EGG SANDWICH

EGG SANDWICH

INGREDIENTS:- 

Eggs- 4

Onion – 2 tbs finely hopped

Green coriander – 1 tbs finely chopped

Green chilli – 1 finely chopped(optional)

Cream cheese- 1 ½ tbs

Salt- as per taste

Bread – 8 slices

Butter- 1 tbs

 

METHOD:-

Peel eggs, and mash it well with the help of a fork.

Put in chopped onion, green chilli, chopped coriander, salt and cream cheese, mix well.

Now take a slice of bread and put approx 2 tablespoons of egg mixture over it and Cover with other slice.

Now smear some butter on both sides of sandwiches and toast over a hot tawa/griddle on both sides till golden.

Cut in two triangles and serve with a cup of tea or coffee.

(NOTE:- you can use hung curd instead of cream cheese.)

DAHI- VADA

DAHI- VADA

INGREDIENTS FOR VADAS:-

Skinless urad dal (split black gram) – 1 cup

Hing (asafoetida) – ¼ tsp

Soda-bicarb – 1 pinch

Salt – ¼ tsp

Oil for frying

Youghert – 2 cups

Sugar- 2 tbs

To Garnish:-

Roasted cumin powder – 2 tea sp

Black salt- as per taste

Red chilli flakes (optional) - ½ tsp

Tamarind chutney

Green coriander – finely chopped

 

METHOD:-

 

Clean, wash and soak urad dal for 6-8 hours.

Drain water and grind the dal in mixer, add a little water if it seems stiff, now add salt, hing and soda bi-carb and whip it for a minute.

Now heat sufficient oil in a pan/kadhai, once oil is hot lower the heat and put in approx. one table spoon of batter in  oil and fry on low to medium heat until light golden In colour. You can fry 4-5 vadas at once. Fry all vadas like this.

Take 2 cups of lukewarm water and add ½ cup of yoghurt to water and mix it, soak all vadas in this water until you are ready to serve.

Mix rest of the yoghurt and sugar and beat to make it smooth.

To serve take out the vadas from watery mixture, squeeze it softly between your palms to take out extra water, be careful not to break the vadas.

Place  vadas in serving bowl, pour smooth yoghurt over it and sprinkle black salt, cumin powder, chilli flakes and tamarind  chutney and some green coriander.

Dahi vadas can be served as snack or as side dish with a meal.

QUICK PANEER SHIMLA MIRCH

QUICK PANEER SHIMLA MIRCH

INGREDIENTS:-

Paneer – 300 gms

Capsicum – 1 big

Onion – 1

Tomato – 1

Oil – 2 tb sp

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Red chilli powder – ½ tsp

Salt – as per taste

Garam masala – ½ tsp

Method:-

Cut paneer into cubes, keep aside.

Cut capsicum into cubes, keep aside.

Puree tomato, keep aside.

Chop onion finely

Now heat oil in a pan,  put in cumin seeds, when it starts making crackling  sound add onion and fry till light pink.

Add ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and fry for two minutes.

Add tomato puree and fry,now add capsicum and mix ,lower the heat and cover the pan for a minute. We do not need to cook capsicum for long, otherwise it will lose its texture and won’t taste good.

Remove cover, add garam masala and paneer and mix well,cook another minute and turn off the heat.

Serve with roti or paratha.