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 .

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 .

Rava cheela or semovita pan cakes

Serves 15 pancakes medium size
Ingredients
2 cups of semovita
2 carrots
Cabbage 2 cups
1 -2 Green chilli crushed
Jeera seeds 1/2 tsp
Water about 1/2 litre -1 litre
Salt
Oil to fry

Method mix semovita and all the ingredients toghether with water , consistency should not be too watery or too thick . Let mix stay for 20 minute , it will allow semovita to absorb veggies salt and water .
Take flat pan put 2 tsp of oil and spread on pan . Let pan be very hot .now take about 1/2 cup of batter and pour into the pan and press it with the spatula and expand it to make it round. Let it cook on low to medium flame untill it turns golden brown , cook from other side with tsp of oil on the sides .

Serve it with mint chutney or coriander chutney .

Egg wheat roll

One bite of hot egg roll and i  remember delhi's cold winters and thick foggy morning .Egg roll is one of the best street foods of delhi . 

Serves 6 rolls of medium size
Ingredients for roll
2 eggs
1 cup of milk
1 cup of wheat flour
Salt
1/2 tsp of baking powder
1/2 tsp of baking soda
1 Tbsp of. Yogurt

For stuffing
1 cup of grated cabbage
1/2 cup of thin sliced onion
2 Tbsp of mint coriander  chutney( Grind handful of coriander , mint leaves and one green chilli and one clove of garlic)

For eggs 

Wisk eggs with milk and salt a pinch . 

Method

Knead dough with water,flour, baking soda ,baking powder, yogurt and salt . Let it sit for 30 minutes.

In the mean time make mint chutney, grate cabbage and thin slice onion , mix everything toghether . 

Now this is important part , divide dough into 4 parts . And roll them into disc of about palm size as diameter . Take hot flat pan , and put your disc on pan . Cook it from one side and turn and let it cook from another side , remove it from pan ,Now apply some butter on the pan and pour your wisked egg on pan like you do for an omelatte . Take your flat bread and put it on top of egg and cook egg untill its nicely done and carefully lift your bread covered with egg from pan and stuff it with veggies . And wrap it nicely from three sides. 

Shrimp sandwich

If you and your family likes seafood then what else can be more healthy nutritious and easy to make meal to start a day than shrimp sandwich.
Its also good for kid's lunch box .

Serves 2 sandwiches
200 grams fresh shrimps washed and deveined. i am using medium size shrimps.
4 slices of wheat bread
Lettuce leaf
Slices of 1 onion
Slices of 1 tomato
2 slices of chedder cheese
Butter 4 Tbsp

Salt
And freshly grounded black pepper

Add 1 Tbsp of butter in pan and place shrimp , add salt and black pepper . Cook just for a minute and then off gas and close the lid . Shrimps does not take time to cook . If you cook for long period they would get hard and rubber like in texture .

Apply butter on each bread and warm slightly . Place handful of shrimps on the bread( butter side)
Place chedder cheese slice on top of follwed by lettuce , onion and tomato slices . Top up with second slice and dab with your hands . Or you can grill in your oven to do the same for 1/2 minute.   cut and serve  . If you like your shrimps to be binded in sandwitch then try my "shrimp patties" recipe and make delicious sandwich which are easy healthy , tasty and loved by kids.