Nachos Corn and bean Salad

Nachos Corn and Bean Salad

We have all seen our children eat a packet of nachos as evening snacks and then find them unable to have a healthy dinner. So as a negotiation I present this salad to you. A nutritious and light combination of kidney beans, corn and nachos presents itself to be a win-win situation for both parents and children.

Kidney beans and corns are the essence of this dish. Both have their fair share of its merit, commencing with kidney beans, we find it to be majorly composed of Carbs and fibres but also proves to be a rich source of protein. They compliment one's health due to its following functions: Detoxify the body, help in digestion, increase muscle mass, prevent diabetes, stimulate immune system, promote strong bones, etc.

Corns being the other significant part of the dish does more than being tasty: It contains high fibre content and is a rich source of vitamin A, B, E and other minerals.

All in all the dish is a bowl of nutrition, taste and happiness.

Preparation Time : 10 Min

Cooking Time :  0 Min

Ingredients :

• Kidney beans 1 cup boiled or canned one
• Sweet corns 1 cup blanched in hot water
• Nachos chips 1 bowl
• Onion finely chopped 1 medium size
• Red bell pepper Chopped 1 medium size
• Cucumber chopped 1 medium size
• Coriander chopped 2 Tablespoon
• Jalapeno chopped 1/2 tablespoon
• Lemon juice 1 Tablespoon
• Olive oil 1 Tablespoon
• Chilly flakes 1 teaspoon
• Sea salt according to taste
• Honey 1/2 tablespoon
• Tabasco sauce 8 to 10 drops
• Few mint leaves

Procedure :  

• For salad. Finish all cutting and chopping 

• For sallad dressing :
• In a bowl add olive oil,chilly flakes, lemon juice, honey tabasco sauce and Jalapeno whisk all together

• In another big bowl add beans, sweet corns, onion, red bell pepper, cucumber, mint,coriander and sea salt. mix all together 

• Now Add the salad dressing to this. 

• Toss the salad gently 

• While serving take a short glass or bowl. Crush few Nacho chips add to the serving glass top this with salad and add few more nacho chips to this.

• Garnish with mint leaves and serve

Tips :  

You can give variation to this salad according to your taste . It can be served as party snack.

For More healthy Salad : 

•  Grilled Baby Potato and Dill Salad 
• Corn Salad 
• Steamed Veggie Salad 
• Cucumber corn bites  
• Grilled Pineapple 
• Paneer Salad 

Oats Chilla

Oats Chilla  

Now a days things have changed. Earlier family members used to ask snacks like tikki, cutlets, spicy chhola bhatura etc. now they ask Mamma have you heard of healthy ingredients. They ask do you know Mamma what are oats, do you know you should be using more of chia seeds, you should use more fibrous content, more sprouts etc.

Yeah Mamma knows this, but making family eat that healthy stuff, Mamma only has to work hard.

This is one of normal basic recipe of Chilla, where I replaced besan with another healthy ingredient like oats, which are favored by everyone in the family now a days. So i tried this Oats ka Chilla and found they loved it to be fit, energetic and active. Hope your family also love it.

Preparation Time : 10 Min

Cooking Time : 10 Min

Resting Time : 30 Min

Ingredients :

• Cooking oats 1 cup
• Rava 1/2 cup
• Potato grated 1 medium size (I used raw)
• Onion chopped 1 medium size
• Green chilly 2 chopped
• Coriander chopped 1 tablespoon
• Salt according to taste
• Red chilly according to taste
• Oil for cooking
• Water as required 

Procedure :  

• Finish all cutting and chopping
• In a bowl add oats, rava, grated potato, onions, green chilly, coriander, salt and chilly powder.

• Mix all ingredients and add some water to form a free flowing mixture as shown in picture

• Keep this mixture aside for half an hour so that all the ingredients are mixed properly
• Now take tava apply little oil to it. Take one big spoon of mixture and spread it on tava like chilla, as shown in picture

• Cook this for 2 minutes now turn it and apply few drops of oil. Cook it from both sides till it is cooked properly

• Chilla is ready enjoy it with green chutney and butter milk 

Paneer Pocket

Schezwan Paneer Pockets  

"Oh no...Not again....mumma same paneer ka parantha....it's too boring" I recently heard these comments from my daughter. This made me think....food must be healthy, full of nutritious ingredients, full of taste then what is missing.

Now a days kids are fond of eating pizza pockets, cheese pockets and these are very much in. Maximums kids like these stuff which are not very healthy. What if we make similar things which are healthy like our paneer ka parantha. If we present this paneer ka parantha in a slightly different manner, it comes like schezwan paneer pockets. Mom what have you made...this is very different, yummy and tasting awesome...these were the comments when my daughter ate it .

Instead of giving it standard parantha look, i made it like a pocket. It can now accommodate more paneer which is better than the mozrilla cheese used in pizza having more fat content. Schezwan flavor gives them flavour of fast food centers. Way of holding it also makes it more user friendly. And now it is a Hit not only with kids but also with elders...

Preparation time : 15 Min

Cooking Time : 15 Min

Video :  

Ingredients :


For Filling :

• Cottage cheese (paneer) 200 gm grated
• Onion chopped 1 small size
• Capsicum chopped 1 Tablespoon
• Schezwan Sauce 1 Tablespoon
• Green chilly chopped 2
• Coriander chopped 1 tablespoon
• Salt according to taste
• Cooking oil 2 Tablespoon

For Dough :  

• Wheat flour 2 Cup
• Salt 1 Tea spoon
• Oil 1 Tablespoon 
• Water as required 

Procedure :   

• For Dough : In a bowl take atta along with salt and oil mix it well. Now add water as required and knead the dough nicely till it is properly done. Keep it aside and prepare the filling
• In a bowl take grated paneer add chopped onions, green chilly, capsicum, coriander, salt and schezwan sauce and mix it well

• Now take a small portion of dough. Roll it as disk or chapati  as shown in picture

• Apply some oil and spread a layer of filling on it as shown in picture

• Now simply fold the sides on the chapati as pocket as shown in picture

• Now gently hold the pocket and transfer it to tava. sprinkle some oil and cook it from both the sides till it is crisp and brown from both the sides as shown in picture

• Serve it to your kids with some dip or chutney