Mushroom soup

                                                                  Mushroom soup

Ingredients:                                                                         Serving: 2-3 cups

mushrooms: 1 pkt
melted butter: 1/2 tsp
spring onions with greens: 1
double toned milk: 1/4 cup
pepper: 1/4 tsp
salt to taste

Recipe:

• Chop 3-4 mushrooms and keep it aside, and boil the remaining mushrooms in 2 cups of water.
• now churn the boiled mushrooms with remaining water in a mixer and make a stock
• take butter in a pan and add chopped mushrooms, spring onions and greens and saute it.
• add stock to it and bring it to boil.
• then add milk and simmer the soup, season it.
• serve hot.

Wonder Soup

                                                              Wonder Soup

Ingredients:

broccoli/ cauliflower: 200 gms
babycorn: 2-3 sticks
spinach: 4-5 leaves finely chopped
cabbage: 2 Tsp finely chopped
carrot: 1
crushed ginger and garlic : 1 tsp
pepper: 1/4 tsp
vinegar: 1 tsp
soya sauce: 1/2 tsp
salt to taste

Recipe:

• Boil water in a pan and add ginger-garlic paste in it.
• now add all cut vegetables in it and bring it to boil at low flame without the lid.
• when the vegetables are half done and crispy, add vinegar, soya sauce, salt and pepper to it.
• serve hot.

Tip of the week:

If garlic clove is taken un-cut, it will pass out the next day without having the desired effect.

Low cal chicken and corn soup

                                                       Chicken and corn soup

Ingredients:

chicken (boneless) : 100gms
spring onions with greens:  2
capsicum:  1 medium
carrots : 2 small
lettuce:  1 small bunch
sweet corn (boiled): 2 Tsp
butter/ olive oil:  1/2 tsp
pepper:  1/4 tsp
salt: 1/2 tsp
vinegar:  1

Recipe:

• Boil chicken in 500ml of water.
• keep the chicken stock aside and refrigerate the stock(remaining boiled water).
• once chilled, remove the fat layer from the stock.
• heat butter/olive oil in a pan and add finely chopped vegetables mentioned above.
• once vegetables are slightly cooked, add boiled corns and chicken.
• now add stock to it.
• season it and serve hot.

Vermicelli Exotica

                                              Vermicelli Exotica 

Ingredients:                                                       Serving: 2 persons

wheat vermicelli:  50 gms
capsicum:   1 medium
red carrots: 2 medium
cucumber:  1 small
roasted peanuts: 2 Tsp
pepper:  1/4tsp
vinegar:  1tsp
salt: 1/2tsp

Recipe:

• boil the wheat vermicelli and wash it with cold water to remove the starch.
• mix boiled vermicelli with finely chopped capsicum, carrots, cucumber in a bowl.
• add crushed peanuts to the above mixture.
• add salt, pepper and vinegar to it and refrigerate it.
• serve chilled.

channa kababs

                                                          Channa kebabs

Ingredients:                                                                  Serving:6-7 kebabs

black channa:  100gms
ginger crushed: 1 small
besan: 1Tsp
green chillies: 2
green coriander chopped: 1 small katori
garam masala powder: 1/4 tsp
salt: 1/2 tsp
oil: 2 tsp

Recipe:

• soak black channa overnight.
• boil it in pressure cooker for 30 mins at low flame.
• cool it and grind it in mixer
• add crushed ginger, green chillies,coriander,garam masala,besan and salt to it
• make kebabs out of the mixture.
• cook it in nonstick with 2 tsp of oil.
• serve hot.

seasonal fruit salad

                                                             Seasonal fruit salad

Ingredient:

cucumber:   1 small
apple:     1 medium
capsicum:   1 medium
pomegranate:   1 medium
pear:   1 medium
Bell peppers: 1 small(optional)
vinegar : 1 tsp
salt:  1/4 tsp
sugar:   1/4 tsp
pepper: 1/4 tsp

Recipe:

• cut all fruits and vegetables mentioned above in a big bowl
• ad d vinegar,salt,pepper,sugar to it
• refrigerate it and serve cold.