Cabbage Carrot Fry

This is one of my favourite recipes because its so simple and great...And I just love making side dishes and never the main course...So here's the recipe with a few tips on the go :

INGREDIENTS

Cabbage - shredded

Carrot - shredded

Onion - finely chopped

Chilli

Oil

Mustard seeds

Turmeric powder - 1tsp

Pepper - crushed

Curry leaves

Corainder

THE MAKING

• Slit the chilli right in the middle..
• In a pan,add oil,mustard seeds,chilli,curry leaves.
• Add onion and cook till they have the glassy texture.
• Add turmeric powder,crushed pepper and salt.
• Add the cabbage,carrot. Stir on till the veggies have cooked well.
• Add corainder and serve...

TIPS

• Well cooked cabbage would become very soft,and have the glassy appearance.
• You can add red chilli flakes or chilli powder to this but fresh chillies are a better option.
• Crushed pepper gives more taste than pepper powder,so its your choice which one to use.
• You can also make cauliflower fry with this same recipe...

Yummy Indian Cake....

 The world's best food is obviously what our mom makes...Ohh God,let it even be a soup,the aroma of it is so great that there's no match for it in the whole wide world...So how special would be my mom's special cake which is so damn rich and soft and lingers down your throat so smoothly that you keep eating it until someone else snatches the plate from you...So here's the awesome recipe : 

INGREDIENTS

 Milk - 2 cup

Eggs -4

Sugar - 1cup

Badam or Almond - 25

Cashewnut - 25

Coconut -1tbsp

Ghee - 1tsp

Cardamom powder - a pinch

THE MAKING

• Boil the milk very well that its quantity reduces into half the original.
• Grind together almonds,cashewnuts and coconut.
• Beat together eggs and sugar.
• Now mix in the three of the above and add cardamom powder.
• Take a vessel and apply ghee on it.Pour the mixture.
• And now in pressure cooker fill water and place the vessel above and cook it until 4 whistles.
• Serve it either hot or cold..It doesnt matter since its taste is fab...!!!!

Rasam - a typical south indian curry

My sister's cooking have often made me go yucckkk....But sometimes her curries are just so awesome that I could never stop eating... So here's the recipe of her fab rasam that she made yesterday

INGREDIENTS

Oil

Mustard

Chilli Flakes

Curryleaves

Garlic - 5 to 6 cloves

Tomato - 4

Rasam powder - 2 tbsp

Tamarind paste

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Salt

THE MAKING

• Soak tamarind paste in a bowl of water and leave it aside for 10 minutes.
• Heat oil in a pan,add mustard,chilli flakes and curry leaves
• Add crushed garlic and cook until it becomes slight golden brown in colour
• Now add turmeric powder,finely chopped tomato and salt.
• Put the lid on and let the tomato get properly cooked.
• Add the tamarind water and when bubbles appear in your curry..Add the rasam powder.
• Cook for 2 minutes...
• Serve with steamed rice.

Apple Halva....

I have always dreamed of making halva since I was a kid...So few days back I stumbled upon an awesome recipe...So thought I would prepare it,and by chance I did so..So here's the recipe

INGREDIENTS

Apple Shredded

Ghee - 1 tsp

Sweetened Condensed Milk

Cardamom Crushed

Raisins

Cashewnut

Water

THE MAKING

• In a pan,melt ghee and add the shredded apples.Give a proper coating of ghee to the apples by constant stirring.
• Put on the lid and continue to cook it in medium heat for about 10 mins i.e., till the apples become soft.
• Add in 1/2 cup of water.(NOTE : the amount of water to be added depends on the apple.If your apple isn't too ripe add little more water)
• Now keep stirring the apples and let them start losing water and become a mass.
• Add in sweetened condensed milk as per your wish.Give a proper stir and let it cook for another 5-10 minutes.
• When the apples turn brown colour and have lost all water content,add in the crushed cardamom,roasted cashewnut and raisins..
• Let it cool down for some time and Serve !!!!!!

TIPS :

• You can add milk and sugar instead of sweetened condensed milk.

Stuffed Parata.....

Paratha's - They just make every dinner special....No matter what curry you make,the perfect staple for it could only be a paratha...The most famous Indian bread that's available throughout the world..So yesterday I planned of making my very own stuffed parathas...Than the normal parathas, stuffed ones taste obviously thousand times rich and there's no need to make a curry... ;)

So I used my aunt's recipe...So here it goes 

Ingredients :

For dough

Wheat flour

Hot water

Salt 

Oil

For stuffing

Boiled mashed potatoes

Mozzarella Cheese

Paneer ( Cottage Cheese) grated

Finely chopped onions

Garam masala

Salt

Lemon Juice

The Making :

• In a bowl,mix in flour,hot water,salt,oil and knead the dough and keep it aside.
• In another bowl mix in,boiled mashed potatoes,cheese,paneer,onions,garam masala,salt and lemon juice.Mix throughly.
• Make equal sized balls out of the dough and stuffing.
• Now roll the dough to somewhat a circle of diameter = 10cm. (Sorry for the maths)
• Place the stuffing inside and close the dough in such a way that it the dough now has the stuffing inside it.
• Roll the dough nicely now so that your parata gets the desired shape.And the stuffing has now flattened well.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry the parathas. Serve with raita.

Tips :

If you want your dough to be more soft add hot ghee or hot oil.You can also add half a banana like my sister does :D

If you want the stuffing to be more spicy,add chilli flakes,chilli sauce or crushed pepper..

Onion Rings - The best snack in the whole world...

Party time,snack time or even when I'm jobless or bored..The only food that I can ever  think of is onion rings.So all this time I used to buy onion rings from Mc Donalds. Only a week back I found this quick recipe to make onion rings..The best part it had no bread crumbs mentioned in the recipe list...And I knew I had hit jackpot because in my home no one makes anything with breadcrumbs,so they dont allow me to buy it..
So here's the recipe for you guys 

(Sorry about the effects on the picture.My cousin just learned how to edit pics in her school,and she was begging me to allow her to edit my picture.So sorry guys!!!)

Ingredients

All purpose flour or maida

Onions - appropriately sliced rings

Baking powder - a pinch

Salt - as required

Pepper - as required

Buttermilk

Oil - for frying

The Making

• Cut the onion into rings of medium size and lay them aside.
• In a bowl mix together flour,salt,pepper,baking powder and set aside.
• In another bowl pour the buttermilk.You can add pepper to this if you prefer.
• Take a ring,dip in the buttermilk,then coat it with the mixture,then again dip in buttermilk,and finally coat in mixture and set aside.Follow this procedure for all your rings.
• Now deep fry the onion rings until they turn golden brown.Serve with tomato sauce or any chutney you like.

Healthy start to any day :)

Since I am totally stressed out regarding my college timetables and assignments,and my mom doesnt wake up in the morning to make me breakfast...So i had to adjust everyday with whatever I find in the fridge...So for the past few months my soul rescuer was cheese and jam with a slice of bread...

So you all would have guessed how NON DIET FRIENDLY breakfast I had everyday..So my aunt suggested me a perfect breakfast..Its healthy,filling and gets prepared in no time...You can even have it with evening tea or take it to office as snack...

Excuse me for the photo quality because my mobile camera offers only 2mega pixel clarity...But I assure you that once you make this dish you would love it totally.. :)

Ingredients Required :

Semolina 

Bread Slices

Chopped Onion

Chopped tomatoes

Chopped Chilli

Chopped corainder

Salt (to taste)

Oil (for frying)

The Making :

• Cut off the sides of the bread and cut the slices in any design you desire,and set it aside.
• In a bowl mix in semolina,tomatoes,onion,chilli,corainder,salt.Choose ripe tomatoes so that they ooze our enough juice  to blend in the mixture.If not you can add water.The mixture should not be so watery,it should be some what coarse.Set aside the mixture for 1-2 mins until the semolina becomes soft.
• Take a bread piece and coat both sides with the mixture.
• Heat oil in the tava and toast the bread slices on both sides until golden brown.
• Serve hot with any sauce or chutney.

Live the healthy cherry way......

The bowl of cherries you have everyday,can offer a lot more than a full tummy if you know to use it well..Here are some ways in which the juicy cherries can help us all

• Cherries can help delay the signs of aging by supporting good health.If you dab cherry If juice onto the wrinkles on your face and neck, they will be rejuvenated and the wrinkles will disappear. 
• Cherries also help protect teeth from decay and make them shiny.
• Cherry stem syrup: Syrup made with cherry stems can be used as a diuretic and provides excellent relief from edema. Boil 60 grams of cherry stems in a liter of water and drink the resulting syrup regularly. 
• Cherries effectively promote good eyesight.
• To treat a cough or cold, boil 15-20 grams of cherry blossoms in a liter of water for about 15 minutes and then drink the infusion. This can also relieve chest congestion.
• Eating cherries can reduce the swelling in a liver that has been enlarged due to excessive medication intake, intoxication or the presences of various diseases, assisting the liver in healing.
• Cherries are also excellent at expelling nicotine from the body.
• Darker cherries have more iron and can be effective in preventing anemia.

That favourite bar of chocolate now comes with a lot of health benfits too....

Feeling low all day???...You just need a bar of chocolate and you are ready to hit the party with a full bang...Well the all time favourite chocos have more than taste associated with them..Here are few benefits that our daily dash of chocolates provide us.

• Lowers blood pressure.
• Lowers "bad" LDL cholesterol and the risk of a heart attack.
• Being rich in fibre,it helps you to feel full and helps you to eat less.
• Dark chocolate contrary to the myths is actually very good for your skin.The type of antioxidants called flavonoids offer a great deal of protection against UV.
• Cocoa has anti-clotting and blood-thinning properties which improves blood circulation.
• Chocolate contains serotonin, a natural anti-depressant. It also stimulates endorphin production, which creates feelings of happiness and pleasure.Now you know why people pop in a choco when they feel sad or depressed.
• Chocolate also inhibits cell division of cancer causing cells and reduces inflammation thereby fighting cancer.
• Research has found that the theobromine in chocolate prevents tooth decay by eliminating streptococcus mutans, a bacteria found in the oral cavity that contributes to tooth decay.