Archive for: September 2006

Servings: 2
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes (Blending)
Ingredients
Puffed wheat- 1 cup
Toasted rolled oats – ½ cup
Cornflakes – 1 tbsp
Onion finely chopped – 1 no
Tomato finely chopped – 1 no
Cucumber finely chopped – small -1 no
Boiled potato finely chopped – 1 no
Coriander leaves finely chopped – 1 tbsp
Green chilly very finely chopped (optional) – 1 [...]

Servings: 2
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes (Blending)
Ingredients
Tomatoes – 500gm
Sugar – 2 tbsp
Water – 21/2 cups
Bay leaf – 1
Cinnamon-clove powder ¼ tsp
Red chilly powder ¼ tsp
Cumin powder – ¼ tsp
Butter – 1 tsp
Plain flour -1/2 tbsp
Clove garlic -1
Preparation
Pressure-cook the tomatoes and blend it till smooth. Strain to remove seeds and peels. Heat butter [...]

Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
Egg – 3 no
Milk – 2 tbsp
Onion – finely chopped – 1 no
Green chilly – finely chopped – 3 no
Ginger – finely chopped – 1 tsp
Coconut – scraped - 3 tbsp
Spinach leaves – chopped – 6 tbsp
Pepper powder – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil – 2 tbsp
Preparation
Beat [...]

Ingredients
Diluted Buttermilk – 3 cups
(1 part of buttermilk with 2 parts of water)
Dried ginger- 3 gm
Curry leaves – 6 no
Salt – to taste
Powdered turmeric – 1 pinch
Green chilly – 1 no (optional)
Preparation
Blend all the ingredients in a blender and serve chilled.
Note: This drink is a good body coolant and gives you instant energy during summer. [...]

Servings: 2
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
Mushroom- finely chopped – ½ cup
Onion – finely chopped – ¼ cup
Carrot – finely chopped – ¼ cup
Cabbage- finely chopped – ¼ cup
Mint leaves – 1 tsp
Coriander leaves – 2 tsp
Oil – 2 – 3 tsp
Salt – to taste
Powdered spices
Rice- 2 cups
Preparation
Fry rice in a little oil. [...]

Servings: 2
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
Carrot – 50 g
Elephant yam – 50 g
Drum stick – 2 no
Cucumber – 50 g
Unripe Banana – 1 no
Spinach stem – 50 g
Bottle gourd – 50 g
Coconut Paste – ½ cup
Curd – ¼ cup
Oil- 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Curry leaves – 7 no
Water – ½ cup
Preparation of Coconut Paste
Ingredients
Scraped [...]

Servings: 2
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
Wheat flakes – ½ cup
Rolled white oats – ½ cup
Milk – fat free – 1 liter
Rice flour – 2 tbsp
Sugar – ½ cup
Chopped almonds – 1 tbsp
Vanilla essence – 2 drops
For garnishing:
Few wheat flakes
Few almonds slivers
Few rose petals
Preparation
Dissolve rice flour in one-cup milk, keep aside. Put remaining milk [...]

Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
Egg – 3 no
Sugar – ¾ cup
Butter – 2 tbsp
Gelatin – 2 tsp
Milk – fat free – ½ cup
Salt – a pinch
Butter Scotch essence – a few drops
Preparation
Soak gelatin in 3 tbsp of milk. In a pan put the sugar and heat. When it turns brown, add butter [...]

Servings: 2
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
Toasted wheat germ – 1 cup
Soy flour – 1 cup
Potatoes, boiled and mashed well – 2 no
Spinach finely chopped – 1 bunch
Bottle gourd grated – ½
Carrot grated – 1 no
Onion finely chopped – 1 no
Ginger crushed – 1 small piece
Garlic flakes crushed – 6 flakes
Pepper powder – 1 [...]

Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 2 minutes (mixing)
Ingredients
Pomegranate – ½ cup
Pineapple – chopped – ½ cup
Papaya – chopped – ½ cup
Grapes (small, seedless) – ½ cup
Dates – chopped – 2 tbsp
Banana – small, chopped – ½ cup
Orange – 1 no
Apple – 1 no
Honey – 5 tbsp
Preparation
Mix all the fruits and honey. Refrigerate and serve. [...]