Thursday, May 28, 2009

Ice Tea

Ice Tea

Prep time:2min
cooking time:-
serves:1

Ingredients:
Light tea decoction 1 cup
sugar as required
ice cubes crushed 4
lemon slices for decoration
lemon juice 1/4 cup

Method;
Add lemon juice and sugar to decoction and mix well.
Add ice cubes and decorate with lemon slices.
serve immd.


Bananan Shake

Banana Shake
Prep time:1min
cooking time:-
serves:1

Ingredients:
1 large banana or 2 small bananas
1/2cup milk
sugar to taste

Method:
Peel the bananas and slice them.
Blend them in a mixer with milk and sugar to a creamy shake

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Tomato Semolina

Tomato Semolina

Cooking time (approx.): 11 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:
4 tablespoons ghee / butter
1 cup(s) semolina (or quick cream of wheat)
1 teaspoon(s) each of mustard and cumin seeds
1 sprig(s) curry leaves
1 teaspoon(s) ginger chopped
2 green chilli(es) slit / chopped
2 onion(s) sliced finely
1 large tomato(es) chopped
4 tablespoons coriander leaves
2 tablespoon(s) grated coconut if available
2 cup(s) hot water
salt to taste
fried cashewnuts to garnish


Method:

Heat half of the ghee in a pan. Fry semolina, stirring continuously, to a golden color on medium / low level for about 2 minute(s). Keep aside.

saute the onions for 3 mins in remaining ghee

Add the chopped tomatoes and fry on medium level for about 3 minutes or till they are soft and cooked. Add half of the coriander leaves (reserving the rest for garnishing) and fry briefly till they wilt.

Mix in the semolina and salt. Add the hot water to this and mix well. Add more hot water if the mixture is dry. Cover and cook on low heat for about 3 minutes or till the mixture is almost dry. Garnish with fried cashewnuts, grated coconut and finely chopped coriander leaves

Heady Punch

Heady Punch

Prep time:1 min
cooking time:-
serves:2

Ingredients:
orange juice 1 cup
grape juice 1 cup
water melon juice cup
soda or water 1 cup
pine apple 3 thin slices
lemon 3 thin slices
orange 3 thin slices

Method:
blend all the juices with soda or water
add the slices
chill and serve

Papaya Punch

Papaya Punch
Prep time:1min
Cooking time:-
serves:2

Ingredients:
Small paapaya 1
green banana 1
mango peeled and chopped 1cup
ice cubes 6-8
sugar as desired

Method:
Mix all the above ingredients and
blend in a mixer till creamy and smooth.
serve chill.

Power Breakfast

Power Breakfast

Prep time:30sec
cooking time:-
serves 1

Ingredients:
wheat flakes 1 cup
cucumber grated 1/2 cup
lime juice 1-2 tsp
chaat masala pinch
salt as desired
moong sprouts 1/2 cup

Method:
Mix all the ingredients.
Garnish with peanuts or nuts and coriander leaves
serve cold

cold Corn flakes

Cold corn flakes

Prep time:30sec
Cooking time:-
serves 1

Ingredients:
Cold milk-2 cups
corn flakes as needed
sugar 2 tsp(optional)
apples chopped(optional)
nuts ans raisins 1/2 cup

Method:
Pour cold milk first in a bowl.
Then add other ingredients.
Sprinle sugar on top.
serve immediately.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Dates milk shake

Dates milk shake

Prep time: 10 min
serves :2-3

Ingredients:

Dates – ¾ cup
Milk – 2 cups
Sugar – as needed

Method:

Heat milk in a heavy bottom pan.
Add chopped dates and let it come to boil.
Lower the heat and let it simmer for 10min.
Switch off the heat and let it cool.
Grind the milk mixture in a blender, adding sugar (as needed) .
Chill and serve.

Aamras/Mango milk shake

Aamras
Prep Time: 5-10 mins
Cooking Time: -
Serves: 2-3

Ingredients:
3 Ripe Mangoes
1 tbsp Sugar(acc to taste)
1 cup chilled Milk
Ice Cubes

Method:
Peel the mangoes and take out the pulp.
Discard the skin and seeds.
Blend this pulp with milk, sugar and ice cubes.
chill it before serving and enjoy.

Phulkas

Phulkas
Prep Time: 10-15 mins
Cooking Time: 10-15 mins
Serves: 3-4


Ingredients:

2 cups Wheat Flour
½ tsp Salt
1 tsp Ghee/Oil
Warm Water to knead

Method:
Place the flour, oil and salt in a large bowl.
Adding just enough warm water knead well to make a soft, pliable dough. Keep kneading the dough until it is smooth and elastic. Set aside for 30 minutes.
Make golf sized balls and roll each ball into a 8 inch diameter by 1/4th inch thickness discs.
Heat tawa on a medium flame. Place the Phulkas and cook until the top starts to look dry and small bubbles are formed on the surface. Flip and cook the other side similarly.
Now Take the Phulka off the tawa and place it directly on the gas flame. The Phulka will start to puff up.
Take it off the flame and serve immediately smeared with little ghee if desired

Akki Rotti

Akki Rotti
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 15-20 mins
Serves: 3-5

Ingredients:
3 cups Rice Flour
1 large Onion, finely chopped
1 Carrot, finely grated
2-3 Green Chillies, finely chopped
¼ bunch Coriander Leaves, finely chopped
½ cup Grated Coconut (optional)
1 tbsp Channa Dal
½ tbsp Urad Dal
½ tbsp Mustard
½ tbsp Jeera/Cumin Seeds
1 tbsp Curry Leaves, chopped
2-3 tbsp Oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Take oil in kadai and add channa dal, urad dal, mustard and jeera.
Add chopped curry leaves, onion and green chillies when mustard stars spluttering.
Sauté them till onions turn transluscent.
To this add grated carrot and sauté it for a minute.
Pour 2 cups of hot water and add salt to it.
Now add rice flour, grated coconut, coriander leaves and mix well.
Keep mixing the mixture till dough comes together. Make sure that the dough is moist enough.
Turn off the gas and keep the dough to cool for about 5-10 minutes.
Using little water make large lemon sized balls.
Take butter paper or plastic sheet and apply little oil on the surface.
Keep the dough ball in the centre and press it flat using finger tips to ½ cm thickness.
Heat the pan and carefully transfer the rotti.
Cook both the sides till they turn golden yellow by applying little oil or ghee if desired.