Bread Upma

Ingredients:

1. Bread slices – 8

2. Onion – 1 

3. Tomatoes – 2

4. Red chillies – 2

5. GingerGarlic paste – ½ spoon

6. Chilli powder – ½ Tsp

7. Turmeric Powder - pinch

8. Curry  powder – 1/2 Tsp (optional)     

9. Salt as required

10. Curry leaves and cilantro chopped

11. Maggi masala chilli sauce or tomato sauce.  

How to make it:

1. Cut bread slices and toast it with little oil in a tawa. (This is optional, by doing this the bread doesn’t break to become mushy).

2. Heat oil in a pan and add urad dhal, mustard , red chillies and let it splutter. Then add onions and until transparent.

3. Add tomatoes n all the masala and salt mentioned above and cook until the tomatoes are mushy. 

4. Now add toasted bread pieces and mix well  by adding some sauce and let it cook for   5 mins. 

5. Garnish with Cilantro and serve hot with Onion raitha. It’s a wonderful evening snack.

Masala Eggs



 Ingredients:

1.     Eggs  - 3

2.     Chilli powder – ½ Tsp

3.     Turmeric Powder - pinch

4.     Cumin  powder – 1/2 Tsp

5.     Cumin seeds – ½ Tsp

6.     Pepper powder – ½ tsp

7.      Salt as required

8.     Curry leaves and cilantro chopped

9.     Linseed oil  - 2 to 3 spoons

How to make it :

1.      Boil eggs on medium high for 20 minutes and cool it and peel of the shells. Slice the eggs into 2 equal halves.

2.     Take a kadai and keep it on medium flame, add linseed oil and add the cumin seeds .

3.     Then add the curry leave,cumin,chilli,pepper ,turmeric powder and salt. Let it cook in low flame until the raw smell goes of.

4.     Then add the sliced eggs and let it cook on 1 side for 2 mins . Take care to turn the side of the eggs and let is cook on for one more 5 mins. Make sure they don’t get burned.

5.     Garnish with cilantro and enjoy as a side for any rice + gravy.

Soya chunks - Potato Curry

Ingredients : 

1.     Soya Chunks – 1 cup

2.     Potato – 1 cubed

3.     Carrots – Cubed

4.     Onion –  2

5.     Tomatoes  - 1

6.     Ginger Garlic paste – 1 Tsp

7.     Garam Masala – ½ Tsp

8.     Chilli powder – ½ Tsp

9.     Turmeric Powder - pinch

10.  Coriander powder – 1 Tsp

11.  Coconut Milk – 3 Tsp

12.  Whole Garam masala – Cloves,bay leaves, Cinnamon

How to make it :

1.     Soak Soya chunks in hot water and let it stand for 10 mins.

2.     Place a kadai and add oil, once its hot – add some whole Garam masala  and let it splutter.

3.     Then add finely chopped onions and let it cook until its transparent. Then add the ginger garlic paste and let it cook until raw smell goes off.

4.     Add the tomatoes and cook until it’s mushy. Then add turmeric powder,chilli powder ,coriander powder  and garam masala cook for few mins with little water.

5.     Now add the Soya chunks and potatoes and carrots and add salt as needed and let it cook. Add little water if necessary.

6.     Once the chunks are all cooked add coconut milk and grind coconuts with Kuskus and add it to the gravy.

7.     Garnish with cilantro and serve with hot pulkhas J.