Recipe 9: Broccoli Manchurian

Usually i make Manchurian using Cauliflower or Cabbage.But this time i want to try different one using Broccoli.
We will see the method of making.

Requirements:
Broccoli-1Medium Size
Chopped Onion-1Cup
Tomato-1
Spring Onion-2
Capsicum (cut length wise) -1(Optional)
Black Olives-4No
Rice Flour-1/4Cup
Corn Flour-3Spoons
Gram Flour-1Spoon(Besan)
Cumin Seed-1/4Spoon
Red Chilli Powder-3Spoons
Turmeric Powder-1Spoon
Ginger and Garlic
Paste-2Spoons
Green Chilli Split-2
Garam Masala-2Spoons
Salt to taste
Soy Sauce-2Spoons
Chilli Sauce-1Spoon
Oil to fry.

Procedure:

• Split the Broccoli florets. Wash them well with water and keep aside.
• In a large bowl put the broccoli and add all flours one by one. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala, ginger-garlic paste and salt
• Sprinkle water on the mixture and soaked it for about half an hour. Let the masala go inside the Broccoli.
• Heat the oil in a pan for deep fry. Drop the broccoli pieces one by one in the oil. Fry them until they turns brown in color.
• In a seperate pan add little oil and fry the cumin seeds and onions.
• When the onion turns brown in color add capsicum, spring onion and fry them for few seconds.
• Add tomato pieces and rest of the masala powder. Let the Vegetables cook for some times until raw smell gone.
• Now add the deep fried Broccoli pieces and mix them well.
• Add Soya sauce, chilli sauce and salt to taste. Cook for few more minutes.
• For garnishing use spring onion and coriander leaves.
• Smells good.

Enjoy.

Recipe 8: EggPlant Rice

This is also called Vangi Bhath or Brijal rice. Prepare the masala powder first and keep in air tight container, so that it can be used multiple time. Now lets see the making of Vangi Bhath.

Requirements:
Cooked Rice-2Cups
Egg Plant/Brinjal - 5 to 10 based on size
Red Onion-1
Green Chilli-2
Ginger and Garlic
Paste-1Spoon
Coriander Leaves for garnishing

For Masala:
Dry Red Chilli-4
Coriander Seed-3Spoons
Pepper Whole-1Spoon
Cumin Seed-1/2Spoon
Cloves-2
Cardamom-2
Cinnamon Stick-1/2Inch
Peanut-2Spoons
Sesame Seed-2Spoons

For Tempering:
Mustard Seed-1Spoon
Urad Dal-1/2Spoon
Cumin Seed-1/2Spoon
Curry Leaves
Procedure:

• For masala preparation, heat the pan and then fry all the masala ingrediants mentioned above without oil until light brown.
• Grind the above mixture in a blender/grinder until they become coarse powder. Keep it aside.
• Cut the onion length wise and cut the egg plant in one inch size.
• Heat little oil in a pan. Add mustard seed, urad dal, cimun seed and curry leaves and fry for few seconds.
• Add onions, ginger-garlic paste and green chillies. Fry them until the onion turns brown in colour.
• Add cut Eggplant and fry for few minutes.
• Add the ground masala powder which we made initially. 
• Sprinkle little water to the mixture and cover with lid. Cook until Eggplant becomes soft.
• Mix the cooked rice to the masala in the pan. Add salt to taste.
• Garnish with Coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with Onion Raitha.

Enjoy

Recipe 7: Triangle Roti

This is my Mother-in-law's style. Very soft for more than 4-5hours. So good for ur kids and Husband's lunch pack. The ingredients are same like usual roti but the method of pressing the roti is different. If you are bored with usual circle roti, try Triangle roti. Easy way for small kids to learn shapes.

Requirements:
Wheat Flour-2Cups
Asafoetida-1Pinch(Optional)
Salt to taste
Oil

Procedure:

• Knead the wheat flour with salt and water like roti dough.
• While kneading add 1spoon oil for smoothness. 
• Keep aside for 1/2hour.
• Make a small balls from this dough and press it like usual circle shape.
• Apply oil in the circle shape and fold it to half circle, then apply oil again and fold it again.  Now it should be looks like small triangle shape.
• Now press this triangle util thin and bigger in size.
• Heat the pan and cook both side using little oil until it turn brown in color.
• Serve hot with currys.

Enjoy.

Recipe 6: Spinach Roti

My kid named this Spinach Roti as Green Roti. Some kids hates to eat Green leaf vegetables. This Green roti help for those children. Nobody in could find the ingredients in this secret roti. Hope u will like it.
Requirements:
Wheat Flour-2Cups
Spinach-1Bunch(Palak)
Turmeric Powder-1/4tsp
Chilli Powder-1/2tsp
Asafoetida-1Pinch(Hing)
Garam Masala-1/2tsp(Optional)
Salt to taste
Oil-3tsp

Procedure:

• Blend the Spinach in blender using little water and make it as paste.
• In a large bowl put wheat flour, spinach paste, turmeric powder, chilli, garam masala, hing and salt.
• Add water if needed, because in spinach paste we already added the water.Knead well.
• Kknead well like roti dough.
• Take a small ball of the dough and press it using a roti presser.
• Heat pan and place the roti. Apply oil on both sides of the roti.
• Cook both sides until it become golden brown.
• Serve hot with curry, pickle or curd.

Enjoy.

I'm giving the ingredients for only 4 members.If the members of ur family is more than 4, u can add more masalas. 

Recipe 5: Peanut Cookies

This is my first cookie which i tried by myself first. Healthy snack for ur kids.

Requirements:
Peanut Butter-1Cup
Sugar-2Cups
Egg-1
Baking Powder-1Pinch

Modus Operandi:

• In Large Bowl put Peanut butter,Sugar, Egg and Baking powder .
• Using whiskers mix all the ingredients together continuously.
• In Baking tray place the foil paper.
• Make a ball of the above mixture and arrange it in the tray with one inch distance.
• Using fork make a cross on the ball and press little bit not too much.
• Bake it for about 10 min.in 350 degrees in the oven. Switch it off and let the cookie for 15min in the oven heat.
• Yummy and Crispy cookie is ready for snack.
• Enjoy
  

Tips 2:Hair Treatment

Grey hair the most common problem from teenage itself. Its due to lack of Vitamin-K deficiency.To prevent from grey hair we have to take lots of vegetables which contains Vitamin-K. Here are some of the vegetables which contain the vitamin-K:

• Beet Root, Curry Leaves, Beerakai(Chinese Egg Plant), Bitter Melon, Amla, Sundaikai, Karupatti(In Hindi its called Gud or Jaggery).

Eat them reguraly, the grey hair will go soon.

Tips

When using any type of Chili just take out the seeds as much as you can. Because the seed will not digest very easily. So better take it out.This is my Mother-in-laws advise.

Recipe 4: Tikka Halwa

This is the Maharastrian dishes which u can call Wheat upma. Made wheat flour. Easy, simple and different snack for kids. 

Requirements:

Wheat Flour -2Cups

Turmeric-1/2Spoon

Chilli powder-1/2tsp

Hing-Pinch

Garam Masala(Optional)

Salt to taste

Oil-3tsp

Jeera-1/2tsp

Green Chilli-1No(Split)

Red Onion-1No

Carrot Shredded-1/2Cup

Peas-1/4Cup

Corriander Leaves

Spring Onion-1No

Modus Operandi:

• In a pan heat oil, add jeera, wheat flour, turmeric, chilli powder, hing and garam masala.
  
• Fry it until the wheat flour turns brown in colour. Keep aside.
  
• Heat oil in a pan, add green chilli, chopped onion and fry till golden brown color.
  
• Add the shredded carrot, peas and flour mixture which made already.
  
• Stir and mix it well together.
  
• Add 1/2 cup water and cook until it soft.Stir continuously for 2-3min...Upma ready.
• Garnish with corriander leaves and spring onion.

Enjoy and Share your Comments.

Recipe 3: Pepper Mushroom Curry

Easy way to make mushroom. For those who don't like mushroom smell, this receipe is for you.

Requirements:

Sliced Mushroom 1Cup

Aniseed- 1/2tsp

Red Onion 1No

Ginger & Garlic

Paste- 1tsp

Spring Onion- 3No

Capsicum- 1No

Tomato Chopped -2No

Oil -3tsp

Salt to taste

Curry leaves-1spring

Coriander for garnishing

For Masala:

Turmeric 1/2Spoon

Chilly Powder 1/2Spoon

Pepper Powder 1Spoon

Garam Masala 1/2Spoon

Modus Operandi:

• Heat one spoon of oil in a pan.Fry the sliced Mushroom until its raw smell goes out and keep it aside.
• In a pan heat oil and add aniseed, chopped onion ,ginger- garlic paste.Fry the onion to golden brown.
• Add capsicum and chopped spring onion. Fry it for 1 minute. Then add sliced tomatoes.
• Add turmeric powder,chilli powder,garam masala and pepper powder one by one , fry for few minutes.
• Add the fried mushroom.  Let cook this for five more minutes.
• No need to add water because the mushroom itself gives water while cooking.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and spring onions.
• Hot and Spicy Pepper Mushroom is ready to serve.
• One more thing green peas is optional, if u need to add .
  

Enjoy and share ypur comments.

Face Pack 2

It is the most simple and easiest way for relieve from your pimples,darkness on any parts of the face.

Very useful  for your younger kids and teenagers.

Solution:

• Shred the cucumber and sieve the juice. You can store the juice in a small bottle and refrigerate for 3-4 days
• Use small cotton ball to apply the juice on the pimples,the dark areas like under the eyes, beside the nose.
  
• Leave it for 15min.. Wash your face with mild soap.
• Keep on using this treatment and soon u will see the result. 

Share your experience with me.

Recipe 2: Kollu Masala Vada

I got this receipe this from my friend. Yummy and nice snack for ur  kids and  also for ur whole family. Generally  people make Koolu rasam ,just for a change I tried this one differently by myself.

Requirements:

Kollu: 1Cup
Besan: 3Spoons
Rice Flour: 1Spoon
Red Onion: 1No..
Chilly Powder: Spoon
Turmeric: 1Spoon
Hing: 1Pinch
Garam Masala: 1/2Spoon
Curry leaves 
Corriander leaves
Salt to taste
Oil for fry.

 Modus Operandi:

• Soak the kollu for one full night, then grind it coarsely with little water, Steam it until it becomes soft and keep it aside for cooling.
  
• In a large bowl mix all the above ingredients one by one and the add the steamed kollu, salt as per ur taste, then mix with little water.
  
• Take small ball of the mixture and press it like vada shape and deep fry it until brown.
  
• Your yummy and tasty vada is ready for ur evening snack.

 ENJOY and share ur Comment

Face Pack: 1

Its an easy face pack for oily face.
Take one spoon of sour curd and half teaspoon of rice flour. Mix it and apply it on your face, around your neck and let it be dry for 15min..
Then wash it with warm water, while washing give some massage. It will clean all your dead skin also.

Use this treatment twice in a week and u get a good skin texture.

Tips 1:Hair Treatment

Issue:
For somebody they have patch of hair loss (In Tamil they called Puzhu vettu). Six months ago I experienced the same too. One of my friend advised this treatment, it worked for me. So I want to share my experience with you all.
Solution:
Take 4-5 small onions, crushed it well and just apply the juice on the scalp which u have patch of hair loss, let it be for 45minutes.Then wash your hair with shampoo.
Follow this twice in a week. Within 3weeks you can find a new hair growth on that place.

Try this treatment; it helped me to cover my patch, for u too.

Tips 2:
Issue:
Get rid of itchy and sticky hair.

Solution:
Take equal amount of Cumin seeds, Omaum , and black pepper. Boil with little amount of water. Let the water be cool. Then mix this water with your usual sikakai or any other sikakari which you use regularly for washing hair. Now u can feel the soft and shininess in hair. I use to implement this every week for my hair.

Recipe 1: Green Moong Dal Adai

This dish is rich in protein, very tasty and good for diabetes patient. It is one of my favourite dish and was presented by my sister.

Requirements (for 2):

Green Moong Dal(Whole)- 1 Cup

Rice flour-2 tsp

Besan (Gram Flour)-2 tsp

 Red chili-4

 A pinch of Hing

 Red onion chopped- 1

Ginger-1 Piece

Oil & Salt to taste

For Tempering:

Mustard seed

Urad Dal(White)

Curry leaves

Modus operandi:

• Clean and soak the dal over night and grind it with red chili, ginger, hing and salt.
  
• Mix the above dough with rice flour and besan. Add the chopped onion.
  
• Heat little oil and do tempering with mustard seed, urad dal and curry leaves.
  
• Mix it in dough and now dough is ready for making adai.
  
• Heat the pan in a medium flame and pour the dough like dosa. Put oil over the adai.
  
• Yummy spicy adai is ready.
  
• Serve hot with your desirable chutney/Butter/Vellam(Gud)
  

ENJOY and share your experience :)