Easy Broccoli Cutlet

Experimenting in kitchen is always a fun and appreciation is always a boost to do more and more different tempting dishes. I prepared this broccoli cutlet when my friends came home for an evening. All loved this cutlet and 1 year old prani kutty even loved eating this cutlet :-) wow...!! I am so happy to see my friends and kids enjoying my preparation....!! A very simple and a quick recipe..!! Made everyone to eat more and more...!! Healthy one too...!!

Preparation Time: 10 min

Cooking Time: 15 min

Serves: 10 - 15 cutlets

 
Ingredients:

1. Broccoli - 1 crown (12 florets) - finely chopped
2. Onion - 1 big sized - finely chopped
3. Garlic - 3 or 4 pieces - chopped
4. Oil - 1 tbsp
5. Cheese - 1/4 cup
6. Bread crumps - 1/4 cup
7. Salt to taste

Procedure:

1. Heat a pan with oil, add garlic and sauté it. Garlic gives lot of flavor when sauté  in oil.
   
   
2. Add onion to the pan, sauté until it becomes translucent. To this add broccoli & salt for taste. Cook them until broccoli becomes tender. 
   
3. Remove from heat and add cheese and mix it up with the broccoli. So that cheese is equally spread around the broccoli and onion. Allow it to cool a little, segregate the mixture into small balls. Balls, need not be too tight, make it easy, cheese helps in making broccoli & onion stick to each other. Smaller the balls,  more tempting to eat :-)
   
4. Take bread crumbs in a plate, roll the broccoli ball over the bread crumb and make It flat like a cutlet pressing with fingers.  Just use little energy while pressing. 
   
5. The purpose the bread crumbs is just to give a little crunchy feel, make sure too much crumbs are not covering the broccoli. Lets roast them in a pan, Heat the pan (No oil required) to a medium level. Keep the flame mild.
   
   
6. When heat is medium, place the flattened broccoli cutlet in the pan, just add couple drops of oil over the cutlet. (Oil can also be avoided, if you are worried about the extra calories :-) ) Turn the cutlet, until it is evenly cooked on both the sides. The bread crumbs turn a little brownish. Remove the items from the pan and Hot Broccoli Cutlets are ready to serve.
   

Simple, Quick, Tasty & Healthy Broccoli Cutlets are ready.

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Ragi / Keppai Roti

Ragi Roti is a very healthy and tasty food. This can be prepared in minutes and can be served as breakfast or snack. Ragi roti can be made little thicker or thinner. If you make thick patty, make sure that the inside is also cooked well. More onion added to this roti will give more flavor. And also if you are preparing for kids, you can skip green chili.

You can also try ragi dosa with urad dhal, instant ragi dosa...!! ;-)

Preparation Time: 20 min
Cooking Time: 10 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• Ragi flour - 1 cup
• Small Onion - 10-12
• Green chili - 3 (for mild level of spicy)
• Oil - as required
• salt to taste

Procedure:

1. In a large mixing bowl add ragi flour, salt, onion, green chili. Mix them well. Add water and make it into a smooth dough. I used my food processor for preparing the dough. Them make small balls from the dough.
   
2. Heat a pan. Now take little oil in the palm / polythene sheet / banana leaf. Place the small ragi ball and tap them to form a small circle. Transfer it slowly in the heated pan. I usually tap them directly on the pan. keep in medium flame. When one side gets cooked, turn to other side. It usually takes little longer time to get cooked in the middle. If they turn white, just grease with little oil.
   
    

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Ragi Dosa with Urad Dhal

Here is a very healthy and also a tasty recipe. Already I have posted Ragi Dosa which can be prepared instantly. In this version, I tried adding urad dhal with the ragi flour. After fermentation the batter touched the rim of the vessel. This time ragi dosa was very crispy and also very tasty. It made no difference with the regular dosa. Ragi has many health benefits and therefore this would be definitely a good breakfast and dinner to many people. No doubt...!!! kids too will enjoy this crispy ragi dosa...!!! ;-)

Check ragi roti recipes which are equally yummy..!!! 

Soaking Time: 2-3 hrs

Preparation Time: 30 min

Cooking Time: 10 min

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• Ragi Flour - 2 cup
• Salt to taste

To Soak and Grind:

• Urad dhal - 1 cup

Preparation:

1. Soak urad dhal for 2-3 hrs. Grind it into a smooth batter as we prepare for Idly Batter.                
2. Mix 2 cup of Ragi flour for 1 cup of urad dhal batter and make it into a soft batter by adding required water. It should be like idly batter neither too thick nor too thin. Add salt as required.
3. Allow it to ferment for 10-12 hrs or overnight.

Procedure:

1. After fermentation batter gets fluffy, gently stir the batter and it will be in right consistency to be used. Now heat a dosa pan and pour a scoop of batter. Roll in circular motion as we prepare regular dosa. If you need crispy ragi dosa, sprinkle little oil over the dosa. Turn to other side when its cooked.                                                                                               
   

Crispy Yummy tempting and also a very very healthy Ragi Dosa is ready to serve.

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Broccoli Cutlet

Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family, whose large flower head is used as a vegetable. Broccoli is high in vitamin C and dietary fiber. Broccoli is the World's Healthiest Food.

Preparation Time: 5 min

Cooking Time: 40 min

Baking Time: 45 min (If using Oven)

Ingredients:

1. Broccoli - 12 florets - grated
2. Potato - 2 big sized - cooked and mashed
3. Carrot - 3 to 4 medium sized - cooked and mashed
4. Onion - 1 cup - finely chopped
5. Garlic - 3 cloves - finely chopped
6. Bread crump - 1 tbsp
7. Corn flour - 1 tbsp
8. Oil - to roast
9. Salt to taste

Procedure:

  1.  Heat a pan with oil, add onion and saute until it becomes translucent. Add finely chopped garlic.

  2.  To this add turmeric powder, chili powder, salt. Give a stir. Then add grated broccoli. Saute for 5 min and transfer to a bowl. Allow it to cool.

  3.  Pressure cook potato and mash it. Then cook carrot also.

  4.  Add cooked carrots to mashed potato. Finally add this mashed potato carrot mixture to broccoli mixture. Mix them all thoroughly.

  5.  Make them into small cutlets and roast them in a pan. Add oil to roast them. You can also coat them with bread crump and corn flour mixture before roasting.

  6.  To use oven, preheat to 350 deg F for 10 minutes. Then bake them for 30 minutes. 

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Mexican Rice Salad

Mexican rice salad is really a healthy and tasty recipe.

• You can also wrap this salad in a chappathi and make it into a roll and serve with guacamole and sour cream.
• Also you can add cooked chicken or egg scramble to this salad.

Preparation Time: 30 min

Cooking Time: 15 min

Serves: 6 - 8

Ingredients :

1. Cooked Basmati Rice - 3 cup
2. Onion - 2 cup chopped
3. Plum Tomatoes - 2 cup chopped
4. Carrot - 1 cup chopped
5. Bell Pepper - 1 cup
6. Garlic - 3 cloves
7. Corn - 1 cup
8. Cilantro - 2 cup - finely chopped
9. Salt to taste
10. Pepper to taste
11. Cumin powder - 1 tsp
12. Lemon Juice - 3 tbsp
13. Olive Oil - 2 tbsp

Procedure:

      1.  Take a large mixing bowl, put all the vegetables one by one. Mix all together. Add salt, pepper, cumin powder, lemon juice, olive oil.

2.  Cook basmati rice and fluff with fork. Add rice to the mixed vegetables. Allow it to rest for 1 to 2 hrs before serving. You can also refrigerate before serving.

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Poms Salad

Here is very healthy protein rich snack for kids and adults. This pomegranate salad attracts everyone to eat more.

Preparation Time: 3 min

Cooking Time: 0 min

Ingredients:

1. Whole Moong dal - 1/2 cup
2. Pomegranate - 1 cup

Preparation:

• Soak whole Moong dal for 6-8hrs. Drain water and transfer it to a hot pack box and keep close for 6-8hrs. Moong dal will start germinating.

Procedure:

1. Mix sprouted moong dhal and pomegranate in a mixing bowl and serve
   

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Sweet Corn Soup

This sweet corn soup is a very easy healthy soup which is always loved by all. And this is one more soup of our potluck made by my friend Nirmala. We also had another healthy yummy cauliflower soup ;)

Ingredients:

1. Carrot
2. Beans
3. Corn
4. Cabbage
5. Corn flour
6. Pepper
7. Salt

Procedure:

1. Finely chop carrot, beans and cabbage
2. In a pan boil water with carrot, beans, cabbage, corn and salt.
3. Separately boil some water. Mix cornflour in 1/4 cup of water and add to this water.
4. Once the required consistency is reached, add the boiled vegetables along with the water to this mixture. Add salt and pepper as required.

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Cauliflower Soup

Yesterday (19 Nov 2013) we had a potluck with soup and salad in our apartment. My friends made very delicious dishes and we decided to share our recipes to everyone. This was our starter soup. It was so tempting that all kids enjoyed this soup. I really loved it. Thanks to Nirmala for her soup and recipe ;-). She also prepared Sweet corn soup that was also equally tassttty...!! :-) my mouth starts watering when I think of these two soups... :-P

Ingredients:

1. Carrot
2. Beans
3. Corn
4. Cabbage
5. Corn flour
6. Pepper
7. Salt

Procedure:

1. Finely chop carrot, beans and cabbage
2. In a pan boil water with carrot, beans, cabbage, corn and salt.
3. Separately boil some water. Mix cornflour in 1/4 cup of water and add to this water.
4. Once the required consistency is reached, add the boiled vegetables along with the water to this mixture. Add salt and pepper as required.

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Pasipayaru Paratha

Here is a dish for growing kids and also for adults who are in diet. This paratha will make your kid take proteins in their diet. Everyone in your home would enter your kitchen to look for this delicious flavor and aroma. ;-)

 Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 30 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

*  Chappathi flour - 1 ½ cup
*  Oil or ghee - 1 tbsp
*  Salt to taste

Stuffing:

1.   Mung bean / Green Gram / பாசிப் பயறு - ½ cup - cooked
2.   Onion - 1 cup - finely chopped
3.   Coriander - ¾ cup - finely chopped
4.   Garam masala - 2 tsp
5.   Ginger garlic paste  - 1 tsp
6.   Green chili paste - 2 tsp
7.   Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp
8.   Salt to taste

Procedure:

1.  Take a large mixing bowl and add chappati flour. I used multigrain atta. You can use regular atta too. Add ghee or oil and salt. Mix them well. Then add water and make it into a smooth soft dough. Close the lid or wrap in wet tissue and set aside for 15 minutes.

2.  Meanwhile, prepare stuffing for paratha. Pressure cook green gram. It should be about to turn mushy. But not too mushy. Slightly smash it and keep it in a bowl.

3.  In another mixing bowl, Put all ingredients given in “Stuffing” section and mix them well. Allow it to rest for 5 min. The nice aroma from the stuffing itself tempts to eat :-)

4.  Then make big lemon sized balls from the dough and roll it to a small circle. Place the stuffing and wrap the edges to seal the stuffing completely.

5.  Gently tap with dry flour and roll it again into a circle paratha. Heat chappati pan and cook paratha on both sides. Add oil or ghee while cooking paratha. Serve with raita and remaining stuffing ;-)

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Carrot Payasam - With Coconut Milk

Carrot is a excellent source of Vitamin A and it has number of health benefits improving vision, beautiful skin, anti-aging. It is always good to take carrot in different form everyday. Carrot payasam is a yummy dessert too.
Preparation Time: 5 min
Cooking Time: 20 min
Serves: 2
Ingredients:

• Carrot - 2 medium sized
• Milk - 1 cup
• Coconut milk - ½ cup
• Sugar - ¼ cup and 2 tbsp
• Cashew nuts - few
• Dry grapes - few
• Almonds - few
• Ghee - ½ tbsp 

Procedure:

1.  Heat a medium sized pan, pour milk and bring it to boil. Add coconut milk and stir slowly. Reduce to medium flame and add sugar. Keep stirring slowly.

2.  Clean and peel the skin of carrot. Grate them and grind it into a smooth juice. You can use juice extractor too. Add carrot juice to boiling milk.

3.  Roast cashew nuts, almond, dry grapes in ghee and add to carrot payasam. Serve hot or chill.

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Mini Carrot Dosa

It is always a challenge for moms to feed a healthy diet for their naughty kids. Making the dishes colorful tempts kids to eat. Mixing veggies in every possible ways is good for health, this mini carrot dosa is one such way..!!!

Preparation Time: 5 min
Cooking Time: 5 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1. Dosa Batter - 1 cup
2. Carrot - 2 medium sized

Procedure:

 

1.  Clean the carrot and grate them. Heat dosa pan and grease it with little oil. When the pan is hot, pour dosa batter using a tablespoon. Make small othappam. Sprinkle carrot over the mini dosa.

2.  When one side of the mini dosa turns brown, turn it to other side and spray oil. Transfer mini dosa to plate.

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Palak Paratha / Spinach Chappathi

Here is the green healthy paratha / chappathi for kids. ;-) The taste will be so yummy that kids who do not eat spinach properly as side dish would love these green paratha. Give a try and leave your comments..!! :-)

Preparation Time: 5 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

·         Chappathi flour - 3 cup

·         Thick Curd - 1 tbsp

To saute:

1.      Spinach - 200gm

2.      Turmeric powder - 1 pinch

3.      Chili powder - 1 tsp

4.      Garlic - 2 or 3

5.      Coriander powder - 3 tsp

6.      Cumin powder - 1 tsp

7.      Salt to taste

Procedure:

 

1.   Clean spinach/ palak with fresh water and set aside.

2.   Heat a medium sized pan. Add fresh spinach and all other ingredients given in “To saute”. Keep in medium flame for 3 min. Spinach will shrink and become soft. Allow it to cool.

3.   Once it cools down, transfer it to a mixer. Add curd and grind into smooth paste.

4.   Take chappathi flour in a mixing bowl and add spinach paste and make it into dough. Adjust salt. Add little water if required. I did not add water as the water content in the spinach paste was sufficient.

5.   Make balls from the dough of required size and roll it into paratha.

6.   Heat a small flat pan. Cook one side of the paratha and roll-over to the other side. Take it off the pan once both sides are cooked.

Serve hot with raita

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