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Baked Pasta With Egg And Cheese

Baked pasta with egg and cheese. A cheesy delicious treat for kids and adults both. You don’t have to boil the pasta before making this baked pasta. An easy peasy recipe but taste is absolutely mouthwatering.

You can use any pasta or elbow macaroni to make it. I have only cheese slices so I used it. But you can use mozzarella, cheddar or any cheese. Use whatever you have. Add as much cheese as you like. I made it simple without any vegetable this time. But I like sweet corn in my pasta. So you can use sweet corn, bell peppers or any vegetable of your choice. Even boneless chicken pieces can be added in pasta.

This time theme of our 303 #Foodiemonday bloghop is Pasta Please suggested by Priya Iyer who blog at The World Through My Eyes. Her blog is a treasure house of authentic South Indian recipes with different types of continental recipes. Recently she shared a delicious Peanut basil pesto recipe. Visit her space for step by step detailed recipe. If you want something innovative, check out her Zucchini thepla and many more.

Now coming to the recipe. As I mentioned above it’s a very easy recipe. Even you don’t need to boil and strain the pasta before making it. And to make it more cheesy add as much cheese as you like. Kids love cheesy pasta, right? You can use any cheese, use whatever available at your place. I didn’t use red chilli flakes but you can use it in pasta and sprinkle some over the cheese before baking. It will look great. You can also add finely chopped green chilli with onion. Use chilli according to your taste. You can use chicken or mutton stock instead of water.

Recipe

Pasta – 2 cup

Onion – 1 large, finely chopped

Garlic – 3-4 cloves, minced

Tomato – 2 ground or finely chopped

Olive oil – 1&1/2 tablespoon

Cheese as require

Egg – 3-4

Dried Oregano or mixed Italian herbs – 2 teaspoon

Dried Basil – 1 teaspoon

Pasta or pizza sauce – 2 tablespoon

Black pepper powder – 1 teaspoon or to taste

Olive pieces to garnish, optional

Salt to taste

Water – 1&1/2 cup

Method

1. Heat oil in a pan or wok. Add minced garlic and finely chopped onion. Fry till onion starts to change it’s colour.

2. Now add tomato paste or finely chopped tomatoes. For tomato paste grind the chopped tomatoes in your mixer grinder.

3. Add oregano, basil and black pepper powder. You can use Italian mixed herbs instead of oregano. Use whatever you have. You can add little red chilli flakes if you want. You can also add sweet corn or any vegetable of your choice. Saute till mixture dried up.

4. Add pasta and salt. Mix well. Add water, mix and cover. See notes for more options.

5. Cook till pasta about to dried up. Pasta shouldn’t be over cooked.

6. Remove the cover and mix well. Add two cheese slices or shredded cheese and mix well. This step is optional. But it will make your pasta more cheesy.

7. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Remove from heat when pasta dried up.

8. In a bowl beat the eggs with little salt and black pepper powder.

9. Preheat the oven at 180°.

10. Grease a baking dish. Transfer the pasta to the baking dish. Spread the pasta evenly into the baking dish.

11. Pour the well beaten eggs all over the pasta. Arrange 4-5 cheese slices over it. Or spread shredded cheese over the pasta. Sprinkle olive pieces over it. If you don’t have olive, skip this step. You can also Sprinkle little red chilli flakes over the cheese.

12. Bake in preheated oven at 180° for 20 minutes or until cheese becomes golden brown. Keep an eye after 15 minutes.

13. Cut in square pieces and serve warm.

14. You can store leftover pieces in refrigerator. Heat in microwave just before serving.

Notes

1. You can use more cheese if you want. You can use mozzarella, cheddar or any cheese. Use whatever you have.

2. Sweet corn, bell peppers or any vegetable can be added in the pasta.

3. Add chilli according to your taste. If you are making for kids omit chilli.

4. . Any vegetable oil can be used instead of olive oil.

5. Chicken or mutton stock can used instead of water to make this pasta.

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Bajra Or Pearl Millet Pizza Crackers / Gluten Free Crackers

Bajra or pearl millet pizza crackers. Crispy crunchy eggless crackers made with pearl millet or bajra flour. A perfect winter special gluten free treat for kids and adults both. Because nutritious and protein, fiber, iron enriched gluten free pearl millet or bajra also helps to stay us warm in winter. Crackers are gluten free and if you are following vegan diet, omit cheddar cheese powder.

Here is an easy to make recipe for this season. But if you don’t have pearl millet flour or you don’t like the taste of pearl millet then you can make it with refined flour/maida or whole wheat flour/atta. Refined flour or all purpose flour/maida definitely taste better but not healthy though but you can use once in a while. Or use a mixture of refined flour and whole wheat flour. Choice is your.

This time I have used my new Samsung microwave to make these crackers. At first I was little confused about its hot blast mode. But now my experience is its perfect for baking just like convection mode or OTG. But hot blast mode takes less time and also you have to set the temperature at low. For cookies set at 160° instead of 180° and for crackers set the temperature at 170° or 180° instead of 190°. And keep an eye after 8 minutes because it bakes faster than traditional oven. Here is the picture of the new member of my kitchen 😀. I also loved the look. Isn’t looks cute? And also sharing a picture of samosa which I had made first time using it’s slim fry mode. Slim fry mode works as air fryer. And vadi or sun dried lentil dumplings using sun dry mode. You can call it instant vadi.

Bajra is rich in magnesium, which helps keep the heart healthy. It has potassium, which dilates blood vessels, allowing blood to flow more easily. This helps reduce overall blood pressure. Bajra also has fibre that helps reduce LDL, or bad, cholestrol. Source

You may like some more recipes with pearl millet or bajra on this blog. Click on the name below for recipe.

1. Gluten free savoury pancake

2. Gluten free rose flavored nankhatai

3. Eggless pearl millet cashew almond honey cookies

4. Pearl millet sesame oats cookies

5. Fennel oats millet cookies

Earlier shared Whole wheat carom seeds or ajwain crackers

This week our 276 #Foodiemonday bloghop theme is Kids Party suggested by Swaty Malik. Swaty is a very talented blogger who blog at Food Trails. Do visit her space for many innovative and healthy recipes like Healthy sattu cookies , Semolina and coconut tea cake and her Palak paneer fried rice is also in my list to try soon.

My contribution for this theme is pizza flavored crackers made with pearl millet or bajra flour. Kids love pizza, right? So here is a crispy crunchy and nutritious crackers with all the goodness of pearl millet. As I mentioned above, if you want to make it dairy free just skip cheese powder. And if you don’t have bajra or pearl millet flour then you can use whole wheat flour or all purpose flour. You can also use the seasoning according to your choice.

Recipe

Bajra or pearl millet flour – 1 cup

Olive oil – 3 tablespoon

Salt – 1/2 teaspoon

Baking powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Oregano – 1 teaspoon

Dried basil – 1/2 teaspoon

Chilli flakes – 1/2 teaspoon

Pizza sauce – 2 teaspoon

Garlic powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Cheddar cheese powder – 1 tablespoon, optional

Water – 5 tablespoon

Method

1. Preheat the oven at 180°. Grease a baking pan or line with parchment paper.

2. In a bowl mix bajra or pearl millet flour, salt and olive oil. Mix well.

3. Add baking powder, oregano, dried basil, chili flakes, pizza sauce, garlic powder and cheddar cheese powder. Mix again. See notes for more options.

4. Now add water and make a smooth pliable dough. Add little more water if required. I have used 2 teaspoon water more. Cover and keep aside for 10-15 minutes.

5. Sprinkle little flour on a flat surface. Knead the dough again and roll with a rolling pin. Thickness shouldn’t be more than 1/4 inch.

6. Prick with a fork and cut with a cookie cutter or pizza cutter. Cut into your desired shape.

7. Place the crackers on baking pan. Bake in preheated oven at 170° for 8 to 10 minutes or till the crackers becomes light brown. If you are using OTG bake at 180°. Enjoy the guilt free crackers on your munching time.

Notes

1. Whole wheat flour/atta or refined flour/ maida can be used instead of bajra or pearl millet flour.

2. You can add the seasoning according to your taste.

3. Garlic paste or minced garlic can be used instead of garlic powder.

4. You can also use freshly crushed black pepper in the dough.

5. To make the crackers vegan omit cheese powder.

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Mango Salsa With Pickled Jalapeno

Mango salsa with pickled Jalapeno. One more easy no cook recipe in a row with mouthwatering taste. Serve it as a snack, side dish or salad and enjoy the tangy spicy taste. Raw mango, lemon juice, green chilli, freshly crushed black pepper, pickled Jalapeno and some other ingredients made this salsa perfectly tongue tickling and ripe mango gave little sweetness.

Its mango season and you can get plenty of this delicious fruit either raw or ripe. Raw mango is not only rich in vitamin C but it has numerous health benefits. So here is a fresh healthy and delicious no cook recipe for this difficult time. Just combine everything and enjoy.

You may like some more similar recipes on this blog. Click on the name below for recipe.

1. Watermelon salsa

2. Mango pomegranate tender coconut salsa

3. Capsicum salsa

4. Fruity salad with dried basil

5. Corn salad

6. Fruity salad with corn cucumber and parsley

7. Peas chickpeas low calorie salad

8. Peanut chaat

9. Sprouts chaat

10. Chickpea chaat with raw mango

Sending this post to Facebook group Healthy Wealthy Cuisine . This time theme is #TangoWithMango suggested by Narmadha who blog at Nams Corner. I love her blog which is full of wonderful recipes like Lactation cookies , Ragi chocolate truffle cake, Buckwheat cookies without oven etc. Do visit her space for many more. Check out my fellow bloggers recipes for this theme.

Mango cream oreo tart by Shalu

Aam ras by Jayashree

Instant mango chunda by Poonam

Srilankan raw mango curry by Preethi

Mango chutney by Vanitha

Mango mastani by Narmadha

Raw mango thokku by Ruchi

This recipe is very easy to make and completely gluten free and veganò. Get the ingredients ready. Wash well add chop everything into small pieces. Mix well and serve immediately or keep it in refrigerator and serve chilled. It will be delicious in both ways. Olives and coconut is absolutely optional. You can can skip these if you don’t have or you don’t like. I have bottled olives so I used it.

Recipe

Raw mango – 1/2 cup, chopped

Tomato – 1, chopped

Red onion – 1, finely chopped

Pickled jalapeno – 1 tablespoon or 7 – 8 pieces, chopped

Green chilli – 1 small, chopped

Boiled sweet corn – 1/3 cup

Freshly crushed black pepper – 1/2 teaspoon

Ripe mango – 1/3 cup, chopped

Olive – 2 tablespoon, optional

Cilantro – 1 tablespoon, chopped

Mint – 1 tablespoon, chopped

Lemon juice – 2 – 3 teaspoon or to taste

Sea salt – 1 teaspoon or to taste

Oregano – 1/2 teaspoon

Fresh coconut – 2 tablespoon, chopped

Cucumber – 1/3 cup, chopped

Method

1. Peel and chop the raw mango into small pieces. Also chop onion, tomato, green chilli, cucumber, pickled Jalapeno and fresh coconut into small pieces.

2. Combine everything in a large bowl. Add chopped cilantro or coriander leaves, and mint leaves. Add sea salt, oregano, olives and lemon juice. Mix well. Taste and add more salt and lemon juice if require.

4. Serve immediately or keep in refrigerator and serve chilled.

Notes

1. Pink or black salt or any salt can be used instead of sea salt.

2. You can skip olives if you don’t have or don’t like. Fresh coconut is also optional. Skip if you don’t like.

3. Add green chilli and black pepper according to your taste.

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Sprouts Chaat And Aloo Or Potato Chaat With Sweet Corn

Sprouts and aloo or potato chaat with sweet corn. Both are very easy to make and delicious. Perfect tongue tickling, easy, quick and low calorie recipe for this hot weather. Just boil the potatoes or moong sprouts and mix everything. Serve as a evening snack or starter. You can also serve sprouts chaat as a nutritious salad with your meal.

You can also use raw moong sprouts just wash well before using. I sometime do so. And everyone loves the crunch. Its a completely gluten free, vegan, low calorie and oil free recipe.

Sprouts are super healthy when eaten raw or cooked. Sprouting also increases the protein content, and shortens the cooking time of legumes. During the process of sprouting, some of the stored starch in the legume is used up for forming the tiny leaves and rootlets and in manufacturing vitamin C. Here are some health benefits that will convince you to sprout more often. 1. Helps in digestion

2. Boosts blood circulation

3. Helps in weight loss

4. Builds your immune system

5. Improve eye sight

6. Heart friendly

7. Helps reduce acidity

8. May prevent premature ageing

To read more about health benefits of sprouts click here .

Making moong sprouts is very easy. Also sharing the method with recipe. You can get some more sprouts recipes on this blog.Click on the name below for recipe.

1. Sprouts sundal

2. Sprouts and oats cutlets

3. Sprouts and oats appe

And some chaat recipes

1. Chana or chickpea chaat with raw mango

2. Matar chaat

3. Ghugni and aloo kabli

Sending this post to #249 Foodiemonday bloghop theme is Monsoon Munchies suggested by Archana who blog at The Mad Scientist Kitchen. Archana is a very talented blogger. Do visit her space for wonderful recipes. She has a vast collection of authentic and healthy recipes. I love her all the recipes but recently bookmarked her Herbed butter milk rolls , Seven layer magic bar and Vegan Lebanese chickpea stew to try.

As a monsoon munchies I am not sharing any deep fried recipe today. This time we need some healthy and nutritious recipes to make easily and quickly. So two quick recipes for you. Starting with vitamin enriched moong sprouts. Make moong sprouts and keep in refrigerator for a week. You can use these sprouts raw, boiled or sauteed as you like.

Sprouts chaat recipe

Moong sprouts – 1 cup

Potato – 1, boiled, optional

Cucumber – 1

Tomato – 1, chopped

Onion – 1, finely chopped

Green chilli – 1 – 2, finely chopped

Ginger – 1 inch piece, grated or finely chopped

Cilantro or coriander leaves – 1 tablespoon

Black or pink salt – 1 teaspoon

Chaat masala – 1 teaspoon

Cumin powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Freshly crushed black pepper – 1/2 teaspoon

Lemon juice – 2 tablespoon

Method

1. Soak the moong beans in sufficient water overnight. Next day drain the water and loosely cover the bowl. Keep aside for a day. Next day moong beans will be sprouted. If you want longer sprouts wait for one more day.

Now store the sprouts in refrigerator. You can store it for a week. Rinse the sprouts well before every use.

2. Take 1 cup moong sprouts and rinse well. Drain the water.

3. Boil with 1 cup water. When it starts to boil, reduce the heat. Cook on simmer for 4 minutes or till sprouts becomes soft. I like the sprouts with little crunch. Drain the water and let it cool down.

4. Peel and chop the potato into small cubes if using.

5. Peel and chop the cucumber.

6. Now mix moong sprouts, boiled and cubed potato, cucumber, chopped tomato, onion, green chilli, grated ginger, cilantro or coriander leaves, black or pink salt, cumin powder, black pepper, chaat masala and lemon juice. You can also use few chopped mint leaves. Mix well. You can also add chopped or grated fresh coconut if you like. Taste and add more salt and lemon juice if require.

7. You can also add green chutney and sweet tamarind chutney if you want.

Aloo chaat. An easy and quick to make and taste is absolutely mouthwatering. A simple no cook and no oil recipe made with boiled potatoes, finely chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, green chilli, sweet corn, some spices and lemon juice.

Recipe

Potato – 4 medium, boiled

Onion – 1, finely chopped

Green chilli – 1 – 2, finely chopped

Tomato – 1 large, chopped

Cucumber – 1

Boiled sweet corn – 1/4 cup

Cilantro or coriander leaves – 1 tablespoon, chopped

Mint leaves – few, chopped

Pink or black salt – 1 teaspoon

Cumin powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Chaat masala – 1 teaspoon

Lemon juice – 3 teaspoon

Method

1. Peel chop the boiled potatoes into small cubes.

2. Peel and chop the cucumber.

3. In a bowl mix everything well.

4. Taste and adjust salt and lemon juice if require.

5. Add green chutney and sweet tamarind chutney if you want. I didn’t. You can also use black pepper powder if you like.

Enjoy…….

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Chana Or Chickpea Chaat With Raw Mango

Chickpeas/garbanzo beans or chana chaat with raw mango. An easy and quick yet lipsmacking dish. Spicy tangy in one word chatpata chaat is everyone’s favourite. If you have boiled chickpeas ready then its a completely no cook recipe. So perfect for summer days. You don’t need to spend much time in kitchen.

You can also use leftover boiled chickpeas to make this chaat. Finely chopped onion,tomato, green chilli, cilantro, grated raw mango and some spices made simple boiled chickpeas lipsmackingly delicious.

Bhaja moshla or roasted and powdered spices will enhance the taste but if you don’t have it you can skip or use dry roasted and powdered cumin. Earlier I have shared Ghugni and aloo kabli chaat and Matar chaat .

Nutritious chickpeas have many health benefits. Chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans, are part of the legume family. As a rich source of vitamins, minerals and fiber, chickpeas may offer a variety of health benefits, such as improving digestion, aiding weight management and reducing the risk of several diseases. Additionally, chickpeas are high in protein and make an excellent replacement for meat in vegetarian and vegan diets. Including chickpeas in your diet regularly will support your health and may reduce your risk of developing chronic diseases, such as heart disease and cancer. Source – Healthline

Here are some more chickpeas recipes on this blog. Click on the name below for recipe.

1. Peas chickpeas low calorie salad

2. Chickpea potato dry sabji

3. Tomato coconut chickpea curry

4. Chana madra

5. Falafel

6. Pumpkin stir fry with chickpeas

7. Mint carrot beetroot hummus

And some black chickpeas recipe

1. Paneer kala chana kofta curry

2. Kadala curry or black chickpea curry

3. Kala chana Kabab

Sending this post to 247 #Foodiemonday bloghop theme is Chaat Time suggested by Swaty Malik who blog at Food Trails. Swaty has a lovely blog with many mouthwatering recipes. I always love her healthy and delicious recipes. With many other authentic and innovative recipes you will love her baking collection with many wonderful baked dishes. To get her baking collection click here and I also love her Moradabadi dal chaat, I will try it soon.

To make this delicious and quick chana chaat you have to boil chickpeas only. Then mix all the ingredients with chickpeas and enjoy the spicy tangy and mouthwatering chana chaat. Just finely chop onion, tomato, cilantro, green chilli, grated raw mango or kachcha aam and some spices. You can also add more lemon juice and grated raw mango if you want your chaat more tangy.

Recipe

Chickpeas/garbanzo beans or kabli chana – 1 cup

Salt – 1 teaspoon

Water – 2 cup

Onion – 1, finely chopped

Tomato – chopped

Ginger julienne – 1 tablespoon, optional

Green chilli – 1 – 2 or to taste, finely chopped

Cilantro or coriander leaves – 1 tablespoon, chopped

Grated raw mango ar kachcha aam – 1 tablespoon

Lemon juice – 3 teaspoon

Chaat masala – 1 teaspoon

Cumin or jeera powder – 1 teaspoon

Freshly crushed black pepper – 1/2 teaspoon

Bhaja moshla – 1 teaspoon, optional

Black or pink salt – 1 teaspoon

Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1/2 teaspoon,optional

Method

1. Rinse and soak chickpeas in sufficient water overnight.

2. Boil in pressure cooker with 1 teaspoon salt and 2 cup water. When hissing sound starts reduce the heat. Cook on simmer for 30 – 40 minutes. Let the pressure settle down on it’s own. Chickpeas should be becomes soft. Check by pressing with your finger tips.

3. Let the chickpeas cool down. Add all the remaining ingredients in chickpeas. You can also add chopped mint leaves if you want. Bhaja moshla is optional or you can use dry roasted and powdered cumin but I recommend to use it to make the chaat spicy and flavorful. And it will enhance the taste. Get the bhaja moshla or roasted spice powder recipe here .

4. Taste and add more salt and lemon juice if require. You can also add 1 tablespoon more grated mango if you like your chaat tangy. See notes for more options.

5. Garnish with lemon wedges, cilantro or coriander and ginger julienne. You can serve with green chutney or tamarind chutney. I didn’t. Enjoy the spicy and lipsmacking chhana chaat.

Notes

1. You can use grated ginger instead of ginger julienne or you can also skip ginger if you don’t like.

2. Chopped cucumber or boiled or roasted beetroot, boiled potatoes can be used in this chaat. Or you can also use grated raw beetroot.

3. Add chilli according to your taste. For garnishing you can use pomegranate arils, nylon sev etc.

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Kidney Beans Or Rajma Spinach Kabab

Kidney beans or rajma Kabab with spinach, paneer or cottage cheese and potato. Easy to make and soft mouth melting Kabab.
A protein rich low calorie guilt free snack. If you have boiled rajma and chana dal ready then you can make it in a jiffy.

You may like some more Kabab and cutlets recipe on this blog.

1. Green gram Kabab

2. Soya egg shami Kabab

3. Oats black chickpea Kabab

4. Yellow and red lentil cutlets

5. Potato barnyard millet cutlets

6. Mix veg cutlets

7. Beetroot cutlets

8. Soya paneer lollipop

9. Aloo chop or potato fritters

10. Sprouts and oats pan fried cutlets

Kidney beans are an excellent plant-based source of protein. They’re also rich in various minerals, vitamins, fibers, antioxidants, and other unique plant compounds.
Therefore, these beans may aid weight loss, promote colon health, and moderate blood sugar levels.
Source

And I have also used spinach or palak paneer or cottage cheese in the Kabab. Vegan people can omit paneer.

Sending this post to A to Z challenge, a challenge initiated on Facebook Group, created by Jolly and Vidya.
Wherein a group of bloggers come together and we choose key ingredients alphabetically to cook and post a dish every alternate month. This month’s Alphabet is letter K. And I made this delicious and nutritious Kabab using kidney beans or rajma.

Recipe is very easy. You have to mix boiled and mashed rajma, chana dal, potatoes, spinach, mashed paneer, bread crumbs and all the spices with fried sliced onion, ginger garlic paste and some spices. Make patties and shallow fry the Kabab with little oil. You can also serve it as a party starter.

Recipe

Kidney beans or rajma – 1/2 cup

Chana dal or Bengal gram – 1/4 cup

Paneer or cottage cheese – 1/2 cup, mashed or grated

Potato – 2 medium, boiled

Palak or spinach – 100 gram

Breadcrumb – 2 tablespoon + for coating

Salt to taste

Green chilli – 2 – 3 or to taste, finely chopped

Coriander leaves or cilantro – handful, chopped

Onion – 2, sliced

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tablespoon

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Chaat masala powder – 2 teaspoon

Freshly ground black pepper – 1/2 teaspoon or to taste

Garam masala powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Oil – 2 tablespoon + for shallow fry

Method

1. Rinse and soak rajma and chana dal in sufficient water overnight.

2. Pressure cook rajma and chana dal with 2 cup water. After one whistle reduce the heat and cook on simmer for 20 minutes or till rajma becomes soft. Let it cool down.

3. Strain and mash the rajma and chana dal well.

4. Peel and mash the boiled potatoes.

5. Wash the spinach well.
Boil water to blanch the spinach. When the water starts to rolling boil add the spinach. Boil the spinach for 2 minutes. Strain the water. Mash the spinach when cool.

6. Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan. Add sliced onion and green chilli.

7. When the onion becomes translucent add ginger garlic paste. You can also use grated ginger. Saute till raw smell of garlic goes away.

8. Now add boiled and mashed rajma or kidney beans andchana dal, potatoes, spinach, paneer, salt, black pepper and cumin powder. Mix well. When the mixture dried up remove from heat.

9. Add chaat masala powder, garam masala powder and chopped cilantro or coriander leaves. Combine everything well. Add breadcrumb and mix again.

For gluten free and vegan options see notes.

10. Mix everything well. Make round patties. Press gently with your palm. Make all the patties this way.

11. Spread some breadcrumbs on a plate. Roll all the patties in bread crumbs and keep aside.

12. Heat a pan and spread little oil.
Shallow fry all the patties.

13. Turn the patties upside down. And fry the other side till brown.

14. Your Kabab is ready. Serve hot with onion rings, lemon wedge, green chutney or any chutney or sauce.

Notes
1. Vegan people can omit paneer or cottage cheese.
2. One finely chopped onion can be added in the mixture before frying.
3. Use green chilli according to your taste.
4. Roasted chickpea flour or sattu or oats powder can be used instead of breadcrumb. To make it gluten free use oatmeal for binding.

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Spicy Potatoes With Tamarind

Spicy potatoes with tamarind. Lip-smacking dry baby potatoes coated with spices. A no onion garlic and easy to make dry curry. You can serve it as a side dish or also as a teatime snack.
A completely gluten free and vegan dish.
I always make it with fluffy puri or fulko luchi.

Everyone loves potatoes in my home and this spicy tangy potato is a all time favorite. You can also enjoy it as a starter.
Not only delicious but potatoes are also a comfort food. Baby potatoes are very common in this season but if you don’t have baby potatoes, you can also use boiled and cubed large potatoes.

Potatoes are rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, which make them very healthy.
Studies have linked potatoes and their nutrients to a variety of impressive health benefits, including improved blood sugar control, reduced heart disease risk and higher immunity. They may also improve digestive health and combat signs of aging.

Potatoes are also quite filling, which means they may help you lose weight by curbing hunger pains and cravings.

All in all, potatoes are a great addition to your diet in moderation. They are also naturally gluten-free, which means they can be enjoyed by almost everyone.
Source

You may like some more potato recipes on this blog.

1. Red potatoes with cilantro or coriander leaves

2. Potatoes with green peas

3. Rosti or Swiss potato pancakes

4. Dahi aloo or potatoes in yogurt curry

5. Grilled potatoes

6. Potato curry

7. Batata bhaji or Maharashtrian dry potatoes

8. Peanut potatoes

9. Potato pie

10. Potato with nigella poppy seeds and tomato

11. Savoury potato cake

12. Stuffed potatoes

13. Aloo chop or potato fritters

14. Dum aloo

15. Masala aloo

16. No onion garlic potato curry

17. Panch phoran tarkari

18. Kashmiri dum aloo

19. Aloo kofta curry

20. Dum aloo

This spicy potato or chatpata masala aloo is very easy to make. You need only some boiled baby potatoes, dry spices and tamarind. You will love the spicy tangy and delicious taste. I have used slit green chilli to garnish. If you want your potatoes more spicy and slit or chopped green chilli with spices. You can also use hot variety red chilli powder.

Recipe

Baby potatoes – 500 gram, boiled

Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Hing or asafoetida – 1/4 teaspoon

Dry red chilli – 1

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Coriander powder 1 teaspoon

Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Black pepper powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1 & 1/2 teaspoon

Garam masala powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Tamarind paste – 1 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Oil – 2 tablespoon

Method

1. Peel the boiled potatoes. Prick all the potatoes with a fork.

2. Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, hing and dry red chilli.

3. When the seeds starts to splutter add the potatoes and salt. Fry till the potatoes becomes brown.

4. Reduce the heat. Add all the powder spices and saute for 2 minutes on low heat to avoid burning. You can sprinkle little water if require. I didn’t.

5. Saute till the potatoes coated well with spices.
Now add tamarind paste and and mix well. Taste and add little more salt or tamarind if require.

6. Remove from heat. Garnish with cilantro or coriander leaves and slit green chilli.

7. Serve as a side dish with roti, paratha, puri, luchi, naan, dal chawal or any bread. Or serve it with toothpicks as a teatime snack.

Notes
1. You can add slit or chopped green chilli with spices if you want your potatoes more spicy. Or use hot variety red chilli powder.
2. You can also use boiled and cubed large potatoes if you don’t have baby potatoes.

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Green Gram Or Sabut Moong Kabab/Veg Kabab

Veg Kabab or green gram/sabut moong Kabab. You can call it veg galouti Kabab. Because texture of this Kabab is mouth melting. This lentil Kabab taste lipsmackingly delicious and made with all the nutritious ingredients.

Whole green gram or sabut moong dal, chana dal or Bengal gram, paneer or cottage cheese and all the whole spices with ginger garlic onion made these Kabab super yummy and aromatic.
You can use boiled and grated potato with lentils or dal if you wish. I have used bread crumbs for binding, but you can use oatmeal, semolina or suji, corn flour or any binding. Use whatever you have. To make it gluten free use oatmeal or oats powder.

I have already shared two more different Kabab recipes on this blog. Click on the name below for recipe.

1. Soya egg shami Kabab

2. Oats kala chana Kabab

I have serve these Kabab with ginger chutney.
You can serve with any chutney, dip or sauce.
You may like some more chutney recipes on this blog.

1. Ginger chutney or allam pachadi

2. Mango sesame chutney

3. Date raisin jaggery chutney with mango bar

4. Waterchestnut or singhara chutney

5. Onion tomato chutney or dip

6. Mango raisin chutney

7. Peanut chutney or dip

Sending this post to 221 #Foodiemonday bloghop. This week’s theme is Moong Magic suggested by Swaty Malik who blog at Food Trails.
Our bloghop member Swaty has a wonderful blog. Do visit her blog for many mouthwatering recipes. She has a vast collection of festive dessert, soups, curries and many more. I am sure you will love her space.

Veg Kabab is very easy to make. You have to boil and grind the lentils with spices and fry with onions. Make a dough with very little binding. For soft mouth melting Kabab don’t use more than 2 tablespoon binding. You can use green chilli according to your spice tolerance. You can also add more garlic if you like.

Recipe

Sabut moong dal or whole green gram – 1 cup

Chana dal or Bengal gram – 1/2 cup

Paneer or cottage cheese – 1 cup, grated

Ginger – 1 inch piece

Garlic – 6 -7 cloves or to taste

Green cardamom – 2

Cinnamon – 1 inch piece

Cloves – 3

Water- 1&1/2 cup

Onion – 2 chopped

Green chilli – 3 – 4 or to taste, chopped

Cilantro or coriander leaves – handful, chopped

Salt to taste

Cumin powder -1 teaspoon

Black pepper powder – 1 teaspoon

Chaat masala powder – teaspoon

Bread crumbs – 2 tablespoon

Oil – 2 tablespoon + to shallow fry

Method

1. Soak the green gram or sabut moong dal and chana dal in sufficient water for overnight.

2. Rinse and pressure cook the dal with chopped ginger, garlic, green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and salt for 3 – 4 whistle or after 1 whistle reduce the heat and cook on simmer for 10 minutes. Let the pressure settle down on it’s own.

3. Grind the dal or lentils. Grate or mash the paneer or cottage cheese.

4. Heat oil and add chopped onion and green chilli.

5. Fry until onion starts to change it’s colour. Add mashed or grated paneer or cottage cheese. Mix well.

6. Now add ground dal or lentils, cilantro or coriander leaves, salt, cumin powder, chaat masala powder, black pepper powder. Mix well. Saute till the mixture dried up completely.

7. Remove from heat and let it cool down.

8. Taste and add more salt if require. Add bread crumb and mix. Don’t add too much binding. For mouth melting kabab dough should be soft.

9. Make medium sized balls. You can make 18 – 20 balls.

10. Flatten the balls with your palm. Make all the patties like this.

11. Shallow fry the patties with little oil.
Serve hot with any chutney or sauce.

Notes

1. Use chilli according to your taste.

2. You can add more garlic if you like.

3. Ots powder, semolina, corn flour or any binding can be used instead of breadcrumb. To make gluten free use oats.

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Rice Appe Or Paddu With Cooked Rice

Appe/paddu with cooked rice.
A spicy, delicious and easy to make appe/paddu or kuzhi paniyaram. This appe is made of cooked rice, you can also use leftover rice. Serve hot in breakfast or as a snack. It also taste great in room temperature.
Its known by various names in South India including paddu, appe, guliappa, gulittu, yeriyappa, gundponglu, ponganalu.
Kuzhi paniyaram or Paddu/GuLiyappa/Yeriyappa or Gunta Ponganalu or Tulu : “appadadde” is an Indian dish made by steaming batter using a mould. The batter is made of black lentils and rice and is similar in composition to the batter used to make idli and dosa. The dish can also be made sweet or spicy depending on the ingredients jaggery and chillies respectively. Paniyaram is made on a special pan that comes with multiple small fissures.
Source – Wikipedia

You may like some more appe recipes made with different ingredients on this blog.
1. Red lentil appe

2. Beetroot appe

3. Semolina and lentil appe

4. Roasted gram or sattu appe

5. Semolina and flatten rice appe

6. Sprouts and oats appe

This week #209th #FoodieMonday bloghop theme is #ThindiYenu suggested by Aruna SarasChandra. Who blog at Vasus Veg Kitchen.
Do visit her space for many authentic, delicious and healthy vegetarian recipes. Recently loved her oats and nuts laddu. I will to try it soon.

ThindiYenu in Kannada means What is for Tiffin. According to Aruna here tiffin is refers to breakfast. And my contribution is this spicy and delicious rice paddu or appe using leftover rice.
I always love to make different types of appe. When Aruna suggested the theme Karnataka special breakfast or ThindiYenu.
I was searching for Karnataka breakfast recipes and loved this paddu recipe.
My son is at home this time for few days and he loves spicy food so I have made this paddu or appe spicy. Fresh cooked rice or leftover rice both can be used for this appe. At first I didn’t plan to use coconut but my vegetable vendor bought fresh coconut in the morning. So I have used it. Coconut definitely enhance the taste. But if you don’t have coconut then you can skip it.
Recipe adopted from Veg recipes of Karnataka

Recipe

Cooked rice – 1 cup

Semolina or suji – 1/4 cup

Curd – 1/4 cup

Ginger – 1/2 inch piece, grated

Green chilli – 1, finely chopped

Cilantro or coriander leaves – handful, chopped

Water – 1/4 cup

Fresh grated coconut – 2 – 3 tablespoons, optional

Curry leaves – 8 – 10, chopped

Mustard seeds or rai – 1/2 teaspoon

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Chaat masala powder – 1 teaspoon

Black pepper powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Lemon juice – 1 teaspoon

Oil – 1 teaspoon + to fry

Salt to taste

Eno fruit salt – 1/2 teaspoon

Method

1. Grind the cooked rice with curd, lemon juice and 1/4 cup water.

2. In a bowl mix ground rice, semolina or suji, grated ginger, chopped cilantro or coriander leaves, salt, cumin powder, chaat masala powder, black pepper powder and grated coconut. Mix well and keep the batter aside.

3. Heat oil in a small pan. Add mustard seeds and let the seeds splutter. Now add finely chopped green chilli and curry leaves. Switch off the flame and add this tempering in the batter. Mix well.

4. Just before cooking add eno fruit salt and give a good stir.

5. Heat an appe pan. Pour few drops of oil in every hole.
Pour a spoonful of batter in every hole. Cover and cook on low heat until appe becomes light brown.

6. Flip and turn the appe upside down. Cook uncovered till appe becomes golden brown from both the sides.

7. Serve hot with any chutney or sauce.

Notes
1. You can add 1 finely chopped onion in the batter.

2. If you are making it for kids omit chilli. Or to make it more spicy add one more finely chopped green chilli.

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Bhutte Ki Kees

Bhutte ki kees.
Yes one more corn recipe here.
A famous street food from Madhya Pradesh cuisine. Very easy and delicious no onion garlic recipe. You can serve it as a teatime snack.
Bhutte ki kees generally made with grated fresh corn cobs but if you have sweet corn or corn kernels you can also use them. Just grind the corn kernels and make delicious bhutte ki kees. Bhutte means corn and kees means grated.

This month in Shhhhh cooking secretly challenge
facebook group we are sharing different dishes from Madhya Pradesh cuisine. In this group members are paired up every month. And the pairs give each other two secret ingredients. A very interesting event. Every month we can interact with a blogger and sometimes we get a very good friend.
This month my partner is a very talented blogger Rafeeda AR. Who blog at
The big sweet tooth. Rafeeda gave me two delicious ingredients, corn and chilli. And Corn is my favourite ingredient. Thanks Rafeeda for the interesting ingredients. And I gave her cardamom and saffron. Check out her blog for the amazing recipe she shared with these ingredients.
My last post was also a corn recipe.
Again sharing an easy and mouthwatering recipe but with different ingredients.

Madhya Pradesh (MP; meaning Central Province) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Gwalior, and Ujjain being the other major cities. Nicknamed the “Heart of India” due to its geographical location in India.
A dose of nature, a tinge of culture mix it with the warm hospitality and a plate full of mouth-water delicacies. That’s Madhya Pradesh for you! Being the heart of India Madhya Pradesh assures a delightful package to its visitors. Then be it the historic importance, rich culture or the food. Madhya Pradesh offers everything to satisfy your traveller’s as well as your foodie soul. Here are some delicious delicacies that you must dig your spoons in when you are exploring Madhya Pradesh.
Read more about Madhya Pradesh delicacies here.
Source

Recipe

Corn cobs – 2

Salt to taste

Green chilli – 1-2, chopped

Ginger – 1/2 inch piece, grated

Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Mustard seeds – 1/4 teaspoon

Hing or asafoetida – a pinch

Cumin powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Coriander powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1/2 teaspoon, optional

Black pepper powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Cilantro or coriander leaves – 1 tablespoon, chopped

Oil – 1 tablespoon

Curry leaves – 3-4 chopped, optional

Milk – 1/2 cup

Lemon juice – 1 tablespoon

Method

1. Grate the corn cobs. Or if you have corn kernels grind them.

2. Heat oil in a pan. Keep the flame low.
Add mustard seeds and then cumin seeds.

3. When the seeds start to splutter add grated ginger and chopped green chilli.
Fry for few seconds.

4. Now add hing or asafoetida, coriander powder, black pepper powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder and kashmiri red chilli powder.

5. Mix well. Keep the flame low to avoid burning.

6. Add grated corn, salt and chopped cilantro or coriander leaves. Mix well.
Saute on low flame for 2 minutes or until dried up.

7. Add milk and mix well.
Cover the pan and cook on simmer for 10 minutes or until corn mixture becomes almost dry.

8. Check in between and stir.
Check after every 2 minutes.

9. When the corn mixture becomes thick switch of the flame.

10. Add lemon juice and stir well to mix.
Taste and adjust the seasoning.

11. Serve hot. You can garnish with chopped cilantro or coriander leaves, grated fresh coconut and lemon wedges.

Notes

1. If you don’t like curry leaves you can skip it.

2. Use chilli according to your taste.

3. You can use water instead of milk but milk tastes better.

4. If you have sweet corn kernels grind them in mixer grinder and use it instead of grated corn.

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