As i told earlier, i prepare myself multigrain flours using barley,quinoa,pearl millet,oats and vice versa, last time when i prepared barley flour myself, there were some finely grounded barley meal which was sitting silently since few days in pantry to be cooked as anything.. Finally i prepared this wonderful looking, colourful pudding with those leftover over barley meal along cooked beets and condensed milk..Needless to say this pudding tastes super fabulous,yummy,healthy and simply catchy..We enjoyed having this delicious pudding warm, loved it..My teddies named this pudding as rose pudding, very perfect name na!...

Ingredients:

• 1/2cup Barleymeal or 1/4cup Whole barley
• 1cup Beets (cooked &chopped)
• 2cups Milk
• 1/2cup Condensed milk
• 1/2tsp Cardamom powder
• 1tbsp Ghee
• Few almond flakes

Method:
Cook the barley meal with milk until they get cooked completely,meanwhile grind the cooked beets along with the condensed milk as fine paste..Add the grounded paste to the cooking barleymeal, cook for few seconds, finally add the ghee,cardamom powder and put off the stove..

Serve warm topped with almond flakes..Enjoy..

Source : Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Cant believe its already our last day of blogging marathon, its gonna be three weeks am running blogging marathon with my other buddies with three different themes, needless to say you guys would have already noticed that i couldnt stop posting sweets throughout this week as i choosed Indian sweets as theme for this week of blogging marathon...Thanks to Srivalli, i enjoyed running three weeks of blogging marathon thoroughly..

Most of us know that i love wholegrains very much, after oats and barley my favourite whole grains are quinoa, i tried making many bakes and fusion dishes using this wonderful grains.. I wanted to make some laddoos with this grain since a long that too as a quick and easy laddoos which goes for easy breezy preparation, finally tried them yesterday by combining quinoa and yellow cornmeal together, these quick laddoos turned out super delicious, if you like rava laddoos you will definitely love this cute looking quinoa and cornmeal laddoos surely...I couldnt stop munching this beauties,yep they were quite addictive and delicious..Am so happy to see these quinoa laddoos vanished within few hours...I went for a coarse powder of quinoa for making this laddoos if you want to make smooth laddoos, just grind them more or else sieve the grounded powder..Watever this laddoos are our recent family favourite..

Ingredients:

• 1/2cup Quinoa
• 1/2cup Cornmeal
• 1cup Sugar
• 3nos Cardamoms
• Few cashew nuts
• 2tbsp Ghee
• Milk (as per need)

Method:
Roast the quinoa & cornmeal separately for few minutes in a warm pan until a nice aroma comes out...Grind the roasted quinoa,cornmeal,cardamoms,sugar together as a fine or bit coarse powder,meanwhile heat the ghee and roast the cashew nuts until its turns golden brown, add the grounded powder to the hot ghee and nuts,springle the milk as per need and make medium sized balls from this mixture..Store it in a air tightened box..

Enjoy!

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

It has been ages i prepared dishes with raw papaya, last weekend i got a wonderful opportunity to pick some fresh raw papaya from Indian grocery...Back home, i peeled their skin and freezed some papaya chunks in freezer for further uses, also i prepared this super quick,healthy and easy breezy kootu with raw papaya and methi leaves, we enjoyed this thick and delicious kootu with hot steaming rice and spicy potato roast...I prepared this healthy kootu with a wonderful spicy powder using some flax seeds and oats with usual spices, which turned out this yummy kootu more healthier and i completely skipped the coconut which i usually add in most of my kootu recipes...I prepared this healthy kootu through pressure cooker which helped a lot for quick cooking and this dish gets ready in less than 20minutes, a quick and healthy kootu to enjoy without any guilt...

Ingredients:

• 1/2cup Toordal
• 1/4cup Channadal
• 1no Onion (chopped)
• 1no Tomato (chopped)
• 1tsp Ginger (grated)
• 2cups Raw papaya (chopped)
• 1/4cup Methi leaves (frozen)
• 1/4tsp Turmeric powder
• Salt
• Oil
• 1tsp Mustard seeds+Urad dal
• 2nos Dry red chillies
• Few curry leaves

To roast & grind:

• 2tbsp Coriander seeds
• 1/2tsp Fenugreek seeds
• 4nos Dry red chillies
• 1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
• 1tbsp Toordal
• 1tsp Flax seeds
• 2tbsp Rolled oats

Method:

Dry roast all the spices, rolled oats one by one and grind as fine powder,keep aside..Heat enough oil in a pressure cooker,add the chopped onions,chopped tomatoes,grated ginger,saute everything until the veggies get well cooked..Meanwhile wash the toordal,channadal together and keep aside..

Add the chopped raw papaya to the cooking veggies, saute until the veggies gets partially cooked, add the methi leaves and cook for few seconds...now add the washed dals with turmeric powder and salt,add enough water and cook for three whistles..

Once the steam get released, add enough freshly grounded spice powder to the cooked veggies-dal mixture, bring everything to boil..Meanwhile heat enough oil in a pan, fry the mustard seeds,urad dal,dry red chillies,curry leaves until they turns brown, add this tempered spices to cooked kootu and put off the stove..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

I totally agree whenever few of my friends says microwave cooking makes the life easier.. If i dont feel like cooking through stove top,i'll go for microwave cooking which doesnt need frequent stirring..Our today's lunch is this tandoori paneer tomato pulao which i prepared through microwave oven as i dont want to cook in stove top, this pulao goes for 30minutes of cooking in highpower and we enjoyed having this delicious pulao for ur lunch along with onion raita and some papads...This rice suits prefectly even for a lunch box menu,definitely a crowd pleaser too..Needless to say this pulao is definitely a fabulous feast for paneer lovers like me.. As ever the cooking time in microwave varies according to ur microwave oven power..Sending this delicious pulao to MEC-Lunch Box Menu guest hosted by Lata,event by Srivalli & to CWS-Coriander seeds guest hosted by Aruna,event by me..

For Tandoori Paneer:

• 1cup Paneer( cubed)
• 1tsp Chilly powder or paprika powder
• 1/2tsp Cumin seed powder
• 1/4tsp Pepper powder
• Salt
• 1tbsp Oil

Method:

Take all the ingredients in a bowl,mix well and keep aside for 15minutes in room temperature, while u are cooking the pulao..

For Pulao:

• 1cup Basmati rice (soaked for 10minutes)
• 1no Onion (big & finely chopped)
• 1/2cup Tomato puree (store bought)
• 1/2tsp Ginger-garlic paste
• 1/4tsp Green chilly paste
• 1/2tsp Garam masala powder
• 1/4tsp Cinnamon powder
• 1/2tsp Coriander powder
• 1/4tsp Red chilly powder
• 1cup Coconut milk
• 1cup Water
• Few mint leaves (chopped)
• 1/2tsp Shah jeera/caraway seeds
• 1tbsp Oil +ghee

Method:

Take the oil,ghee,shahjeera, finely chopped onions,tomato puree,chilly paste,ginger garlic paste,salt in a microwave safe bowl,cover the bowl with a lid (covering the bowl with lid helps for quick cooking) and cook for 7 minutes in high power(stir twice),now add the cinnamon powder,coriander powder,garam masala powder,red chilly powder to the cooked veggies,cook for 2 minutes in high..Now add the rice,coconut milk,water,give a stir,cover the bowl with the lid and cook for 15minutes in high power (stir twice in between)until the rice gets well cooked, finally add the chopped mint leaves and keep aside..

Brush a microwave safe plate, arrange the marinated paneer cubes in single layer,cook in high power for 5 minutes, finally add the tandoori paneer cubes to the already prepared pulao,toss everything gently until everything get well cooked..

Serve hot with onion raita or papads...

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Some green tomatoes were sitting in my fridge since few days which i picked from Indian groceries,i bought them specially for making kootu with them, eventhough i wanted to make something different, while searching something new with green tomatoes through google i got hooked to this green tomato sabji from Aarti's Corner which she prepared these green tomatoes simply with onions and spices, this recipe sounds truly new for me where she have added jaggery... While going through her intro about this recipe, i came to know that this bhaaji is a Maharashtrian dish which her mom prepare quite often whenever she get this tomatoes from the market, i dont want to miss the chance to taste this delicious sabji and tried it immediately, this bhaaji tastes super delicious with a tangy taste and mild sweet taste, i served them as side dish along with rotis,both together works out wonder..This green tomato sabji's goes to PJ's inbox as she is hosting this month's Flavors of Maharashtra,event by Nayna and to Priya's & Aipi's Bookmarked Recipes..

Ingredients:

• 5nos Green tomatoes (chopped)
• 1no Onion(big & chopped)
• 1tsp Mustard seeds
• 1tsp Cumin seeds
• 1tsp Red chilly powder
• 2tbsp Jaggery
• Salt
• 1/4tsp Turmeric powder
• OIl

Method:
Heat oil, let splutter the mustard and cumin seeds, add the onions and saute until they turns trasnculent, add the chilly powder and turmeric powder,cook for few seconds, add immediately the chopped green tomatoes,saute for few minutes,finally add the salt and jaggery,cook everything in simmer until the veggies get well cooked..

Serve hot with rotis..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Crispy dosas with spicy coconut chutney are always my H's favourite eventhough he loved variety chutneys to enjoy along with his dosas...I tried out making a batter using quinoa and brown rice along with urad dal and fenugreek seeds which i kept for fermentation and enjoyed these healthy crispy dosas for our sunday's dinner...None will find out that these dosas are prepared with quinoa and brown rice, yep they turned out extremely crispy and ressembles quite like our usual dosas...Believe me or not we had a great dinner and enjoyed having these crispy dosas which turned almost like paper roast..This dosa goes to RC's Dosa Month..

Ingredients:

• 1cup Quinoa
• 1cup Brown rice (long grain)
• 1/2cup Urad dal (deskinned)
• 1/2tsp Fenugreek seeds
• Salt

Method:
Wash and soak the quinoa and brown rice together and urad dal along with fenugreek seeds separatly for 4hours..Grind the urad dal,fenugreek seeds as smooth batter in a grinder with enough water, take off the batter in a vessel,now grind the soaked quinoa and brown rice together as bit coarse paste with the soaked water,mix both urad dal batter and quinoa-brown rice paste together with enough salt..Keep aside for fermentation..

Heat the nonstick pan, pour a ladle of this fermented batter, spread them as a dosa and drizzle some oil.. cook on both sides until they get cooked..Serve hot with any spicy coconut chutney..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

I have never tried making muffins with grapefruits and some grapefruits were sitting sadly since few days in my fruits basket, immediately i squeezed out their juice and grated their zest which i used in my super fluffy muffins for our snacks with oats, chocolate chips and whole wheat flour without eggs but not vegan as i used butter,milk and yogurt in this beautiful muffins..I can definitely say that i have given a second life to those mildly sour and bitter grapefruits...The picture itself says how tasty those beautiful muffins na...We enjoyed these cute looking muffins for our snacks with a cup of tea...

Ingredients:

• 1+1/2cups Whole wheat flour
• 1/2cup Rolled oats
• 1tsp Grapefruit zest
• 1/4cup Grapefruit juice
• 1cup Yogurt
• 1/4cup Milk
• 1tsp Baking powder
• 1/2tsp Baking soda
• 1/4cup Butter
• 3/4cup Sugar
• 1tsp Vanilla extract
• 1/4cup Chocolate chips

Method:
Preheat the oven to 350F..Sieve the flour with baking soda and baking powder, add the rolled oats and chocolate chips to the flour and keep aside...Meanwhile beat together the butter and sugar until they soft mixture, add the grapefruit juice,grapefruit zest,yogurt and vanilla extract, beat until everything get well mixed,finally add the milk and give a stir..

Now add gently the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients,mix well with a spatula, dont overmix the batter,else ur muffins will turns hard..Pour enough batter in greased muffins tray and bake for 15-20minutes..

Enjoy warm with a cup of tea..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Some dosas doesnt need fermentation and gets ready to make some crispy dosas immediately...I tried out making non fermentation dosas with horsegram (kollu) and with mixed dals for our dinner sterday which ressembles quite like paruppu adais..This dosas turned out super delicious,healthy,definitely guilt free if u use non stick pan to make them,yep they doesnt even need a single drop of oil if u make ur dosas in non stick pans..Serve this dosas with some spicy chutney for ur dinner or breakfast,u will completely fallen in love with this healthy dosas..Eventhough this dosas doesnt need fermentation, u need to soak the horsegram and dals for atleast 4 hours..We loved this healthy dosas and am gonna make quite often with different variations in future..This dosas goes to RC's Dosa Month..

Ingredients:

• 1cup Parboiled rice
• 1/2cup Horsegram
• 1/2cup Toordal
• 1/4cup Urad dal
• 1/2cup Channadal
• 1/4cup Moongdal
• 4nos Garlic cloves
• 1tsp Fennel seeds
• 5nos Dry red chillies
• Salt

Method:
Soak the rice and dals together for 4 hours along with dry red chillies and fennel seeds...Grind the soaked rice and dals in grinder with crushed garlic cloves and salt with enough water as bit coarse batter,keep the batter in room temperature..

Make dosas in non stick pan or in a hot tawa,drizzled with oil,cooked on both sides until they turns crispy and well cooked..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

If u are searching for a simple and quick desserts for ur sudden guests or for ur sweet tooth,u have to give a trial definitely to these rose syrup coconut balls which is prepared along with rose water and sweet condensed milk..This tiny cute balls takes less minutes to get prepared and also get vanished within few hours...I couldnt stop munching them,yep they were quite addictive...Its completely ghee free so perfect for our sweeth tooth...Sending this cute balls to MM-Think Pink guest hosted by Sarah of Maison Cupcake,event by Meeta k..

Ingredients:

• 2cups Dessicated coconut
• 1cup Sweetened condensed milk
• 1tbsp Rose syrup
• 1tsp Rose water
• 1/2tsp Cardamom powder

Method:
Bring boil the sweetened condensed milk with rose syrup and rose water in a nonstick pan, add immediately the dessicated coconut,cook everything until the mixture get off from the pan,finally add the cardamom powder and put off the stove..

While the mixture is still warm,makes medium sized balls from the mixture and roll over some dessicated coconut,arrange them in an airtightened box..Enjoy..

Source : Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Last week we had a wonderful climate,its wasnt neither too cold nor too hot, since yesterday the climate is getting worst and its rainy here..I simply prepared this super spongy pancakes yesterday for our snacks as we guys are craving something for chocolate and enjoyed a lot with maple syrup..Actually i was thinking to make some pancakes without oats but while going through my pantry, i got a not even half a packet of puffed rice..Immediately i decided to make pancakes with those puffed rice,i soaked them in buttermilk and grounded as fine paste which later i mixed with dark chocolate powder and whole wheat flour along with honey and baking soda..These pancakes were extremely spongy and delicious, since i used non stick pan they were completely oilfree..Wat an interesting and guilt free pancakes na,needless to say am very proud to create this wonderful looking pancakes and we loved it for our snacks..Obviously am sending this yummy pancakes to Ivy's Creative Concoctions & to Kurinji's HRH-Puffed Rice..

Ingredients:

• 1cup Puffed rice
• 1cup Wholewheat flour
• 2tbsp Honey
• 1/4tsp Baking soda
• 1cup Buttermilk
• 3tbsp Dark chocolate powder
• A pinch salt
• Oil or butter for cooking

Method:
Soak the puffed rice in buttermilk for an hour, grind the soaked puffed rice with buttermilk as fine paste, take the paste in a bowl,add the honey,wholewheat flour,baking soda,dark chocolate powder,salt...stir until they turns as bit thick batter, heat a non stick pan,gently drop enough batter for pancakes,drizzle oil or butter if needed,cook on both sides until they get well cooked..

Serve warm with maple syrup or nutella spread..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

I used to make parathas with veggies but never with mixed veggies and barley flour...I tried out this healthy and nutritious paratha using both barley flour and wholewheat flour for our yesterday breakfast..This parathas tastes marvellous along with simple coconut chutney at the same time y not along with paneer mattar, also its one of a best way to sneak veggies, in this paratha i used simply grated veggies like carrot,cabbage,radish,broccoli and zucchini....Needless to say this parathas goes to WWC-Barley guest hosted by me,event by Sanjeeta..

Ingredients:

• 2cups Whole wheat flour
• 1cup Barley flour
• 1cup Grated mixed veggies (carrot,radish,zucchini,broccoli & cabbage)
• 1tsp Ajwain seeds
• Salt
• Oil

Method:

Add enough salt to the veggies and keep aside for few minutes coz zucchini,cabbage & radish will definitely leaves some water, drain the water and add the veggies to the wholewheat flour,barley flour,ajwain seeds, gradually add the water left by the veggies and water,salt (if needed),knead everything as a soft dough,keep aside for half an hour...Make medium sized balls from the dough,dust with enough flour and roll as slightly thick circles..Drop gently the flattened paratha over a hot tawa,drizzle the oil,cook on both sides until they gets well cooked..

Enjoy with coconut chutney..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

I love variety rasams even everyday with or without any side dish..I never stopped trying many different variations and we loved this garlic cabbage rasam which i prepared two days back for our lunch..For my surprise this rasam tastes truly fabulous when served simply served with lemon pickles and papads..I prepared this rasam using cooked moongdal and usual rasam powder along with sauteed cabbage and garlic..Do try friends, u will definitely love this combination in rasam..I usually add lemon juice instead of tamarind in rasam incase if u dont have lemon juice,no problem u can definitely add tamarind juice in ur rasam..

Ingredients:

• 1/2cup Cooked moongdal
• 1/4cup Cabbage (chopped)
• 4nos Garlic cloves (crushed)
• 1no Tomato(crushed)
• 1tsp Rasam powder
• 1/2tsp Lemon juice
• Few curry leaves
• 1tsp Mustard seeds+urad dal
• 2nos Dry red chillies
• 1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
• 1tbsp Coriander leaves(chopped)
• Oil
• Salt

Method:
Take the cooked moongdal,crushed tomato,rasam powder in a bowl,add enough water and keep aside...Now heat enough oil in a pan,fry the mustard seeds, urad dal,curryleaves,dry red chillies, asafoetida powder..Add immediately the crushed garlic,fry until they turns brown,add now the chopped cabbage,salt,cook everything for few minutes until the cabbage turns soft..Now add the already prepared dal-tomato mixture to the cooking cabbages (add salt if needed) and once it starts boiling put off the stove, add the chopped coriander leaves,lemon juice and serve hot..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

As i told earlier i used partially cooked wheat grains for making this salad, which i cooked completely as we cook the pastas, this salad goes for simple,quick and easy breezy ingredients..Yep this salad need some lettuce leaves, black raisins, cooked wheat,grated carrots and some thinly grated sour green apples...Just serve this salad with yogurt dressing before ur lunch or for dinner with toasted bread slices, this salad is quite healthy,filling also at the same time refreshing..The sourness of green apple will be completely masked by the grated carrot and raisins..Enjoy this salad which tastes marvellous with mild sweetness and sourness together anytime of the day..Sending this salad to Pia's Innovative Salad -Apple,Strawberry or Pineapple..

Ingredients:

• Few lettuce leaves
• 1no Green apple (sliced or grated thinly)
• 1/4cup Grated carrots
• 1cup Cooked wheat
• Raisins as per need

Method:
Take the lettuce leaves, sliced or grated green apples, grated carrots,cooked wheat and raisins in a bowl,add the yogurt dressing,mix well and serve immediately..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

I crossed this delicious and interesting moru curry at Nandini's Food Page,apart from roast i never tried making anything with taro root, i tried this curry long back and its sitting in my draft since a long, i prepared this chembu moru curry already twice,everytime its a big hit at home..Serve with moru curry with hot steaming rice and pickles,u will definitely love this wonderful moru curry...This curry goes to Priya's & Aipi's Bookmarked Recipes..

Ingredients:

• 5nos Chembu/taro root/seppankizhangu
• 1cup Curd
• 1/4tsp Chilly powder
• 1/2tsp Turmeric powder
• Salt
• 1/2tsp Mustard seeds
• 1/4tsp Fenugreek seeds
• 1no Dry red chillies
• 1sprig Curryleaves
• Oil

To grind:

• 1/3cup Coconut
• 1tsp Cumin seeds
• 2no Green chillies

Method:
Peel the taro roots and cut them as medium sized bites, cook them in enough water with salt,chilly powder and turmeric powder until they turn tender but not mushy..Meanwhile grind the coconut,green chillies, cumin seeds with some water and thick paste, add this paste to the cooking taro roots..put the flame in simmer,now add the curd,cook for few seconds...

Heat enough oil, fry the mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves and dry red chillies, add this tempered spices to the cooking curry,put off the stove..Serve hot with rice..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Its always fun to make no knead bread coz they need just mixing nothing more than that, u dont need to spend ur precious time on kneading for hours for making this bread..Yesterday i went for this no knead bread using some crushed garlic and sun dried tomatoes for making this healthy whole wheat bread,which i spiced up with some flax seeds, crushed red chilly flakes and dry herbs like parsley and thymn..This bread turned out super prefect and truly very flavourful coz of those crushed garlic cloves, when served along with a soup needless to say that this bread slices tastes super fabulous also along with cheese spread ,my teddies enjoyed having this savoury bread for their snacks...Since this bread goes for whole wheat flour,its completely healthy even for diabetic people, definitely a guilt free bread since its doesnt go for butter,sugar coz i used olive oil and honey...Obviously this bread is going to BBD#38 - No Knead Bread guest hosted by Cindystar..

Ingredeints:

• 4cups Whole wheat flour
• 4nos Garlic cloves (well crushed)
• 1/4cup Sundried tomatoes (finely chopped)
• 2tsp Active dry Yeast
• 1tbsp Honey
• 1/4cup Olive oil +1/2tsp for brushing
• 1tbsp Flax seeds
• 1/2tsp Thymn leaves(dry)
• 1/2tsp Parsley leaves(dry)
• 1tsp Dry red chilly flakes
• 2cups Luke warm water
• 1tsp Salt

Method:
Take the whole wheat flour,crushed garlic cloves, finely chopped sundried tomatoes,flax seeds (leave some seeds for topping),thymn leaves, parsley leaves, dry red chilly flakes in a bowl,meanwhile mix the water,olive oil,honey,salt and yeast, stir until the yeast gets mixed, immediately add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients with a spatula, the dough will be extremely sticky, transfer the dough to a greased bowl,sit in warm place for two hours until they get doubled their volume..

Preheat the oven to 350F..Transfer the dough to the greased loaf pan, brush the top with olive oil,springle some flax seeds and bake for 10minutes at 350F and 20 minutes at 300F until the crust turns golden brown..

Take off from the oven and enjoy with soups or with cream cheese..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Who will say no to puffed rice balls, its one of the important and traditional sweets prepared for every Karthigai Deepam with jaggery or either with sugar..My favourite balls, i love this puffed rice balls very much..This weekend i picked a packet of puffed rice and tried making with honey instead of jaggery syrup or sugar, this balls tastes too delicious prefect as the same we do with jaggery syrup...My teddies didnt stop munching them and these balls vanished within few hours...Am sending this healthy puffed rice balls to Kurinji's HRH-Puffed Rice...

Ingredients:

• 2cups Puffed rice
• 1/2cup Honey
• 1tbsp Cardamom powder

Method:

Bring boil the honey with cardamom powder and stir continously,once the honey turns thick,put off the stove and add immediately the puffed rice..Either u can spread this puffed rice-honey mixture in a greased plate and slice as bars or roll them balls when they still warm..

Enjoy!

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Since i tried out artichoke in my cooking, i got hooked completely to this wonderful veggies, i tried out making a side dish to serve along with rice using canned artichoke, potato and mushroom, definitely the addition of potato and mushroom turned out this simple masala truly delicious and everyone at home loved this masala when i served them with rice and sambhar...Simple but yet a delicious dish to enjoy even along with rotis..Sending to Healing Foods - Artichoke guest hosted by Vanessa,event by Siri..

Ingredients:

• 1cup Artichoke hearts (canned & chopped)
• 2nos Potatoes (cubed)
• 1cup Mushrooms (chopped)
• 1no Onion (big & chopped)
• 1no Tomato (chopped)
• 1tsp Ginger garlic paste
• 1/2tsp Cumin powder
• 1tsp Chilly powder
• 1tbsp Coriander powder
• Salt
• Oil
• 1/2tsp Fennel seeds
• Few curry leaves

Method:
Heat enough oil, fry the fennel seeds, curry leaves until they turns brown, add the chopped onions,chopped tomatoes,ginger garlic paste,sauté until the veggies turns mushy and the raw smell gets off...add the chopped artichoke hearts and chopped mushrooms, sauté for few seconds, add immediately the cubed potatoes, salt..Cook everything in simmer..Add the cumin powder, chilly powder,coriander powder,stir gently for few seconds until the veggies gets well coated...Springle some water and cook in simmer until the veggies get well cooked..

Serve hot as side dish along with rice or rotis..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

If u searching for a quick,easy and oil-less snacks,u have to give a trial to this flavourful garlicky puffed rice mixture, also its takes very less time to get ready..Definitely a spicy,guilt free snack to enjoy without any hesitation...I prepared a box of this spicy mixture today for our weekend snacks..Yep after having some sweet muffins for our snacks its time to munch some spicy stuffs...Actually mixture goes for deepfried items while this mixture goes for less oil,yeah just for frying some roasted channa dal,peanuts and tempering this mixture...Obviously sending this mixture to Kurinji's HRH-Puffed Rice..

Ingredients:

• 1/4cup Roasted channa dal/pottukadalai
• 1/2cup Peanuts
• 3cups Puffed rice
• 2nos Dry red chillies
• Few curry leaves
• 4nos Garlic cloves (crushed)
• 1/4tsp Turmeric powder
• 1tbsp Chilly powder
• Salt
• 1tbsp Oil

Method:
Heat the oil, fry the peanuts until they turns crispy,take them out and fry the roasted channadal to the same oil until they turns brown,keep them aside..To the same oil, fry the garlic cloves,curry leaves and dry red chillies until they turns brown,put the flame in simmer and immediately add the turmeric powder,chilly powder and salt to them,fry for few seconds, add now the already fried dal and peanuts,sauté for few seconds..put off the stove..

Now mix this spiced dals & peanuts to the puffed rice..toss gently until everything gets well mixed..Arrange them in a air tightened box and munch them without any guilt..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Am an addict to citrus flavoured bakes while my family members are quite opposite to me, its quite hard to for me to avoid my fav citrus flavoured bakes, somehow i managed myself to make this eggless lemon poppyseeds muffins sterday, my kids enjoyed having this yummy muffins for their snacks while my H doesnt even want to have a bite..I enjoyed having this delicious spongy muffins with my kids for my snacks also for my breakfast with a cup of warm milk,for the first time i tried making this muffins with poppyseeds which i picked after a long hesitation needless to say we loved the addition of poppyseeds in this spongy muffins...U may see more bakes with poppyseeds quite often in my space...These muffins goes to Heather's BSI-Lemon..

Ingredients:

• 2cups All purpose flour
• 1/2cup Sugar
• 1/4cup Butter
• 1/4cup Oil (sunflower or canola)
• 1cup Buttermilk
• 2tbsp Lemon juice
• 1tsp Lemon zest
• 1tsp Baking powder
• 1tsp Baking soda
• 1tsp Vanilla extract
• 2tsp Poppy seeds

Method:
Preheat the oven to 350F..Sieve the flour with baking soda and baking powder,add the poppy seeds and keep aside...Beat the sugar,butter and oil until the sugar gets well dissolved, immediately add the buttermilk,lemon juice,lemon zest and vanilla extract, whisk everything well..

Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mix it well with a spatula,batter will be quite thick but dont overmix the batter,else ur muffins will turn hard...Drop enough batter to the silicon muffin tray and bake for 20-25minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean..

Enjoy with a cup of tea..

Source : Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Kanda Bhaji or else Khekda bhaji are made from onions, these crunchy fritters are prepared using besan and onion and its quite famous in Maharashtra...These bhajis are prefect when its rainy or chilled evening snacks, these crunchy bhajis tastes marvellous for evening snacks when served along with a cup of tea...Eventhough this onion bhajis ressembles quite like our pakodas, its has a fabulous taste coz of ajwain seeds and coriander seed powder are used in this bhajis..Am sending this kanda bhaji's to Flavors of Maharashtra guest hosted by PJ,event by Nayna..

Ingredients:

• 1cup Besan flour
• 2nos Onions (chopped lengthwise)
• 1tsp Red chilly powder
• 1/2tsp Coriander powder
• 1tsp Ajwain seeds
• 1/4tsp Baking powder
• 1/4tsp Turmeric powder
• Salt
• Oil for frying

Method:
Mix the flour,chilly powder, coriander powder, ajwain seeds,baking powder,turmeric powder and salt,make a thick batter with enoug water, heat oil for deep frying, dip gently the sliced onions to the batter,drop them to the hot oil..fry until they turns golden brown and drain the excess of oil with a paper towel..

Serve with ketchup..

Source: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes