tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22559338368636917552024-03-13T23:29:33.446-07:00My ReceipesVegetarian Recipes which I tried and tasted.Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.comBlogger489125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-16454210585935278752016-02-18T16:05:00.000-08:002016-02-18T16:06:18.571-08:00Wheat Rava Idly - Godhuma Rava Idly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I came across this recipe while browsing through<a href="https://www.facebook.com/KalkiOnline/?fref=ts" target="_blank"> Facebook</a>. My dad usually take light dinner and this came out handy one day when I had nothing left in the fridge. Here is what I did.</span></i><br />
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<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wheat Rava/Godhuma Rava - 2 cups</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yogurt - 1/4 cup</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sour Cream - 2 tsp.</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Salt to taste</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Carrot - 1/4 cup (shred it nicely)</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">green chilli- 3 (acc to taste)</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oil - 1 tsp</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Urad dhall - 1/4 tsp</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">channa Dhall - 1/4 tsp</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hing - couple of pinches</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Eno fruit salt - 1/4 tsp</span></i></li>
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<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Take the wheat rava in a vessel adding required amount of salt to it.</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">add green chilli, carrots, coriander leaves, yogurt and sour cream to it and mix it well.</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Preheat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds and fry both the dhall until golden brown and add this mix to the rava mix. </span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add hing to it and mix everything well. Keep it aside for couple of hours</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When you are ready to make idly, add eno salt and required amount of water to bring the rava mix to idly batter consistency.</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grease idly mould with oil and scoop the batter in each mould.</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Steam cook it for 15 to 17 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.</span></i></li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-68637235045496854852016-02-09T13:44:00.000-08:002016-02-15T21:09:10.548-08:00Vegetable Quesadilla<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is a recent favorite of my girls. We were watching some lunch box ideas in YouTube. I had my girls with me while I was watching so that they can suggest their ideas for packing their lunch box. The deal is they have to finish the lunch fully without any leftovers. <br />
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<li>Bell Pepper - 1/2 cup (I use all 4 color bell peppers)</li>
<li>Tomato - 3 tbsp (chopped into tiny pieces)</li>
<li>Zuchini - 3 tbsp (chopped into tiny pieces)</li>
<li>Black olives - 7 or 8 (chop it into tiny pieces)</li>
<li>Green Onion - 2 tbsp (chopped)</li>
<li>Tortilla Land Rotis - 4</li>
<li>Salt - a small pinch</li>
<li>Pav Bhaji Masala powder - 1/4 tsp</li>
<li>Flax seeds Powder - 1/8 tsp</li>
<li>4 cheese Mexican cheese blend - 1/2 cup (+ or - depending on the like)</li>
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<li>In a cutting board add the vegetables, sprinkle salt, flax seeds powder and pav bhaji masala powder and mix it well. Make it 4 portions. </li>
<li>Pre heat a tawa and cook the rotis. </li>
<li>When you see the bubbles while cooking, spread one portion of the vegetable on one side and sprinkle required amount of cheese and cover it with the other side of the roti.</li>
<li>Press gently with a spatula and cook it for less than a minute on each side.</li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-22898455463323715842016-02-04T13:43:00.001-08:002016-02-05T12:27:46.152-08:00Vegetable Stir Fry - Veggie filled Breakfast<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yup, this is what my husband eats during the weekdays for his breakfast. Initially I found it hard to cut the vegetables and saute it every morning when I have to deal with two middle-schoolers. It was little bit overwhelming for me. But I felt bad not to make it for him and giving some unhealthy carb rich breakfast every day. So I started planning and got the hang of it now.<br />
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<li>Bell peppers - 1 1/2 cups (chop it as bite sized cubes)</li>
<li>Green onion - 2</li>
<li>Zuchini - 1/4 cup (chop it )</li>
<li>Cucumber - 1/4 cup</li>
<li>Mushroom - 3 (Medium sized; Chop it)</li>
<li>Bog Choi leaves - 2 (chop it)</li>
<li>Broccoli - 4 florets</li>
<li>Asparagus - 3 (chop it into an inch size)</li>
<li>Tofu - 1/4 cup (cubed - 6 pieces)</li>
<li>Olive oil - few drops</li>
<li>Salt to taste</li>
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<li>Take a pan, sprinkle couple of drops of olive oil.</li>
<li>Add the tofu pieces and saute it for few minutes until all the sides become golden brown.</li>
<li>Keep it aside. In the same pan, add all the other vegetables and salt and saute it for 5 to 7 minutes under medium flame.</li>
<li>Enjoy!!</li>
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- I buy the tri-color bell peppers from Costco and green peppers from Indian Grocery store.</div>
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-Storing the chopped vegetables for a long time (say more than a week) is not a good idea. Try to use it up within three days and make a fresh batch for the rest of the week.</div>
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-I freeze the broccoli florets as we buy it from Costco and it takes forever to empty that bag and I used to throw half of it. Now since I am freezing them, I can use the whole broccoli florets. No wastage there.</div>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-88306974536723562592016-02-02T09:41:00.000-08:002016-02-05T09:13:45.922-08:00Tortilla Chips - Home made<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This one of the easiest snack I have ever made. In less than 15 minutes this chips can be made. We bought the Tortilla Land Wheat uncooked tortillas from Costco. I used these tortillas to make thse chips. Here is what i did.<br />
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<li>Uncooked Tortillas - 3</li>
<li>Salt - few pinches to sprinkle on the tortillas</li>
<li>Pav Bhaji Powder - Few pinches to sprinkle on the tortillas.</li>
<li>Oil - To spray on the pan and tortillas pieces</li>
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<li>Pre heat oven to 325 degrees</li>
<li>In the mean time, cook the tortilla in stove top using a roti pan.</li>
<li>Cut it into required shape.</li>
<li>Arrange it in the pre-greased cookie sheet.</li>
<li>Sprinkle salt and pav bhaji powder on top of each piece </li>
<li>Bake it for 6 minutes and turn the pieces around and bake it for another 5 minutes or until it is brown.</li>
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I gave these chips to my girls for snack along with homemade <a href="http://www.iyercooks.com/2014/02/homemade-salsa.html" target="_blank">Salsa</a>.</div>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-71865040423248466612016-01-29T15:22:00.002-08:002016-02-04T13:43:19.962-08:00Oatmeal - Breakfast in a bottle!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is again another healthy breakfast recipe I tried yesterday. I got the motivation from <a href="http://www.dishesfrommykitchen.com/" target="_blank">Pavithra's</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Dishesfrommykitchen/" target="_blank">Facebook pictures</a>. Oatmeal is my almost everyday breakfast. I will just fill the one minute oats in a box and take it along to work and cook it there and eat it along with 6 or 7 almonds. Now a days after so many beautiful pictures of mason jar breakfast ideas online, I really wanted to try making my own mason jar breakfast. When I was in the middle of filling the bottle, my girls got curious and wanted to make their own breakfast bowl. I used an empty honey bottle to make this dish. Here is what I did.<br />
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<li>Quick cooking oats - 3 1/2 tbsp</li>
<li>2% Organic Milk - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Silvered almonds - 1 1/2 tbsp</li>
<li>Flax seeds - 1 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Fresh Blueberries - 10 Nos.</li>
<li>Banana - 1 tbsp (chop it into small pieces) - Little less than 1/4 Dole Banana</li>
<li>Honey - 1/4 tsp</li>
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<li>Add everything in a bottle or a bowl and refrigerate it overnight. Enjoy it in the morning.</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-style: italic; line-height: 23.184px;">I am sending this to Srivalli's </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16.9px; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://cooking4allseasons.blogspot.com/2016/01/come-join-us-for-breakfast-january.html" style="color: magenta; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Come, join us for Breakfast</a></b></div>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-59062035186671579092016-01-27T10:00:00.000-08:002016-01-27T10:33:14.424-08:00Granola Bars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I got the motivation for making these bars from <a href="http://www.dishesfrommykitchen.com/" target="_blank">Pavithra</a>. I have bookmarked couple of <a href="http://www.dishesfrommykitchen.com/2014/09/granola-bar-oats-flax-seed-chia-seed.html" target="_blank">granola bars</a> from her blog and wanted to try for a long time now. This weekend, I somehow managed to find time to make this. This did not take that long to make. Here is what I did.<br />
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<li>Quick one minute oats - 3 cups</li>
<li>Flax seeds - 1/4 cup</li>
<li>White sesame seeds - 3 tbsp</li>
<li>Salted Edamame beans - 1/4 cup (store bought)</li>
<li>Silvered Almonds - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Pecans - 2 tbsp (finely chopped)</li>
<li>Mini Semi-sweet chocolate chips - 1/4 cup</li>
<li>Almond Butter - 2 tbsp</li>
<li>Unsalted Butter - 1/4 cup</li>
<li>Coconut Oil - 1/4 cup</li>
<li>Honey - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Sugar Free Maple syrup -2 tbsp</li>
<li>Cinnamon - few pinches</li>
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<li>Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a cookie sheet.</li>
<li>Take oats, flax seeds, sesame seeds, edamame beans, almonds, pecans and chocolate chips in a wide bowl.</li>
<li>Add cinnamon to it and mix it well. The actual recipe called for salt. I did not add salt here as Edamame beans had salt in it which I thought was more than enough</li>
<li>Mean time, preheat a pan, melt butter and coconut oil.</li>
<li>Add honey and maple syrup. Turn off the stove once every thing melts.</li>
<li>Add the honey mixture to the oats and mix every well.</li>
<li>Spread it in the cookie sheet and using a spatula press it tightly. Spread a parchment paper on top and put a heavy bottomed pan on top of it and let it sit for couple of minutes. I used my pressure cooker.</li>
<li>Bake it for 16- 20 minutes and make sure the bottom is not burnt.</li>
<li>Once it is golden brown, remove it from the over and let it cool. Once they are warm or 3/4 cool, cut it into required shape and store it air tight.</li>
<li>I used the oats crumbs as granola for my next day breakfast and it was so good to eat with cold milk.</li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-75583883117068073832016-01-25T13:30:00.000-08:002016-01-25T13:32:51.769-08:00Vegetable Idly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is a very easy breakfast recipe I made for my girls. If you have Idly batter ready, it will just take less than 10 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to steam the idly. Here goes the recipe.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.iyercooks.com/2008/02/idly.html" target="_blank">Idly Batter</a> - 2 cups</li>
<li>Onion - 1/2 cup (finely chopped)</li>
<li>Tomato - 1/4 cup (finely chopped)</li>
<li>Frozen peas - 1/4 cup</li>
<li>frozen corn - 1/4 cup</li>
<li><a href="http://www.iyercooks.com/2014/02/idlydosa-molagapodi.html" target="_blank">Idly Molagapodi</a> - 1 1/2 tbsp (according to your taste)</li>
<li>Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Hing - couple of pinches</li>
<li>Salt to taste - Just for the vegetables</li>
<li>oil- 1 tsp</li>
<li>mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp</li>
<li>Coriander leaves - 2 tsp. (finely chopped)</li>
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<li>Take a pan, preheat oil and splutter mustard seeds. Add hing to it.</li>
<li>Add the finely chopped onion and saute for few seconds.</li>
<li>Add the frozen peas and corn and saute for few seconds</li>
<li>Now add the finely chopped tomato along with salt, turmeric powder and idly molagapodi.</li>
<li>Sprinkle a hand full of water and let it cook for 5 to 7 minutes. Check before adding the water as the frozen vegetables will already some water.</li>
<li>It will become like a thokku. Now add the chopped coriander leaves and mix it well.</li>
<li>Let it cool for few minutes and add it to the idly batter. Mix it well.</li>
<li>Scoop the batter in the pre-greased idly mould and steam cook it for 7 to 10 minutes or until the tooth pick comes out clean.</li>
<li>Serve it hot with chutney or sambar. </li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-4539726965012996802016-01-15T17:00:00.000-08:002016-01-15T17:00:06.393-08:00Pizza - Using Pizza Kit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is just a review post. We bought this Molinaro's stone baked organic pizza kit from Costco. I thought of writing a simple review for the product. I have used <a href="http://www.iyercooks.com/2009/05/pizza.html" target="_blank">Pillsbury pizza crust</a> before and tried once. But this is the first time where I am using an already baked pizza crust.<br />
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The Packet had four crust and four sauce pouches along with a zip lock cover to store the remaining crust and sauce. All we have to do it spread the sauce, add our favorite topping and cheese and bake it for 10 minutes or until the cheese melts. We had it as dinner yesterday and it was really easy to make. Recently I started giving my twin 11 year old some kitchen training. This starter kit was perfect for them to explore. <br />
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I asked to do all the steps except using the oven. They loved doing it because this gave them an opportunity to chop vegetables for pizza topping. The outcome was really good and crust was thin and really tasty. This package is really good for two meal sessions for a family of four.<br />
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-10698235721908911782016-01-13T09:57:00.000-08:002016-01-13T09:59:40.102-08:00Banana Almond Butter Muffin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The goal for this new year is to use very less sugar in whatever I bake. While going through many sites, I came to know that honey can be substituted as sugar along with fruits which are naturally sweet. I tried this muffin recipe this weekend and it came out spongy. I took the basic banana peanut butter recipe from <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/22859/peanut-butter-banana-muffins/" target="_blank">allrecipes.com</a> and changed the ingredients according to this muffin. Here goes the recipe.<br />
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<li>All Purpose flour - 1 cup</li>
<li>Aashirwadh Atta - 1 cup</li>
<li>Egg - 2 ( I used 1/3 cup of egg whites)</li>
<li>Buttermilk - 1/3 cup</li>
<li>Olive Oil - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Mashed Banana - 1 cup</li>
<li>Almond Butter - 2 tbsp</li>
<li>Sugar - 1/3 cup </li>
<li>Honey - 2 tbsp (generous tablespoon)</li>
<li>Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Baking soda - 1 tsp</li>
<li>Salt - 1/2 tsp</li>
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<li>Take the dry ingredients flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl and mix everything well.</li>
<li>In a separate bowl, whisk buttermilk, egg whites, oil, honey, sugar and vanilla essence really well</li>
<li>Mash the banana and almond butter together and bring it to a paste consistency.</li>
<li>Add the oil mix to the dry ingredients and mix it will.</li>
<li>Add mashed banana and mix all of them well. </li>
<li>Scoop the muffin pans with the batter and bake it for 25 to 27 minutes. Do the toothpick test to make sure the muffins are cooked fully.</li>
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<li>all purpose flour and I substituted half of it with whole grain wheat flour.</li>
<li>1 3/4 cups of sugar and no honey. I used honey and just 1/3 cup of sugar. It had just enough sweetness to enjoy.</li>
<li>I whisked the yogurt to buttermilk instead of using store bought buttermilk. So it was not really thick or thin.</li>
<li>I wanted to incorporate almond butter as much as possible in my recipes so that my girls can have it. Original recipe had peanut butter.</li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-57555398224662608642016-01-08T14:01:00.000-08:002016-01-13T10:01:08.094-08:00Simple Sandwich<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My first post for this year and happens to be a simple and easy sandwich. I made this yesterday for my girls. It took less than 10 minutes to finish it and give it to them as after school snack. Here goes the recipe.<br />
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<li>Whole wheat bread slices - 4</li>
<li>Butter - To apply in the toast</li>
<li>medium sized potato - 2 </li>
<li>Frozen peas - 1/4 cup</li>
<li>salt to taste</li>
<li>Ajwain - a pinch</li>
<li>Amchur powder - 1/4 tsp</li>
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<li>Peel the skin from potato, put it in a microwave safe bowl filled with just enough water and microwave it for 5 minutes.</li>
<li>Microwave peas for 1 1/2 minutes</li>
<li>Mash the potato and peas in a bowl.</li>
<li>Add the rest of the ingredients excluding bread and mix it well.</li>
<li>Apply butter on two slices of the bread and spread the potato mix well </li>
<li>Heat a skillet and put the bread slices on it and heat it for less than two minutes. Remember potato is already cooked. </li>
<li>Put both the slices together and make it a sandwich.</li>
<li>Do the same with the other two bread slices.</li>
<li>Serve it warm with ketch up or some chutney.</li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-88635417815237157902014-12-06T15:00:00.000-08:002014-12-06T15:00:03.834-08:00Banana Walnut Bread<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is another goodie I baked during the Thanksgiving break this year! Saw bananas going bad on the counter top and wanted to make something with it. Immediately this bread came to my mind. Unfortunately my girls hate walnuts and bananas. When I said I need their help in baking this, they said a big NO. But I gave a bribe saying we will add some white chocolate chips along with the nuts. It sounded like a good deal to them and we started our prep work :). Again I got the recipe from allrecipes.com and adjusted the ingredient quantity according to our requirement.<br />
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<li> Maida/All Purpose Flour - 1 cup</li>
<li>Salt -1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Baking Soda - 1 tsp</li>
<li>Butter - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Sugar/Xylitol - 1 cup</li>
<li>Overripe Mashed Bananas - 1 cup</li>
<li>Egg Whites - 6 tbs (2 eggs)</li>
<li>Walnuts Chopped - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Almond Shavings - 2 tbsp</li>
<li>White chocolate chips - 2 tsp </li>
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<li>Sift flour, salt, baking soda together and mix well.</li>
<li>Mix butter and sugar until smooth.</li>
<li>Add eggs and bananas to it and blend it well. ( I used hand blender)</li>
<li>Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and stir well.</li>
<li>Add the chopped walnuts now and fold it gently.</li>
<li>Pour the batter in the loaf pan.</li>
<li>Sprinkle white chocolate chips and almond shavings on top </li>
<li>Bake it for 60 to 70 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean.</li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-53559824817883198162014-12-05T10:51:00.001-08:002014-12-05T12:18:47.955-08:00Jam Filled Cookies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I baked these cookies last week when my kids had Thanksgiving break. It came out really really good. I never thought I could really bake a buttery textured jam filled cookies. I was browsing the allrecipes.com website and came across this one. I changed the measurements to adjust the required quantity. Here goes the recipe.<br />
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<li>All Purpose Flour/Maida - 2 cups + 1 tbsp</li>
<li>Butter - Little more than 3/4 cup</li>
<li>Brown Sugar - 1/3 cup</li>
<li>White Sugar / Xyla - 1/3 cup</li>
<li>Egg Whites - 3 tbsp</li>
<li>Baking Powder - 1 tsp</li>
<li>Vanilla extract - 1 tsp</li>
<li>Pineapple Chunky Jam - 3 + tbsp</li>
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<li>Pre Heat Oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.</li>
<li> Cream the butter + Xyla(white sugar) + Brown sugar until smooth</li>
<li>Beat in the egg and vanilla</li>
<li>Mix the baking powder to maida well.</li>
<li>Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and combine.</li>
<li>Form dough into 1 inch balls and make a small thumb print in the middle and fill it with the jam. I used 1/2 tsp measuring spoon do this process.</li>
<li>Bake it for 15 to 17 minutes until its fully cooked. </li>
<li>Let it cool really well. Store it in air-tight container</li>
<li>Enjoy!</li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-88796332813507403082014-11-21T17:40:00.000-08:002014-11-21T17:44:56.784-08:00Pasta with Veggies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I made this pasta for thanksgiving feast at school today. It came out pretty good and it was pretty easy to make. I used the rotini pasta from Safeway. I used the whole box as it was for more than 30 kids and many parents brought something to eat so I felt one box will be enough. Here goes the recipe I followed to make this pasta.<br />
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<li>Rotini Pasta - 1 box</li>
<li>Frozen chopped broccoli - 3/4 cup</li>
<li>Frozen Peas & Carrots - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Pasta Sauce - 1/2 cup (acc to taste)</li>
<li>Cheese - 3/4 cup (4 cheese Mexican blend (cheese shredding))</li>
<li>Mozzarella cheese - 1/4 cup ( I used amul cheese)</li>
<li>Olive oil - 2 tbsp</li>
<li>Salt to taste</li>
<li>Kasoori Methi - 1 teaspoon.</li>
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<li>cook Pasta according to the box instructions. Drain it when its fully cooked </li>
<li>Mean time, microwave the frozen vegetables up to 5 minutes or until nicely cooked.</li>
<li>Take the cooked/drained pasta in a oven safe dish ( I used Pyrex).</li>
<li>Mix pasta sauce (I used Safeway Select Tomato Garlic Flavor) to the cooked pasta.</li>
<li>Add the cooked vegetables to it and mix everything well.</li>
<li>Sprinkle the cheese on top of it</li>
<li>Broil it for 5 to 7 minutes until cheese is fully melt.</li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-88896339057387557602014-11-13T19:56:00.000-08:002014-11-13T19:56:25.241-08:00Aloo Kachori<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When we were in Delhi, we had chance to travel to many places in North India. I came across different types of kachoris during those trips. Every time we stop for breakfast or for snack, one of us will buy this and share it. I never had the confidence to try making it at home. Last week, when I started preparing for making samosas, I got the idea of trying Kachoris. Below is the recipe, I followed to make this kachori. I am not sure whether this is an authentic recipe. But my girls and family liked it a lot.<br />
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<li>Maida - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Wheat Flour - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Salt to taste</li>
<li>Water - as needed to make the dough</li>
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<li>Potato - 2 medium sized </li>
<li>Frozen Peas - 1/4 cup </li>
<li>Green chillies - 1 finely chopped (or acc to taste)</li>
<li>Salt to taste</li>
<li> Kasoori Methi - 3/4 tsp</li>
<li>Coriander Leaves - 1/4 cup (washed and finely chopped)</li>
<li>Oil for frying</li>
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<li>Mean time, boil the potato in a microwave save bowl until it is cooked. Microwave the peas as well and take it in a wide bowl. </li>
<li>Add salt, green chillies, coriander leaves to the potato mix.</li>
<li>Dry roast kasoori methi and crush it and sprinkle it on top of the potato. </li>
<li>Now mash them well until everything blends together.</li>
<li>Check for salt at this stage.</li>
<li>When you are ready to make the kachori, divide the dough into small portions, roll it into small circle, fill it with required amount of potato filling and close it just like how we do for modak.</li>
<li>Keep it aside for couple of minutes until you repeat the process with rest of the dough.</li>
<li>Take a potato filled ball, flatten it with your palm gently or use the chapathi roller and roll it gently to a small circle.</li>
<li>Pre heat the oil and deep fry them until it is golden brown. Oil should be medium hot.</li>
<li>Serve it hot with ketchup or chutney.</li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-91847971778481873002014-11-04T19:18:00.000-08:002014-11-04T19:18:45.219-08:00Green Apple Instant Pickle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I made this green apple pickle using super sour green apples from my back yard. We were literally wasting those apple as none of us like sour apple. Came across this recipe when one of my relative visited us and gave me the idea of making this pickle. Initially I tried with just two small apples as I was not sure whether my people will like it and surprisingly, they really liked it. In fact my girls liked taking it as side dish along with curd rice to school. Here goes the recipe. <br />
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<li>Green Apple - 2</li>
<li>Salt to taste</li>
<li>Red chilli powder - 2-3 tsp (acc to taste)</li>
<li>Hing - few generous pinches</li>
<li>Sesame Oil - 2 tbsp</li>
<li>Mustard Seeds- 1 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Fenugreek/Methi seeds - 1 1/2 tsp</li>
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<li>Chop the apple into small pieces. </li>
<li>Sprinkle the required amount of salt, mix it well and keep it aside for an hour. </li>
<li>After an hour, heat the oil, crackle mustard seeds. </li>
<li>Add methi seeds and fry it until golden brown. </li>
<li>Mean time, add the required amount of chilli powder on top of the apple pieces along with few generous pinches of hing. </li>
<li>Pour the hot oil tempering on top of the chilli powder and mix every thing well. </li>
<li>Keep it aside for another half and hour and can be used after that.</li>
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Since this is an instant pickle, we can use the mustard seeds and methi seed as tempering. If we are planning to make it in large quantity, it is better to dry roast mustard and methi seeds and grind it and use that ground powder. It will definitely taste better. Above said quantity will last for two days with a family of five :)<br />
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-10415365512893204082014-10-11T20:42:00.001-07:002014-10-11T20:42:24.828-07:00Pineapple Muffins - No Guilt Snack<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I call this a no guilt snack. Why? Reason is I used few ingredients which are really good for health and you don't have to feel bad for eating a sweet. First thing here I used Whole wheat atta instead of APF. I used EVOO for butter, Low fat yogurt for full fat sour cream, egg whites for 2 eggs and Xylitol instead of sugar. You can read about the goodness of this sweetner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylitol#Health_benefits" target="_blank">here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My husband recently read a book and he came across this xylitol sugar substitute and told me that it is a lot better than cane sugar and brown sugar which I always use for baking. So thought of trying something with Xylitol which I bought from "Sprouts" store. I was going through so many blogs for the recipe and finally found one from my kitchen recipe collection. I took the recipe from a book called "1001 cupcakes, cookies & other tempting treats" which I bought it from Barnes and Noble. Here goes the recipe. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Ashirwadh whole wheat flour - 2 cups</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Olive Oil - 6 tbsp</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Low fat yogurt - 3/4 cup</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pineapple - 1 1/2 cups (finely chopped) - I used fresh pineapple</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pineapple Juice - 2 tbsp (grind few pieces with a tbsp warm water. Filter and take the juice)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Baking powder - 1 tbsp</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Salt - 1 pinch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sugar/Xylitol - 1/2 cup</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Egg - 2 ( I used egg whites - follow the instruction in the box for 2 eggs) </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 cups APF</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 large eggs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6 tbsp butter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 cup sugar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pineapple juice from the can.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3/4 cup full fat sour cream.</span></li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-87162192961569375372014-10-08T17:58:00.000-07:002014-10-08T17:58:50.917-07:00Plantain podimas - Thanjavur style<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is again one of my favourite receipe. In my mom's place, I haven't seen her making podimas with platain (vazhakkai). But in my In-laws place, they make this plantain podimas. The main ingredients are as follows:<br />
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<li>Plantain(vaazhakkai) - 2</li>
<li>Oil - 2 tbsp</li>
<li>Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Urid dal - 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Fresh coconut - 1 tbsp</li>
<li>Green chillies - 2</li>
<li>ginger - a small piece</li>
<li>Lemon juice - 1 tbsp</li>
<li>Salt to taste</li>
<li>Curry leaves - 10 nos</li>
<li>Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp</li>
<li>Asafoetida powder -</li>
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There are two ways of cooking vazhakkai here, one is remove the skin, cut it into small cubes, pressure cook it adding salt and turmeric powder, upto 2 whistles ( do not mash the cubes). The other method is, cut the vazhakkai into two pieces (after removing the edges), pressure cook it adding salt to it upto 2 whistles. After taking it out from the pressure cooker, remove the skin(it will be easier) mash it. You can choose either one.<br />
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-61879870447050286262014-10-06T21:06:00.000-07:002014-10-08T17:49:50.717-07:00Eggless Dates & Nuts Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li>Milk 3/4 cup</li>
<li>Brown Sugar - 1/2 cup (I added only 4 tbsp of sugar) </li>
<li>Seedless Dates - 18 </li>
<li>Oil - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Baking Soda - 1 tsp</li>
<li>Walnuts - 2 tbsp (nicely chopped)</li>
<li>Almond shavings - 2 tbsp</li>
<li>salt - 1/4 tsp </li>
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Warm couple of teaspoons of milk and soak the dates in it for half an hour. Grind it into a fine paste. In a bowl, take milk and oil and dissolve the sugar in it. Add the dates paste to it once the sugar is dissolved and mix it well and keep it aside. In a wide bowl, add the flour, baking soda and salt and mix nicely. Add the dissolved dates paste to the flour and mix nicely without forming lumps. Add the walnuts. In the mean time, pre heat oven for 350 degrees. Grease the loaf pan and pour the cake batter in it . Sprinkle the almond shavings on top it and bake it for 35 to 40 minutes or until the took pick comes out clean. I used my pyrex glass loaf pan and it took 55 minutes for the cake to cook nicely and raise properly. Taste was so good and the most important fact is it is not too sweet.<br />
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-41037038544322996232014-10-05T20:30:00.001-07:002014-10-05T20:35:49.765-07:00Spicy & Salty Potato Crackers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li>All Purpose flour - 1 cup</li>
<li>Atta / wheat flour - 1 cup</li>
<li>white sesame seeds - 2 tbsp</li>
<li>unsalted butter - 1 tbsp</li>
<li>Baking soda - 1 tsp</li>
<li>Salt - To taste</li>
<li>Hing - few pinches</li>
<li>Red chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp(acc to taste)</li>
<li>1 Idaho potato - cooked and mashed</li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-48216820100185356492014-04-03T18:48:00.002-07:002014-10-05T22:04:59.667-07:00Dal Makhani<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I just love this Dal Makhani. Gravy with so nutritious lentils. When we were in Delhi, we had a chance to live in Intercontinental Hotel for more than a month. They have a restaurant inside called Singh Sahib and they make this dal makhani and Dahi wali Bindi so nicely that we literally fell in love with this dish. Even though I like this dish, I have never tried it personally at home. This time I wanted to try this at home and finally I had a chance last week to try this dish and luckily it came out good...<br />
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<li>Rajma beans - 1/4 cup</li>
<li>Black Urad Dhall - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Green Moong Dhall - 3 tbsp (optional)</li>
<li>Low fat milk - 1/2 cup</li>
<li>Butter - 1 tbsp</li>
<li>Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Onion - 1/2 cup ( finely chopped)</li>
<li>Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 tsp</li>
<li>Chilli Powder - 1 tsp</li>
<li>Coriander Leaves - 2 tsp</li>
<li>Fresh tomato Puree - 1 cup (Grind 2 fresh tomato and make it a puree)</li>
<li>Salt to taste</li>
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<li>Soak Rajma, Moong Dhall and Black Urad Dhall over night or 8 hours atleast.</li>
<li>Pressure cook it upto 5 to 7 whistles. When the pressure is released, open it add the low fat milk to it and keep it aside.</li>
<li>Take a pan, preheat butter, splutter cumin seeds. Add finely chopped onion to it and saute it until it becomes golden color. </li>
<li>Add ginger garlic paste to it and saute for couple of minutes.</li>
<li>Now add tomato puree to onion mix along with turmeric powder, chilli powder and let it boil for couple of minutes.</li>
<li>Now add the cooked dhall to it along with required amount of salt and let everything cook in medium flame for atleast 7 minutes.</li>
<li>Add fresh coriander leaves to it and switch off the stove.</li>
<li>Serve it hot with Roti/Chapati/Rice.</li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-43797352624933071352014-04-01T18:57:00.002-07:002014-04-01T18:57:34.068-07:00Basil Pasta<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I make Pasta for my girls once or twice a week. Every time I try to put different kinds of vegetables. Once with <a href="http://www.iyercooks.com/2014/03/pepper-corn-cheesy-pasta.html" target="_blank">corn</a>, once with <a href="http://www.iyercooks.com/2014/02/cheesy-pasta-with-olives-broccoli.html" target="_blank">broccoli</a>, once with green peas and carrots. This time I made it with peas and corn. But i added basil pasta sauce to add more flavor to it. It came out pretty good and my girls liked it. Here goes the recipe.</i></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Tri Root Organic Penne Pasta - 2 cup</i></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Olive Oil - 1 tbsp</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Tomato-Basil Pasta Sauce - 1/4 cup</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Frozen Peas & Corn - 3/4 cup</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Amul Cheese - 4 tbsp</i></span></li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-78351039478744777602014-03-25T18:30:00.000-07:002014-03-25T18:30:01.498-07:00Ginger Garlic Rasam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Rasam is one of the most comforting food. My MIL is an expert in making so many varieties of Rasam. I learned a few from her and you can check it out a few from <a href="http://www.iyercooks.com/search/label/Rasam" target="_blank">here</a>. We make rasam using garlic occasionally. But this is something I tried here recently when my kiddo got sick with stomach upset and she started throwing up suddenly. Because of that her throat became sore. Ginger is good for throat and garlic is good for digestion. Here goes the recipe.<br />
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<li>Tomato - 2 medium sized</li>
<li>Tamarind water - 1 cup</li>
<li>Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp</li>
<li>Toor Dhall - 2 tbsp</li>
<li>Salt to taste</li>
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<li>Pepper - cumin powder - 1 tsp</li>
<li>Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Oil/ghee - 2 tsp</li>
<li>Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Fenugreek seeds/ Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Hing -a pinch</li>
<li>Red chillies - 1 or 2 according to taste.</li>
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<li>Soak toor dhall in water for half an hour.</li>
<li>Chop tomato finely and take 3/4th of the quantity in a mixie jar.</li>
<li>Add ginger garlic paste, rasam powder, pepper-cumin powder, soaked toor dhall to it and grind it as a fine paste.</li>
<li>Take a pan, add the remaining tomato pieces, tamarind water, turmeric powder and salt and bring it to boil.</li>
<li>Add the grounded paste to it and let it boil in medium flame for 7 to 10 minutes until the raw smell goes away.</li>
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<li>Wait until it becomes frothy. Turn off the stove.</li>
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<li>Pour it on top of rasam. Garnish it with coriander leaves.</li>
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This goes really well with steamed hot rice along with a teaspoon of ghee. Also we can drink it as a soup adding a pinch of pepper powder if needed.</div>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-33153359597213361722014-03-23T21:30:00.001-07:002014-03-23T21:30:45.686-07:00Quinoa-Oats Chocolate Chip Cookie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is something I made yesterday. Kids wanted to eat chocolate chip cookie. Instead of making plain chocolate chip cookie, I wanted to try something new. I got this recipe from <a href="http://allrecipes.com/" target="_blank">allrecipes</a> website. When it comes to baking, I rely on this website the most as I have followed their measurements without even considering twice. The original recipe calls for 18 cookies but I changed the measurements for 8 cookies and followed the same. Here goes the recipe.<br />
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<li>Oats - little more than 1/4 cup (1/4 cup + 3 tbsp)</li>
<li>All Purpose Flour - Little more than 1/4 cup (1/4 cup + 3 tbsp)</li>
<li>Brown Sugar/White Sugar - 1/3 cup</li>
<li>Ripe banana - 1</li>
<li>Peanut Butter - 4 tbsp</li>
<li>Vanilla Extract - 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Salt - 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp</li>
<li>Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp</li>
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<li>Take the ripe banana, chop it into small pieces. Put it in the mixie jar along with peanut butter and grind it into a smooth paste.</li>
<li>Add the grounded banana paste to the dry mix along with vanilla extract and mix it well. </li>
<li>Grease the baking sheet. Drop the cookie batter by spoonful on the sheet.</li>
<li>Bake upto 20 - 25 minutes until browned around the edges. </li>
<li>Let it cool for sometime and enjoy.</li>
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Cookie came out pretty good and luckily my girls liked it so much.<br />
I am sending this cookie recipe to <a href="http://www.ukrasoi.com/2014/03/healthy-diet-event-cooking-with.html" target="_blank">Healthy Diet Event-cooking with whole grain</a>s ; an event by <a href="http://priyaeasyntastyrecipes.blogspot.fr/2013/07/announcing-healthy-diet-cooking-with.html" target="_blank">Priya Suresh</a> hosted by <a href="http://www.ukrasoi.com/" target="_blank">Nupur</a>. Also to Kids Delight Event ; an event by <a href="http://spicingyourlife.blogspot.in/2010/01/announcing-kids-delight-wholesome.html" target="_blank">Srivalli </a>hosted by <a href="http://gayathriscookspot.blogspot.com/2014/03/announcing-kids-delight-chocolate-with.html" target="_blank">Gayathri Kumar.</a><br />
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-38146669837639836612014-03-22T19:18:00.000-07:002014-03-22T19:18:00.077-07:00Idly Sandwich<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Idly is considered as one of the healthy breakfast dish. My husband somehow is not a fan of idly. He always complains that it has more carbs and there is no way you can fill it with veggies even though we make some side dish for it. The idea of making idly sandwich is given by my husband. I tried this sandwich with leftover potato curry. My suggestion after making this sandwich is never try with potato curry. I should have tried with some mixed vegetable curry, spinach curry etc.<br />
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<li>Sprinkle sesame oil on idly moulds </li>
<li>Fill idly mould with 1/2 laddle batter</li>
<li>Let it steam cook for 5 minutes.</li>
<li>Add curry on the half cooked idly.</li>
<li>Pour the rest of the idly batter (1/2 more laddle) to cover the curry and steam cook it for 7 to 10 minutes.</li>
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Vidhyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07667654574712461669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255933836863691755.post-21147569722352930442014-03-20T19:21:00.000-07:002014-03-20T19:09:09.970-07:00Nutella Filled Puffs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I always wanted to try making veggie puffs. Not sure whether i can do it or not. Finally i managed to find the puff pastry sheets from my local grocery and tried this nutella filled puffs couple of days before. For those who wants to know how to use the frozen pastry sheets, please follow this <a href="http://www.puffpastry.com/videos-and-tips#howto-demos&stuffed-video" target="_blank">video</a>.<br />
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I followed the video to get the single pastry sheet and filled a teaspoon of Nutella spread in it. Cover the pastry sheet coating egg wash on the sides and on the top. Bake it at 325 degrees for 20 minutes till it becomes golden brown. We can replace the nutella spread to any of our favorite filling like veggies or just butter.<br />
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I am sending this to Kid's Delight Event by <a href="http://spicingyourlife.blogspot.in/2010/01/announcing-kids-delight-wholesome.html" target="_blank">Srivalli</a>. <a href="http://google.com/+GayathriKumar" target="_blank">Gayathri Kumar</a> is hosting this event this month <a href="http://gayathriscookspot.blogspot.com/2014/03/announcing-kids-delight-chocolate-with.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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