Mushroom Oothapam

Ingredients:
Dosa batter.
Mushroom curry.

Pour dosa batter in the center and dont spread it.
Now try to add mushroom in all over dosa.
Cook in both sides.

Or else prepare thin dosa, and in the center place mushroom curry, close and serve.

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Palak poori

Ingredients:
Wheat Flour - 2 cups
Palak - one bunch
Ajwain seeds - 1 tsp
salt, oil

Method:

1. Blanch palak leaves and grind it without adding water.
2. Mix flour, salt, ajwain seeds, palak paste.
3. Add water and knead it.
4. Roll it and deep fry the pooris.
5. It fluffs up like normal pooris.

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Onion Podi Dosa

Ingredients:
Dosa batter
Shallots, chopped lengthwise
Sesame idli podi/drumstick leaves podi [ Any podi can be used]

Method:

1. Pour dosa batter in the center, dont spread it.
2. Top with shallots.
3. Then sprinkle podi. Add oil on top of dosa also such that podi will not be dry.
4. Cook in sim.

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Mint Paratha

Recipe source : vahchef

Dried mint leaves powder - 2tbsp
Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
White pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
whole wheat atta - 2 cups
Salt
Oil

1. Mix atta,salt and few tsp of oil and prepare soft dough. keep aside for minimum of half an hour.
2. Mix all powders with little salt.
3. When preparing parathas, roll like chapathi, apply flour on top and spread the powder and fold like parathas. I have not clicked the pictures of rolling.Next time will try to do for sure.
4. Apply oil and cook. You can use butter for cooking which will be delicious.

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Simple Pasta

Macaroni - 2 cups
Carrot - 2 [ chopped lengthwise]
Beans - 4 [chopped lengthwise]
Green Peas  - handful
capsicum -  1/2 cup
Spring Onions - handful
Egg - 3
White pepper - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds powder - 1 tsp
Tomato sauce - optional

1.  Heat oil in kadai, cook egg and keep aside.
2. In the same pan, add capsicum and fry for 3 minutes. 
3. All vegetables should not be overcooked, it has to be crunchy.
4. In the meanwhile, take another pan with oil, add carrot, beans, green peas for 4 minutes, then add spring onions and cook for 2 minutes and add spice powders.
5. Add tomato sauce if needed.
6. Now cook macaroni by adding water, salt and 2 tsp of oil.
7. After it is cooked, add with  the cooked vegetables.

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Moong Dal & Oats patties

Recipe source : tarla dalal

Moong dal - 1/2 cup
Instant oats - 1/2 cup
Shallots -15, chopped finely
Green chillies -2 [optional], chopped finely
 Red chilli powder - 1tsp
chaat masala - 2 tsp
fresh curd - 2 tbsp
turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
Garam masala -1/4 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - few, chopped finely

1. Cook moong dal in 1 cup of water in a pan until all water gets evaporated.
2. Then add all ingredients and prepare patties by adding very little oil.
3. Prepare in slow flame.

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Lettuce wraps

Recipe source : showmethecurry.com

Lettuce - for wrapping
Sweet potato- 1 [chopped into squares]
Apple - 2
Coriander leaves - handful
Lime juice and salt - to taste
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
green chilli [ optional]

1. Heat oil in pan, add chopped sweet potato and salt. cook in low flame for 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile dry roast cumin seeds and powder it
3. Add red chilli powder and cumin powder to sweet potato and fry for two minutes.
4. In  separate bowl, add grated apple, chopped coriander, green chilli, lemon juice and pinch of salt.
5. Take one lettuce leaf and fill with sweet potato and then with apple mixture and make a wrap.

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Healthy Breakfast Sandwich

Recipe Source : Vahchef

Potatoes - 1 cup [boiled & grated]
Red Poha - 1/2 cup [ soak & squeez]
Roasted peanuts - 1/2 cup [crushed]
Green Chilli - 2
Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Coriander - 1/2 bunch
oil
 1. In a bowl add all ingredients and make dough.

 

2. Make as patties and fry in a pan.

 

I prepared as sandwitch by stuffing the patties.

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Instant Foxtail Millet Paniyaram

Foxtail Millet Flour(Thinai) - 2 Cups

Dosa batter - 1 cup

Cooking Soda - Pinch

Dry ginger Powder - Pinch (optional)

Grated Coconut - 1/3 cup (Optional)

Jaggery - as per taste

 

1. Powder jaggery with water and make it to boil and filter it.
2. Mix Millet flour, dosa batter and jaggery without any lumps.
3. Now add cooking soda and dry ginger powder.
4. Preheat paniyaram pan for few minutes by adding oil. [I used Gingelly oil]
5. Add grated coconut and cook in paniyaram pan.
6. Healthy and tasty paniyaram is ready.

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