Broccoli Egg Fry

A healthy side dish that goes well with rice and chapathi.Crispy broccoli florets with a flavour of egg... hmmm... try it!

Ingredients:

1. Broccoli- 1,cut into small florets.
2. Egg- 3
3. Onion- 1/2 onion, thinly sliced
4. Green chillies- 2,slit
5. Pepper powder-1 teaspoon
6. Turmeric powder- a pinch
7. Salt-1 teaspoon
8. Mustard seeds- 1/2 teaspoon
9. Curry leaves-10
10. Oil-1 tablespoon

Method:

1. Clean and cut the broccoli into small florets, thinly slice the stem part.
2. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds
3. Add the onions, and saute till soft
4. Add the cut broccoli florets,green chilies, sate till broccoli turns crisp.
5. Add the turmeric powder,salt,pepper powder and mix well.
6. Throw in curry leaves
7. Cover and cook for 5-10 minutes in low flame.
8. Break the eggs into the pan and stir well,so that broccoli gets mixed with egg.
9. Remove from fire and serve hot

Healthy veg-nonveg dish ready to be served with rice/rotis. Well try for urself and enjoy the new flavour.

Tomato Rasam

Very healthy and vitamins and iron rich dish. Can have it as a curry with rice, can have it as a health drink/soup. A must dish with all Kerala sadya. A pretty good medicine for cough and cold!

Ingredients:

1. Toor dal- I tablespoon
2. Tomato- 1 medium,diced
3. Garlic- 4 pods, crushed
4. Turmeric powder- 1/4 teaspoon
5. Red Chilly powder-1 teaspoon
6. Pepper powder- 1 teaspoon, or more
7. Salt- 1 1/2 teaspoon, or more
8. Coriander leaves- 6-10
9. Water- 2 cups
10. Thick Tamarind paste- 1 teaspoon or more,as required
11. Ghee-1/2 teaspoon
12. Mustard seeds-1/2 teaspoon
13. Dried red chilly- 2
14. Asafoetida powder- A pinch

To Grind:

1. Pepper whole- 6
2. Dried red chilly- 3
3. Coriander seeds-5-6

Method:

1. Grind the grinding ingredients to a fine powder.
2. Pressure cook the toor dal, mash well and keep aside.
3. Meanwhile boil water in a vessel , add the ground powder,red chilly powder,turmeric powder,pepper powder to it.
4. When the water boils, add the crushed garlic, tomatoes, cover and cook.
5. When the tomatoes blend well with water, add tamarind paste, mashed toor dal, salt, sprinkle coriander leaves, cover and cook for 10-15 mins on low flame.
6. Heat the ghee in another pan, splutter mustard seeds, dried red chillies and season the rasam along with asafoetida powder.

Serve hot! More pepper can be added when having it during cough or cold. Its an excellent medicine.Tamarind taste can also be altered on requirements. Enjoy Rasam!!!

Lemon Rice.. Simple and Healthy!

Much healthy and tasty dish. Very easy to cook too. lemon is equally healthy for all.

Ingredients:

1. Rice- 1 cup
2. Oil-1 tablespoon
3. Lemon juice- extracted from a large lemon
4. Turmeric powder-1/4 teaspoon
5. Salt-1-2 teaspoon (depending on requirement)
6. Dry red chillies- 4
7. Mustard seeds- 1/2 teaspoon
8. Curry leaves-10
9. Pepper corns- 4-5
10. Bengal gram-1 teaspoon
11. Black gram-1 teaspoon

Method:

1. Cook rice and keep aside
2. Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds
3. Add curry leaves, Bengal gram,black gram,pepper corns,red chillies, saute for a while
4. Add salt,turmeric powder,lemon juice
5. Add the cooked rice to the pan and mix well

Serve hot with pickle! A healthy lunch-box for kids or have it as an evening snack. Enjoy!

Kadhai Paneer

Healthy vegetarian side dish, but if you are a weight watcher, beware of paneer!

Serves-2/3

Ingredients:

1. Paneer,cubed-1 cup
2. Onion-1 large,sliced
3. Tomato- 1 medium,sliced
4. Capsicum- 1,cubed
5. Garlic- 2 pods,crushed
6. Ginger- 1 inch,crushed
7. Red chilly powder- 1 teaspoon
8. Turmeric powder- a pinch
9. Coriander powder- 1 teaspoon
10. Salt-1 1/2 teaspoon or as required
11. Oil- 1 tablespoon
12. Water- 1/2 cup
13. Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the paneer cubes
2. Drain and keep aside
3. To the same pan, add chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder and heat for a min.
4. To this add crushed garlic and ginger, saute till raw smell goes
5. Add chopped onions and saute till they turn light
6. Add tomatoes, cover and cook till tender.
7. Allow them to cool for a while.
8. Coarse grind them in  a mixer with 1/2 cup water and keep aside
9. To the former pan add cubed capsicum and saute for a while.
10. Add the ground paste,salt and mix well.
11. Test for the spice requirements
12. Add the fried paneer cubes, cover and cook till gravy thickens.
13. Garnish with coriander leaves

Serve in a Kadhai(Indian style pot) to get a restaurant touch! If you love biting onions, then you can omit grinding them. A very good side dish for roti/chapati/naan/rice.b Serve hot!

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.