Egg roll

Ingredient

2 eggs 
Onion (1/2 small)
Cabbage finely chopped (1 leaf)
Carrot (grated) 1 small 
Lettuce 2 leaves
Salt ( to taste )
Black pepper 
2 tsp of mayonise 
1 pitta bread or Indian bread ( ready made )

Method

1. Mix all veggies with salt pepper and mayononise, keep aside .

2. Take two eggs whisk them with little salt and pepper  and fry them in a flat pan to make flat omelette . Cook for a minute on each  side. 

3. Warm pita bread or indian bread with butter  

4. Place bread first , then omelette .

5. Now put all veggies on the side from where you would fold .

6. Press veggies inside and fold bread with egg , press each time you fold so that veggies doesn't come out .

7. Hold with toothpick in the middle .

8. Serve hot .

NOTE:  make omelette in the end so that roll can be served hot . 

Turkish poached eggs with yogurt

Today i bumbed into this blog almostturkish and i found so many fresh recipes to try on . Please refer the blog for more exciting recipes .

I did few changes in the actual recipe on blog  . I never knew semi cooked egg will taste that good with yogurt . Hell ! yes . It took me to another dimension i would say .

Serves 1
Ingredients
1 big egg (i used 1 instead of 2)
3 tsp of yogurt with hint of salt and 1 clove of garlic nicely minced or grinded   .
Pinch of whole red chilli flakes
Fresh mint leaves chopped fine
A pinch of freshly grounded black pepper
1 tsp of butter
2 tbsp of vinegar
1 tsp of salt
3 cups of water

Method
1.Boil 3 cups of water with  1 tsp salt , vinegar.

2. Lower the heat and let water be calm .

3. Break egg in one bowl .

4. Turn egg into the water and cook for 3 minutes for semi cooked egg .

5.Take flat spatulla and get egg off the pot and into the plate very gently .

6. Heat 1 tsp of salted butter in pan , turn off heat and glide your chilli flakes into it .  

7. Now on top of your egg turn yogurt mix, followed by butter and chilli flakes . Garnish with mint leaves . Sprinkle some black pepper on top .

8. Serve hot .

Broiled Chicken in BBQ sauce

Ingredients (serves 2 adults and 2 kids for dinner or lunch)

Cooking time 30 minutes

1 whole small chicken with skin
2 full tsp of salt
1 tsp of freshly grounded black pepper.
2 tsp of dried thyme
1 lemon juice
1 Tbsp of ginger garlic paste ( 60% garlic 40% ginger)
3 Tbsp of BBQ sauce ( i use Heinz BBQ sauce)
2 tbsp of olive oil
lemon zests for garnishing

Method
1.Marinade chicken for 2 hours using all above ingredients except oil .

2.Broil chicken for 20 minutes in pre heated oven at 180 degrees with olive oil .
or alternatively
3.apply olive oil on chicken and place your whole chicken in baking tray and place tray in an empty pot , close the lid.

4.Initially give very high heat for 10 minutes .

5. Transfer your pot in medium high and cook for another 20 minutes .

and your chicken will be ready to eat .  what i liked about this way of cooking is, chicken has so many flavours from inside,and texture is so soft and tender , even breast turns out to be very tender. you will love smoky flavour mixed with herb and mild flavour of garlic, fresh pepper lemon. it will just melt in your mouth . you must try this receipe .

Pineapple raita or pineapple in yogurt

Ingredients
1 cup of pineapple chunks cut  into 1/2 inch pieces .

1 cup of fresh yogurt

1 tbsp of sugar

1/2tsp of freshly roasted cumin/jeera powder

Method
If pine apple is sweet and juicy straight away mix it with yogurt , sugar and cumin powder.Let pine apple juice mix with yogurt throughly . refrigerate for atleast 20 mi utes before serving. 

If pine apple is not sweet then take one pan and toss pine apple with sugar for a minute or two till it gets soft and then mix with yogurt and cumin powder.

Soft spongy Almond coconut cake gluten free

Ingredients
1 cup whole almonds (grind them coarse)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp of baking soda
1/2 tsp of baking powder
2 tbsp of coconut powder

1/2 cup non melted non salted butter
1/2 cup eggs or three eggs

METHOD
Mix all dry ingredients in a pot.

In a mixer , churn eggs for 1 minute.
Slowly mix all dry ingredients in a mixer and churn it for another minute.
Put butter and churn it for another minute .

Then bake your cake in an oven or microwave or pot .

Courtesy : Edible garden

Tasty pasta salad

Serves 1
1 cup of cooked pasta
1 carrot diced
1 tomato diced
1/4 onion diced
Handful of lettuce
2 leaves of cabbage cut into thin strips
1/2 tsp of white pepper
2 Tbsp of vinegar
2 Tbsp of sugar or Honey
Salt as per taste
And mayonise garlic dip (1 Tbsp of mayonise + 1 clove of garlic )

Method
Mix all vegetables , vinegar, sugar, salt , white pepper. Now coat pasta with mayonise garlic dip . And top on vegetables and refrigerate for 1- 2 hours . This will allow marination of all veggies and pasta .

soft spongy almond cocoa cake

Ingredients
1. half cup almond ....grind it to powder.
2 .half cup ghee or butter
3. two eggs
4. 1/2 tsp baking soda
5. 1/2 tsp baking powder
6.  1 tsp cocoa powder
7. 1/2 cup sugar

method
churn eggs in mixer for a minute or two . pour oil into the egg . mix all dry ingredients separately and mix with eggs and butter . churn for another minute . grease the baking tray and pour cake mix.  pre heat oven at 180 degrees  for 5 minutes .
bake cake for 30 minutes . you can chk wheather cake is done by inserting tooth pick at the middle , if it comes out clean means cake is done else cook for another 5 minutes and chk again .

Pink pasta made with beetroot

serves 2
1 cup of whole wheat flour
1 whole beetroot
1 egg
salt to taste

method
this pasta is similar to plane pasta recipe posted earlier. only difference is it uses one egg because of the moisture it gets from beetroot juice .

1. Boil 1 cup of water , make flame to low and add washed beetroot into the boiling water . boil it for 1 minute .

2 . Take out beetroot hot from the water and wash beetroot with ice cold water immedietly.this makes it retain its beautiful colour.

3. Peel the skin and make small pieces enough to grind and make smooth paste. note :do not add water.

4. Take flour, salt ,egg and beetroot paste into a bowl and knead it to make dough . if you feel moisture is much add bit of more flour.

5. Let it rest for 1 hour .

6. Divide the dough into 8 portions .

7. Dust surface and roll into long flat dough about 15-20 inches depending upon how thin you want your pasta . or use pasta maker.

8. Cut them into thin strips or use pasta maker.

9. Dry them overnight to get best results in retaining colour of pasta.
or you can immedietly put them into boiling water and cook for 2 minutes . the more you boil it will loose its colour . I cooked pasta immedietly in the picture and not kept it overnight .

Veg cheese sandwich

Serves 2 sandwiches
4 slices of wheat bread
2 sliced mozrilla or cheddar cheese
handful of lettuce ...cut fine
handful of cabbage ...cut fine
one small size onion about 1/4 cup..finely chopped
1 Tbsp of mayonise
butter for bread

Method
Mix mayonise with all chopped veggies.
Spread butter on the bread and warm a bit.
Put cheese slice on one bread .
Spread veggies mix on top .
close with other slice of bread .
cut into triangle or any shape .

Wheat butter dinner rolls

For these tasty and healthy rolls credit goes to my lovely sis Neha . She is having some wonderful recipes and some great art ideas on her site  colourandsome....http://coloursandsome.blogspot.com/.

 Love you sis . 

They are soft , fluffy, healthy ,fresh and easy to make.Serves 10 rolls of small size

Ingredients
3/4 cup of wheat flour
1/4 cup of all purpose flour
1tsp salt
1 Tbsp of sugar
1tsp of dry active yeast
1 1/2 cup of water
Butter about 10 Tbsp

METHOD

Activate yeast in warm water . Mix all dry ingredients and water and make dough . Let the dough be sticky .

Let it sit for 45-60 minutes .

After which Divide them into 10 portions of small size .

Dust the surface and roll them into long oval shaped disc about size if your palm.

Apply butter on surface  and fold it into half , then again apply butter on upper side all over . Now start rolling them from one side till the end . Repeat for all 10 portions .

Keep them for another 30 minutes in the mean time pre heat oven at 180 degrees.

Bake them in oven for 20 minutes . I usually broil in the end for 2 minutes to give nice golden brown colour on top of rolls .

Wheat pasta/ noodle

Try making this pasta at home and you and your kids will love it for sure , apart from extra 1 hour of cooking time there is not much to it . And i feel thats not a big price to pay when you are making it sure  your family is taking healthy food. This recipe is for sure will give you boost of making it so perfect.

Serves 2
Ingredients

1 cup of wheat flour 

2 eggs big size 

1/2 tsp of salt 

1 Tbsp of olive oil 

White flour or corn flour to dust and roll . 

Method 

Make dough with egg and salt . Knead it nicely with olive oil on your hands . 

Leave it for 20 minutes . Divide dough into 8 portions and make them round . 

Leave it for another 20 minutes . 

Now dust the surface and use a roller to make long and thin shaped discs . Use dry flour as much and strech it with roller as thin as you like your noodles to be .

 Now roll all the discs and keep them separate make sure you dust them well . When you finish all, take knife and cut into thin strips one by one , lift it with knife from one side carefully and dry them on hanger.

Or 

You could use pasta maker to cut them and save all these efforts .

Usad chi bhaji

Serves 2-3
Ingredients
2 cups Sprouted green moong
1 medium size onion
2 fresh tomatoes
2 green chillies
1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
4 tbsp Oil to fry
Fresh coriander powder Yellow powder Goda masala or indian garam masala
1 tsp Jaggery

Method to make sprouts with whole green moong
Wash and soak whole green moong overnight . Drain extra water and turn them into big enough sieve.so that air can pass, leave it for another day .by evening roots will start to grow and overnight they will develop fully.here in lagos temperature is just perfect for seeds to sprout.if you are living in colder region you could keep your seeds wrapped in wet muslin cloth and keep it in closed kitchen cupboard , but make sure its not tightly close , just enough to give warmth to seeds like a baby.:-). 

Method to fry 

  Take oil in pan let it be hot . Start with onion untill golden brown. Followed by green chillies, ginger garlic paste. When it leaves oil put tomatoes cook untill they leave oil . Now put corinader powder, goda masala yellow powder and nicely mix your sprouts . After they leave oil pour 2 cups of water and pressure cook for 1 whistle , mix with jaggery. Idea behind semi cooking sprouts is to retain their nutrition and taste . Serve with hot chapati or wheat bread.

Fried beans chinese style

Combination of sweet and sour with a bit of garlic and smoky flavour of seseme oil . I feel thats the best way of cooking fresh beans.

Serves 2
Ingredients
500 gm of fresh beans
2 cloves of garlic cut finely
1 tsp of honey or brown sugar
1 Tbsp of white vinegar
1 Tbsp of soya sauce
1 Tbsp of chilli garlic sauce
2 Tbsp of seseme oil
Salt
Water to boil beans

Method
Boil water and boil beans for 2 minutes .drain water and dip beans in ice cold water as soon as you take the beans out that healps in retaining the colour of beans to green . Peal fibres out from sides and cut them into halves .

Now in another pot take seseme oil make it very hot and put garlic .
As garlic gets light brown  put vinegar , soya sauce , honey , chilli garlic sauce ,salt and toss fried beans into it . For a minute . Off gas and let it stay in pan . As beans are already cooked they just need time for all ingredients to get inside but should not be overcooked or else they would loose their vitamins and texture . Also please note do not close the lid . Else they will loose their colour.

Stuffed chicken wheat bread

Serves 2
Ingredients
1/2 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup white all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1Tbsp sugar
1 tsp dry active instant yeast
Warm water about 1 cup

For stuffing
1 medium size onion
Large pinch of kasuri methi
300-400 gms of minced chicken
1tsp of garam masala
1tsp of chicken tandoori masala
Salt
Red chilli powder

Method
Fry onion till golden brown and put a pinch of kasoori methi and other spices with salt and pepper . Cook minced chicken for 10 minutes or untill done . Usually it does ny take much time . Let it get cold for stuffing.

For dough
1.Take warm water activate yeast .
2.mix wheat and white flour with salt and sugar
3.knead dough
4 . Leave it for 45 minutes to 1 hour
When it gets double in size .
5. Take dough and divide them into 8 parts .
6. Roll each part to a round or square shape disc about size of your palm , stuff about 1 Tbsp of chicken in the middle of rolled dough .Spread it evenly and close
It using little water. Arrange them onto the greased baking tray with space in between.
repeat same step for all 8 parts .

Let them sit for another 20-30 minutes, in the mean time pre heat oven upto 180degrees . You would see that stuffed dough has risen in size . Bake it for 30 minutes and thy are ready to go .

Shrimp oat patties

Crispy and juicy with whole lot of flavour inside  yet healthy . Thats shrimp patties .

Recipe serves about 12 patties
Ingredients
About 2 handful of shrimps medium size washed and deveined. 
1 full cup of oats to bind
1 red chilli whole minced 
4 cloves of garlic minced 
Handful of coriander leaves
1/2 tsp cumin roasted and grinded
Salt and black pepper

Grind garlic,pepper , cumin toghether and mix with shrimps , coriander ,salt , pepper . Mash with your hands so that shrimps leave their juices and get minced. Mix oat to the mixture . You will see oats act as binding agent. Make about 12 patties with your hands . Keep it for 5-10 minutes before you start frying them in deep pan but little oil just enough to cover its sides . Fry for atleast 2 minutes from each side to let shrimp cook from inside .  

Serve it with ketchup or chilli garlic sauce . 

Oats patties

Serves 2
Ingredients
4-5 medium size potatoes
1 cup oats
2-3 green chilli minced
An inch of ginger minced
Salt
Oil to shallow fry

Boil potatoes and mesh them. Mix all ingredients .
You would get a dough like mixture divide about 8 portions and make patties round . 

Shallow fry them untill they get golden brown. They are crisp healthy and tasty serve it with tomato ketchup .

I served it with "tamarind chutney" topped with onion and tomato . 

        

Split yellow mung rice served with chicken

Serves 2
Ingredients
1 cup of basmati rice
1 cup of split green gram lentil / yellow mung lentil
1 onion medium size chopped fine
2 tomatoes medium chopped fine
4 garlic cloves make paste
1/2 inch if ginger make paste
1 tsp of garam masala
1 Tbsp of coriander powder
1 tsp of cumin powder
Oil to cook
Water about 2-3 glasses
Recipe for rice :
In hot oil fry onion untill it gets golden brown .fry ginger garlic paste untill it leaves oil followed by tomatoes untill they leave oil . Put coriander powder and cumin powder fry for a minute and then put yellow split lentil and rice . Fry till they leave oil . Pour water and cover the lid untill rice is fully cooked.

Shrimp dimsum

Recipe for dimsum covering :
Take about 1/2 cup of white flour
A pinch of salt
1 egg
1/2 cup of water
Mix egg with water and salt and knead dough .
Keep it for 20 minutes then divide dough into about 24-30 parts .
Roll them into very thin and round discs . Cover them with corn flour from both sides.

Recipe for shrimp as stuffing:
400 grams of shrimps,mince shrimp finely .

1Tbsp of oyster sauce
2 tsp Ginger minced
2 tsp of green chilli minced 

Salt
Mix everything and marinade shrimps for atleast an hour .
Take about tsp each for stuffing in rolled discs .Just fold them into half and stick them from each side . Boil water in pot and cook them in steamer for exactly 10 minutes . If overcooked shrimp may get hard.