Food Minia

Now a days pasta is one of the comfortable food for all. A big bowl of pasta with rich creamy sauce and the addition of mixed vegetables is a perfect and easy choice for dinner. Here is a quick and delicious recipe of creamy vegetable pasta in spicy and rich thick coconut milk sauce (malai sauce). Ingredients: Pasta-1 cup Butter-2 tbsp Thinly chopped garlic-1 tbsp Thinly chopped onion-1  Chilly powder-1 tsp Pepper powder-1/4 tsp Cumin powder-1/4 tsp Salt-to taste Chopped carrot-1/4 cup Green pea-1/4 cup (fresh / or cooked dried) All purpose flour (maida)-1 tbsp Thick coconut milk- 3/4 cup Chopped cilantro/ basil leaves- to garnish Preparation: Cook pasta in enough boiling water by adding salt until done (8-10 minutes). Drain it and keep aside. Heat butter in a pan; add thinly chopped garlic and onion; saute for a minute. Add chilly powder, pepper powder and cumin powder . Add chopped carrots and green pea; saute 3-4 minutes. Then add all purpose flour and mix well on low flame for ...

Dhokla is a staple vegetarian food originated from the Indian state of Gujarat. Normally it is made with the fermented batter from rice and split chick peas. Here is an easy and instant version of dhokla using sooji. The nice, spongy and savory sooji cake is absolutely delicious and and serve it along with mint chutney or itself. Ingredients: Semolina (sooji/ rava)-1 cup Ginger paste- 1/2 tsp Green chilly paste- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida (hing powder/kayam)- a generous pinch Curd-1 1/2 tbsp( or lemon juice-1 tsp) Salt-to taste (little) Water-to make a batter Eno/ Fruit salt- 1 1/2 tsp For Seasoning: Oil- 1 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds-1 tsp Curry leaves-2 spring Powdered sugar-1 /4 tsp Grated coconut-1 tbsp Preparation: Grease a steaming pan with 1/4 tsp of oil and keep it ready. In a large mixing bowl; mix sooji (semolina) with ginger, garlic, turmeric powder, hing, salt and curd. Mix well and add water little by little to make smooth batter (little thick but running consistency like dosa batt...

Murukku is a crispy Indian tea time snack.Usually we used to buy it from the stores. But we can easily make it at home; if we have the murukku maker (star shaped mold of idiyappam maker). Here is an easy murukku recipe using coconut milk  and rice flour. Ingredients: Rice flour-1 cup Urad dal-3 tbsp Roasted Chana dal -1 tbsp Butter-1 1/2 tsp Black sesame seeds- 1/2 tsp Thick coconut milk-1/2 cup (approx) Salt-to taste Preparation: Dry roast urad dal for a minute. Add rosted chana dal and urad dal in a blender. Make a fine powder with it. In a wide bowl add rice flour, sesame seeds, salt and melted hot butter. Crumble it well with hand. Add coconut milk little by little and make a smooth dough. (if the dough is too hard add few teaspoons of coconut milk more; don't add too much; then the murukku get loosen and breaks easily.). Insert a part of dough inside the murukku mold; start squeezing out  desired shapes  to hot oil. Fry on medium flame until nice golden. Drain in to ...

Bread pockets are an awesome snack with fried bread slices filled with  favorite stuffing's. Here i used my shredded chicken pieces along with some veggies and it results a lovely chicken bread pockets!! Ingredients: Bread slices-6 no(for making 6 pockets) Oil-for deep frying Corn flour-3 tbsp Salt-a pinch For The Filling: Chicken pieces (fried or cooked)-1 cup Chopped capsicum-1/4 cup Chopped cucumber-1 Tomato ketchup-3 tbsp  Coriander leaves-few Preparation: Take two slices of bread. In a rolling pin place one bread slice over another and roll them slightly to flatten (without breaking the bread). Cut out the edges of bread slices.  Now using a large bottle gap (or by a steel glass/ cookie cutter) cut out the possible length circle. In a blender add the edges of bread slices and powder it. Keep it aside in a wide bowl. In another wide bowl mix cornflour with salt and 1/4 cup of water; mix well. Now take the circle (it has two slices of bread circle; don't separate them)...

Jhal muri is a puffed rice chat recipe popular in the streets of Kolkata. This crispy and delicious chat can be put together in minutes and also get finished within minutes 😊 Ingredients: Puffed rice- 2 cup Onion-1 medium Tomato-1 medium Cucumber-1 small Green chilly-1 Coriander leaves chopped-one handful Chilly powder- 1/2 tsp Chat masla- 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder- 1/4 tsp Salt-to taste Lemon juice-1 tbsp Sev - 1/4 cup  Fried chana dal- 2 tbsp Fried peanuts-2 tbsp Sweet sauce - 1/4 cup (tamarind dates chutney) Preparation: Thinly chop onion, tomato, cucumber, green chilly and coriander leaves. Mix them in a large wide bowl. Add pea nuts, sev and fried lentils. Add chilly powder, chat masala, garam masala powder, salt and lemon juice. Add sweet sauce in to it and give a good mix. Lastly; just before serving add the puffed rice; give a quick good mix and serve soon😋😋.

Upma is a versatile Indian breakfast choice. Semolina Upma; Oats upma ; broken wheat upma etc. are common varieties among them. Here is another  quick and easy upma recipe with bread slices. Ingredients: Bread slices-5  Oil-2 tbsp Mustard seeds- 1 tsp Cumin seeds- 1/4 tsp Curry leaves-1 spring Thinly chopped ginger-1 tsp Thinly chopped garlic- 1/2 tsp Thinly chopped green chilly-1 tsp Thinly chopped onion-1 medium Thinly chopped tomato-2 medium Thinly chopped capsicum-2 tbsp (optional) Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp Chilly powder-1 tsp Salt-to taste Coriander leaves-to garnish Preparation: Cut a slices bread in to small cubes. Heat oil in a non-stick pan; crackle mustard seeds followed by cumin seeds. Add thinly chopped ginger, garlic, green chilly and curry leaves. Saute for a minute. Add chopped onions and capsicum; saute another a minute. Add turmeric powder and chilly powder. Add chopped tomato pieces and saute well until all the tomato pieces get mashed and mixed well. Then add...

  Fried doughnuts is a deep fried piece of dough, often mixed with various sweeteners and flavorings. The puffy, crusty dough nuts covered with beautiful toppings are always attractive, kids favorite and easy to make.  Ingredients for doughnuts: All purpose flour (Maida)-1 3/4 cup Cocoa powder-1/4 cup Milk-3/4 cup Melted butter-1/4 cup Sugar-2 tbsp Active yeast-1tsp Salt-1/2 tsp Oil-for deep frying Ingredients for glazing doughnuts: white cooking chocolate-100 gms Sugar sprinkles-to garnish Preparation:  Make the milk little warm, add sugar, salt and yeast. Mix well. Add butter and flour; knead smooth dough. (if the dough is too watery add little flour to adjust or if the dough is hard add little milk or water to make a smooth dough). Generously spread some flour on the working place and roll the dough in to a big circle of ¾ cm thickness. Cut in to round dough nuts with a glass and make a small hole in the Centre with a small bottle cap. Put it on a tray and brush with l...

It's that time of year when clementines are in season.  I love these little cuties just as they are but they make a perfect snack or a quick dessert.  I use a container of Baker's Dipping *Dark Chocolate.  This container works great with left over chocolate, just pop on the plastic lid and refrigerate until you make these again.  The chocolate won't stay in the fridge long because you'll make these often! Directions: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, wax paper or a Silpat (non stick baking mat). Peel and segment clementines, set aside.  Be careful not to break the skin as the juice will seize the chocolate.  Gently melt chocolate in  the microwave.  Dip segments in chocolate and transfer to parchment-lined sheet. Once all pieces have been dipped, set the sheet aside until chocolate hardens (takes about an hour). To quickly harden chocolate, transfer baking sheet to the refrigerator for 10 minutes. Serve at room temperature. *You can use mi...

These crazy delicious cookies are begging for a wholesome glass of milk! This blog post is sponsored by The a2 Milk Company™  "Because when your milk is naturally easy to digest, life is easy to digest" There are few simple pleasures in life that never get old, like dunking a cookie into a rich and soothing glass of milk. No matter how old you are, there is something delicious and