Bhojan Bites

 Nice treat for kids and very easy to make. Ingredients: Marshmellows - 2 cups Rice puffs - 1 cup Butter - 1.5 tbsp Method: Cook butter and marshmellow untill the later starts melting Turn off the heat and puffed rice  Mix until rice puffs get coated with marshmellow Transfer the contents on a greased plate and press it gently to form a layer Cool and cut into desired shapes

Normally mattar paneer has a rich creamy gravy. Yes, it is yummylicious, but it comes with a price...I mean saturated fat in the form of cream. This recipe does not use cream. I have noticed, that cashew nuts alone can do the trick. Yes, cashew nuts are fat laden too, but they are rich in good fats and I am asking to add only a few :) Read more about Cahews here Ingredients: Paneer - 2 cups Tomato - 1 big ripe Tomato puree - 1 tbsp Onion - 1 medium Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp Frozen peas - 1 cup Cashews - 5-8 soaked in water (or milk) Oil to cook Spices Salt - as per your taste Red pepper - 1/4 tsp Garam masala - 1tsp Corriander powder - 1/2 tbsp Turmeric - 1 tsp Cumin seeds -1 tsp Method: Prepare paneer in advance by following the recipe here or buy it from a store   Finely chop onions and tomatoes Heat oil, add cumin seeds and wait till it starts to crackle. Now add chopped onions and cook till they are pinkish. Add ginger garlic paste and cook for 1 mi...

This is somethings kids will love cooling of on hot summer days. Also, a good way of getting your toddler eat a serving of fruit :) Ingredients: Water - 1/4 cup Sugar - 1/4 cup Watermelon - small size, fleshed and deseeded Method: Boil sugar and water in a small saucepan and let it boil till its syrupy. Cool and keep it aside. Puree the watermelon and mix with sugar syrup Pour it into the popsicle molds and freeze !

This is a very unique gatte ki sabzi, unique because it does not have yogurt gravy ! My mother makes it in onion gravy and its tastes delicious.  My onion gravy doesn't comes out as good as hers, so added small amount of tomatoes and voilà, it tastes amazing. Ingredients For Gattas: Gram flour (Besan) - 1- 1.25 cups Yogurt - 3 tbsp Oil - 2 tbsp Turmeric - 1/4 tsp Chillie powder - to taste Salt - to taste Asafoetida- pinch For Curry Red onion - 1, big Tomato - 1 medium Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp Garam masala - 1.5 tsp Corriander powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1 tsp Cumin seeds - 1 tsp Asafoetida - 1-2 dashes Method : Prepare Gatte's  : Mix all the ingredients under Gatte's and make dough by adding water little by little. The dough doesn't come all together at once. Keep oiling your hands and work on the dough and eventually it will form smooth dough Pinch lemon sized balls from the dough and roll it between your palms to make it cylindrical, lik...

Stuffed tomatoes or bharva tamatar is a good  recipe for potlucks, picnics and very easy to cook. They look very pretty and delicious. These go well with naan, plain parathas or pulao (aromatic fried rice) and some raita as a side dish Ingredients: Tomatoes - 4 Boiled potato - 1 cup Grated cauliflower - 1 cup Green peas - 1/2 cup Mint leaves - 2-3 sprigs Vegetable oil for cooking Spices: Turmeric - 1 tsp Corriander powder - 1 tsp Red Chilli powder - to taste Garam masala - 1/4 tsp Black pepper - 1/4 tsp Salt - to taste Method: Filling Wash tomatoes and chop off the head. Keep the head portion to cover the tomatoes later. Now scoop the pulp and seeds. (do not throw away the seeds and pulp. Boil it in microwave and sieve it to collect the juice and use it to prepare any tomato based gravy ) Heat oil in a heavy bottom wok. Add cumin seeds and let it crackle. Now add chopped onion, fry till they are translucent. Add grated cauliflower followed by frozen peas and...

I have perfected baking chocolate cake (with eggs) and can whip an awesome cake anytime :) I was looking for egg-less chocolate cake for very long time and my search ended when I googled for it. There are numerous recipes out there and most of them are pretty much the same. Hence my recipe is no different. Try it out, you wont be disappointed. This recipe is a keeper. Ingredients: All purpose flour - 1.5 cups Cocoa powder - 3.5 tbsp Sugar - 1 cup Baking soda - 1 tsp Salt - 1/4 tsp Oil - 1/4 cup White vinegar - 1 tbsp Vanilla essence - 1/2 tbsp Water - 1 cup Method: Pre-heat oven 350 degree Fahrenheit and line the 8x8 inch baking pan Sieve all the dry ingredients (excluding sugar) at least 3 times Whisk together oil, sugar, white vinegar, water and vanilla Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix gently [the batter will be runny] (I baked this cake again today, June 26, 2011 and accidentally dumped dry and wet ingredient in the same bowl and whisked it together and...

My son likes pancakes and so as me. Normally I use pre-mixes bought from the store. They come out very good, however need eggs all the time. There are times when I don't have eggs in the kitchen and my son craves for pancakes, then I am stuck and come up with some excuse. Last week I found this wonderful recipe on  Good Food . Loved the recipe, it has no eggs and uses dates. I love dates and always find excuse to use it. I couldn't wait to try it out. I made few minor changes to the recipe like added some cardamon powder and grated coconuts and it tasted awesome !!! Ingredients:  Wheat flour - 1 cup Pitted dates - 12-15 Milk - 1 cup and more Baking powder - 1 tsp Salt - 1/4 tsp *Sugar - to adjust taste or optional Cardamon powder - 1 tsp Grated coconut - 2 tbsp Cooking oil Method: Mix all the dry ingredients including sugar and coconuts in a bowl Soak dates in half cup of milk and put it in a microwave for 45seconds. Blend using a hand blender and make a paste....