Fruit Salad - How-to?

Fruit Salad by Vinayaka Vidhya cooked on April 30, 2014

Prep time: 10 Minutes | Cook time: 10 Minutes (Refrigeration Time) | Total time: 20 Minutes
Serve: 4 (Servings) | Calories per serving: 150 | Fat per serving: 0.15 g
Recipe Category: Fruit Salad | Recipe Cuisine: World's Kitchen

Ingredients:
Apple: 2
Orange: 2
Strawberry: 4 to 5
Banana: 2
Honey: 2 tbsp

Instructions:

1. Cut Apple into small pieces and add it to a bowl. Peel off and cut Orange wedges and add it on the top of Apple. Slice strawberry into equal pieces and add it to the bowl.

2. Mix it well. Slice Banana's after peeling off the skin and add it to the bowl. Add 2 tbsp of Honey and refrigerate it for ten minutes.

3. Serve it in a bowl. Decorate as you wish ♥

#Tips:
#1: Add any fruits as per you wish. It just tastes better.
#2: It is good for children and for people who wants to lose weight.

Fruit salad is a dish consisting of various kinds of fruit, mixed together, either in their own juices or a syrup. It can be served as an appetizer or as a dessert, a fruit salad is sometimes known as a fruit cocktail or fruit cup. Do try it out and you are welcome to post the pics here.

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Green Peas Masala - How-to?

Green Peas Masala by Vinayaka Vidhya cooked on April 24, 2014

Prep time: 20 Minutes | Cook time: 30 Minutes | Total time: 50 Minutes
Serve: 2 (Servings) | Calories per serving: 350 | Fat per serving: 12 g
Recipe Category: Curry | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients:
Green Peas: 1/2 Cup
Oil: 3 tbsp
Mustard Seeds: 1/4 tbsp
Cumin Seeds: 1/4 tbsp
Green Chillies: 2
Onion: 1 (Big Size)
Tomato: 2 (Medium Size)
Ginger Garlic Paste: 1/2 tbsp
Salt: To taste
Turmeric Powder: 1 Pinch
Jeera Powder: 1/4 tbsp
Dhania Powder: 1/2 tbsp
Chili Powder : To Adjust
Garam Masala Powder: 1/4 tbsp



Instructions:

1. Heat the pan first then add oil. Allow it to boil and add mustard seeds. As soon as it sputters add cumin seeds and green chillies and stir for a minute.

2. Add onions and fry the onions until translucent. Add Ginger Garlic paste and stir it until the raw smell goes off.

3. Add Tomatoes, Salt and Turmeric Powder. Cook it until it turns mushy. Add Red Chilli Powder, Dhania Powder and Jeera Powder (for digestion)

4. Mix it until it combines properly. Add Green Peas and stir it for a minute. Add two cups of water and cook it until Oil comes up.

5. Add Garam Masala Powder just before you switch off the stove. Stir it well. It gives out a special aroma to the dish. Hope you could smell it now ♥ Garnish it with Coriander leaves :)

Serve it hot with a plate of Chapathi.

#Tips:
#1: This goes well with Rice and Chapathi.
#2: Adding Jeera Powder helps in digestion.

Green Peas Masala, a Punjabi dish, is a perfect curry for Chapathi, Roti or Pulka. My Dad is a specialist in this and I am happy to do justice to it. Do try it out and you are welcome to post the pics here.

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Half Boil Egg Omelette - How-to?

Half Boil Egg Omelette by Vinayaka Vidhya cooked on April 20, 2014

Prep time: 2 Minutes | Cook time: 5 Minutes | Total time: 7 Minutes
Serve: 2 (Servings) | Calories per serving: 66 | Fat per serving: 4 g
Recipe Category: Omelette | Recipe Cuisine: Indian (Half Boil) & French (Fried Eggs)

Ingredients:
Egg: 2
Pepper: To taste
Salt: To taste

Instructions:

1. Heat up a nonstick skillet in medium heat. Apply butter and let it slowly met. Crack the Egg into the skillet. (Make sure the Egg yolk is not broken and the shell is completely removed.)

2. Sprinkle salt and pepper on the topside of the the Egg.

3. When the edges become brown and crisp, transfer the Half Boil Egg Omelette to a bowl or plate slowly.

Watch the video...

#Tips:
#1: Crack the egg slowly into skillet to get round shape Half Boil.
#2: Add more butter if you like to put on weight.

Half Boil Egg Omelette is a common dish in South India. In fact, it is called as a Bachelor Dish over roadside shops. Do try it out and you are welcome to post the pics here.

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Ginger Garlic Paste (Homemade) - இஞ்சி பூண்டு விழுது - How-to?

Ginger Garlic Paste (Homemade) - இஞ்சி பூண்டு விழுது by Vinayaka Vidhya cooked on April 16, 2014

Prep time: 5 Minutes | Cook time: 5 Minutes | Total time: 10 Minutes
Serve: (depends on the usage) | Calories per serving (1 tbsp): 10 | Fat per serving: 1 g
Recipe Category: Flavoring | Recipe Cuisine: Indian and Thai

Ingredients:
Ginger: 1
Garlic: 4 Cloves

Instructions:

1. Peel off skin of Ginger and Garlic skin and add it to a blender. (Peeling off Garlic skin is a headache. To do it easily follow the tips shared in our video).

2. Blend it slowly until the paste becomes smooth. Add oil if you want to preserve the paste for more than a month.
3. Transfer it to an airtight container and store it in the fridge.

Watch the video...

#Tips:
#1: Add water in case if the paste is not smooth. (This will decrease the lifetime of the paste.)
#2: Add oil if you want to preserve the paste for more than a month.
#3: Use green chilli in case if you want to make the paste spicy.

Ginger Garlic Paste is an important item in Indian Dishes. It transforms the flavor of the recipe to a higher level. Do try it out and you are welcome to post the pics here.

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Ragi Mudde - Ragi Sangati - Ragi Kali - How-to?

Ragi Mudde - Ragi Sangati - Ragi Kali by Vinayaka Vidhya cooked on April 13, 2014

Prep time: 20 Minutes | Cook time: 25 Minutes | Total time: 45 Minutes
Serve: 2 Servings (4 in number) | Calories per serving: 341 | Fat per serving: 1.7 g
Recipe Category: Ragi Dish | Recipe Cuisine: Karnataka, Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu

Ingredients:
Ragi Flour: 1/2 Cup
Rice: 1 Cup
Water: 5 Cups
Salt: to taste

Instructions:

1. Soak the rice in a cup of water for twenty minutes. Take a cooking pan. Add 5 cups of water and boil it.

2. Add soaked rice to it. Cook briefly.

3. Add salt and stir it well. Add Ragi Flour on the top of it as shown in the video. Allow it to cook for two to three minutes.

4. Use Wooden "Mathu" to mix it well.

5. Take two spatula full of Ragi Kali into a Chatti or any round bowl. Rotate it clockwise first and then anti-clockwise to make it a perfect round shaped ball.

Serve it hot with a curry of your choice. (It goes well with karuvadu kulambu or with any non-veg curry.)

Watch the video...

#Tips:
#1: I love the taste of Ragi and so I used 3/4 cups of Ragi. This gives us more color.
#2: In case if you need water at the time of mixing, use boiled water.
#3: Use water to clean the bowl while making Ragi Kali Ball.
#4: This is a very good dish for diabetics patient. It helps to control the sugar level.

Note: This was taught by my mother. Please have a look at the pictures clicked by my brother and she used broken rice, Chatti and homemade ragi flour.

Ragi Kali | Ingredients | Instructions

#DoYouKnow: Ragi Mudde also Ragi Sangati or Ragi Kali is a meal in Karnataka, Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu in India. It is a very healthy dish. However nowadays people prefer rice over Ragi Kali. This dish is appreciated by Sarav as one of the best dishes cooked by me. Try it out and you are welcome to post the pics here.

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Chapathi - Roti - Indian Flatbread - How-to?

Chapathi by Vinayaka Vidhya cooked on April 9, 2014

Prep time: 45 Minutes | Cook time: 15 Minutes | Total time: 1 Hour
Serve: 2 Servings (8 in number) | Calories per serving: 68 | Fat per serving: 0.62 g
Recipe Category: Roti | Recipe Cuisine: South Asia

Ingredients:
Wheat Flour: 2 1/2 cups
Salt: to taste
Sugar1/4 tbsp

Instructions:

1. Take a wide bowl. Add 2 cups of wheat flour, 1/4 tbsp of sugar and salt to taste. Add 1 cup of water and stir until it is fully combined. Once the dough is ready, leave it untouched for 30 minutes.

2. Divide the dough into small balls. Take one dough at a time. Press the dough with fingers first and sprinkle flour on it.

3. Roll the dough with a rolling pin until it becomes thin and flat. In case if the dough sticks to the rolling pin, sprinkle a little amount of flour on it. Heat the pan well. Cook the chapathi on both sides until it blisters on its surface.

4. Leave until it becomes fluffy (as in video). Remove the chapathi and place it in a foil covered bowl.

Watch the video...

#Tips:
#1: Adding sugar keeps the dough soft and helps to combine it well.
#2: Leaving the dough untouched for 30 minutes makes the chapathi soft and easy to tear while eating.

#DoYouKnow: The word 'Chapati' means "flattened round" in Indian languages. Chapati is noted in Ain-i-Akbari, a 16th-century document, by Mughal Emperor, Akbar’s vizier, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. Chapathi is an unleavened flatbread (also known as roti) from India, Nepal and Pakistan. It is a common staple of cuisine in South Asia as well as amongst South Asian expatriates throughout the world. and this goes well with all types of Indian gravies. Chapathi with green peas masala made our dinner divine. Try it out and you are welcome to post the pics here.

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Strawberry Milkshake How-to?

Strawberry Milkshake by Vinayaka Vidhya cooked on April 6, 2014

Prep time: 10 Minutes | Cook time: 5 Minutes | Total time: 15 Minutes
Serve: 2 Servings | Calories per serving: 340 | Fat per serving: 15g
Recipe Category: Milkshake | Recipe Cuisine: United States

Ingredients:
Milk: 2 cups
Strawberry: 7 - 8
Sugar cubes: 8 - 10

Instructions:

1. Boil the milk in a vessel and allow it to cool. Slice the strawberry into medium pieces and keep it aside.

2. Transfer the milk into a blender jar, add sugar cubes and strawberry to it.

3. Blend the mixture well until it becomes smooth and thick.

5. Transfer it to a glass, decorate it with strawberry and serve it chilled.

#Tips: You can also add a scoop of vanilla ice cream to milkshake or add whipped cream on top of milkshake to make it divine.

Strawberry Milkshake is a great drink on a hot day. This drink is suited for all ages as the color attracts the kids and the taste make adults go mad with strawberry and for romantics like us, it lifts the mood. Since it is boiling in India, my brother asked me to post this dish and is certified by my hubby. Try it out and you are welcome to post the pics here.

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Cheese onion strawberry frittata - How-to?

Cheese onion strawberry frittata by Vinayaka Vidhya cooked on April 02, 2014

Prep time: 10 Minutes | Cook time: 20 Minutes
Total time: 30 Minutes | Serve: 2 Servings

Calories per serving: 115 | Fat per serving: 3g

Recipe Category: Omelette | Recipe Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients:

Egg: 6

Salt: 3 pinch

Turmeric Powder: 1 pinch

Butter: 2 tbsp

Strawberry: 2 - 3

Tomato: 3 slices

Onion: 8 - 9 rings

Green Chilles: 1

Cheese: 2 sheets

Instructions:

1. Take 6 eggs and crack the eggs into a bowl. Add 3 pinch of salt and 1 pinch of Turmeric powder to it.

2. Beat the egg until they turn pale yellow color generating bubbles. Keep it aside. Slice a tomato into three or four pieces and cut one onion into two or three pieces (8 - 9 rings), preferably rings of smaller size. Cut strawberry into small slices and cut green chillies into small pieces after removing the seeds.

3. Heat up the pan first in low flame and then spread 2 tbsp of butter over it. Pour in the beaten egg into a round shape and cook it briefly. Make sure the top is still juicy and the bottom is yellow in color.

5. Transfer it to a plate. Then place the cheese (sliced) on the edges of the omelette and the other in the center. Place the onion rings and tomatoes alternatively. Add green chillies here and there and decorate it with strawberry. Finally, spray tomato ketchup and mayonnaise to make it colorful. Pre-heat oven at 200 for three minutes, then place the plate inside the oven for six to eight minutes.

6. Remove the plate carefully from oven and serve it hot.

#DoYouKnow: Cheese onion strawberry frittata is an Italian dish made with beaten eggs, onions and green chiillies. It's easy to cook sweet and tastes heavenly.

Note: This dish was certified by my hubby and was given 10 out 10 marks by him. Try it out and you are welcome to post the pics here.

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