BEETROOT SESAME COIN

Last week I made my own dish from beet root.I named it "beetroot sesame coin".How's that?
Its very very testy.Kids will love its colour and test too...:)You could serve it as snacks or as appetizer.I am sharing its recipe with you..hope you will like it.

Ingredients:-
1. 2 large beetroot peeled and greeted

2. 1 medium sized potato or 2 small potato boiled,peeled,mashed

3. 2,3 green chili chopped

4. 1/2 tsp red chili powder

5. 1 tb ginger-garlic paste

6. 1/2 tsp cumin powder

7. 1 tsp coriander powder

8. 2 tb sesame seed, 1 tb rice flour

9. 2 tb olive oil or vegetable oil

10. 1 tb coriander leaves chopped

11. salt to test, cheese for garnishing (optional)

Procedure:-

1. Heat 1 tsp oil on pan.Add greeted beetroot and fry for 2,3 min over medium heat or until water absorb.
2. Add ginger-garlic paste ,green chili and mix well.(about 1 min.)

3. Then add coriander powder,cumin powder,red chili powder,coriander leaves and mix well again.

4. Add mashed potato,salt and turn off heat.Mix well all mix.

5. Remove all mixture into a plate.Cool it down.

6. Make small ball and press it as shown below.(just like coin)

7. Take one and deep into sesame seed then deep into rice flour as shown below.Meanwhile heat frying pan over medium heat.

8. Spread oil on pan and arrange all coins over frying pan.Cooked both side until it turns golden brown.

9. Garnish with cheese. Serve hot with tomato sauce.

ENJOY :)

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MACARONI KOFTA CURRY(GRAVY)

Yesterday I made kofta curry from macaroni.WOW!!!!!very ,very ,very testy!!!.In my house nobody can guess that it made from macaroni.

Actually my daughter likes macaroni,but she loves only cheese and macaroni.And she hates all type of curry/gravy.

Suddenly,an idea come to my mind.Wow!!! and it success....:)Try it.

Ingredients:-

For Curry:

1. 1 medium onion chopped lengthwise

2. 2 clove garlic
3. 1 tsp. sesame seed(white til)
4. 2 tb. coconut powder
5. 1 tb. coriander leaves chopped
6. 1/2 tb. cumin powder
7. 1 tb. coriander powder
8. 1/4 tsp garam masala(found any Indian store)
9. 1/2 inch ginger

10. salt to test

For Kofta:
1. 3/4 cup elbow macaroni,cooked,blended
2. 1/2 medium sized onion chopped
3. 1/2 tsp. red chili powder
4. 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
5. 2 tb. gram flour(besan)

6. 1 tb coriander leaves chopped

7. salt to test

For tempering:
1. 1 clove garlic
2. 1/2 small onion chopped
3. 1 tsp. cumin seed(jeera)
4. pinch of asafotedia(hing)
5. 1 tsp red chili powder

6. 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
7. 1 tb olive oil or vegetable oil

Procedure:-

1. Add 2 cup water in a pan and add macaroni and salt and boiled until macaroni cooked.Then add cold water 2,3 times and remove all extra starch.Drained it.And Blend it coarsely.

2. Meanwhile heat pan and add lengthwise chopped onion along with little bit salt and 1/2 tsp of oil.Fry until onion turns brown.

3. Then add coconut powder,garlic, sesame seed and 1/2 inch ginger and fry about 1,2 min.

4. Let cool it down.Pour mix into a blender.

5. Blend it as fine paste.

6. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat and add cumin seed, garlic,asafotedia and chopped onion.(tempering)and fry about 3,4 min.

7. Then add red chili powder,turmeric powder and fry about 1 min.

8.Add 1 cup of water.If you want thin add more water.Bring it to boil.

9. Meanwhile mix all kofta ingredients and make small size of ball.(20 ball)

10. Add kofta into boil gravy. Cooked it 1,2 min over medium heat. After 2 min. cooked it over low heat about 12,15 min.

11. Then add blended mix and salt and bring it to boil.

12. Decorate with coriander leaves and cooked macaroni.Serve hot with roti or rice.

ENJOY :)

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HEALTHY DHOKALA

Dhokala is a fast food in India.Serve it with tamarind and mint-coriander chutneys.There are many types of dhoklas.It could be made from besan(gram flour) or sooji.

Today I'm adding my experiment with making dhokala at home. Yesterday I made dhokla by using pancake flour and ground golden flax seed.And I am Happy to say my experiment was success. YUMMY!!!!

Flax seed is high in fiber.Ground flax seed and pancake flour are readily available at any grocery stores.

It is a very very very........ simple recipe and tasty too......:) Give it a try.

Ingredients:-

1. 2 cup pancake flour

2. 1 cup curd

3. 2,3 green chili minced

4. 1/2 inch ginger minced

5. 1/2 tsp turmeric powder

6. about 1& 1/2 cup water

7. 2 &1/2 tb ground flax seed

8. salt to test

9. 3/4 tsp Eno salt (found in any Indian store)

10. 1 tsp oil

11. coriander leaves and fresh coconut for garnishing

12. 1 tsp mustard seed

13. pinch of asafoetida (hing)

Procedure:-
1. Mix curd and water.Then add green chili,ginger,turmeric, and salt in it.Mix all ingredients very well.

2. Add pancake flour and flax seed and mix it again.3. .Keep the steamer or cooker ready on gas.(remove whistle if you want to use cooker).Then add eno in it and mix.4. Immediately pour the batter into a greased vessel and steam for about 20,25 min over medium heat. or till done.6. Cool for sometimes and cut into square.Heat oil in a pan.When oil hot add mustard seed and pinch of hing.You can add curry leaves too.Allow to splutter.
7. Remove and pour it over the steamed dhokla.Garnish it with fresh coconut and coriander leaves.
8. Serve with chutney and along with hot tea.WOW!!!!
ENJOY :)

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MASALA EGGPLANT BHARATA(SMOKY EGGPLANT)

The recipe I'm going to share with you today is not actually a new recipe. This is the another recipe of eggplant(brinjal,baingan,vang)bharata that I made yesterday.Its very very testy. I loved the eggplant bharata...:)
So let me share with you my testy recipe......hope you will like it too.

Ingredients:-
1. 1 large eggplant roasted,peeled and mashed(see 1 to 4)

2. 1 medium onion chopped

3. 1 medium tomato chopped

4. 1/2 cup peas(matar)

5. 1 tbsp. coriander powder

6. 2 tbsp coriander leaves chopped

7. 1 tsp mustard seed

8. 1 tsp cumin seed

9. pinch of asafotedia(hing)

10. 1 tbsp curd

11. salt to test

12. 1 tb oil

13. 1 tsp red chili powder

14. 1/2 tsp turmeric powder

Procedure:-
1. Heat oil in a pan .Add mustard seed,cumin seed and hing saute 3,4 sec.Add onion and fry 3,4 min.

2. Add tomato and mix it well. (5,6 min.)
3. Add peas and fry 1,2 min.
4. Then add red chili powder and turmeric powder .Mix it.
5. Add curd,mashed eggplant,coriander powder,salt and coriander leaves.6. Mix it well.

7. Serve hot with chappati,roti or jawar bhakri(Indian bread).I usually eat it with bhakari made of bajara or rice flour .YUMMY!!!! . ENJOY :)

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