BROCOLLI IN SWEET CORN PANNEER SAUCE

Ingredients:
Sweet corn - 2 cups
Panner - 20gms
Brocolli - 30gms
Toamtoes -4
Ginger Garlic paste - 1tbs
Dalchini/Pattai/Cinnamon - 1 small stick
Clove -1
Elaichi/Elakai/Cardamom - 1-2
Jeera - 1tbs
Green chilly -1
Green olives - 2
Red chilly powder -1tbs
Kashmiri chilly powder - 1/2tbs
Jeera powder - 1tps
Garam Masala - 1tbs
Toamto sauce - 2tbs
Oregano -1tps
Salt
Water
Olive oil -2tbs
Green Coriander leaves

Method/Vidhiee:
1. Boil the tomatoes and peel off the skin when they are done.
2. Now puree the tomatoes in a blender and keep aside.
3. In a pan dry roast the cloves,cinnamon,cardamom.
4. Cool it and grind it into fine powder.
5. Dice into cubes the panner.
6. In a pan add olive oil heat well.
7. Once its hot add the ginger garlic paste and saute well. Now add tomato puree and boil it.
8. Add dry masalas to it and stir well.
9. Add the sweet corn and pour 1/2cup water so that the corns plump up and gets cooked.
10. While it start bubling add the panner and brocolli and salt.
11. Stir well add the tomato sauce and oregano and mix well.
12. Bring them to boil.
13. If they dont turn bit thicker you can add the cornflour starch /rice flour mixed in water to thicken.
14. Garnish with green coriander leaves and serve hot.

Serve with white rice, breads,chinese fried rice.

COCOA DATE SMOOTHIE DELIGHT

Ingredients:
Cocoa powder - 4tbs
Skimmed cold milk - 2cups
Seedless dates - 2-3
Sugar - 2tbs
Cream - 2tbs
Hung curd - 2tbs
Ice cubes - 10

Method/Vidhiee:
1. Finely chop the dates and soak them in hot water once they turn soft put them into a blender and crush them well.
2. Now on to the juice jar add milk, curd,cream,dates,cocoa powder and sugar.
3. Beat them well to make it as a smoothie.
4. Never mind if there are some date pcs. Its acts as to a crunch effect.

Serve chill by pouring slowly on to glass to get the thick froth. Children who do not take curd, dates would drink it without knowing as a chilled cocoa drink.

VEGETABLE RICE BALLS

Thinking of what to do with the left over rice??? Do not worry!! Scroll down.
Ingredients:
Left over boiled rice - 2 cups
Carrots - 1
Beans - 5
Peas - 10gms
Onions - 1
Green chilly -2
American corn - 20gms
Toamto sauce - 2tbs
Jeera powder - 1tbs
Amchoor powder/ Dry mango powder - 1/2tbs
Kashmiri chilly powder - 1tbs
Green coriander leaves
Rice flour -1/4 cup
Gram dhal powder/kadala mav/besan - 1/4cup
Salt
Oil to fry.

Method/ Vidhiee:
1. Finely chop onions, carrots, beans, peas, green chilly, american corn, coriander leaves.
2. Paar boil the carrots, beans and peas.
3. Mash well the rice. If you are not able to mash it then run in blender one round.
4. Pour the rice on to the mixing bowl. Add carrot,beans,peas,corn,green chilly,coriander,onion.
5. Mix well add dry masalas and salt.
6. Add tomato sauce, gram flour, rice flour and mix well.
7. Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan.
8. Once its hot make balls and fry them in the oil.

Serve hot as a evening snack.

NEVER WASTE ANY EATABLES. YOUR WASTE IS FOOD FOR SOMEBODY IN THIS WORLD.

Masala Bhindi Fry

Ingredients:
Lady's finger/Bhindi/Vendakai - 1/4kg
Onions/Vengayam/Peyaz - 1
Tomatoes/Thekali/Tamatar - 3
Green chilly - 1
Turmeric powder - 1tbs
Coriander powder - 1/2tbs
Jeera powder - 1/4tbs
Red chilly powder - 1/2tbs
Jeera - 1tbs
Garam masala - 1/2tbs
Asafatida - 1/2tbs
Salt
Oil - 2tbs

Method/Vidhiee:
1. Finely chop onions, tomatoes and green chilly.
2. Washa nd cut the ends of lady's finger throw them away.Now cut them into lengthwise.
3. In a pan add oil. When it gets heated up add jeera and splutter them.
4. Add onions and green chilly. Saute them well.
5. Once they turn transparent add tomatoes and saute for 2 mins.
6. Add the dry masalas except salt and garam masala.
7. Stir and add lady's finger.
8. Now add salt and stir well.
9. Sprinkle water on to the top and cover for 7-8 mins
10. You would see that the lady's fingers are done and stir well add garam masala powder.
11. Stir well and serve hot.

Its apt dry gravy for chappatis, phulkas, kulchas and even rice mixtures.