Coriander and Mint Chutney | Kothamalli Pudhina Chutney

Coriander and Mint(Pudina) Chutney is a healthy and tasty breakfast recipe from South India. There are various different variations in Preparation of this chutney recipe. and this method is my favorite and also common one in Tamil Nadu. This chutney goes well with Dosa, Idly,Roti and even with Rice as a side dish.

Coriander and Mint Chutney - Ingredients

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 10 mins |
Total Time :20 min | Yield : 4 Servings |
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Calories : 120 / serve

Ingredients :
Small Onions(Shallots) 10 to 15 No.
Dry Red Chilli 2 No.
Coriander Leaves 1 Cup.
Mint(Pudina) Leaves 1 Cup.
Tomato Small Size 1 No.
Grated Coconut 2 Tbsp.
Urad Dhal 2 Tsp.
Channa Dhal 1 Tsp.
Oil 2 Tbsp
Salt to Taste.

Preparations

1. Clean and wash the coriander and mint (pudina) leaves.
2. Wash and cut the tomato's.
3. In a kadai add oil when the oil is hot add urad dhal,channa dhal fry it well.
4. Now add the small onions, fry until the onion became transparent.
5. Add the tomato's, coconut, coriander and mint (pudina) leaves fry it well.
6. Allow the mixture to cool and grind it well.

Cooking Tips :
No need to add tamarind, tomato will give a sourness to the chutney.
Select Sour Tomatoes.
Coconut is also an optional.

Serving Tips :
Serve with Idli, Dosa or Rice as a side dish.

Potato(Aloo) and Peanut Tikki Sandwich

Aloo and Peanut Tikki Sandwich is one of our favorite recipes which I do so often, Tikki or Patties is a popular snack in India . Whatever made with potato(Aloo), me and my husband will enjoy it, I added Peanut as a main ingredient which enhances the taste, This Tikki is soft and crunchy with mild spices so children also loves.

Aloo and Peanut Tikki Sandwich - Ingredients

Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 30 mins |
Total Time :45 min | Yield : 3 Servings |
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian | Calories : 260 / serve

Ingredients :
Potato medium sized 1 No.
Chilli Flakes 1 tsp (or) Dry Red Chill 1 No.
Chopped Onions 1/2 Cup.
Coriander leaves 2 Tbsp.
Garam Masala 1 Tsp.
Cumin Seeds 1 Tsp.
Chopped Green Chilli 1 Tsp.
Salt for taste.
Peanuts(Groundnut) 1/2 Cup.
Oil
Bread for making sandwich.

For Binding:
Water 1/2 Cup.
Corn Flour 2 Tbsp.

Preparations

1. Boil the Potato and peel off the skin, mash the Potato well.
2. Take the peanuts, dry red chilli and cumin seeds and roast it.
3. Put the roasted Peanuts, dry red chilli and cumin seeds in the mixer jar and grind into coarse powder.
4. In mixing bowl, add the mashed potato, powdered peanut, chopped onion, green chilli, coriander leaves, garam masala powder and Salt.
5. In a bowl add water and corn flour; mix well without any lumps.
6. Mix it Well, Make small ball and press it down, shape it like round cutlet.
7. Dip the Tikki's one by one in the corn flour mixture and keep aside.
8. In pan add oil, When the Oil is hot put the tikki one by one and shallow it well.
9. In a Sandwich bread add some Vegetable salad, line the Tikki and add your favorite sauce grill the bread and serve.

Cooking Tips :
For children don't add the green chilli.
Serving Tips :
Instead of sandwich you can serve only Tikki with some tomato ketchup or any chutney for children.

Healthy Oats Porridge Recipe | Oats Kanji

Oats Porridge is a simple and easy to make Breakfast recipe, which is healthy and nutritious. Oats is rich in fiber which help in Weight Loss. Oats can also helps in lower the cholesterol levels. there are sweet and salt versions, here I prepared salt version of Oats Porridge. let us see how to make Oats Porridge or Oats Kanji (Tamil) Recipe.

Healthy Oats Porridge Recipe - Ingredients

Preparation Time : 5 min's | Cooking Time : 10 min's | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Oats - 1/2 cup
Buttermilk - 1/4 cup
Water – 2 cup
Salt - to taste

Preparation Method:

1. Boil the water in a deep bottomed pan.
2. After water get boiled, add the oats and stir it well.
3. Add the salt and cook well for five minutes .
4. add the Buttermilk before serve.

Serving Tips :
pour the Oats Porridge in a bowl and Serve with raw Onions and Pickles or any Vegetable salad or even with any chutney's .

Cooking Tips:
Instead of Buttermilk and salt you can add milk and sugar(Jaggery) .

Spicy Egg Noodles with Vegetables

Noodles Recipe  is very popular and easy to cook dish. Today I will show you how to make Tasty Egg noodles with mixed Vegetables in my Style.

Recipe Category: Breakfast, Dinner
Recipe type: main
Cuisine: Indo Chinese
Serves: 2-3
Cooking Level: Medium
Preparation Time: 20 Minute(s)
Cooking Time: 15 Minute(s)
Total Time: 35 Minute(s)

 

Ingredients:
2 pack Noodles
2 Eggs
1 Onion
1 small Tomato
1/4 tsp  Chilli powder
2 tsp Curry powder
Mixed vegetables (Carrot,Bell pepper, Cabbage, peas)
Salt for taste
Coriander leaves
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp Paprika( Optional )

Steps to Prepare

In a pan add oil ,sliced onion fry until onion became transparent
Add the tomato and fry well
Add other vegetables (Carrot, Bell Pepper, Cabbage, peas) and mix well
Add the above mentioned powders and paprika and mix well, simmer the flame and cook for 5 min
now add enough water bring to boil ,put the Noodles and mix well
Then Add Soya Sauce and coriander leaves Mix everything well.
Cook it well until  the noodles became like single thread

Crack the eggs and pour it into a cup and add a pinch of salt and slightly mix it.
Take another Pan, heat a tsp of oil and then add the egg  and make it scrambled
When the egg cooked well then add and mix well with the Noodles.

Cooking Tips
Make sure that the vegetables should be half cooked
The Vegetables can be of your choice.

Serving Tips
Serve hot with Tomato Ketchup.

Aloo Paratha – Spiced Potato stuffed Flat bread

Aloo Paratha is a north Indian breakfast recipe particularly very famous in Punjab region both in India and Pakistan. Aloo Paratha can be made in many different variations here I have tried in my style by using Maida (All Purpose flour) instead of wheat flour.

Ingredients for Dough
2 1/4 cup Maida (All Purpose flour)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup Oil

Ingredients for Stuffing
2 boiled Potatoes(Aloo)
1 Cup Finely chopped Onion
1 tbsp Finely chopped Coriander leaves
1 tsp Chilli powder
1 tsp Garam masala
Salt to taste
2 tbsp Ghee( Clarified Butter )

Preparation for the dough
Add the salt and water with the Flour and mix well  and make a semi-soft dough then add Oil and mix well until the dough becomes soft and Keep aside.

Preparation for the stuffing
Boil the potatoes and mash the potatoes.
Add the chopped onion, coriander leaves, chilli powder, garam masala, salt and ghee.
Mix the potatoes with the above ingredients well and keep aside.
Divide the prepared filling it into small balls.


Let us see How to Make Aloo Paratha 
Knead the dough and divide into 5 portions.
Take one portion of dough and roll it flat as thin as possible with a rolling pin by dusting with some flour.
Take a small ball like Aloo Filling and place one portion of the filling in the center of the dough.
Close all the sides and seal tightly with dough.
Roll it flat again with a rolling pin by dusting with some flour.

In a hot flat pan, cook  the paratha both sides by sprinkling some oil or ghee until both sides are golden brown, repeat this for the remaining dough to make more parathas.
Aloo Paratha is ready for eat, Serve hot.

Aloo Poori Masala / Potato Gravy

Aloo Poori masala also called Uralai kilangu masala in Tamil is one of the Traditional  and Famous breakfast Recipe in all over India with some small variations but here I have Prepared Aloo Masala in South Indian style. This masala is a perfect side dish for Poori ( Deep Fried Chapati ).

Ingredients :

• 3 medium sized potato's
• 1 onion
• 1 small tomato
• 2 green chillies
• 1 dry red chilli
• Few Curry leaves
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp urad dhal
• 1/4 tsp Bengal gram
• Coriander leaves
• Salt to taste

Preparation :
Boil the potato and mash it well, In a kadai(Pan) add Oil, when the Oil is hot add the Mustard seeds, Urad dhal and Bengal gram fry it well Now add  green chillies, dry red chilli, curry leaves and coriander leaves Add the chopped onion and tomato, fry well until the tomato's are well cooked, Now add peeled and mashed Potato and Turmeric powder, mix it well. 
Serve with Poori or Chapati

Delicious Fruit Salad with Butterscotch Ice cream

Fruit salad is a delicious dessert and easy to make within few minutes, we can make fruit salad in various ways but Here I mixed fresh fruits with Butterscotch Ice-Cream you can use any flavor,  you can also use Dried fruits or Chocolate Chips as its topping to give it even more richer taste.



Ingredients :
1 Apple
2 Red Plums
Few Seedless Grapes
1 Banana
Tutti fruity(Optional)
Butterscotch Ice-Cream(3 scoops)

Preparation :
Wash and cut the fruits into small pieces,
In a bowl add  all the fruits and add the ice-cream
Garnish it with tutti fruity, Optionally you can add Mixed fruit Juice with Fruit salad to help bring out its fruity flavor.

Note :
Before selecting the fruits make sure that the Fruits are ripe otherwise you can add Sugar, Honey or Caramel syrup for more taste.

Please check my another post for Fruit Salad Recipe with Kulfi

Aapam or Appam recipe with Fresh Coconut Milk

Appam is delicious and easy breakfast recipe, which is popular in south India particularly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Ingredients: 
250 gm/1 cup raw rice (pacharisi)
3 Tbsp Urad dhal 
5 tbsp grated coconut
3 tbsp cooked rice
Salt for taste

Preparation :

1.  Soak the rice and urad dhal for 6 hours
2.  Wash the rice well
3.  In food processor add the soaked rice, urad dhal, coconut and cooked rice then blend it into smooth batter
4.  Leave the batter aside for 5 hours
5.  After the batter fermented add salt mix it well.
6.  In an appa kadai(deep non-stick pan) pour the batter and spread the batter thinly then close the lid. 
7.  cook it well (No need to add oil if you are using Non-stick kadai).
8.  Serve with Sweetened coconut milk.

Sweetened fresh Coconut Milk 

• 2 Cup Grated Coconut
• 2 Cardamom
• Sugar as per taste
• Water as required

Preparation:
In a blender add grated coconut,Cardamom and add water
Grind the coconut mixture to a good paste
Strain the coconut paste by adding little water this is the thick milk
Repeat the process to thin milk
In a bowl add the thick and thin milk and required amount of sugar
Coconut milk is ready to serve with Aapam.

 

Healthy Hummus Recipe

Ramadan Kareem...!
Hummus is a popular, delicious and healthy Arabic dish.  

Ingredients:

250 gm. chickpeas

2 clove of garlic, peeled
1 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 Tablespoons Tahina Sauce
2 Teaspoons olive oil
Salt for Taste

Dressing:

Sumak Powder(Optional)
Parsley(Optional)
Paprika
Olives 1 or 2

Preparation:

Soak the chickpeas in water for overnight then rinse and boil it well until done.

In the food processor add the cooked chick peas along with the above Ingredients blend it well like a smooth paste. 
Transfer it to the serving bowl.

For Garnishing:

Drizzle some amount of olive oil and Sprinkle Sumak powder or Finely chopped parsley or paprika with some olives in the center.

serve with Arabic bread or Peta Bread.

Ven Pongal a Traditional Tamil Recipe

Ven pongal is a popular breakfast recipe of Tamil people in South India, Ven pongal also prepared during the farmer festival called Pongal festival falls on every 15th January along with another dish called “Sakkarai Pongal”.

Ingredients

1 cup Rice

¼ cup Green gram dhal

1 tbsp Black pepper

1 inch chopped Ginger

1 strand of Curry leaves

6 Cashews

Salt

5 tbsp Ghee or Butter

3 1/2 cup water

Preparation

1. Cut the Cashews into small pieces.

2. In a hot cooker add ghee, curry leaves, black pepper, salt, cashews and ginger.

3. Fry it well, a nice aroma will come.

4. Add water, green gram dhal, rice and salt.

5. Give 5 whistles and check the consistency, It should be like mashed.

6. Serve hot with Coconut Chutney and Sambar.