My Sunny boy keeps me on my toes as far as his tiffin is concerned.The menu should be rolling and fresh and interesting. And i keep looking for making it a healthy collaboration.So what did we do this time? This time it was his favorite corn and my favorite Oats. When your son refuses to take oats in breakfast,you just hide it under a yummy delicious cover. And what better cover then his no.1 choice Corn.So i made oats and corn with the goodness of paneer open sandwich.With of course a snack ,as his school has two breaks and mommy…
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Samak Ke Kabab- Fasting Recipe
Samak Rice Kebab are kebabs made from samak rice/sama rice as they are called. Samak rice are soaked in water for a few hours and then mashed with potatoes and stuffed with paneer..It can be totally customized. You may even mash the paneer together with potatoes and rice. I made these with a stuffing of paneer and dry fruits and they came our super delicious.You can deep fry them.But i prefer shallow frying/ pan frying them with little oil,as i like to eat less oily food during Navratri. But its completely your choice.If you are deep frying them i suggest…
Pumpkin Tortilla Chips: with waterchestnut flour and buckwheat flour
Baked Tortillas made from pumpkin pulp and buckwheat and water-chestnut flour. An apt recipe for fasting and a very healthy tortillas chips recipe which can be eaten with another flour substitute for other occassions as well. Notes:
Oats and Corn Coconut Curry
Oats and corn dumplings with cottage cheese dipped into a lovely coconut curry infused with the aromatic essence of lime leaves. A healthy and extremely delicious curry best served with boiled rice.
Black pepper rice/Pilaf -Kali Mirch
Pilaf –Kali Mirch A simple pilaf recipe. Beautiful basmati rice infused with the flavors of star anise and cinnamon. Cooked in clarified butter/ghee which makes it rich and healthy along with enhancing the flavors many folds. This rice is cooked with only salt and black pepper, which keeps it simple to digest and light on your stomach. But at the same time the combination of black pepper, ghee and the whole spice with some green cardamom make the rice soft and scented with a beautiful aroma, which directly reaches your soul. Adding a bit of protein with soft paneer/cottage cheese…
Chole Bhature Baked Mini Bites
CHOLE BHATURE Baked Bites How many of you love chole bhature? Presenting our very own chole bhature in a healthier Avatar!BAKED!!!With no compromise with the taste,these are just delicious.A crunchy bhatura base with masaledar/spicy chana .Served with aam ka achchar as topping. You’ll fall in love with it and might even replace the original with these.There are certain dishes ,which can bring your spirit and moods up anytime they are served. One such dish for me is Chole Bhature. A childhood favorite. I could hog on to these endlessly as a kid. But now you have to keep a close…
Aloo Wadiyan- A punjabi delicacy
Another one of our heirloom recipes. It’s a regular in our house. And what’s more interesting is the curry recipe can be replicated for a lot of different varieties. I’ll just tell you about the variations later in this post. This is my mother’s recipe and I believe she is the only one who can do complete justice to the intense flavors this curry has. I learnt it from her, and made it not exactly but I guess 9 on 10.My Father is a diehard fan of Aloo wadiyan.But of course how and what my mother makes.Now,he was visiting and…
Nutrela broken wheat Fritters-how to make soy chunks and daliya fritters
This is a protein rich, carbohydrate rich, fiber rich snack. I am always on a look out to cook healthy snacks at home as my first guests are always my children. And I also keep exploring my options of feeding them certain foods as a disguise, which are on their NO NO list. I think I have said that before. So today was another such day. Delhi is humid and hot…I mean really hot. The weather is awful and we just don’t want to eat any dal, chapati,vegies ,I mean the regular dal roti these day for dinner. And I…
Whole wheat Pita Bread
A soft, slightly leavened flatbread of middle eastern origin. When pita breads are baked at very high temperatures they rise dramatically and form pockets like our Indian well rolled chapatis. Served with falafel and hummus with salads of different kinds.
Nadru Ke Kabab /Lotus Stem Kabab in Makhani Gravy
Nadru ‘Ke’ Kabab In Makhani gravy If you happen to know any person of Kashmiri Origin, then you probably have not only heard but relished this Delicacy before. This dish is mostly served as dry kebabs with chutney. I have tasted the Dry Kebabs on a formal occasion at a friend’s place and became a…
