Sabudana khichdi

ALL YOU NEED:
2 cups sabudana(Tapioca) soaked over night
1 tbsp Ginger grated
1 medium potato chopped in cubes
Paneer chopped in cube
Half cup peanuts
Cooking oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1tsp red chili powder
1 tsp turmeric powder(optional)
2 -3 curry leaves
Salt to taste (rock salt)
Green chili chopped
Juice from 1 lemon
Cilantro chopped for garnish

METHOD:

Dry roast peanuts and keep them aside. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seed and curry leaves and cook potatoes until golden brown...

Wash and drain the dipped tapioca...

Also cook the paneer until brown...

Add the sabudana/tapioca to the potato. Paneer and peanut mixture. Add salt, red chili powder, grated ginger,lemon juice. Mix it well...

Add cilantro to garnish and enjoy...:)

Arbi fries

Here's a delicious recipe that you can prepare while fasting or Navratri time...
Its really easy and requires only few ingredients...

ALL YOU NEED:

7-8 medium Arbi cut in french fries shape
1 tbsp carom seeds
Salt to taste
1 tsp haldi/turmeric powder
1tsp red chili powder
Few cilantro leaves chopped to garnish
Juice from half lemon

METHOD:

Heat 3 tbsp oil in a pan and add the arbi... fry them until golden brown or fully cooked...

Add salt, turmeric powder, carom seeds and saute it for another 2-3 mins... 

Garnish with cilantro leaves and lemon juice... :)

Happy fasting!!

Kheer-Instant Pot

ALL YOU NEED:

12 cups Milk
2 cups rice (soak for an hour or not)
Please feel free to change the portion size if you r making a smaller or a bigger batch.
1 can Condense milk (16 oz)
Sweetener can be substituted with jaggery or sugar.
Peeled and soaked Almonds
Raisins, cashews for garnish

METHOD:

Add Soaked rice in the IP in saute mode for a minute and roast it. Add milk and close the lid.
Setting: Porridge for 40 minutes.
Release steam naturally.

Open the lid and add the condense milk/ sweetener you are using.

Add nuts to garnish and extra flavor. Best served when chill.


P.S. it will get a bit thicker in consistency when cold.

Fish Biryani with brown rice

I substituted regular Basmati rice with brown, please feel free to choose whichever one you want.

ALL YOU NEED:
Salmon 2 medium size fillets
2.5 cups brown rice
1 sliced onion
1 chopped tomato
1 bay leaf
2 dry red chili
Cumin seeds
Black amd green cardamom
Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp each
2 tbsp yogurt
Salt to taste
2tbsp fish biryani masla(optional) or 2 tbsp garam masala
2 tbsp Oil

Marination for fish:
Ginger garlic paste
Salt to taste
1 tbsp mustard oil
2 tbsp yogurt
Chilli powder
Garam masala powder

METHOD:

Cook brown rice acc. To instructions, i used my slow cooker.

Heat oil and add khade masale in the pan

Add onions...

Tomatoes, ginger garlic

Mix well and add yogurt, also add salt, fish biryani masala/garam masala

Place the marinated fish on top of the masala and spread brown rice over it

Cover with a lid and cook for 10-15 mims or until fish is cooked...

Add boiled eggs to garnish with cilantro...

 Mix when ready to be served...

Meethi Sevaiyan (Sweet Vermicelli)

This is my version of vermicelli, I love it when it's cold and lots of milk...I have seen many people who like it to be dry (not too much milk) if u r one of them, then please use milk as needed.

ALL YOU NEED:

1 cup vermicelli
1 tbsp ghee
2 green cardamom
1/2 cup sugar
3 cups milk
Dry fruits (almonds and raisins) for garnish

METHOD:

Heat ghee in a pan and roast vermicelli...

Once it starts to get brown add cardamom and keep stirring for another min...

Add milk and bring it to boil

Add sugar and garnish with dry fruits...

 Simple and delicious...

Chill in refrigerator before serving or eat it warm :D
 

Instant Pot- Masala chicken

I'm so excited to introduce instant pot recipes to my blog, this is definitely made my life easier. If you don't own one yet please get it!! 

This is a 5 min chicken masala recipe which will be my goto from now. 

ALL YOU NEED:

2 Chicken breast cut in pieces

1 medium onion pureed

2 tomatoes pureed

2 green chillies

1 tbsp each ginger garlic paste

2 tbsp oil

1 tbsp cumin seeds

salt to taste

1 tbsp Garam masala/ chicken curry masala

METHOD:

Turn The IP on saute mode.

Heat oil, add cumin seeds and onions, cook till reduce in size and then add tomatoes. Keep stirring the masala until the oil separates...

Add ginger garlic paste, salt, garam masala/ chicken curry masala, green chilies.

Add chicken, close the lid, set it to Manual 6 mins and vent normal

Ready to be served with rotis..:D Yes!! it's that simple...:D

Please try it, you'll love it!! :D

Apple cinnamon Muffins

Super easy and delicious muffin recipe :)

ALL YOU NEED:

2 cups All purpose flour

1 cup sugar

1 tbsp Baking powder

1 tbsp vanilla essence

1 large egg

1/4 cup vegetable oil/canola oil

1/2 cup milk (ur choice skim,2%,whole)

1 tbsp cinnamon powder

1 apple pealed and grated

2 tbsp sugar

METHOD:

Preheat oven to 400 F

 

Take a bowl with grated apple, 2 tbsp sugar and cinnamon, keep it aside.

In another big bowl add all the dry ingredients (1st 3 in the list above). Mix them well and take about 1/2 cup of the mixed ingredients and add to the bowl with apple (set it aside until needed again)

In a third bowl whisk the egg with a hand mixer until nice and fluffy, add vanilla essence and oil to it, mix again. :)

Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients, mix them and then add apple mixture and milk. Using a baking spatula mix all the ingredients together nicely. 

Scoop the mixture to the muffin tin with a liner and bake for 20 mins. This recipe makes medium sized 12 muffins :D

You won't regret! These are absolutely amazing..:D

Sprinkle some powder sugar if u want :D