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.

Tomato Chutney for Adai

Usually we will have avial, or some other chutney for adai. But this chutney will beat all.Try it out!This comes under 2 –in- 1 section for tomato.

Ingredients

Tomato – ripen 3 or 4
Garilic pods – 3 or 4
Red chillies - 2 or 3
Coconut freshly grated – ½ cup
Salt –as required



Method:
Grind all the ingredients given above. This is a great combination for adai.
Since garlic is put freshly in this chutney, Just be sure to have a pepper mint when you have this in morning.

you can temper it with mustard seeds if you want!

Tomato Soup

Seeing Vegan Ventures event in Suganya's Tasty Palettes , I thought this is the perfect oppurtunity for me to post this recipe. I got this recipe from my neighbour Lalitha who also has given so many recipes which are yet to be posted. I thank her for giving me so many recipes which are a great hit in my house.




This is my entry for Vegan Ventures.


Ingredients
Tomatoes -10 to 12
Cloves -3 to 4
Cinnamon – 2 sticks
Red chilli powder ¼ tsp or pepper powder as per requirement
Salt
Garlic- 4 to 5 pods





Method:
Dunk the tomatoes in hot water and peel. Grind the blanched tomatoes,cloves,cinnamon,garlic pods together . keep a broad pan in the stove and pur the ground tomatoes in it. Add 2 glassess of water. Put red chilli powder and salt.If you dont want red chilli powder then add pepper powder while serving.let it boil till the aroma of the soup comes. Then mix the corn flour in the water and pour it in the soup and let it boil for few minutes. Add finely chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.

I decided to put this recipe in 2 in 1 category also b'coz I have another Tomato based recipe which will be posted soon.

Simple Baby Corn Masala

There is baby corn manjurian which is apt for starters, fried rice etc.. but I thought a simple masala which can be used for rice and rotis will do.. so the simple baby corn masala!

Ingredients
Baby corn –cut into small pieces
Onion -2
Tomato
Ginger-Garlic Paste – 2 tsp
Chilli powder -2 tsp
Salt
oil
Method:
Heat oil in a kadai and sauté onion. Then put ginger-garlic paste. Sauté it till the raw smell goes. Then put tomato. After some time put chilli powder. Then put the baby corns . Then add salt.
After 10 or 15 minutes take it out and serve hot with sambar rice or rotis.

Baby Corn Bajji

I got inspired by suganya to do a 1-in-3 recipes.I thought of giving 2 in 1 recipes instead.when I searched the crisper I just had baby corns.. and an idea came just in time.yes! I am talking about baby corn bajji... which came very nicely too





Baby Corn Bajji
Ingredients
1.Baby corn
2.Besan flour -2 cups
3.Rice flour – ¼ cup
4.Chilli powder -2 tsp
5.salt – 1 tsp
6.soda bi carb – a pinch
7. water
Method
Mix besan,rice flour together. To that add salt,chilli powder,soda-bi- carb and mix well. Add water to this mixture and make it like idli batter (for consistency).Heat oil in a kadai. Then if the baby corns are tender just soak in the batter else slit the baby corn . put it in oil and fry till its golden brown in color.