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......