Ingredients:
4 round slices of cucumber
4 tab sp chopped veg. like carrots, beans, bell pepper and tomato.
4 slices boiled potatoes
4 slices carrot
4 slices oval or round bread (brown )
1 tsp. mint leaves chopped
1 tsp. tomato sauce
1/2 tsp. chilli sauce
1 pinch sugar
1/4 sp salt
1 pinch agno moto
2 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. cheese or paneer grated
Method:
Heat half sp. butter in nonstick pan, add chopped vegetables, stirfry till tener.
Add mint, chilli sauce, salt to taste, sugar, salt and agno moto
Stir and cook well.
Use the balance butter to make toast. keep aside.
Arrange overlapping slices of carrot and potatoes.
Use two slices of each vegetable over one bread.
Garnish with grated cheese and drops of tomato sauce.
Serve hot.
Note: Use brown bread preferably since it contain much more fibre than white bread.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Potato chat
Potato chat
Ingredients:
1 small boiled and salted potato diced
1 small carrot grated
1 stem spring onion finely chopped
1 tsp. coriander leaves finely chopped
1 small tomato (semi fruit) chopped
1 bread toast crumbled coarsely OR
2 tbsp. puffed rice OR
2 tbsp. cornflakes OR
2 tbsp. kara boondi OR
2 tbsp. sev
2 pinches pepper powder (optional)
1/2 tsp. sugar ground
1/4 tsp. vinegar white (optional) OR
1/2 sp lime juice
salt to taste
Method:
Mix all the veg. in a big bowl.
Add any one from the list like kara boondi or sev.
Add sugar, pepper powder and vinegar or lime juice.
Mix well and serve.
Ingredients:
1 small boiled and salted potato diced
1 small carrot grated
1 stem spring onion finely chopped
1 tsp. coriander leaves finely chopped
1 small tomato (semi fruit) chopped
1 bread toast crumbled coarsely OR
2 tbsp. puffed rice OR
2 tbsp. cornflakes OR
2 tbsp. kara boondi OR
2 tbsp. sev
2 pinches pepper powder (optional)
1/2 tsp. sugar ground
1/4 tsp. vinegar white (optional) OR
1/2 sp lime juice
salt to taste
Method:
Mix all the veg. in a big bowl.
Add any one from the list like kara boondi or sev.
Add sugar, pepper powder and vinegar or lime juice.
Mix well and serve.
Bread with fruit pulp
Ingredients:
1/2 cup fruit pulp
1 tsp. sugar
1 pinch cardamom powder or 1 drop vanilla essence
2 slice wheat or milk bread
2 tbsp. sweetened milk
Method:
Prepare coarse pulp from any desired fruit by just mashing with fork.
You may use mango, banana, chickoo, papaya, etc.
Use a transparent small bowl so that kids can see the layers.
Put 1 -2 sp fruit pulp in the cup.
Place slice of bread at bottom (cut it round with out the edges)
Mix the milk with cardamom powder or essence and the balance pulp.
Put one or 2 spoons of pulp on it.
Cover it by another bread slice.
Allow it to set for a while in the fridge.
Serve chilled on a hot summer afternoon.
1/2 cup fruit pulp
1 tsp. sugar
1 pinch cardamom powder or 1 drop vanilla essence
2 slice wheat or milk bread
2 tbsp. sweetened milk
Method:
Prepare coarse pulp from any desired fruit by just mashing with fork.
You may use mango, banana, chickoo, papaya, etc.
Use a transparent small bowl so that kids can see the layers.
Put 1 -2 sp fruit pulp in the cup.
Place slice of bread at bottom (cut it round with out the edges)
Mix the milk with cardamom powder or essence and the balance pulp.
Put one or 2 spoons of pulp on it.
Cover it by another bread slice.
Allow it to set for a while in the fridge.
Serve chilled on a hot summer afternoon.
Colourful Veg. Dosas/ Pancakes
Ingredients:
1/4 cup each gram flour, rice flour, moong flour
1 grated carrot
1 onion finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
1/2 beetroot grated
1 bunch spring onion finely chopped
3 green chillies crushed fine (optional)
2 tbsp. oil
salt to taste
Oil to shallow fry
Method
Mix all ingredients. Add enough water to make batter.
Spread a big spoonful thickly on a hot dosa or non-stick tawa.
Pour oil turn over, roast other side.
Cool, pack with ketchup.
Note: Whenever you make dosa or chappati make it very small. Children will like them.
1/4 cup each gram flour, rice flour, moong flour
1 grated carrot
1 onion finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
1/2 beetroot grated
1 bunch spring onion finely chopped
3 green chillies crushed fine (optional)
2 tbsp. oil
salt to taste
Oil to shallow fry
Method
Mix all ingredients. Add enough water to make batter.
Spread a big spoonful thickly on a hot dosa or non-stick tawa.
Pour oil turn over, roast other side.
Cool, pack with ketchup.
Note: Whenever you make dosa or chappati make it very small. Children will like them.
Rice roti with greens
Ingredients:
1 cup ordinary steamed rice
1/2 cup wheat flour
1 tsp. red chilli powder
1/4 tsp. cumin seeds
1/4 tsp. sesame seeds (til)
1 tbsp. butter
salt to taste
1 tbsp. of yoghurt or curds
1 tbsp. fresh corriander leaves /fenu greek leaves or spinach leaves
oil to shallow fry
Method:
If using greens, wash and drain very well in colander.
Mix all ingredients well except oil to shallow fry.
And form a dough like chappati dough.
Divide in 5-6 round balls.
Roll into chappatis, and make chappati.
Pack with chutney or sauce.
Note: You can add any veg. of your child's choice instead of greens. Or even you can use apple and banana.
1 cup ordinary steamed rice
1/2 cup wheat flour
1 tsp. red chilli powder
1/4 tsp. cumin seeds
1/4 tsp. sesame seeds (til)
1 tbsp. butter
salt to taste
1 tbsp. of yoghurt or curds
1 tbsp. fresh corriander leaves /fenu greek leaves or spinach leaves
oil to shallow fry
Method:
If using greens, wash and drain very well in colander.
Mix all ingredients well except oil to shallow fry.
And form a dough like chappati dough.
Divide in 5-6 round balls.
Roll into chappatis, and make chappati.
Pack with chutney or sauce.
Note: You can add any veg. of your child's choice instead of greens. Or even you can use apple and banana.
Spicy dal with Cut Chappati
Ingredients:
1/4 cup dal
(green moong or yellow moong or black eye peas dal) soaked overnight
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 tsp. grated ginger
1/2 tsp. red chilli powder (optional)
1/2 tsp. cumin seed
3 tsp. ghee or oil
1/4 sp sonf
4 chappatis
Salt to taste
2 sp oil or ghee
Method:
Wash the soaked dal well. Do not remove the skin if using green dal.
Its very nutritions. Drain dal well.
Grind in a wet grinder till fine.
In a kadai pour oil or ghee.
Put sonf, cumin seeds and ginger.
Fry well.
Put the dal mixture and salt.
Mix well and cook. You can cover and sim the flame.
Cook well and remove from the fire.
(It will look like 'parappu usilli')
Keep aside.
Now in another kadai, pour some more ghee or oil.
Put cut onions. Fry for a min or two.
Cut chappati into pieces and put them in that.
Just fry for a min. Then add the dal mixture and mix well.
Remove from fire and serve.
1/4 cup dal
(green moong or yellow moong or black eye peas dal) soaked overnight
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 tsp. grated ginger
1/2 tsp. red chilli powder (optional)
1/2 tsp. cumin seed
3 tsp. ghee or oil
1/4 sp sonf
4 chappatis
Salt to taste
2 sp oil or ghee
Method:
Wash the soaked dal well. Do not remove the skin if using green dal.
Its very nutritions. Drain dal well.
Grind in a wet grinder till fine.
In a kadai pour oil or ghee.
Put sonf, cumin seeds and ginger.
Fry well.
Put the dal mixture and salt.
Mix well and cook. You can cover and sim the flame.
Cook well and remove from the fire.
(It will look like 'parappu usilli')
Keep aside.
Now in another kadai, pour some more ghee or oil.
Put cut onions. Fry for a min or two.
Cut chappati into pieces and put them in that.
Just fry for a min. Then add the dal mixture and mix well.
Remove from fire and serve.
Yummy Chappati rolls
Yummy Chappati rolls
Ingredients:
3 phulkas or chappatis from wheat flour
1/2 cup chopped boiled vegetables.(OR)
1 tbsp. boiled chopped spinach.
1/4 tbsp. of ginger and garlic chopped.(optional)
1/2 tsp.maggie masala.
salt and pepper to taste.
1/2 tsp. wheat flour/ rice flour/corn flour
1 tsp. butter
Method :
Heat butter, add vegetables, ginger, garlic and spinach. Stir for a minute.
Add masala, salt and pepper. Sprinkle wheat/rice flour/ corn flour and mix well. Cool it.
Spread 1 tbsp. filling on the chappati.
Roll tightly.
Cover with aliminum foil. So that it will be easy for the kid to remove the foil and eat the chappati
Ingredients:
3 phulkas or chappatis from wheat flour
1/2 cup chopped boiled vegetables.(OR)
1 tbsp. boiled chopped spinach.
1/4 tbsp. of ginger and garlic chopped.(optional)
1/2 tsp.maggie masala.
salt and pepper to taste.
1/2 tsp. wheat flour/ rice flour/corn flour
1 tsp. butter
Method :
Heat butter, add vegetables, ginger, garlic and spinach. Stir for a minute.
Add masala, salt and pepper. Sprinkle wheat/rice flour/ corn flour and mix well. Cool it.
Spread 1 tbsp. filling on the chappati.
Roll tightly.
Cover with aliminum foil. So that it will be easy for the kid to remove the foil and eat the chappati