Ragi Puttu Recipe | Finger Millet Puttu | Millet Recipes

Ragi Puttu is popular breakfast recipe from Kerala served along with egg curry, kadalakari (black chickpeas curry) or with pappadam, small yellow banana or even with just plain sugar. Ragi puttu is vegan, gluten-free, healthy, oil-free breakfast recipe which is made with minimal ingredients, just the flour and fresh coconut. Everyone from Kerala love puttu it's just like staple idli or poha for breakfast it's puttu in Kerala.

Anar Ka Raita | Pomegranate Raita | Easy Raita Recipes

Anar Raita or Pomegranate Raita is easy raita recipe made with colorful pomegranate and spices. Anar ka raita makes great side dish with paratha or variety rice, pulao well. There are few ways of making this anar or pomegranate raita too and this is the most simple way with minimal ingredients which not only makes great side dish but also quick snack to munch on specially on summer days or if you are on diet then use low-fat yogurt and enjoy this delicious raita as snack.

Falahari Tamatar Dhaniya Chutney | Vrat ki Hari Chutney | Navratri Vrat Recipes

Phalahari Chutney,no cook green chutney with tomato and coriander leaves, vrat ki hari chutney, tamatar dhaniya falahari chutney is easy and simple chutney made with fresh tomato, coriander leaves and spiced with green chilies. This is one of my favorite chutney and I have posted which is not satvik chutney version so here I am posting today falahari or satvik chutney for vrat or upvaas, this is one chatni that can be serve with almost everything whether you are fasting or not.

Beetroot Raita | Cukandar Raita | Easy Raita Recipes

Beetroot Raita is easy, no-cook, no-oil raita recipe which we can do in jiffy to get colorful looking raita to serve along any pulao, biryani or variety rice, paratha etc. I have already posted beetroot pachadi an Kerala style raita where beetroot is cooked and also coconut used. This raita is very simple with few ingredients a recipe which I wanted to posted for a very long time and finally it's happening now.

Cucumber (Kheera) Raita | Vellarikka Pachadi | Easy Raita Recipes

Cucumber raita is popular raita recipe also known as kheera raita or vellarikka pachadi with little different method of preparation but the basic idea of cucumber and yogurt remains the same :) Cucumber raita I wanted to post for long time but it was not happening until I made it for lunch recently with paratha and also since now Chaitra Navratri going-on I wanted to post something fasting related recipe, this raita is versatile we can make this during fasting/vrat or even normal days with just change of salt.

Lemon Pickle | Nimboo Ka Achar | No-Oil Lemon Pickle Recipe | Onam Sadya Recipes

I am a big pickle fan and off all the pickles I really like lemon pickle a lot when I didn't even start to cook I used to make lemon pickle how crazy that can be !! But then I stopped making it for some unknown reason though I still love lemon pickle or nimboo ka achar after all it's so difficult to say no to this tangy, spicy and tongue tickling pickle, I wouldn't say who can say no to this pickle cause personally I know few you do say no to lemon pickle.

Vegetables & Cheese Sandwich Recipe

Do you like sandwich specially for breakfast or snack? I like because it's simple, easy and quick to prepare. We can do lot of variations in sandwich filling to suit our taste.  This is one of easy sandwich toast recipe again with lots of vegetables plus goodness of cheese.  I used less of cheese because I made this only for myself, you can reduce cheese too if you like or for kids you can add it generously.  Cheese helps to bind the vegetables well so they doesn't keep sneaking out of sandwich :) in my sandwich if you don't see cheese oozing out then don't be surprise.

The good thing about this simple vegetable filling is you can also use it as salad, it taste spicy, yum and refreshing due to all raw vegetables.  Good option is to use sandwich maker to toast these sandwich this way vegetables get's cooked well and cheese melt nicely, but to show the filling I didn't use my toaster once again, also I have used wholemeal walnut bread, it's add good walnut crunch to the sandwich.  Next time if you happen to see wholemeal walnut bread perhaps you can give a try.

Other Sandwich & Toasts Recipes you can check out

• Eggplant Curry Sandwich {Leftover Magic}
• Open Rava Sandwich
• Vegetable Sandwich {Street Style}
• Murukku Sandwich
• Tomato Toast
• Sweet French Toast

Ingredients for Vegetables & Cheese Sandwich

[Makes 2 Sandwich Set]

Bread Pieces - 4
Grated Cheese - 1/4 Cup [more if preferred]
Chopped Onion - 1/4 Cup
Chopped Tomato - 1/4 Cup
Chopped Cucumber - 1/4 Cup
Chopped Capsicum - 1/4 Cup
Grated Carrot - 1/2 Cup
Green Chutney - 1 tbsp [or use Sandwich Chutney]
Chaat Masala - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Finely chop onion, tomato, cucumber, capsicum and grate carrot & gather all our ingredients.

2. In a bowl add all the vegetables, cheese, green chutney, chat masala and mix well.  Add generous amount of prepared mixture around 3-4 spoons on top of bread and place another pieces of bread to cover.

~ Here is picture of whole meal walnut bread.

3. Heat a griller or tawa and toast bread both sides until brown.  We can press the bread sightly to seal all the veggies inside.

Serve warm with tea/coffee or juice.

~ Variations 

• Use any vegetables of your choice like grated beetroot, boiled potato etc
• You can make this in griller or sandwich toaster.
• Apply butter on bread if preferred
• Since we use green chutney &chat masala, salt is not needed.  Add salt & pepper if required.  
• You can add 1 tbsp of chopped walnut for a nice crunch, since I used walnut bread it give good nutty crunch to the sandwich.

Have a nice day ~~

Broken Wheat Vegetable Upma | Oil Free Cooking

As I mention in my broken wheat pongal post I am working on reader request for healthy recipes so one more on the series is this broken wheat upma and guess what it's Oil Free.  Don't worry you will not miss oil a bit, it very filling and taste delicious.  Along with cracked wheat goodness we have lots of vegetables and also moong dal to increase our humble upma's nutrition value.

The recipes seems long cause I tried to take each step picture but it's actually quite a easy recipe to treasure.  Perfect for breakfast, lunch, dinner or lunch box, the choice is yours.  For all the weight watchers I guess you  going to love this one.  Did I mention this upma doesn't get sticky even without oil? So let's not waste any more time and check out the recipe.

Ingredients for Broken Wheat Upma [Serves 3-4]

Broken Wheat - 1 Cup
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Green Chilli - 3
Minced Ginger - 1 tsp
Grated Carrot - 1 cup
Chopped beans - 1/2 cup
Chopped capsicum - 1/4 cup
Peanuts - 1tbsp
Urad & Channa Dal - 1 tbsp
Yellow Moong Dal - 1/4 cup
Curry Leaves - few
Coriander Leaves - 2 tbsp
Water - 4 cups
Salt - to taste

Method:

1. Slice onion, chill and dice tomato.
2. In a pan roast wheat until light brown and aromatic.

3. Now roast moong dal until light brown and keep aside.

4. Roast peanuts and keep aside, you can remove peanut skin if wish.

5. In same pan add channa & uard dal and roast until light brown, add onion, green chilli, ginger.

6. And saute until onion becomes soft around 2 minutes in medium flame. Add beans and saute for 2 minutes.

7. Add tomato, capsicum mix well, cover pan & cook until tomato gets mashed.

8. Now add grated carrot, peanuts, roasted moong dal, curry leaves ( I didn't use curry leaves) and  mix well.

9. Add roasted cracked wheat and stir well.

10. Add 4 cups of water, salt, bring it to boil.
11. Cover and cook for 20 minutes in medium flame or until wheat is cooked well.
~ You may cook little less or more than 20 minutes depending on your flame level, so keep a eye after 15 minutes.

12. Off flame, Add cilantro & stir to mix everything.  Cover pan again and leave it for 10 minutes before serving.

Serve warm with with curd, any chutney or curry, I had it with curd and peanut chutney.

Have a nice day ~~

Carrot & Coconut Salad | Oil Free Cooking

This is the most easy and simple salad recipe which taste wonderful.  I learnt this from my sister’s friends, this was one recipe that she would make often.  Fresh juicy carrot along with coconut and hint of lemon makes this salad light and refreshing.   I added less coconut but you should add as in recipe and it’s taste delicious, you can also add tempering to this salad but normally I doesn’t do that unless it’s made for guests.  This can be done in jiffy and goes well with almost any thing but perfect with rasam, sambar rice or any masala side dish, also good for lunch box and for kids.  Try this and you are sure going to love it. 

Ingredients
Grated Carrot - 1 cup
Chopped Green Chilies - 2
Fresh Grated Coconut - 1/4 Cup [ I used 1 tbsp]
Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp [or to taste]
Salt - to taste
Cilantro - 1 tbsp [chopped]



Method:

1. Wash, peel grate carrot and coconut.  Finely chop green chilies and cilantro.

2. In a bowl place all the ingredients, add lemon juice and give a good stir to mix well.  Keep in refrigerator until ready to serve.

That’s all, our salad is ready.  isn’t it simple and super easy.



Variations~

~ Add tempering in the last for that heat 1 tsp oil, add 1/4 tsp mustard seeds, 1 sprig curry leaves, 1 dry red chilli, 1/2 tsp urad dal and roast until dal gets golden brown, pour over salad.
~ Adjust coconut portion according to your taste, you can use 1:1 of carrot and coconut too.
~ Don’t skip lemon n use fresh ones.

Have a nice day ~~

Chicken Clear Soup | Oil Free Cooking

After chocolate walnut cookies, I thought of posting this easy chicken soup recipe which can be made in jiffy.  This chicken soup is very simple and best for any day whether summer, winter or rain.  If having cold/cough it’s good to have this soup too.  If you are making any chicken dish, just take few chicken pieces with bones are good for this and make the soup.  With extra dose of fresh crushed pepper this soup taste very delicious and honey adds sweetness plus it’s good for throat.  As the fresh chicken leaves it’s oil by itself this soup doesn’t require oil or butter too.  You can also add chopped carrot, peas etc.  Try this simple and easy chicken soup, perfect for kids or adults. 


Ingredients: [Serves 2-3]
Chicken Pieces- 1/2 cup
Minced Ginger-Garlic - 1 tsp
Chopped Cilantro - 2 tsp
Salt and Pepper - to taste
Water - 3 cups
Honey - 2-3 tsp

Method:
1. Add everything except honey in a pot/wok/pan bring it to boil and simmer until chicken gets cooked around 10 minutes/
2. Divide the soup in 2-3 bowls and add 1 tsp honey in each bowl before serving. 
Have this soup hot and relish. 

Have a nice day ~~