Granola Bar

First i have to say thanks to sharmi for this recipe. I got first prize in cookery competition in my gym. So healthy breakfast. I have reduced the amount of honey used in original recipe, so it didnt come as bar, i have used water for holding its shape and wrapped in a foil. It is mild in taste.
Recipe Reference: sharmispassions.com
Ingredients:
Quick cooking oats - 3 cups
corn flakes - 2 cups
Honey - 1/2 cup
Dry fruits and nuts - 1 cup [ I have used dry grapes, prunes, dates, almond and pista, chopped finely]
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Butter - 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Dry roast oats, corn flakes, nuts and keep aside.
2. In a pan, add butter then add honey and bring to boil.
3. when it boils add essence and add oats mixture.
4. Evenly coat it and sprinkle water to hold together.
5. Since i have added water, it became chewy.

Prize[Set of Ceramic glassware]

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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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Drumstick Leaves Podi

Ingredients:
Murungai keerai[Drumstick leaves] - 2 cups
Thuvaram parupu[Toor Dal] - 1 cup
Kadala parupu[channa dal] - 1/2 cup
Pasi parupu[Moong dal] - 1/4 cup
Red Chillies - 6
Hing - 1 tsp
Rock salt - 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Wash drumstick leaves in water and dry them in shade.If the leaves sticked on each other, try to separate them in between.
2. Once dried, take all the ingredients except hing and dry roast them in low flame.
3. At the end add hing and roast for a minute and switch off.
4. Now cool down and grind it.

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Palak Rice

Ingredients:
Recipe Source :spiceupthecurry.com
Samai rice[Little millet] - 1 cup
Palak - 1 bunch
Carrot - half, cubed
Green peas - 1/8 cup
Sweet corn - 1/8 cup
Coriander seeds -  1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch
Cloves - 2
Bayleaf - 1
Green chillies - 2
Onion - 1/2
Garlic - 2 cloves
Ginger - 1/2 inch

Method:

1. Clean palak and keep aside.
2. Dry roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cinnamon and cloves until nice aroma comes.
3. Then grind the roasted ingredients along with onion, green chillies, Ginger, Garlic and palak.
4. Heat oil in kadai, add bayleaf.
5. Then add the grinded paste and cook until all water evaporates.
6. Add vegetables and cook for a minute
7. Now add rice with 2 cups of water. Mix well and switch off.
8. Transfer to a rice cooker and cook.
9. Serve hot with some raita. I have prepared Pumpkin Raita.

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Oats Idli

Here is the healthy and tasty recipe. When i was searching for oats recipes, i found this in sharmispassions website and tried.

Instant Oats - 1 cup
Wheat Rava - 1/2 cup
Fresh Curd - 1/2 cup
Carrot -1 (grated)
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Green Chilli - 1 tsp, finely chopped
Hing - 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves - 2 tsp finely chopped
Soda - 1/2 tsp

1. Dry roast oats and powder it. Keep aside.
2. Heat oil in kadai -> mustard seeds ->grated carrot ->Curry leaves and fry for few minutes.
3. Add oats powder, wheat rava, curd,  hing and soda.
4. Add water to make idli batter consistency and prepare instant idli's.

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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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pori urundai

Recipe source : Padhuskitchen

Puff rice - 2 and 1/4  cup
Powdered Jaggery -1/2 cup
Water - 1/4 cup

 

1. Boil water and add jaggery, after it gets dissolved filter it to remove impurities.
2. Again boil jaggery until you get thick. In this stage if u drop jaggery in water it should not dissolve and also you should be able to make balls out of it.
3. Now add jaggery to puff rice, grease your hand with ghee and make balls.

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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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Palak Paneer

Recipe Source : Raks kitchen

Palak - 1 bunch
Paneer - 200g [ I used tofu]
Milk - 1/2 cup
fenugreek leaves - 1 tsp
Green chillies - 2
turmeric - pinch
coriander powder - 1 tsp
onion - 2 small
tomatoes - 2 medium sized

To roast & grind :
Cardamom - 1
clove - 1
cinnamon - 1/2 inch
pepper corns - 1/2 tsp
cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

 

1. Roast and grind the ingredients without adding oil and keep aside.
2. Clean palak and cook in a pan without adding water. Then grind with green chillies.
3. Heat oil in pan, add onions and fry for few minutes, then add turmeric powder and coriander powder.
4. Add tomatoes and cook until it turns mushy and add fenugreek leaves.
5. Now add palak paste and cook for 5 minutes in slow flame.
6. Meanwhile put paneer in hot water and cover until it is used.
7. Now add paneer to gravy, then add milk and grounded masala and  cook for few minutes until all cooked well.
8. Serve hot with rotis or parathas

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Soya bean poriyal

Soya beans - 2 cups

To grind:
coconut - 4 pieces[2 inches each]
Green chillies - 2
poppy seeds - 1 tsp [saute for few seconds]
Cashew nut - 4 [optional]

Seasoning:
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves -few

1. Pressure cook soya bean for 5 minutes in slow flame. [ I have used fresh beans]
2. Heat oil in kadai, do seasoning add the grounded masala and cook for 3 minutes.
3. Then add cooked soya bean and cook until oil gets separated.

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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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Vazhaipoo Vada

Vazhaipoo - 1
Channa dal - 3/4 cup
Poppy seeds - 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli - 1
Cinnamaon - 1 inch
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Ginger - 1inch
Roasted gram - 3 tbsp

1. Soak Channa dal overnight.
2. Clean the banana flower and pressure cook by adding little salt and turmeric powder and sprinkle some water for 1 whistle in high flame.
3. Grind the ingredients except vazhaipoo coarsely.
4. Then add vazhaipoo and whisk once.
5. Add chopped onions and deep fry in oil

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Drumstick leaves Curry

Drumstick leaves - one and a half cup
Toor dal - 1/2 cup
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

Seasoning:
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - few

To grind :
Coconut - 6 pieces[ each 2 inches]
red chillies - 2
cumin seeds - 2 tsp

1. Cook dal by adding salt and turmeric powder. Mash it.
2. Grind the ingredients under ' To Grind' with salt.
3. Heat oil in kadai, add mustard seeds, when they splutter add cumin seeds and curry leaves.
4. Now add grounded masala and cook for 3 minutes.
5. then add dal and drumstick leaves.
6. Cook for 6 minutes.

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Tomato Kochi

Tomatoes - 10 [ Medium sized]
Coconut Milk - 150 ml
Sambar Powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder  - 1/4 tsp

Seasoning : 
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Shallots - 15 [ chopped finely ]
Garlic - 5 cloves [ chopped finely ]

 

1. Pressure cook tomatoes for 10 minutes in sim, then remove the skin and mash it nicely in hand and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in kadai, add mustard seeds, when they splutter add urad dal and fenugreek seeds. when urad dal turns its colour add curry leaves followed by shallots and garlic.
3. Fry for 3 - 4 min, then add tomato pulp prepared in step 1.
4. Then add coconut milk, sambar powder, turmeric powder and salt.
5. Pressure cook for 2 whistles in high flame.
6. Healthy side dish for dosa/idli/chapathi is ready.

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Banyard Millet Curd Rice

Banyard Millet Rice - 1 Cup
Water - 3 cups

Seasoning :
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Green Chilli - 3 [chopped finely]
Ginger - 2 tsp
Curry leaves - few

1. Cook kuthiraivali rice by adding rice, water and salt in pressure cooker for 20 min.
2. Mash the rice nicely.
3. Add Gingelly oil and add the ingredients under 'seasoning'.
4. Nice healthy tasty curd rice ready.

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