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• Low fat chivda
• Noodle delight
• Mathari
• Murmura upma
• Groundnut cutlet
• Lemon rice
• Tomato Soup
• Microwave Rice
• Carrot Halwa

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Low Fat Chivda

Ingredients

Thin poha 200 gm.
Kurmura (Poha) 50gm.
Chatnidal 50gm
Groundnut 50gm.
Cashewnut 10 gm
Dry Grapes 10gm
Green Chilli 1 or 2
Salt and Chilli pr
Hing 1/4 teaspoon
Turmuric pr 1/4 teaspoon
Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
Oil 1-1/2 teaspoon
Kadipattha 1/4 cup leaves
Sugar 1/2 tea spoon

Method:

1. Place the ingredients separate in Microwave Plate for one minute, better to cook half minute each to avoid over roast.
2. Place the Kadai in gas stove, pour oil, after the oil heated, split mustard
3. Add green chiilli, cashew nut, dry grapes, hing powder, turmeric powder and chilli powder, kadipatha,(gas flame should be medium).
4. Now add all roasted ingredients, add salt and sugar,
5. Stir well for five minutes. (while mixing keep the gas flame low.)
6. Now the 'low fat poha chevda' is ready.
7. Total cooking time is 10 to 15 minutes. Easy to prepare.

Noodle Delight

Ingredients

1 Noodles pack (any flavour)
1/4 cup Cabbage strips
1/2 Capsicum strips
1/2 Carrot strips
1 Onion (finely chopped)
1 Spring Onion
Ginger-Garlic paste
A pinch of Ajinomoto
Salt and Pepper powder as per your need.

Method:

1. Cook noodles as per instructions on the pack.
2. In a wok add some oil(1 1/2 tbsp), fry the ginger-garlic paste, add finely chopped onion and then toss in the capsicum, cabbage and carrot strips. Keep stirring for some time, then add the ajinomoto and salt and pepper powder. Finally add the cooked noodles and stir with a wooden fork.
3. Garnish with spring onion, and serve with Chilli Sauce.

Mathari

Ingredients

Maida 2 cups
Ghee 1/2 cup
Black pepper 1 tsp.(ground coarsely)
Ajwain 1 tsp.
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method:

1. Sift the maida and salt. Rub in 1/2 cup ghee, add black pepper and ajwain and with the help of some water, bind into a tough dough.
2. Break the dough into small balls and roll out each ball into circular disc, dent it with the point of a knife or a fork.
3. Deep fry 3-4 discs at a time on slow fire until cooked but not very brown.
4. Store in a jar with tight lid, when cool.

Poha

Ingredients

Thick Poha (flaked rice) 2 cups
chopped onion 1
chopped green chillies 1 tsp
haldi 1/2 tsp
mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
peanuts 2-3 tsp
chopped coriander

oil for seasoning
salt to taste
sugar a pinch
Lemon juice 1 tsp

Method:

1. Wash poha and drain water completely and leave aside for 5 minutes.
2. To this poha add a pinch of sugar and salt to taste.
3. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, hing, green chillies, haldi, onion cook for 5-minutes and then add peanuts stir for a second.
4. Add poha and mix well and cover it for a minute.
5. Garnish with coriander, coconut and sprinkle lemon juice just before serving coconut and sprinkle lemon juice just before serving.

3 Minute Murmura Upma

Ingredients

10 gms of Sun Flower Oil
Small quantities of Chana Dal, Rai, Jeera, Red Chilli, Coriander Leaves.
1 bowl of Water
Salt to taste
150 gms of Mamra

Method

1. Heat the water to luke warm, and sprinkle on the mamra, so as to soften it.
2. Meantime head the kadai and boil the oil, add all the ingredients to it until light golden colour.
3. Add the mamra to it and sprinkle water on it and keep the stove in simmer for 2 minutes. Its ready for consumption.

Instead on wasting on the 2 minute noodles etc, which also do take the same time, this could be tried out. Mamra should be of lighter skin, and not the thick ones. Hope you enjoy it.

Groundnut Cutlets

Ingredients

2 cups Groundnuts (roasted and coarsely powdered)
1 large Onion (finely chopped)
4 slices Bread (soaked in water and drained)
4-5 Green Chillies
Coriander leaves
1/2 tbsp Ginger-Garlic paste
Salt to taste
2-3 tbsp Maida (add water to make thick batter as for batata wadas)

Method:

Mix all together to form a thick mixture. Make balls. Press, dip in maida paste and deep fry in oil till golden brown.

Lemon Rice

Ingredients

rice- 1cup
urad dhall-1/2tsp
turmeric powder- pinch
salt- 1tsp
channa dhall-1/2 tsp
Lemon 1
dry red chilli-4
mustard-1/2 tsp
venthyam-1/2tsp
asafetida- pinch
gingley oil- 2tsp

Procedure:

1. Cook rice in 2 cups of water,making sure that cooked grains are separate.
2. Let I cool in large plate.
3. Add turmeric powder and oil to the rice and mix evenly.
4. Fry venthayam in the pan without adding any oil and dry grind with salt and sprinkle over the rice.
5. In some oil fry channa dhall and urad dhall and remaining chillies and asafetida and spread over the rice.
6. Add juice of lemon.Mix evenly. Garnish with curry or coriander leaves.

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Tomato Soup

Ingredients

1. 4 medium sized or 3 large Tomatoes
2. 1/2tsp mint powder(or 2 fresg leaves)
3. 2 tbsp Sugar
4. Salt to taste
5. Red Chilli powder (optional)
6. 1 tbsp Butter
Method:

1. Microwave the tomatoes for 5 mins.
2. Peel them off and along with all the ingredients except butter blend it till no more lumps of tomato remain in a food processor.
3. In a cooking pan take butter and add the blended mixture to it. Boil for a few minutes(simmer).
4. Add little water to get the desired consistency. (May be 1/2 cup)
5. Remove from the pan and filter it to get a smooth soup.
6. Serve it hot before the dinner / lunch. Enjoy!

Microwave Rice

Ingredients

2-cups washed rice
4-cups water

Method :

1. Cook rice and water at High, uncovered, for 20-minutes (I use shallow Corning Ware Dish)
2. Rice are ready. Cover them for 5-minutes before serving.
3. If you want to make Pulav, or spicy rice you need to do just the beginning part on the stove, rest will be done in microwave.
4. Take little oil in the dish, fry Jeera, add onion, fry them, add peas or any other vegetable, add rice, salt and water, mix them all. Turn off the stove and continue in Microwave.

Carrot halwa

Ingredients

500 gms. carrot peeled, grated
200 ml. milk
1/2 cup sugar ground
1/2 cup khoya or milk powder
1 tbsp. ghee
1 tbsp. almonds, pistachios, chopped
1/2 tsp. cardamom powder
1/4 tsp. saffron crushed

Method

Mix carrot and milk in a deep microwaveproof bowl.
Allow for ample boiling space in the bowl.
Microwave on high for 8 minutes. Stand for 5 minutes.
Stir well, add khoya or milk powder and sugar and stir again.
Microwave on high for 8 minutes. Stand for 3 minutes.
Add ghee, cardamom powder and mix well.
Microwave on high for 2 minutes.
Garnish with chopped nuts.
Serve hot or cooled.
Reheat in in microwave for 1 minute before serving.

Making time: 30 minutes
Makes: 5 servings