Pav Bhaji Rolls

Healthy evening snack made of long bread and vegetables.

Ingredients:

1. Long bun- 4
2. Potato- 2 medium, boiled and mashed
3. Onion- 1 large,cut into edges
4. Green peas-1/2 cup, boiled and mashed along with potatoes
5. Tomato-1,cut into wedges
6. Green chillies-2 ,cut into small pieces
7. Pav bhaji masala-1 tablespoon
8. Red chilly powder- 1 teaspoon
9. Turmeric powder- a pinch
10. Ginger garlic paste- 1 teaspoon
11. Salt-1 teaspoon
12. Lemon juice-1 tablespoon
13. Oil

Method:

1. Boil and mash potatoes and green chillies with a pinch of salt and keep aside
2. Meanwhile, heat oil in a pan, saute onions till soft(Keep 2 teaspoon onion aside)
3. Add tomatoes green chillies along with ingredients 7-11 and mix well
4. Add the boiled vegetables and mix well. Pour the lemon juice and mix thoroughly in low flame. Add little water if the mix is too thick.
5. Boil till the gravy becomes thick.
6. Stuff the long bun with the thick masala gravy
7. Garnish the stuffed part with onion wedges
8. Microwave for a min
9. Serve Hot!

If you don't have a ready made pav bhaji masala,you can easily prepare them.Please follow the steps below to know how to prepare home made pav bhaji masala.

Roast separately 1 tablespoon each of red chilly powder,coriander powder,1/2 tablespoon each of black pepper powder, cumin powder, 2 sticks of cinnamon,2 cloves, 2 cardamom ,a pinch of turmeric powder,1 teaspoon fennel seeds and grind them while cool. Fresh pav bhaji masala is ready.Store in airtight container

Happy eating!

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Special Egg Puff

Something I was missing for pretty long time.. Egg puffs along with hot evening tea. Though couldn't manage to get puff pastry sheets, I tried making these puffs in pan cakes, and guess what? My husband loved it  a lot..

Ingredients:

1. Boiled eggs-2, cut into half
2. Pepper powder-1/2 teaspoon
3. Salt-1 1/2 teaspoon
4. Turmeric powder- a pinch
5. Chicken masala- 1 teaspoon
6. Ginger garlic paste- 1 teaspoon
7. Onion- 1 medium, thinly sliced
8. Corn flour- 2 tablespoon
9. All purpose flour- 2 tablespoon
10. Egg-1
11. Water
12. Oil- 2 teaspoon
13. Paste of 2 teaspoon All purpose flour in little water

Method:

1. Make a dosa like batter with corn flour,all purpose flour and egg adding 1/2 teaspoon salt.
2. Heat a non stick pan and make 4 pan cakes one by one using the batter.
3. Try to make square shaped pancakes, or else cut the edges once the pan cakes are ready to make a square.
4. Heat oil in a pan add onion,saute.
5. Add all other ingredients (2-6) and mix well till dry.
6. Remove from fire and keep aside,dividing the into 4 equal parts
7. Now take the squared pan cakes and place onion masala at centre and keep halved egg on it. 
8. Fold from all side and stick them to one another using all purpose flour paste as binding agent
9. Repeat the same for rest 3 ..
10. Microwave for a minute or two.

Serve hot! A simple evening snack. Though it doesn't look like the authentic egg puffs with puff pastry, anyone can easily make it at home even at absence of sheets! Please try it out and enjoy!

Easy Bread Upma

Very easy upma made with bread. An easy tea time snack/ breakfast

Ingredients:

1. Bread- 6 ,cut into  small pieces
2. Onion-1/2 sliced
3. Green chillies,slit-2
4. Curry leaves- a few
5. Turmeric powder- A pinch
6. Salt- As required
7. Mustard seeds- 1/2 teaspoon
8. Urad dal- 1/2 teaspoon
9. Oil

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and throw in urad dal.
2. Saute the sliced onions till they turn translucent
3. Add the green chillies and curry leaves and saute for a while.
4. Add the cut bread pieces and saute.
5. Add salt and turmeric powder, mix well
6. Saute till the bread pieces turn slightly brown.

Serve hot! garnish with coriander leaves !

Oats Chicken nuggets

An easy evening snack. Healthy, and kids would love to have it.

Ingredients:

1. Boneless chicken: 1/4 kg
2. Oats- 1 cup
3. Corn flour- 4 tablespoon
4. Pepper powder- 2 teaspoon
5. Salt- 1-2 teaspoon,as required
6. Oil for frying
7. Water

Method:

1. Marinate the cut chicken pieces with salt and pepper and keep aside for 15 mins.
2. Meanwhile make a thin batter with corn flour and water 
3. Take oats in a plate
4. Dip the chicken pieces in the batter and roll over the oats. 
5. Dip it again in corn flour batter and roll again over oats
6. Fry oil in a pan enough to dip the chicken pieces
7. Dip the coated chicken pieces one by one in hot oil
8. Fry till brown.
9. Drain oil in an oil absorbing sheet

Serve hot with onion rings or tomato sauce.

Simple chicken roll

Easy snack with leftover chapathis/rotis.

Ingredients:

1. Chapathi-A few
2. Minced chicken-1 cup
3. Chopped tomatoes-1 small
4. Onion chopped- 1 cup
5. Ginger garlic paste- 1 teaspoon
6. Red chilly powder-1/2 teaspoon
7. Turmeric powder- A pinch
8. Salt-As required
9. Garam masala-1/2 teaspoon
10. Pepper powder-1/2 teaspoon
11. Egg-2
12. Oil- for frying

Method:

1. Beat the egg with little salt and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan and saute onions
3. Add tomatoes,chicken followed by all spices,mix well and saute
4. Remove from fire and keep aside.
5. Heat a non stick pan
6. Pour the beaten egg and when its cooked place a chapathi over it and turn over.
7. Spread the onion tomato chicken mix on to the centre and remove from fire.
8. Fold from both sides.
9. Flip one of the open end and lock with a toothpick.

Serve hot with tea/coffee. Too simple and now worries on leftover chapathi!

Chicken dry fry

Simple chicken fry which can be served as a starter/appetiser as well as with ghee rice,rice,rotis. Simple spicy and yummy!

Ingredients:

1. Chicken- 1/2 kg, any piece can be used, I used leg part
2. Chilly powder- 2 teaspoon
3. Pepper powder- 1 teaspoon
4. Turmeric powder- 1/4 teaspoon
5. Coriander powder- 1 teaspoon
6. Ginger garlic paste- 2 teaspoon
7. Lime juice- 2 teaspoon
8. Salt-1-2 teaspoon,depending on requirement
9. Oil- 2 tablespoon

Method:

1. Make small slits in the chicken pieces with fork.
2. Mix all the other spice ingredients together in a bowl
3. Add chicken pieces to the marinade and marinate thoroughly
4. Keep aside for min 30 mins.
5. Heat oil in pan
6. Fry the chicken pieces till they turn dark brown on all sides.
7. Serves hot with onions/ lemon

Spice level can be adjusted to match ones requirement. An apt starter for all non veg/chicken lovers.

Simple Chicken Cutlet

An easy evening snack . Can be prepared in a very simple way. A best snack to serve evening tea time guests.

Makes- 20 cutlets

Ingredients:

1. Minced chicken-1/4 kg
2. Potato- 3 large
3. Onion-1/2 ,cut into small cubes
4. Green chillies- 2 ,cut into fine parts
5. Ginger- 1 inch piece cut into fine piece
6. Egg white- 1 egg
7. Bread crumbs- 1 cup
8. Salt- 2 teaspoon
9. Pepper powder- 2 teaspoon
10. Chilli powder-1/2 teaspoon
11. Turmeric powder- 1/2 teaspoon
12. water- 1/4 cup
13. Oil-1 cup

Method:

1. Boil chicken and potato with 1/2 teaspoon each salt,pepper,water for 2 whistle.
2. Cool and mash them gently.
3. Meanwhile saute all remaining ingredients in 1/2 teaspoon oil
4. Add the mashed mix and mix well
5. Cool them
6. Make small lemon sized balls and flatten them gently with fingers(be careful not to break them)
7. Beat one egg white till foamy.
8. Dip the flattened cutlet in the egg white and dip them again in bread crumbs evenly.
9. Repeat the same for the remaining balls.
10. Heat remaining oil in a pan.
11. Put the cutlets slowly into the pan for frying.Fry both sides.
12. Drain oil with an oil absorbing paper

Serve hot with tomato sauce. You can bake the cutlets instead of frying. Salt and pepper quantities can be altered according to your taste.

Scrambled egg roll

A very very easy snack prepared within a short time with easily available items. Healthy and love the pepper flavour!

Ingredients:

1. Long bun- 2
2. Egg- 2
3. Onion- 1/4 thinly sliced
4. Mustard- 1/2 teaspoon
5. Oil- for spluttering mustard

Method:

1. Heat the pan with oil
2. Splutter mustard seeds
3. Saute onion for 2-3 mins.
4. Break the eggs into the pan and stir gently
5. Add salt and pepper
6. Mix well on low flame for a min.
7. Stuff the buns with the egg mix.
8. Microwave for a min.

Serve with hot/cold coffee. A very simple and nourishing dish, a time saver too!

Chicken potato roll

A very easy and interesting snack. So simple to make and yet yummy!!! I guess lazybones will love this dish a lot.

Ingredients:

1. Long bun- 4
2. Minced chicken-1 cup
3. Potato cut into cubes- 2
4. Onion- 1/2 thinly sliced
5. Mustard seeds- 1 teaspoon
6. Salt-1 teaspoon
7. Pepper powder- 2 teaspoon
8. Water- 1/2 cup
9. Oil- 1 teaspoon

Method:

1. Pressure cook the chicken and potato with 1 teaspoon salt and pepper powder for 1 whistle.
2. Mash well the potato and chicken.
3. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds.
4. Saute onion in the oil.
5. Add the mashed mix,remaining pepper powder to the pan and mix well.
6. Stuff the split long buns with the mix.
7. Microwave for 1 min.

Serve hot with a cup of coffee. These winter days are seriously making me lazy so as to go for such simple n filling stuffs! A pretty good evening snack and also boxed lunch for kids.

Sweet corn chicken soup

Who doesn't love soups! A simple yummy soup rich with chicken and corn kernels.

Serves- 2

Ingredients:

1. Chicken (fatty leg pieces preferred)- 8 nos.
2. Corn Kernels-1/2 cup.
3. Pepper whole- 1 teaspoon.
4. Salt- as required.
5. Pepper- as required.
6. Corn starch- 2 tablespoon.
7. Egg white -2 eggs.
8. Shredded onions- 1/2 cup
9. Water-4 cups

Method:

1. Prepare the chicken stock by boiling chicken legs in water, adding salt.
2. Keep in low flame for about 40 minutes.
3. Remove the broth formed using a spoon.
4. Take out the chicken legs,cool them.
5. De-bone the chicken and shred them into small parts
6. To the stock , add the shredded chicken, pepper balls,onions, corn kernels, pepper powder,salt and cook covered for 10 minutes.
7. Meanwhile beat the egg white till foamy.
8. Make a corn flour syrup with half cup water and pour onto boiling mix.
9. Reduce the heat and add the beaten egg white.
10. Remove from fire.

Serve hot in a soup bowl.
Sweet corn chicken soup is widely preferred starter . Especially in the winter season, anyone would simply love to have it!!!