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...

Wednesday 7 December 2011

Thenga chammanthi



INGREDIENTS
  1. Grinded coconut -1/2
  2. Dried red chilli -4
  3. Small onion -5
  4. Ginger -small 1
  5. Curry leaf -2 stem
  6. Tamarind,Salt -as required
PREPARATION

  • Grind all ingredients and make into small balls

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Coconut balls




INGREDIENTS
  1. Grinded coconut -2 cup
  2. Condensed mill -1/2 cup
  3. Vanilla essence -1 teaspoon
  4. Almond essence -1/4 cup
  5. Chopped Cashew nuts -1/4 cup
PREPARATION
  • Heat the microwave oven up to 350 degree centigrade
  • Make a mix of all ingredients and make it in the form of balls
  • Keep for 15 min in the oven
  •  Bake it until the mix become golden colour and serve it hot...

Italian salad




INGREDIENTS
  1. Cucumber -100 gm
  2. Carrot -2
  3. Tomato -100 gm
  4. Iceberg lettuce -100 gm
  5. Olives -50 gm
  6. Chopped cheese -50 gm
  7. Capsicum -1
  8. Fresh mushroom -4
  9. Parsley -2 stem
  10. Olive oil -2 tablespoon 
  11. Chopped garlic -8 cloves
  12. Lemon juice -2
  13. Salt -as required
  14. Sugar -2 pinch
PREPARATION
  • Chop vegetables into squared pieces and mix all the ingredients
  • Garnish with parsley 
  • Cool it and serve

Monday 5 December 2011

Squid fry




INGREDIENTS
  1. Squid -100 gm
  2. Lemon juice -1 tablespoon
  3. Salt -as required
  4. Pepper -1 tablespoon
  5. Dough -100 gm
    Cornflour -100 gm
  6. Egg -1
  7. Baking powder -1 pinch
  8. Water -as required
  9. Oil -as required for frying
PREPARATION
  • Wash the squid well
  • Make a mix of ingredients from 2-4
  • Make a mix of ingredients from 5-7 with suitable amount of water
  • Fry the squid in it
  • Tartar sauce can be used to make it delicious 

Sunday 4 December 2011

Honey glazed prawns



INGREDIENTS
  1. Prawn -150 gm
  2. Lemon juice -2 lemon
    Dough -50 gm
    Cornflour -25 gm
    Egg -1
    Salt -suitable amount
  3. Onion -80 gm
  4. Garlic -10 gm
  5. Ginger -5 gm
  6. Celery -3 gm
  7. Grinded kashmiri chilli -30 gm
  8. Ajinomoto -2 pinch
  9. Tomato sauce -20 gm
  10. Honey -30 ml
  11. Coconut or sunflower oil -250 ml
PREPARATION
  • First clean the prawns well, then apply the 2nd ingredient on it and roast it in oil
  • Heat a pan and pour of oil, add chopped onion,garlic,ginger,celery and stir it well
  • Add kashmiri chilli paste,stir it well until its well cooked. Then add 8-11 ingredients and mix it well
  • Put the roasted prawn into the mix
  • Garnish it with cucumber,capsicum,lemon,coriander and serve it hot...

Saturday 3 December 2011

Apollo Chicken



INGREDIENTS
  1. Boneless chicken -10 pieces
  2. Curd -50 ml
  3. Chilli powder -1 pinch
  4. Fennel powder(jeera) -1 pinch
  5. Turmeric powder -1 pinch
  6. Fennel seed -5 gm
  7. Cornflour -50 gm
  8. Egg -2
  9. Sliced ginger,garlic,green chilli -total 50 gm
  10. Sliced onion -30 gm
  11. Oil -suitable amount for frying
  12. Salt and pepper -suitable amount
PREPARATION
  • Mix curd with chilli powder,turmeric powder,fennel powder and keep it aside
  • Mix cornflour with with egg, sink the chicken pieces in the mix and fry
  • Heat a pan, put ginger,garlic,green chilli,onion in it and stir it well
  • Put curd mix into it and bake for a few min
  • Put the chicken piece into it and add salt and pepper
  • Garnish it with mint leaves and serve it hot...

Chinese roast chicken


INGREDIENTS
  1. Chicken -1
  2. Chicken stock -1 ltr
  3. onion -2
  4. Ginger -10 gm
  5. Garlic -10 gm
  6. Grinded red chilli -5 gm
  7. Spring onion -4
  8. Celery -2 stem
  9. Cornflour -50 gm
  10. Soya sauce -2 teaspoon
  11. leek -1 stem
PREPARATION
  • Cut the chicken into 4 pieces
  • Make a mix of chicken stock,soya sauce,onion,ginger,garlic,salt and chicken, then broil it
  • Make a thick sauce of chopped onion,ginger,garlic and chilli paste
  • Add suitable amount of water,soya sauce,salt,pepper. Add cornflour to make it thick and place it separately
  • Heat a pan, pour chilli sauce,chicken stock and add salt and pepper
  • Add broiled chicken into it and stir well, take out the pan from stove
  • Garnish it with spring onion,leek,cabbage and serve it hot...