Bread Cheese Canape

Bread Cheese Canapé  

Winters are in. Time to enjoy winter veggies. My favourite one is green Chana. I prefer to add these Chana in various vegetables that i cook. Recently I prepared another variant of evening snacks using these Chana and paneer. I prepared paneer bhurji which is quite popular in our homes. For variation to that I added green chana and put crushed black pepper.

This gave it a different taste and crunchiness of chana made it more delicious. Once this stuff is ready I placed it on top of brown bread canapes, to make them more tempting for kids to pick one and gulp down. It is  nutritious and a change from routine evening snacks. Great option which is filling, healthy and innovative.

Enjoy and delight your family...

Preparation Time :  20 Min

Cooking Time : 15 Min

Ingredients :

• Cottage Cheese (paneer ) 200 gm
• Onion 1 medium size sliced
• Potato 1  medium size disced 
• Green chana 1/2 cup
• Green chilly chopped 2
• Cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon
• Black pepper crushed 1 tea spoon
• Sant according to taste
• Oil 2 tablespoon for cooking
• Coriander chopped 1 Tablespoon
• Brown bread slice 4

Procedure :  

• Slice onion keep aside, chop potato keep a side

• In a pan take oil 1 1/2 tablespoon heat it add cumin seeds

• Now add sliced onion to this cook it for a minute or two
• Now add potato to this and on low flame cook this for 5 minute or till the potato is cooked

• Add salt, chopped green chill along with crushed pepper

• Mix it add green chana and cook is fro 3 minutes

• Crumble cottage cheese and add to the mixture

• Now increase the flame to high and cook the whole mixture for two to three minute. Make sure that all water is evaporated but paneer should not be over cooked

• Add chopped coriander to this

For Canapés   

• Take brown bread cut, it into square or rounds what ever shape you like
• Toast it on hot tava from both the side by applying little oil.

• Now place small portion of paneer and chana bhurji as shown in picture

• Repeat the steps with rest of the canapes 

• Serve it with a glass of milk or juice 
• Or you can serve this bhurji with lacha parantha and butter milk .. the way you like 

Tip :   

• If you wish you can apply green chutney to bread canapé to make it more spicy
• You can give it more colours by adding bell pepper to your bhurji
• You can use this as a sandwich filling
• Variations are unlimited ... 

Non Fried Bread pakora

Non Fried Bread pakora 

We all love fried snacks. Bread pakora is all time favorite. But now a days we all are Living in a healthy eating and healthy cooking era. So fried is not an good option but still we want our bread pakora ..... What to do ??? No problem let's make it without frying it ..... My mom use to make this for us....

Preparation Time : 10 min

Cooking Time : 10 min

Ingredients : 

• 2 Boiled and mashed potatoes
• 8 Slice brown bread 
• 1 Onion chopped
• 2 Green chillies chopped
• 2 tablespoon fresh coriander chopped
• 1/2 Cup green chutney
• 1 Teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 Teaspoon dry mango powder
• Salt according to taste
• Chilly powder according to taste

For Batter :

• 2 Tablespoon gram flour ( besan)
• 1 Tablespoon rice flour
• Water as required
• 1 Teaspoon ajwain seed (carom seeds)
• Salt according to taste 
• Red chilly powder according to taste

For Cooking :

• Cooking oil 2 tablespoon

Procedure :

• In a bowl prepare a mixture for bread pakora. For that take a potato,  onion, cumin seed, green chillies, coriander, red chilly powder, dry mango powder and mix it we'll and keep aside

• Now for batter take another bowl  add gram flour, rice flour, salt , chilly powder and ajwain seeds mix it nicely and now add water to this mixture  and prepare a smooth. Batter

• Now take a bread slices apply green chutney on one side of bread slice now place a potato mixture on this bread slice cover it with another bread slice . Press it nicely
• Repeat this step with other bread slices also
• Now take a non stick pan or tawa heat it apply little bit of oil to it . Now dip your bread pakora in a batter cover it nicely place it on tawa cook it on low flame from all side nicely

• Repeat this step with all other bread pakoras

• Your non fried bread pakora is ready serve it hot with a cup of tea and enjoy monsoon ........

Crispy Vegetable Fingers

Crispy Vegetable Fingers 

Crispy vegetable fingers can be served for any time hunger as it is loaded with lots of vegetables and we have shallow fried it instead of deep frying. If you want to make it more crispy you can deep fry also.

Preparation Time  : 10 min

Cooking Time : 10 Min


Ingredients :

• Boiled  & grated potatoes 2

  

  Ingredients

• French beans 1/2 cup finely chopped
• Onion 1 medium size choppes
• Sweet corn 1/2 cup
• Carrot 1 finely chopped
• Green, Red & Yellow capsicum 1/2 cup chopped
• Green peas boiled 1/2 cup
• Green chilly 2 chopped
• Coriander leaves few chopped
• Brown bread crumbs 1 cup
• Cornflour 2 Tablespoon
• Salt to taste
• Red chilly powder to taste
• Oil for shallow frying   

Procedure :

• Mix boiled & grated potatoes, french beans, onion, sweet corn, carrot, (green, red & yellow) capsicum, green chilly, coriander leaves, salt, red chilly powder and 2 tablespoon bread crumbs.
• Make a smooth dough oh this mixture
• Now make a finger shape from this mixture.
• Make a cornflour mixture with 1/2 cup water dip your vegetable fingers in this cornflour mixture.
• Now transfer these vegetable fingers to bread crumbs, roll it nicely.
• Take a frying pan just add 1 tablespoon of oil, place your vegetable fingers in it, shallow fry it from both the sides.
• As it has nice brown color on both sides, serve it hot with your favorite sauce or chutney.