Showing posts with label healthy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy. Show all posts

Saturday, January 10, 2015

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.




Sunday, December 28, 2014

Drumstick Curry

Drumstick Curry served hot with steamed rice

Drumstick Curry

Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins
Serving: 2 person

Ingredients:
Drumsticks- 2
Potato- 1(Optional)
Onion- 2 medium sized
Garlic- 2 cloves
Ginger- 1 inch piece
Cumin seeds- a pinch
Fenugreek Seeds- a pinch
Mustard seeds- a pinch
Fennel- a pinch
Bay leaves- 2
Elaichi- 1
Black pepper(Freshly Roasted & Crushed)-1/2 table spoon
Green chillies- 1 (You can add more if you like spicy veggies)
Coriander Powder- 1/2 table spoon
Cumin powder (Freshly Roasted & Crushed)- 1/2 table spoon
Turmeric powder- 1/2 table spoon
Mustard oil- 4 table spoon
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander leaves for garnishing


Method:
 1. Cut the drumsticks into small pieces after removing the outer tough covering with the help of a sharp knife, keep them aside after washing thoroughly with water.
2. Chop the potatoes into small cubes, wash and keep aside.
Cut veggies

3. In a grinder take onion, garlic, ginger, chilly and make a fine paste.
4. In a pan take oil and when the oil is warm enough add cumin seeds, fennel, bay leaves, mustard seeds, crushed elaichi, crushed black pepper, fenugreek seeds to it. As they start cracking add the grinder's paste to the pan and fry.
 
Condiments

5. Fry the paste till it start leaving the sides of the pan.
6. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt to it and mix well.
Condiments getting fried nicely
7. When the sides of the pan start leaving oil, add vegetables to it and mix nicely.
fried veggies full of aroma

8. Cover them with  a lid and let it cook on a low flame.
5. After 2-3 minutes check the veggies and add 2 cup water and cover with a lid, let it cook for the drumsticks and potatoes to get soften.

6. Check after 4-5 minutes, if the water has reduced to 3/2 cup & veggies have turned soft switch the flame off. Add the freshly prepared cumin powder on top and stir gently and again put the lid.
7. After a minute or so take the vegetable out in a serving bowl and garnish with fresh coriander leaves.

Enjoy the curry with steamed rice.
You are all set to have a delicious meal :)