Vegetable Manchurian

Vegetable Manchurian is a great snack which is indo-chinese ..
It is made from vegetables fritters and sauted in sauce





Ingredients 

For Manchurian balls

1 tbsp oil
1/2 cup chopped Onion
2 tbsp  minced bell pepper
2 tbsp  minced cabbage
2 tbsp  minced carrot
3 tbsp Cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper powder
For sauce

1 tbsp soya sauce
3/4 tbsp red chili sauce
11/2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1/2 tsp vinegar
salt to taste
1/4 tsp back pepper
2 tbsp corn starch

Oil for deep fry

Method :-

In a bowl add all  ingredients which are mentioned in Manchurian balls except oil.
Mix well.
Greased your hand and prepare small round ball from the mixture.

Here are some points for deep frying.

1) (Keep the balls in fridge for 30 minutes )
Then deep fry

2) Oil should be medium hot

3) First put small ball in the oil and look , if its not spreading in oil then drop the balls for deep frying otherwise just coat with the corn flour and then deep fry.



Fry the balls on medium heat until it become golden and crispy.


Take out all balls on the absorbent paper.

For gravy

In a bowl add 2 tbsp corn starch in a 1/2 cup water
Heat one tbsp oil in a pan 
When oil is hot then add onion ..saute it for few seconds
then add bell pepper, cabbage & carrot and saute for few seconds...
Add salt and black pepper
in a bowl add soya sauce, ketch up , chilli sauce and mix well.
Add sauces mixture in the pan and saute for a minute.
Add  2 cups water . Bring mixture to boil over medium heat. Boil it for 2-3 minutes.
Add dissolved cornstarch mix into gravy. 
Mix well. Cook it for more 1-2 minutes.
Add Manchurian balls in to gravy and cook for 2-3 minutes more.

garnish with spring onion .
serve hot







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Vegetables Oats Appe

Appe/Appam  is popular snack for breakfast and teatime.
its very healthy and yummy in taste.
 I am making here Oats appe. Since oats are very good in cholesterol  .
Here is the best combination of oats  and  Veggies in the form of oats appe..
Healthy and yummy too.....

Oats appe are very yummy and healthy snack. It consume very less oil. These tempting appams can be a good option as a light snack.

These appams are so devouring that the kids too relish eating them. You can serve these with any Indian chutney or dip like green coriander chutney or tomato ketchup or coconut chutney. So, try out this healthier version of Vegetable Oats appe.

Ingredients

• Oats flour 1 cup                 (In a grinder , grind oats and make powder out of it.)
• semolina/sooji 1/4 cup
• sugar 1/2 teaspoon
• salt 1 teaspoon
• 1 1/4 cup yogurt/curd
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup grated cabbage
• 1/4 cup finely grated/chopped bell pepper
• 1/4 cup grated carrot
• 1-2 finely chopped green chili
• 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro/coriander
• 1/4 teaspoon red chili powder (optional)
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• For tempering
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds

Method 

In a bowl add oats flour, sooji, salt and sugar. Mix well.

Add curd and water . Mix well and make thick batter. keep it aside for 20 minutes.

 Add cabbage , bell pepper, carrot and cilantro and mix well. Add red chili powder.
(You can add also 1-2 finely chopped green chili)

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds , when it crack then turn off the gas.

 Add this tempering into oats batter.

Add baking soda into batter. Mix well. Because of soda , it will rise and make fluffy.

Heat the appe pan on medium gas and grease it lightly with very little oil.

Pour one tbsp of the batter into each mould and cover with lid.

 Cook it on medium gas and turn after 3-4 minutes.

Cook it for more 3-4 minutes.

Repeat with the remaining batter to make more appes.

Serve hot with Cilantro chutney, coconurt chutney or ketchup

Note :-


1) You can add vegetables of your choice like Onion, carrots, zucchini etc.

2) You can add cashews & peanuts also.








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Oats idli

Oats idli...

Since oats are very healthy and  Quaker is serving up wholesome goodness in delicious ways. Nourish your family morning to night with healthy breakfast and healthy snack options.

Since Oats are nutrient-rich food associated with lower blood cholesterol when consumed regularly. 

My family like oats very much so I always like to make things from oats...

Here is one more Oats idli which is a great combination of Oats and idli...

 

Ingredients 

3/4 cup oat flour               (In a grinder , grind oats and make powder out of it.)
1/4 cup semolina/sooji/rava
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar

1 cup Yogurt/curd

1/2 cup luke warm water

Eno

For tempering 

1/2 tbsp oil 

1 tsp Mustard seeds

some chopped cashews

A pinch of red chili powder/black pepper powder

Method

In a bowl add Oats flour, Sooji, salt and sugar and mix well.
Add curd and water and mix well and make idli batter.
Keep it aside for 15  minutes.

Grease the idli mould.

Prepare the tempering.

Heat oil in a pan. Add Mustard seeds, when it cracks then add some chopped cashews and red chili powder. Turn off the gas.

Pour the tempering into idli batter and mix well.

When Steamer is ready then

Add 1 tbsp Eno into batter and mix well.

Pour one table spoon batter into idli batter.

Steam for 15-20 minutes.

Add curd and water and make idli batter.

Keep aside for 20 minutes.

Now Prepare idli steamer

Idli are ready...Enjoy idli with coconut chutney, green chutney , cilantro-coconut chutney.

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Thandai ice-cream

Thandai -ice cream (No egg, No ice-cream maker)

Ice-cream is a yummy treat which everyone loves
and Thandai, is an Indian cold drink prepared with a mixture of dryfruits, spices and some seeds which is also a great drink.
So lets combine both and make a superb ice-cream i.e. Thandai Ice-cream.
A great combination of spices and ice-cream...
yum yum

 Here is the recipe which has no egg, no use of ice-cream maker and need very few ingredients...
 and taste is very awesome same like market ice-cream....

Enjoy yummy recipe and made it and give a treat to your friends and family..




For 4-5 people

Ingredients

Heavy whipping cream 400 gm
Sweetened condense milk 200 gm
Thandai syrup 4 tbsp (  Home made or market brought)
Some  chopped Pistachios for garnishing
Some  chopped Almonds for garnishing
Some saffron leaves


Method :-

In a bowl add whipping cream, beat from electric beater or hand beater for 2-3 minutes .

Add condense milk and Thandai Syrup and beat for more 3-4 minutes or until it become fluffy and creamy..
(I am using market brought Guruji Thandai Syrup ...)
Mix it with spatula.

   
Add some chopped pistachios, Almonds and some saffron leaves.

now Pour this creamy mixture into any container and seal tightly it with either plastic or lid.
Spread some more pistachios, almonds over it.
   


Put it into freezer for 3-4 hrs.
Enjoy yummy ice-cream .
serve and garnish with some chopped pistachios, almonds and saffron leaves.


You can use also dried rose flower petals for garnishing...





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Eggless colorful thandai cake

Thandai, is an Indian cold drink prepared with a mixture of dryfruits, spices and some seeds. Here is the eggless cake with infused flavour of Thandai , which gives you a unique taste...
its very spongy, yummy and rich cake.

Ingredients :-


Dry Ingredients

2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

Wet Ingredients

1 tin or 396 gm condense milk  (you can add more 1/4 cup condense milk , if you like more sweet)
1/4 cup butter (room temperature)
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp vanilla essence/rose essence
3 tbsp thandai syrup + 1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup warm milk


 Method :-

 Preheat the oven at 350 F
Grease the tray with oil/butter and line with parchment paper

Take a large bowl, sieve all the dry ingredients together ...







Blend Thandai syrup with 1/2 cup milk .
(You can use here left over thandai also)



In another bowl , add oil,butter and condense milk...Whisk the mixture for 6-8 minutes or until it become creamy. (You can use electric beater on high speed for 3-4 minutes)

now add vanilla essence and thandai mixture and whisk/beat it for more 4 minutes..


Now add dry flour into wet ingredients..
Start adding dry flour mix and milk alternatively in 3 turns to this wet mixture.
Add 1 part of flour mix and 1/3 cup of milk to the wet mix and stir well.
Now add 2 part of flour mix and 1/3 cup of milk and stir well.
Add remaining part flour and milk and mix well.
Make sure that the ingredients of cake batter are well mixed.
 




























Now we have different food colors for colorful cake..
You can take any color as per your choice..
Here i have, red , green , blue, Orange and yellow color..
I have divided the batter into 6 parts ..5 for colorful cake batter and one for normal cake batter..







 













Now pour the cake batter one by one into greased pan according to your choice of colors.
Tap the pan on counter to make sure batter is evenly distributed in the pan.




Place the pan in oven and bake it for 40-45 minutes.
Sometime time depend on the quality of oven. After 40 minutes you can check by tooth pick..
If tooth pick comes  out clean then cake is  ready otherwise put it in the oven for more 5 minutes or until tooth pick become clean or crumbled.


Once fully baked, take the cake out. Let is rest for 8-10 minutes.
Then carefully take it out and place on cooling rack....

Let it be cooled and cut the slices and enjoy colorful Thandai cake..
 You can enjoy this cake with tea.



Note :-
1) If you feel that cake batter mixture is very thick before pouring into pan, then you can add milk of right consistency

2) You can make this cake from left over thandai too.

3) You can add some dryfruits as well  for making rich.

4) Check cake after 40 minutes. and after every 5 minutes until cake become ready.









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