Thursday, January 29, 2009

Spinach Kuttu

Spinach Kuttu is a good combination for Chapathi. Even you can use this with rice. Very healthy food.

Ingredients:

1. 1 Pkt Spinach

2. Moong Dal (4 Tspoon)

3. Green Chillis - 2 

4. Mustard – Little for seasoning.

5. Jeera - 1 Spoon

6. Coarse Pepper – 2 Spoons.

7. Desiccated Coconut – 2 spoons.

8. Oil – 1 Spoon.

9. Salt - taste

Method:

1.       Wash and cut the Spinach.

2.       Wash the moog dal and cook until it tender. (Pressure Cooker – 4 Whistles)

3.       In a kadai, heat the oil and add mustard. Once it popped add green chillies and little jeera and Spinach and stir well.

4.       Once you feel the raw smell of spinach gone, then add little water and leave them to boil.

5.       Open the pressure cooker and mash the Moong dal. If required add little water to get a concentrated dal mix.

6.       Add this dal mix into the boiled spinach. Mix well. Depends upon your taste add little water.  (For example, if it is for Chapathi then this should be more concentrated. If you are going to use this for rice, may be you can add little water)

7.       Sprinkle the remaining jeera and pepper in a kadai. Add salt to taste. Leave this for 2 min to boil.

8.       At last spread the coconut in a kadai mix well.

 

Very nice spinach kuttu is now ready. This is very health side dish. Only little oil is required. So will be very healthy side dish.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

My Recipes


Bread Upma

Very interesting, easy and healthy snack.
Children and adults who loves to taste spicy snacks, here you gooooooooooooo  Bread upma,

Ingredients:

(For a single person)
1. 2 Bread slices. (Use salty bread) - Cut into small pieces.
2. Green chilly - 1
3. Onion - 1 (Finely chopped)
4. Mustard - Little
5. Urud Dal - Little
6. Pepper - Little (Coarsed)
7. Sunflower Oil - 2 tblsp


Method:

1. In a kadai, heat Oil and add mustaud seed. once it popped add urud dal. Stir till it get golden colour
2. Add chopped onion and stir till it get golden colour.
3. Now add the coarsed pepper as per your wish. (If children add little, if elders depends on your choice for spicy add)
4. stir well.
5. Now add Bread pieces and stir well. 
6. Switch off the flame once the bread pieces fried.

Now the spicy Bread upma is ready to taste. You can use tomato sauce as a side. 

Very good evening snacks is ready.

Whenever i toast the bread or make sandwich for Breakfast, I will keep the left over side cut pieces of bread and i will do this upma for evening. Really worthy and good...

Try it........