Pasta in White Sauce

Ingredients:

  Pasta - 250 gms

  Milk - 1/2 l

  Maida - 2 -3 tbsp

  Oregano - 1 tbsp

  Garlic pods - 5-8(finely chopped)

  Onion - 1 

  Capsicum - 1

  Carrot - 1

  Butter - 1 tbsp

  Salt and pepper - As Reqd

  Olive Oil, Water - As Reqd

Method:

Boil milk, add maida, oregano, salt, pepper  and mix nicely, without lumps.
Add water with a spoon of oil and boil pasta and keep aside.
In a pan add butter, olive oil fry lots of garlics, onions, capsicum, carrot.
Add pasta and cream, check salt & pepper, turn it off at desired consistency.
You can add grated cheese (optional).

Thanks Sumathy for this recipe.

Soya Chunks Manchurian

Ingredients:

  Soya chunks - 1 cup

  Maida - 1 tbsp

  Red Chilly powder - 1 tbsp

  Ginger Garlic paste - 1/2 tbsp

  Onion - 1 (finely chopped)

  Tomato Sauce - 1-2 tbsp

  Soya sauce - 1/2 tsp

  Green Chilly - 1 -2(chopped) 

  Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

  Soak soya granules in hot water and squeeze the water. 
  Marinate it with maida, red chillie powder, ginger garlic paste and salt.
  And deep fry and keep aside.
  Heat oil, add onion, green chillies, tomato sauce, soya sauce and saute.
  Now add deep fried soya balls and garnish with coriander leaves.

Thanks Priya for the recipe.

Green Peas Chat

Ingredients:

For Gravy:

Green peas - 1 cup(soak overnight)

Coriander powder- 1 tbsp

Ginger - small piece

Garlic - 4-5  

Green chilly - 3-4

Salt - As reqd

Temper - Cumin seeds, hing, mint leaves.

For Poori:

White Rava - 1 cup

Wheat flour - 1 cup

Salt - As reqd

Oil - To fry pooris and for gravy.

Onion - 1 (finely Chopped)

Carrot - 1 (grated)

Method:

Soak green peas overnight. Boil it with 1 tbsp coriander powder. 
Ground ginger, garlic and green chillies to paste.
Heat oil, add tempering items and grounded paste and saute nicely. 
Then add the boiled peas. Gravy ready.
Mix white rava and wheat flour equal qty and prepare the dough like you make for chapati. 
Roll it to a big chapati. Then with small lid cut it and deep fry pooris.
Now u put it in a plate. Add the gravy, chopped onion, coriander and grated carrot and serve.
If you want bael pori replace pori instead of pooris. Enjoy the chat.


Thanks Priya for the recipe.

Coconut Sweet

Ingredients:

  Coconut - 1 cup(grated)

  Sugar - 1 cup

  Elaichi powder - a pinch

Batter: 

 Maida - 1 cup

 Rice flour - 1 tbsp

 Salt - a pinch

 Water - As reqd

Method:

   Take a bowl and add grated coconut,sugar and elachi powder and Keep aside.
   Make a batter with listed items (it should be of idly maav consistency).
   Make dosas with this batter and cook only one side.
   Now in the middle keep the coconut mixing and fold two side. 
   To enhance taste use ghee and serve hot.

Thanks Priya for this recipe.

Rasagulla(Mini)

Ingredients:

Homemade Paneer

For Syrup:

Sugar - Less than 1/2 cup

Water - 1/4 cup

Elaichi Powder - Little

Pista - 3-6 (thin slices)

Method :

Now take your homemade paneer and knead it nicely for 5-8 mins and keep the dough aside.
Make small size balls out of it (as it doubles up in size once put in syrup).
Take a heavy bottom pan add sugar and water and stir till the sugar dissolves.
Now keep the fire in low range and add elaichi powder.
Once water starts to boil, add the paneer balls.
Cover it with lid and cook for 5-8 mins.
Garnish with pista and serve chill mini rasagullas.