Soya chunks Egg keema

                                                                                 

Soya chunks egg keema is snack recipe. Raghu likes soya chunks because of its health factors. So I thought of preparing some thing different for him.

Raghu liked a lot. And even his friends too..

Ingredients for Soya chunks keema

Soya Chunks - 1 cup

Eggs - 2

Salt - To taste

Oil - 3 spoons

Lemon Juice - 1/4th spoon

Coriander leaves - 6

Ingredients to grind

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Garlic cloves - 2

Cloves - 2

Cinnamon- 1 small piece

Grind the above ingredients and keep it a side.

Procedure:

1. Add soya chunks in the boiling water. Wait until size of  soya chunks got increased. Squeeze water from soya chunks. Fry soya chunks in one spoon of oil until it turns golden brown color.

              

2. Take a pan or remove soya chunks in the same pan add oil beat two eggs, Add salt in that and stir continuously till in became small small pieces.

                   

3. Take a pan or remove egg , In the same pan add oil when it became hot add grinded masala and fry for three minutes. Then add egg and soya chunks fry for 2 minutes. Add 1/4 th spoon lemon juice mix evenly. Add coriander leaves on the top for good smell.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Oats Chapathi

                                                                               

We all know that oats are good for health and also helps in maintaining weight. Raghu likes healthy food. So I thought of preparing oats chapati for dinner. Raghu liked this chapathi a lot and even our neighbors too. Try this chapathi it is really yummy. You can have this chapathi along with curry or you can eat directly.

Ingredients for Oats Chapathi

Oats   - 1 cup

Wheat Flour - 1 cup

Green Chilies - 2

Onion - 1 Medium Sized

Salt - To taste

Jeera- 1/2 spoon

Coriander Leaves - 10

Butter / Oil - 1 spoon

Procedure:


1. Grind oats in to fine powder. Take a bowl add grinded oats, wheat flour, Chopped onions and chilies, salt, Jeera , Coriander leaves chopped, Butter add water accordingly and mix like chapathi dough.

                                                                               

2. Roll the mixture in to small balls. Roll out using chapathi rollers as circle.  Heat tawa and add chapathi carefully. Add little ghee or butter or oil and fry until brown spots starts appearing.

                                             
Note :
1. you can add ajwain while mixing the dough.

                                                                                                                         

Raw Banana Stir fry / Aritikaya vepudu

I love stir fries. Everyday for lunch I use to prepare one stir fry and Sambar/ Rasam. This Raw Banana stir fry is very easy to prepare. I will prefer this fry with Rasam. 

                                                      

Raw Banana Stir Fry/ Aritikaya Vepudu Recipe - Ingredients

Serves 2

• Raw Banana - 1
• Onion -1 medium sized
• Turmeric powder - a generous pinch
• Salt - to taste

To Temper:

• Oil -  1 tsp/ 2 spoons
• Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
• Urad Dhal - 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Hing(Inguva) - 1/4 tsp
• Garlic Clove -1

1. Pressure cook Raw Banana pieces for one whistle.Take a pan add 2 spoons of oil. When oil became hot add mustard seeds when mustard seeds started spluttering. Add Mustard Seeds, Urad Dhal, Curry Leaves, Hing and mashed Garlic clove fry for a minute. Add onions.

                                     

2. When onions half cooked add pressure cooked Raw Banana and fry for a minute. Add salt & turmeric again fry for a minute. Add chilly powder mix evenly and off stove.

                                                                                                                                                         

Note :

1. If you don't have pressure cooker you can boil Banana pieces for 15 minutes.

                                                                              

Tomato rice

                                                                                   

I learnt Tomato Rice from my Mother In Law. One day she prepared Tomato rice for lunch. I just loved it. Also it is favorite of Raghu & Surekha(My sister in law).My MIL is expert in preparing different types of Rice items. When we are tired we feel like preparing any rice item which is instant, Instead of preparing both Rice and Curry. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

• Basmati Rice / Normal Rice- 1 Big glass and soak it for 10 mins
• Chilly Powder - 1/2 spoon
• Turmeric powder - Pinch
• Tomatoes - 3
• Onions- 1
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 spoons
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Cloves-2 to 4
• Curry Leaves- 5 to 7
• Cinnamon- 1 to 3 small pieces
• Elachi/ Cardamom - 1 powdered
• Bay leaf- 1

1. Take a pan. Add oil/ Ghee when it became hot add cloves, Cinnamon, Elachi, Bay leaf, Curry leaves and fry for a minute. Then add ginger garlic paste, Chilly powder, Turmeric and onions. Fry until Onions are half cooked. Add chopped Tomatoes.

                                                                              

2. When Tomatoes were cooked add soaked rice and mix evenly. Then add 2 glasses of water and add salt to taste. Transfer entire mixture in to vessel/ cooker/ or rice cooker container. I used rice cooker container. And wait until rice is cooked properly. Add Dhaniya leaves on the top.

       
Note:
1. This recipe is normal spicy. You can add or reduce spiciness according to your taste.                                                                     

                                                                                       

Thindoora Uraddal Chutney/ Dondakaya Minapa pachadi

                                                                                

My mom is chutney specialist. She used to prepare many varities of chutneys. Everyday for breakfast or lunch she will prepare one chutney. I like to have with Ghee but my brother he likes with plain Dal. Chutneys prepared by my Mom were good with Chapatis, Rice, Dosa and Idly. Thindoora Uraddal Chutney/ Dondakaya Minapa pachadi is one of that variety. I mean to say you can eat with Chapatis, Rice, Dosa and Idly. I think too much of childhood memories. And the recipe is here.

INGREDIENTS:

1. Tomato                                                             1
2. Green Chilies                                                    4
3. Thindoora/ Dondakaya                                    5
4. Urad Dal                                                           5 Spoons
5. Dhaniya Seeds                                                  1 Spoon
6. Garlic clove                                                      1

TO TEMPER

• Urad dal                                                            1 Spoon
• Jeera                                                                  1/2 Spoon
• Mustard Seeds                                                   1/4 spoon
• Curry Leaves                                                      5 to 6

PROCEDURE

1. Take a pan add oil. When oil became hot add Urad Dal & Dhaniya Seeds. After a minute add Green chilies, Thindoora/ Dondakaya, Garlic Clove, Tomato. Fry until tomato is half cooked.

                                                                                   

2. Grind the mixture when it became Luke warm don't forget to add salt and turmeric.

                                                                                

3.Take a pan add oil when oil became hot add urad dal, Jeera, mustard seeds and curry leaves fry for a minute and add grinded mixture.