Wednesday 21 December 2011

Mint tea



INGREDIENTS
  1. Water -1 cup
  2. Tea powder -1 teaspoon
  3. Mint leaves -1 hand
  4. Ginger -1 small piece
  5. Sugar -as your taste
  6. Grinded cardamom -2
PREPARATION
  • On boiling water, add tea powder,ginger,sugar,cardamom
  • Filter and garnish with mint leaves
  • Serve it...

Sunday 18 December 2011

Idli



INGREDIENTS
  1. Rice -500
  2. Baking soda -about 30 gm
  3. Urad dal -250
  4. Salte -as required
PREPARATION
  • Soak rice and urad dal separately in water  in the evening
  • At night,grind urad into fine paste&grind rice too but roughly.Keep them to ferment at night
  • At morning,mix the fermented paste,add salt and baking soda and mix it well
  • Oil hands and pour a ladleful of above paste in idli mould
  • Put idli moulds in idli cooker and add as required quantity of water into it and heat the pan
  • In a short time steam will cook idli paste into soft fluffy mass
  • Serve it hot with sambar,chuttney or chammanthi...

Saturday 17 December 2011

Banana smoothie




INGREDIENTS
  1. Sourless curd -1/2 cup
  2. Honey -1 teaspoon
  3. Diced date -1
  4. Pure milk -1 cup
  5. Vanilla essence -1/4 cup
PREPARATION
  • Grind all ingredients in mixie
  • Serve it cool...

Scrambled egg white sandwich



INGREDIENTS
  1. Wheat bread -2
  2. Egg white -2
  3. Sliced green chilli -1
  4. Tomato -1/2
  5. Onion -1/4
PREPARATION
  • Grind the egg white and sliced green chilli
  • Heat a nonstick pan and scramble the egg white
  • Make a sandwich of scrambled egg with the other ingredients
  • Serve it hot...

Thursday 8 December 2011

Farfalle in tomato sauce



INGREDIENTS
  1. Pasta -1 pack
  2. Olive oil -2 tablespoon
  3. Water -as required
  4. Salt -as required
  5. Refined oil -1/2 teaspoon
  6. Tomatoes -2,3
  7. Diced onions -1 cup
  8. Crushed garlic -4,5 cloves
  9. Capsicum -4 tablespoon
  10. Chopped olives -1 tablespoon
  11. Pepper powder -1 teaspoon
  12. Chilli flakes -1 teaspoon
  13. Oregano herbs -1 teaspoon
  14. Tomato sauce -2 tablespoon
  15. Parmesan cheese -3 tablespoon
  16. Grated parmesan cheese -as required
PREPARATION
  • In a pan,add water,salt,pasta and boil the pasta
  • In a separate pan , boil tomatoes and blanch them
  • After deskinning and de-seeding them,roughly chop the tomatoes
  • Heat oil in a pan,onion and garlic and stir and fry till golden brown
  • Add yellow capsicum,tomatoes,required salt,pepper powder,chilli flakes,oregano herbs,tomato sauce and cook for 5-6 minutes
  • Add boiled pasta and parmesan cheese and mix well
  • Remove in a serving plate and add oregano herbs,grated cheese and chilli flakes
  • Serve it hot...