Saturday 17 December 2011

Wheat pasta in red sauce

                                                       Wheat pasta in red sauce

Ingredients:

boiled pasta: 1/2 cup
melted butter: 1/2tsp
spring onions with greens: 1
diced capsicum: 1
carrot: 1
bell pepper: 1/2 cup
broccoli: 4-5 florets
tomato puree: 3-4tsp
crushed garlic: 1/2tsp
ketchup: 1/2tsp
pepper: 1/4tsp
oregano/basil: 1/4 tsp
salt to taste

Recipe:

  • Heat butter in a pan and put garlic in it.
  • now add all vegetables and saute it.
  • add tomato puree, ketchup, salt, pepper,oregano and cook for 5-10 minutes at low flame
  • when the vegetables are half done, add boiled pasta and mix well
  • cook for 5 minutes more and serve hot.


Tuesday 6 December 2011

Tip of the week

Carrot is soothing, healing and nourishing. Its sugar is easily digested. It purifies blood. Taken with milk it is a tonic and tends to reduce the hazards of infection in childbirth. Its candy made with honey is specially good for heart and for cough and cold. Regular use of raw carrots has been known to depress blood cholestrol.

Friday 2 December 2011

Instant chinese idli

                                                             Instant chinese idli


Ingredients:

suji: 1kt
curd: 1kt
eno: 1tsp
capsicum: 1
onions: 1
carrots: 1
cabbage: 4tsp
soya sauce: 2tsp
vinegar: 1tsp
oil: 1tsp
salt to taste

Recipe:

  • Chop all vegetables in long slices and keep it aside.
  • mix suji, curd, salt in a big bowl and make a idli batter.
  • grease idli mould nicely.
  • now mix eno in idli batter and immediately put it in a mould and steam it.
  • take oil in a pan and saute all vegetables in it
  • after vegetables are half done and crispy add salt, soya sauce and steamed idlis and saute it.
  • now add vinegar and cook it for 2 mins and serve hot.

Bajra Khichdi

                                                               Bajra Khichdi

Ingredients:                                                                                   Serving: 1person

bajra: 30gms
moth: 15gms
ginger: 1tsp
carrot: 1
capsicum: 1/2
onions: 1medium
tomatoes: 1medium
spinach: 6-7leaves
red chili powder: 1/4tsp
jeera: 1tsp
garam masala: 1/4tsp
salt to taste
oil : 1tsp

Recipe:

  • Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add jeera to it.
  • add chopped onions and cook it till it gets pink in colour.
  • add all chopped vegetables and saute it.
  • now add washed and soaked moth and bajra in it
  • mix all spices and pressure cook it for 10 mins on low flame
  • garnish it with green coriander and serve hot with curd.