Salad

Ingredients

Cucumber
Cabbage
Carrot
Corn (boiled)
Watermelon
Raw mango
Almonds
Lemon
Pepper powder
Black salt

Method

Toss all ingredients together and add  black salt  and pepper squeezed lemon.

Fruit and vegetable salad

Ingredients

Watermelon
Apple
Cherry
Almonds
Raisins
Capsicum
Carrot
Cucumber
Lemon
Chat Masala
Black salt

Method

Toss all ingredients together and add Chat masala, black salt and squeezed lemon

Fresh Salad

Make for a healthy and colorful breakfast.

Ingredients

Tomato
Cucumber
Almonds
Raisins
Carrot
Capsicum
Coriander
Lemon
Salt and pepper

Method

Toss all ingredients together and add salt, pepper and lemon at last.

Carrot and tomato soup

Ingredients

2 carrots

4 tomatoes

1 tables spoon corn flour

Few garlic finely chopped

1 spoon butter

1/4 spoon pepper powder

For garnishing Corn flakes

Salt to taste

Method

Pressure cook carrots and tomatoes in water with salt and grind them.

Mix corn flour with little water add to above mix, allow to boil for 10 minutes.

Finally add butter and pepper powder.

Garnish with corn flakes or fresh cream  

Health benefit of carrot - Vitamin A 

It helps the body to maintain healthy connective tissue, teeth and gum. 

Tomato - Vitamin - C

Very low in fat contents and  no cholesterol levels.

They are excellent sources of antioxidants, dietary fiber, minerals, and vitamins.

The antioxidants present in tomatoes helps to prevent cancer.

Baby Corn Soup with Yellow pumpkin

Ingredients

1 cup baby corn

1 cup yellow pumpkin

1 tables spoon corn flour

Few garlic finely chopped

1 spoon butter

1/4 spoon pepper powder

For garnishing mint or spring onion 

Salt to taste

Method

Pressure cook corn and yellow pumpkin in water with salt.

Grind the yellow pumpkin, add corn and corn flour allow to boil for 10 minutes.

Finally add butter and pepper powder. Garnish with mint.

Pumpkin has many anti-oxidant vitamins such as vitamin-A, vitamin-C and vitamin E

Low Fat Bread Sandwich

Ingredients

1 loaf Bread

4 spoons curd

¼ spoon Chat masala, red chillie powder

Black salt to taste

4 Potatoes boiled and mashed

4 spoons mint chutney (grained mint, green chillie, lemon juice and salt)

2 spoons of finally chopped onions and capsicum

2 spoons tomato sauce or ketchup

Few coriander leaves

Little butter to grease.

Method

In bowl add mashed potatoes to that add chat masala, red chillie powder, black salt

onion and capsicum, coriander leaves and mix well. 

Grease the breads with curd.

 Add 2 spoons of potato mix and little sauce.

 Cover this with another slice of bread, greased with mint chutney.

Grease the top of the bread with very little butter to prevent from sticking while toasting

Put it in the sandwich maker / Tawa

Cook till bread is brown and crisp

Vegetable Biryani

Ingredients:

2 spoons of Cooking Oil

1 spoon of ghee

Garam masala powder 1/4 spoon or (2 Cloves and a Cinnamon Stick)

1 Tsp Ginger (fine chopped)

1 Tsp Carglic (fine chopped)

1 Green Chilie

1/4 Spoon red chillie powder

1 Cup sweet corn

1 Cup Chopped Onions

1/2 Cup Chopped Carrot

1/2 Cup chopped  Capsicum

1/2 Cup chopped  beans

1 Cup Basmati Rice

Salt to taste

Method

In a rice cooker add oil and ghee in that add garlic, ginger and green chillie saute for 2 minutes.

Then add masala and chillie powder, corn, carrot, beans and finally add basmati rice saute well.

Now add 3 cups of water and salt as required. (2 cups for rice 1 cup for vegetables)

If you used more vegetables you can add 1 cup of water otherwise use ½ cup only.

In pan with 1 spoon of oil add onion saute for 2 minutes then add capsicum and little salt to this.

Finally add this to the cooked basmati rice.

Garnish with coriander or mint. Serve with any raita or chips.
Quick and easy vegetable biryani is ready to serve or pack for lunch.

Using the same method it can prepared in pan or normal cooker also.

You can use the vegetables of your own choice (Carrots, potato, cauliflower, green peace, cabbage etc)

Pavakai pitlai (bitter gourd)

Ingredients

2 Bitter gourd
1/4 cup channa dal
1/2 cup toor dal
1/2 tsp Mustard
Curry leaves
1 slited Green chillie
Lime size tamarind (soaked in hot water and extracted)
Salt to taste
1 spoon sugar

For grinding masala

1/4 spoon pepper
2 tsp urad dal
2 tsp gram dal
A pinch of asafoetida
4 red chillies
Curry leaves few
4 tbsp coconut

Method

In a bowel add cut bitter gourd add one spoon sugar and salt mix well keep aside.
Pressure cook toor dal mash it well and keep aside.

Fry all the masala ingredients one by one including curry leaves, except coconut.
Grind to a paste along with coconut.

Method

Squeeze the bitter gourd from the mix of sugar and salt.
Heat 2 tsp of oil add mustard when they splutter add silted green chillie curry leaves
and bitter gourd saute for 5 minutes then add ½ cup of water allow to boil for 5 minutes
Add tamarind extract to the above cook well and raw smell of the tamarind goes.
Add salt as required.

Then add cooked toor dal and the masala paste along with some water.
Bring it to boil. Garnish with curry leaves.

It is very healthy and good accompaniment for rice.

Health benefits

It cointains Vitamin B, Rich in iron and folic acid and good dietary fiber.
It helps in lowering sugar levels of diabetic patients.

Capsicum Rice

Ingredients

1cups basmati rice ( 1 cup rice 2 cups of water)
2 chopped capsicums
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/4 red chille powder (or sambar powder 1 spoon)
2 tbsp lemon juice
Salt to taste

For seasoning

2 tbsp oil
1/4 tsp mustard
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp gram dal
2 red chillies
Curry leaves
2 tsp peanuts / cashews (optional)

Method

Cook the basmati rice and allow to cool
Heat oil and add mustard add the rest of the seasoning ingredients one by one.
When the dal turn golden brown, add the capsicum.
After capsicum cooked add turmeric, red chillie powder saute well for 2 minutes.
Add the cooked rice mix gently add lemon juice.
Easy capsicum rice is ready to serve or pack for lunch.

Vegetable Noodles

                                     

Ingredients:

1 pack Chinese Noodles 

1 Onion

1 capsicum

1 Carrot

3 tbsp olive oil (or any cooking oil)

1/4 spoon red chilli flakes

1 tbsp chopped garlic

2 spoons tomato sauce

Salt to taste

Few green / black olives (optional)

Spring onions to garnish

Method:

In a cup add oilve oil, chopped garlic and chilli flakes mix well.

Boil water in a big bowl with salt and few drops of oil.

Add noodles and allow to boil for 10 minutes cook well till it is transparent.

Drain water from it and keep aside.

Now in pan add olive oil mix and saute till you get good aroma from garlic.

Add onion, carrot saute for 5 minutes then add capsicum and little salt saute for few minutes.

Now it’s time to bring the dish together.

Add the cooked noodles to the vegetable mix well and add tomato sauce.

Toss the mix around so that the sauce get coated evenly over the noodles.

Add the cooked noodles to the vegetables.

Garnish with spring onions.

(I used capsicum and green olives for garnishing)

Simple, delicious and healthy noodles is ready.

Aamras

                                                                

Ingredients

2 Alphonso mangoes

1/4 cup milk 

2 tbsp. powdered sugar

Method

Mix all the ingredients and blend well with blender and refrigerate.

Simple, delicious and healthy aamras is ready.

Serve cool along with one scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Bread Sandwich

Ingredients

Lettuce or Cabbage

1 loaf Wheat Bread

2 Thinly sliced Onions  

1 cup Boiled Sweet corn

6 spoons Sauce / Ketchup

2 spoons butter

Cheese, Tomato, mint (optional)

Green chillies - 2

Method

Grease the breads with little butter.

Add sliced onions, cabbage, corn ,green chillies and one spoon of sauce.

Cover all these items with a slice of cheese. (if you want you can use less cheese also)

Cover it with another bread greased with butter to prevent from sticking while toasting.

Put it in the sandwich maker / Tawa. Cook till bread is brown and crisp.

Serve hot with ketchup. Here i served with fresh watermelon juice.