Oatmeal Dosa

Well..as I was anticipating for long...finally my hubby dear got bored with my breakfast menu...so it was time to find something healthy for breakfast now..In my menu...Oatmeal is best for health...so wanted an experiment with this only..so searched on net..got a recipe for oatmeal dosa..and then added my flavours to it and this came out..n again..i did it..my hubby dear liked it a lot ( he actually doesn't like healthy food much ;) 

Ingredients:

1.Oatmeal - approx as much u want

2.2-3 spoons of rice

3.Ginger-grated - as per your taste

4.Garlic- sliced -as per your taste

I don't like paste of ginger n garlic for paranthas ..the flavor with grated or sliced one is always better

5.Lots of coriander+little of methi leaves + pudina leaves or pudina powder (as per flavour)

6.Chopped onions

7.Raw Mango powder,  few seeds of ajwain (good for digestion),garam masala and salt

8. Green chilli - as per flavour

Procedure:

1.Soak rice n oatmeal in water for some 20-25 minutes..add water as per the density required..I approximated with the density i use for dosa batter

2.After it is soaked well, make the batter using mixer.

3.Add the leaves,onions,masalas and all the ingredients above

4.Cook it on flat tawa..as we do for dosa..

5.I served it with mango pickle..n it was as yummy as parantha..but quite filling n nutritious..and actually much less effort than a parantha.

It won't be as crispy as Plain Dosa..but somewhat like onion dosa...but it won't get black/brown as dosa while cooking..Have a look..

Mushroom Curry

Well..this is not my recipe..I learnt it from my friend Neha..but coz i love mushroom..and this is the first time i saw it in curry form and still so yummy..,i need to write it for myself only..so tht i dont forget it...:)
Dont have a photo also..i just made it yesterday night..n was so tempted to eat it that i forgot to click it even.
Will add photo later!!

Ingredients:

1.Mushroom....washed..cleaned..sliced..long ones..
2.All spices (aamchoor,haldi,namak,dhaniya powder,jeera,dhaniya)
3.refined oil
4.1 green chilly
5.Guinger..cleaned n sliced
6.did not have garlic..so used garlic paste
7.Milk - thick one..she said we can use cream also..basically to give thick curry flavour
8.One onion..sliced..
9.two tomatoes
10. some butter
Procedure

1.Fry onion,ginger, garlic paste in refined oil..n then put it in mixie with tomatoes..n make paste.
2.Add the paste to kadahi back n add masalas.let it cook for some time..
3.Start adding milk to it little by little..this will decide the consistancy of gravy..add part..n let it boil..add more..but keep flame low..or milk will get bad..n can even pop out in droplets n hurt u
4. then add slices of mushroom also..and then let it cook for sometime..till mushroom is solften n gets the flavour of curry inside it.
5.in the end,add some butter for the royal feel ( can avoid it if diet concious).
 Add green coriander..n serve..n believe me..it is just too yummy to resist :)

Well..I tried some more variations also..While grinding..added some Kaju n badaam..just for royal feel ;)

Veggie Paneer

Well..I am a typical cancerian..Loves Paneer :)
Yesterday was my new experiment..with two main thoughts in mind - Should use Mint leaves assuring that their aura stays ( no frying like palak..i love mint smell) and with Paneer ..not in pieces form.

Ingredients:
1.Capsicum-1 big one -chopped in small pieces
2.One packet of Paneer-200 gms -grated
3.Carrots - 3 in number - Grated
4.Two onions - Sliced
5.Standard Masalas, anardana and pudina powder
6.tomato- one small- just small..as i dont want puree..- finely chopped
7.Mint keaves - 1/ 2 bunch i used.. chopped..but not so small that the essence is lost in full recipe
Procedure:

Same standard one i feel :)
1. Fry onions and tomato in oil with dry solid masalas..and then add capsicum
2. Once done..add carrot..and fry and add other masalas..then add mint leaves and paneer.
3.Add garam masala,pudina and anardana powder
4.Just cook for some 2 min..thn cover it with lid and turn off gas
5.Remove after some 20 min..It is ready to eat.
6.Dont cook it much as mint should be smelling in recipe :)

Loved by my brother-in-law..hubby dear is not here..so no comments from him :)

Here is how it looks.

Spicy Egg Curry

Well..Did not know what to name it..So just left it like that..
The story behind..yesterday I was talking to one of my friend who tasted as well as appreciated my first hand recipes in BVL,Canada.She is herself a wonderful cook and I am asking her to document her recipes too for us to try.She makes mostly south indian dishes so i feel thts the reason she appreciated everything i cooked coz it was more of north indian. But the sweet thing is..she reminded me of all my recipes we tried in BVL and I got enthu to experiment with those standard recipes (I used to cook in BVL with my mom's telephonic instructions,so they were all tried and tested..just the cook was new ;)).
She used to love Egg Curry-so thats the first cooking I did..after talking to her..Well,.tough test..my brother-in law also likes egg dishes..and he has not eaten any kind of egg dish prepared by me till now...so this wud decide if I am going to cook any new egg dishes in this kitchen :).And  the verdict is ..he liked it..yipee!!

Ingredients:
1.Three Hard boiled eggs - Poke them with fork so that gravy goes inside,or can cut in half and put.
2. Besan(corn flour) -1 spoon
3. Tamarind - we need one bowl of tamarind water..little thick one..
4. All my basic ingredients -onion,tomato,dry red chillies,all dry masalas
5. 1/2 bowl of milk
6. Refined oil
7.Pudina Powder -(I make myself at home with dry pudina leaves)
8.Anardana powder
Procedure:
1.Heat dry red chillies,Jeera,dhaniya -add onions (puree form) to it and fry till transparent.
2.Add tomatoes (in puree form) and add dry masalas and cook it.
3.Once cooked,add tamarind water to it.
4. Add corn floor to milk and beat it to avoid any lumps.
5.Put the milk with cornfloor in the dish.
6.Cook for sometime so that raw smell of cornfloor goes off.If gravy is too thick,either add milk or water.
7.Then i added pudina powder  and anardana powder.

The dish is ready :)

Bread Egg Pakoda

Well..the pictures tell the recipe itself..n i admit it is nothing new or great..but what everyone liked about this dish in my family is the presentation...I mean u eat egg+Omellete quite often..but here the omelette is around the bread so u dont realise tht u r eating dry bread...and as compared to Egg pakodas....which r deep fried..this doesn't take oil at oil..as it is cooked on non-stick simply as omellete..

About the important part in this one is...as such the bread does not absorb egg quickly and cant make it thick manually also..n if soaked for long..bead breaks...so just dip and take out to non-stick pan..n then put the egg liquid (with veggies specifically..as it stays on bread) on top....n need to cook on little less flame n for little more time.,.as the egg inside the bread also needs to be cooked well..otherwise it tasted raw..but if  u wnat to give half egg fry kind feel..thn may b u can execute it faster :)..i did both coz of choices of my family members :)) 

Pulao Biryani

Did not know what to name it..was reading some biryani recipes but found them very difficult..so started with this easy experiment with much less ingredients and less complexity..

Ingredients:
1.Basmati rice - i used Regular Basmati - Soaked them in water 1 hr before
2.Dalchini
3.Laung
4.Cardemom-3-4 pieces
5.Potato - in small cubes
6.Onion- sliced
7.Capsicum - Finely chopped
8.Refined Oil
9.Jeera

Procedure
1. Fry onions,Capsicum,Laung,Dalchini,Potato,cardemom in refined oil.
2.Add saoked rice and fry them for some time.
3. Keep adding little water each time n cook slowly.
4. once almost near to cooked,cover lid and wait 5-6 min and shut down the gas and keep the lid closed.
5.Once whistle goes off itself,then open the lid.

Serve hot..it really smelled very nice and was very tasty also.My hubby loved it .
Waiting for brother-in-law's comments :).

Well my hubby dear n borther-in law loved it..but suggested that i shd put the laung,dalchini in powder form..they feel it is a big task to remove them while eating.Need to try tht now.

Next day i actually added more vegetables..beans..carrots also..n added garam masala..salt n little of chilli powder also..before just closing the lid...i put two hard boiled eggs cut in half..this made the dish very spicy kind and awesome combo with cucumber raita :)