FLATTENED RICE DOSA/ PANCAKE

For Breakfast I am always on a look out for something tasty and quick. Here the other day I created this recipe quite by accident.

I was planning on doing poha, a breakfast dish made with flattened rice (a very commonly done dish here in the state where I live.)

When I went into the kitchen I saw that there were not enough poha (flattened rice) to make my breakfast, and so I thought of trying this dish which came out just perfect.. It is filling and tasty the flattened rice provide the required softness to the dosas.

Take a cup of flattened rice or poha wash them and let them soak (do not keep water just drain it out when you wash them that’s enough for them to get soaked)

Take a cup of sour curd; add ½ cup fine semolina or Rava to it. Let it stand for about 15 mins, grind the above poha to a fine paste and add to the semolina, curd mix.

Add finely grated ginger and green chilies to this above mixture.

Make a paste add a little water or buttermilk if the mixture is too thick.

Add salt and sugar to taste. (Sugar about 1 tsp.)

Add finely chopped coriander and curry leaves (opt).

On a hot griddle drizzle a little oil and spread this dosa or pancake in a circular motion.

Let it cook , turn and cook on the other side till light brown.

Serve hot with chutney of choice.

You can add grated carrots or cabbage to this mixture, you can even add cheese before serving.

Sorry that I have no picture for this recipe as I served them before I could click pictures , but I will try to take a picture when I make them the next time.

But this is how it would look

The above picture is of my OATMEAL DOSA

QUICK SANDWICH...

This was a quick sandwich I made for my son because there was nothing else in hand that he would like with is sandwich bread..
This is an easy and filling sandwich which  can be made in 10 mins flat and you can even make a lot of changes as per choice i will suggest a few changes which you can incorporate into the sandwich making.

I used ready schezwan chutney for this recipe you can make schezwan sauce at home too .
spread one side of  your bread slice with butter , on the other slice you can smear with a spoon of schezwan sauce keep a cheese slice on top and sprinkle with a little Italian seasoning a little pepper and chilli  flakes.. 

which gives a tangy , yummy Sandwich.

 I am sorry, I did not take a picture of the sandwich open.. I just took the outer picture as I was in a hurry.

 
You can add your own things like a scrambled egg . boiled potato finely sliced some finely chopped onions etc.

NICE PIC..

Yesterday my brother and son went to a cafe for lunch.. both of them love the same type of food and so the natural choice were sandwiches and coffee and so naturally these things are best eaten at a cafe.
If it was my husband who had accompanied them than they would have to go to a proper restaurant to eat a proper meal which would be roti, vege , rice and dal i.e a complete Indian meal ..
My husband would never have a sandwich for lunch For his a sandwich is something that is to be had  either as a breakfast or dinner dish.



My brother clicked this lovely pic of the chicken sandwich that he had , I love the green checkered table cloth that is used it gives a traditional feel to the whole plate. so I decided that I had to share it with you..
do you make a chicken roll .. If you do pls give me the recipe.
I will give you my version too.

CHICKEN ROLL (home-made)
cook chicken breast pieces with a little salt and pepper till tender.. dont over cook as they tend to get chewy.
Shred the chicken to fine pieces.
Mix in a little mayonnaise,pepper powder, garlic powder, a little curd and finely chopped green chillies.
spread it inside a buttered roll of bread..
You can even add finely chopped onions to this.. but thats optional .. some dont appreciate the smell of raw onions.
and thats it eat it plain or with a leaf of lettuce added to the sandwich.

GAJAR HALWA (sweet made with carrots)

This is a sweet dish which normally people love to eat with lunch or dinner , but at my home its eaten at breakfast with chapati or Roti...and that sweet dish is GAJAR HALWA  or sweet dish made with gajar or carrots and condensed milk or reduced milk.

INGREDIENTS


25Ogms carrots finely grated
500mi milk

100 gms khoya or mawa (Khoya is prepared by boiling and reducing the milk to a semi-solid stage.)..You can use condensed milk too...

150 gms sugar (depends on taste)

8-10 almond cut into slices 

1 tsp cardamom powder

3-4 tbsp ghee or clarified butter

METHOD:

Take a pan add the ghee to it then add the grated carrots stir...

let the carrots cook in this ghee

Then add the milk, sugar and almonds

cook on a medium flame for sometime till the mixture dries up a little

Then add the khoya and elaichi or cardamom powder.

Mix , cook covered for another 5 mins before serving hot.

EGGY MASALA TOAST......

I have a friend who is a pure vegetarian girl, they never even cook an egg in their home i.e. her mom in law has never ever touched an egg.

But funny as it is her son once tasted an egg masala toast quite accidentally from his friends tiffin box and he was hooked , He just loved the taste of  the egg preparation and he insisted that his mother learn it and make it for him, and as no mother would be able to

Ignore her child’s plea, she did learn to make it for her son and makes it regularly only for him as all the other members are pure veg…..

 

She is a very dear friend of mine and hence this dish is very special for me ….

 

METHOD

1. Take a shallow dish and beat in two eggs till light and fluffy, add salt, chilli powder or finely chopped green chilies), haldi powder and  finely chopped coriander to the mixture.

2. There is one extra ingredient which I add and that’s cheese, my son loves cheese and loves to have it wherever possible and so in goes my cheese too.

3. Dip the slices of  bread cut into the required shape into the above mixture , do not leave the slices in the mixture or it will soak up the whole mixture and then break , so dip it for just long enough for it to soak up the egg mixture.

4. Take a hot griddle and add a little butter to it. Place the slices on the hot griddle and let them roast till nice and brown.

5. Serve hot with tomato ketchup

 

                                          EASY AND SIMPLE EGG MASALA TOAST

FRENCH TOAST....

My son and hubs wanted to have something eggy yesterday morning and they asked me to make a scrumptious French toast with a forewarning that I should make it just the way it should be made i.e. use all the ingredients in the right proportions.
You all will wonder why is it necessary to give such a warning, let me tell you why
I am a bit conscious about the ingredients that I use i.e. I am not very generous in my use of ingredients which tend to have lots of calories or empty calories , the ingredient in this recipe is the large amount of sugar required . I am not very comfortable making sweet dishes as I am not comfortable using large amount of sugar and also the amount of butter used for frying the fried toasts.

So I did make the French toast exactly the way it should be made- (according to me)
I added a little vanilla essence too.
I am sure each of you has a French toast recipe, and I would love to know how you make it.
I use the ingredients by the taste and add method i.e. 1 cup milk for 3 eggs sugar as per taste, butter for frying.

PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR RECIPES AND THE VARIATIONS IF YOU KNOW OF ANY
I WILL POST THEM IN ADDITION TO MINE.

This is what some of my friends say…………..
I do the same thing too. I rarely add things like butter, ghee, sugars etc in the amounts they are supposed to be added & then I complain that the taste is just not the same!My French toast is pretty much the same as yours; sometimes I add finely sliced onion, green chilies and some cilantro……..tbc

I usually add salt and pepper instead of sugar. Sometimes I add cinnamon powder instead of slat and pepper. Should try u're way. It looks delicious …… LATHA

I too am very stingy with oil/butter in my dishes. Hence most turn out dry... but I still go the less oil way for French toast: I add turmeric powder along with vanilla essence. Basically it gives it a more golden color and reduces the smell of the egg in the toast... Rest remains the same... also add a little salt. This is how my mom makes it… ASHU


I make French toast but my recipe is 2 eggs 2 tbsp milk salt and pepper.4-6 slices bread butter for cooking. Combine together egg, milk salt and pepper and dip bread in. Heat pan and melt a little butter then cook bread till golden then turn and cook second side.
forgot to say, Usually serve with banana, lightly cooked in the pan, and maple syrup but I find that a bit sweet so just use a hint of syrup…..JEAN FROM NEWZEALAND

I make mine with finely chopped onions, salt n pepper n makes it on a non-stick...So cut out on a lot of oil...Your sweet one looks nice...Like the browning! SUGARCRAFT

BREAKFAST ON 21ST JULY...

As mentioned earlier its my husbands birthday today,

I started off the day by making a simple onion upma. i put in some boiled sweet corn as a variation in my hubby's plate and for my son who does not like sweet corn much and loves something 'chatpatta' with his upma i garnished his upma with besan shev and potato wafers.

I will be posting the recipe of the upma a little later.

MIX DAL DOSA.....

Dosa is something that one can eat at any meal of the day , It can be done in various ways and they always [almost] come out right.
I love to experiment with Dosas and always on a look out for some good recipe or i make my own recipe which is quite convenient
The above dosa is a mix dal dosa
The recipe will follow.

Thanks for your overwhelming response!!!!!
Yesterday I was writing this post late into the night and was so sleepy that I just could not continue to write the recipe and hence I left it to be completed today.
So all my dear friends here is the recipe for you

INGREDIENTS

2 cups yellow Moong dal
1 cup masoor dal
½ cup chana dal
1 cup sour curd
½ cup Rava /suji or semolina
Green chilies finely chopped
Coriander finely chopped
1 tsp cumin seed powder
Salt to taste
Oil for frying the dosas

METHOD

Mix all the dals and soak overnight.
Grind them to a fine paste in the morning or after 8 hours of soaking.
Add the remaining ingredients to the dosa mixture.
Let it rest for about 1 hour.
Heat a griddle or Tawa.
When hot, reduce the flame and smear with a little oil.
Pour a ladle full of dosa batter to form a thick pancake like circle.
These dosas are best eaten thick.
When brown on one side, flip
Let it go brown on the other side too. You can smear it with a little home made ghee for extra flavour.
Serve with a hot bowl of sambhar and green coconut chutney.

KAKDICHE BHAKRI/THALIPETH/ THICK DOSA

KAKDI, that’s a Marathi word for our humble cucumber, this dosa , thalipeth or bhakari as we call it in goa is very famous and commonly done in goan houses for breakfast.

KAKDI OR CUCUMBER belongs to the same plant family as melons, pumpkins, and winter squash
Kakdi contains 95 % water and are low in calories; a cup of slices of cucumber contains fewer than 15 cal.


Without more delay let me go on to share with you the recipe of KAKDICHE BHAKRI

INGREDIENTS

2 Cups grated cucumber
1 cup wheat flour
1 cup rice flour
11/2 cup grated jaggery more if you like it sweet
1 cup grated coconut
Salt to taste
1tbsp cardamom powder
Ghee for smearing
Oil for shallow frying
METHOD

Its very simple
Just add all the ingredients and mix with water
The consistency should be right enough to spread it on a hot tawa or griddle.
Spread on the tava with your fingers dipped in water.
Pour a little oil along the sides and let it cook
Turn on the other side and let it turn into brown spots.
Let it become nice and crispy
Remove and spread a spoon of fresh homemade ghee on it.
And RELISH!!!!!!!
THIS IS MY ENTRY FOR NUPURS ABOVE EVENT.CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS