Besan ka Cheela - Healthy breakfast Recipe

How to make Semiya Upma | Breakfast Recipes

Upma is a hot favorite breakfast food! Originally from South India, this tasty dish can be eaten for breakfast, brunch or as a snack and is so wholesome you can even make a meal of it! Upma is originally made with coarse semolina. Try my easy recipe for Upma made with Sevai or vermicelli. You'll love it!

 Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup sevia/ vermicelli
• 2 tbsps vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking oil
• 5-6 curry leaves
• 2 green chillies slit lengthwise
• 1" piece of ginger grated
• 3/4 tsp mustard seeds
• 2 medium-sized onions chopped fine
• 2 medium tomatoes chopped fine
• Salt to taste
• 2 cups hot water
• Pinch of turmeric powder
• Juice of 1/2 a lime
• Chopped coriander to garnish

Preparation:

 

 

• Heat a griddle or flat pan on a medium flame and dry roast the vermicelli lightly till it turns a pale golden brown. Stir frequently. Once done, remove onto a tray or platter and keep aside.
• Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and green chillies. When the spluttering stops, add the grated ginger and stir well. Cook for 1 minute.
• Add the onion and fry till translucent and soft.
• Add the tomatoes and cook till soft.
• Add the hot water, turmeric and salt to taste and bring to a boil.
• Add the roasted vermicelli/ sevia, a little at a time, stirring constantly to prevent any lumps from forming.
• Simmer and cook till the Upma is like a very thick porridge. Turn off the fire.
• Squeeze the lime juice over the Upma and mix well.
• Garnish with chopped coriander and serve piping hot. I love to eat Sevai Upma with freshly prepared Mint-Coriander Chutney!

Delicious Aloo Palak Paratha

 

Stuffed Parathas have always been our favourite …As I have already mentioned in my aloo paratha recipe, we were first introduced to the wonderful authentic parathas when we were in Gurgaon. We used to go to Haridwar for bath in the holy ganges. We would never miss the chance of accompanying our friends and relatives to Haridwar or any of the other places which fell in that route. The purpose of going everytime to the same place again and again was a secret… hehe.. We simply adored the parathas for which we used to halt at some highway dhaba for breakfast. The big, tasty aloo parathas with pure desi ghee /clarified butter almost dripping….Ah we were kids that time so the calories didn’t count ,but now one cannot afford to eat such rich parathas. Though I still continue to make and eat them too but I don’t include much of the fats and make them the healthy way. So I think this next recipe which I am posting, will tell you that parathas can be healthy as well as lip smacking.

I had seen this recipe in a Sanjeev kapoor recipe book long ago when I was browsing in the local library. It was something different and more creative than the usual stuffed parathas. The stuffing used in the recipe was actually paneer. I once made them using potatoes, carrots and peas for the stuffing. This time , I used potatoes as my sis loves anything with potatoes. Whatever may be the stuffing, the unique thing in this is about the dough. So find it out from the recipe given below.

Ingredients-
For stuffing
Potatoes-4
Kasoori methi-1tsp
Turmeric powder-A pinch
Red chilly powder-1tsp
coriander powder-1tsp
Salt to taste

Aloo Palak Paratha

For the Dough
Wheat flour- 2cups
Palak/spinach- A small bunch
Ginger garlic green chilly paste- 1tsp
Salt- 1/2tsp
oil-1-2tsp

Ghee/clarified butter- to apply on the parathas

Method-
For the stuffing
Pressure cook the potatoes till they are soft enough to mash them completely(without any lumps). Add the remaining spices and mix well together. The stuffing should be dry. If you feel there is some moisture, add a tsp of besan/gram powder and mix well. Make small balls of the stuffing.

For the dough
Blanch the spinach. Blend it together with the garlic green chillies and ginger paste. Mix this with the wheat flour along with salt and knead it onto a dough. Add oil to make a smooth non sticky dough. Make balls out of the dough. The size of the ball should be slightly bigger than the balls you made with the stuffing.

Assembling them-
Roll a ball of dough into a small circle. Place a ball of stuffing in the centre. Seal it. Roll them into a thick large circle.
Heat a pan /girdle. When hot, place the paratha on it. Apply little ghee on the top. Cook on both the sides till small brown spots appear on them.
Serve immediately with some thick curd or pickle. It goes well with some tomato ketchup too. I served them with cucumber raitha.

Besan Ke Ladduu

Besan ladoo recipe !


I have made many times before, and I learn to make this by my sister.She already made this before and on "Ganesh Chaturthi".I called her to ask the recipe, first time i made n did pooja with laddu as prasad .And in the evening when i divide this prasad to mummy n papa they told its really tasty n good.
I thought.... oh Thank god... ganpati Bappa would have liked it too...and I said Thank to My sis...
when i taste it, I was also surprised because it was the first time I liked some self made and then i have started to make laddoo on Tuesday when i used to go temple.

I want to share my the recipe which is very easy to make tasty ladoo .Hope you will like it .

Besan ladoo recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |   Recipe Category: Sweet
Prep Time: 20 mins    |  Cook time: 20 mins    |  Makes: 10

Ingredients

Besan	1/2 cup
Powdered sugar	1/2 cup
Ghee	1/4 cup
Elachi	2
Nuts(optional)	For Garnish

Method

1. Roast besan well in medium flame with constant stirring until it turns deep golden brown in colour. Take care not to burn the flour, as well as make sure roasted well. Cool down and sieve it well.
2. Powder sugar with elachi and add to the roast flour in a mixing bowl. Melt ghee and add the hot ghee to it.
3. Mix well with a spatula and when it is warm enough to handle, make ladoos.

Chocolate Cake Recipe

Chocolate Cake...

For those who may be interested in recipe:

Ingredients All purpose flour - 1 1/4 cup
Cocoa powder (Unsweetened) - 3 tblsp
Baking powder - 2 tsp Sugar - 1 cup
Vanilla Extract - 2 tsp
Milk/Water - 1/2 cup Vegetable
oil/butter - 1/2 cup (1/2 cup = 1 stick of butter)
Eggs - 2

Method

1. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and sugar in a mixing bowl.
2. Beat the eggs and mix the vegetable oil/butter and milk/water with it.
3. Mix the dry and wet ingredients together using an electric mixer or by hand. 4. Transfer the contents to a baking pan and bake for 30- 45 minutes in an oven preheated to 350 degrees F. (Every oven differs. So the temperature and time also may change accordingly. If the cake starts browning too fast reduce the temperature. Insert a toothpick in the centre. If it comes out clean, the cake is done