Asian Vegetable Pasta

one of my family  Favorited food.  Pasta is a type of noodle and is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine. Mixer of vegetable and sauce make it slightly different. i made it with  some Asian touch.

 

 

 

Ingredients

• 1 cup Pasta
• 1 cup cabbage(Chopped)
• 1/2 Green Capsicum(Chopped)
• 1 onion sliced
• 1/2 cup Peas and Corn ,Beans(frozen)
• 1 Tsp Black papper powder
• 1/2  Tsp Dried Basil
• 1 Tbsp Chili Garlic sauce
• 1 Tsp vinegar
• 2 Tbsp Pasta sauce
• 2 Tbsp olive oil

Method: In a pan Add 3 cup of water 1tsp oil and start to boil, when water come to boil add pasta in it.

it will take 10-15 minutes to cook. Seive pasta and drain water. keep aside.

 

 

Cut all the vegetable, cabbage,capsicaum,onion and keep aside

 

 

 Heat oil in pan add all vegetable and fry for 2-3 minutes .

 Add chili Garlic sauce and fry 30 seconds. 

Add  Boiled pasta and pasta sauce black paper powder  and fold it well so sauce can go all parts of pasta.

 serve hot and enjoy it you can eat it with tea also.

 





Tips :1) when boil the pasta add some oil so pasta never be sticky.

2) you can boil pasta in pressure cooker .cook only  one whistle . iit will save time and gas both :)

 3)i used chili gralic sauce bcoz i like spicey. it is optional u can only use pasta sauce.

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strawberry Banana Smoothie

Ingredients
For 2 people

• 2 Banana
• 10-12 strawberry
• 3 Tbsp sugar or honey
• 2 cup milk
• few ice cubes

For Dressing

1 stwawberry (cut from between)

Method:

Peal the Banana and wash the strawberry

Mix all the ingredients in the blender and blend until it get smooth.

Pour in to the glasses .Dressing with the strawberry ,
enjoy the drink!!

Besan chilla

 This Gram flour chilla is very good for breakfast as we know gram flour is good for health also.
if you are vagetarian and do not want to eat omlet then you can try it, in place of omlet Another thing I love about the Besan Chilla is that it can be pretty much toyed around with to suit different tastes. You can change it as veggies omlet by mixing vegetabele in it.Have a healthy brekfast.

Ingredients

2 cups Besan (Gram Flour)
1 large finely chopped Onion
1 finely chopped Green Chilli
1 bunch leaves finely chopped Coriander
1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1 tsp Chat Masala
1- 1 1/2 cup water to make batter
Oil for cooking
Salt to taste

Method

Put all the ingredients except water in a big bowl.
Now start adding small quantities of water to make a smooth batter, so that there should be no lumps in it.
Add water till it comes to a dropping consistency or just like dosa batter. now keep it aside.
Now heat a non-stick- tawa or heavy bottom frying pan, then turn the heat on medium. put little oil on tawa & spread 1 serving spoonful of batter evenly on it.

Now bake it for 2-3 minutes on medium heat . put some more oil on the top & turn it upside down.
Let it be brown & crispy from both sides.

Repeat the same with rest of the batter.

serve with Tomato ketcup or green chutney with hot tea .

Instant Veggie Uttapam

Ingredients
For 2 Medium size uttapam


1 & 1/2 cup sooji (semolina)
1/2 cup sour curd (yougut or you can also use malai)
1Tbsp capsicum (chopped)
1 Tomato
1Tbsp peas
1onion
2 green chili
1tsp salt
1tsp red chili powder
oil for frying


Method:

In a bowl take curd , 1cup of water ,semolina(sooji) ,salt,red chili powder mix it well and make smooth better and leave it for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile cut capsicum,tomato, cilinatro,green chili and keep it aside.
Now heat the tawa (griddle) on low heat and grease it very well
Take 2 spoon of better and swirl it in to thick uttapam .

Now sprinkle all the cut vegetable on the top. Press it on the top softly so all veggie get stick in the uttapam.

Now cook it on low medium heat so uttapam and all veggie get cooked .

You can cover it for 30 second to cook it well.

Turn when it cooke from one side .and cook from another side for  few minutes only.

Note- i cooked it from veggie side only for few minutes if you want you can cook more from veggie side.

Bottlegourd cutlets (Giya,loki cutlets)

 This is very easy quick, veggie cutlet. yummy snacks to enjoy along with  green chutney or ketchup and hot tea .

Ingredients:

1 cup grated Bottlegourd(giya,loki)
4 Tbsp Gram flour(Add more if u need more for thick paste)
1tsp salt
1tsp red chili powder
1tsp dry roasted cumin seed powder
pinch of Asfotedia
1cup vegetable oil( for fry the cutlets)


Method
Peal and grate the bohttlegorund and mix the gram flour.

Mix all the ingredients together and make a small ball and deep  fry it on  medium high heat .

Fry them until they turn in to crispy brown.
serve it with green cilantro chutney and  hot tea .

Nutty Banana shake

This shake is very  healthy for breakfast .Generally we know that banana have cooling by it's nature sometime it gives us cold, then we can use it by put some nuts and can changes the nature and taste 

 of the  shake.

Ingredients

For 2 people

2 Banana (medium size)
1 glass milk
15-20 Pecans or walnuts
5 Almond
sugar as per taste
few ice cubes

Method

Peal the banana and cut in to cubes. Add milk,walnut and almond and sugar,and  blend it utill it get smooth.

serve in the break fast. enjoy!!

Milk Dalia (Breakfast)

Ingredients

1/2 cup Dalia(cracked wheat)
2 cup milk
4tbsp sugar
1tbsp crushed or sliced coconut
10-15 Raisins or Kismish
5 Almond (coarsely sliced)
pinch of cardamom powder

Method 
In a pressure cooker ,heat ghee and saute the dalia util it turns little brown or you get the aroma  .
Add twice amount of water in pressure cooker and cook it on medium heat, until one whistle. keep it aside
On other side boil the milk .Add cooked dalia and suger in it and stir it for 5 minutes .
Add raisins,coconut in it and stir it again utill dalia mixed well with milk.
For granshing sprinkle almond on the top.  you can serve it warm or if you want cold then put it in to refrigerator for 1 hour and enjoy this meal.


Note . If you do not want to boil the dalia in the pressure cooker then you can directly cooked it with milk after toast it .
To boil the dalia in the milk, take some more milk or mix 1/2 cup of water in the milk.
Cooked it with milk on medium heat and stirr it untill it trun in to thick milk dalia.


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veggie vermicelli

This recipes is very easy and i learnet it from my mom. you can try it when you do not want to eat chapati .This is full of veggie and a good source of vitamins and healthy recipes specally for kids..

Ingredients:

• 1 cup vermicelli (jave)
• 1 small onion (Finely chopped)
• 1 Tomato
• 1Tbs Capsicum(cut julienne)
• 1 Tbs Cabbage(optional)
• 2 Baby carrot (Finely chopped)
• 2/3 Cup Peas (158 ml)
• 2 nos Green Chili(Finely Chopped)
• 1 tsp Carom seeds\Ajwain
• 1 tsp Grama masala
• 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1/2 tsp red chili powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 cup water
• 1 Tbsp oil (any vegetable oil )
•  

Method:
Take the vermicelli in a pan  on medium heat ,and roast  vermicelli untill it trun  in to golden brown colour and keep aside.

Now pour the oil in the pan on medium heat . Add carom seed(Ajwain) saute it  trun in to   brown .
Add onion,Cabbage,capsicum,carrot  and fry it for 2 minutes .Add tomato ,Peas in this mixer and fry all the veggie utill they looked little tender.

Now add 2 cup water and wait untill it get boiled .
when bubled strat in the water add roasted vermicelli and cover the pan .
After every 2 minutes keep stirring . vermicelli will take exactly 5 minutes to get cooked .
After 5 minutes switch off the heat and cook it on steam for 2-3 minutes  .
Now serve it with Green chutney ,pickle or hot tea.

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Bread Matra(yellow chekpeas) Sandwich

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Matra(yellow check peas)
• 4 Bread slice
• 1 Potato (Boiled) optional
• 1onion(Finally chopped)
• 1 Large Tomato(finally chopped)
• 4 Green chili
• 1Tbsp Lemon
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tsp Red chili powder
• 1/2 Grama masala
• 1 tsp chat masala
• 2 tsp cilantro leaves
• 1Tbsp Tamarind chutney
• 1tsp Green chili sauce(optional)

Method:

Soak the yellow check peas overnight in water .
check the image how yellow check peas or matra  looks.

In the morning add 2 cup of water ,salt and matra in the pressure cooker and boil it on medium heat for 20-25 minutes or until it get soft.

                  

Now mix, tomato,potato ( cut in to small pieces) , onion,greenchili,lemon juice,cilantro ,garam masal,chat masala,salt in the boiled  matra and mix it softely.

Now toast the bread and fill the matra and apply tamarind chutney and chili sauce on the top of matra.
and serve with tomato sauce and with hot tea.

Note: if you want to eat it without  bread then you can eat it separately like chat .
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Veggie Chatpati Lentils (Breakfast )

This is very easy and simple snacks for  breakfast or we can make it any time in the morning tea or  with evening tea. Full of protein and good source of fiber also.

Ingredients:

• 1cup MoongDaal(Split Geen Gram)
• 1 Tomato (Finally chopped) 
• 1 Tbsp capsicum (chopped)
• 1 Onion(finally chopped)
• 3 Green Chili (Finally chopped)
• 1/2 Chaat masala
• 1/4 Turmeric Powder
• 1Tbsp Lemon juice
• 1/4tsp Grama masala
• 1/2 black pepper
• 1/4tsp Red chili powder
• Salt( according to taste)
• Cilantro leaves(for dressing)

Method:

1. Pour 1 cup of water in the pressure cooker when it come to boil ,add washed  moog dal,salt,turmric powder 
2. On medium heat close the lid for 5 min or wait utill 1 whistels.  
3. Turn off the heat from beneath the cooker. Allow the cooker to sit undisturbed for eight  minutes, letting the pressure drop naturally. The lentils will continue to cook as the pressure drops from the cooker.
4. After 8 minutes unlock the lid. Check the tenderness of the lentils and add all the ingredients in it
5. serve with hot  tea.

Note: I did not add onion because we  avoid onions on tuesday.