Friday 31 August 2012

Spinach and paneer salad

                                                    Spinach and paneer salad

Ingredients:
chopped spinach leaves: 2 cups
homemade paneer: 40gms
chopped tomato: 1 medium
green chili paste: 1/2tsp
sugar: 1/2tsp
lime juice: 1tsp
tomato sauce: 1tsp
chili sauce: 1/2tsp
soya sauce: 1tsp
salt to taste

Recipe:
  • wash the spinach and cook for 2 mins.
  • cool and mix paneer cubes or scrambled paneer with it.
  • add all the ingredients and serve chilled.
 

Lentil and carrot soup

                                                        Lentil and Carrot Soup

Ingredients:

grated carrots: 1/2 cup
chopped spinach: 1 cup
moong dal: 2tsp
chopped onions: 1 small
chopped potato: 1 small
chopped tomato: 1 med.
melted butter: 1tsp
tomato sauce: 1tsp
sugar: 1/2tsp
chopped coriander leaves: 1/4 cup
salt and pepper to taste

Recipe:
  • Pressure cook all the veg except onions with 2 glasses of water with dal, after 2 whistle cook for 5 mins.
  • Blend the above vegetables in a mixer.
  • Heat pan and take 1 tsp of melted butter and saute onions lightly. Add the stock, salt, pepper, sugar and tomato sauce.
  • Boil it for 5 mins and serve with chopped coriander leaves as topping.

 

Wednesday 29 August 2012

Open tricolour sandwich

                                                       Open tricolour sandwich

Ingredients:

Brown bread: 1 slice
carrots: 1/2
cucumber: 1/3
scrambled paneer: 15gms
green chili paste: 1/2tsp
finely chopped coriander leaves
tomato sauce: 1tsp
black pepper: 2 pinches
lime juice: 1/4tsp
salt to taste

Recipe:
  • mix well all the ingredients with tomato sauce for the sandwich filling.
  • apply it on the toasted bread on one side and serve cold with or without covering it with another piece of bread.

 

Papaya Chutney

                                                  Papaya Chutney

Ingredients:

Ripe papaya pulp: 1/2 cup
lime juice: 1tsp
honey: 1/2tsp
pepper powder: 1tsp
ground cumin: 1tsp
salt to taste

Recipe:
  • Mix the papaya with the honey and cook for 5 mins and cool.
  • Add the pepper, cumin, salt and lime juice.
  • serve hot or cold.

Hariyali Idli

                                                          Hariyali Idli

Ingredients:

suji: 1 cup
coriander paste: 2tsp
mint paste: 2tsp
green chili paste: 1tsp
garlic paste: 1tsp
ginger paste: 1tsp
onion paste: 1tsp
curd: 1/4cup
eno fruit salt: 1/4tsp
salt to taste

Recipe:
  • Soak the suji with all the ingredients, except the eno.
  • keep aside for 1/2 an hour.
  • add eno and mix well and pour it into idlis moulds.
  • steam for 15-20 mins till cooked.
  • serve hot with green chutney.

Vegetable Juice

                                                          Vegetable Juice

Ingredients:

cucumber: 1
tomatoes: 2
carrot juice: 1/2 cup
honey: 1/2tsp
salt to taste

Recipe:
  • Blend the cucumber and tomatoes in a mixer and strain the juice.
  • Add the carrot juice, salt and honey to it.
  • Serve Chilled.