Oats Cutlet

Evening snacks special, Oats Cutlet nutritious & tasty snacks

For kids this is a good way to Include Oats which keeps them full, Oats have lot of fibre which keeps the digestive track at ease mission successful, Make these Oats cutlets or try other Evening snacks like Mixed veg cutlet, Soya cutlets or Crab cutlets 

For this healthy vegetable cutlet all you need are following Ingredients & follow this simple procedure below


Ingredients Needed
Boiled Potato(2) : 1cup
Oats(Regular Rolled): 1cup
Bread crumbs: 1/2cup
1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
1 medium sized onion: finely chopped
1 tbsp Redchili powder
1/2 tbsp coriender powder
1tbsp All spice( Garam masala) powder
1/2 cup Bread crumbs to coat
Salt to taste

4-5 sps Oil to fry

Procedure to follow:
Firstly boil the potatoes(I have pressure cooked it)
Once cooled down mash it nicely without any lumps
Then make the bread crumbs by using the sides of bread loaf
Make a fine powder in dry blender(you can even use white part of bread)
Heat a pan take 2 sps Oil add add Chopped Onion & fry  
Then add add ginger and garlic paste  & saute it

Add all the spices, red chili powder, Coriander powder, garam masala
Sprinkle little water so that it doesnt burn
Add salt to taste & mix
Remove from heat & Add boiled & mashed potato & mix
Keep this mixture aside, once cooled down completely add Oats mix till combines
Then add little by little bread crumbs till it becomes tight dough consistency 

Check the consistency, if the mix is too soft add more bread crumbs

Take a portion of this mix in your hands,make  small balls and shape like tikkis.....

Then Roll in Bread crumbs& press so that it gets well coated
In a pan Add Oil & once heated shallow fry 2-3 min till both sides are golden

Enjoy crispy Oats cutlets for evening snacks, try this healthy snacks for your Kids

Surmai Fish Thali(Seer Fish Platter)

I love cooking fish...born in coastal region this is the staple food...Presenting to you Large Surmai Fish Thali

These are Seer fish fillet also known as King fish/ Surmai/Iswan, tasty & easy to cook doesn't take much time at all.....Worth it king fish fit for a king to dine

Fish fry, Seer fish fillets fried coated with Semolina(Rava) for the crispy fish fries, Served with Fish curry & Rice

With very few Ingredients this crispy fish fry is ready

Ingredients:

Seer fish Fillets: 2
Red chili powder: 2-3tsps
Turmeric: 1/2 tsp
Tamarind paste: 2tbsps
Coconut Oil: 4-5 tbsps
Salt to taste
Semolina(Fine Rava):1/2 cup
Salt to taste

Method
Take Seer fish steaks & clean several times
Marinate with salt leave for 5 min
Mix together Red chili powder, turmeric & tamarind paste
Apply this paste generously on fish fillets 

Coat these in Semolina(Rava)both sides & shallow fry in oil or Tawa fry on a pan in lesser oil

Fish fry is ready to serve

Goan curries:

Goa cusine has a huge influence in Spicy Fish curry. Goan curries use a lot of coconut, curry leaves while chili peppers, spices and vinegar are also used. Fish curry and rice forms the staple food of the community, I have grown up feasting on this cuisine, Spicy curry being favourite along with Fish fry

The traditional coconut curry is a curry made with coconut juice is quite popular. The Goan fish curries and prawn curry are known for their taste and renowned in the whole of coastal India while fried fish dishin their style is well known.This spicy Fish curry is a  coconut and kokum curry which is also very popular

Fish Curry for Fish fillets cleaned 2-3 large steaks

Ingredients
Coconut grated: 3/4th cup
Red chilies: 4-5
Tamarind/ Amsol: 2sps
Onion: 1/2
Turmeric: 1pinch
Coriender: 2sps
Salt to taste

Method:

Gind All the Ingredients with 1 cup water & make a fine masala
In a Deep dish(kadai) add this masala & little water(to make curry consistency 1 cup water)
Bring to boil then add salt to taste
Add fish fillets & cook covered for 10 min
In between check the fish if cooked just remove from heat

Serve this Fish curry with Hot Rice & fish fry

Snacks & sweets for Holi festival of colours

Happy Holi, Snacks & sweets for Holi festival of colours

Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika bonfire where people gather, sing, dance and party. The next morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi - a free-for-all carnival of colours, where participants play, chase and colour each other with dry powder and coloured water, with some carrying water guns and coloured water-filled balloons for their water fight. Anyone and everyone is fair game, friend or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children and elders. The frolic and fight with colours occurs in the open streets, open parks, outside temples and buildings. Groups carry drums and other musical instruments, go from place to place, sing and dance. People visit family, friends and foes to throw colour powders on each other, laugh and gossip, then share Holi delicacies, food and drinks. Some drinks are intoxicating. For example, Bhang, an intoxicating ingredient made from cannabis leaves, is mixed into drinks and sweets and consumed by many. In the evening, after sobering up, people dress up and visit friends and family.
There is no tradition of holding puja (prayer), and the day is for partying and pure enjoyment. Children and young people form groups armed with dry colours, coloured solution, the means to fill and spray others with coloured solution (pichkaris), water balloons filled with coloured water, and other creative means to colour their targets.

Cashew Burfi a very popular sweet, Its a Cashew fudge rich & melt in mouth to greet the guests:Recipe of Cashew Burfi

Ribbon crispies, crunchy snacks which kids love muching on: Recipe Ribbon crispy

Gulab Jamoon: Indulge in this Soft sweet: Recipe for Gulab jamoon

Rice Murukku: South Indian special crunchy murukkus Recipe

Rasgulla: Made from Milk this is the Spongy Sweet Rasgulla try this Easy Rasgulla recipe:

Egg Hakka Noodles with Veggies

Sunday Special Hakka egg Noodles for the Brunch

Lazy Sunday Mornings begin Late, so I just make these Egg Hakka Noodles with Veggies, Its filling and very satisfying on a Sunday

Just a few Ingredients to toss up & your Sunday Brunch is ready, 
Make some Appetite for this one & try this recipe for sure, If you want this for Lunch then you can try the Chicken Hakka Noodles as well

Ingredients 
Hakka egg Noodles: 1 packets
Water for boiling
Eggs: 2
Capsicum julians: 2
Carrot Julians: 2
Spring onion: 1 bunch
Ching's Noodles Masala: 3sps
Redchili sause: 2 sp(add more according to your taste)
Soyasause: 1sp
Oil: 3-4sps

Method:
Place the Noodles in boiling water add salt & little oil & cook the Noodles(Refer the packet Instuctions of Noodles) dont overcook Hakka noodles are already cooked aldente

Drain the noodles & keep them in Cold water until use, this way they wont turnout sticky

In a wok add Oil & heat it
In a small bowl take 2 eggs beat it a bit with salt
Add this to the Oil & reduce the heat cook for a min then scramble it & cook for 1 more min
Remove the scrambled eggs and keep it aside

In the same Wok add rest Oil, then add capsicum & fry for a minute
Then add spring onions chopped(whites & bit of greens as well) &
Add Carrot fry for 2-3 min, then add the scrambled egg & toss
Now add Redchili sause, Soya sause,& mix well add Noodles masala powder &  little salt mix

Add Cooked & drained noodles & toss mix completely 

Egg Hakka Noodles is ready to serve for your Brunch

Pesarettu(Moong Dosa)

Instant Dosa, Moong (Green gram) dosa, which requires no fermentation easy & quick recipe

Try this Healthy Green gram dosa for your Breakfast/Lunch/Evening snacks, they turn out Delicious

I have combined these with Daal Palak for a Protien Rich Breakfast

About Pesarettu(Moong Dosa)- In south and north Indian states, Moong beans are eaten as pancakes. They are soaked in water for six hours 

Then they are ground into fine paste along with ginger and salt. Then pancakes are made on a very hot griddle. These are usually eaten for breakfast. This provides high quality protein that is rare in most Indian regional cuisines

Ingredients: 

1 and 1/2 cup green gram dal, 

1/2 cup raw rice,

3 green chillies, 

a small piece ginger,  

salt to taste and 

1/2 Tsp baking soda(Sodium bicarbonate)

3 sps oil for roasting.

Method:  

Soak green gram dal and rice in water for 6 to 7 hours.(or else overnite)

For making the batter wash it thoroghly after soaking

Then grind with green chillies, ginger and salt to a fine paste. 

No need of fermentation.

Add salt & little baking soda & mix the batter

Heat a tawa(Griddle pan) Pour a laddle full of batter & spread it out making round circles by the back of the laddle to form Dosa

Apply oil to the sides & roast  both sides for 2-3 min

Serve Pesarettu dosas,when hot with Daal or with chutney ,You can even serve it as it is its Delicious spicy dosa

I have served this with Daal palak a nutritious combo

Daal Palak(Poppu)

Daal Palak Nutritious Lentil curry with green leafy veggies

Spinach/ any other green leafy vegetable is highly nutritious & combined it with Lentils its a power packed protien rich meal

This gravy is Thick & goes well with Roti/Rice

You can use any green vegetable of your choice, make it with spinach or Amarnath leaves(Harive Soppu) or Saag

Ingredients:

Tovar Daal(Bengal Gram Daal): 1Cup
Spinach: 1 bunch
Onion chopped: 1
Tomatoes: 2
Green chilies: 2
Red chili powder: 1tbsp
Mustard seeds: 1sp
Curry leaves: little
Oil: 3sps
Salt to taste

Method of Preparation:

Wash the Lentis & Green leafy veggies(Spinach)
Then chop the greens finely with Onion
Add the lentils, Spinach & onion in a pressure cooker
Add water 2 cups & pressure cook for 3 visels

Once the Pressure is released remove & set aside
Heat a  Deep dish add Oil, once heated add mustard seeds
Let it splutter then add curry leaves & greenchilies
Add tomatoes & fry nicely add salt & chili powder fry till mushy
Add the cooked daal with Spinach & Boil it for 5 min

Mix everything nicely, Thick Lentils & greens ready 
Lastly garnish with Lemon juice

Enjoy Daal Palak with Rice/Roti

Bhindi Fries (Fried Okra)

Fried Okra for snacks, yes you heard it right apart from making the regular veggie you can try this Okra Fries/ Bhindi fries

Simple coating of Rice flour & chickpea flour & frying it to get a crispy exterior there you have Bindi crispies ready

Make these bhindi fries for any party follow this simple procedure:

Ingredients:
Bhindi/Okra: 10
Lemon juice : 1 sp
Rice flour: 3tbsps
Besan(chickpeaflour): 3-4 tbsps
Red chili powder:2 teaspoons
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Procedure:

Wash the Okra(Bhindi) & pat it dry
Then cut them lenghtwise to 4 pcs removing seeds 
Chop  the rest Bhindi/Okra similarly

Apply lemon juice & keep it aside
In a mixing bowl Mix together Rice flour, besan, salt & chili powder
Sprinkle this on the Bhindi & coat it nicely

Leave this for 5 min then again sprinkle the left over mix & coat well
Leave for 5 min, meanwhile Heat up Oil in a wok
Deep fry this Okra till it turns crisp, Enjoy crispy tasty Okra fries 

Note: I have shallow fried these in less Oil, for more crisp you can deep fry
Dont overload while frying in Oil, fry 7-8 pcs at a time
No need of adding water in case its too dry add little lemon juice

Oats & Rava Dosa with Spinach Gravy

Healthy Breakfast Oats & Rava Dosa, Instant Dosas are gaining popularity, one such dosa is this Rava & Oats Dosa for a healthy start combined with Spinach gravy

Wholesome Instant breakfast which keeps you full for a long time & gives you energy, with the Richness of spinach gravy this is an Ideal Combo

Ingredients Needed:

Oats: 1/2cup
Semolina(Rava): 1/2cup
Curd: 1/2 cup
Onion: 1
Green chilies: 3
Coriender leaves: little
Water: 1+1/2 cups
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method to follow:

In a mixing bowl add Oats & Rava then add curd & 1/2 cup water mix together
Leave this aside for 5-10 min
Menwhile finely Chop Onion, greenchilies & coriender leaves
Add this to the batter along with salt to taste
Now the batter is very thick, add 1 cup water & mix
Batter is ready to make Dosas

Heat a Tawa(Griddle) add 2 sps Oil & spread it out evenly
Pour 1-2 laddle of this batter & spread it out evenly thin like any dosa
If you prefer thick Pancake you can keep it bit thick like thalipeet
Spread 1 sp oil at the sides of dosa & cover lid  cook for 3-4 min on medium heat
Then Turn & cook the other side for 3-4 min
Oats Rava dosa is ready , smear dollop of butter on top and enjoy

Serving suggestion I have served this with Palak gravy for a nutritious combo