Lemon sevai

I always had been making sevai with idiyappam mix. My friends have told about the instant rice noodles but somehow I missed to try it for a long time. Finally I got these instant rice noodles from a chinese super market and made lemon sevai. To my surprise it tasted same soft as the regular idiyappam sevai and even more separate. Since rice noodles cook very quick, this can be made very fast. This can be eaten as breakfast or even as a snack or tiffin, no waiting around time to cook! I used to even make this for my hubby lunch box, since it is quick to cook in the morning.

Ingredients:
1 cup rice noodles
1 tbsp peanuts
1/2 tsp chana dal
1/4 tsp urad dal
1/4 tsp mustard seeds1 Green chilli
1/2 tsp grated ginger
Few curry leaves
1 tbsp oilsalt to taste
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 cup lemon juice (to taste)

Method:
Cook the rice noodles according to package OR Boil water in a pot, Add salt. Add the noodles and cover for only 3-4 minutes. Drain and keep aside.
Add oil in a pan and heat it up.
Add the peanuts and saute for about 30 seconds.
Add the chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds and jeera.
Add the curry leaves, green chili and ginger. Add the turmeric powder.
Add the drained rice noodles and saute along with some salt. (remember you added some salt before)
Add the lemon juice, little by little, so that it doesn't become too sour.At this point taste to see if you have to add more salt or lemon juice.
Serve hot with chutney or pickle.
Enjoy!!!

Homemade paneer pizza

My daughter loves pizza and demands it often these days. I'm just not happy to give her the ready ones. So I wanted to try make pizza at home. I took this receipe orginally from Rak's kitchen and made slight modifications to that. My daughter likes paneer and so added paneer as the main topping. It turned out good. Here goes the receipe.
Ingredients:
Pizza sauce:
Tomato pulp or finely chopped tomatoes - 1 cup
cut onions -1/4 cup
garlic cloves -2
corrainder leaves
chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt

Method
Add little onion in the pan and fry garlic for few minutes, add onion let it get cooked till soft.
Add the tomato pulp, chilli powder, salt and let it reduce to half. Switch off the stove.

Add corrainder leaves and once the mixture gets cooled, grind it to a fine paste.

Topping:
Onion 1/2
Tomato 1/2,Chopped, De-seeded.
Capsicum 1/2,chopped
Paneer As needed
Mozzarella cheese - For topping

Pizza base:

All purpose flour - 1& 1/2 cups

Active dry yeast - 3/4 tblsp

Milk -1/4 cup

Water -1/4 cup

Sugar - 1 tsp

Salt - 3/4 tsp

cooking oil -1/8 cup

Method:

Mix active yeast in warm water and leave it for 10 minutes.
In a broad vessel add flour, sugar, salt and oil and mix it well.

Add the milk and yeast mixture in this to make a smooth dough.

Cover this with a damp cloth and leave it in a warm place for an hour or so.

The dough will raise to double its size.

Press the dough and roll it to desired size. You can make two small size pizzas or a medium one.
Now apply the pizza sauce prepared and arrange the toppings.

Cover it with grated cheese as desired.

Preheat the oven for 210 degree celsius and bake it for 10-12 mins (till the cheese turns golden brown) .

Easy vegetable pasta

This is an easy indian version of pasta. It tastes very good and is healthy. My family loves it. It can be served as a meal. The measurement serves 3.

Ingredients:

Cooked pasta - 1 large bowl
Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
Carrot - 1
Beans - 10 nos.
Capsicum - 1
Medium sized Tomato - 2
Green chillies - 2
Ginger - 1/4 inch
Garlic - 2 (finely cut)
Cinnamon - 1, cloves - 2
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Tomato ketchup - 1 tbsp
Soya sauce - 1 tsp
Salt - as required
Corrainder leaves
Grated cheese
Oil - 2 tbsp

Procedure:

• Chop all the vegetables finely.



• Grind tomato, ginger and make a puree.



• Heat oil in a big pan, add cloves and cinnamon.



• Add onions, garlic, chillies and saute till golden brown.



• Add the chopped vegetables and saute for a while till they are soft.



• Add the tomato puree, chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and cook for 5 minutes.



• Add tomato ketchup and soya sauce.



• Add the cooked pasta and mix well.



• Garnish with grated cheese and corainder leaves.



• Serve hot.