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Broccoli Stir Fry With Carrot Beans And Olive

Broccoli stir fry with carrot beans and olive topped with roasted sesame seeds. A delicious and easy to make mixed vegetable dry curry. This stir fry also includes Bengal gram or chana dal with capsicum, tomato, chilli and spices. So its a very filling dish. Serve it as a side dish with any bread or dal chawal or enjoy it bowlful when you are not in a mood to make elaborate meal. You can also use baby corn, sweet corn, bell peppers or any other vegetable of your choice.

You may like some more broccoli recipes on this blog.

1. No onion garlic broccoli potato stir fry

2. Broccoli malai curry

3. Broccoli with cottage cheese and vegetables

4. Broccoli almond cheese soup

5. Broccoli stir fry with lemon and ginger julienne

6. Broccoli with egg and tomato

7. Broccoli mushroom noodles

This Monday our 243 #Foodiemonday bloghop theme is Little Chefs suggested by Priya Iyer who blog at The World Through My Eyes. Priya has a wonderful blog. I am sure you will love her delicious and healthy recipes. I have recently bookmarked her Oats dosa and Rainbow rice salad to try. Do visit her space for more mouthwatering recipes.

We have to keep our kids busy in these days. And its very difficult to manage super active kids engage in home for a long time. So Priya suggested why not take our kids in kitchen to help us and make some interesting and healthy dishes with them. Great idea isn’t it? Give them responsibility to dry roast the sesame seeds or wash the vegetables for you. After that chop the vegetables and let them arrange those colorful vegetables on a plate. Use vegetables according to your kid’s choice like red, yellow bell peppers, baby corn, sweet corn etc.

Recipe

Broccoli – 1

Beans – 100 grams

Carrot – 1

Onion – 1 large, sliced

Capsicum – 1

Tomato – 2 large, chopped

Green chilli – 2 – 3, finely chopped

Garlic paste – 2 teaspoon

Green peas – 1/2 cup

Olive slices – 2 tablespoon

Cilantro or coriander leaves – 2 tablespoon, chopped

Chana dal or Bengal gram – 1/2 cup

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon

Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon, optional

Black pepper powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Garam masala powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon + 1/4 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Sesame seeds – 2 teaspoon, optional

Water – 1 cup + 2 tablespoon

Lemon juice – 1 teaspoon

Oil – 2 tablespoon

Method

1. Pressure cook the chana dal or Bengal gram with salt, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder and 1 cup water for 15 minutes. Dal should be soft but not mushy.

2. Dry roast the sesame seeds and keep aside. This step is optional.

3. Rinse the broccoli. Cut into small florets. Dip the florets in hot water for 3-4 minutes. Drain and keep aside.

4. Peel and cut the carrot into thin slices.

5. Cut off the both tips of the beans. Chop into 1 inch pieces.

6. Mix cumin powder, coriander powder, chilli powder, garam masala powder, black pepper powder and turmeric powder with 2 tablespoon water in a bowl .

7. Heat oil in a pan. Add onion slices and chopped green chilli. Fry till onion becomes brown.

8. Add chopped tomatoes and garlic paste. Saute till tomatoes becomes mushy.

9. Add sliced carrot and chopped beans. Saute for 2 minutes.

10. Add chopped broccoli, green peas, sliced capsicum and chopped cilantro or coriander leaves. Saute for 2 minutes again.

11. Now add soaked dry spices and salt. Mix well. Cover and cook on simmer until vegetables become tender. It will take about 15 minutes.

12. Remove the cover. Add the olive slices and mix well. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Remove from heat. Add lemon juice and mix. You can add more lemon juice if you want.

13. Sprinkle dry roasted sesame seeds. This step is optional. You can skip it if you like.

14. Garnish with cilantro or coriander leaves, lemon wedges, olive slices and red or green chilli. Serve hot with roti, paratha, naan, puri, or any bread or dal chawal.

Notes

1. Use green chilli less or more according to your taste.

2. You can also use baby corn, red, yellow bell peppers or sweet corn etc.

3. Any lentil or dal can be used instead of chana dal or Bengal gram.

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Moong And Masoor Dal Cutlets Or Yellow And Red Lentil Cutlets

Dal or lentil cutlets. Cutlets made of yellow and red lentil or moong and masoor dal.
A spicy delicious teatime snack with all the healthy ingredients.
I have fried the cutlets but you can also air fry or shallow fry the cutlets to make completely guilt free.

Yellow and red lentil, all the spices, paneer or cottage cheese, potatoes and a binding agent. Mix everything together and make your spicy and tasty evening snack. You can also make these round to make burgers. Choice is yours.
I have used powdered oats for binding but you can use bread crumbs, roasted chickpea flour or corn flour for binding. Use whatever you have.
If you want your cutlets more spicy, then use more chopped green chilli, red chilli powder or chilli flakes. I have used two green chilli and one red chilli. I have used fresh homemade paneer or cottage cheese. Get the recipe here.
I have served these cutlets with green chutney and tomato oambal or chutney.
You may like some more cutlets recipes on this blog.

1. Potato and barnyard millet cutlets

2. Mixed veg cutlets

3. Beetroot cutlets

For some more snacks with lentils and chickpeas click on the name below.

1. Dal corn paneer pakoda

2. Green gram Kabab

3. Oats black chickpea Kabab

This week’s 223 #Foodiemonday bloghop theme is Crunchy Munchy Dal suggested by our bloghop member and a very talented blogger Aruna who blog at Vasus Veg Kitchen.
Do visit her space for some amazing recipes. I specially love her different types of chutney recipes. Recently bookmarked her Khatta palak chutney to try.

Recipe is very simple yet delicious. If you have boiled dal or lentil, boiled potatoes and paneer or cottage cheese ready then you can make it in a jiffy. If you want to make it guilt free, shallow fry the cutlets or use your air fryer to fry the cutlets.

Recipe

Moong dal or yellow lentil – 1/2 cup

Masoor dal or red lentil – 1/2 cup

Potato – 2, boiled

Paneer or cottage cheese – 1/4 cup tightly packed

Ginger – 1 inch piece, grated

Green chilli – 3 – 4, chopped

Garlic paste – 1 teaspoon

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Chaat masala powder – 1 teaspoon

Freshly crushed black pepper powder – 1/2 teaspoon or to taste

Cilantro or coriander leaves – 1/2 cup, chopped

Oats powder – 4 tablespoon

Onion – 1 large, finely chopped

Water – 1 cup

Bread crumbs as require

Oil for frying

Method

1. Wash and pressure cook both the lentil with 1 cup water for 2 whistle. Let the pressure settle on it’s own.

2. Take out the dal or lentil in a bowl. Dal should be dried up completely. If not cook for a few more minutes.

3. Mash the paneer or cottage cheese.

4. Peel and mash the potatoes.

5. Add mashed paneer and potatoes in the boiled dal.

6. Add grated ginger, garlic paste, chopped onion, cilantro or coriander leaves, green chilli, cumin powder, chaat masala powder, salt, oats powder and freshly crushed black pepper. You can use black pepper powder instead of crushed pepper. I have used two green chilli and one red chilli.
Mix everything well.

7. Make medium sized balls and give them any shape of your choice.

8. Spread bread crumbs on a plate. Roll all the cutlets in bread crumbs. Cutlets should be coated with bread crumbs.

9. Heat sufficient oil in a pan or wok.
Fry the cutlets on low medium heat until golden brown.

10. Place the fried cutlets on a paper towel.

Serve hot with any sauce or chutney.

Notes

1. You can use bread crumbs, roasted chickpea flour or corn flour for binding instead of oats powder.
2. Chana dal or Bengal gram, whole masoor/black lentil or whole moong/green lentil can be used instead of yellow and red lentil.
3. Use green chilli according to your taste. You can also use more green chilli, red chilli or chilli flakes if you want your cutlets spicy.
4. You can add 1 teaspoon lemon juice or amchur/ mango powder in the cutlets.

5. You can shallow fry or air fry the cutlets instead of deep fry.

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Broccoli With Cottage Cheese And Mixed Vegetables

Happy Women’s Day to all wonderful women.
Broccoli with paneer or cottage cheese and mixed vegetables.
Here is a simple yet delicious recipe with all the goodness of broccoli, cottage cheese and some mixed vegetables.

Yes broccoli again. My vegetable vendor brings lots of broccoli every day. And always request to buy some. Broccoli not only healthy but taste great and see how this vegetable looks beautiful with some other colourful veggies.

You may like some more broccoli recipe on this blog.

1. Broccoli with egg and tomato

2. Vegan broccoli stir fry with lemon and ginger julienne

3. Broccoli almond cheese soup

I had some different vegetables and cottage cheese in my refrigerator. So made this mixed vegetables.
Posting it from train. Going to Allahabad to attend a marriage in family. So quickly coming to the recipe. Try out this and enjoy.

Recipe

Broccoli – 1

Cauliflower – 1 cup, chopped into small florets

Carrot – 3/4 cup, cubed

Beans – 3/4 cup

Capsicum – 1, cubed

Tomato – 2 medium, chopped

Green peas – 3 /4 cup

Sweet corn – 3/4 cup, boiled

Grated ginger – 1 teaspoon

Green chilli – 1 – 2, chopped

Garlic – 4-5, minced

Onion – 2, sliced

Paneer – 1 cup, cubed

Salt to taste

Tomato ketchup – 1 tablespoon

Vinegar – 1 tablespoon

Oregano – 2 teaspoon

Rosemarie – 1 teaspoon, optional

Olive oil – 2 tablespoon

Method

1. Cut the broccoli into small florets. Cover with water and boil till fork tender. Broccoli florets should not be mushy. Or microwave with water for 4 minutes.

2. Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onions, garlic and green chilli. Fry till the onions becomes light brown.

3. Add grated ginger and chopped tomatoes. Saute till the tomatoes becomes mushy.

4. Add carrot, beans, cauliflower green peas and salt. Mix well.

5. Cover and cook on low flame till the vegetables become tender. Stir occasionally.

6. Add capsicum and cook for 1 – 2 minutes on high heat.

7. Add corn, broccoli florets and paneer or cottage cheese pieces. Mix everything.

8. Add tomato ketchup, vinegar, oregano and rosemary. Rosemary is completely optional. If you don’t have or you don’t like skip it.

9. Stir and cook on high heat till the vegetables dried up.
Taste and adjust the seasoning.

10. Remove from heat. You can garnish with chopped scallion or onion greens.
Serve with any bread.

Notes

1. You can use bell peppers or any vegetables of your choice.
2. Use green chilli according to your taste.

3. You can use any vegetable oil.

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Spanish Moulded Rice

Spanish moulded rice.
One pot and comfort meal. You don’t need much time to cook this delicious rice dish. No fuss, easy and quick to make. You need only some vegetables and spices with rice to make it.

Lightly flavoured with cloves, cinnamon and pepper corns.
Not only delicious this moulded rice looks beautiful.
I have shared some more one pot meal recipe here. Click the name to get recipes.

Egg pulao or egg biryani

This post is going to be a part of the 135th #Foodiemonday bloghop theme is #CookfromaCookBook.

So here is a recipe from Nita Mehta’s cookbook. Carrot, beans and tomato made this rice dish healthy and yummy. Peas are not in the recipe but I have added little frozen peas because I love peas in rice dishes. You can omit it if you want.

Recipe

Basmati rice – 1 cup

Fresh beans – 7 – 8, cut into small diagonal pieces

Carrot – 1, cut into tiny cubes

Capsicum – 1, cut into tiny pieces

Onion – 1, finely chopped

Tomatoes – 2, finely chopped

Green peas – 1/4 cup, optional

Curd – 1 tablespoon

Oil – 4 tablespoon

Garam masala powder – 1 teaspoon

Salt – 1&1/2 teaspoon or to taste

Garlic – 6 – 7 flakes

Whole red chilli – 2 – 3

Powder together

Cinnamon or dalchini – 2 stick

Cloves or laung – 3 – 4

Pepper corns or kali mirch – 3 – 4

Garnishing

Firm tomato – 1, cut into slices

A few lettuce leaves dipped in ice cold water for 30 minutes or more

Method

Boil rice in plenty of water till just tender. Don’t over cook. Strain and keep aside.

Wash beans and carrot. Put in a pressure cooker with 3-4 tablespoon water. I have used frozen peas but if you are using fresh peas add with beans and carrot in pressure cooker. Peas are not in the book.

Keep the pressure cooker on fire. As soon as the hissing sound starts, remove from fire. Do not let the whistle come. Keep aside.

Powder cinnamon, cloves and pepper together on the chakla belan or rolling pin. I have used my mortal pastel.

Crush garlic and whole red chilli together on the chakla belan or rolling pin.

Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onions. Cook till light brown.

Add garlic chilli paste. Saute for 1 – 2 minutes.
Add curd, tomato and capsicum.
Cook on low heat for 1 minute.

Add the powdered whole spices,steamed carrot, beans and boiled rice.
Add salt and garam masala. Stir fry for 2 – 3 minutes.

Wash ( rinse) a jelly or a cake mould. Do not wipe it. Grease it with oil. I have used a oven proof glass bowl.

Arrange tomato slices on the sides of the greased mould. Pack with the ready rice. Cover with a foil.

At serving time bake in a preheated oven at 190° for 10 minutes.
Unmould on a plate lined with lettuce leaves or decorate the plate with fresh coriander or cilantro with stalks and lemon twist. I have used coriander leaves.
Enjoy…..

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