Grilled-Sandwich

Grilled Sandwich

Grilled Sandwich

Sandwiches are quick and easy meals for breakfast, lunch or tiffin. It makes good snack too. Sandwiches do not require much cooking skills. Even you can involve your kids to make sandwiches. Sandwiches are also one great way to feed vegetables to our children. Just mix some veggies and seanoning or Mayo and you are done. You can make different shape of sandwiches. You can serve sandwiches with tomato sauce,coriander chutney and a hot cup of tea.

Ingredients:

Bread 10 to 12 slices
Onion 1 finely chopped
Carrot 1 small finely chopped
Capsicum( green and red) 2tablespoon finely chopped
Butter or olive oil as required
Salt to taste
Processed cheese 2tablespoon grated
Now you can add some leftover spicy chicken if you want.... mix them with your veggies, it tastes awesome.
Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon
Chilli flakes 1/2 teaspoon

Directions
In a nonstick pan heat oil.
Add onion and fry for few minutes till it changes color.
Now add the other veggies, salt and freshly ground pepper and saute.
Pre heat oven at 180C
Now take the bread and trim the edges.
Cut them in different shapes.
Apply little Butter on the bread pieces.
Take 1teaspoon of the prepared veggies and sprinkle some grated cheese.
Now cover this stuffed bread with another slice of bread.
Prepare all the bread in the same way.
Place them in a Baking tray.
Bake them for 10 mins.
Take out and serve hot with tomato sauce or green chutney.

Milk-Cake-Recipe

Milk Cake Recipe

Milk Cake

This is a simple old fashioned Milk cake which tastes surprisingly good. Light and fluffy ,this cake is like a simple vanilla cake but it tastes awesome because of the milk,butter combination. Mostly raisins are not added but I have added little, you can skip if you want. This is a Christmas time which means cake time so I keep on baking different varieties of cakes , pastries and loafs. Lets start

Ingredients:

Butter 1/2 cup

Eggs 4

Milk 1 cup

Vanilla essence 2 teaspoons

Sugar 1-1/2 cup

Flour 1- 1/2 cup

Baking powder 2 teaspoons

A pinch of salt

Raisins 1 teaspoon

Directions

Pre heat the oven at 180 deg C. 

Grease and flour a 13 inch x 9 inch baking pan.

In a large bowl beat eggs till thick for 5 mins.

Gradually add sugar, beating until the mixture is light and fluffy.

Beat in vanilla.

Combine flour and baking powder.

Add to the sugar/butter mixture gradually and beat at low speed until smooth.

Now in a small saucepan heat milk and butter until the butter is melted.

Add this to the batter and combine well.

Add the raisins.

Pour in baking pan.

Bake at 180 deg C for 30 to 40 mins or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

Serve hot.

Eggless-Butter-Cookies

Eggless Butter Cookies

Eggless Butter Cookies

Its really difficult to find eggless recipes when it comes to baking. To retain the texture and taste is another difficult thing without eggs for cakes and cookies. But thanx to my baking teacher who taught me a very simple recipe for Butter cookies. It is fluffy, light and simple cookies for teatime which will fill your kitchen with wonderful aroma  of baking. So lets start

Ingredients

Sugar 1/2 cup

Butter 1/2 cup

Milk 2 tablespoons

All- purpose flour 1 cup

Vanilla essence 1/2 teaspoon

Baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons

Directions

Pre heat oven at 180 deg C.

Now combine sugar and butter and mix until it gets fluffy and lighter.

Add vanilla and milk to the butter/sugar mixture.

Mix well.

Combine the dry ingredients( flour and baking powder)

Now combine the dry and wet ingredients using spatula or hand.

You can add little extra flour if the mixture is sticky.

Form 10 to 12 equal size balls and flatten them little.

Bake for 15mins or till the bottom is golden.

Serve Butter Cookies with tea or coffee.

Sponge Cake Recipe

Sponge Cake

A basic sponge cake is the first step in cake baking. Whether you want to make a simple vanilla cake with butter cream icing or an elaborate cake for some special occassion ....all depends on the sponge cake. This is a rich cake with eggs but eggless can be made too. I will share an eggless recipe later.

Ingredients for sponge cake
Butter( unsalted) 1cup
Sugar 1cup
Eggs 4
Vanilla extract 1tablespoon
Cake flour 3cups (spooned and levelled)
Baking powder 1tablespoon
Butter milk 1and 1/2 cup

Directions

First bring every cold ingredients in room temperature.
Butter should be soft but not melted.
Now using an electric mixer beat the sugar and butter till light and fluffy.
Next beat the eggs adding one at a time into the sugar mixture.
Add vanilla essence or extract.
In another large bowl whisk cake flour and baking powder.
Add it to the sugar Butter mixture only 1/3.
Beat to combine.
Now add buttermilk and the rest of the flour and fold carefully.
Pour batter in a prepared pan( line the cake tin with parchment paper)
Bake in a preheated oven (180C) for 30mins at a temperature of 180C.
Cut the cake and serve with tea or coffee.

Egg-recipe-Omelette-curry

EGG-OMELETTE-CURRY

Omelette Curry with Rice

You must be thinking "what! Omelette in a gravy?" Believe me it is a very delicious dish yet easy and you can make it when you don't want to cook something fussy or elaborate.  When you make an omelette and put it in gravy it becomes fat, juicy and super soft. Most of the Bengalis know this recipe but I want to share this with all the egg LOVERS. So let's start

Serves 3

Preparation time 10minutes

Cooking time 30 minutes

Ingredients

Eggs 3

Onion 2 (medium size finely chopped)

Tomato 1(medium size)

Garlic 1tsp( grated)

Potato (1 medium size) cut lengthwise or diced

Green chilly 2 to 3 finely chopped

Cumin powder 1tsp

Coriander powder 1tsp

Kashmiri red chilly powder 1tsp

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Garam masala powder 1/2 tsp

Sugar 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Vegetable oil 2 tsp

Method:-

First we will make the omelettes. 

Break one egg in a small bowl add little salt, chopped onion(some) and green chilly. Whisk. Now take a nonstick frying pan add little oil. 

When heated put the egg mixture and spread it evenly in a round shape. 

When one side of the omelette is done flip it and cook the other side in low flame. 

When done fold it and keep aside. 

Repeat the same process with the other eggs.

To make gravy heat oil in a pan, add onion (chopped) and fry. 

When the onion changes color add potatoes and stir well.

 Now add turmeric powder and stir for few minutes. 

Put the grated garlic and cook until the raw smell has gone. 

Now add cumin powder, coriander powder  and chopped green chillies.

Cook them properly for 2 minutes and add tomatoes. 

Stir and cook for few minutes. 

Add kashmiri lal mirch powder stir and add 2 to 3 cups of water to make gravy. 

Cook until the potatoes are soft and the gravy thickens. 

When almost done add salt, sugar and omelette and cook them for 3 minutes. 

Add garam masala powder and switch off the flame. 

Serve hot omelette curry with plain white rice.

Indian-Scrambled-Eggs

Indian scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs or egg bhurji is another egg recipe where the eggs are cooked with veggies and masala. It is a very easy and quick recipe with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Normally egg bhurji or scrambled egg is eaten with bread or rotis. It is a healthy breakfast and can used as a sandwich filling. You can also add veggies of your choice. Eggs are always saviours…… because if you are not in a mood to do elaborate cooking or don't have anything in your kitchen…. then go for this recipe.

Prep time 5 min

Cook time 15 min

Serves 2

 Ingredients

 Eggs 3

Onion 1( chopped)

Tomato 1( chopped)

Bell peppers 1/2 cup( I have mixed green and red) (chopped )

Coriander powder 1 teaspoon

Cumin powder 1 teaspoon

Garam masala powder 1/2 teaspoon

Green chillies 2 to 3 ( chopped)

Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon

Oil 2 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Directions

In a nonstick pan put oil. 

When heated add onion and fry till it turns pink. 

Now add tomato,bell peppers and sauté for 2 to 3 mins. 

In the mean time break the eggs in a large bowl, add salt and whisk till light and fluffy. Keep aside. 

Now add coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder and the chillies. 

Sauté for another 2 minutes. 

Mix the masala and add the whisked eggs. 

Keep stirring the mixture continuously until the eggs starts coming together and becomes crumbly. 

Don't stop stirring , it shouldn't stick.

When cooked completely check salt and serve the scrambled eggs hot with bread, rotis or even pita bread.

Stir-Fry-Chicken-with-Vegetables

Stir Fry Chicken with Vegetables

Stir fry chicken with vegetables

A healthy weeknight meal with only few ingredients…..chicken and vegetables, just make a stir fry sauce and your meal is ready. Add vegetables of your choice, skip chicken if you are veg and add tofu or paneer( Indian cottage cheese). Asian dishes are easy to make. I often make noodles with stir fried chill veg. They are quick and easy meals. I love this recipe. Impressed my husband's colleague and his family. Important thing is I can prepare the whole thing in half an hour. Lets start with the recipe.

 Serves 2

Ingredients

Boneless chicken 250gms

Mixed vegetables( green bell pepper, carrot, beans, red bell pepper) chopped 1 cup

Onion 1( chopped)

Garlic 3 to 4 cloves

Green chilli 3 to 4 slit

Soy sauce 1 teaspoon

Red chilli sauce 1 teaspoon

Cornstarch 1 teaspoon

Vegetable oil 1 tablespoon

Chicken broth 1/2 cup

Directions

Heat oil in a wok.

 Add chicken and garlic and fry for 10 mins.

Now add onion, sauté and add all the vegetables, salt and stir fry for 10 minutes

Add the chicken broth.

In a small bowl mix soy sauce, red chill sauce,water and cornstarch.

Stir into vegetables and cook till the chicken is tender. 

Serve hot with veg fried rice or plain rice.