Bajra dosa

Ive talked about multiple dosa varieties and keep adding more to my list and after preparing Ragi dosa.. bajra came on my next grain list and my I cant imagine my surprise when it turned to be delicious .I surely missed on this dosa for a long time.

You can use this recipe to replace with any other grain of your choice.

Recipe:

Ingredients :

Whole grain ingredients:
Urud dal - 1cup
rice - 1 1/2 cups
bajra seeds - 2 cup

ready made flour ingredients:

Urud dal - 1cup
rice flour - 2cups
bajra flour - 2 cups

Salt as needed
Cooking soda - a pinch
water for batter.
oil to prepare dosa

Procedure:

Whole grain procedure:

• Soak urud dal ,rice and bajra seeds for 4 hours.
• Grind them into smooth paste in a wet grinder or food processor.
• add water as needed to make smooth paste dont make it too runny.
• Add salt and a pinch of cooking soda to the  batter and mix well(preferably with hand to help in fermentation)
• Let the batter ferment for 5 hours atleast.

Flour procedure:

• Soak urud dal for 4 hours.
• Grind the dal into smooth paste .
• Add the bajra flour and rice flour and mix well by adding water as needed to make batter.
• Add salt and a pinch of cooking soda to the  batter and mix well(preferably with hand to help in fermentation)
• Let the batter ferment for 5 hours atleast.

Preparing Dosa;

• Once the batter is fermented can keep in fridge for 4-5 days .
• Before preparing dosa keep it out of fridge 1/2 hour before for better taste.
• Heat tawa and drizzle some oil.
• Take a dollop of batter and spread it into a circle.
• Drizzle some oil around the dosa .
• Flip it and make sure its cooked on both sides.
• Serve hot with any chutney. Check the recipe index for chutney recipes.

Veggie sandwich with mayonnaise

I know its been some time we posted here..  but life sometimes goes crazy with work and you are busy to do your passion. Im happy coming back to my blog and with loads of new recipes.

For all those who are super busy in life and running around a quick recipe to munch.

Absolute no cooking time.. who wouldnt love delicious food without having to spend hours cooking it. Cooking early morning and running out for work has always been a nightmare. And for people with kids cooking up breakfast lunch and snacks for all the family members is very strenuous. 

Sharing the joy of making simple things to be peaceful in crazy mornings. 

Recipe:

Yellow capsicum - 1

carrot -1

lettuce - 1/4

salt- a pinch

mayonnaise - 3 tbspn 

Procedure:

• Finely chop all the veggies.
• In bowl add the chopped veggies, salt and mayo and mix it well.
• spread the mixture on bread and have a go.
• You can toast the bread if you like toasted bread but this bread spread can be had with soft bread too.

Beetroot Halwa

Ingredients:
beetroot- 2 big
milk- 1/2 litre
Sugar- 3 cups
ghee- 5 tbsp
minutemaid/condensed milk - 4tbsp (optional)
dry fruits for garnish

Procedure:

Peel the beetroot and grate it.

boil the milk and add grated beetroot in the milk. boil it for 15-20 mins with closed lid till they are cooked.

Once they are cooked add sugar and keep mixing and keep in flame for 10 mins until the milk evaporates.you can add more sugar if you have a sweet tooth.
mix till it becomes a thick mixture and add ghee and condensed milk for additional flavour.

saute the dryfruits in ghee. you can use almonds,cashenuts and raisins
add the dryfruits into the halwa and mix it well.

It can be had hot and also cold. One combination to have it is with icecream. better a vanilla or plain flavours .

Bread Halwa

Bread Halwa is the quickest and yummiest of all the dessert recipes I've made till date.. I've fallen in love with it. Here is the recipe for u all...

Ingredients :

Bread loaves - 2

Milk - 2 cups

Sugar - 1 cup

Ghee - 3 tb spoon

Vanilla essence, elaichi (cardamom)
PROCEDURE :

Break the bread into small bits and roast them till golden brown in ghee.

Boil milk in the pan and add sugar to it. Add a hint of Vanilla essence and cardamom powder to it.

Now add the roasted bread and let it cook for 5 mins on low flame.

Yummy Bread halwa is ready. Garnish it with cashews and you can serve it hot or cold.