Suji Dhokla - Quick n Healthy Snacks

Sudden Hunger Pangs..Quick Breakfast....sudden arrival of guests....kids favorite....I can keep adding tags and the list goes on....

This recipe is favorite of all. I have hardly come across people who don't like this. A wholesome meal with carb, protein and fibre, it gives you a healthy option too...

Ingredients:

Suji/Rawa - 1 cup
Yoghurt - 1 cup
Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste
sugar - 1 tsp
lemon juice - 2 tsp
turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Eno fruit salt - 1 sachet or 2 tsp
Grated carrot 1/2 cup
oil for greasing the vessel

For tempering
oil - 1 tbsp (can reduce the oil quantity for the health conscious ones and can use butter or ghee for the other creatures:-)
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 10
Green chilli chopped - 3-4.
2 tbsp vinegar

Method:

Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl except eno fruit salt. Mix well. Make it creamy batter like you would make for idlis. No too thin or too thick...Add eno just before you put it for steaming with
1 tbsp water. Mix well again.

Now grease a flat base saucepan. You can use cake bowls too. Pour the batter only till 3/4 of the vessel. Leave some space for it to rise. Heat water in another pan which is bigger than the earlier and can well accomodate the batter vessel. When the water is boiling, place the batter vessel in the bigger saucepan. Cover the batter vessel first with a lid and secure it well by placing a weight on it. You can even use flat round tiffins. Now cover the bigger saucepan and don't let the steam escape.

I usually use the pressure cooker minus whistle. Now steam it for 15-20 mins.

Don't let the water in bigger saucepan dry else your dhoklas would burn. Now take off the lid and check with a knife in the centre. If it comes out clean then remove it from fire else cook till its done.

Now turn it upside down and remove it on a plate. Cut them into diamond pieces and temper it with above ingredients. Serve it with chutney/sauce of your choice.

 Tips:

1. You can cut the dhoka in between and apply chutney and placeit on one another.
2. Add vinegar in the tempering after removing it from flame else it catches fire
3. Grease the vessel well else the dhokla would not come out clean

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Toor/Arahar Dal Recipe - no onion no garlic recipe

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 Toor Dal

My entire family loves this daal and it is our weekly or almost bi-weekly affair. I have been posting  lil different recipes but then gave a thought to daily cooking which many people may struggle with. Dal is something which may be a need of everyday cooking. So sharing my version to help your taste-buds taste something different! Enjoy


Ingredients:

Toor/arhar Dal - 3 tablespoons (1/2 cup)
Tomatoes - 2 - sliced
Green chillies - 4 - slit lengthwise
Ginger - 1.5" grated
cumin seeds
oil - 2 tsp
turmeric - 1 tsp
salt - as per taste
Water - 1.5 cup
Method:

Clean and soak the dal for 15-20 mins. Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles using enough water , salt and turmeric and wait till the steam escapes (we want it completely mashed dal so it is okay if you give 3 whistles). Check if it is cooked and if required give more whistles. Now heat oil in a kadai. Add cumin seed n let it crackle. Now add grated ginger n fry for 30 secs. Add tomatoes and green chillies and fry for 2-3 mins till tomatoes are soft. Now add the cooked dal and mix...let it cook for another 2 mins and garnish with fresh chopped coriander if you wish. Serve with roti or rice.

Green Moong Dosa - Pesarattu - Quick and healthy snack

Tired of eating sprouts, I wanted to use the whole green moong in a different way. I know that we could make dal tadka but thats time consuming....wanted to make something quickly. All the mommies with lil ones would echo my sentiments of quick n easy cooking...

So I thought of making a pancake out of it. And with some research figured out that it is already a staple breakfast dish in Andhra Pradesh called Pesarattu...So here is my version. Quick Snack!!!!

Ingredients:
To be grounded into a paste
1 cup Whole Green Moong Dal - soaked overnight
2 green chillies
1" ginger
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
salt as per taste
1 tbsp rice flour (it helps in making it crispy)
Water as required

To spread on the batter

Grated carrot, onion and capsicum (you can skip these and have it plain with tomato ketchup too or add more as per your choice n taste)

Oil to fry the dosas

Method:

Grind together all the above ingredients with little water to get a dosa batter consistency. Heat a non stick tawa and spread a ladle full of batter on it. Swirl and spread it like you would do for a thin dosa. You can even make a thicker version. Now spread the grated vegetables on the dosa and sprinkle oil on the sides and top. Let it cook for 3-4 mins. Using a thin spatula bring out the dosa and serve it hot with a chutney/sauce of your choice.

Tip: You can mix the veggies in the batter and make it like uthappam too:-)

So???? What's your breakfast tomorrow? :-)

Oats and Broken Wheat/dalia dosa

For healthy souls like me (atleast i would like to believe;-) this recipe is a good idea for a wholesome meal at any time of the day. So if you try it, don't forget to share your feedback.

Ingredients:

4 table spoon oats
4 table spoon broken wheat
2 table spoon atta flour (if you want to cheat a lil...add maida)
1 onion chopped
1 tomato chopped
1 tbsp fresh coriander chopped
2 green chillies chopped
5-6 garlic flakes chopped
1/4" ginger chopped

yoghurt - 2 tablespoon
baking soda - one pinch
oil to fry


Method:

Dry roast the oats and broken wheat till its fragrant (3-4 mins)

Now cool the mix and grind it fine in a blender.

Add all the ingredients except baking soda and oil and mix it well

Let it ferment for 20 mins and add baking soda. Again mix well for 1-2 mins for the soda to blend well

Now heat a non stick tawa, put a few drops of oil. Pour two ladle full of mix on it and spread it gently

 Now add oil to the sides and let it cook for 10 mins (yes it takes long to cook) turning sides. Turn only when one side is done else it breaks. Your Healthy treat is ready. Savour it with chutney/sauce of your choice

Tips: You can more vegetables like finely shredded carrot, corn, capsicum etc....

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Leftover Dal Recipe - Dal Paratha

Last night ended up with more than needed daal and didn't want to eat the same thing again......so this morning thought of bundling up a few ingredients together with dal and came up with DAL PARATHA. It is healthy and delicious....try it!!!!

Ingredients:

Leftover Dal (Any dal :-)
Atta - as needed to make a firm dough
Salt as per taste
Oil to fry the parathas
Coarse Grind the following ( 2-3 seconds on a mixer!! not more than that else it will turn into a paste)
Onion -1
Ginger - 1/2"
Garlic - 10-12 (you can use less if you don't like the smell...i love it so I end up putting even more:-)
Green Chillies - 3-4

Method:

In the left over daal, mix all the other ingredients and make a dough firm enough to be rolled ( don't add too much atta as it will loose its taste). Now divide the dough into big balls, not the regular roti one, much bigger - probably like an orange. Now heat a tawa. Roll the balls into round parathas using a rolling pin and put it on the tawa. Fry using oil till black spots appear on both sides (Fry them using a flat spatula and keep  pressing it against the parathas for them to be fried well)  .

Serve hot parathas with curd.

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Flavor e Bahara Prawns Curry

Flavored Prawns Curry
I have been missing from the blogging scene for quite a while due to pregnancy. Though I regret not visiting my blog regularly but the feeling of being pregnant and expecting a new life has filled that void:-). my husband has been making every possible attempt to keep me happy and energized. To make sure I get to eat some tasty food along with the nutritious ones ( i call nutritious boring!) he keeps experimenting with his culinary skills

quite often. So this sunday he made a delicious prawn curry to help me overcome the mundane food.

And guess what we (yeah it's never only 'he' it is always 'we') made it in a claypot with a riot of flavors in it and it turned out to be so yummy. Sharing the recipe with you all

Ingredients
Prawns medium sized 8
Onion 1 - chopped
tomato 1 - chopped
Ginger julienned - 1tsp
Green chilly 5-6 slit length wise
Lemon grass stalk - 1" 2 pcs chopped coarsely
Orange Rind - 1 tbsp
Basil Leaves - 5-6 soaked in water
Coconut milk - 1 cup
Oil - 2 tbsp
lemon juice - 2 tsp
salt as per taste
Turmeric - 1 tsp
Dry red Chilly - 2-3 for garnishing
coriander leaves chopped - 1 tsp

Method:
Marinate the prawn in salt and turmeric for 15 mins. Set aside.
If you are using a claypot then soak it in water for 15 mins before cooking. Now put it on direct heat and once it is hot add oil. To the heated oil add add prawns (i insert a toothpick to help it stay straight, else it bends) and fry them for .more than 2 mins turning sides. Take them out and absorb excess oil in kitchen tissue paper.

Now in the same oil add the onions and fry them for 4-5 mins. To that add ginger, tomatoes and lemon grass stalks. Fry till tomatoes are soft.

 Now add salt and coconut milk and boil for 2-3mins. To this add slit green chillies, orange rind and roughly hand torn basil leaves and boil for 3-4 mins. Now squeeze in lemon juice, dry red chilli  and boil it for another minute. Remove from fire, add coriander leaves and serve hot with steam rice...........yummmm.

Tips:
1.You can alter flavors if you dislike certain ingredient.
2. you can alternatively cook in normal wok