in market named after different brands and it can be optional.... So,  Let's get in to the process...

                         

Ingredients:

• Red Gram (Dal) - 1 cup
• Tamarind juice - 2 to 3 cups
• Tomato - 1
• Drum Stick - 1
• Onions (small sized) - 8 
• Water - approximately 1 liter 
• Oil - 3 spoons
• Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
• Urad Dal - 1/4 tea spoon
• Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
• Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tea spoon
• Hing - 2 pinches
• Dried Red chili's - 2
• Green chili's - 2
• Ginger - 1/2 inch
• Garlic - 5 to 6 cloves
• Jaggery or Sugar - 3 spoons
• Curry leaves - 2 leaf lets
• Coriander - 3 spoons finely chopped
• Salt - to taste
• Chili powder - to taste
• Sambar Masala - 1 spoon

Procedure:

STEP 1:

                     First, we should prepare Tamarind juice by means of Tamarind. Take some quantity of Tamarind and soak it in water for 15 minutes and then extract the juice from it and put it a side. And boil 1 cup of Red Gram and mash it in to fine paste.

STEP 2:

                 Now, we will get in to the process. To make this dish, take a deep pan and add  Oil to it. To this add Mustard Seeds, Urad Dal and  pieces of Dried red chili's. When Mustard seeds crackle, add Cumin Seeds and the add pinch of Hing and Turmeric Powder and later add Curry leaves and  Sliced green chili's and let them fry.

STEP 3:

                     This is the time to add Tamarind juice to this seasoning. And also add enough amount of water according to your taste and preferences. To this add tomato slices, little bit of  Jaggery or Sugar and Salt, chili powder to taste, 1 spoon of Sambar powder which is easily available in market.

STEP 4:

                    To this, add Ginger Garlic paste or mashed Garlic and Ginger which gives awesome aroma to our dish. And also add Onions which are of small in size. Just peel them and add without cutting them in to slices, pieces of drumstick are also added here it self and  let it boil for some time about 20 minutes.

STEP 4:

                      After the completion of the time . To this add boiled and mashed Red Gram dal  and let it boil for 10 more minutes.

STEP 5:

                   Finally, off the flame and add coriander leaves and serve it with Rice.
           
                             
                

Banana and Dates Milk Shake

                 Hiii every one.. Today I want to show you a simple and healthy milk shake which is made of Bananas and Dates. As Bananas are the fruits that can be easily available in each home as they will be available irrespective of the seasons. Here I am going to do this milk shake by using very very ripened Bananas and Dates, When the Bananas are fresh that is in yellow color every body will love to eat it. But once, if this colors to black, no body wants to eat them and they just throw them away. And I just think about that and I got an idea  to make this milk shake. I think you too got the same problem in throwing away the ripened Bananas. So, without wasting those ripened Bananas we can make tasty milk shake.  We can also prepare this milk shake by using only Bananas, I am adding some Dates to increase the taste of it...Let's begin the process by knowing the ingredients...

Ingredients:

• Bananas - 2  finely chopped
• Dates - 7 to 8
• Sugar - 3 to 4 spoons
• Ice cubes - 4
• Milk - 2 cups

Procedure:

STEP 1:

                   Take a blender. To this, add Dates and  little bit  of Sugar but not too much because, Dates also gives sweetness and Banana also have sweetness. Now, blend the Dates and sugar first. Now, to this we are going to add little bit of milk and blend it again in order to make it as a fine paste.

STEP 2:

                 Now the Dates paste is all done. In this add Bananas and little bit of ice cubes and some more of Milk. The quantity of Milk depends on how much thickness you want, based on that add enough quantity of milk. And then blend it again.

                        

                        Now, this is done. As we have added Dates, the milk shake will be in some what brown in color. If you do not like to add Dates, you can do this by using only Bananas then it will look in white.

                               Finally, just serve it.. See how simple it is and tasty and healthy too...

Vegetable Pulao

                  Hii my dear friends.... Now, I would like to introduce a simple, easy and tasty rice item which is nothing but pulao. As I have already said I just love to have rice items, this is the one I really like to eat. As it is made of veggies and light amount of spices (masalas) it does not effect the health and can have it in your regular diet even everyday !!! It can be taken as lunch or as even breakfast. Children really loves it... 

Ingredients:

• Basmathi  (long grained)  rice - 2 cups
• Carrot - 1 of medium size
• French beans - 7 to 8
• Cauliflower florets - 8 to 10
• Green peas - 1/4 cup
• Onions - 2 of medium size
• Bay leaves - 2
• Black Pepper corns - 7 to 8
• Cinnamon - 1 inch
• Shahi jeera - 1 tea spoon
• Cloves - 3 to 4
• Salt - to taste
• Ghee - 1 tea spoon
• Oil - 1 tea spoon
• Cashews - 8 to 10

Method of Preparation:  

STEP 1:

                 The first step that should be followed is soak the long grained rice for 30 minutes. And slice the onions, and all the remaining vegetables should be finely chopped such as french beans and  carrot.

STEP 2:

              Now, boil  5-6 cups of  water in a deep non-stick pan. And let the water boil.

STEP 3:

                  Heat ghee and oil in another deep non-stick pan. Add bay leaf,cinnamon, black peppercorns, cloves, shahi jeera  i.e; all the spices that we have considered should be added to this along with the  onion slices. Saute for a while.

STEP 4:

                After few minutes, add  finely chopped carrots, cauliflower, beans and green peas. Mix well. To this, add  soaked rice, salt and then mix well and add 4 1/2  cups boiled water. Stir to mix, cover and cook for 15 minutes. Salt must be added according to your taste.

STEP 5:

                Switch off heat and let it stand for 5 minutes covered. Open the lid and open the rice grains with the help of  a fork or spoon. Serve hot.

                           Take a pan and add 2 spoons of ghee and let it be enough heat and then add cashews and fry them until they turns in to golden brown color. This can be optional.

                           So, at last serve the hot pulao with that roasted cashews. It tastes really good......                 

Chocolate Cake

                       Hi to all... Friends do you all love cakes? I love them a lot and we all too. But we do not show much interest in making them because of absence of oven at home. Now, I am going to know you how to make a cake which does not need an oven. This cake is easily made in a pressure cooker. Here I am not using eggs so that vegetarians you can make this recipe and enjoy it.

                   
                      So, let's see how to make a delicious chocolate cooker cake.


Ingredients:

• Plain flour - 1 cup
• Powdered sugar - 1 cup
• Coco powder - 2 table spoons
• Baking powder - 1/2 tea spoon
•  Melted Butter - 50 ml
• Milk - 100 ml
• Curd - 60 ml
• Salt / sand - 1 cup
• Ghee / butter for greasing
• Baking soda - 1/4th spoon

Process:

STEP 1:

                      Firstly, we need to pre heat the cooker like we pre heat the oven. For this take a heavy bottomed cooker and put sand or salt in to the cooker and place a ring so that the tin sits properly that is straight. Now, take the lid and make sure that you put the rubber ring which is the black ring in the pressure cooker, cover it and do not put the valve (whistle). Because, this has no liquid and it does not contain any water. So, please do not put the valve. Now turn on the flame and let the cooker heat up for 10 minutes.

STEP 2:

                 While the cooker is heating, We will quickly make the batter. For making the batter, take a large bowl and sift the dry ingredients first. Add plain flour, powdered sugar, coco powder and the baking powder  and just sift all of them properly. We can also add roasted dry fruits for making our recipe more healthy and more tasty.

STEP 3:
           
               To this add wet ingredients such as melted butter, milk, curd and just blend them to make a fine batter. And hence our batter is ready.

STEP 4:

              Take a tin and grease it with either butter or ghee and add the batter to this tin and shake the tin well to make the  batter evenly. Now this tin is ready to place in the cooker. Now, very carefully open the pressure cooker and place the tin and then cover it and make the cake to bake for 25 minutes.

STEP 5:

              After the completion of 25 minutes just check out the cake. Take a knife and just poke it in the center of the cake and if it comes out absolutely dry, then the cake is done! And un mold the cake just run the knife through the tin on the sides. And garnish it with chocolate. Let it cool down for an hour so that we can really have wonderful taste as equal to the outside bakeries.

                              Our yummy yummy chocolate cake is ready to eat... 

Mango Milk Shake

                 Hieee My dear friends... Today I want to introduce tasty and cool cool Milk shake which everyone likes the most. All of us like Mangoes, As they are the seasonal fruits and are liked by every one without any difference in age. This Milk shake can also be prepared when mangoes are out of season. Instead of using fresh mangoes, we can also use canned mango pulp. I really love this milk shake among all the milk shakes that are available. I am sure that you too like it. No no you just love it !!! Soo..., Let's start our milk shake which can be served at any time......

Ingredients:

• Mangoes - 2 finely chopped
• Sugar - 2 spoons
• Milk - 1/2 cup
• Ice cubes - 3
• Egg shade Food color - 1/4 spoon
• Ice cream - 1 scoop

Process:

STEP 1:

                   Take 2 mangoes and peel them off and then cut them in to small pieces and add them to a jar. Along the mango pieces, add 2-3 ice cubes and also sugar to it.

STEP 2:
     

               Take a hand blender or if not available we can have a mixer. By using the blender or a mixer make the pieces in to fine pulp. You can use canned mango pulp when fresh mangoes are not available i.e when mangoes are out of season.

STEP 3:

                Usually, fresh mangoes do not give enough color and hence in restaurants they add artificial color to it. This step is optional we can add or we cannot. Add little bit of egg shade yellow color. To this add milk and blend it. So that our Mango milk shake is ready...

                           Lastly, after taking in to glass garnish it with a scoop of ice cream which tastes really awesome...!!!