Friday, 30 March 2012

Carrot Juice


Ingredients:
  1. Carrot - 3
  2. Water - 1/2 cup
  3. Sugar - (as per taste) 3 tsp
  4. Cardamom - a pinch (use powdered cardamom)
Method:

First Remove the carrot skin n cut it into pieces . now use a juicer mixer or mixer grinder and put the carrot pieces and add little water and start the mixer see that it wont get thickened .. if so add lil more water . now pour the carrot pulp into a jug add suitable water and dilute it . add sugar and cardamom . your juice is ready top it with some ice cubes.....


Health Tip:
  1. Carrot juice is good for eye sight 
  2. Good for weight loss
  3. Chewing a carrot immediately after consuming food kills all harmful germs in mouth .

Thursday, 29 March 2012

How to boil Potato

Things needed to boil a potato:



  1. Pressure cooker
  2. Potato
  3. salt
Method:

Using a pressure cooker is best for boiling anything , and also time saving usually we see many recipes and we as beginners never know the exact boiling time of potato or any other ingredient so today i will tell u how long will it take to boil a potato so that it can be mashed properly later .

First take pressure cooker - add the potatoes (unpeeled)(if potatoes are bigger in size cut them into halves)
now fill water up to the level of potato or slightly low to it add a pinch of salt (why salt is added for boiling potato instead of adding while cooking?) this question comes to every beginner .it is because adding salt during boiling makes the potato suck salt completely . now once you seal the pressure cooker keep it on high flame , once u get the first whistle slow down the flame and keep for 5 mins , and switch off the flame ... and keep the pressure cooker to cool by itself .after cooling open it you will get perfect boiled potatoes....

Easy Veg Sandwich



Ingredients:
  1. Bread slices - 12
  2. Tomato - 1(big red)
  3. Onion - 1(sliced into rounds)
  4. Potato - 2(small)
  5. Coriander chutney/Mint chutney(To make this refer earlier post)
  6. Tomatoe sauce
  7. Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp
Method:
First Boil the potato  and smash it , keep aside now take 2 slices of bread n toast them slightly(for toasting one can use a toaster or a frying pan ) now start to assemble the sandwich , first we start with coriander chutney/mint chutney apply it to one slice and top it with onion and tomato sprinkle some pepper powder apply tomato sauce to another slice no keep the second slice top of the first one . your easy sandwich is ready

Note: you can use a cheese slice too .....

Lemon Juice (Lime Juice)

Ingredients:
  1. Lemon - 1 
  2. Water - 2 cups
  3. Sugar - as per taste (4 tsp)
Method:
First take water in a vessel , squeeze lemon add sugar and stir well . your lemon juice is ready .

Health Tip:
  1. By adding a little salt to lemon juice , you can resist from cold and soar throat .
  2. Do not add salt if one has BP(blood pressure).

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Ginger chutney


 
Ingredients:
1.       Onion – ½
2.       Garlic – 2 pods
3.       Ginger – ½ inch
4.       Grated coconut – ½ cup
5.       Tamarind – small piece
6.       Salt – as per taste
7.       Water – as per requirement
Method:
First Chop Ginger , Garlic , then grind it to paste with all other ingredients using a mixer grinder .

Uses of Ginger chutney:
1.       Its  a south Indian dish  used with congee.


Coriander chutney(Mint Cutney )








Ingredients:
1.       Coriander leaves – 1 bunch
2.       Mint leaves(pudina) –  4 leaves
3.       Onion – ½
4.       Garlic – 2 pods
5.       Ginger – ½ inch
6.       Grated coconut – ½ cup
7.       Tamarind – small piece
8.       Salt – as per taste
9.    Water - as per requirement
Method:
First chop the ingredients ie; coriander leaves, mint leaves, onion, garlic, ginger, now grind all the ingredients with  salt ,  tamarind , grated coconut. Here it would be better if u hand grind the paste  , using the olden days hand grinder . but as it would consume a lot of time better use a mixer . make a fine paste.

Uses of Coriander Chutney :
1.       This chutney is used as mint chutney in sandwiches, burgers.
2.       It’s a south Indian dish used with congee.

Easy Veg Cutlet




Ingredients:
1.       Potato – 2
2.       Carrot – 1
3.       Beetroot – 1 (small)
4.       Onion – 1
5.       Chilli – 1
6.       Red chilli powder – 1tsp
7.       Garam masala powder – 1tsp
8.       Rice flour – half cup
9.       Toast powder /rusk – half cup (Toast powder made by grinding the toast /rusk)
10.   Oil – 4tsp
11.   Salt – as per taste 
Method:
First Boil potato ,carrot and beetroot (remember  you can boil carrot and potato together but not beetroot as beetroot  has got a higher boil point , so boil it separately . i insist to use a pressure cooker for boiling saves a lot of time). after boiling put it in a vessel  and smash potato carrot and beetroot together add chopped onions , chopped chilli , red chilli powder and garam masala powder and salt make a batter . now make them into round balls n flatten them as per your choice heat oil on a frying pan (don’t deep fry ).now in another vessel mix rice flour and toast powder  , n dip the flatten rolls in the mixed flour n fry them fry until deep brown . until you get a crispy coating. Top it with chopped coriander leaves......

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Tea making



Ingredients:

  1. Water - 1 cup
  2. Milk - 1/4 cup
  3. Tea powder - 1tsp
  4. Sugar - as per requirement . 2tsp
Method:
Boil water , At certain level when water boils forming bubbles add tea powder and heat it for half a minute and later add milk and leave it until milk rises lil up . then take a sewer and seperate tea powder and the liquid now add sugar to the seperated liquid ... ahhhh Tea is ready ......

Easy Salad recipe - 1


Ingredients: 
  1. Tomatoes - 2
  2. Onion - 1
  3. Chilli - 1
  4. Lemon - 1/2tsp
  5. Cabbage - 2tsp
  6. Coriander leaves(cilantro) -1tsp
  7. Sugar -1/2tsp
  8. Salt - as per taste 
Method:
Slice tomatoe,onion,chilli,cabbage - put it in a bowl - now add lemon juice,salt,sugar.- mix well -now add chopped coriander leaves n serve.