Beetroot Poori

     Kids favourite recipe..They would love to take this in their lunch box as their lunch box would look more colourful..

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 1 bowl

Beetroot - 1 med size

Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Ajwain powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Method:

Peel and cut the beetroot into large pieces. Boil them till they are cooked with little water. Once they are cooked, strain the beetroot and keep the water aside... 

Grind it into a fine paste. Take wheat flour in a large bowl. Add ground beetroot paste, cumin, chilli, turmeric, Ajwain powder and salt to it. Add little oil and knead into firm dough. Use the water from boiled beetroot for kneading.

Let the dough rest for 30 mins. Later roll the dough and fry pooris.

Serve hot with potato bhaji...

Enjoy cooking!!

Badam Holige

A delicious recipe which can be enjoyed by the entire family.. As this is a festival season, enjoy making it for one of the festivals.. This can be stored in an airtight container for two to three days..

Ingredients:

Almonds/Badam - 1 cup

Sugar - 1 cup

Milk - 2 tbsp

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Saffron - 1 pinch

Ghee - 4 tbsp

Maida /all purpose flour - 1 cup

Wheat flour - 2 tsp

Salt - a pinch

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Oil - as required

Method:

   Soak the almonds previous night. Next day peel the almonds and grind them to a smooth paste with little milk.

Soak saffron in a tsp of milk. Heat a pan and add ghee to it. Now add the badam paste to it and mix well. Keep mixing. Add sugar to it and mix well.

     Cook on low flame and keep mixing till it starting turning into a paste. Add saffron and cardamom powder to it. Mix everything together. Switch off flame and allow it to cool.

       Take maida, wheat flour , salt and turmeric in a bowl. Add water and form a very soft dough. Add little oil and  soak it for 30 mins..

      Now take little dough and press it with your hands. Take a big lemon size filling and place in the dough. Cover the dough well and roll the dough. Roast it on a pan on both sides with ghee.

        Enjoy it with little ghee.

Enjoy cooking !!!

Masala Khichdi

     I am back with again a quick one pot recipe which is also a lunch box recipe.. wholesome meal loaded with vegetables.

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup

Moong dal - 1/2 cup

Tomato - 1 large

Onion - 1 large

Garlic - 2 to 3 cloves

Green peas - 1/2 cup

Potato - 1 large

Carrot - 1 large

Beans - 10 to 15

Brinjal - 1 medium size

Green chillies - 3to 4

Oil - 1 tsp

Ghee - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1tsp

Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - 5-10

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste.

Method:

Cut all the vegetables in chunks or large pieces. Chop the tomato, onion and garlic finely.

Wash the rice and dal together. Then add all the chopped vegetables except tomato and onion. Add five times water to it and pressure cook for four whistles will everything is cooked well.

Now heat a pan and add oil and ghee to it. Once hot add mustard seeds. As they splutter, add jeera, garlic, curry leaves and onion. Fry for a minute. 

Then add tomatoes, slit green chillies to it. Fry for few minutes. Now add all the masala powders and mix.

Add the cooked rice and vegetables to the pan and mix well. Add salt and  little water if required. Cook on low flame for few minutes.

Serve hot on a lazy Sunday with some masala papad..

Enjoy cooking!!

Homemade Mango Jam

         This simple recipe assures that you will be giving healthy food to your kids without any preservatives and they would relish it as much as the elderly in the home.. My family loves the taste as much as I do.. Relish this in the mango season. It can be stored in the refrigerator for upto two months.. Later you can go for other seasonal fruits or apple. 

           I have already posted apple jam recipe in the link below...

https://mykitchenfantasies.blogspot.com/2012/06/homemade-apple-jam.html?m=1

Ingredients:

Mango - 1 large ripe

Sugar - 3/4 cup

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Method:

Peel and chop the mango.. Grind it in a blender till it is a fine puree. If the mango puree is around one cup, you will need around 3/4 cup of sugar. Adjust the sugar consistency depending on the sweetness of the mango.

Take the puree and sugar together in a pan. Heat the pan and cook the mixture on medium flame until the sugar dissolves and starts forming syrup. It takes around 5 minutes to cook. 

Keep stirring till the jam starts to thicken and forms paste. Add salt and mix well. 

Switch off the flame and allow it to cool down. Store it in an airtight container and refrigerate it.

Enjoy it with bread or chapathi... Kids will love it...

Enjoy cooking!!!