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Friday, January 21, 2022

Homemade Mushroom Soup!

Mushroom Soup is very popular in soup varieties at restaurants. There is also cream of mushroom which tops up with cream.

My kids love mushoom, later read and learnt that it has more iron in it and very good for health. I very rarely cook mushroom at home, so this time tried preparing Mushroom soup and fried rice. 

Sharing the soup recipe first, do try and let me know your feedback.




Preparation time - 15mins

Cooking time - 20 mins

Serves - 2 pax

Ingredients

  • White button mushroom - 8 nos
  • Onion - 1/2 no or small one
  • Garlic 2 small pods
  • Sugar 1/4 tspn(optional)
  • Milk/cream - 2 tblspn (optional)
  • Black pepper - crushed or powder 1 tspn (as per taste)
  • Oil or butter or ghee - 1 tblspn
  • Salt as per taste 1/2 tspn
  • Water as required

Preparation Method

  1. Wash the mushrooms and remove the skin.
  2. Heat a kadai, add oil, garlic, onion and just saute for few minutes till its transparent.
  3. Now add mushroom and saute for few minutes. You can keep aside 1 or 2 pieces of mushroom for garnish.
  4. Add salt and off the stove
  5. Once cool grind to fine paste
  6. Now again heat kadai, add the gounded paste with water. Adjust consistency of soup (around 1 cup of water)
  7. Boil well for 3-4 minutes add chopped mushrooms.
  8. Taste and switch off the stove.
  9. Add cream or milk if you wish to do cream of mushroom.
  10. Top it with pepper powder.

Mushroom soup is ready to serve. Serve with garlic bread toast or plain toast.


PS - Your feedback is appreciated. If you try recipe from (http://www.sarascorner.net/take a picture and send it to me through Facebook message or mail me at simplysara07@gmail.com. Will be glad to add in my page Tried & Tasted album on FB or post on my page. Do follow me on Instagram id - saraswathiyer for more food stories and recipe ideas.Thank you. 



Friday, December 26, 2014

Brocolli Pakoda | Starter/Snacks


This month in Singapore its rainy days, some days it rains continuously no mood to go out and a dull day. Just tried this for a rainy day with coffee and lunch. Kids really enjoyed.

Brocolli is my sons favourite. He likes soup and pakoda. Here is a simple recipe.




Ingredients

Brocolli florets - 2 cups
Onion sliced - 1 cup
Kadalai Maav/Besan/Chickpea Flour- as required
Chola Maav /Corn Flour- 1/4 cup
Red Chilli powder - 1 tspn (As per taste)
ginger - grated 1 tspn
Oil for deep frying
Salt to taste


Preparation Method

Make small florets of brocolli, put in boiling water with little salt. Close with a lid. leave it till you prepare other things. 
Drain/Strain fully so no water is left.
Take a wide bowl, add sliced onion, ginger, brocoli, sprinkle besan and corn flour just to cover the brocolli. Add chilli powder and salt.  Dont add water. 
Heat oil in pan, and deep fry in oil until brown and crispy.

Brocolli pakoda is ready to serve. You can serve with Ketchup.

This can be had at tea/coffee time

DEEPFRIED RECIPES, BROCOLLI RECIPES, STARTER, SNACK, COFFEE/TEA TIME SNACKS, 

PS - Your feedback is appreciated. Do try recipe from (http://www.sarascorner.net/) take a picture and send it to me through Facebook message or mail me at simplysara07@gmail.com. Will be glad to add in my page Tried & Tasted album on FB or post on my page. Do follow me on Instagram id - saraswathiyer for more food stories and recipe ideas.Thank you.


Friday, June 6, 2014

Cauliflower Soup | Baby and Toddler Food | Winter Special! No oil no butter no onion no garlic

Today I prepared Cauliflower soup for my kids at lunch. School holidays started and preparing something different to the kid.  I had a medium sized flower, thought of preparing Gobi manchurian or Gobi65 but since it started raining heavily my plan changed to soup. A low fat soup with no oil no butter no onion no garlic.

Both my kids loved:-) The 14 month was more interested in trying out the new dish.



Ingredients
Cauliflower - 1 medium size
Milk - 1/2 cup
Water as reqd
Pepper powder - 1/2 tspn
chopped Spring onion - 1 tblspn
Turmeric - a pinch
Salt - 1/4 tspn

Preparation method
Wash, remove stem and wash florets.
Boil water with salt and turmeric. Put the cauli florets and boil.
Off the stove. Allow it to cool a bit.
Grind to fine puree in a blender or mixie.
Pour in the same pot, add milk, salt, pepper powder, water if reqd, spring onion and boil it.

Serve hot as it is or with crouton or Bruchettas.

In the pic I have added Italian seasoning on top:-)

Notes - You can add onion, garlic, or fried onions to enhance the taste.

#lowfat #soup #nooil #nobutter #noonion #nogarlic #vegetarian

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Gobi 65 | Snack/Starter recipe!

Here the weather is very cool and chill. Thought of something different to eat a thome.
Sometimes when we go to restaurant we order Gobi 65 as starter, so prepared this for tiffin with coffee last weekend.

Ingredients
Gobi/Cauliflower - 1 big
Besan/Kadalaimav - 1 cup
Maida -1 tblspn
Rice flour or Corn flour - 2tspn
Red chilli powder - 1 tspn(As per your taste)
Red food colour - a pinch( optional)
Omam/Ajwain - a pinch
Salt and water
Ginger garlic paste - optional. I have not used it.









Preparation Method
Make small florets of cauliflower. Put in boiling water with little salt and a pinch of turmeric for 10 minutes. Drain/Strain fully so no water is left.
Take a bowl add all the flours, chilli powder, salt, water to form a semi thick batter. Add the cauliflower and mix
Deep fry in oil until brown and take on tissue paper to absorb oil.




Serve with ketchup.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Kathirikkai Roast | Crispy Eggplant/Aubergine| South Indian Curry Recipe!

Kathirikkai Roast | Crispy Eggplant/Aubergine is very easy and delicious sidedish. This goes well with sambar rice, rasam rice or curd rice.



 
Ingredients
Kathirikkai/Eggplant - 2 nos
Curry powder - as required(For recipe click here)
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tspn
Asafoetida - a pinch
Salt
Olive Oil as required

Preparation method
Wash and cut the  kathirikkai/eggplant to medium size round shape.
In a plate, put rest of the ingredients mentioned above and make a paste.
Heat a tawa/pan/skillet on medium flame.
apply the paste on both sides of the vegetable place on the tawa and cook both sides until done.

Do the same with rest of the vegetable.

Delicious Kathirikkai Roast is ready to enjoy.

Notes - If you don't have curry powder you can also use red chilli powder or garam masala powder as per your choice.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Baked Potato Wedges | Kids Snack Recipe!

I have had Potato Wedges at restaurant in Panama, first time I tried at home and liked it a lot. This was suggested by my hubby. Now my family loved it.

I had not put any spice so kids will definitely love it.

It was finished soon, before I could photo shoot it. This photo is just out of the oven.

Ingredients
Potato - 4 nos(big)
Olive oil - 1 tablespoon
Parsley Flakes -  2 pinches+
Salt - 2 pinches

Preparation Method
Preheat oven to 200 C for 10 mins
Wash, scrub the potatoes and cut into wedges. do not remove skin
In a bowl add olive oil, salt and parsley flakes. coat the potatoes and line in the baking tray.
Bake for 20 to 30 mins. Insert a tooth pick and see if the potatoes are cooked.

Take out and serve immediately with a dip. Mayo or Cheese dip.

Notes - If you love spicy do add pepper powder.
You can also use Oregano.


This recipe along with Potato Cutlet and Potato Bags is going to Crazy for Potatoes by Sowmya and Pari.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Bread Pizza Bites | Bread Pizza | Easy and Quick Kids Snack Recipe!


Last week had gone to friends place for tea time, she had prepared this and we liked it a lot. So yesterday my son wanted this for this evening snack after school. Since I don't have microwave it was easy to prepare on tawa.

So I prepared and we enjoyed it. This is very easy and quick snack to prepare. I have already posted Paneer Pizza and Tawa Pizza previously here.

Hope you like it. Surely kids will love and it will be hit in the parties for starters too.


Ingredients
Soft White Bread - 4 nos(As required)
Butter - 4 tspns
Salt - a pinch

Veggie for Toppings
Capsicum - 1 no finely chopped
Tomato - 1 no finely chopped
Onion - 1 no finely chopped
Tomato Ketchup/sauce - 4 tblspn
Cheddar cheese grated/Cheese slice - as required
Red Chilli flakes - 2 pinches(As per your taste) for small kids optional
Chilli Sauce - 1 tblspn - Optional


Preparation Method
Heat a tawa/skillet.
Take bread slice apply butter on both sides and toast only one side till brown.
Now apply ketchup on the toasted side. top it with all the vegetables, salt, red chilli flakes and cheese.
Put on tawa and close with lid on low flame till the cheese melts.
Then remove and cut into tiny pieces or serve as it is.

Bread Pizza | Pizza Bites is ready to serve. Its very crunchy and delicious.


Serve with Ketchup/Sauce or as it is.

After long time clicked more pictures. Enjoy:-)


Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Nippat Masala | Bengaluru Style Street Food

Nippat Masala is a popular street food in Bangalore.  I just love them at Rajajinagar, these are so delicious. After my vacation in Bangalore, I am craving for all these chaats. So I prepared this on a saturday evening with coffee.

You can also prepare this as a starter for a party.  You will love it.


Serves - 1
Ingredients
Nippat/Thatai- 8 nos (I have used AAB thatai) You can use big ones and break into pieces.
Onion - 1no chopped finely
Tomato - 1no chopped finely
Cucumber - 2 tblspn chopped finely
Carrot grated - 1 tblspn
Green Chutney as per your taste(click on name for recipe)
Sweet Chutney as per your taste (click on name for recipe)
Grated raw mango - 1 tablespn
Freshly chopped coriander/cilantro
Chaat Masala - 2 pinches
Salt
Mixture - handfull
Omapodi/Sev - handfull
Pori/Puffed Rice - handfull

Preparation Method
Arrange nippat on a plate.
Add one by one above ingredients in the same order on the nippat.

Nippat Masala is ready to serve. I love to add more sweet chutney:)

Enjoy this snack with hot coffee/tea.

You may also like to try other street food popular in Bangalore

Tikki Puri
Masala Puri

PS - Your feedback is appreciated. Do try recipe from (http://www.sarascorner.net/) take picture and send it to me through Facebook message or mail me at simplysara07@gmail.com. Will be glad to add in my page Tried & Tasted album on FB or post on my page.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Tawa BBQ Paneer | Kids Delight| Party Starter!

Tawa Barbeque Paneer is a starter and easy dish. My son loved it as he is a Paneer lover.


Ingredients
Paneer - Block 4 nos(about 100gms)(I used Nanak, you can use Hatsun if available or homemade paneer)
Oil - 1 tspn
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Red Chilli powder - 2 pinches
Chaat Masala - a pinch
Hing/Asafotida - a pinch
Salt if required


Marinate with all the ingredients for 1/2 hour


Heat a tawa and cook


Turn and cook other side


Slowly turn all the sides and cook till brown.


Preparation Method
Thaw the paneer to room temperature.
Take a bowl mix all ingredients except paneer. Then cut paneer slices to desired shapes and coat and marinate for half n hour.
Heat a tawa/skillet, put all the paneer and cook till its brown on all the sides using tooth pick or chop sticks.
Allow it to cool for 2 minutes and then cut into small pieces if required.(I did into small pieces and served with tooth pick)






Serves - 1 person


Delicious Tawa Barbeque Paneer is ready to serve. It can be an evening snack for kids or starter to party with Tomato Ketchup or Green Chutney.


Notes - Since its kids menu, I have put very less spice, if you need more you can add some more.
You can also grill this.

This recipe is going to The Master Chef event.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

BBB | Spinach Soya Bisibelebath and Oats Onion Pakoda - Ver 2!

Bisibelebath(Hot Dal Rice) is a healthy dish, its also very filling. My previous post on this recipe Ver 1 click here. I mostly prepare on every weekend or fornightly and for get togethers. This is a most popular recipe and food liked in my house. 


Ingredients
Rice - 2 cups
Tuvar Dal – 1 cup
Tomato - 1 no

Potato - 1 no
Soya Beans - 1/2 cup
Capsicum - 1 no
Carrot -  few pieces
Brinjal - 4 nos
Beans - 10 nos
Brocolli - few florets
Spinach/Palak - 1 cup chopped

Broad Beans/Avarekkai - 5 nos
Tamarind Water - 2 cups(from a LEMON SIZE)
Spices Cinamon/Pattai – 2 small pieces/ Cardamom/Elakka - 2nos/ Clove/Lavang - 2 nos
Bisibelebath powder - 4 tablespoons (Adjust accordingly)
Curry leaves few
Jaggery a small piece
Salt


Preparation Method
Wash and cut all vegetables.
Soak soya beans overnite in water.
Cook rice, soya bean and dal separately in a pressure cooker.
Steam the veggies for about 15 to 20 mins with little salt and turmeric or 1 whistle.
Heat a deep vessel or a pressure cooker, add 2 tablespoons oil, add a pinch of mustard, add hing, curry leaves, spices, dry red chillies, and saute for 2mins.
Add chopped tomatoes, spinach and saute for few mins.
Add tamarind water and allow it to boil for sometime.
Then add steamed vegetables, bisibelebath powder and allow it to boil.
When pressure is up, mash or whisk the dal, and add this.
Let it boil, slowly keep stirring without mashing the veggies.
Then mash the rice, and slowly add required rice and keep mixing.
Check on salt and add jaggery. Let it boil, keep stirring.
It should be little watery so by the time you eat, it will be just right and soft.
Off the stove.

Garnish with cashews - optional

Serve Hot Bisibelebath with any vegetable curry/Potato chips/Karaboondi or enjoy as it is.

I served it with Crispy Onion Oats Pakoda. Recipe below 






Notes - I usually make it without onion and if you wish please add.

Oats Onion Pakoda







































Ingredients
Onion - 4 nos(Sliced lenghtwise)
Rolled Oats - 1/2 cup 
Kadalai Maav/Chickpea flour/Besan -  3 to 4 tablesppons
Rava/Semolina - 2 tablespoons
Red chlli powder -  1/4 tspn (As per your taste)
Curry leaves - few
Salt
Water to sprinkle
Oil for deep frying

Preparation Method
In a wide bowl, put onion, oats, salt and slight mix.
Add all other ingredients and sprinkle little water and mix well. It should be thick. Leave it for few mins.
Heat oil in a kadai/wok, when its hot. slowly spread and drop the batter in oil. Deep fry till brown both sides and take out on tissue to remove excess oil. Allow it to cool and store it in air tight container.

Enjoy it with Bisibelebath/Coffee/Tea time too.

Notes - Do not store, when its warm or hot it will become soggy.

I had previously posted Cabbage Oats Pakoda check here for recipe. This recipe is going to Fast Food not Fat Food by Priya and Uma.

Write to me if you have queries at simplysara07@gmail.com

Friday, March 2, 2012

Pavakkai Fry | Bittergourd Fry!

I love Pavakkai/Bittergourd, mostly I prepare Curry or Pitala with it, I had posted previously Pavakkai Urulai Curry. Then I remembered when I was working in ITC Office, they used to do this fry in the canteen, its so crispy and just perfect for Rasam or curd rice.




Ingredients
Pavakkai/Karela/Hagalkayi/Bittergourd - 4nos
Rice flour -2 tablespoons
Corn flour - 1 tablespoon
Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tablespoon
Peringayam/Hing/Asafotida - 1/4 tspn
Salt


Oil for shallow fry or deep fry.


Preparation Method
Wash and slice pavakkai (refer other names above) into circles, remove seeds or you can keep it.
Sprinkly rice flour, corn flour, red chilli powder, hing and salt. Sprinkle little water and  leave it for 10 mins.
Heat oil in a wok/Kadai, when its hot, drop them and deep fry till crispy golden brown.
Remove on a tissue paper and store in air tight container when its cool.
 Enjoy Pavakkai Fry with Samabar/Rasam or Curd Rice. You can also just munch with Coffee/Tea.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Eggless Bakwan!

Bakwan is an Chinese starter available in Singapore. I wanted to eat many times but has eggs. My friend did for me without egg and brought it. So, this snack recipe is from my friend. Thanks Alika:-) My son loved it, as this is not spicy.


Ingredients
Sweet Corn - 1 can/tin
Carrot - 1/4 cup grated
Cabbage - 1 cup grated
Onion - 1 no thin slices
APF - 1/2 cup ( as required)
Garlic - 1 no
Spring onion - 1/2 cup
White pepper - 1/2 tspn(As per your taste)
Salt
Oil for deep frying
Corn flour - 2 tspns(My edition for crispness)

Preparation Method
Heat oil in low flame for deep frying.
In a bowl, add all vegetables, add salt and flour. Mix well. Sprinkle little water and mix well. Add white pepper.
Take small portions flat it by hand and slowly drop in oil and deep fry till golden brown.
Remove on a tissue paper.

Eggless Bakwan is ready to serve. Serve hot with Tomato Ketchup.

This recipe is going to an event Flavours of Singapore by Nayna.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Murungaillai | Drumstick leaves Pakoda(Medhu/Soft version)

Again this recipe was for my son to feed him Murungaillai/Drumstick leaves which is very rich in iron. This was very tasty and delicious.


Ingredients
Gram flour(Besan) - 2 cups
Onion - 2 cups(chopped)
Tender Murugaillai/Drumstick leaves - 1  cup
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tspn or Green chilli - 2nos
Curry leaves - few
Ginger - 1 tspn(chopped)
Jeera/Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tspn
Cooking Oil for deep frying
Salt as required
Preparation Method
In a bowl put gram flour, red chilli powder, salt and mix well.
Add chopped onion, drumstick leaves and curry leaves and mix.
Sprinkle little water and make a slight thin batter.
Heat oil in pan for deep frying.
Take small portions in a spoon and drop in hot oil carefully in med-low heat.
Slowly and deep fry on all sides.
Remove it on absorbant paper when its turning light golden brown.

Serve hot Murungaillai Pakoda as it is or with coconut chutney or tomato ketchup.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Vegetable Cutlet!!!

I love Veg cutlets and always had at restuarants in Bangalore. We get good ones when we are on train to chennai. This one is my Father in laws speciality and it was so yummy. Thanks for teaching me Dad. I had previously posted Potato Cutlet checkout the post.

This is a perfect starter for parties.


Ingredients
Beetroot - 1/2 cup
Carrot -1/2 cup
Potato -1/2 cup (Boiled and mashed)
Green Peas -2 tspns
Kadalai Maavu/Besan - 2  to 3 tspns
Bread crums - 1/2 cup
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tspn 
Garam Masala - a pinch
Onion - 1no
Curry leaves - few
Salt
Oil for deep frying


Preparation Method
Boil the potatoes and mash it. Keep it separately.
Chop all the vegetables into small pieces.
Cook all vegetables in pressure cooker except onion with very less water and salt for 2 whistles. Remove excess water. (If excess save it for soup and drink.)
Transfer it to a wide vessel. Slightly mash it when its hot.
Add kadalai maav/besan, onion, salt, red chilli powder, garam masala and make medium size balls.
Take in your palm slowly and firmly press once and coat bread crums on both sides. Don't over press, it may break while deep frying.
Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry till golden brown.

Serve hot with tomato ketchup or enjoy as it is.


Notes:

- You can also shallow fry instead of deep frying.
- You can also bake.
- You can also add chopped green chilli, I didnt add as it will be spicy for my kid and my inlaws. 
- You can do it without onion also.
- You can also add Pudina/Mint leaves.

This recipe is going to Monsoon Medley Event by Sukanya and Serve it Fried by Denny and Krithika.

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