BREAD UPPUMA

Bread uppuma is a good breakfast or evening snacks. It can be an alternative for the normal bread sandwiches and also those who don't like bread will like this uppuma very much.It can be used for kids lunch box. It is very easy to make and very tasty also. Hope you people will like this. This recipe came handy when I found there is nothing for evening snack and only few pieces of bread .

Ingredients

1. Tomato - 01 No
2. Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
3. Green Chilies - 02 Nos
4. Slices of Bread - 06 Nos
5. Garam Masala - 01 Tsp
6. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp
7. Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 Tsp
8. Butter or Oil - 03 Tsp
9. Curry Leaves - 04 Leaves
10. Mustard Seeds - 01 Tsp
11. Urad Dal - 01 Tsp
12. Salt - As per Taste

Method:

1. Cut the bread into small squares. (01 slice should be cut into about 09 squares)
2. Heat the oil or butter.
3. Put in the urad dal and mustard seeds and curry leaves.
4. When the urad dal turns light brown put onion into it.
5. Saute till the onions turn light brown.
6. Put ginger and green chillies and fry for 2 minutes.
7. Now add bread pieces into it.
8. Keep stirring the mixture otherwise bread will stick to the bottom.
9. Now add  all the remaining masalas and mix well.
10. Then add salt and tomatoes.
11. Mix everything well and cook for 5 minutes.

Serve hot with tea or coffee

MASALA LEMON RICE

Lemon rice is one of the main food of South Indians, although present generation may not like this. I used to take this as pack lunch when I used to go for teaching in a school in Bangalore. It is easy to make. I am not sharing the recipe of traditional Lemon Rice. I have tried out a Masala Lemon Rice which came very good and tastes some what better than our traditional one. You people can try this as Lunch Box for your kids and I am sure that they will like it.

Ingredients

1. Rice - 02 Cups
2. Fresh Green Peas - 1/4 Cup
3. Beans - 05 Nos
4. Carrot - 01 or 02 Nos
5. Tomatoes - 01 No
6. Green Chillies  - 04 to 08 Nos (As per your taste)
7. Ground Nuts - 01 handfull
8. Lemon - 02 Nos
9. Raisins - 10 Nos
10. Masala Powder - 02 Tbsp
11. Turmeric Powder - 01 Tsp
12. Cashewnuts - 10 Nos
13. Ghee - 02 Tbsp
14. Salt to taste
15. Oil - 02 Tbsp
16. Onions - 02 Nos

For Seasonings

1. Mustard seeds - 01 Tsp
2. Bengal Gram Dal - 01 Tbsp
3. Black Gram Dal - 01 Tsp

Method:

1. Wash rice and add 4 1/4 cups of water and pressure cook in cooker.
2. Cut all vegetables in square shape and keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan and add Mustard seeds, When it splutter and both dal mentioned in for Seasonings.
4. Add groundnut along with it and roast them all.
5. When they are done, add green chilies paste, tomatoes, masala powder, turmeric powder, salt and lemon juice.
6. Mix it well for a minute or two
7. Remove from fire and allow the mixture to cool and put rice over it.
8. Allow the rice to cool down in a broad pan else rice will broken if you mix it when it is hot.

Serve it with Raitha or Pickel

Variations : You can add Potatoes and Brinjal instead of fresh green peas, carrot and beans

Please try this one and share your valuable opinions.

Beetroot Ularthe

Hai friends today i made simple beetroot ularthe for lunch so i thought to share that recipe with you people.

Beetroot and its benefits

The beetroot, also known in North America as the table beet, garden beet, red or golden beet, or informally simply as the beet, refers to any of the cultivated varieties of beet grown for their edible taproots, especially B. vulgaris L. subsp. conditiva. They are among the most commonly encountered varieties in North America, Central America, and Europe.

Beetroot is a dark red vegetable with an acquired taste which has been getting a lot of coverage in the news. It has been linked with better stamina, improved blood flow and lower blood pressure

Beetroot is an excellent source of foliate and a good source of manganese and contains betaines which may function to reduce the concentration of homocysteine, a homolog of the naturally occurring amino acid cysteine. High circulating levels of homocysteine may be harmful to blood vessels and thus contribute to the development of heart disease, stroke, or peripheral vesicular disease. This hypothesis is controversial as it has not been established yet whether homocysteine itself is harmful, or whether it is just an indicator of increased risk for heart disease.

The red colour compound betanin is not broken down in the body, and in higher concentration may temporarily cause urine (termed beeturia) and stool to assume a reddish colour. This effect may cause distress and concern due to the visual similarity to hematuria (blood in the urine) or blood in the stool, but is completely harmless and will subside once the food is out of the system.

Beetroot Ularthe

Ingredients

1. Beetroot (cut thinly length wise and cooked) – 01 Cup

2. Dry red chili – 03 Nos

3. Small or Sambar Onion – ¼ Cup

4. Ginger (minced) – ¼ tsp

5. Salt – As required

6. Pepper Powder – As required

7. Coconut oil or refined oil – 01 tbsp

Method

1. Heat oil in a pan.

2. Add red chili, small onion and ginger into it

3. Fry it for a minute

4. Add beetroot and mix it well.

5. Add salt and cook by closing it.

6. When steam comes out, open the lid and add pepper powder

7. Mix it well.

Serve Hot with rice as side dish

Lady's finger fry or Bhindi fry

Lady Finger earned its curious name because the edible part of the plant is long and tapered, much like the fingers of an elegant lady. Lady Finger is a wonderful source of important vitamins such as vitamins C, A, E, K, and B complex, as well as iron, calcium, potassium, sodium, copper, magnesium, selenium, manganese and zinc. It is also low in calories and high in dietary fiber.

Okra provides numerous health benefits, including the weight loss, reduces cholesterol, diabetes, glowing skin, strengthens the bones, protect against colon cancer, lung cancer, cavities in the teeth and many more.

Bhindi Fry

Ingredients

1. Lady's Finger - 250 grms

2. Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp

3. Garam Masala - 1 tsp

4. Coriander Powder - 2 tsp

5. Turmeric Powder  - 1/4 tsp

6. Green Chili - 02 nos

7. Onion(large), Chopped - 01 no

8. Tomatoes - 01 or 02 nos

9. Curry leaves - few

10. Salt - To taste

11. Oil - 02 tbsp

Method

1. Put the oil and add ginger garlic paste and salute well.

2. Add garam masala, coriander powder, turmeric powder, green chili and onion, then mix it well.

3. When onion become soft, put little oil if you want.

4. Add tomato to it and mix well and cook till tomato become soft.

5. Now, add lady's finger, salt and curry leaves and mix well.

6. Cook this for 10 min.

Serve it hot with rice or chapati

Try and add your valuable comments

  

Koorka Mezhukkupuratti

Koorka or Chinese Potato

Koorka Mezhukkupuratti

Koorka or Chinese Potato Mezhukkupuratti is dish which I tried after seeing a cookery show. It came so tasty so I am sharing this recipe in this blog.  

Ingredients

1. Koorka or Chinese Potato – ½ Kg
2. Turmeric Powder – one pinch
3. Red chili – 3 or 4 nos
4. Red chili(Grinded) – 2 tsp
5. Garlic Chopped – 1 tsp
6. Coconut (grated) – 3 tsp
7. Curry leaves – few
8. Oil – 1 tbsp
9. Small onion chopped – 10 nos
10. Mustard seed – 2 tsp
11. Salt – to taste

Method

1.   Clean the koorka and boil it along with turmeric powder and salt. When it boils, drains out the water and keep it aside.

2.    In a pan heat the oil and put mustard seeds, when it splutter add small onion and mix it well.

3.   When it become soft, add red chili, garlic, grinded red chili, salt, grated coconut and curry leaves.

4.     Add the boiled koorka, mix it nicely so that it gets coated with the masala.

Serve along with rice.

Please try this recipe and give valuable comments which will encourage me to try and add new recipes in my blog.

Brinjal Fry

      The Brinjal or eggplants are a very rich source of fibre and low soluble carbohydrates. Thus they are highly beneficial for regulation of blood sugar levels and also to control the absorption of glucose.  This makes them the best option for people suffering from type 2 diabetes.

      This is one of the favorite side dish of my husband. I usually make it when there is no fresh fish for frying. He like this like a fish fry. so i used to tell it as vegetable fish fry 

   

Brinjal Fry  

Ingredients 

1. Brinjal: 02 Nos

2. Chilli Powder:  1 tbsp

3. Turmeric Powder: A Pinch

4. Coriander Powder: 1 tbsp

5. Chicken Masala: 2 tbsp

6. Salt to taste

7. Oil for fry

Method:

1. Wash and Cut brinjal in round shape.

2. Put all the  ingredients from 2 to 6 in to brinjal and add little water to make it like a paste.

3. Put oil in a pan and when it become hot put the brinjal into it

4. Fry both sides

Serve hot with rice as side dish. 

 

Please try this and give valuable comments.

Easy Kovakka Fry

Kovakka in malayalam, Kovakkai in Tamil, Tendil in Marathi, Dondakaaya in Telugu and Kannada, tindora in Hindi  or Ivy gourd is a perennial herbaceous vine. It is a topical plant belonging to pumpkin family.It is classified has herb in Thai and Ayurvedic medicine. The parts used in diabetics treatment are the leaves, but primary use of ivy guard is culinary, and it is considered a vegetable. 

Kovakka contain beta-carotine, a major source of Vitamin A which is essential for eye sight; and Vitamin C which helps prevent common cold and flu. It is also a good source of protein and fiber.

In traditional medicine, the fruits have been used to treat leprosy, fever, asthma, bronchitis and jaundice. 

Consuming 50 g of ivy guard daily could help keep blood sugar under check. Some research also supports its use as an antioxidant, anti-hypoglycaemic agent and immune system modulator. The fruit is also known to have anti-histamine properties. The leaves are used as poultice in treating skin eruption

KOVAKKA FRY

Serves: 04 Persons

Ingredients needed

Kovakka:  500 gm
Onion(medium size): 04 nos
Tomatoes:  02 nos
Red chilli Powder: 1 tbsp
Coriander powder: 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
Asafoetida: a pinch
Salt to taste

For Tempering:

Oil: 100 ml
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
Black gram dal(split urd dal): 1 tbsp
Curry leaves: 10 gm

Method:

1. Wash and cut kovakka lenght wise; slit into two pieces.
2. Chop onion and tomatoes.
3. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. After they crackle, add black gram dal, curry leaves and asafoetida.
4. Add onions and salute till translucent.
5. Add tomatoes and salute for some time.
6. Then add kovakka, red chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and a little salt and salute for 10 minutes till vegetable is cooked well.

 Serve hot with rice items.