Crispy Cauliflower

Crispy Cauliflower fry is a very very easy and perfect party snack recipe, which is air fried and mixed with nice rich gravy. Used Philips air fryer to make crispy cauliflower.

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Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Cauliflower Florets – of 1 cauliflower

Rice flour – 2 tbsp

Milk – ½ cup

Capsicum – 1 pcs cut into big pcs

Chopped Onions – 1 cup

Tomato puree – 1 cup

Cumin seeds/ Ajwain – ½ tsp

Salt, Red chilli powder – As per taste

Ginger Garlic paste/ Chopped – 1 tsp

Method:
1.       In a pan, heat 1 cup water along with milk. Add ½ tsp salt and add cauliflower florets. Cook it for 5 min on medium flame till cauliflower cooks properly.
2.       Strain the cauliflower and save the water milk mixture. Set aside for cooling. Once cooled, sprinkle rice flour over cauliflower pcs and coat the pcs completely.
3.       In the water and milk mixture, add rice flour and prepare a batter of medium consistency, neither too thick nor too thin. Add little red chilly power and salt along with 1 tsp oil for glazing.
4.       Coat the cauliflower pcs in the batter and air fry these pcs in preheated airfryer at 180 degrees for 5 min.
5.       For the gravy, sauté ginger garlic paste in 1 tbsp oil. Add onions, tomato puree and sauté till oil separates.  Add spices as per taste, capsicum. Avoid over cooking capsicum to maintain the colour. Add tomato ketchup but it is optional.
6.       Add airfryer cauliflower pcs in the gravy and cook for 1 min. Maintain the crispness of cauliflower and capsicum.
7.       Serve hot.

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Stuffed Makki Ki Roti

Stuffed Makki ki Roti is North Indian Punjabi special bread which is usually made in winter months. Makki ki roti is made with corn flour. Stuffed makki ki roti is an innovative recipe as usually makki ki roti is served with sarson ka saag.

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Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Yellow Corn Flour – 250 gms

Chopped spring onions – 1 cup

Grated Cabbage – 1 cup

Grated Carrot – 1 cup

Grated Broccoli – 1 cup

Salt, Carom seeds, cumin seeds, red chilly powder/flakes – As per taste

Method:

1. Mix all the veggies and spices. Add corn flour or makki ka atta. Using little warm water, prepare a nice dough. While kneading the dough, add 1 tsp oil. Knead a soft and form dough.
2. Make small balls of the dough. On a flat surface, spread a plastic sheet. Press the dough ball using the fingers and keep on pressing the roti in circular manner.
3. Place the prepared stuffed makki ki roti on hot griddle. Cook the roti on medium flame. Apply little oil on both sides of the roti to make it crisper. Cook till both sides of the roti turns brown.
4. Once ready, serve hot with butter or sarson ka saag.

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Bread ki Burfi / Bread Barfi (with carrots)

Bread ki Barfi with loads of carrots - Barfi is Indian dessert. Many varieties of barfis are available but bread barfi with carrots is a unique combination. An innovative Indian sweet...

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Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Fresh Bread crumbs of 4 slices

Sugar- 1 cup

Desiccated coconut – 1 cup

Grated Carrot – 1 cup

Cashew nuts – a few

Milk – 1 cup

Desi ghee – 2 tsp

Method:
1.       Grind all bread slices in a mixer jar or chopper. In bread crumb, add carrots and milk. Soak the mixture for 15 min.
2.       Melt sugar in a kadai, add coconut and cook till it turns little brown. Add soaked bread carrot mixture. Keep moving the mixture with help of spatula to prevent sticking on the sides of the pan. Cook the mixture on medium flame till it completely dried up.
3.       Add desi ghee to give nice flavour and glazing. Cook for another 10- 15 min till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
4.       Take a greased flat plate spread the complete mixture while it is hot. Grease little desi ghee on top to give a nice sheen. Put cut marks as per desired shape of barfi. Stick cashew nuts on each pcs. Allow the barfi to come down to room temperature.
5.       Place the barfi plate in refrigerator for setting for about 20 min.
6.       Once set, cut barfi pcs and store in air tight container.

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Savoury Muffin Recipe

Savoury muffins are the most easy, simple and healthy breakfast recipes. All vegetables can be added as per choice but broccoli and spring onions muffins are rare combination but very interesting one.

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Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Semolina - 1 cup

Curd – 1 cup

Chopped spring onion - ¾ cup

Chopped Broccoli – ½ cup

Salt – as per taste

Eno – 1 packet

Black sesame seeds – 1 tsp

Method:
1.       Mix semolina and curd in a bowl and keep aside for 15 min for fermentation. Once ready, add salt, eno and mix it well. The consistency of the batter should just like idli batter. Add little water, if required.
2.       In another bowl, add salt and mix both vegetables.
3.       Grease small cups with oil and place vegetable mixture in each cup. Top it with semolina mixture and sprinkle few sesame seeds on top.
4.       Place these muffin cups in preheated air fryer. Air fry at 180 degrees for 6 min. Once cooked, allow the muffins to cool down.
5.       Remove the muffins from the cups and savoury muffins are ready to serve.

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Soya Chunks Manchurian

A healthy and delicious dry manchurian dish made with nutritious soya chunks.

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Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Soya chunks – 1 bowl (soaked and boiled)

Capsicum – 1 pcs

Besan/ Gram Flour – 2 tsp

Chopped spring onions – 1 cup

Chopped ginger garlic – 1 tsp

Salt, black pepper powder – as per taste

Chilly sauce. Soya sauce, tomato ketchup – 1 tbsp

Corn flour – 2 tsp

Method:
1.       In boiled soya chunks, add gram flour and 2 tsp oil and mix well to coat the soya chunks. Airfry these chunks at 180 degrees for 8 min.
2.       For the gravy, heat 1 tsp oil in a pan. Sauté ginger garlic, spring onions, sliced capsicum. Add mixture of corn flour and water and cook it for 15 min.  Add salt, black pepper powder, chilly sauce and soya sauce. Cook for 5-10 min more at medium flame, till the gravy thickens.
3.       Add the air fried soya chunks in the prepared gravy. Add water to the gravy if it is very thick. Add tomato ketchup for taste. This is optional. Cook for 5 min.
4.       Once ready, garnish with spring onion flower and serve hot.

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Gajar ka Halwa | Carrot Halwa

 Gajar ka halwa or carrot halwa is very famous Indian dessert recipe which is usually prepared in winter months.  It is a traditional slow cooked recipe with just carrots, milk, ghee, sugar and a few dry fruits. Gajar ka halwa is made with varied ingredients like with or without milk, with milkmaid, with khoya etc. It depends on the taste and flavour of each ingredient that enhances the richness of gajar ka halwa.

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Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Grated Carrots – 2 kgs

Desi ghee – 2 tsp

Milk – 1 glass

Sugar – 2 cup

Cream/ Malai – 1 cup

Nuts – 2-3 tsp (Cashewnuts/ almonds/ raisins)

Method:

1. In a kadai or non-stick pan, cook complete quantity of carrot with milk on medium flame. It will take around an hour for carrots to get soft. Keep on stirring in between.
2. Once carrots get soft and tender, add sugar. Sugar will leave water. Cook the halwa till water evaporates. Continue cooking on medium flame.
3. After halwa dries up, add cream and cook for another 15-20 minutes. At this stage ensure to stir the halwa continuously as there is tendency to get stick at edges.
4. As a last step, add desi ghee for glazing and cook for 10 minutes till the halwa leaves oil in the pan.
5. Garnish the halwa with chopped or sliced dry fruits and serve hot.  

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Coriander Chutney | Dhania Chutney | South Indian Chutney Recipe by Healthy Kadai

Coriander Chutney | Dhania Chutney

Coriander is a good source of nutrients and tastes yummy with any kind of snacks or mail course. Improves digestion as well...here is the coriander chutney south Indian style.

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Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Fresh Coriander – 100 gms

Chopped Onion – 1 pcs

Chopped ginger – 2 tsp

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

Green chilli -1 pcs

Salt – As per taste

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp (optional)

Method:
1.       In a mixture jar, add all ingredients and blend together to get a nice coriander chutney.  

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Guava Chutney | Amrood Ki Chutney Recipe

Guava chutney, also known as amrood ki chutney is very tasty and easy recipe which goes very well with stuffed potato paratha. Amrood Ki Chutney is a traditional dish from the Indian cuisine.

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Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Guava – 1 pcs (Should be little raw)

Fresh Coriander – 1 cup

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Green chilli – 1 pcs

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

Salt – ½ tsp

Method:

1. Wash the coriander well. Cut guava into small pcs. Remove hard seeds from guava, if any.
2. For a thick consistency, take a chopper and add all ingredients except mustard seeds. Chop it to get a nice green chutney. For fine chutney, use a blender jar.
3. For tempering, heat little oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds in it.
4.  Once chutney is ready, add lemon juice and mustard seeds tempering. Guava chutney is ready to serve. 

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