Banana Payasam

There are totally 6 varities of tastes and sweet is one among them.Well i aways like to have spicy things along with that like sweets as a second option.There are some perticular sweets which i like to have.Banana payasam in one among those.Banana is a healthy fruit ,easily avilable and very cheap indeed.This is a perticular varity of fruit which is available through out the year and we need not wait for the season.It can be eaten raw by preparing wonderful curries and riped banan's are simple devine when added to any sweetdishes it enhances the flavour and gives a peculiar varity of richness.
I had some guests comming over to my house this weekend and had no time to prepare sweet.I saw some riped banana's in my counter top so thought of preparing something out of them.As it hardly takes 15 minutes to prepare this sweet dish and the ingredients required is also so simple andminimali prepared itIt came out so good that all of my guest loved it and wrotedown the recipe.We all had fun and the speciality is nobody could make out it was prepared out of banana.

Ingredients:
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Well ripe banana's- 2 large
Milk - 2 cups
water -1/2 cup
Jaggery -1/2 cup[powdered]
Cardammom -1/2 tsp
saffron -2 piches
Butter -3 tsp


Method:
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1.Mash the riped banana's with hand so as to form a rough paste.
2.Take a pan add 2 tsp of butter to it and allow it to melt.Then add the banana paste to it and fry till it turns slighty brown.
3.Then add jaggery to it and keep mixing properly when all the jaggery is properly incorporated ,add milk and water to it and simmer and allow it to cook for 5 mins
4.Take 1 tsp of butter in a bowl and add1 tsp each of scliced almounds,cashews and raisins to it and roast it in microwave.
5.Now add the saffron to the payasam and bring to a boil.then add cardammom powder and butter roasted dry fruits to it and mix properly and bring to aboil and allow it to enhance the flavour by increasing the heat and cooking for another 4 mins.
6.Serve hot or cold as kheer as per your likings.

Vegetable stew

Now a days its getting cooler and cooler out.So i always like to have a big cup of hot soup and cover myself with a nice blanket, just sit in front of tv and watch and watch my favorites shows.What else can give a coasy homely feeling in the season of cold winters.I always like to try out some new flavours in my soups.So i thought of trying a stew.Im am a soup lover and like to have more and always end up filling myself with only soup ,this made me prepare a stew which is filling and hot as i like them to be.Its quite nutritious with all the vegetables added to it.Here is a filling hot spicy stew recipe for all of you.

Ingredients;
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carrots- 1 cup
celery -1/2 cup
tomato -1 cup
tomato puree-1/2 cup
jalapeno-2 large
sweet corn -1/2 cup
beans-1/2 cup
capsicum-1/2 cup
onions-1 cup
Broccoli-1/2 cup
ginger garlic patse-1 tsp
pepper powder-1 tsp
paprika -1/2 tsp
coriander powder-1/2 tsp
cumin-1 tsp
Bay leaf-1 large dried
vegetable stock-1 cup
water -1 cup
celery leaves- 3 tsp
olive oil- 2tsp
salt-as per taste
italian seasoning-1 tsp


Method;
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1.Take a heavy bottomed pan add 2 tsp of olive oil,add cumin and allow it to splutter.
2. Add onions and saute them for about 2 mins ,then add ginger garlic paste and fry till brown, to this add carrots,and celery and saute it for 2-3 mins.
3.Then add diced tomatoes ,tomato puree and season with salt, pepper,coriander powder,paprika ,bay leaf and mix properly.
4.then add corn kernnels and remaining vegetables and add vegetable broth and close the lid and allow it to cook in medium heat for about 15 mins.
5.Later add water and see for the salt and spices and then cook on high for 5-8 mins.
6.Serve hot with bread toast at the side .Enjoy the cool winter with a large bowl of stew.

Tomato Omblet

Dosas are of various type.Some Which can be prepared instantaneously and others need a bit of prior preparations.Well today i will be posting a simple recipe which can be prepared instantly. this is a jut-pat delicious dosa which one can prepare in no time.I must confess friends it tastes so good that you just can gobble up 3-4 at a strech.It a simple crisp colorful dosa which has the crunch and roasted veggies going on in it.Its a best morning light breakfast for all of us,healthy and yummy .

Ingredients:
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Rava - 1cup
All purpose flour -1 cup
Salt -1 tsp
Chilly powder -1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1pinch
green chillies -2 large
Ginger grates -1 tsp
Onion -1 medium sized
tomato -1 large
curry leaves -5-6
Cumin -1 tsp



Ingredients:
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1.Chop the chillies ,onion,curry leaves and tomato very finely and keep aside.
2.Take a bowl and add flour and rava to it.Then add cumin ,chilly powder,turmeric powder,salt and gingergrates and all the other finely chopped veggies to it ,add enough amount of water and keep aside to set for about 10 mins.
3.Take a pan and heat it in medium and when hot take about a spoon full of thin batter in it and gently splash it over the pan so as to form a thin dosa just like rice dosa[Neeru dosa] what i have mentioned already in my older posts, cover and let it cook for 10 sec .
4.Add about 1/2 tsp of butter/oil and then toss it upside down and roast it on the top side for about 30sec.
5.Serve hot with ginger chutny at teh side.Nothing else be a bettr start for the day.Enjoy....

Sweet potato soup

Soups are the best dish to serve in this cool winter.This helps to keep onself warm and also is a easy way of serving a dilicious appitizer.This is a rich and creamy soup prepared out of sweet potato.Sweet potato is a very nutritive vegetable and is very easy to store. Just like potato can be store for days together.Its easily available in all the places .

Ingredients:
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Sweet potato - 1 medium size
Green chillies - 2 fresh
Milk - 2 tbsp
Macaroni - 3 tsp
water - 2 cups
Salt - 1 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Onion powder - 1 tsp
Garlic powder - 1 tsp
Ginger grates - 1/2 tsp
Italian seasoning- 1/2 tsp

Method:
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1.Wash ,peal and chop up the sweet potato and cook them till soft with pinch of salt and turmeric powder.
2.Blend together sweet potatoes,green chillies.ginger and milk so as to form smooth paste .
3.Now take a vessel add the puree and bring to aboil and then add garlic and onion powder,pepper powder and simmer and cook for 5 mins.
4.Mean while cook the macaroni in water and drain them and add it to the soup and then add the italian seasoning and bring to a boil adding enough amount of salt.
5.Finally add chopped cilantro[coriander leaves] and serve with some bread rolls at the side.

Radish salad/mooli salli

Here is a simple and very quick recipe for sides or even can be used as main course.Raddish is a very comman vegetable which you get almost throughout the year and remain fresh for many days.Easy to store too...so here is a recipe which i'm gonna write up .I liked it a lots when i had it in a hotel for the first time and wondered how did they remove the dirty smell of raddish because of which i use to avoid buying it.Its the best vegetable suitable for winter mainly as it keeps the body warm and very helpful in cold and cough.Believe me friends it simply tastes so good that, i just ended up eating only this.You even can't makeout its radish and that too raw????....so lets get started.

Ingredients:
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White raddish- 1 large
Green chillies- 2 large fresh
Cilantro - 3 tsp
Coconut grates- 3 tsp
Lime juice - 3tsp
Veniger - 1 tsp
Salt -3/4 tsp


Method:
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1.Wash and peal the skin of the raddish and cut them into 4 pieces lenthwise, then slice them thinly and keep aside
2.Chop up all the chillies very finely and add it to the sliced raddish
3.Add vineger and lemon juice to the raddish bowl season with salt and allow it to absorb for about30 mins .Then add chopped cilantro and fresh coconut grates and nicely saute it.
4.This is ready to be served.Enjoy.

Spicy ridgegaurd pancakes

This is one of therecipe which i like.As i had said friend s i will be comming up with differnt recipes out of ridge gaurd here i am with one more tasty recipe which can be eaten just as a snack,breakfast or sides with the rice.This is a spicy,crunchy chewy recipe which is quite appealing too.

Ingredients:
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ridge gaurd - 1 large thinly scliced
Rice - 1 cup soaked in water
Dry chillies - 7-8
Coriander - 3 tsp
Hing - 3 pinch
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin - 1/2 tsp
Tur dal - 3 tsp
tamarind pulp-1/4 tsp
salt


Method:
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1.Soak raw rice and tur dal in warm water for atleast 1 hr.
2.Grind chillies hing,turmeric,tamarind,coriander seeds,methi seedswith the soaked rice and dal to a rough thick paste. Add salt to it as per taste and mix properly.
3.Slice up the ridge gaurd into thin slices and dip it in the batter and plcae one in the centre of the hot pan then surround it with similar 5 slices,so that it will form a flower like in appearence.Then cover all the area's in between the slices with the batter.
4.Close and cook for some time then smear with oil and bake it up side down. till both the sides becomes crunchy and cooked well.
5.Serve hot with rice as sides or with coconut chutny for breakfast /simply cut into 4 quarters and serve with tea as snacks. enjoy.

Tomato soup

As these days its pretty cold out ,i always try to prepare something hot to keep ourself warm.Ialways like spicy and hot dishes sothing like soups and hot rasams.So today i would like to share one such recipe of creamy soup with you.Tomato soup is one of my altime favorites.I like to have it with crunchy chips at the side or butter roasted bread bits dipped in it with 1/2 spoon of butter at the centre.This is the simplest soup what one can prepare but yet it tastes the best among all the soups.The lovely bright red colour and the sweetish sour taste of the tomato compliment with the spicy pepper added to it.

Ingredients:
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tomato puree- 2cups
water - 2 cup
Pepper - 1tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
corn starch - 1/2 tsp
garlic powder - 1/2 tsp
onion powder -1/2 tsp
basil powder - 1/2 tsp[optional]

Method:
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1.Take about 2-3 well riped tomatoes and pure it ito nice paste or even the store bought one small tin of tomatoe puree can be used.
2.Take a pan add 1/2 tsp of butter and allow it to melt,then add the puree to it and allow it to boil saute it occasionally.
3.Now when it boils add2 cups of water ,season it with salt and pepper.Then add onion and gralic powder and bring to a boil.
then add corn starch dissoleved in cold water and add it to hot soup slowly lowering the heat amd wisking continously.
4.Now if you dont have onin and garlic powder then chopp iboth about 1 tsp, lenthwise and thinly, then fry it in butter till it turns out crunchy and dark brown and add it to soup at the end and just heat it.it will taste even better.
5.Then at the end add add basil and serve hot with a small piece of butter served at the top and crispy chips in the sides.