Saturday, 16 June 2018

Mango Falooda, how to make mango falooda recipe, mango recipe

Falooda is popular indian dessert, it is prepared by mixing falooda seeds (as main ingredient), rose syrup and any fruits or fruit jelly's and falooda semiya. Falooda seeds is also known as sabja seeds/ tukmaria seeds. I started using sabja seeds last year to reduce my body heat. After knowing the advantages of using sabja seeds it became part in my kitchen. Sabja seeds are power pack of vitamins, minerals and many but no calories🤗🤗. The thing which attracted me is it helps in weight loss😍😉. Today I'm preparing falooda in mango flavour using fresh mangoes and roohafz.. Also check my sweet/dessert recipe s🤗.

Mango Lassi

Moong dal kheer
Kaju katli
Almond semiya kheer
Dates and dry fruit burfi





                               Mangoo Falooda


Preparation Time : 25 min

Total Time : 25 minutes
Serves : 2 glasses
Recipe Category: Desserts
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author: Aruna

Ingredients


Sabja/ Falooda seeds - 2tsp

Mango puree - 1 cup
Boiled and cooled milk - 1 cup
Long vermicelli/ vermicelli/falooda vermicelli - small  cup or few pieces
Rooh afza/ rose syrup - half cup
Sugar - 1/2 tsp ( optional)
Dry fruits chopped - 1 tsp

                     Main ingredients pic





Preparation


1) Take sabja seeds in a bowl.




2) Add 1 big glass water to the sabja seeds and soak it for 30 minutes.




3) Take long vermicelli in a bowl add 1/2 glass water and boil it.






4)Add 1/4 tsp or less  sugar when the vermicelli becomes soft, switch off flame. Drain water and wash with cold water and keep it ready.




5) Cut mangoes into pieces and make it puree using mixer jar.Add sugar if mangoes are not much sweet. I did not added sugar.




6) In a serving glass add rooh afzha syrup.




7) Then add 2tsp of falooda seeds.




8) Add cooked sweetened long vermicelli on the sabja seeds slowly.




9) Add mango puree on semiya by spreading on it.




9) Add milk on mango puree slowly.





10) Repeat the above process . Atlast add chopped mango pieces and dry fruits.




Yummy healthy and chilled Mango falooda is ready to taste🤗😋😋.


Note


* You can use mango ice cream or any ice cream available on the top of dessert. Mango ice cream is preferred as it is mango flavoured.


* You can use falooda semiya, if it is not available use vermicelli. I used long vermicelli.


* Adding sugar to vermicelli is optional.


* You can use rose syrup instead of roohafza. If both not available no problem, just skip it😄.


* Adding dry fruits is also optional, but healthy I prefer any of the dry fruit.


* You can also use mango jelly.


* If arranging is disturbed(as me😉) while repeating process , no probs just chill it will taste good .


Tips


◆ Adding small amount of sugar to vermicelli gives taste. But it's optional.


◆ Do not be rush while adding ingredients, it will disturb the texture. For falooda texture is important while serving. But while having no rules 😆.


Health benifts of falooda seeds


● They helps in burning metabolism and boost weight loss.


● Good for digestion


● Reduce body heat


● controls blood sugar levels


● Treats acidity and heart Burns


● Good for healthy skin and hair etc.,


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Thursday, 14 June 2018

Aratikaya bajji, raw banana bajji, vazhakkai bajji

Aratikaya bajji is very popular on South indian streets as snacks. You can have it as evening snacks at tea time, or serve at lunch. It is very easy to prepare but consistency of batter plays main role to get cripsy bajji. Once i had this bajji in Tenali (my husbands place), they cut the bajji in middle and stuff finely chopped onions with salt+red chilli powder+fried groundnuts seeds in it. It states very yummy 😋.


                     Raw banana bajji

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cook Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 10 nos
Recipe Category: snacks
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author: Aruna

Ingredients


Besan/gram flour - 1 cup
Rice flour - 1/4 cup
Raw banana - 1
Red chilli powder - 1tsp
Cooking soda - 1 pinch
Ajwain - 1/2 tsp
Oil to fry
Salt as per taste


 Method

1) Take a bowl add gram flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, salt, ajwain, soda .


2) Take a deep pan add enough oil for deep frying.

3) Mix all the above ingredients well by adding water . Do not add more water, the batter must be thick but pouring consistency. 


4) Wash and cut the raw banana into two pieces, now peel raw banana and slice into pieces by using knife or using slicer. Add sliced banana pieces into water.



5) check the oil by dropping some batter, if batter immediately floats, then oil is ready to fry.


6) Dip banan slices in batter, coat the banana with batter well, wipe out excess batter an drop it into oil.


7) Fry well both sides till changes to golden , take it into tissues or plate ,serve hot or warm.


Yummy, crispy and tasty Aratikaya bajji ready to serve😋😋

Note

◆ You can use food color to get bajji 's colorful as we get from hotel.

◆ You can slice banana into round pieces too.

◆ To get crispy bajji, the consistency of batter is important.

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Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Stuffed capsicum, Potato & paneer stuffed capsicum

Today's stuffed capsicum is very easy and tasty recipe. You can use many forms of stuffing. Previously I prepared this recipe with potatoes, i had small paneer pieces in fridge. Thought to use for stuffing by combining both potatoes & paneer, trust me it came very yummy 😋😋. You can have it with rice or Roti's.
You can do stuffing in two ways:
1) By stuffing in full capsicum
2) By cutting into round pieces after stuffing.
           If you are serving for kids serve round pieces,they will enjoy it 🤗. For elders you can serve full stuffed capsicum. Keep the stuff ready and prepare recipe before serving, then you can feel the crispnesss outside capsicum. Capsicum does not take much time to cook.




                             Stuffed capsicum


Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Cook Time : 10  minute
Serves : 3
Recipe Category: curry
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author: Aruna

Ingredients


Capsicum -3 to 4

Mashed Potatoe - 1 cup
Paneer - 1 cup
Green chilli -1 
Onion - 1 cup (finely chopped)
Coriander leaves - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp (optional)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt as per taste
Oil - 2 tsp

                     Main ingredients pic



Preparation


For stuff


* Boil potatoes in a pressure cooker for 5 whistles. Remove the skin and mash it well.


* Crumble paneer pieces and keep it ready.


* Finely chopp onions and keep it ready.


For capsicum


Remove the stem and scoop out the sides carefully. Cut the capsicum base to set it while cooking.





Method


1) Take a pan add oil, let it heat for a second add cumin seeds fry it once, add green chillies, onions fry it till changes color.




2) Add mashed potatoes, salt, turmeric powder and mix it well. Now add paneer , coriander powder, cumin powder and mash everything well. Also add coriander leaves mix it well.




3)  Now stuff the curry in the capsicum, fill it properly. Cut few capsicums in one inch length after stuffing (2nd way for kids)




4) Add oil in a pan, place the capsicum in it.




5) close the lid and cook it in medium flame for 5 - 7 minutes. Change the position of capsicum in middle so that it will cook all sides well. Turn the capsicum pieces in middle, so that it wont burn.




Yummy stuffed capsicum is ready to serve 😋😋


Note


* You can skip paneer.


* Cutting capsicum shape depends on your interest.


* Roundly cutted stuffed capsicum pieces cook very fast. It will burn if you cook it long time.


* You can also add ginger-garlic paste to the curry.


Tips


◆  Fry fully stuffed capsicum and roundly cutted capsicum separately to avoid the mesh.


Health benifits of capsicum


● Burns calories


● Good for eyes and heart health


● Prevents hyper tension


● Regulates blood pressure


● It has good amount of dietary fibre etc.,



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Monday, 11 June 2018

Crispy Jack fruit seeds snack, chat pata Jack fruit seeds

Jack fruit is also known as Panasa Pandu in Telugu, Halasina hannu in Kannada, Pala palam in Tamil. Jack fruit is very healthy and rich in vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats etc., We can prepare number of recipes with Jack fruit, Jack fruit seeds and even with Jack fruit skin. Jack fruit biryani is famous, i tasted Jack fruit dosa many years back. My mom use jack fruit seeds in sambar 🤗. I will post all recipes and make you cook and stay healthy 😍🤗. Today's my recipe is simple,easy and crispy snack item using jack fruit seeds. We can also prepare this in many ways by deep frying jack fruit seeds etc., But I am preparing it just by boiling and frying. It tastes crispy outside and smooth inside 😋.  If you fry it for long time it will become very hard, and it is difficult to eat.




                  Crispy Jack fruit seeds 


Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cook Time : 10  minute
Serves : 3/4 cup
Recipe Category: Snack
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Aruna

Ingredients


Jack fruit seeds - 12

Salt as per taste
Oil - 1/2 tsp
Ghee - 1tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Chaat masala - 1/2 tsp ( optional)

Preparation


*  Clean the jack fruit seeds in water once.




* Take jack fruit seeds in a pressure cooker add water just to dip the seeds, then add salt and pressure cook it for 4 whistles. Take it into cup.




* Peel jack fruit seeds skin ( it is stuff like nylon) , leaving the red skin intact, as it is rich in vitamins.





* Cut the seeds into two pieces, if the seed is big cut into 4 pieces.



Method


1) Take a pan add ghee and oil , then add boiled jack fruit seeds.


2) Fry it in medium flame till it turns crispy.




3) Once it become crispy turn off the flames and add red chilli powder and chat masala. Salt is already added while boiling, if it tastes less salt, add salt at last.




Crispy  out side and smooth inside jack fruit seeds snack is ready to serve 😍🤗


Note


* Quantity of oil/ghee, red chilli powder and salt adding depends on number of seeds you have taken.


* You can also boil it normally without using pressure cooker.


* If you fry it for long time it will become very hard. If you like to eat it hardly you can fry it.


* Take care while removing the skin from seed, it will be sharp and hurt your nails.


Health benefits of using Jack fruit seeds


● Good for eyesight, teeth and hair


● Prevents anemia


● Helps in curing mental stress and skin diseases


● Prevents constipation


● Boost the immune system etc.,



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Sunday, 10 June 2018

Kosambari, Moong dal (Yellow lentil ) cucumber salad

This is my 25th recipe, so I am sharing my favourite Kosambari, this is traditional Karnataka recipe. It is very healthy and tasty, you can have it as salad or you can have it as side salad with your meals. Kosambari is offered as prasadam to Lord Sri Rama on Sri Rama Navami 🙏 . I remember my childhood days, where we use togo temple on Rama Navami for lunch (oota in Kannada). I remember all the traditional food they offer like kosambari, Mandige, Hayagreeva,sweet mango chutney, sambar ....🤤😋😋. Those days never come back. Coming back to kosambari 😛 we  prepare kosambari in different ways. Today's my post is simple and easy using cucumber and coconut.
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                           Pongal



                 Cucumber Kosambari


Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cook Time : 5  minute
Serves : 1 bowl 
Recipe Category: Salad
Recipe Cuisine: Karnataka/ Indian
Main ingredient : Moong dal 
Author:Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients


Moong dal(yellow lentils) - 1/2 cup

Cucumber - 1/2 cup ( chopped)
Scraped coconut - 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves -  2 tsp
Green chillies - 2
Lemon - 1/2 piece
Salt as per taste

                     Main ingredients pic



For the seasoning


Oil - 1tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 spig
Hing - 1 pinch

Preparation


* Wash Moon dal well and soak it in water for 1 hour.





* Peel cucumber and cut into pieces


Method


1) Drain water and take the moong dal in a bowl.




2) Add cucumber, scraped coconut, coriander leaves, green chillies( missing in pic) to the moong dal.




3) Now squeeze lemon juice to the above mixture and mix it.




4)  Take a pan add oil, let it heat for a second. Now add mustard seeds once it splutters add curry leaves fry it for a second, switch off the flames and add hing.




5) Pour the seasoning into the kosambari and add salt, mix it well.




Yummy and healthy Cucumber Kosambari is ready to serve 😋😋


Note


* Add salt before serving as if added, cucumber leaves water.


* I prefer using scraped coconut instead of grated coconut. As it gives milky taste to the salad.


* Use fresh coriander leaves for good taste.


* You can increase/decrease lemon juice as per your taste.


* You can skip the seasoning.


* You can also use carrot, capsicum along with cucumber. I will post that recipe soon 🤗.


Tips


◆ If you are in hurry and no time to soak moong dal for 1 hour,then soak moong dal in hot water for 30 minutes. Or boil it in cooker, but it taste bit different.


Health benefits of Moong dal


● Prevents normal blood sugar


● Lower blood cholesterol


● Helps in weight lost


● Provide energy


● Boost immunity system etc.,



Also check some starters and snack recipes by clicking the link below the pic.. 


              Pomegranate Raita


          Veg chow mein noodles



          Dry cabbage manchurian

                            Paneer Tikka


        Star Gooseberry masala


 


                      Paneer pinwheels

                   Pepper sev


               Vaamu Aaku bajji

               Corn flakes chivda

                     Bhakarwadi

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