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Breakfast, Snacks

Stuff Moong Dhokla

Ingredients

2 cup soaked green gram
1 inch ginger
3 to 4 green chillies
Salt

Stuffing
Chopped coriander leaves
1 cup grated coconut
Lime juice
Sugar
Salt

Method
Soak the green gram overnight. Blend the soaked moong in a blender with green chilly and ginger. Add salt, sugar and mix well .

Greese the thali with little oil and steam in a steamer for about 20 Minutes. Repeat one more time.

Now take out from thali, spread green chutney on dhokla and spread the stuffing and place one more dhokla over it
Cut according to ur choice serve with green chutney.

Breakfast, Kids Special Menus, Main Course, Snacks

Tomato Omelette Sandwich

An easy to cook recipe.. Have it as a breakfast, evening snack or dinner.. Choice is yours…

Ingredients
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped tomato
1/2 cup chopped Chinese cabbage
1 to 2 chopped green chilly (optional )
Coriander leaves finely chopped.
1 cup besan( gramflour)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1tbsp red chilly powder
1/2 tbsp coriander jeera jpowder
Salt to taste
Oil

For sandwich
4 to 6 bread slices
Green chutney
Tomato ketchup
Butter

Method
In a bowl, add tomatoes, onions, green chillies, cabbage, coriander leaves. Now add besan, all dry masalas, salt and mix well. Make smooth batter with consistency of dosa or chila.

In a pan, heat 1 tsp oil and pour batter and prepare nice soft and fluffy omelette.

Now take a slice bread, spread butter, ketchup and on another slice spread butter and green chutney. Now place the tomato omelette on it and grill or toast in toaster till crispy. You can toast in tags too. Serve hot.

You can add cheese or cheese spread if you are a cheese lover.

Breakfast, Chutneys, Kids Special Menus, Main Course, Snacks

Seasoned Idli with Sambar (In short, Tadkewali Idli :))

 

1. Idli batter

2. For seasoning
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp mustard seeds
Hing
Curry leaves

3. For Sambhar
Boil Tur Dal
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
1 tbsp Sambhar powder
Salt
1 tbsp Tamarind pulp
Jaggery as per taste
Coriander leaves

4. Chutney
Grated Coconut
Green chilly as per taste
Curry leaves
Salt

Method:
Heat oil in tadka pan, prepare the seasoning and mix well in the Idli Batter. Now steam in Idli cooker for 10 to 15 minutes.

For Sambhar:
In a pressure cooker add all the ingredients and boil 3 to 4 whistles.
Mix the Sambar well and add tadka (seasoning) if you like.

For Chutney:
Grind all the ingredients finely and season.

Now the whole aroma of these tadkas will fill the air and draw the whole family to your dining table. Enjoy this special morning with the most special people in your life!! 🙂

Breakfast, Chutneys, Main Course, Salads, Snacks

Green Chutney

Accompaniments form an integral part of our Indian menu. Be it pickle, papad, salad or chutney they are a must have in our homes.

Ingredients:

1 bunch coriander
Few leaves of mint leaves
Ginger 1 inch
Salt
Sugar
1/2 tsp Fennel seeds
1/2 tsp Jeera seeds
Lemon juice
5 to 6 green chillies

Method:
Grind into a fine paste and refrigerate and use as required.

This simple green chutney is a very useful accompaniment which can be used in a variety of ways. Just to quote a few:

1. As a side dish
2. With Vada, Dosa, Roti, Samosa,etc.
3. For sandwich
4. For Frankies and rolls
5. Add dahi to it and relish it with Parathas.
6. Give Ghee tadka, add green peas, chillies, add boiled dal, coconut, a small ball of jaggery, kokum or tamarind as you like and put in 2 tbps of this chutney. This is a different taste of dal.
7. Add some rock salt and Panipuri Masala, lots of water. This chutney can also be useful for Panipuri. 🙂
8.Add it to a sabji alongwith some dhaniajeera powder, chilli paste for a nice variety.

Add green chillies as per your taste requirements. Importantly, you can store this green chutney in the refrigerator for a week or two.

Enjoy!!!