Thursday, February 24, 2011

New "it" snack

HONEY SPROUTS SALAD

Healthy, delicious & flavoured with exotic dressings, sprouts have come a long way. Sprouts are a great source of antioxidants, vitamins and fibre.

Chick pea sprouts 1.5 cup
Green lentil sprouts 1 cup
Fresh tofu diced 1.5 cup
Lettuce – small bunch

DRESSING
Honey 1 tbsp
Sesame oil 1 tsp
Vinegar 1 tbsp
Olive oil 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

HONEY CHILLI TOAST
Bread slice 1
Honey 1 tbsp
Chilli flakes a pinch
Chopped garlic 1 tbsp

METHOD
Hand plucked lettuce into small pieces
Prepare dressing by mixing all ingredients, keep chilled.
Toast bread on both sides. Apply honey and chopped garlic, sprinkle chilli flakes and then grill until crisp. Keep aside hot.
Mix sprouts, lettuce and fresh tofu.
Gently mix with dressing.
Serve chilled with hot honey chilli crispy toast.



Friday, February 11, 2011

SWISS ROLLS

VEGETABLE SWISS ROLLS

Originally, Swiss roll is a type of sweet sponge cake roll; I named this recipie the same because of its similarity with end shape

Serves 10
Bread slices w/o crust 10
Processed cheese (grated) 1 tin
Mushroom chopped 1 pkt
Green chillies chopped 3-4
Coriander leaves chopped 1 tbsp
L’ll salt to taste
Mix cheese, mushrooms, green chillies, coriander leaves & salt together.
Wet a bread slice, flat it with rolling pin.
Spread 2 tsps of cheese mixture on it, roll the bread & paste the sides with water.
Deep fry it till golden.
Cut the roll into small circular slices.
Repeat the same with all slices.





Wednesday, February 9, 2011

multi-nutrient snacks

CORN – MOONG SPROUT BALLS

Ingredients

Moong sprouts 1 cup
Boiled corn 1 cup
Ginger chilli paste 1 tsp
Pepper corns 5-10
Raw banana (boiled & mashed) 1
Mint leaves chopped 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Soda bicarb or baking powder a pinch
Oil for frying

Grind sprouts and corn one by one then mix them.
Add all other ingredients. Mix it & shape into small balls.
Heat oil & fry the balls till golden.

Monday, February 7, 2011

juz appetizer or full meal...?

CHILLI PANEER BUNS

Serves 6

Processed cheese grated 1pkt
Cottage cheese cubed 100 gm
Onion chopped 1
Capsicum chopped 1
Tomato sauce 1 tbsp
Tomato puree 2 tbsp
Salt & pepper to taste
Vinegar & soya sauce 1 tsp each
Plain flour to dust only
Burger buns 6
Oil for frying

Heat 1 tsp of oil. Add tomato puree, tomato sauce salt & pepper for few minutes. Keep aside.
Scoop out enough from buns to make big hollow for stuffing.
Marinate cottage cheese with vinegar, soya sauce, salt & pepper for 15-20 minutes.
After that dust flour on cottage cheese and deep fry it.
Apply 1 tsp topping in hollow of bun. Put fried cottage cheese, processed cheese follow by onion, capsicum and again processed cheese.
Repeat it with other buns also.
Bake it till cheese melts.



Thursday, February 3, 2011

indonesian salad

INDONESIAN SALAD
Very different & interesting in taste

PEANUT SAUCE
Jaggery 1 ½ tsp
Tamarind water 1 ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Red chilli pd. 1 tsp
Roasted peanuts 1 cup
Little water to make batter

Churn peanuts in mixer
Add all above ingredients again blend together.
Fine peanut sauce is ready

Boiled potatoes chopped 1
Boiled carrot diced 1
Boiled beans diagonally cut few
Moong sprouts ¼ cup
Boiled peas ½ cup
Lettuce leaves hand crushed
Mix all vegetables in bowl.
Pour dressing on it. Toss well.
Salad is ready

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Lemon coriander Soup

LEMON CORIANDER SOUP

Light soup, good in taste

Serves 4
Carrot grated 1
Cabbage grated 1
Onion finely chopped 1
Lemon juice 1tbsp
Coriander leaves finely chopped 1 cup
Cornflour dissolved in water 1 tbsp
Water 3 ½ cups
Salt & pepper to taste

Boil water with salt.
Add carrot, cabbage & onion.
After a minute, add pepper & cornflour. Boil it
Add lemon juice & chopped coriander.
Serve immediately.