Plastic chutney (Raw Papaya Chutney)

I brought raw papaya yesterday. I got this recipe on internet. Name sound really intersting na. Adapted from many side and choosen the best we can like. Khatta meeth taste of this chutney is amaizing. You can not guess its papaya if no one will tell you

Ingredients
Raw papata 250 gm
Sugar 300 gm
Water
Raisins 20
One pinch of salt
One pinch of turmaric powder
Lemon juice 2tps

Method
1. Peel the papaya and cut it into horizontal stripes.
2. Now cut thin slices of papaya strips. Try to cut as thin as possible
3. Heat the sauce pan. Add sugar and little water. Add papaya  and raisins into that
4. Add a pinch of salt and turmatic powder
5. Let papaya cooked properly. Add sugar water will become thick
6. Remove the pan from heat and add lemon juice.
7. Cool it and enjoy with your meal

Banana fritters

This is actually my mother in law's recipe. I love raw banana in way , its really tasty

Ingredients
Raw banana 4
Besan (gram flour)1 cup
Rice flour 1/4 cup
Red chilli powder 1 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste 1 1/2 tbsp
Garam masala 1/2 tbsp
Salt according to taste
Oil to fry

Method
* peel the banana cut it in thin long strips
* mix besan,red chilly,ginger garlic paste and salt in a bowl.
* mix water slowly and make thick paste
* dip banana strip in the mixture and leave it for some time
* heat the oil and fry these strips till golden brown.
* serve with chutney or sauce of your choice

Try it you will surely like it

Vegetable Penne Pasta with Tomato Herb Sauce

I am back to my kitchen after long time. Its harder to find time for cooking now because of baby but still I try to find time for cooking too. I missed cooking for last many month.

This time I made this layered pasta. It turned out really tasty herbs and coriander added really wonder in the dish. It was a nice change and perfect dinner for us

 Ingredients

For Pasta Layer

Penne Pasta 200gm

Olive oil 1tps

Salt according to taste

For Vegetable layer

½ cup mushroom

½ cup carrot

¼  cup beans

¼  cup baby corn

Other vegetable of your choice

1 tps oregano

½ tps thyme

For tomato herb sauce

3 tomatos chopped

1 onion chopped

2 green chilly chopped

8 to 10 clove garlic

1 ½ tps Thyme

½ tps mixed herb

½ tps chilly flakes

Top layer

½ cup chopped coriander

½ cup cheese grated

Method

• 1.       Boil pasta according to instruction on packet

For Tomato sauce

• 2.       Heat  2 tbsp of oil in a pan, add chopped garlic and green chilly
• 3.       Add chopped onion
• 4.       When onion will change its color, add chopped tomato.
• 5.       Cook tomatos till it become soft, now add little water
• 6.       Add thyme and mixed herd.
• 7.       Let it cook for another 5-7 minutes

For Vegetables Layer

• 8.       Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in the pan and add onion
• 9.       Now add all vegetables in the pan
• 10.   When vegetable are half cooked, add thyme, mixed herb, chilly flakes and salt
• 11.   Cook for another  5 min

Layering

• 12.   Take a microwave safe dish
• 13.   Add panne at bottom. Mix 2 tps olive oil in it
• 14.   Next make layer of vegetable
• 15.   Now add tomato sauce on top
• 16.   Now make a layer of chopped coriander
• 17.   On the top add  grated cheese
• 18.   Cook in microwave on High for 5  minute .

19.   Serve hot

An Angel arrived in my Life

I was not so active from last few months. I am going to disclose the reason today. I was pregnant. On 1^st of December I am blessed with an angle like daughter, Parnika. Being a mother is such a beautiful feeling you cannot describe in word. Your day and night belong to your child, but there is no tiredness or complaint in your mind. Doing work for your child really give a new level of satisfaction. 

Next few months will be similarly busy for me. I want to share my pregnancy experience with you all. I will write an article  on my  pregnancy experience , especially the diet I was following for healthy pregnancy. Everyone’s pregnancy is different but a healthy diet helps you in getting a healthy pregnancy and a healthy child.

Bye till next article, You might not get it very soon but I will surely try to be active on the blog.

Hot and Sweet Lotus Root and Baby Corn

I used to not like lotus stem a lot. But after prepared in this form I actually loving it. may be in I will try more recipes with lotus root.

Ingredients

250 gm Lotus root

8-10 baby corn

1 onion thin sliced

1 capsicum thin sliced

½ cup tomato sauce

3 tps chilly sauce

1 tps chilly flakes

2 tps honey

Salt according to taste

4 tbsp Corn flour

Oil to fry

Method

1. Cut lotus stem into long pieces and pressure cook for 1 or 2 vessels   
2. Cool lotus stem and Cut lotus stems into thin diagonal slices and put them in a bowl
3. Add 2 table spoon corn flour and salt in the lotus stem. Mix well.
4. Fry lotus Stem in sufficient oil.
5. Heat little oil in the pan.  Add onion and cook till it change color.
6. Now add capsicum and baby corn. Stir till both are cooked
7. Now add fried lotus stem. Mix well.
8. Add tomato sauce, chilly sauce, chilly flakes , Honey ,  salt and mix well.
9. Mix remaining corn flour in 1 cup water. Add this mixture to pan.
10. Cook for another 5 minutes.
11. Serve hot with rice or chapati  

Sending this recipe to Bookmarked Recipes Event by Aipi at US Masala

Black chickpeas Hot Dog

Again I am posting after long time. Its not that I am cooking these days but I am not getting time to post them. Today I made a healthy vegetarian version of hot dog. Because of chickpeas used in the hot dog it is high in Protein.

Ingredients

4 hot dog bun

For Cutlet

1 cup Black Chickpeas(Kala) chana
2 boiled potato
1 onion chopped
2 green chilly chopped
4-5 garlic clove
1 tbs chilly flaks
1 tbs garam masala
salt according to taste
1/4 cup cornflour
1 cup breadcrumbs

To serve
4 tbsp tomato sauce
4 tbsp mustard sauce
1 onion chopped
butter

Method

1 . Soak black chickpeas for 3-4 hours and then boil them with 4-5 garlic cloves
2. cool the black chickpeas and put in a grinder and grind it.
3. Transfer mixer to a bowl.
4. add chopped onion , green chilly, red chilly, chilliflaks, potato and corn flour. mix well
5. shape black chickpeas mixture into cylindrical shaped cutlet .Dip in milk and roll in breadcrumbs. Keep them in the refrigerator for an hour or more
6. Put little oil on a nonstick pan. Cook cutlet from each side till all sides are brown and crispy.

7. Cut hot dog bun in such a way, so that one side should be attached .
8. spread butter on both side of bun.
9. spread mustard sauce on one side and tomato sauce on one side.
10. Place one table spoon of onion mixture in the bun and place one cutlet in each one.
11. you can add some more sauce on the top of cutlet.
12. Serve hot

Sending this to Taste of Pearl City's "Any One Can Cook: Series - 34"
also sent to Fast Food not Fat food   by  Archana and Priya 

 

Health Benefits of Garlic

Garlic is my all-time favorite flavor to add to any cuisine whether Indian, Chinese , Italian or any other cuisine. Best thing about garlic is , its not only flavorful but it also contain a number of health benefits. Like one I remember. My husband’s 

bad cholesterol came a little high. So my Mother in law recommended few garlic cloves in morning before breakfast.

Garlic is has lot more such properties. If you enjoy garlic in your meals its only a good sign for you.

Cardiovascular Health and High Cholesterol 

There are two types of Cholesterol, Good and Bad. Problem starts when your bad cholesterol is higher then the good cholesterol. . Modern medicine has found that garlic contains allicin which scavenges hydroxyl radicals (OH). This is turn is thought to prevent LDLs from being oxidised. In simple language, It helps in reducing Bad cholesterol. If you have problems with high cholesterol go ahead and take some garlic. Fresh or cooked garlic or 500 mg garlic capsules twice daily helps in lowers down the blood pressure & cardiovascular problems. I

Antioxidant 

Allicin found in Galric, naturally increases antioxidant enzymes like Atalase and Glutathione Peroxidase in your blood. It helps against the damaging effects of nicotine and slows the aging process of your liver by inhibiting lipid peroxidation.

Anti-Bacterial 

 Garlic has 1% of the potency of penicillin and can ward off a number of bacteria such as Listeria, Salmonella, E. coli, Cryptococcal meningitis, Candida albican and Staphylococcus. The problem with most antibiotics is that bacteria develops resistance to them, however this is not the case with garlic.

Blood Clots 

It thins the blood, reduces clotting and helps in controlling blood pressure and poor circulation.

Improve Digestion

Garlic works as a cleanser of the digestive system, helps in curing flatulence, kills internal parasites and is an excellent internal antiseptic

Source

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Some Garlic Recipes in CookHealthy.in 

Tomato Garlic Chutney

Chilly Garlic Prawns

Mushroom Spring Onion Soup

 Dry Chilly Paneer with tomato Noodles

Tomato Coconut Chutney

Try these recipes and enjoy befinifits of garlic