Wednesday, March 28, 2012

How to Make Cheesy Nutty Rolls

By Naiya Sheth : Learn how to make Cheesy Nutty Rolls. Yes, another cheesy and crunchy recipe for starter and snacks. Normally we are making rolls or kababs with the help of boiled potatoes or boiled beans. But here in this homemade recipe of Cheesy Nutty rolls we are going to use cottage cheese and of course lots of nuts. So enjoy the goodness of calcium and nuts with yummy taste. As it is flat and creamy, it is served with yummy kabab chutney and tangy tomato ketch up.


Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 10 minutes
Serves - 4 person


Ingredients to make Cheesy Nutty Rolls:  


2 cups paneer - cottage cheese
4 cups fresh bread crumbs
1 tea spoon black pepper powder
1/2 cup chopped roasted peanuts
1/2 cup chopped and roasted cashews
2table spoon chopped coriander leaves
2 table spoon raisins

1/2 cup cheese

Salt to taste
Oil for frying


To serve with:

Kabab Chutney
Tomato ketch up


Method to make Cheesy Nutty Rolls:
  • Make fresh paneer at home. 
  • Mix paneer, cheese, bread crumbs to gather.
  • Add roasted peanuts, cashews and raisins in it.
  • Now add salt, pepper powder and coriander leaves and mix well.
  • For more spicy rolls chopped green chilies can be used.
  • Make equal size rolls from it.
  • Heat oil in a pan and dip fry rolls till light brown in color.
  • When ready remove from oil and drain on absorbent paper towel.
  • Hot and creamy Cheesy Nutty Rolls are ready to serve. Serve it with tomato ketch up and kabab chutney. 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

How to Make Corn Idli

By Naiya Sheth : Learn how to make Corn Idli. Surprising recipe for idli. Normally we are making idli from rice and urad dal. Here in this recipe fresh corn and urad dal is used. So, it's an ideal recipe for diabetic patients also. It is good for breakfast and snacks also. It tastes nice with coconut chutney.


Preparation time - 15 minutes
Cooking time - 20 to 25 minutes

Ingredients to make Corn Idli:


500 grams fresh corn
300 grams urad dal
Salt to taste
1 table spoon fruit salt
3 to 4 green chilies finely chopped
1 1/2 table spoon oil
1 tea spoon mustard seeds
8 to 10 curry leaves roughly chopped
1 table spoon curd
Oil for greasing


To serve with:


Coconut chutney

Method to make Corn Idli:
  • Wash and soak urad dal for 3 to 4 hours.
  • Grate corns and crush them roughly.
  • Crush urad dal and mix corn and dal mixture together.
  • Add curd and salt, mix well and keep aside for 3 to 4 hours.
  • Add sufficient water to steamer and grease idli mold. Heat till water reach to boiling temperature. 
  • Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds to it, when they crackles add curry leaves and add the mixture to idli better.
  • Mix well and add fruit salt. Again mix well and pour the mixture to idli mold.
  • Steam till cooked or 20 to 25 minutes.
  • When ready remove from mold and serve hot Corn Idli with coconut chutney.

How to Make Tomato Uttapam

Learn how to make Tomato Uttapam. We are use to make veg. uttapam, onion uttapam, tomato uttapam coconut uttapam etc. Here it's a homemade recipe for tangy tomato uttapam. A slight different from normal uttapam. You can say it colored uttapam also. Tangy tomato pure is mixed in uttapam better. It is an ideal recipe for breakfast time so, served with coconut chutney only.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 15 minutes
Serves - 4 person


Ingredients to make Tomato Uttapam:


Dosa better as needed
1/2 cup tomato pure
Butter as needed
Salt to taste
1 small capsicum finely chopped
1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves
1 small onion finely chopped
3 to 4 green chilies finely chopped


To serve with:


Coconut chutney

Method to make Tomato Uttapam:
  • Mix tomato pure in dosa better.
  • Add chopped onion, capsicum and coriander leaves.
  • Add salt and green chilies and mix well.
  • Spread uttapam better over hot non stick griddle - tavi.
  • Cook for 2 minutes at medium flame and then turn it.
  • Again cook for 2 minutes and spread butter over it.
  • Repeat the same for remaining. 
  • Hot and tangy Tomato Uttapam is ready to serve. Serve it with coconut chutney.

Monday, March 26, 2012

How to Make Mix veg. Uttapam

Learn how to make Mix veg. Uttapam. It's a very popular south Indian pan cake. Here it's a home made recipe for mix veg. uttapam. It's a great combination of health and taste. It's a low fat recipe. Even you can make it zero oil recipe also. I never use a single drop of oil for making dosa and uttapam. If Dosa better is ready it is very easy and quick to make it at home. If it is served for dinner sambhar and coconut chutney has to be served with it. But in break fast I am serving it with chutney only. 


Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 10 minutes
Serves - 4 person 


Ingredients to make Mix veg. Uttapam: 


Dosa better as needed

Salt to taste
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup finely chopped capsicum
1/4 cup finely chopped tomatoes
1/8 cup grated carrot
1/4 cup finely chopped cabbage
3 to 4 green chilies finely chopped
1 tea spoon crushed ginger
1/4 cup coriander leaves
Butter as needed

To serve with:


Method to make Mix Veg. Uttapam:
  • Make dosa better and keep aside.
  • Add half vegetable in better and mix well.
  • Add salt, green chilies, ginger paste and chopped coriander leaves and mix well. 
  • On a non stick pan spread uttapam better and sprinkle more chopped vegetables over it. 
  • Cook for 2 minutes at medium flame. Turn around the uttapam and again cook for 2 minutes. 
  • When ready remove from flame and apply some butter and serve with sambhar and coconut chutney.
  • Repeat the same for remaining.
  • Yummy and healthy mix veg. uttapam is ready to serve.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

How to Make Chinese Wonton Sizzler

Learn how to make Chinese Wonton Sizzler. Normally we are making wonton as snack, starter or side dish. But here it's a homemade recipe for Chinese Wonton Sizzler.It's a innovative dish with a great combination of wonton, sweet and sour sauce and vegetables. So enjoy this different sizzler tonight.


Preparation time - 25 to 30 minutes
Cooking time - 30 to 35 minutes


Ingredients to make Chinese Wonton Sizzler:


1/2 recipe wonton

For Sweet and Sour Sauce:


1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 table spoon corn flour
5 table spoon tomato sauce
1 table spoon soy sauce


For Stir Fried vegetables:


1 cup cauliflower par boiled 
1 sliced capsicum
2 par boiled and sliced carrots
1 big onion sliced
1 table spoon butter
Salt to taste
1 tea spoon black pepper powder


For garnishing:


Green part of spring onion


Method to make Chinese Wonton Sizzler:
  • Heat sizzler plate for minimum 20 minutes.
  • Prepare wonton and keep aside.
For Sweet and Sour Sauce:
  • Mix all the ingredients of sauce and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or till sauce is thick.
  • When ready remove from flame and keep aside.
For Stir Fried Vegetables:
  • Heat butter and add all vegetables in it.
  • Sprinkle salt and black pepper powder and cook for 2 minutes only.
  • Remove from flame and keep aside.
How to Assemble:
  • Place sizzler plate on wooden plate and arrange wonton at the centre of it. 
  • Arrange stir fried vegetables around wonton.
  • Spread sweet and sour sauce over them and garnish with chopped spring onion.
  • Mix 1 tea spoon butter and 1 tea spoon chilled water, pour it over hot sizzler plate for real sizzling effect.
  • Piping hot Chinese Wonton Sizzler is ready to serve. Serve immediately.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

How to Make Cheesy Rice Cake

Learn how to make Cheesy Rice Cake. Some thing new and testy. Cheesy Rice Cake is a home made recipe for a spicy break fast from left over rice. It is very easy and testy yet quick recipe. As the name indicates it is full of cheese so, full of taste and calcium also. This is an ideal recipe for quick snack. Enjoy this surprising spicy rice cake today.



Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 5 minutes
Serves - 4 person


Ingredients to make Cheesy Rice Cake: 


1 1/2 cup left over rice
1 1/2 cup grated cheese
1/4 cup chopped coriander
2 potatoes - boiled
1 big onion finely chopped
3 to 4 chopped green chilies 
1 cup bread crumbs
1 tea spoon chili flacks
1 tea spoon oregano
Salt to taste
Oil for frying


To serve with:


Tomato ketch up


Method to make Cheesy rice cake:
  • Boil and mash potatoes. 
  • Mix potatoes, onion, cheese, rice and green chilies.
  • Add chili flacks, oregano and salt to taste.(be careful while adding salt.)
  • Add chopped coriander and mix well. 
  • Add bread crumbs and mix again.
  • Make small cakes from the mixture.
  • Heat oil and dip fry in hot oil at medium flame till light brown.
  • When ready remove and drain on absorbent kitchen tissue.
  • Hot and yummy Cheesy Rice Cake is ready to serve. Serve it with tomato ketch up. 
Tips:
  • If fresh rice is used make sure to cool it before mixing.
  • Shallow frying can be done.

How to Make Vada Pav

Learn how to make Vada Pav. This is a homemade recipe for very famous roadside or street food. Vada Pav is a very well known fast food. A street or road side version of veg. burger. In this recipe spicy potato vada is filled in side the silted bun - pav with spicy garlic chutney. Originally it is a Maharastrian dish but it is very popular in Gujarat also.


Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 25 to 30 minutes
Serves - 4 person


Ingredients to make Vada Pav:


8 vada pav buns
Garlic chutney as needed
Butter


For Vada:


3 to 4 boiled and mashed potatoes
3 to 4 green chilies finely chopped
1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder
8 to 10 curry leaves chopped
10 to 12 mint leaves chopped
1/2 tea spoon ginger 
1 tea spoon fresh garlic paste
1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds
1/4 tea spoon asafoetida
Salt to taste
1 table spoon oil


For Covering:


1 cup gram flour
1/4 tea spoon turmeric powder
Salt to taste
A pinch baking soda
Oil for frying


To serve with:


Tomato ketch up
Green chutney

Method to make Vada Pav: 


For Vada:
  • Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, when they crackles add asafoetida, green chilies, ginger and garlic paste. Add chopped curry leaves and remove from flame. 
  • Take boiled and mashed potatoes in another bowl and add above mixture to it. 
  • Add chopped mint leaves,turmeric powder and salt to taste. Mix well.
  • When cool make balls of equal size (8 balls).
  • Keep aside.
For Covering:
  • Mix all the ingredients of covering and make semi thick better from it by adding sufficient water.
  • Heat oil. Dip vada in better and fry in hot oil.
  • When ready drain on absorbent paper and keep aside.
How to assemble:
  • Slit pav in to half and spread butter in between. 
  • Roast it lightly and apply garlic chutney on both the layer of pav inside.
  • Place vada in each pav and serve Vada Pav immediately with tomato ketch up and green chutney.