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Friday, September 26, 2014

Aloo Palak Paratha / Potato Spinach Paratha

The story of healthy cooking continues. This time the focus is on greens. And what best than spinach. It’s an easy tiffin food for kids.


Ingredients

Whole wheat flour – 2 cups
Besan /Gram flour – 1/3 cup
Boiled potato – 2, well smashed
Spinach leaf – 1 cup, finely cut
Green chilli – 2 finely chopped
Curd – 4 tbsp
Oil – 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil for cooking

Method

1.      Knead all the ingredient to a dough ( if the dough is watery add the flour and if the dough is dry add more curd).
2.      Take big lemon size portion of the dough.
3.      Lightly flour the surface and roll it into a thick paratha.
4.      Heat a nonstick roti pad/tava. 
5.       Cook both sides on a tava (griddle) in medium heat till both sides a cooked properly.
6.      Apply little oil on the paratha and serve hot.
7.      With this dough, you will be able to make about 10 paratha.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Whole Wheat Vanilla Cup Cake

Making wheat cake was not by intention but it was due to sheer compulsion. I had promised my little one that I will make cupcakes in the morning and pack it in his tiffin box. I was confident enough that I had all the ingredients at home. 

Today morning as a started my day in the kitchen at 5.30am, the first thing was to make the cupcake mixture and put it in the oven, so that I can continue with my other works.  Half asleep I started mixing for the cake mixture starting with butter, sugar and egg. Now came the turn to add the flour, when I opened the flour container, it was empty. This point I could not back out, so the most easily available flour in any Indian kitchen is wheat flour.  Immediately replaced the regular flour to whole wheat flour, but when I mixed in the batter, it was a little thick, so there came in milk as a handy thinner.

But after all this the end result was absolutely mind-blowing. So it was easy, simple and healthy. And the kid loved it. What else does a mother want?



Ingredients

Whole wheat flour – 100gm
Caster sugar – 100gm
Butter – 70gm
Egg – 1
Milk – ¼ cup
Vanilla essence – ½ tsp.
Baking powder – ½ tsp.
Yellow food color – 2 drops

Method

1.      Preheat the oven to 180 degree C.
2.      Mix and sift flour and baking powder.
3.      In a bowl, whisk together sugar and butter, till it mixes together.
4.      To this add the egg and mix till the mixture is fluffy.
5.      Now add the flour mixture mix till it combines.
6.      Finally add in the vanilla essence and color and mix well.
7.      Line the cupcake mold with cupcake liner (paper).
8.      Pour about 1tbsp mixture on each mold. It will make about 9 cupcakes.
9.      Cake at 180 degree C for about 15 min.
10.  Once it is done transfer it to a cooling rack.
11.  Enjoy this healthy cupcake. 

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Dal Vada / Parupu Vada

Parupu vada is a snack specially made in south India.  You can also call it the street food of south India.  Especially in Kerala you will find it at every tea stall.

In the monsoon if you are in Kerala and if it is raining, stop at any road side tea stall and try the combination of  a hot cup of tea with these vadas.  It is amazing.

I learnt it from my mother-in-law. I can never reach to that standard. It is soft from inside and crispy from outside. She made it as evening snacks. So, this time I also made it for my kids as an evening snack which they relished after their play time.




Ingredients

Channa Dal – 1 cup ( socked in water for about 5 hrs)
Onion – 1 finely chopped
Green chilly – 2 finely chopped
Ginger – 1 tsp finely chopped
Curry leaves – 10 finely chopped
Asafetida – ½ tsp
Salt as per taste
Oil to fry

Method

1.      Drain out the water completely from the soaked dal and grind it coarsely (there should be few whole dal left.  Please don’t make it into a paste.
2.      Mix all the ingredient except the oil.
3.      Take small lemon size portion of this mixture, make a small ball and flatten them between your palms.
4.      Similarly, make all the vadas and keep it on a plate to fry.
5.      Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan.  
6.      Deep fry the vada till it is golden brown( approx. 5 min)
7.      Now remove and drain the excess oil on a paper towel. 
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