Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Bread Rolls



Ingredients:
  1. Bread slices – 6 or 7
  2. Potato boiled - 1cup
  3. Chopped boiled veggies(carrot,peas,cauliflower)  - ¾ cup
  4. Chopped green chilli  - 2
  5. Chilli powder – ¼ tsp
  6. Chat masala - 1/2 tsp
  7. Garam masala  - 1/2 tsp
  8. Mozzarala cheese – 3 tsp

How to make it :

  1. Mash all the above ingredients except bread n cheese to a smooth paste n keep aside for the stuffing. You can also sauté the stuffing for few mins with ¼ tsp olive oil.
  2. Remove the sides of the bread n join them with little water or egg wash, edge to edge overlaping ½ inch. Roll over the bread with a rolling pin to make it  flat.
  3. Then evenly spread the stuffing on the bread and make sure you leave the last 1 inch of the bread free for sealing the the roll at last.
  4. Sprinkle some cheese on the stuffing and roll it slowly end to end and finally seal the roll with some water or egg wash. Then wrap the roll in a aluminium foil and freeze it for like 30 mins.unwrap the foil,then cut the rolls into 1 inch thick slices. Take care not to break the roll.
  5. Take a kadai and toast the slice side to side until its golden brown in color. Optionally you can bake the slices for 5 – 10 mins in a 400F preheated oven until its golden brown.
  6.  Enjoy the spicy snack with ketchup!!

French Omelette



Ingredients:

1. Egg – 4
2. Onion – 1 big
3. Mushroom – 10
4. Zucchini – 1 cubed
5. Carrots – 1 cubed.
6. Broccoli/cauliflower – 5 or 6 corns
7. Tomatoes (optional)
8. Cheese (optional)
9. Pepper crushed
10. Salt as required

How to make it :

1.Beat the eggs with salt with a egg beater in a bowl and have it ready.
2. Saute all the veggie with some soy sauce and chilli tomato garlic sauce in a griddle or a
kadai. Do not add oil or may be ½ spoon. Add salt as required because the sauces will
have salt in them as well.
3. Now add some butter and make the omelets and stuff it with some cheese(optional) and
the sauté veggie. Serve hot.
4. This recipe is one of Mr PPC’s creation J and I just loved it !!

Paruppu Chutney


 Ingredients:
  1. Toor dhal – 1/2 cup cubed
  2. Red chilli – 3 (as required)
  3. Coconut grated – 4 spoons(optional)
  4. Tamarind pulp – 1 spoon
  5. Curry leaves – 1 stick
  6. Salt as required
How to make it :
  1. Take a  kadai and add some oil/ghee and temper all the toor dhal and the red chilli and the curry leaves.
  2. Remove the contents to the mixer jar.
  3. Now add the grated coconut and sauté it for few mins and transfer it to the jar.
  4. Add required salt and add the tamarind to it and grind it.
  5. Enjoy with white rice or as a side to any vatha kolambuJ

Mushroom Briyani


Ingredients:
  1. Mushrooms – 200gms
  2. Basmati rice – 2 cups
  3. Green Chillies - 3
  4. Onion – 2 big
  5. Tomatoes – 2 big
  6. Ginger Garlic paste – 2 spoons
  7. Mint leaves, Cilantro
  8. Coriander powder – 1/2 spoon
  9. Chilli powder – 1 spoon
  10. Briyani masala – 1 spoon
  11. Yogurt Or Coconut milk – 2 or 3  spoons
  12. Ghee (optional)
  13. Salt as required
How to make it :
  1. Take a cooker or kadai and add some oil/ghee and add the usual masala stuff like cloves,cinnamon stick, and bay leaves. Let is splutter
  2. Then add the split green chillies and thinly sliced onions and let it cook until onion is transparent. Also add ginger garlic paste.
  3. Now once the onion is nice transparent, add the tomatoes and let it cook until its soft. Now add all the masala like chilli powder, coriander and briyani masala and some turmeric powder and let it cook.
  4. Add the yogurt/coconut milk and some salt and let the masala cook well until the raw smell goes off. Then add the mushrooms and rice and saute it for some time.
  5. Add water as required like for 2 cups of rice add 4 cups of water and let the mix come to a boil and then close the pressure cooker without the whistle and let it on medium flame for 15 mins.
  6. Enjoy with onion/cucumber raitha!!
 

Radish/Mullangi Chutney



 Ingredients:
  1. Radish – 1 cup cubed
  2. Red chilli – 3 (as required)
  3. Channa dhal – 2 spoon
  4. Urad Dhal – 2 spoon
  5. Coconut grated – 4 spoons
  6. Ginger – 1 inch
  7. Tamarind pulp – 1 spoon
  8. Curry leaves – 1 stick
  9. Salt as required
How to make it :
  1. Take a  kadai and add some oil/ghee and temper all the channa dhal, urad dhal and the red chilli and the curry leaves.
  2. Add ginger to it and sauté it. Remove the contents to the mixer jar.
  3. Now add the grated coconut and sauté it for few mins and transfer it to the jar.
  4. The sauté the radish well until the raw smell goes off. Remember if the radish is raw you might get a spicy raw taste in the chutney.
  5. Add required salt and add the tamarind to it and grind it.
  6. Enjoy with white rice or idly/dosa J