Stuffed Tomato & Capsicum

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Preparation time: 20 mins

Cooking time: 25 mins

Serving: 2 person

Ingredients:

For Potato Stuffing-

Potato boiled and mashed: 2 cup

Onion chopped: 1 small

Green chilly chopped: 2 large

Tomato pulp:of 4 tomatoes which we have hollowed for stuffing in aloo masala

Coriander powder: 1 table spoon

Turmeric powder: 1/4 tea spoon

Cumin seeds: 1/5 tea spoon

Desi ghee/oil: 2 table spoon

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves chopped

For Tomato & Capsicum Covering-

Tomato washed and hollowed by taking out all the pulp: 4

Capsicum washed and hollowed by taking out all the seeds: 3 table spoon

Salt: a pinch

Turmeric powder: a pinch

Method:

For Potato Stuffing -
1. Take mashed potato in a bowl.

2. Take a pan with desi ghee warm it.

3. Add cumin seeds and chillies to it.

4. Now,add chopped onions to it and fry.

5. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt and tomato pulp to it and fry till it sticks to the pan and leaves oil from sides.

6. Add mashed potato and mix well.

7. Sprinkle coriander leaves and keep it side to get cool down.

Lets make Bharawaa Tamatar aur Shimla Mirch-

1. Hollow the pulp and seeds from tomato and capsicum.

2. Stuff the hollowed tomato and capsicum with potato filling.

3. Shallow fry these stuffed tomatoes and capsicum.

4. Serve it when the outer covering is soft with onion slices and lemon and coariander leaves. 

Enjoy the delicious, smokey "Stuffed Tomato & Capsicum" with chapati:) 

Kadhayi Paneer with mouth watering Daal ke Parathe

Daal Parathe with Kadhayi Paneer

 

Kadhayi Paneer with mouth watering Daal ke Parathe

Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serving: 2 person

Ingredients:
For Kadhayi Paneer-

 Cottage cheese/Paneer: 200 gram

Medium sized onion (cut in cubes) : 2

Medium sized green capsicum (cut in cubes): 1

Medium sized tomato (cut in cubes): 2

Ginger: 2 inc piece (Crushed roughly)

Green chilly: 2 (Crushed roughly)

Turmeric powder: 1/2 tea spoon

Kasoori methi: 1/2 tea spoon

Cumin seeds

Oil: 5 tea spoon

Salt: to taste

For Kadhayi Paneer Masaala-

Coriander seeds: 2 table spoon

Bay Leaves: 2

Cloves: 2

Elaichi: 1

Black paper: 6-7

Cumin seeds: 2 table spoon

For Daal ke Parathe-

I had a cup of left over daal in my fridge, so I thought of utilizing it by making nice flavorful parathe out of it :) 

For this I needed the following ingredients:

Wheat flour: 1 cup

Gram flour (besan): 2 table spoon

Kasoori methi: 1/2 table spoon

Ajwain: 1/2 tea spoon

Small sized onion (finely chopped): 1

Red chilly powder: 1/4 tea spoon

Salt: 1/4 tea spoon

Oil: 1 tea spoon (for kneading the dough)

Oil: for making the parathe

Method:

For Kadhayi Paneer Masaala-

1. Keep a pan on the flame and when the pan is warn enough let all the condiments poured in it.

2. Keep stirring them all the time by keeping the flame on simmer.

3. When a nice aroma starts coming out from the pan's condiment, they have been roasted nicely.

4. Switch the flame off and let the condiments get cooled down to room temperature.

5. When they are at room temperature, grind them coarsely and keep aside to be used later.

Coarsely grind condiments

For Kadhayi Paneer-

1. In a pan take oil and switch the flame on to high flame, add cumin seeds.

2. when the cumin seeds start spluttering, bring the flame to medium and add ginger and chilly.

3. Keep stirring the mixture for 30 seconds.

4. Meanwhile cut the cottage cheese into small pieces (as you like the shape and size) and keep aside.

5. Add onion followed by capsicum keep stirring them.

Onions tossed

Capsicum added

6. When the onions are turning pink in color add tomatoes and cover it for a minute.

Tomatoes added

7. Open the lid and add turmeric powder and salt to it.

8. Let it simmer for one more minute.

9. Now, add the paneer cuber into it and the kadhayi paneer masala prepared along with kasoori methi; mix well with light hands so that the paneer is not broken.

Cottage cheese added

10. Cover with a lid and let it simmer for 2 minutes by adding some water (I used just 1/4th cup of water; you may add water as to how thick you want the gravy to be).

11. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and ginger julienne.

Kadhayi Paneed is ready!!

For Daal ke Parathe-

1. Take a bowl and mix all the ingredients for preparing the dough for parathe.

2. When the dough has been prepared, keep it aside for 15-20 mins to rest.

3. Now make small pede from the dough and roll it in round or triangular shaped parathe (as you wish to make them).

4. On a heated tava place the nicely rolled paratha and cook it untill it turns out nice and crisp from both the sides by applying some oil over its both the surfaces.

Daal Paratha

 You parathe are ready to serve with nice aromatic Kadhayi Paneer. You can accompany it with some sweetened curd  or chaach as you like it. :) :)

Note:

1. You can use Soya Tofu in place of Paneer as it is rich in protein, less in fat and if thought economically a cheaper option to cottage cheese.

Bizza: Bread Pizza !!

Bizza: Bread Pizza !! (On Tava)

Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
Serving: 2 person

Ingredients:
4 Bread: any type you want (I used Hot Dog bread)
1/2 Capsicum : small diced
1 Onion: finely chopped
1 Tomato: Finely chopped (without pulp)
Mozzarella Cheese: 1 cup (grated)
Oregano: As per taste
Chilly flakes: As per taste
Black pepper powder: As per taste
Pizza spread

Method:
 1.Take the bread and put it on a pre-heated tava on low flame.
 2. When the breads become crispy on the side that was kept on tava, turn the flame off and take out the breads on a plate.
3. Apply pizza spread on the side (which has turned crispy) of all the breads.
4. Now place the cut veggies on top of the spread in a way that each bread gets veggies evenly distributed on them.

4. Sprinkle oregano, chilly flakes and black pepper powder on the breads.
5. Cover the breads with grated cheese.
6. Put the breads on per-heated tava on lowest flame in such a way that all the topping face upward and cover the tava with lid.
7. After 2mins check if the cheese has melt; if not keep it covered for 1 more min and check again.
8. When the cheese is melted put the breads on serving plate.
9. Sprinkle some seasoning on top.
 

Enjoy nice crisp Bizza with sauce...tastes delicious!! :)

Note:

1. You can use corns, broccoli, mushrooms, paneer, soya chunks, green peas or whatever veggies you like for toppings.

Oats Wrap

This is a quick breakfast recipe and can be packed for kids in their lunch as well.

Preparation Time: 10 mins.

Cooking Time: 10 mins.

Serving: 2 Person.

 

Ingredients:

For wrap:

Fine Wheat Flour: 2 fist full 

Salt: a pinch

Refined oil: 2 tbl spoon

Refined oil: for greecing the wrap
Water for kneading the dough

                                                                                                                                     

Filling:

Spring onion: 1 medium sized

Colorful Capsicum (mix of Red/Yellow/Green): 1cup                  

Paneer (Better use Tofu for nutrition): 50 gm diced

Oats: 100 gm packet     

Tomato sauce: 2 Tbl spoon

Black pepper powder: to taste        
Grated cheese: 1 cup

Tabasco: 4-5 drops

Refined Oil: for saute

Red chilly powder: to taste

Salt: to taste

Method:

For wrap:

Mix the ingredients and kneed it properly to make a soft dough. Divide the dough in 4 parts and make chapatis with each portion. While chapati is getting cooked on the pan greece it with little oil and flip quickly to greece the other side of the chapati. Smilarly prepare all the four chapatis. Keep them soft and keep aside.

For Filling:

Take a pan add some refined oil & add chopped onion and capsicum. Saute it for a minute for the onion and capsicum to get soften. When they are a bit softer add paneer cubes and oats to it and tempering it with tomato sauce, tabasco, red chilly powder and salt. Add some water for oats to get cooked. When oats are cooked which takes one minute sprinkle black pepper powder and mix the oats well and keep in a seperate bowl.

Assembling:

Take one wrap flatten it on a plain surface. Take two spoon full of Oats mixture and set on the wrap aligning it longitudinally in the center. Spread cheese all over it and fold the chapati into a wrap so that the oats mixture is not dropping out. Cover it with Butter paper and a silver foil if has to be used later or enjoy instantly.

Note: 

1. Do not over cook the capsicum & onion they are good in taste when left a bit crunchy. 

2. Do not over cook the oats.