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Strawberry Pancake

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Seasonal favorite, the gorgeous strawberry pancake for breakfast. A pink twist in regular pancake with honey all over it.   Nutritional value This recipe serves six small pancakes with max 90 calories each. It has whole wheat flour, AFP, egg and milk in it. So the pancakes are packed with protein, magnesium, good fiber and vitamins.   Ingredients Dry 1/2 cup - Whole Wheat flour 1/2 cup -Maida/AFP 3 tablespoon sugar (any kind) 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder A pinch of salt and baking soda   Wet Crushed Strawberry 4 1/2 cup warm milk 1/4 teaspoon- Vanilla Essence 1 Egg 1 tablespoon oil/butter for preparing Method In a bowl mix an egg with warm milk and vanilla essence.   Now add crushed strawberry and mix it and keep it aside. Add all dry ingredients in another bowl (sieve it if you wish) and mix it properly with a whisk. Now slowly whisk the dry ingredient into the wet bowl without making any lumps try to do it gently. Let the mixture sit for 10 minutes ...

Vegetable Pulaov

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Medley of vegetables of your choice with rice, cooked with wholesome spices and served with curd. This dish is one pot dish and can be served as anytime hungry meal. Nutritional Value The meal is packed with vitamins, carb and proteins. This dish serves around 6 adults and each helping is around 300 k cal. Ingredients Veggies - Capsicum, Cabbage, Potato, Beans, Carrot (all chopped) Rice - 2 cups (washed) Basmati or any long grain Cottage Cheese (Paneer) - Cubed Onion- 2 diced small Tomatoes- 3 medium Ginger- 1 inch grated Garlic- 20 cloves chopped Green chili- 2 sliced Tej Patta- 2 Big cardamom- 1 Spices Turmeric, Coriander Powder, Garam Masala- 1 tbsp each Salt- 2 tbsp Ghee/Clarified butter- 3tbsp Method  Take a big pressure cooker, if its not available then a big pot with heavy base and add oil to it. Add the slit chilies, Tej patta, cardamom, garlic and ginger to it and fry it for 30 seconds and then add the chopped onions to it. Let the onion fry till they are translucent and t...

Chicken Curry | Spicy

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 A very simple chicken curry dish made with few ingredients and lots of love and  spices.   Nutritional Value Chicken curry has an expected 240 calories in 1 cup  This dish serves 5 people. Almost 50 percent in one cup of curry is protein combined with fat and carbs. Ingredients 500 gms of Chicken curry cut (washed) 3 sliced onions medium size 1 teaspoon Coriander powder 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon Garam Masala 2 teaspoon Chicken Masala  3 chilies green chopped 2 teaspoon Salt 20 cloves of garlic 2 inch ginger 2 tomatoes medium size 3 tablespoon of clarified butter/ghee or butter or oil 2 bay leaves 1 big cardamon 1/2 Cinnamon stick 1 bunch chopped coriander leaves Method    Heat the pressure cooker and pour 2 tablespoon of ghee. Drop the spices ( bay leaf, 1 big cardamon,cinnamon stick) in it. Add sliced onion and fry in low flame for nearly 15 minutes until onion are translucent and cooked completely. Add dr...

Savory Pancake | Curd Sooji

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Today's breakfast special 'Curd and Semolina pancakes' with any number of veggies of one's choice. It can be a perfect snack or breakfast for kids or adults, and it never fails to impress!. Veggies cab be added as per choice, and all variations tastes amazing.   Nutritional Value Semolina, curd are the main ingredients of the dish and protein pack too. This recipe will make around 10 small pancakes with 90 K cal each. Ingredients Semolina- 1cup Curd- 1cup Rice flour- 2 tbsp APF- 1 tbsp Water- 1/2 cup + to adjust Salt- 1 tsp Coriander powder- 1tsp Turmeric- 1 tsp Cumin powder- 1tsp Onion- 1 small chopped Carrot- 1 small chopped Capsicum- 1 small chopped Oil- around 3 tbsp to cook Method Mix the Semolina, curd, AFP flour and rice flour in a bowl and let it sit for 15minutes. The solution will be thicker as semolina will absorb all the moisture. Now add half cup water and mix it thoroughly to form a pancake batter consistency and add veggies to it.  Mix all the spices and ...

Dry curry leaves | Kitchen conundrum

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Kitchen conundrum to save curry leaves when fresh ones are not available. First select the fresh leaves, seprate them from stem and wash them in water. Let the water drain off completely then semi dry them in sun for few hours, just to let go the moisture. Now take a big heavy pan and with low flame roast the leaves continuously. The colour will change light brown in five minutes and they will start turning crisp. Let it cool down completely and store in air tight container. The leaves retain there freshnes for at least three months. Enjoy!