Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Mooli Paratha (spicy)

I have earlier showed recipe of easy version of mooli paratha but I tried with this one and it turns out real good. This method is little lengthy but the paratha comes out really good.

To make Mooli Paratha you will need :-
1 cup diced mooli
1/2 cup roughly chopped onion
2-3 cloves of garlic
2-3 tablespoon coriander leaves
Salt to taste
2-3 teaspoon oil
1 teaspoon garam masala
1/2 teaspoon coriander cumin powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon red chilly powder
Roti atta as needed
Oil for roasting paratha

Take grinder and add mooli, onion, coriander and garlic to it and chop it very fine. In a pan add oil and add this mixture and allow it to roast. Add all the spices and mix well. Allow it to cool down completely. Take roti atta and roll small roti and fill about 1-2 tablespoon mixture into it and cover it and then roll it again using some wheat flour. Heat the griddle and then add paratha to it. Roast on both sides and then apply oil on both sides to roast it properly. Serve hot with ketchup or yogurt.

Mango Koprapak ( Ladoo)

I like to make dessert which are simple and although liked by everyone. I know for sure that everybody likes mango too much. 

To make Mango Koprapak you will need:-

2-3 cups of coconut (dry)
1 teaspoon cadamom powder
3/4 cup mango pulp
1 cup condensed milk
few strings of saffron
Milk as needed
1-2 tablespoon ghee

Take a pan and coconut to it. Roast upto 3-4 minutes on medium flame. Let it cool down completely. Add mango pulp, condensed milk and cardamom powder to it. Add saffron in 1-2 teaspoon milk and allow saffron to loose some color in milk and then add to the mixture. Mix all the things well and make ladoo. For fine finishing rub your palms with ghee and then roll it.

This will stay good at room temperature for about 1-2 days and after that in refrigerator till 1 week in airtight container.

Vegetable and Beet Soup

Hey guys I am back with new recipe of soup. This time healthy and very tasty recipe.

To make Vegetable and Beet soup you will need :-
1 cup carrot
1 cup tomato
1 cup beet
1 cup cauliflower
1 cup cabbage
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste
1 teaspoon black pepper

Wash all the vegetables and peel carrot and beet. Make dice of carrot, tomato, beet, cauliflower and big pieces of cabbage. Take pressure cooker and add all the vegetables. Add water about 6-7 cups or till all the vegetables are completely under water. Hear about 6-7 whistles. Let it cool down completely. Then add salt, sugar and black pepper as per your taste. Mix well and serve hot.

You can also add garlic and onion powder if you like. 

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Mexican Beans Chilies

I like to make recipes which are easy but tasty. Today I tried with these Mexican chilies.

To make Mexican Chilies you will need :-
2 Anaheim chilies (Long)
2 cups of Rosarita Refried Beans (Vegetarian)
2-3 tablespoon salsa
Pinch of salt
Pinch of cumin powder
Taco seasoning as required
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 cup finely chopped bell peppers
Oil as needed
Cheese as per your taste

Take 2 anaheim chilies and wash them and slit in from middle to make 2 long even parts. Remove all the seeds. Apply little oil on it. Take a bowl and add beans,salt, cumin powder, taco seasoning, onion and bell pepper to it as per your taste. Add salsa to it and mix well. Fill this mixture in cut chilies and spread some cheese on top of it. Bake it in mini oven for about 5-6 minutes or till the chilies gets tender. Serve war,

Adjust temperature of oven to medium as per your oven.

Vegetable Enchilada in Red Sauce

This is the easy version of vegetable Enchilada which can be made in within 15 minutes. I used store bought tins for beans and sauce and mixed some of the spices and my enchilada is done.
To make Vegetable Enchilada you will need :-
1 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 cup finely chopped bellpeppers
1 tin of Rosarita Refried Beans (vegetarian)
1 tin of Enchillada Sauce Red (Great Value-Walmart)
Salt to taste
Taco seasoning as needed
Pinch of cumin powder
Water as needed
Sugar as needed
Chilly powder as needed
1/2 cup finely chopped lettuce
6 large flour tortillas
Butter for roasting
Cheese for garnishing
1 small tin of Tomato puree
4-5 tablespoon of salsa

Take a pot and add beans to it and add taco seasoning as required and cumin powder  and salsa as per your taste.  Heat it on low flame. In another pot take enchilada sauce add salt and sugar as per your taste. Add 4-5 tablespoon of tomato puree to it. Add red chilly powder to it and taco seasoning. Mix well and allow it to boil.
 Roast tortilla with butter little bit on both sides. For assembling enchilada first take tortilla and apply enchilada sauce on both sides and then put beans mixture on it  and vegetables of your choice and roll it tightly. Similarly make all other. Place in large baking tray and pour some more enchilada sauce on it and top it up with cheese and put in oven for 10 minutes on lowest temperature. Remove carefully while turning off the oven and serve hot with salsa and chips.

Carrot and Tomato Soup (Baby Food)

To feed a baby is a task sometime. They also do not like same food everyday. 

To make Carrot and Tomato Soup you will need :-

1 big carrot diced
1 big tomato diced
Salt to taste
Water as needed
Pinch of sugar

Take a pressure cooker and add diced carrot and tomato after washing them properly. Add required water as per your pressure cooker. I generally add 3-4 cups of water and pressure cook upto 5-6 whistles. When pressure cooker is cooled completely then remove the excess water and churn it. If required  then pass through strainer. Add salt and sugar as needed. Serve after it is completely cooled down. Do not serve hot it might hurt your baby.

Semolina upma (Baby Food)

I am back with my new variety of baby food.  It is feed to baby when she is starting to take solids and some soft pieces of food.

To make Semolina Upma you will need :-

2-3 teaspoon of semolina
1/2 teaspoon butter
Pinch of salt
Pinch of cumin powder
Water as needed
1/2 teaspoon yogurt

Take a pan and add butter/ghee to it. Add semolina and roast it till it changes color little bit. Add water little at time  and add yogurt. Add salt and cumin powder to it. Stir continuously till it gets cooked. Take out in bowl and cool down completely. Feed your baby when it is cooled completely.

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Vegetable Soup - Baby Food

I like to feed my baby different food. Today I thought of making vegetable soup for him. 

To make Vegetable Soup you will need :-
1 big tomato diced
2-3 small piece of cauliflower
2-3 small pieces of  cabbage
7-8 frozen peas
Sugar to taste
Salt to taste

Take a bowl and wash all the vegetables. Now in pressure cooker add tomatoes, cauliflower, cabbage and peas with 2-3 cups of water and hear about 5-6 whistles. Allow pressure cooker to cool down. Remove all water. Pass all the vegetables from big hole strainer and mashing it little bit so it becomes pulpy. Add salt and sugar if needed. Serve at room temperature.

Sweet Potato and Tomato Puree - Baby Food

Hey guys I am back with new baby food recipe. I tried this with my baby and he loved it.

To make sweet potato and tomato puree you will need :-

1 big tomato diced
half sweet potato washed and peeled
Salt to taste

Take a bowl and add washed diced tomatoes and washed diced sweet potato. Pressure cook them with 2-3 cups of water for about 6-7 whistles. Allow the pressure cooker to cool down. Drain the water off. Take a net strainer and pass the pieces of tomatoes and sweet potato from it with the help of spoon. Add little salt if needed. Serve your baby when it is room temperature.

Monday, October 24, 2016

Sweet Corn Soup

I like to try new things and with different ingredients. I made sweet corn soup yesterday and thought let me share the recipe of it.

To make sweet corn soup :-

1 del monte cream style corn tin
1/2 cup mixed vegetables
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon black pepper
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste
2 cups of water
1 green chilly chopped

Take a pot and dd cream style corn and water and mix well. Allow it to boil completely. Add mix vegetables, black pepper, vinegar, salt and sugar to it and mix well. Allow it to boil little bit. Your soup is ready. Serve hot.

Raab- Baby Food

My mother taught me many different baby food to prepare for my baby.

To make Raab you will need :-

1 tablespoon wheat flour
1 teaspoon ghee
1 teaspoon mashed jaggery
6-7 tablespoon water

Take a pan and add ghee to it. Add wheat flour and saute it till it gets mixed properly with ghee without lumps. Add water and mix well and break all the lumps. Add jaggery and allow it to boil little bit till it gets thicker. Feed your baby after it is completely cooled off.

Apple Puree- Baby Food

I would like to share with you bunch of baby food. I make it everyday fresh for my baby boy so thought let me share so that it can help others also.

To make Apple Puree first peel of the apple skin, remove seeds and make small dice of it. Add it to water in pot and allow it to boil till the apples gets tender. Allow it to cool down little bit. Remove all the water and pass the apple through strainer. With the help of spoon pass it through sieve and feed the puree which comes out. You can also add water 1-2 teaspoon to make it liquidy.


Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Enchilada with Mexican rice

Hey guys I am giving you very easy Enchilada recipe. It is very easy to make and also delicious.

To make Enchilada you will need :-

4 flour tortillas
1 Rosarita vegetarian refried beans
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped lettuce
1/4 cup cheese
1/4 cup chopped green bell peppers
1 tin of enchilada sauce
1/2 tin of tomato sauce
Taco seasoning as needed
Sugar as per taste
Chilly powder as per taste
Salsa as needed

Take a bowl and add beans and 2 teaspoon of salsa to it. Add 1 teaspoon tomato sauce to it. Add taco seasoning and mix well. Roast the tortillas with butter on stove.
In a dish add little bit of enchilada sauce and soak tortillas in sauce from both sides. Do it for all tortillas. Add beans mixture and little bit of vegetables to it and roll it tight. Put it in baking tray and pour more enchilada sauce to it. Add vegetables and cheese and bake it for 10 minutes. Serve hot.

Mexican Rice:-

2 cups rice
2 tablespoon tomato sauce
1/2 cup enchilada sauce
Salt to taste
Taco seasoning as needed
Water as needed
Take a pot and add all the ingredients and then let it simmer till the rice gets cooked.


Thursday, September 29, 2016

Strawberry Sauce

Strawberry is in season and I thought of making something new. I had in mind to make strawberry sauce from long time and I finally made it.

To make Strawberry Sauce you will need :-

1 pound strawberry (cut into small peices)
1/2 pound sugar
1 lemon juice

Take a pan and add sugar and strawberries to it. Let it simmer on high flame for about 3-5 minutes. After that lower the flame to medium and stir continuously till all mixture thickens. Turn of the gas when they are fully cooked. Let it cool down little bit. Take this mixture and put it in mixing jar and blend it till it forms smooth paste. Strain it from strainer if you need.

Put strawberry sauce in refrigerator immediately, it will stay good for about 15 days. Then  put in freezer and freeze it.

You can use it in your icecream, milkshake, smoothies and lemonade.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Mexican Pizza

I tried to make mexican pizza for the first time at home and I got comments like they are much better than we eat outside. So I thought of sharing recipe with you.

To make Mexican Pizza you will need :-

8-10 tostadas (crispy tortilla- like roti)
1 rosarita refried beans tin
4-5 tablespoon salsa
1 teaspoon taco seasoning
1 cup bell pepper finely chopped
1 cup tomato finely chopped
1 cup onion chopped
Cheese as needed
2 teaspoon tomato ketchup
1 green chilly finely chopped

Make beans mixture. In beans mixture add beans, taco seasoning, ketchup and green chillies and 3-4 tablespoon salsa. Mix well and microwave it for 1 minute.
Take all chopped vegetables and sprinkle taco seasoning on it. Keep it aside.
Now apply beans mixture on 2 tostadas and place one over another. On the top tostadas add vegetables and cheese and microwave it for 1 minute. Cut with pizza cutter and serve with salsa and corn chips.


Wheat Sev with Milk

This is very unique recipe of  wheat sev. It is served with any gujarati recipe. It is my husband favorite sweet dish. I don't like it much but I thought of sharing so that it gives new idea for serving wheat sev.

To make Wheat sev with milk you will need :-
1 cup wheat sev
3 cups milk
Sugar as needed
1 teaspoon cardamom powder
3-4 tablespoon ghee
3-4 tablespoon roughly chopped almonds

Take a pan and add ghee to it. Add sev and roast till it gets brown. In another pan add milk and boil it. It will take approx 6-8 minutes. When it start making foam on top close the stove and pour hot milk in sev carefully. Add sugar as needed. Add cardamom powder and almonds to it. Stir occasionally till it gets only little liquidy. Serve hot.

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Corn Chevda

Fresh corn are my favorite and I like to make many different things from it. So I made corn chevda this time.

To make Corn Chevda you will need :-

3 large corn cob shredded
1 teaspoon ginger chilly paste
3/4 cup milk
Salt to taste
Pinch of turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon coriander cumin powder
2 tablespoon oil
1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
Sev for garnishing

Take a pot and add oil and mustard seeds. Allow it to crackle. Add shredded corn to it and allow it to cook closing lid. Stir in between. Add milk and all the spices and then allow it to simmer. I like it little liquidy so I added more milk. You can adjust as per your choice. Stir till it gets cooked. Serve at room temperature or hot with sev.

You can store in refrigerator once it is cooled down for 1-2 days.

How to store fresh corn cob for long time...

I like corn subji, grilled corn cob, steamed corn cob, etc. Today I want to share with you how to store corn cob for long time. Last week I brought too many corn as they were in deal so I thought of  using eventually.

I cleared husk and the leaves of corn and cleaned them with a tissue paper and then placed corn cob (raw) in plastic bag and put them in refrigerator. It stayed good for about 5-6 days. You can grill them, make chaat and use different way.

Note :- If you keep corn in refrigerator with husk and leaves it will not stay good more than 2-3 days. So remove husk and leaves and then store them.

Bajri Ladoo

Festival season have started and today is the day before Janmashtami on that day we make bajri ladoo and offer to God. So today I made it and thought of sharing with you guys. It is basically called Kuler in Gujarati.

To make Bajri Ladoo (kuler in gujarati)

1/2 cup bajri flour
Water as needed
1 tablespoon ghee
1/4 cup jaggery

Take a bowl and add bajri flour, ghee and finely shredded jaggery and mix well so that there are no lumps. Add little water at time to make ladoo. You can keep these ladoo at room temperature for about 1-2 days after that it stays in refrigerator for a week.

Monday, August 8, 2016

Corn Fiesta Sandwich

I like to try with the new recipe and this recipe is an extension to alfredo sauce. I like it very much and it is enjoyed by all in my family.

To make Corn Fiesta sandwich you will need :-

1 cup frozen corn
2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup diced bell pepper
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon black pepper powder
2 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon all purpose flour
bread slices
butter for roasting bread
1 green chilly finely chopped

Take a pot and add butter to it. Add all purpose flour to it. Allow it to roast little bit. Add milk little at time and mix well. When it comes to boil then add garlic to it. Add garlic powder, sugar, salt and black pepper and mix well. Add diced bell pepper and corn to it. Add green chilly and allow the mixture to get thicken while stirring continuously.  Allow the mixture to cool down.  Apply butter on both the sides of bread and roast it. Apply mixture on one side and press with other slice of bread and serve with ketchup.