Spinach toasts

Ingredients:
Bread slice               - 6 slices
Spinach                    -3 cups finely cut spinach leaves
Onion                       -1 small sliced
Ginger &garlic paste -1/4 tsp
Tomato ketchup       -6 tbsp
Cheese Grated         -4 tbsp
Green chillies           -2 chopped
Salt as required
Oil  as required

Method:
Heat oil in a pan.Add onions and saute.Add chopped spinach,ginger garlic paste ,green chillies and salt .Saute nicely.Remove from fire.
Spread 1 tbsp ketchup over each bread slice.Now spread the spinach mixture over it .At the last sprinkle grated cheese.Decorate with some tomato slices if  needed.
Heat a normal pan or a grilling pan and grill bread slices for 3-4 minutes until the cheese melts and the bread gets toasted.
Serve hot.

Veggie Pie

Ingredients:
Potato              - 1 1/2 cup
(Peel the  skin,cut into cubes)
Carrots             - 1 1/2 cup
(Peel the skin,cut into cubes)
Beans               - 1 cup
(Cut into big pieces)
Cauliflower      - 1 cup
(Cut into  florets)
Broccoli           -1 cup
(Cut into florets)
Frozen corn     - 1/2 cup
White sauce     - 4 cups
Pepper powder - 2tsp
Garlic powder   -1/4 tsp
Onion powder   -1/2 tsp
Bread crumbs    -3/4 cup-1 cup
Tomato             - 1
(Cut into round slices)
Capsicum          - 1
(Cut into round slices)
Grated Cheese   - 3/4 cup

 Method:

Preparation of white sauce:
Butter                - 4 tbsp
All purpose flour - 4 tbsp
Milk                   - 4 cups

In a heated thick bottom vessel,melt butter and stir in all purpose flour .When it starts to bubble,pour 4 cups milk slowly stirring continously .Allow it to thicken without forming lumbs.To this white sauce prepared ,add pepper powder,garlic powder,onion powder and salt .Stir again.Remove from fire.
Preparation of Pie:
Preheat the oven to 350degree F .Steam all the vegetables.Fill a baking try with this steamed veggies and then pour white sauce above this.Place tomato slices and capsicum slices above it and sprinkle with bread crumbs.Above all sprinkle grated cheese.Bake for 25-35 minutes or until the cheese melts and it turns light brown in colour.

Cabbage Vada

Ingredients:
Grated cabbage   -1 cup
Chopped onion   -1 /2 cup
Grated carrot      - 1/4 cup
Grated coconut   - 1/4 cup
Gram  flour         - 1 cup
Green chillies      - 5 chopped
Crushed ginger    - 11/4 tbsp
Chilli powder      - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
Salt                    - as needed
Asafoetida           - a pinch
Curry leaves        - 10 leaves chopped
Oil for deep frying

Method:
Mix grated cabbage,grated coconut ,grated carrot,chopped onion,chopped green chillies,crushed ginger,chilli powder,turmeric powder,salt ,asafoetida,chopped curry leaves and gram flour well in a big bowl.Add water if needed to make it a thick batter.
Heat oil in a frying pan.Shape the batter into round ball with a small hole in the middle.Deep fry and serve .

Mushroom cutlet

Ingredients:
Mushrooms chopped          -11/2 cup
Potato                                -1
Carrot chopped                  -1/4 cup
Beans chopped                   -1/4 cup
Onion chopped                   -1 cup
Garam masalapowder         -2 tsp
Green chillies                      -5
Ginger chopped                  -1 tbsp
Egg whites                         -2
Bread crumbs                    -1 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Oil

Method:
Steam  all the chopped carrots,beans and green peas with enough salt.

Boil the potato .Peel off the skin and mash it without  lumps with a potato masher or with a spoon and keep it aside.

Heat a little oil in a pan,add chopped onion and saute  till it turns light  brown.Add slited  chillies and chopped ginger and saute it again.Now add the steamed vegetables,mashed potato and garam masala powder .Mix it well. Remove from fire.

Make lemon size balls of it  with your hands and flatten it into an oval or round shape cutlets.

Beat the egg whites.Coat the cutlets with this egg whites and then with the bread crumbs .

Heat oil in a frying pan.Deep fry till golden brown.Serve hot with tomato sauce or salad.

Cheese Toast

I am reposting this Cheese toast recipe for the Say Cheese event of SARA'S CORNER.

Ingredients:
Bread slices                -6 cut into half
Onion                         -1/4 onion chopped
Green Chilli                 -3 green chillies
Corainder leaves         -1 tbsp
Tomato Chopped        -1 tsp
Chedder Cheese          -11/2 cup grated
Salt to taste

Method:

Mix all the ingredients with cheese and add salt to taste.Spread it over the bread slice.Heat a pan.Grease it with some butter.Toast the bread slices in low flame till the cheese melts.

Vegetable macaroni

Ingredients:
Macroni                     - 1 1/2 cup uncooked
Carrot                        -1 cup ( cut lengthwise )
Capsicum                   - 1 cup (cut lengthwise )
Celery                        - 1 stalk (remove the leaves and root)and cut lengh wise
Spring Onion              - 1( cut lengthwise)

Garlic                         -4 (finely chopped)

Pepper powder          -1 tsp

Soya sauce                -11/2 tsp

Chilli sauce                - 1tsp

Tomato sauce            -1 1/2 tsp

Vegetable stock         -1cube (optional)

Oil                             -2 tbsp

Procedure: 

Cook and drain macaroni as per thepackage instructions.Cut all the vegetables.Add 2 tbsp of oil to the wok( frying pan) which is kept in high flame.When the oil is hot,add chopped garlic, spring onion chopped and stir fry for few sec.Now add the cut vegetables.Add vegetable stock(optional).Stir fry it for 2 min.Add pepper powder,soya sauce,chilli sauce and tomato sauce and saute for a few sec.Now add boiled macroni.Sprinkle with celery salt for better taste.

Pyramid fry (Idly Fry)

Actually am not sure what to call this snack.Its shape is very much similar to a pyramid and orginated in my mother's kitchen during my childhood.It is really delicious.Even though I hated idlis those days,still fought with my siblings to get more share of this snack without knowing that it was from the  left over idlis and thick chutney of the mornings..
Ingredients:
 Idlis
Oil for frying
Ghee              -1 tbsp
Thick chutney

Procedure:
 
    Divide the idlis into 6 equal parts.Heat  oil and ghee in a frying pan.Deep fry the idli pieces .Serve hot
with topped chutney

Spinach Paratha (Palak Paratha)

Recently we have been to a neighbouring friend Krishna's place and she gave us this spinach paratha.My kids were not liking  the taste of spinach till that day but now its their favorite.

Special thanks to Krishna  for giving such a delicious recipe!!This is how we can  make the spinach paratha.

Ingredients:-

Spinach          -a hand full

Water             -3/4 cup

Wheat flour     -1 1/2 cup

Ginger             -a small piece

Garlic              -1 garlic glove

Green chilli       -1

Garam masala  -1/2 tsp

Curd                -1tbsp

Salt                  -1/2 tsp

Oil or  Ghee 
Procedure:

Keep  spinach and water in the stove and allow it to boil or till the spinach becomes tender.Blend it in a blender together with ginger,garlic and green chilli.Take the wheat flour in a big bowl.Add garam masala powder,curd,salt to this.Add the spinach puree little by little to this.Knead it well.At the end ,you can add 1/2 tsp of oil to get fluffy parathas.Keep it for 15min.

       After 15 min,knead it again for  a min.Make small balls of it .Each ball makes each paratha.Take each ball and dip it in dry wheat flour.Sprinkle some wheat flour on a dry  rough surface.Now place these balls on the surface and roll it out into a thin round using a rolling pin.Heat tawa (griddle)on medium flame.Sprinkle some water and see whether the water is evaporating quickly.If so its ready to put parathas.

Cook for 40-45 sec or till the underside have  a few brown small spots.

Turn it over and cook till some small bubbles form.Grease this side with some ghee or oil.Turn over again.With a spatula or kitchen towel lightly press the first side.Remove from fire and serve hot.