Breakfast with strawberries

Sunday breakfast. Low calories, low carbs, tangy, crunchy. Cornflakes, yogurt, papaya, pomegranate, strawberries and a dab of honey. Yum!

What's yours?

Carrot salad and mango slit

Winter and fresh carrots are plenty available. I love raw salads for brunch and sometimes for lunch. Its low calorie and gives you enough nourishment.

Carrot salad
Ingredients

Fresh carrots 5
Green chilli 2
Ginger a tiny piece
Fresh coriander leaves a few
Lemon extract a little

For the tempering

Mustard 1/4 tsp
Coconut oil 1/2 tsp
Red chilli broken into halves.

Tips

Peel and grate or chop carrots.

Use non spicy green chillies.

Method

In a bowl mix in grated carrots, green chillies, coriander leaves, salt and lemon extract.

In a small pan pour oil add mustard seeds, allow it to crackle. Add red chilli.

Pour the tempering on top of the carrot salad. Mix in.

Raw mango slit

Ingredients

Tothapuri mango 1
Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp
Salt as required

Method

Wash cut and make thin slices, further slit, enjoy with red chilli powder and salt.

Egg omelette with vegetables

I like to play with different textures are colours. Today tried a simple omelette but I created the dish in a very different way. Voila, Sid liked it too!

Egg omelette with vegetables

Ingredients

Egg 2
Tomato 1
Onion 1
Red amaranth a few
Onion shoots a few
Butter a little
Red chilli powder a pinch
Salt a little

Tips

Use fresh greens

Beat the eggs well

Method

In a heated tawa place butter once its melted add onion, tomato, greens, and onion shoots. Until onion turns into translucent. Add red chilli powder, salt and stir fry. Pour beaten eggs around the vegetables. Let it cook in slow flame.  Fold egg layers on top of vegetables and cook for a few minutes. Remove in a serving plate and serve hot. It tastes yum!

Rice paper rolls and cheese vegetables

Dinner for Aru. Few rice paper rolls, one boiled egg, carrot, broccoli, tomatoes, mushrooms, ginger, garlic with herbs, baLsamic vinegar and hand crushed pepper and salt.Garnish with parsley leaves.

Peas, carrot aur aloo subzi

Winter is the perfect weather when we get plenty of fresh sweet pea. I love fresh peas. Those lovely shells with whole peas.

I bought the long carrots known as Delhi carrots, peas and other vegetables.

Sunday being a very busy day, peeling, chopping and storing vegetables for the week.

Mattar, carrot aur aloo ki subzi
Ingredients

Fresh mattar 2 cups
Boiled aloo/potatoes 2
Carrot 1

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Garam masala 1/2 tsp (freshly ground)
Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

For tempering

Peanut oil 1 tsp
Jeera 1/2 tsp

Tips

Use fresh mattar as its very tender, sweet and tastes great.

Mattar, carrot aur aloo ki subzi
Method

*shell out peas, use tender shells also for the subzi.

*Boil and peel off the potatoes.

*Peel and chop carrot.

*In a heated kadai pour oil, add jeera,let it splutter.

*Add chopped pea shell, peas, chopped carrot and cook for 5 minutes.

*Add turmeric and salt mix in.

*Add boiled potatoes, garam masala and gently toss.

*Add red chilli powder and adjust salt.

*Finally add freshly made garam masala and mix in.

*Serve with rice or phulkas.

Red amaranth pakoda

Garma garam Red Amaranthus pakoda for evening snack.

I have harvested a few greens from terrace garden.

Red amaranth pakoda
Ingredients

Chana dal - a handful

Urad dal - 3 tbsp

Tuvar dal - 3 tbsp

Moong dal - 2 tbsp

Raw rice - 2 tbsp

Besan - 1 tbsp

Green chillies - 2

Ginger a small piece

Onion - 2

Garlic a few pods

Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp

Saunf  - 1/2 tsp

Red amaranth, ajwain, pudina - a few leaves each

Red amaranth pakoda
Tips

Use fresh leaves

Add very less water while you make batter, for golden crispy pakodas.

Red amaranth pakoda
Method

Soak dals and rice for about an hour.

Grind to a smooth batter by adding two green chilies and a small piece ginger.

Mix to  chopped greens like red spinach, ajwain leaves and pudina.

Chop and add two onion, one small piece ginger, a few pods garlic, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder and finally add a teaspoon saunf.

Mix well add a little basan powder if the batter is not thick.

Heat oil and carefully add a few pakodas and take it in kitchen paper napkins.

Enjoy pakoda with freshly made tea or coffee.

Hara bhara patties for burgers

Evening snack has to something really interesting for kids. Don't they expect some drool worthy snacks. Kids don't care whether it's healthy, nutritious or has all the essential nutrients their body need.

The challenge is there to create food appealing to their senses, taste good and equally nutrient rich.

Well, here is a patties which match to all that we want our kids to enjoy.

Hara bhara patties
Ingredients

Fresh peas 1 cup

Fresh coriander leaves 2 tbsp

Potato large 1

Green chilli 2

Peanuts a handful

Besan 2 tbsp

Salt as required

Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp

Turmeric 1/4 tsp

Sesame seeds 2 tsp

Hara bhara patties
Tips

Use fresh peas as it gives body, texture and volume to patties. Which is easily available during winter season.

Use good quality potato, we are not going to boil it, we will grate and mix in with other spices.

Hara bhara patties :
Method

Wash, peel and grate potato, keep aside.

Grind peas, green chillies, coriander leaves in mixer, we will make coarse paste.

Coarsely powder peanuts. Keep aside

In a bowl mix in grated potato, peas paste, peanut powder, sesame seeds, besan, red chilli powder, turmeric, garam masala,  salt  and use a ladle to mix in. Use hands if needed.

We are not going to add water as peas and potato has enough water, we are going to bind them with peanut and besan powder.

Keep the dough for 30 minutes. Make small patties using hands.

Pour a little olive oil in kadai, shallow fry patties until golden brown. Place them on a kitchen napkin, let it absorb excess oil.

Make a few as I am sure like my kids asked for more patties your kidoos will also enjoy the tasty, yummy patties.

These patties can be filled inside burger buns. I cut burger buns into half, placed a slice of cheese, placed a pattie, sliced onion and tomato, filled them and served. While after a bite one more pattie silently went inside the bun!! 

A little mustard sauce will make it more delicious, I think! 

Happy kidoos, happy mom!!