Corn, Spinach and Onion Subji

Spinach is my husband favorite vegetable. I try to make different recipes for him while using spinach.

To make Corn, Spinach and Onion Subji you will need :-

1/2 cup corn

1 bunch of spinach chopped and washed

1 small onion chopped

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 teaspoon red chilly powder

1/2 teaspoon coriander and cumin powder

1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 tablespoon oil

Add oil in pan and add cumin seeds to it. Allow it to crackle it and add onion to it and saute it. Cook it well and add spinach to it and cook well. Add corn and mix well. Add all the spices and salt to it and then cover it and allow it to cook for about 2-3 minutes. Serve hot or warm with roti.

Tip of the day- baby food

I add half of orange juice or tangerine juice to my son soup when I feed him any soup at room temperature. It adds extra flavor to it and you can feed more fruits to them in this way.

Carrot and Zucchini and Lentil Soup- baby food

My son is very picky in his food. I have to try lot of new things so that I can give him some nutrition.

To make Carrot, Zucchini and Lentil soup you will need :-

2 carrots washed and chopped

1/4 medium size zucchini peeled and chopped

2 tablespoon pigeon peas lentil boiled (paste)

Water as needed

Salt as needed

Pinch of turmeric

Take a pressure cooker and add carrots and zucchini to it and water to it pressure cook it. Mash is it with hand blender and then add lentils to it. Add salt to it and little bit of turmeric to it. Boil it for a minute and when it cools down completely you can use it.

I serve at room temperature to my son this soup.

Cranberry Pickle- Indian Style

Cranberry Pickle is my favorite pickle. It is so easy to make and you can use it for longer time.

To make Cranberry Pickle you will need :-

12 oz of cranberry (fresh)

1-1/2 cup sugar

3-4 tablespoon pickle masala ( available in Indian grocery store)

2 tablespoon oil

Take a pan and add washed cranberries to it. Put the flame on medium heat. Allow cranberries to cook till they soften it. Mash little bit with spatula. Add sugar to it and cook it. Cook till it form 1strand of sugar syrup. Cook it for a minute and then put off the flame. Allow the mixture to cool down completely. Add pickle masala and oil to it and then mix well. Store this pickle in glass jar and put it in a refrigerator and use it when needed. It can stay in a refrigerator for about 3-4 months.

Bhakri

Bhakri is one of my favorite flat bread.

To make Bhakri you will need :-

3 cups of Bhakri flour (available in Indian grocery store)

3-5 tablespoon of oil

Salt to taste

Water as needed

Ghee as needed

Take a big bowl and add bhakri flour to it. Add salt and oil to it and mix well. Then start adding little water at time and make a hard dough. Roll it several times to make it smooth. Allow it to sit for 10-20 minutes. After that make a small ball out of dough and roll it round.

Heat up griddle or roti pan and then roast it on low to medium flame on both sides. When you see spots on both sides, then take out with thongs (steel) and then roast it on gas both sides.

Apply ghee on warm bhakri. You can serve it warm or at room temperature. They can stay good at room temperature for 2 days.

You can serve with dry subji or with curry.

Vegetable Chilla

 I am trying lot of variety of chilla these days so that I can pack lunch box ahead of time.

To make Vegetable Chilla you will need :-

1 cup of gram flour

3-4 tablespoon rice flour

2-3 small red reddish shredded

2-3 tablespoon carrot shredded

Salt to taste

1 tablespoon yogurt

1/4 teaspoon red chilly powder

1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

Cilantro chopped (optional)

1-2 tablespoon onion shedded

Oil as needed

Water as needed

Take gram flour and rice flour and add salt, red chilly powder, turmeric and little water. Make a smooth batter, Add yogurt and all shredded vegetables to it. Mix well. Allow it to sit for 10 minutes. Heat up non stick griddle and add oil on it and when the griddle gets hot add 2 laddle of batter on it. Cook it on one side and flip it and cook other side. Serve warm with tea, chutney or ketchup.

Mung dal Chilla

To make Mung dal chilla you will need :-

1 cup mung dal washed and soaked in water

1/2 teaspoon ginger chilly paste

Salt to taste

Oil as needed

Water as needed

2 tablespoon gram flour

Add soaked mung dal in grinder and make a smooth paste. Add ginger chilly paste, salt and water if needed. Make batter like dosa. Heat up non stick griddle and add oil on it and spread it. Add 2 laddle of batter and spread it. Add oil on top of it if needed. Flip it after it gets cooked on one side. Cook it on other side. Serve hot with tea or chutney.

Mung dal dhokla

Hey guys today its raining and I thought of making something healthy snack which I can enjoy warm with my tea.

To make Mung dal dhokla you will need :-

2 cups split mung dal with skin

water as needed

Salt as needed

2 teaspoon ginger chilly paste

Oil as needed

Steamer

1 teaspoon sesame seeds

1 teaspoon red chilly powder

4-5 curry leaves

1 teaspoon mustard seeds

Wash mung dal and soak it for about 2-3 hours. Grind in a mixture to make a smooth paste. Add water if needed for grinding. You have to make batter like dhokla. Not too runny. Add salt and ginger chilly paste. Take steamer and add water and put greased tray with batter inside steamer and cover lid and steam it. You can use butter or oil for greasing.

Allow it to cook completely, it takes about 10-12 minutes on medium flame. After that remove carefully and allow it to cool.

Make pieces of it and then in small pan make a tempering of it and then add mustard seeds to it and when it start to crackle add curry leaves (be careful with it) and then sesame seeds and pour it on dhokla.

Your dhokla is ready to serve.

Vegetable stuffed Pasta Shells

I love pasta and I keep on trying new sauce and recipe for that.

To make Vegetable Stuffed Pasta Shells you will need :-

2 zucchini chopped

1 yellow squash chopped

1/2 cup corn

1/2 cup bell pepper

Ketchup as needed

Pasta sauce as needed

1/2 teaspoon mixed herbs

1/4 teaspoon black pepper powder

Salt to taste

Sugar to taste

1 teaspoon red chilly flakes

1 teaspoon basil leaves (dry)

Cheese for garnishing

Pasta shells as needed

 Oil as needed

5 cups water

1 tablespoon basil pesto

Take a pan and add pasta in it and add water in it. Add oil and then allow pasta to cook. In another pan heat up 1 tablespoon oil and add zucchini and squash to it and saute it. Add bellpepper and corn after 2-3 minutes and saute it. Add basil pesto, mixed herbs, salt, sugar, chilly flakes, basil to it and mix well.

Remove pasta from water after they are cooked, place it in flat container where it is easy for you to fill vegetables in it. Add vegetables in shells after it gets cool down and then top it up with ketchup, pasta sauce and cheese. Microwave or keep it in oven till you see brown spots on it. I used very little cheese so I microwaved it for 2 minutes. Serve hot with garlic bread.

Pav Bhaji

Hey guys I am sharing you my favorite recipe i.e. Pavbhaji.

To make Pav Bhaji you will need :-

2-3 medium mashed and boiled potatoes

1/2 cup frozen peas

1 cup cabbage

1 cup cauliflower

1 big onion finely chopped

2-3 cloves of garlic

Salt to taste

1 tablespoon pav bhaji masala

1 teaspoon red chilly powder

1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 teaspoon coriander cumin powder

Butter as needed

Bun/bread as needed

Chopped coriander for garnishing

Lemon as needed

2 medium size tomatoes chopped

Bell-pepper as needed finely chopped

Oil as needed

In pressure cooker boil potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower. After it gets cool down  then mash them. Keep it aside. In a pan add oil and butter  and add onions to it. Saute it for a while and then add chopped tomatoes and saute it. When they are cooked add all the spices and salt to it. Add peas and bell pepper if needed. Saute it for a minute or so. Add boiled vegetables and add water if desired and cook well about 10-15 minutes. Add chopped cilantro and squeeze lemon juice on top of it. You can also add chopped onion on it.

Take a griddle and roast buns/ bread and serve hot with bhaji.

Chutney Sandwich

Hey guys this is easy sandwich which can be made in minutes if you have very less time and your coriander chutney is ready with you. I have tasted this in ahmedabad. This chutney sandwich is available at most of the sandwich places in ahmedabad.

To make Chutney Sandwich you will need :-

2 tablespoon chutney

Butter as required

2 slice of bread

Chat masala as required

To make chutney you will need

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon cumin powder

3-4 green chillies

2 bunch of roughly chopped cilantro/ coriander (washed)

1/4 cup peanuts

Lemon to taste

Grind everything in blender and make a chutney. You can freeze it for 1-2 months.

To make chutney sandwich apply little butter on both sides of bread. Apply chutney on top of it and spread evenly. Sprinke chat masala on top of it. and cover it with other slice and enjoy.

Roasted Red Skin Potatoes- (Side Dish)

I tried with roasted red skin potatoes and it turned out really good. I tried with 2-3 types of flavoring  but I am sharing the one which I like the most.

To make Roasted Red Skin Potatoes you will need :-

5-6 medium size red skin potatoes washed

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon red chilly flakes

1/2 teaspoon mixed herbs

1/2 teaspoon black pepper powder

1-2 tablespoon oil

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon onion powder

Take potatoes and cut into cubes. Take it in baking tray and and add all the spices and oil and mix it well. Keep it in toaster oven on medium temperature.Roast it very slowly. Turn them often after 4-5 minutes. After they get cooked properly put it in broiler mode till you get brown spots on them. Turn of the toaster oven. Remove carefully from tray and serve warm or at room temperature.

Rice Krispies Chevda

Hey guys I am posting after a long time. I am back with easy and quick version of chevda.

To make Rice Krispies Chevda you will need :-

Oil as needed

Turmeric powder as per taste

Red chilly powder as per taste

6 cups of rice krispies (any brand)

Salt to taste

Sugar to taste (optional)

6-7 curry leaves

1/4 cup of peanuts (raw)

1 teaspoon mustard seeds

I like my chevda sweet so I little sugar. Take a pan and add oil to it and add mustard seeds to it. Add peanuts when the mustard seeds starts to crackle. Add curry leaves, be careful while adding it and cover immediately with lid as it splutter. Roast peanuts and add turmeric powder to it. Add rice Krispies and add sugar, salt and red chilly powder. Mix well and roast it for atleast 1 minute. Remove pan from stove and allow it to cool. After that keep chevda in airtight container and enjoy with tea or coffee. 

Grilled Paneer

This is very simple recipe and also you can feed your kids if they like it.

To make Grilled Paneer you will need :-

1 cup paneer cubes

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon butter if needed

1/4 teaspoon pepper powder (optional)

Take griddle and put it on stove and make it little war. Then keep paneer cubes and place it on griddle and roast it. Roast it on both sides. Allow brown spots or little darker color on it. If required add little butter to it. Remove from flame and add salt to it. 

Corn, Fenugreek and Zucchini Handvo

I have earlier shared you recipe of handvo already. Please take basic soaking the batter and other ingredients used in that. Just add vegetables as Corn, Fenugreek and Zucchini in it. This combination gives very good taste to it.

I shredded fresh corn in batter. I used 2 corn for that after removing husk.

Leftover recipe with vegetables

Hey guys let me share with you new recipe which I made it and it turned out so great with my leftover sandwich sauces and we all loved it. I had some sriracha sauce and sweet onion sauce left over from my sandwich dinner party and they were in very less quantity so I thought of making something new with that.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Bell Pepper and Onion

2 cups Brussels sprouts

1 cup bell pepper

1 cup onion

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon olive oil

4 teaspoon sweet onion sauce

2 teaspoon sriracha sauce

Take a pan and mix all ingredients except oil. Add all the vegetables on baking tray and add oil on top of it and then cook in toaster oven for 5-6 minutes and then broil it for 2-3 minutes. Your veggies are ready to serve after that. Serve hot or warm.

Roasted Brussels Sprout

Hey guys I am back with my new recipe after a long time. I was busy and was not able to write it for a long time. I tasted roasted Brussels sprouts in one restaurant. I twisted recipe little bit and made my version of it.

To make Roasted Brussels Sprout you will need :-

4 cups brussels sprouts chopped into half and washed

1 tablespoon itialian salad dressing

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon black pepper powder

1 teaspoon chilly flakes

1 teaspoon olive oil

1 teaspoon lemon juice

Take a pan and mix all the ingredient except lemon. Keep it aside for 10 minutes. Take all the Brussels sprouts in oven tray and spread evenly. I did it in toaster oven (mini oven). I first did medium temperature for about 5-7 minutes and then carefully take it out and mix well and then broil it for 3-4 minutes. Add lemon juice on top of it. Carefully take out tray while turning off oven and then serve immediately little warm.

It is good side dish with pasta and soup.