Watermelon Juice

Watermelon is an ideal health food because it doesn't contain any fat or cholesterol, and it is an excellent source of vitamins A, B6 and C.

No need to add any water to this juice because watermelon has 92% water itself. We can prepare this delicious juice within one minute.

Ingredients:

Watermelon (seedless one or seeds out of the watermelon)

Salt 1/2 tsp( or less then 1/2 tsp, its depends on your taste)

Pepper powder less then 1/4 tsp

Lemon juice- 1 spoon

Mint leaves - 3

Use a large sauce spoon and scoop out the one cup of red part from the

watermelon.

Put this watermelon,salt,lemon juice,pepper powder,mint leaves in

the blender. Blend well until smooth ( it will take less then a minute).

Serve into juice glasses.

EASY VERMICELLI BIRIYANI

These days really I am getting bore with noodles and pasta. So this time I try to make my old fashioned recipes. In my college days, we are calling this as "Bambino Biriyani, there is a secret behind this name that we found this recipe on bambino vermicelli packs. Its remained me my college days. Later on its modified by us as easy version.

1 cup Vermicelli

1 cup Water

1 Onion(cut into slices)

3 Green Chillies(chopped)

2 tbsp Green Peas(I used frozen one)

1 sp Ginger Garlic past

1 Star Anise

5 Cloves

2 Cardamom pods

1/2" Cinnamon

1tsp Masala powder

1tbsp Cooking Oil

In a skillet add the oil and cardamom, cloves, Cinnamon, star anise and fry the spices until the nice aroma will come out from them.

Add the chilly, onion slices and peas, fry them till cooked well. Add ginger garlic past and fry again for few minutes.

Now add the vermicelli to this, stir well and pour 1 cup of warm water, when the vermicelli is changing color. Add salt and masala powder, mix it well. Close the lid and cook in low flame till the water gets absorbed. Remove from flame.

Serve with curd chutney and lemon.

Mirchi Ka Salan

I am back after a long break due to my trip to India. Yes this is my second visit in this year. Sorry for inconvenience and thanks for your valuable comments.

Today i am going to write the special recipe of Hyderabad, Mirchi ka Salan.

Step 1

1 tsp Cumin powder

1 tsp Coriander powder

2 tbsp Chilly powder

2 tbsp Yogurt

1 Lemon

Salt

Oil

Step 2

2 tbsp white Sesame seeds

2 tbsp Peanuts

Dry roast peanuts, sesame seeds and make it powder, set aside.

Step 3

4 tbsp fresh Coconut

Grind it to a paste. keep aside.

Step 4

1 cup chopped Banana chilly

1 cup Tamarind juice (from 1/2 lemon size tamarind)

In bowl soak the chopped banana chilly along with tamarind water.

Step 5

1 cup chopped Tomato

1/2 cup chopped Onion

1/2 " Ginger

3 big cloves of Garlic

Heat 1 Sp oil, first fry the chopped onions. And add the chopped ginger, garlic and tomato fry until they become soft. Grind all the fried ingredients into a smooth paste.

How to make:

Heat oil in a kadai and fry the onion, tomato past( From step 5) until raw smell will go.

Now add the sesame and ground nut powder(From step2), stir fry for a while.

Then add chilly, cumin, coriander powders and salt according to taste and saute for a minutes.

Add coconut paste(From step3) and simmer.

Add curd and mix well. (If you like, you can add 1/2 Sp sugar in this stage)

Pour the tamarind juice along with soaked chilly(From step4)

Cook over a low fire till the oil starts floating on top. Switch of the stove and mix the lemon juice.

ALMOND BURFI

Really, its such a great sweet. My son love this , in his words sweet means almond or kaju burfi. Probably all the Indians like almond burfi. You can have it this any time in parties, travelling and picnics. And also a bunch of roses along with delicious badam burfi will surely become a great gift idea.

1 cup Almonds

1 cup Sugar

1/4 Milk powder

2tbs Milk

2tbs Ghee

1 tsp Cardamom powder

silver Leaf (optional)

Soak almonds in water for 2 hours . Remove the skin and blend

the almonds to a fine paste, Use as little milk as possible when blending.

In heavy bottomed pan mix sugar and ground almond, cook in a medium flame, stirring continuously until thick consistency. Over low flame, add milk powder and cardamom powder to this and again keep stirring until this mixture does not stick to the pan and starts to leave sides forming like a ball, as shown in the picture below. While stirring add ghee little by little.

Spread mixture on a greased work surface. Roll lightly with a rolling pin, to a desired thickness. Cut into diamond or square shape using a knife, when it is still lukewarm. Apply the silver leaf for decoration. Cool completely, and keep it in refrigerator for half an hour. Store in a container.

UGADI WISHES

Healthier Version Of (Oven Baked) Kajjikayalu.

As far as healthy food is concerned, baked food comes first in this category because baked food items are low in fat. So I decided to experiment with my own recipe, transforming it into oven bake method. In fact my old version of kajjikayalu recipe is traditional but not healthy because its made with plain flour and deep fried.  So here I used wheat flour instead of plain flour( which is not good for health). It turned out just perfect. I hope everyone would try out this healthier version of kajjikayalu.

For Dough:

Wheat flour   2Cups

Semolina      1/4 Cup

Oil                 3 Tbsp

little bit of Salt

Mix well the wheat flour, semolina and salt together.

Once heat the oil and add this hot oil to the flour and mix it again with a spoon. Now add enough

 water to make  dough and cover the lid , keep it aside for 20 mints.

Meanwhile prepare the filling.

For Filling

1cup      Fresh coconut

1/4 cup Sugar/brown sugar(I used brown sugar)

1/2 tsp  Cardamom powder

Mix all the ingredients and heat on stove in a kadai.  stirring continuously until the sugar will melt (Its take 10 mints).

Take small lemon size dough.

And roll this like a chapathi.

                                                                                                Place the one spoon filling on this                                                                          

                                      

                                       

   and fold.

                                                                             

Press with fork around the edge.

                                                      

                       

  Place all the kajjikayalu in oven baking tray and put in the oven

Bake until the light golden colour, turn other side and wait 2 more minutes and switch off the oven.

          

      

HOW TO MAKE EDIBLE FLOWERS WITH CARROT

Peel off the Carrot with vebtable peeler.

Sharp the one side edge of the carrot like a cone.

And cut out the strait small thin from carrot.

Repeat, and do four more thins out arround the caarot.

Cut the flowers from sharp side carrot, as shown in the picture below.

And again cut the next flower.