Cream of Broccoli Soup

Broccoli reigns the vegetable kingdom with its high nutritional value.It is rich in Vitamin A,Vitamin C,fiber,folic acid,iron,magnesium,zinc,thiamin,riboflavin etc etc.The dark colored florets contain more beta carotene and Vitamin C than those with the lighter ones.And also am so lucky b'cuz my hubby and little one like to eat broccoli.This is my daugter favorite soup.

Ingredients:-
Broccoli chopped very fine -1 cup

oil or butter - 1 tbsp

onion chopped - 1 tbsp

Garlic chopped - 1/2 tsp

Fat Free cheese - 3tbsp(i use kraft)

Milk - 2 cups ( I use skim milk)

Salt & Pepper - to taste

Method:-
Heat small amt of butter in a pan,add broccoli saute it for 2mins then transfer it into a plate let it cool for 5mins,now put into the blender give 6 to 7 pulse (this step will help to make the broccoli very tiny piecs). Now heat remaing butterin a pan, add onion and garlic and saute till translucent.Add broccoli and saute for a 30sec.Now pour in the milk and keep stir it to avoid burning the milk.Boil for next 10mins.Don’t forget to stir in between.Add salt & pepper to taste.Finally add grated cheese stir it for 1min switch off,serve warm.

(Note:If you don't like cheese you can add lightly sauted all purpose flour for thicking the soup)

Vegetable Jalfrizi with chicken and shrimp

Everyday i used spend lot of time to think what is my menu today..i know this is for everyone problem..in the same way today i took all the veggies from the fridge and after a hour i decided to make veg jalfrizi.My hubby is Non veg lover,so i've added some chicken and shirmp.But if you are veggie u can simply go with veggies alone.

Ingredients:

Chicken -  1/4cup cut into cubes 

Shirmp - 10

carrot - 1 cut lenthwise

Beans - 12 cut lenthwise

Any colour Capsicum - 1 cut lenthwise

Cabbage - quarter cut lenthwise

Green peas - 1/4cup

Onion - 1 cut lenthwise

Tomato - 1

Green chilli - 2

cumin seeds - 1/2tsp

Ginger  julienns - 1tsp

 Red chilli pwdr - 1/2tsp

Garam masala powder - 1/4tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/4tsp

Soy Sauce - 1tsp

oil

salt

Method:

             Heat oil in pan,add and allow cumin to splutter.once they stop add green chillis and onion

saute the onions till it translucent.add all masala powders and cook over low flame about 7mins(add little water to avoid the burning).Now add the veggies and tomato with less than 1/4cup of water,cover and cook it over medium for another 10mins.Now add soy sauce and ginger julienns cook another 5mins.switch off and serve with chapathi.

16Bean Adai With Aviyal and Pineapple Chutney

Every body knows adai is very very healthy food,for adding more healthy i thought making adai with 16bean soup mix instead of few beans ,for more fiber,protein,etc...Not only adai my side dish avial and pineapple chutney also healthy and nutritious.

Adai:
Ingredients:

16 Bean soup mix - 3/4cup
uraddal -4tbsp
Brown rice or Raw rice - 1/2cup
Red chilli - 2
cocount - 2tbsp
salt - as needed
Asafodia powder - 1pinch
cinnamon - 1/2" piece
Garlic - 1cloves
curry leaves - 1sprig(finely chopped)
Medium size onion - 1/2(finely chopped)

Direction:

Soak 16bean soup mix for atleast 6hours,in a separate bowl soak ural dal,chillis and rice for 2hours.Drain and grind in to corse paste everything together with remaining ingredients in table except curry leaves and onion.Add curry leaves and onion to the batter now.

Heat a griddle until smoking hot. Pour a laddle of batter onto the griddle and swirl in a concentric circular motion starting from the inside to the outside. Sprinkle a little oil around the edges and roast till golden brown. Flip and roast the other side till done. Serve with avial and pineapple chutney.

Aviyal:
Ingrediends:

Drumsticks - 1
Brinjal -2
Potato - 1/2
Green plantain - 1/2
Carrot small - 1
Beans - 6
Diced White pumpkin - 1/4 cup
Raw mango - 3 slices(i've used frozen)
Turmeric -1/2tsp
Curd - 1/4cup

For Grinding:
Grated cocount - 1/2cup
Green chilli - 2
cumin - 1/2tsp
curry leaves - 5

For Seasoning:
Onion - 1/4 chopped roughly
Mustard - 1/2tsp

Directions:
Cut all the veggies into lenth wise pieces,in a pan add 1cup of water,all the veggies,turmeric and salt.Bring it to boli till all the vegetales are tender.Grind together coconut,cumin seeds,green chilli, & curry leaves.Once the vegetables are cooked well,add the ground paste and cook for few minutes.Switch it off when its done and add curd and mix well.
Heat a 1tsp oil in kadai,lets pop the mustard then add onion saute it 30 to 40sec.Add it to the aviyal.

Pineapple Chutney:

Ripe Pineapple diced - 1/2 cup
Turmeric - 1/2tsp
Cumin - 1/4tsp
Green chilli - 2
Grated cocount - 6tbsp
Mustard - 1/4tsp
curry leaves - 5(optional)

Method:
In a pan add pineapple,cumin,turmeric with 4tbsp water,cover and cook it for over low till the pineapple tender.Switch it off ,let it cool.Grind in a blender with green chilli and salt,Season it with mustard and curry leaves.This is my most favorite side dish for adai.

Whole Grain Veg- swril Bread

Whole grains are very healthy and also playing important role when we looking for diet.As unbelievably tasty bread as it is easy,this bread proves that we can make the whole grain bread with great flavors and taste.

For Bread:

Whole Wheat Flour - 2cup
All purpose Flour - 1cup
salt - 1tsp
sugar - 2tsp
Regular dry active yeast - 1pkd
Warm Milk - 11/4cup
canola oil - 2tbsp
Melted Butter - 2tbsp
egg - 1

For Filling:

Grated Mixed Vegtables - 11/2 cup
Onion Chopped finely - 1
green chilli very finely chopped - 2
Minced ginger and garlic(not ginger garlic paste) - 1/2tsp
salt - 1/2tsp
Jeera - 1/2tsp

Direction:

Grease bottom of loaf pan or cookie tray with shorting.

In small bowl add milk,yeast and sugar,cover it and keep aside for 15mins.In Large bowl mix flours and salt,add oil and egg ,add the milk mixture into flour bowl; sitr until flour is completely moistented and knead well for make good dough.Then keep aside for an hour.

Haet oil in a pan add jeera once it splutter add onion,salt,green chilli and minced ginger and garlic; fry for 5mins over low-medium heat,add mixed vegies cover and cook for another 10 to 15mins.let it cool completely.

After an hour roll out the dough using rolling pin or hand by 1 to 11/2 inch thickness as round or rectangular shape,spread the stuffing over the dough and drizzle some oil.

Roll the dough from one corner to another,seal it.then cover the stuffed dough,keep it some warm place for an another hour.

Heat oven to 350deg F .Bake 35 to 45 mins or top of bread is golden brown.Remove it from pan to wire rack.Brush top with melted butter.Serve with your favorite sauce.

This is my entry for Healthy Cooking - A Cookbook Giveaway Event

Carrot - Tomato Soup

Soups are one of the healthy and very easy to make food.After my daughter 1st b'day i have been making soup atleast three times in a week,that is only way i have feed sum vegetables to her.Carrot and tomato soup my favorite too.

You Need:

Grated carrot - 2 cup
chopped tomatos - 1/4cup
garlic - 1clove
Finely chopped onion - 3tbsp
corn flour - 1tsp
salt and pepper - as you need
Butter or oil - 2tsp
courtons - 1/4cup
Chopped coriander

Method:

In a big pan add carrot and tomatos with 2cup of water ,bring it to boil (just 2mins is enough)then swich off,let it cool completely then blend in a blender to a smooth paste,starin it thru seive.
In a small bowl mix corn flour with 3tbsp of water.

In a pan add oil saute onion and minced garlic,transfer the carrotntomato puree into a pan bring it to boil, now add cornflour into it then cook for 5mins now add cheese,salt,chopped coriander,and pepper .Serve hot with courtons.

This is my entry for MBP-soups n salads

Quesadilla

A Quesdadilla is a mexican dish with main ingredient of cheese,vegies and Meats are stuffed in to tortillas.There many varietys of quesadilla.Here i've tried basic quesadilla with vegies.






All You Need:

For Tortilla:
Maida(All purpose Flour) - 1cup
Corn flour - 1/4cup
Oil - 2tsp
Salt - as you need
Water or Milk - For knead the flour

For Filing:
onion - 1small
Tomato - small
Mixed vegies - peas,corn,avacado,califlower,carrot,cabage,beans.
Crushed red chilli - 1
sour cream - 1/4cup
salsa - 1/4 cup

Method:
Mix well the flour,corn flour,salt and oil.get warm the milk or water add into flour mix knead well as like chapathi dough.Keep it aside for 20mins.

In a wide pan heat oil add jeera,red chilli once it splutter add onion saute it for 30secs ,add all the vegies with tomato let saute it for 2 to 3mins ,switch off the stove let it cool completely.

Make the lemon size balls from the dough then make thin roll using your chapathi roller (all rolles should be same size,use some round plate to get the same size).

In a floured place keep one tortilla over the flour spread sour cream evenly in the tortilla place vegies ,salsa and sprinle some cheese cover it with another tortilla.

Heat griddle on medium heat and place quesadilla roast it both sides (make sure you are cooking on medium heat)till it get brown colour,remove it from heat and cut the quesadilla using pizza cutter.serve hot with salsa.

This is my entry for A.W.E.D - Mexican

Jeera Rice

You Need:

Cumin or Jeera - 2tsp

Any rice - 2cup

Green chilli - 2

Mint - 1/4bunch

coriander leaves - 1/2bunch

Salt - as needed

Saffron water - 2tsp

Method:

Heat oil or butter in a pan or cooker,add cumin seeds into it allow it to splutter ,then add green chilli,mint and coriander leaves add water into it(For 2cup rice =4cup of water).Bring it to boil the water add soked rice and salt into boiling water.If u r cooking in a pan cook 75% with high flame reduce the heat for last 25% of cooking ,After 75% add sum saffron water to the rice cook it with low flame and swich off or if u r cooking at pressure cooker maintain the medium heat add saffron water after adding rice swich off as per your cooker whistle.Jeera rice goes very well with any kind of curry.

Drumstick Soup

You Need:

Drumstick - 4cups(Cut 2" piece)

Tomato - 1

Ginger - 1/2 inch piece

Small onion - 1

Garlic - 4cloves

Salt - as needed

Greeb chilli - 2

Coriander - 1/2cup

Mint - 1/4 cup

Lemon juice - 1tsp

1 tsp - corn flour

Method:

Pressure cook Drumstick,tomato,Ginger,mint,And greenchilli till it becomes very very soft.

Place the colander in a bigbowl ,drain the water from pressure cooked vegetables then mash the vegetables with big spoon or spatula ,fially add 1/2cup of water in the colander mash it once again ,keep the fillterd water aside.

Heat butter or oil in a pan add chopped garlic and onion saute it till brown,add the drumstick water into it with choped coriander leaves,bring it to boil .In a small bowl mix the corn flour with 2tsp of water add this mixture in to pan,simmer for another 5mis add lemon juice swich off the stove.

Bagara Baingan

You Need:

Baby Egg Plant - 10

Curry leaves - 10

Fenugreek seeds - 1/4tsp

Thick tamarind juice - 4tbsp

cumin powder -1/2tsp

coriander powder - 1tsp

cumin seeds - 1/2tsp

mustard seeds -1/4tsp

Red chilli powder - 1tsp

Turmeric - 1/4tsp

jaggery - a little

cinnamon stick 1inch - 2

cloves -2

bay leaves - 2

Elachi - 1

Chopped green chilli -2

Chopped onion - 1

Hing - a pinch

Gingergarlic paste - 1tsp

For masala powder:

Peanut - 1/4cup

sesame seeds - 3tbsp

Cocount powder or grated cocount - 3tbsp

Method:

Roast the peanuts in a medium heat for 1min,we need to fry the peanuts for 70% with that add sesame seeds let them splutter,add cocount powder fry it for another 30sec ,keep it aside to cool.

once the mixture gets cooled grind it to a fine paste(not a very fine paste neither a coarse paste)

Slit the eggplant till the midway(don't cut) add salt with this place it in the nan grill over the stove top(In the original recipe u need to fry it in the oil)for 3 to 4mins,for cooking it evenly u need to turn all the side,keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan put all whole garam masala,mustard seeds,cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds once they splutter add onion,curry leaves,hing and salt saute it for a min then add turmeric and ginger garlic paste with this again saute it till the onion gets brown.if the mixture gets dry while u sauteing u can add very little amt of water(make sure the mixture should not get burn).Now add cumin powder,coriander powder and chilli powder ,add 1/2 cup of water and bring it to boil.Add Peanut masala paste now.At this stage turn ur stove to low-med then add tamarind water with another 1cup of water and jaggery ,cook this gravy till oil looses out.Finally add eggplants into the gravy cook it for another 10 to 15mins,so this eggplants slowly observe all flavors from the gravy switch off the stove.Serve warm with paratha,roti ,rice,briyani...Etc.

Berry Breakfast drink

I used struggling to make breakfast ,because my hubby wants something new and helathy meanwhile that should be filling .So that i searched for healthy and quick recipes.Finally i got this Low calories and healthy drink.

Ingredients:

Orange juice - 1/4cup

pinapple juice - 1/4cup
Non fat yogurt - 1/4cup
fresh strawberry - 1/2 c sliced
Half banana sliced

Method:

Place the orange juice, pineapple juice, yogurt, strawberries, and bananas into a blender. blend everything until smooth. The berry drink will be very thick and tasty. Serve immediately.

This is my entry for sigsiv MBP-Mixed Drinks

Note:The original recipe contains 1/4cup blueberry,i don't have blueberry at home so i have not add it here.

Bitterguard Curry

Ingretiends:

Bitterguard - 3

Uraddal - 1tsp

Mustard seeds -1/4 tsp

Curry leaves - 5

Cumin seeds - 1/4tsp

onion - 1/4 cup

Buttermilk - 1/2cup (optional)

Grated cocunt - 4tbsp

Chilli powder - 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt - As needed.

Method:

Chop the bitterguard into a small pieces and put it to the buttermilk for 10mins,this step will reduce the bitterness.Heat oil in a pan put all the temperings let them spalutter.Add onions saute it for a min add chilli,turmeric powders and salt.Drain the bitterguard from buttermilk add it to the pan close the lid,allow the bitterguard to wellcook.Finally add grated cocount cook for one more min,swith off the stove.Serve with any rice.