Rice & Jeera Dosa

Day 2 : Kids Special recipes

I admire my mom a lot ,she is so well organised. During my childhood days, i was a very cranky kid and wouldn't let my mom go peacefully to work:). I usually used to crave for this Rice & Jeera Dosa which is instantaneous. Remember mom telling recently, that i ate this, as all my 3 meals for close to 3 weeks. Oh god!!! Pity my mom for that.

I wont be wrong in saying that this dosa is the younger bro of  Neer Dosa:).
Ok, Here i go with this recipe of my mom.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time : 10 mins
Cooking complexity : Low

Ingredients:

Raw Rice : 1 Glass
Cooked Rice : 4Tbsp
Jeera : 1Tbsp
Red Chillies: 4
Salt : 1 Tsp
Curry Leaves: 2 Strands

Method:

Soak rice overnight or for 4 hours. I usually do this overnight.
Grind the Raw rice & cooked rice with a glass of water. Finely grind the mixture.

Now add water to make it to very thin consistency.
(Same like neer dosa batter) - Neer means water in Kannada



Tadka:

Heat oil in a kadai, add jeera . Let it roast . Then add Red chillies & Curry leaves.

Add the tadka to the dosa mixture. Add salt and mix well.

Heat Dosa ladle . Pour the Dosa mixture on it. Add few drops of oil around this.

Cover the dosa using a lid.(Tadka will float on the dosa mixture due to water consistency, while making dosas always give a fine stir)


Turn them after a min. Cook for 30 more secs. Dosa is ready.

Serve with coconut chutney.


Happy Cooking:)

Pad Thai

Day 1 : Kids Special Recipes

School has reopened for Tejas and everyday i go mad to decide on breakfast and lunch menu. To help all the mommies like me,i start with this series of Kids Lunch Box ideas.

Tejas loves  noodles. I prepare this quite often as it has loads of veggies,  prawns, paneer, eggs and ground nuts which are filled with high nutritional value.



Prep Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Cooking complexity : Low

Ingredients:

Rice Noodles: 1 Packet:
Onion : 1 Finely chopped
Green Chillies : 2 finely chopped
Carrot, Beans, Potato : 2 Cups (Julienne cuts)
Ground Nut Coarsely ground : 3 tbsp
Chilli Powder: 1/2 tsp
Paneer : 200 gms
Prawns : 250 gms
Eggs : 2
(Vegetarians can omit Prawns & Egg)
Soya Sauce: 3 Tbsp
Chilli Sauce: 3 Tbsp
Oregano : 2 Tbsp
Olive Oil / Normal Cooking Oil : 3 Tbsp

Salt to taste

Method:
In a big bowl, boil water . To this add rice noodles.Cook for 10 mins.
Strain the rice noodles and run it over cold water.

Prawns:Boil prawns for 10 mins in 2 glasses of water with 2 pinches of salt.

Egg Fry : In a small pan heat 1 tsp oil. Beat egg, add salt and chilli powder .Fry well.

In a big Wok, Heat Olive oil . Add Onion, all vegetables, chillies, chopped paneer and cook for 5 mins.

Mix salt, oregano and simmer it for 3 more mins.

Add Prawns, Egg and fry well.

Now Add Soya Sauce, Chilli Sauce and mix well. To this mixture add cooked Noodles and let it cook on low flame for 10 mins.

Add coarsely ground groundnut and toss.

Keep tasting your food to adjust the taste. Thats the key to success .

Pad Thai is ready to pack for kiddos.


Happy Cooking :)

Shahi Tukda

What a way to celebrate by sharing this royal recipe with you people.
My Facebook page has crossed 2000 likes in less than a month

Ingredients:

Sweet Bread: 4 slices (Diagonally cut)
Milk : Half litre
Almonds: 10 chopped
Water 1 Glass
Sugar : 3/4th glass
Saffron : 2 strands
Ghee: 3 tsps

Method:

Trim the sides of the bread.
Toast the bread on tawa by greasing ghee all over. Let it turn brown.

Sugar Syrup:

Boil 1 glass water with 3/4th glass of sugar . Let it turn to a medium thick consistency. Add few strands of saffron.

Milk Mixture
The below procedure should be followed on low flame.
 
In a non stick kadai, boil half litre milk by stirring consistently.
When the milk has turned to medium consistency , add the 5 tbsp sugar and let it boil and become a thick paste.

Platting

Dip the roasted bread in sugar syrup and arrange it on the plate.
Pour the milk mixture on top.

Enjoy this yummy royal dish.

Elaichi Chicken

Have you guys ever tried adding elaichi in any chicken dry item? You will fall in love with the flavours of this simple dish.  My craving for chicken never ends. Many times it has happened that i end up getting raw chicken at 9 PM while oming back from office. After a very tiring day, this is the dish which i prepare in a jiffy (less than 20 mins)..

Ingredients :

Chicken: 500 gms
(I like Chicken with bones,you can try with boneless chicken)
Whole Elaichi : 3
Green Chillies: 8 (If you dont like spicy, reduce the no of chillies)
Onion : 3 ( 2 onions julienne cut, 1 for grinding purpose)
Ginger garlic paste : 1 tsp
Curry leaves: 2 strands
Coriander leaves:  Few strands
Turmeric powder : 1/2tsp
Oil : 3 Tbsp
Salt : as per your taste

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai, Add onion, curry leaves , 4 slit green chillies, ginger garlic paste. Fry well.
Add Chicken, salt.Cook well for 15 mins. Dont add water.

To Grind:

Elaichi, 1 onion, 4 chillies, coriander leaves.

Now mix the above grinded paste in to cooked chicken and fry on simmer for 10 more mins.


Happy Cooking:)

Nuge Soppu Basaru (Drumstick Leaves Sambar)

This is prepared in my village using farm grown leaves and cooked on earthern pot.
I remember my great grandmother preparing this and serving us with hot ragi balls. Love those childhood days. She used to use pestle to grind all the ingredients. Believe me the taste used to be sooo yummmmm, NV fans will forget having chicken:p
 
This has got lot of nutritional value and very good for kids:)
So mommies, try this yummy Karnataka rural dish and let me know.

Prep Time: 30 mins
Cooking Time : 30 mins

Cooking complexity : High

Ingredients:

Drumstick leaves : 500 gms
Green gram :1 cup
Toor dal : 1 cup 
Grated Coconut : Half coconut
Green chillies:6
Garlic: 10 cloves
Coriander leaves
Onion: 2
Jeera: 1 tsp
Tamarind Juice : 1 tsp 
Oil: 3 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves:

Method:

Cook toor dal and green gram separately. Toor dal  with 1 glass of water.(to be semi cooked -1 whistle in cooker)
Cook green gram with 2 glasses of water for 3-4 whistles. Add 1/2 tsp salt.

 Drumstick leaves need to be cleaned well by removing all the sticks..
Blanch them for 10 mins by adding little salt .

 Now strain dal, green gram and drumstick together. Collect the water in a bowl. This will be used to make the curry.

Remember there is salt added in greengram n drumstick leaves.

To prepare masala:

Grind grated coconut, jeera, 1 onion, chillies, 2-3 curry leaves,garlic,tamarind, coriander leaves, 2 tsp cooked dal.

Mix the above paste to the dal, green gram & drumstick leaves water.Let it boil well.

Tadka for Green gram, drumstick leaves

In a kadai, heat oil, add mustard seeds, Add 1 finely chopped onion. Fry well. Just take out 1 spoon of the tadka and add to the curry mixture.

After the onion is fried well, add green gram, drumstick leaves and dal mixture and mix well.

Serve with hot rice & ghee:)

Happy Cooking:)

Jeera Rice

This is one of the quick recipes which i make when i am rushing to office.

Ingredients:
Cooked Rice: 1 cup
Jeera : 2 tsp
Curry leaves
Ghee: 2 Tbsp
Garlic Pods: 3
Chillies: 3


Method:

Heat Ghee in a Kadai, Add Jeera, curry leaves, Crushed garlic . Fry well until it turns crispy(30 secs).
Now add Slit chillies and fry.

Add rice and salt. Mix well.

Cashews can be added. I don't like cashews so don't add them usually:)

Serve with Dal.

Happy Cooking:)

Virgin Mojito

Have sudden guests at home? Try this wonderful non alcoholic quencher - Virgin Mojito. The crushed mint leaves and lemon flavour makes this drink yum..There is bit of variation which i have made by adding black salt instead of normal salt.

Ingredients:

Polo : 2
Mint leaves : 5- 6 leaves
Lemon  - 1
Black Salt : 1/2 tsp

Soda or Any Cola Drink
Ice Cubes

Method:

Crush Polo well .Add mint leaves, Half lemon cut in pieces. Crush them well. Add half lime juice and black salt. Mix well.

Add Soda or any cola drink like pepsi or coke . Serve with loads of crushed ice.

The secret of Virgin Mojito is in Polo and Mint. Don't substitute them:p


Happy Drinking:)