IDLI SHOTS

serves 4
Make coin size idli in coin Idli mould
Make idli batter by mixing 1/2 cup semolina and curd with little water and salt.
Mix. Grease idli mould, put water in bottom of mould for steam.
Add 1 pouch of ENO fruit salt. Mix immediately and put in mould.
Microwave this for 4 minutes.
Idli is ready.
Insert onion slice tomato capsicum slices along with idli in satay stick.
Temper these stix with mustard seeds.
FOR SAUCE
Sauté garlic ginger onion tomato with salt.
Grind all.
In a pan add 1 tsp oil, little mustard seeds, little sambar masala.
Add tomato paste in it.
Now in shot glasses put 1 tsp of sauce followed by one satay stick.
Repeat with all glasses.

MUSHROOMS JALAPEÑO TOASTS

Serves 4
 White bread slices cut round 4
Butter 1tsp
Chopped mushrooms 1/2 pkt
Jalapenos 1/2 cup chopped
Chopped tomato 1
Mayonnaise 1 tbsp
Processed Cheese grated 1/2 cup
Salt pepper tomato ketchup 1tsp
Mix mushrooms jalapeños tomato mayonnaise salt pepper ketchup all together in a bowl.
Butter all slices. Put 1tbsp of above mixture on each slice.
Garnish with cheese.
Bake for 10 minutes till crisp.
Sprinkle oregano n red chilli flakes.
Serve TOASTS.

Pineapple n Jalapeños Naan

Cauliflower(gobhi) Butter Masala

Serves 4
For gravy
Butter 2 tsp
Onion chopped 2
Tomato chopped 1
Garlic ginger 1 tbsp
Whole red chillies 2
Cashewnuts few
In a pan cook all the above with 1 tsp butter. Keep aside.
Cauliflower (gobhi) 1 kg florets. Blanch in hot water with salt and turmeric.
Strain gobhi and sprinkle cornflour and flour with salt n pepper on it. Shallow fry it.
Now Puree the onion tomato mix in grinder.
In a pan heat 1 tsp butter , cumin seeds, coriander seeds add this purée and cook till it thickens.
Add cream or milk for gravy consistency. Cook more.
Add little dry fenugreek( Kasuri methi).
Now put fried gobhi in it. Mix and serve.

Quick Yum Yum Vegetable Biryani

Due to lack of patience and time, i cooked biryani this way and out of surprise it comes out very yummy. That's y I called it "Yum Yum Biryani"
White rice 1 cup
Cook it with with little oil and salt with double water.
Strain and keep 1/4 of it away.
In a pan add a dallop of yellow butter. Sauté Ginger garlic green chilli paste in it.
Add 1 cup of chopped carrot beans cauliflower capsicum. Cook it well.
Add 1 tsp biryani masala or one can use powder clove cardamom bay leaf cinnamom with salt and red chilli powder.
Cook it for a minute. Add rest of rice in it. And mix well.
In a small pan add oil fry onion slices in it. Then 1/4 rice in it till it changes colour.
In glass dish layer veg rice and top of it onion fried rice.
Microwave for 5 minutes. Yum yum biryani ready.
Serve it with dal makhani.

Vegetable Monchow Soup

Quick n easy to prepare this Indo Chinese soup at home
 Chopped vegetables: garlic ginger green chilli 1tbsp
Chopped vegetables : carrot French beans and cabbage
In a pan heat little butter. Add chopped garlic ginger chilli
Sauté. Add rest veggies. Cook for a minute.
Add sauces ( tomato chilli soya sauce vinegar) as per taste
Add 1tbsp schezuhan powder
Pour water as much required. Boil
Thick soup with cornflour water mix.
Soup is ready. Garnish it with fried noodles.

FOR NOODLES
Boil noodles with salt. Strain n cool it and dust with little cornflour.
Then deep fry it till cremish golden.

P.S. Quantity of soya sauce varies as per soup colour.

Desi Burger

 Sunday evening, wanted to eat something cheesy saucy to satisfy my taste buds but family health also , so tried and twist things to give importance to health over taste. I made burger in our own Indian style. With normal whole wheat flour fried chapattis , i just sandwich potato cheese patty in between these chapattis with coriander mayo and pickled onion.
All you need...
Boiled potatoes
Grated cottage cheese
Cornflour
Salt pepper pomegranate powder as per taste
Make small flat rounds out of this mix. Roll these rounds on bread crumbs.
Lightly roasted on wok.
Make small chapattis , little fry on griddle
Place one chapatti , dash a spoon of mayonnaise mixed in coriander chutney
Place one potato round on it. Put some pickled onion rings on it.
Cover with other chapatti.
Burger is ready.

P.S. Pickled onion: mix onion rings with salt red chilli powder and vinegar.

Ginger Lemon Pomegranate Detox Drink

I LOVE trying detox drinks. On course of arranging my refrigerator i got big red pomegranate which was lying at a corner. I picked POMEGRANATE ,THICK SLICE OF GINGER ,ONE LEMON and 2cups of MINERAL WATER. Deseeded a pomegranate. Combine the seeds peeled lemon ginger and half mineral water. Blend. That gave me coarse wine shade liquid. I poured the liquid thru strainer and BINGO got shiny sexy pure liquid. Added remaining water and ice. And drink was done.

Kadaii Chole

Kabuli channe(soaked overite) 250gms
Powder and grind( cumin coriander seeds black pepper cinnamon cardamom clove Pomegrnate powder)
Boiled potato 1cut into pieces
Green chillies ginger chopped
Salt to taste
Pressure cook channas to 1whistle and simmer for 20 minutes
Strain. Marinate channas with above masala powder
Put mustard oil in Kadai. Add ginger garlic green chillies, potato cook and mixit.
Add channa half cup water. Boil. Add salt.
Garnish with onion rings and tomato.

High protein Bhelpurii

Muesli
Cornflakes
Roasted Peanuts
Sprouts black channa green moong dal
Murmure( puffed rice )
Onion potato tomato green chilli chopped
Coriander chopped
Tamarind chutney
Pudina paste
Raisins
Salt n pepper
Chaat masala, lemon juice
Toss all ingredients together in a bowl
Sprinkle sesame on it.

Pasta with MANGO Sauce

Olive oil 2tsp
Pasta boiled 2cups
Capsicum chopped 1cup
Cheese grated 1tsp for garnishing
Mango pulp of  3 mangoes
Cream 1tsp
White sauce 2tbsp
Garlic crushed 2tbsp
Salt &pepper
Italian herbs and chilli flakes
Zucchini chopped 1tbsp
Sauté olive oil + garlic +capsicum+ zucchini.
Add salt and pepper and chilli.
Sauté olive oil +garlic+ capsicum +herbs +chilli +salt +cream+ white sauce+ mango pulp.
Simmer.
On a plate place pasta mango sauce then pasta then mango sauce.
Serve with garlic bread.
Cheese on top.

Mirchi Prantha

Whole wheat flour or you can mix plain flour in it. Kneed as you do in routine with water.
Chopped green chillies
Carom seeds
Onion seeds
Salt
Oil
Chopped coriander leaves
Heat oil, sauté all the above.
Now take out small ball out of flour dough.
Make a hollow like a cup.
Put 1 tsp chilli filling in it.
Seal it and roll out like normal chapatti.
Sprinkle little onion seeds and coriander leaves on top. And press.
Now fry like usual prantha.
Enjoy. 

Chilli Paneer Buns

Burger buns small or pao 1pkt
Refined flour (maida) 1 tbsp
Cottage cheese cubed 100 gms
Mozzarella cheese grated 1pkt
Onion chopped 1
Capsicum chopped 1
Tomato sauce
Tomato puree
Salt n pepper vinegar soya sauce
METHOD
Heat tomato sauce puree salt n pepper in oil for few minutes.
Scoop out buns to make hollow for stuffing
Marinate paneer with vinegar soya sauce salt and pepper and deep fry it.
Apply topping in hollow of bun.
Put fried paneer , grate cheese then put onion capsicum and then cheese again.
Bake it for few minutes.

nitika's soya kathi kebab

Serves 3
Soya chunks soaked for an hour drained and squeezed.    1cup
Paneer chunks 1cup
Onion cube 1cup
Capsicum cube 1cup
Tomato cubes 1 cup
Satey sticks 9-10
Line up all the above one by one in stick and repeat again to cover full stick.
Marinate sticks with salt ginger garlic paste
Mix coriander chutney with little curd and brush these sticks with it. Keep it for sometime.
Roast sticks in oven or grilled pan till it brown
In a mixer grind garlic ginger onion tomato.
Heat butter in pan cook this onion tomato purée
Add spices salt chilli powder turmeric. Cook
Add little cream. Now place roasted sticks in this gravy. Cook till these sticks sucks almost gravy.
On other side make a dough with plain flour and salt
Roll out thin small chapattis out of it.
Now place one stick in one chapatti.
Roll and again saute on griller with little oil.
Do the  same with all sticks.
Now serve with wrapped all with butter paper or foil paper.
U find these sticks very juicy and tasty.

Jaisalmeri channe

There s a intense heat in jaiselmer . So this Channe and curd combo is very good.
People there love this dish.

Serves 3

Kale Channe soaked and boiled 1 cup
Curd 1cup
Gram flour ( besan) 2tsp
Ginger garlic paste 1tsp
Dry red chilles 4
Oil
Mustard seeds(rye) 1 tsp
Cumin seeds 1tsp
Bay leaf 2
Salt red chilli turmeric powder

Mash half boiled Channe and keep aside
Heat oil add cumin and bay leaf
Put ginger garlic paste. Cook
In a bowl mix besan and curd
And add salt red chilli and turmeric in it
Put curd mix in cooked ginger garlic
Cook this while stirring continuously at least for 10 minutes
Add mashed Channe in it. Cook further.
Now add rest of Channe.
At the time of serving heat oil in a pan
Add rye and red chilli powder in it.
Put this tempering on cooked Channe.
Jaisalmeri channe are ready.

TYPICAL FRUIT DIET PLAN

BREAKFAST: hot water, bananas and apples.
LUNCH: green tea with fruits like peaches, mangoes, plums, grapes or melons.
DINNER : a filling fruit like an avocado or a banana with dried fruits like dates, raisins, figs and more green tea.

* do it only fortnightly. This can be healthy but only up to a point.

Spicy potato salad with Sesame Seeds ....indulge in Navratra

Serves 4

A salad which goes well....

1/2kg potatoes
2-3 tbsp chopped mint leaves
2-3 green chillies - deseeded & slit lengthways

1/2 cup pomegranate

4 tbsp tamarind pulp (imli chutney)
1tsp sesame seeds - roasted on tawa
Salt & pepper to taste

Boil potatoes but not overboil
Peel & slice as per choice
Place in serving bowl & sprinkle salt and pepper. Toss gently.
Add pomegranate , mint & green chillies.
Sprinkle tamarind. Add sesame seeds & toss lightly. Chill.
Transfer to a serving bowl.