QUICK CARROT POTATO SPICY SIDE DISH

Serving size - 2 or 3

Preparation time - less than 5 minutes

Cooking time - 5 minutes

 

 

This recipe is very simple and quick. My kid always love to have this side with rasam or curd rice. Our family's favorite side dish!!!! I love this side dish from my childhood. It is not much spicy. If you want you can reduce the spicy.

Ingredients

Carrots - 2 (sliced small cubes)
Potatoes - 1 (sliced small cubes)
Onions - 3 tbsp (optional)
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Salt - as needed
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 3 or 4 leaves
Oil - 2 or 3 tsp

Method

• Boil carrots and potatoes with 1/2 cup of water and little salt in a microwave safe bowl for 4 minutes. 

          Note :

          I set my microwave for boiling fresh veggies and weigh for 8 oz. It automatically set for 4min.

• Separate water and veggies using strainer. Keep veggie water aside and take veggies in a bowl.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. Once it splutters, add curry leaves, boiled veggies, sambar powder and salt. Fry for 1 or 2 minutes. 
• Serve it with any rice.

Note

Veggie filtered water can be used as veggie broth. You can use that broth for soup or any curries. Home made veggie broth is good for health too. No preservatives and its fresh one to use.

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INDIAN STYLE PASTA

Serving size - 1

Preparation time - 5 minutes

Cooking time - 15 to 20 minutes

 

 

I love pasta from my childhood days. My mom made Indian style pastas. So I love Indian style pastas than original style of pastas. I and my brother would love to have those pastas often. She made for us. Every time while making pasta I use to think of those days!!! We never get back those golden days again!!!! 

Ingredients

Pasta - 1/2 cup
Water - 1 1/2 cups
Onions - 1/2 cup Chopped
Tomatoes - 1/2 sliced
Garlic - 1 or 2 pods
Green chilly - 1
Pizza hut crushed pepper - 1/4 or 1/2 packet
Red chilli powder - 1/8 tsp (optional)
Cilantro - few for garnishing
Sugar - a pinch (optional)
Salt - as required
Oil - 1 1/2 tsp

Method

1. Boil pasta with water and salt for 10 minutes or until they are cooked. 
2. Remove pastas to the strainer and show it in the cold running water for few seconds. Keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan. Add Onion, garlic, green chilly, crushed pepper and fry for a minute or until onions are transparent.
4. Add tomatoes, sugar and salt. Fry for few minutes or until tomatoes are cooked or soft.
5. Add red chilli powder and fry for few minutes. 
6. Finally add pastas to the masala and fry for 1 or 2 minutes and switch off the stove.
7. Garnish it with cilantro.

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HOME REMEDY FOR THROAT PAIN / DRY THROAT

If you have dry throat or severe throat pain, please have this following drink 3 to 4 times a day. You can feel the improvement. This is our Indian home remedy treatment. I went to doctor office in USA for severe cold and throat pain. They prescribed this same drink. My mom scolded me, if I would say this you won't hear my words, but you could hear the same words from your doctor with $50 fees :)

This is not only for throat pain, also a good health drink. My great granny(85+ ) had this drink regularly from her childhood to death. 

 

Ingredients

Honey - 1 tsp
Lemon - 1/4 no.
Warm Water - 200 ml

Method

Mix all together and drink.

BREAD ROLL

It is a quick and easy recipe. You can also use cheese and pepper inside the roll for kids who doesn't love much spicy. It is also good for health. It is also a picnic recipe. Instead of frying veggie mixture, you can grill it and roll it in the bread slice.

Ingredients

Bread - 6 slices
Mozzarella cheese - 6 tbs (optional)
Carrot - 1
cabbage - 1/2 bowl
beans - 5 or 6
red chilli  powder - 1/2 tsp
lime juice - 1/2 tbs
Soy sauce - 1 tsp
Tomato puree - 1/2 tsp
garam masala - 1/4 tsp
cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
salt - 1/2 tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tbs
Ghee - As required ( optional)

1.  Mix all the ingredients in a vessel except oil, ghee, cheese and bread. Keep it aside for 30 mins to 1 or 2 hours.
2. Heat oil in a pan and fry the mixture until it raw smell goes. Allow it cool for sometime.
3. Keep one spoon of the mixture and cheese on the bread slice and roll it. If you want apply ghee on the bread roll slightly or else leave as it is.
4. Preheat the cookie maker, once it gets ready, keep 3 rolls at a time and cook it for 2 to 3 minutes on both sides of the rolls.
5. Bread rolls are ready within 5 mins. Serve it hot with ketchup or plain. 

Note:

If your kid doesn't like the brown edges, you can remove it and roll the bread.

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SALT AND SPICY APPLE SNACK

It was a cold evening. I love to eat our Indian street food spicy pineapple. I don't have pineapple in my fridge. So I thought of doing the same spicy food with apple. It was awesome, delicious. I wish to share this with you all.

Ingredients

Apple - 1
Red chilli powder - less than 1/4 tsp
Salt - a pinch

Method

• Mix red chilli powder and salt in a small plate.
• Slice apple into small pieces.
• Sprinkle red chilli powder and salt mixture on the sliced apple.
• Serve it as it is. It will be awesome. If you wish, you can use any sauce to dip. 

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