Cheese Toast

Cheese Toast  

Every morning we have the same dilemma - what to cook for breakfast or snacks or dinner. Our kids prefer mostly unhealthy though tasty options. Whereas we parents would like to avoid and serve them better options. So now we have a new idea, where we can offer them similar taste, similar looks but a healthy and nutritious version of pizza, with minimum changes.

Changes like crust of pizza gets replaced by  brown bread; seasoning of vegetables normally avoided by children; hygiene of home and love of mumma. So serve this to your kids, friends and party lovers and get their love and affection by being conscious of their health.

Preparation Time : 10 Min

Cooking Time : 10 Min

Ingredients : 

• 4 Bread slices (I prefer brown bread)
• 4 Tablespoon Pizaa cheese (grated)
• 1 Tablespoon jalapeno (chopped)
• 2 Tablespoon chopped onion 
• 2 Tablespoon chopped bell pepper
• 2 Tablespoon butter

Procedure : 

• Finish cutting and chopping

• In a bowl take grated cheese, onions, jalapeño and bell pepper and mix well

• Take a bread slice, apply butter on it

• Take a pan, heat it, toast bread on it, now apply butter on the other side then turn the slice. Add cheese mixture on bread and cover the pan with lid and cook it on slow flame till the cheese gets melted

• Remove the lid and take out the cheese slice.

• Repeat the same steps with rest of the slices 

• Sprinkle some chilly flakes and oregano and enjoy .....

Tip : 

• Cook this on slow flame 

Cabbage Sandwich

Cabbage Sandwich  

A very simple recipe that I used to make during my college days, when we were hard pressed for time, efforts, extremely cautious about weight, want something filling and fast so that we are saving time for studies. I did not want to approach mother all the time to prepare something for me, so I devised this one which I can enjoy.

Everyone may not find cabbage taste according to her choice, but you can have multiple options to make it suitable to your taste buds. You can add cheese, capsicum, sweet corns etc. Do try this and share your experience. This is a tasty, healthy, fast and rich option for your breakfast or snacks.

Preparation Time :  7 to 10 Min

Cooking Time :  7 10 10 Min

For 4 Sandwiches

Ingredients : 

• 1/4 Of medium size cabbage chopped
• 1 Small size onion chopped
• 1 Tomato chopped
• 1 Green chilly chopped
• 1 Teaspoon zeera
• 1 Tablespoon chopped coriander 
• Salt according to taste
• Red chilly powder according to taste
• 1 Tablespoon cooking oil 
• 8 Bread slices (I used brown bread)

Procedure : 

• First of all finish all cutting and chopping 

• In a bowl take chopped cabbage, onion, tomato, green chilly, coriander, salt and chilly powder mix all ingredients nicely

• Now take two bread slices apply oil on one side of both the bread. Keep the sandwich mixture on bread slice as shown in picture

• Take a normal sandwich maker place the sandwich in it and cook on medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes or till it is properly cooked from both side

• Repeat the steps with rest of the sandwiches 

• Serve it with a cup of tea or coffee 

Tip : You can add capsicum also to enhance the taste and if you are cheese lover add some mozzarella cheese to this 

Dal Vegetable Pakora

Dal Vegetable Pakora

Mouth watering moong dal pakodas, served on roadside can be done in more hygienic and nutritious manner at home. With garam garam chai enjoy it this winters.

Being a North Indian, I always got tempted towards "Ram Laddu" served by roadside vendors with green chutney. However, being a mother I always explore opportunity to make it more nutritious and hence made these with variety of veggies. With the usage of tooth-picks you can make this a star attraction of home party.

Preparation Time : 30 min

Cooking Time : 15 Min

Resting Time : 2 Hours

Ingredients :

For Batter

• 1 Cup yellow moog dal (Soaked for 2 hours)
• 2 Tablespoon bread crumbs
• 2 Green chillies chopped
• 1 Teaspoon chopped ginger
• Salt according to taste
• 1 Tablespoon chopped coriander 

Vegetables

• Few baby corns cut into pieces 
• 1/2 Cup cauliflower cut into pieces 
• 1 Red bell pepper cut into pieces 
• 1 Onion cut into pieces
• Few Toothpick

Procedure :  

• Soak dal for 2 hours and keep aside

• Take vegetables cut them as shown in picture
• Blanch baby corn and cauliflower in hot water along with pinch of salt

• In a grinder take dal, green chilly, ginger and salt and form a thick smooth paste

• In dal batte add bread crumbs and chopped coriander and mix well

• In a pan take oil and heat it
• Side by side dip bell pepper in dal batter, coat it from all sides, tread it into toothpick as shown in picture

• Repeat the same steps with bay corns and onions and keep aside

• Now take another toothpick place bell pepper then cauliflower then onion. repeat the same steps for all the pakoras you want to make
• Deep fry the pakoras in hot oil on medium flame till these are cooked properly

• Serve it hot with tea or coffee

Tip : 

• You can use vegetables of your choice. Even if you like you can use paneer or tofu also
• If you don't want to use toothpick you can make it without toothpick 
• While serving you can sprinkle some chaat masala on these pakodas

Rava Chila For Breakfast

Rava Chila For Breakfast

Daily challenge, first thing in the morning to decide.....what to make for breakfast. Repeatedly eating bread-butter, cornflakes, oily parantha, poori etc. is too conventional. Now bring more fun for your family members by surprising them with this Rava Chila. It is very easy and simple to cook.

Preparation Time : 10 Min

Cooking Time :  10 Min

Resting Time :  1 Hour

Ingredients : (Serving for 4)

• 1 Cup Sooji or Rava 
• 1 Grated Potato (I used raw potato)
• 1 Finely Chopped Onion
• 2 Green Chillies chopped
• 1 Tablespoon chopped Coriander
• Salt to Taste
• Red Chilly powder
• Oil for Cooking
• 1Tea Spoon Cumin Seed
• Water For Mixing

Video for Recipe :

Procedure:

• In a bowl take Rava, grated potato, onions, green chillies, coriander, salt, chilly powder and cumin seeds 

• Mix all ingredients, add water to this and form a free flowing batter

• Keep this batter aside for half an hour. (If you want your can even prepare a batter in night and keep it in fridge. In the morning you can use it for preparing chilas.)
• Take a non-sticky pan or tava add few drops of oil on the pan and pour 1 bog spoon of batter on it and spread it like chila as shown in picture

• Now cook it for few minutes and ten turn in and sprinkle few drops of oil and cook it from both the sides till it is properly cooked

• hot tempting chila is ready.

• Serve it with Green Chutney, Tomato Sauce, Salad and Hot Tea.