Capsicum Onion Cheese sandwich

Capsicum Onion Cheese sandwich is a perfect recipe that can be enjoyed as snack or lunch.A right mix of vegetables,with cheese and seasoning. Try it hot on a nice rainy day or over a relaxing weekend,you will definately enjoy it! Prep Time: 15mins Cook Time:20 Mins Total time:35 mins Servings: 4 Author: Smita Capsicum Onion Cheese sandwich Capsicum Onion Cheese sandwich

Ingredients   Capsicum(finely chopped) - 1/2 cup

Tomatoes(finely chopped) - 1/2 cup

Onions(finely chopped) - 1/2 cup

Pepper pwd-1/2 tsp

Green chillies(finely chopped) - 2

Salt - to taste. Italian seasoning-to taste Chaat masala-to taste Butter Bread Mozarella Cheese Green chutney

Method: In a bowl, add chopped capsicum, tomatoes, onions, green chillies, salt, pepper powder,seasoning in a bowl and mix it well. Next add Mozzarella cheese and mix it again. Take bread slice and apply green chutney and butter. Place this mix on the bread slice, cover this with one more bread slice. Toast it in the toaster. Serve hot with tomato ketchup. Thanks for stopping by..

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Karela Masala

Karela Masala  is an interesting and healthy gravy that you can enjoy with  Indian breads or rice. It is delicious and simple to cook. Karela is known as Bitter Gourd or Hagalkaayi in kannada. It is very nutritious and tasty. Try it out.

Karela Masala 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup karela (finely chopped)

1 onion, finely chopped

1 tomato finely chopped

1/2  green chilly chopped

1/2 tsp jeera

1/2 tsp mustard

1/2 tsp red chilli

pwd

Turmeric pwd -pinch

1/2 tsp dhania

jeera pwd

1 tsp Bhath pwd 

1-2 tsp tamarind paste

2 tsp jaggery pwd

salt to taste

1 tbsp oil

Curry leaves-few

Coriander leaves-few

Method-In a kadai, add little oil , fry

 karela well  and keep it aside. Next in a pan,heat oil ,add jeera,mustard, chopped onions, green chillies and curry leaves and saute for 2-3 mins. Add the chopped tomatoes and masala pwds and fry well. Add little water and cook for 1-2 mins. Next add the fried karela and mix.  Simmer for 2-3 mins till the gravy blends well stirring occasionally. Garnish with coriander leaves . Serve hot with rice or rotis.

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Tomato Chutney Ver III

Tomato chutney is tangy and spicy. Easy to prepare. Taste yummy with bread or dosa alike. Tomatoes are low in calories and rich in vitamins. Tomato is an important source of vitamin C, beta-carotene, folate, and potassium for body. Do include in your diet.

Tomato Chutney

Ingredients:-

• 5-6 – Tomatoes (chopped)
• 1/2 tsp -Ginger paste
• 1-2 – Green Chillies
• 1-2 tsp Sarin Pudi
• Pinch of Asafoetida
• 1/2 tsp pepper pwd
• 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
• 1/2 tsp – Mustard Seeds
• Few-Curry Leaves
• 1/2 tsp- Turmeric
• Salt As Required
• 1 tsp – Sugar
• few- Coriander Leaves(finely chopped)
• 1-2 tbsp Oil

Method- In a pan, heat oil, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ginger paste, asafoetida,curry leaves,turmeric. Once done add tomatoes and green chillies and stir well for 10 mins. Add water. Next add the masala pwd, sugar, salt and mix well. Add coriander leaves. Let till boil, slowly the mix will thicken. Enjoy with chapati or bread or dosa.

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Padavalakayi Bajji/ Snake Gourd Fritters

Padavalakayi Bajji (-parval/snakegourd/ ಪಡವಲಕಾಯಿ ) is an interesting deep fried fritters. Simple and easy to prepare, the snake gourd pieces are thinly sliced dipped in a besan batter fried till golden brown. 

Ingredients:

• Snake Gourd – 1 cup (thinly sliced
• deseeded)
• Besan Flour – 1 cup
• Rice Flour – 1/4 cup
• Red Chilli Powder – 3 tsp 
• Dhania-Jeera Pwd-1 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Ajwain/Carrom Seeds -2 tsp
• Oil – for frying

Padavalakayi Bajji/ Snake Gourd Fritters 

Method- Cut the snake gourd to thin round slices,remove the seeds and keep it aside in water. Next in a bowl , add the flours, spices,salt and ajwain and mix. Add water to make a smooth paste. Meanwhile keep oil for frying. Take 1tsp hot oil and add to the besan mix. Next dip the sliced snake gourd pieces in the batter till it is coated well and carefully slide in the oil. Deep fry till they become golden brown on both sides.
Enjoy delicious snake gourd fritters with chutney or sauce.

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Pista Sheera

Pista Sheera is yummy flavored sweet that can be made in very less time Semolina blended with powdered Pistachio and other flavors make it very delicious. Enjoy this healthy dessert .

Ingredients

1	cup Chiroti rava (semolina or sooji)
1	cup Milk
1/2	cup Ghee
	Few Raisins
1	cup  Sugar
	Few Cashew nuts/Badam  2-3 tbsp  Pista Pwd (homemade sliced Pista pieces Method - Roast rava in the ghee till aromatic. Add sugar and warm  milk and lower the flame.  Simmer and cover with lid till it blends in.  Add raisins and cardamom powder ,pista powder mix well. Add fried cashew nut and kesar Enjoy with little ghee on the top.

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Malabar Paratha

Malabar Paratha aka Kerala Parotta is an interesting South Indian layered  flat bread type. Made from all purpose flour it is tasty, worth a try for weekends. Enjoy it buttered and hot. A definite hit with the kids.

Malabar Paratha 

Ingredients 

• 3 cups Flour (maida)
• 1 cup Water
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• Oil 
• Butter

Method - In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Add oil and blend well. Next add water  knead well for 5-10 mins to make a soft dough. Cover with a damp cloth and let it rest for 30 mins. Again knead for 5 more mins. 
Next make small balls. Take one ball and roll it very thin chapati. Now make pleats from top to bottom. Roll the pleats to form a small spiral. Next make paratha  out of this spiral.

Repeat for the other balls. Heat  tawa, place this rolled out paratha and let it cook well on both sides,add butter or oil. Serve hot with any interesting gravy.

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Corn Chitranna

Sweet Corn Chitranna is a easy seasoned rice variety with yummy corn added to it . Kids will definitely love it. Chitranna is a favorite South Indian Rice variety, you can make variety of chitranna aka one pot meal. This is a very simple one.

Ingredients:

Corn Chitranna 

• 1 cup rice (cooked)
• 1/4 cup fresh coconut(grated)
• salt to taste
• Sweet corn boiled 1 cup
• 1/2 cup onion finely chopped

Seasoning

• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/2  tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp channa dal
• 1 tsp urad dal
• few cashew nuts
• 1 tbsp peanuts
• Hing pinch
• Green chilies-2-3
• few Curry leaves
• Few coriander leaves
• Oil-2 tbsp

Method:  Allow the rice to cool, spread it on a plate. 
Next heat oil in kadai,roast cashews and peanuts and keep it aside, next add the other items in seasoning, roast well, add onion and fry, add the rice to this seasoning. Add the sweet corn, grated coconut, cashews and peanuts and mix well. Saute for 1-2 min. Garnish the rice with coriander leaves. Serve hot .

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Thokku Dosa

Thokku Dosa is an interesting dosa recipe.Just add ready made or home made mango thokku and you have a tangy spicy dosa ready in no time ! Try it out .

Thokku Dosa

Ingredients:

• Dosa Flour 2 cups
• Salt as per taste
• Oil
• Jeera-1 tsp
• Onion-1  finely chopped
• Mango thokku-3-4 tbsp

Method:

In a bowl , take the dosa flour ,add the above items and mix really well.
Make dosas. Serve hot with butter and chutney of your choice.

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Sabudana Dosa

Sabudana Dosa is a dosa  that is thin and crispy, simple and easy made from soaked sabudana or tapioca blended with normal dosa batter. Enjoy it hot with chutney and butter.

Ingredients

• Rice- 1 cup

• Sabudana/Sago- 1/4 cup

• Urad dal - 1/4 cup

• Methi seeds- 1 tsp
• Salt- To taste

• Poha- 1/4 cup

Sabudana Dosa 

Method-  Soak urad dal, sabudana methi seeds and rice overnight. 

Grind all together to a soft batter along with poha.

Keep it aside overnight. Add salt to batter.Heat tava and spread a thin dosa. 

  Make dosas. Serve hot with butter and chutney of your choice.

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Corn Paneer Masala

• Corn Paneer Masala is a easy gravy for your parathas or rotis.Enjoy it hot. Kids will love the combination sweet corn with paneer , healthy and nutritious.
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Ingredients

To Grind 
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Few broken cashew
1-2 Green Chilies
1/2 cup chopped Onion

Others
1/2 cup paneer shredded
1 cup  sweet corn (boiled)
1/2 cup capsicum (stir fried)
1-2  tbp  oil
1 piece bay leaf
1 tsp Chili pwd
2 tomatoes puréed
1/2 tbsp cream
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp garam masala pwd
1/2 tsp kasuri methi
1/2 tsp jeera /cumin seeds
Coriander leaves-garnish
Salt-for taste

Method

Grind all the items mentioned above under grind into fine paste. Add oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds, bay leaf. Add the chilly powder, garam masala ,ground paste and the tomato puree and let it cook ,keep stirring. Add the corn,capsicum shredded paneer and malai (cream). Add salt,sugar and mix well. Cook till the gravy thickens Serve hot with roti of your choice.

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Rice Crisps / Akki Sandige

Rice Crisps / Akki Sandige  an interesting recipe made during summer season. Learn to make sandige / vadams /fryums right from the first level. Make it , fry it and enjoy it.

Rice Crisps

Ingredients 

• 1 cup rice flour
• 7 cups water
• 1 Tsp Hing
• 8-10 green chilies
• 1 Tsp cumin seeds
• 1 Tbsp salt (adjust to taste)
  
• 1/2 Tsp oil
• 2-3 Tbsp buttermilk

Method - Grind green chilies with cumin and keep aside. In a bowl mix rice flour with the remaining water with hands into a smooth liquid dough. Next in a pan  heat 1 cup of water with 1/2 Tsp oil, salt , next add chilies paste and hing. Now slowly add the rice flour mix into this water keep stirring. Let it cook on low heat, keep on stirring for 10 mins. Switch and let it cool.

Meanwhile in a sheet or plate, sprinkle buttermilk and slowly take the rice mixture and start putting it in form of sandige leaving gaps in between.

Keep it in hot sun or terrace daily till it is completely dry from  all sides. Keeping flipping, once dried store in containers. Use as required.

Frying- In a pan heat oil well, add the dried sandige, fry well and enjoy with bisi saaru anna or with tea or coffee.

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Aloo Capsicum

Aloo Capsicum is a delicious combination for Indian breads. It can be made in variety of ways. This is one with hurikadle pudi / Fried gram dal powder and mildly spiced. Perfect for kids.

Aloo Capsicum

Ingredients 

•  2 potatoes (boiled and diced)
•  2 capsicums 
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 
• 1/2 tsp mustard
• Hing pinch
• 1-2 green chillies
• 1 tsp turmeric powder 
• 1 tsp Hurikadle powder
• 2 tsp grated coconut
• 1-2 tbsp Oil
• Salt 

• Method-Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin and mustard, hing, turmeric, green chilies and fry till done  add capsicum and sauté for some time. Next add potatoes ,the hurikadle powder , salt and mix well. Garnish  with coriander leaves and coconut and serve Aloo Capsicum hot with chapati or rice.

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Ragi Methi Dosa

Ragi Methi Dosa (Finger Millet Methi dosa)  is another dosa variety that can be made with Finger Millet flour -  easy , quick dosa variety. Made from fenugreek leaves (methi) is healthy , nutritious and tasty too.

Ragi Methi Dosa

Ingredients

• Chiroti rava 1 cup
• Ragi flour - 1 cup
• Curds-3 tbsp
• Methi leaves, washed and finally chopped - 1 cup
• Coriander leaves-few
• green chillies, finely chopped - 5-6
• coconut, grated - 2 table spoon
• jeera - 1 tsp
• salt - as per taste
• Coconut-3 tsp(opt)
• Water

Method-

In a bowl, add rava, ragi flour, and curds, next add chopped methi leaves, coriander leaves,green chillies, jeera, salt and grated coconut, add water and mix well to form dosa batter.

Keep it aside for 1-2 hrs. Make dosa.

Serve Finger Millet Methi Dosa hot with chutney of your choice.

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Ragi Wheat Chapati

Ragi Wheat Chapati is a healthy and nutritious recipe providing the daily dose of required benefits for our body. Ragi or Finger Millet is a wonder food that helps in overall growth in kids.

Ingredients

• Wheat flour--2 cups
• Ragi flour---1 cup

  

  Ragi Wheat Chapati

• Water--for kneading
• Oil
• Salt to taste

Method- 

In a bowl, add all the ingredients and knead into soft dough.
Cover and keep it for 30 mins.
Next make chapatis.
Fry on tava , add oil and flip and once done on both side , 
serve hot with sabzi of your choice.









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Mango Dal

mango dal

Mango Dal is an interesting combination made using raw mango and Tur dal. This healthy recipe can be enjoyed  with chapati or hot rice. It is an interesting variation during the mango season. Enjoy.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup tur dal
• 1/2 cup grated raw mango 
•  pinch turmeric pwd
• 1-2 green chillis, 
• salt to taste
• 1 1/2 -2 cups water

Seasoning

• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• few fresh curry leaves
• 2-3 tsps oil
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• Pinch Hing

Method-Cook dal in pressure cooker along with turmeric pwd. Prepare seasoning, add this to the cooked dal.Add grated raw mango and salt. Mix well and let it simmer on low heat. Enjoy hot with chapati or rice.

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