Thandai Papaya Smoothie

Summer is now prevailing in Kolkata and it's very important to keep eat healthy and stay healthy this season.  Smoothie has always been known to be a first to make drink appropriate for breakfast. Made with fruits and hung curd this smoothie is perfect to beat the summer heat.

Servings:2
Ingredients:

• Papaya cubes, 1 cup
• Ripe mango, 1 large
• Hung curd, 1/2 cup
• Ice cubes, 5-6
• Thandai,  1/2 tbsp
• Cornflakes, 1/2 cup
• Honey, 2 tbsp

Methods:

1.Peel and deseed mango, cut into cubes.

2.In a blender pour all the ongredients except cornflakes.

3.Grind untill it gets a smooth slury texture

4.Fill 3/4th portion of 2 glasses.

5.Fill the remaining part with cornflakes. Drizzle with some honey and garnish with fruit slices if desired.

Note:-

• You can add fruits of your choice.
• Thandai can be replaced with 5-6 almonds, rose petals/1 tsp of gulkand, 1/2 tsp of crushed pepper corns, 2 tsp of poppy seeds paste.

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Spinach Egg Drop Soup

Cooking is an art involving different process of making and presenting a food giving it a palatable form and there is a long way for me to learn the skills. Having intense love for cooking I frequently google for recipes or playwith the ingrediemts existing at my home to give them a dish form.

This way, I found Asian Egg Drop Soup  and thought of recreating it putting in some nutritional values+it's low in calorie content with the benefit of digestive promoting ingredient...

I used all the seasonal vegetables (available in winter) and it's a perfect bowl soup for my dinner... and those feathered egg in soup just melted in my mouth.

Servings:  2
Ingredients:

• Spinach, 1 bunch, leaves seperated and washed
• Green Peas, 1/4 cup
• Carrot, 1 medium, cut into small cubes
• Green papaya,1/2 cup after peeling and cutting into small cubes
• Onion, 1 chopped
• Garlic cloves, 4, neatly chopped
• Tomato, 1 small
• Eggs, 2
• Salt to taste
• Black Pepper corns, 1 tsp
• Low fat butter, 4 tsp (Can be replaced with olive oil)
• Chicken stock, 2 cups
• Cornflour powder, 1 tbsp

Methods:

1.Blanch spinach and grind with tomato into a fine paste.

2.Crush black pepper corns and neatly chop garlic, keep them aside.

3.In a pan heat butter and add all vegetables, onion, garlic and saute for a minute, seasone with salt and blended spinach, cook for 2-3 mins and add the stock add the stock. .

4.Now cover with a  lid and cook on lower flame for 5 mins.

5. Dissolve cornflour powder in 4 tbsp stock ,make sure that there are no lumps and add into soup. 

6.In a bowl whisk eggs. Simmer the flame and pour in the egg slowly. Stir the soup in same direction. The egg will start  feathering and will spread.

7.Turn off the flame and add crushed black pepper corns.

Serving Suggestion: Serve warm with bread.

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Steamed Egg Noodles

Previously two recipes were posted on steamed egg, one was how to make it and the other one was schezwan steamed egg followed by the steamed egg preparation. And now this one which I made for lunch one day. For me I do not have any preference for lunch like I have to rely upon the daily rice and curry, but something that makes me full at the same time allowing me to enjoy the taste of food too. I enjoyed this preparation and so is sharing with you.

Ingredients (serves 2):

• Noodles, 100 gm ( I used low fat noodles, you can use pasta instead of noodles)
• Egg, 2
• Onion, 1 small
• Garlic cloves, roasted- Put garlic cloves on direct flame before feeling and keep for 30 secs, peel the outer skin )
• Chives, chopped, 4 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper powder
• Extra virgin olive oil, 2 tbsp ( You may use soybean oil) 

Methods:

Cook noddles untill soft, strain water and keep aside. 

The best way to cook noodles is, In apan take 4 cups of water(for 100 gm noodles), when the water comes to boiling point add few drops of oil and also raw noodles, boil for 20 secs and remove from flame, Strain the water and instantly seperate them with a fork to prevent them sticking to each ther. This is how I get non-sticky noodles that doesn't stick to my pan.

Steam egg, click the link for recipe of steamed egg. In a pan heat oil, slice and add roasted garlic, chopped chives and a pinch of salt for seasoning. Square cut steamed eggs and saute in pan for a minute. Add noodles, salt to taste and blackpepper powder. Toss for 2 minutes. Turn off the flame, combine lime juice with noodles. Serve!!

Tips- Instead of steamed egg, you may add soybeans( if you prefer vegetarian food) or boiled and shredded chicken or scrumbled eggs.

Dalia Khichdi

A Broken Wheat preparation perfect for breakfast and low fat diet.

Ingredients(4 servings):

1. Dalia(Broken wheat) , 100 gm
2. Moong dal, 50 gm
3. Ginger paste, 1 tbsp
4. Garam masala powder, 2 tsp
5. Green chillies, 2-3
6. Salt to taste
7. Turmeric powder, 1 tsp
8. Sugar, 1 tsp ( to balance the acidity of food)
9. Mustard oil, 2 tbsp 

Usually mustard oil is used to make khichdi , but you can use olive oil/ soybean oil.

Garam masala powder is actually roasted and powdered cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaf, cloves, Black cumin seeds. All these ingredints are known to increase metabolism that in turn burns body fat.

Methods:

Clean dalia and dal, marinate with salt, sugar, turmeric powder, garam masala powder for 10 minutes.

In a pan heat oil. Temper with red chilli and cumin seeds. As the smoke comes out add marinated broken wheat and stir for a minute. Add green chillies and 2 cups water. Lower the flame and allow the dalia to turn soft.

You can cook in pressure cooker. The process will remain some. Turn off the flame after 2 whistles. This takes less time to cook than in kadhai or pan.

Serve hot.

Garlic Chicken

This recipe involves very few ingredients that are easily available at your home and also low in calorie content.This is so easy to make. So, immerse into the flavour of roasted garlic and chicken. 

Ingredients(4 servings):

1. Chicken, 500 gm
2. Garlic cloves,6
3. Black pepper powder,2 tsp
4. Turmeric Powder, 1 tsp
5. Salt to taste
6. Sugar,1 tsp
7. Lime juice, 2 tsp
8. Whole dry red chilli,1
9. Olive oil, 4 tbsp

Methods:

In a pan heat oil and temper the oil with whole dry red chilli. Roast garlic cloves before peeling ,over direct flame. When the cloves start changing colour remove from flame, rub the skin and slice them. Add into oil.

Marinate chicken pieces with salt,black pepper powder, turmeric powder and 1 tsp butter ,30 minutes prior to cooking.Keep inside refrigerator after marination.

After you add garlic into oil add chicken pieces and cook covered on medium flame. Stir in the middle. If you see the chicken is sticking to pan sprinkle some water.

After the chicken turns soft, add 2 small cups of water. Check the saltiness, add salt according to your taste if you need and add sugar to balance the acidity.

Serve with steamed rice or bread.

Steamed Egg

Ingredients:

1. Egg, 2
2. Onion,1 small and finely chopped
3. Finely Chopped scallion, 1 tbsp
4. Salt, 1 tsp
5. Baking powder, 1 tsp

Method:

Beat eggs and combine all the ingredients together. Grease a bowl well with oil/butter and pour the egg mixture in that bowl.

In a pan add 3 cup of water and when it comes to oiling point place the egg bowl. Keep the flame middle. It will take 20-25 minutes.

You will see the egg is inflating like a cake. Pierce with a fork or stick. If it comes out clean then the egg is steamed completely. Remove the bowl from flame and loosen the edges of egg using a spoon or fork. Flip the bowl instantly upside down and the egg will come out.

Make sandwiches or noodles with steamed egg or eat just like this.

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Multiveg Dalia

A low fat breakfast made of wheat dalia(bulgur/broken wheat) that is known for weight reduing elements added with nutritions from vegetables and developed a taste with onion and black pepper powder. This is definitely a tasty choice for people who tends to loss weight. Someone who follow  a strict diet chart can also include this in lunch. An easy to make recipe that comes with healthy options plus the taste plus. And also dalia is high in fibre content so improves digestive system.

Ingredients(4 servings):

1. Dalia(Broken wheat), 1 cup
2. Carrot, 1
3. Capsicum, 1
4. French beans, 1
5. Onion, 1
6. Small Garlic cloves, 2
7. Black pepper powder, 2 tsp
8. Salt to taste, 
9. Sugar, 1 tsp
10. Olive oil/Low fat butter, 2 tsp

Methods:

Cut all the vegetables into small cubes and chop onion and garlic. In a pan heat oil/butter and add all the vegetables and a pinch of salt. Saute for 2 minutes.

Broken wheat or dalia

Add dalia and sugar and salt to taste. Stir on medium flame for a  minute

Add 2 cups of water and cook covered. Leave a small space between the pan and lid otherwise the water will inflate and spread all over .

Serve hot. You can have an omelette with this.