Add Idli batter to have a soft dosas or bhajjis!

If you add one or two ladle full of idli batter to bhajji mix or rava dosa ,or
cornmeal dosas, you will get soft bhajjis,dosas.

Brocolli Paneer Fry

This recipe was given to me by my friend Shruthi who is an Aerobics Instructor. She saw it on T.V . Its really very simple to prepare. This recipe goes under 2-in-1 for Brocolli.



Ingredients

1.Brocolli 2 florets
2.paneer 200 gms grated
3.cumin seeds 2 tsp
4.pepper 2 tsp
5.garlic pods 8-10
6.salt to taste
7.Olive oil or any refined oil for sauteeing.

Method
Grind pepper,garlic,cumin seeds together. Heat oil in a wok and put the ground things in the oil. Then put brocolli florets into the wok and stir fry. Add salt.Let the florets get cooked. After some time put the grated paneer and stir. let the water from paneer get evaporated. fry till paneer and brocolli is roasted enough.Have it as a evening snack.

Broccoli Soup

I saw this recipe in Life Mojo website. It was so simple and delicious. I have tweaked a little bit.. I used coriander leaves instead of celery. that's it. I have another recipe using the "broccoli",so I am going t put this in 2 in 1 category. Do try this.




Ingredients
1. 1 cup broccoli, cut into small florets
2. 1/2 cup onion, thinly sliced
3. large clove garlic (lahsun), chopped
4. 1/2 cup carrots, thinly sliced
5. 2 tbsp chopped celery (ajmud)
6. 1 tbsp alphabet pasta or stellini (or any small pasta)
7. 1 tbsp butter
8. salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Method
1.Heat the oil in a pan, add the onion, garlic, carrots and celery and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.
2.Add the broccoli, pasta, salt and 2.5 cups of hot water and simmer till the pasta has cooked (approx. 5 to 7 minutes).
3.Add pepper and mix well. You can just grind it to have a smooth consistency.
4.Serve hot.

To make papaya even more tastier..

To make papaya fruit even more tastier just sprinkle a pinch of pepper powder and toss. It will be delicious.

Vegetable Uthappam

I knew about onion uthappam, but this veg uthappam takes the crown.It is very colour full and tasty. Do try it!


Ingredients

1.Onion finely chopped-2
2.Carrots grated -2
3.Beans finely chopped -200 gms
4.green chillies finely chopped -4
5.curry leaves

Heat oil in a wok and sauté onion. Then put green chillies, beans, carrot, curry leaves and let it cook for 10 more minutes. Then put these in the dosa batter. Heat dosa tawa and pour the a ladle full of batter. Pour oil lightly on the sides of the dosa. Close the dosa with a lid for a minute or two. Then flip the dosa . keep it in flame till the other side is cooked. Serve hot with coconut chutney and sambar.

To make potato fry more tastier...

Grind pepper,jeera,garlic together and add it to the potato fry. This will taste different.

To dissolve the salt completely!

To avoid lumps of salt in any batter, pour a teaspoon of water on top of the salt in the batter. It will dissolve the salt completely.