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.

Carrot Juice

This carrot juice for people who hate carrots because we don't get any carrot smell or taste from this. I learnt this  from my beloved hubby.

I think drinking carrot is healthiest choice, which gives the vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin E.

The Raw Food diet is always rated on top . Raw carrot contains alpha carotene, beta carotene and many vitamins so don't neglect those carrot flowers and hearts. Have a bite.

1 Carrot

1/2 cup boiled and cold milk

1 Ice cube

1 sp sugar(it depends on your taste)

2 cardamom pods

1. Peal off the carrot and boil it until tender. Pressure cooker is better for this.

2. Now once blend the boiled carrot, sugar and cardamom.  And add the milk and ice cube to this,blend it again. 

This carrot flowers are good choice for parties as salad. If anybady want this flowers making video I can upload for you.

And I am sending this to Orange Event, Garnishing Event, Love is in the air Event, Kitchen Masterpiece and Healthy Bite events.

Entries for the Events

                               

Iam sending this AVOCADO SANDWICH to BAYLEAF'S BREAD MANIA EVENT click for the recipe here

 

This Beetroot curry is my contribution to "Lentils Mela". You can find the recipe here.

This Dinner plate goes to Recipes for rest of Us: Dinner edition event.    click, for bottlegourd curry and coconut chutney recipes .

Honey puffed rice balls are my entry to tasty bites for toddlers event. Have a look for this healthy recipe

I like to partispateIndira of Mahanandi's JFI: Cauliflower event with Cauliflower Kurma.  Have look here for the recipe.

 

Iam sending this Mango Lassi to Eating with the Seasons event. click for the recipe here

EASY CHICKEN PASTA

It's a pretty easy and so delicious dish. Chicken, pasta and lemon always a great combination. My hubby loves pasta so I always looking for easy making ways of pasta. This time I decided to make with in two steps instead of my old green veggie version.

This is a easy and healthy dish for busy days.

250gm Chicken breast fillets, cut into small cubes.

200gm Pasta

2 sp Lemon juice

1 sp Chilly powder

1/4 sp Turmeric powder

2 tbs Cream

Cilantro

Salt

1. Marinate the clean and chopped chicken with chilly powder,turmeric powder,lemon juice, salt    for 15 mints.
   
2. Bring to boil pasta until half cooked. Drain the water from pasta. And keep half cup of remaining water from pasta in separate bowl.
   
3. Meanwhile heat oil in a kadai add marinated chicken, stir fry for 2 minutes and close the lid and cook until water will evaporate from chicken.
   
4. Add cooked pasta and remaining half cup water to this chicken, mix it once and close the lid. Cook it well until the water will evaporate. Now add the cream and switch off the stove. garnish with cilantro.       

Perfect Malai Kofta

   I had made this last month for Ritvik's birthday but didn’t have time to write about this. Now I finally got some time to post this delicious recipe.

    "Malai kofta" this name brings me back my sweet Hyderabad days. First time I had this malai kofta in Hyderabad, I didn't remember where it is in Hyderabad. But I had this more often in Haweli, which is my favourite hotel in Hyderabad . I think this is the perfect dish for the parties.

For Koftas:

2            Potatoes

50g       Beans

1/2        Peas

1/2 cup Chopped Cabbage

1/2 cup Grated Carrot

1 tbs      Grated Cheese

2 tbs      Cornflour

1/2 sp   Chilly powder

Salt

For Gravy:

3      Onions 

3      Tomatoes

2tbs Almonds 

1tsp Chilly powder 

1Sp  Coriander powder

1Sp  Masala powder 

1/2" Ginger 

3big  Garlic pods

1sp   Poppy seeds 

2       Cardamom's 

1tbs  Cheese 

1/2sp Sugar

1/2cup Cream(optional)

Turmeric

Salt

oil

Preparation of Kofta:

Boil and smash the beans, potatoes, peas( in the picture, didn't smash the peas yet. but we must do). Squeeze out the juice from carrot. 

Mix all the boiled and smashed veggies, chopped cabbage, grated cheese, carrot, cornflour, salt and chilly powder  to be rolled into balls

and deep fried. keep it aside.          

  

Preparation of the Gravy:

Soak the poppy seeds and almonds for 15 mints.

Boil the tomatoes for 5 mints and pureed it. set aside.

Boil the onions for 10 mints and grind along with ginger, garlic, chilly powder, coriander powder, masala powder, turmeric powder, cardamoms, soaked poppy seeds and almonds.

 

Heat the  oil in a deep pan and fry the onion and masala past till light brown. Add the tomato puree to this fry again until the oil begins to separate from the gravy. Now add the sugar, followed by the  cheese stir one minute and add the salt and 1cup water. Bring the gravy to a boil and then reduce the fire to a simmer. Gently add the koftas to this gravy and remove from the stove.