Palak Kobi vadi

Palak Kobi Vadi in Marathi

Yield: 15 medium pieces
Time: 30 minutes

Deep Fried Vadi

Steamed Vadi

Ingredients:
1 cup finely chopped cabbage
2 cup finely chopped Spinach leaves
1 cup besan (Chickpea flour)
1 tsp green chili paste
1 tsp garlic paste
1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
Pinch of turmeric powder
Pinch of hing (Asafoetida)
Salt to taste

Method:
1) First, mix chopped cabbage, chopped spinach, chill paste, garlic paste, cilantro, hing, turmeric and salt. Mix nicely.
2) Sprinkle little water (around 2 to 3 tbsp) on the mixture. Then add chickpea flour. Mix nicely and make a gooey mixture.
3) Grease the plates of Dhokla stand with few drops of oil. Spread the above mixture evenly and make 1 to 1.5 cm thick layer. Do not make very thick layer.
4) Steam cook for 15 minutes. Cut into 2 inch squares or any shapes you like.
Serve hot with green chutney or tomato ketchup. This snack is almost oil-free.
However, it can be more delicious if deep-fried or shallow-fried.

Tips:
1) If you don't have Dhokla stand You can use pressure cooker to steam cook the mixture. Put some water at the bottom of the pressure cooker. Spread the mixture in steel container (which comes with the pressure cooker). Place it inside the cooker, remove the weight and steam cook for 15 minutes.
2) If you don't concern about the shape, use Idli stand.

Farasbi Koshimbir

French beans Koshimbir in Marathi

Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Yield: 1 cup

Ingredients:
1 cup round slices of French beans (thin slices)
1 green chili, finely chopped
1/2 to 1 tsp lemon juice
2 tbsp Peanuts powder
2 tbsp fresh coconut, scraped
2 tbsp Cilantro, finely chopped
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste (approx 1/2 tsp)

Method:
1) Pressure cook sliced green beans upto 1 whistle (Tip 1)
2) Crush green chili and little salt together.
3) Take the cooked green beans in a bowl. Add crushed green chili, lemon juice, peanuts powder, fresh coconut, cilantro, sugar and little more salt. Mix gently with a spoon.
Serve as side dish in your meal.

Tips:
1) While pressure cooking the beans, add around 2 cups water at the bottom of the pressure cooker. Put the chopped green beans in the pressure cooker steel container and do not add water in this container. This will only steam cook the beans.
2) French beans salad taste good without adding oil tempering. However, you can add it according to your preference. To make the tempering, heat 1 tsp oil, add 2 pinches of cumin seeds, and a pinch of asafoetida. Pour it over Salad and mix nicely.
3) Add some Yogurt to give a different flavor.

Mint Chutney

Mint Chutney in Marathi

Serves: 2 persons

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Mint Leaves
1/2 cup Cilantro
1/4 cup finely chopped Onion
2 Garlic Cloves (Optional)
2 Green Chilies
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
1/2 tsp Lemon Juice
Salt to taste
1/4 tsp Sugar

Serve this flavorful chutney with Vegetable Sandwiches, Mutter Khasta Kachori, Soya Cutlets, Methi Stems Pakoda, Bread Roll, Muttar Potato Karanji, Patti Samosa, Dhokla and other snacks Items


Method:
Put all the ingredients into the mixer and make fine paste. Add 2 to 3 tbsp water if needed.

Note:
1) You can use dried Pomegranate Seeds or little Tamarind juice instead of Lemon juice for sour taste, but lemon juice taste better in this chutney and it is easily available in the kitchen.

Guacamole

Guacamole in Marathi

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Ingredients:
1 Ripe Avocado
1/4 cup Red Onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup Tomato, finely chopped
1/4 cup Cilantro, finely chopped
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
1 small Green chili, finely chopped
Salt to taste
1/8 tsp Black pepper

Method:
1) Halve and deseed the Avocado. Scoop out the fleshy portion into a bowl. Mash with fork, but keep some small lumps for nice texture.
2) Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Serve with Tortilla chips. It goes great as side dish with any Mexican dish.

Note:
1) Unripe Avocado has dark green skin and ripe one has dull 'brownish green' colored skin. Buy ripe avocado to make guacamole. Do not buy overdone Avocado. It might be spoiled from inside. You will feel the difference in the texture of overdone and perfectly done avocado by touching them.
2) To served chilled Guacamole, put the guacamole into a bowl, plastic wrap to cover it and refrigerate for an hour.
3) Adjust quantity of Onion-Tomato according to your taste.
4) Bake Tortilla chips for 4 to 5 minutes before eating. Baking makes tortilla chips more appetizing and more crispy.

Labels:
Guacamole, Avocado Dip, avocado snack, healthy avocado recipe

Beetroot Salad (Koshimbir)

Beetroot Salad in Marathi



Ingredients:
¾ cup peeled, grated Beet root
¼ cup Onion, finely chopped
¼ cup Tomato, finely chopped
½ tsp roasted Cumin Powder
1 tbsp roasted Peanuts Powder (Optional)
1 tbsp Cilantro, finely chopped
1 tsp Lemon Juice
Salt and sugar to taste

Method:
1) Peel and grate raw beetroot. If you don’t like taste of raw beetroot, pressure cook to 1 whistle. Do not overcook, we want crunchiness of beetroot.
2) Transfer grated beetroot to mixing bowl, add all other ingredients and mix well.

Serve Beetroot koshimbir (salad) as a side dish.

Labels:
Beetroot salad, Oilfree recipe, Beetachi koshimbir

Hummus

Hummus in Marathi

Hummus Dip generally served with Pita bread. Click here for the recipe of Pita Bread.

Serves : 1/2 cup

Ingredients:
¾ cup cooked Chickpeas
1-2 Garlic flakes
1-2 tsp roasted Sesame seeds
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
¼ cup water
1 tsp Olive Oil (Note 1)
¼ tsp Black pepper
2 tbsp chopped Cilantro
Salt to taste


Method:
1) Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend it to fine thick paste. Refrigerate for few hours. Chill and serve with Pita bread.

Note:
1) I did not add Olive Oil as per traditional recipe, still it tasted good. So if you want to make Hummus dip more healthy and Oil free, don't use Olive Oil.


Labels:
Hummus dip sauce, homemade hummus, hummus recipe, pita bread and hummus, middle eastern food

Yogurt Raita

Raita

Ingredients:
Cucumber: ¼ cup (Peeled and finely chopped)
Onion: 1/8 cup, finely chopped
Bell Pepper: ¼ cup, small cubes
Tomato: ¼ cup, finely chopped
¾ cup Yogurt (Fat free)
1/8 cup Milk (Skimmed)
1 Green chili, finely chopped
2 Tbsp Cilantro finely chopped
¼ tsp Sugar
1/8 tsp Chat masala
1/8 tsp Cumin Powder
Salt to taste


Method:
1) Keep ready chopped Cucumber, Onion, Bell Pepper, and Tomato.
2) Take Yogurt in a bowl. Whisk and make it smooth. Add milk and whisk again to mix well. We are using Milk, not water to make yogurt little thin consistency. Use of water will reduce the taste of Raita.
3) Add chopped Cilantro, chopped Green Chili, Sugar, Chat Masala, Cumin powder, and salt to whisked Yogurt. Mix well.
4) Then put chopped Cucumber, Onion, Bell Pepper, and Tomato. Mix, Cover and chill for one hour before serving.
Serve with any Masala Rice dish. Specially, it tastes great with Tawa Pulao.


Labels:
Yogurt Raita, indian Raita recipe, Mix Raita recipe, Indian Salad Recipe

Cabbage Apple Salad

Cabbage Apple Salad in Marathi



Ingredients:
1½ cup thinly sliced Cabbage
½ cup Red crisp Apple cubes
¼ cup finely chopped Green Onion
½ tsp grated ginger
2 tbsp roasted peanuts
½ tsp Soy Sauce
½ tsp Vinegar
1 tbsp Sugar
1 tbsp finely chopped Cilantro
1 tsp lightly roasted Sesame seeds
¼ tsp Crushed red pepper (optional)



Method:
1) Mix Soy Sauce, Vinegar, sugar and grated ginger together.
2) Peel roasted peanuts and crush them coarsely.
3) In a mixing bowl, take sliced cabbage. Cut Red Apple into cubes and put into mixing bowl. Pour the mixture we have prepared in step 1. Mix all gently.
4) Garnish with roasted Sesame Seeds, Cilantro, coarsely crushed Peanuts, Green onion, and Crushed Red chili.

Note:
1) Select fresh Cabbage and Red Apple.
2) In this salad, there is no need to add salt. However, if you want you can add pinch of salt in salad.
3) Cut apple a minute before serving salad. If you keep the apple cubes ready, it will turn apple color to brown.

Labels:
Cabbage salad, Apple salad, Salad Recipe, healthy salad recipe

Mexican salad

Mexican salad

Beans and corn salad, with Mexican hot pepper sauce and topped with tortilla chips.

Ingredients:
½ cup boiled sweet corn kernels:
½ cup boiled red kidney beans (rajma)
¼ cups finely cut onion
¼ cup sliced green onions, including some green
¼ cup finely chopped tomato
1 chopped green chili
2 tsp Green Chilli sauce / Hot pepper Sauce
2 tsp Tomato ketchup
2 tbsp Lemon juice
Salt to taste
Crushed tortilla chips, a handful (optional)


Method:
1) Place the corn, kidney beans, onion and tomato in a bowl. Toss lightly to mix.
2) For the dressing, mix together the Chili sauce or Hot pepper Sauce, tomato ketchup, lemon juice, chopped green chili and salt in a small bowl.
3) Just before serving, spoon the dressing over the salad. Mix well.
4) Serve sprinkled with crushed tortilla chips. (This is optional)

Labels
Mexican salad, Simple Mexican Salad recipe, Vegetarian Mexican Salad, bean and corn salad, salad with pepper sauce, rajma salad

Boiled Moong Matki Salad

Boiled Moong Matki Salad

Ingredients:
1/2cup boiled moth bean (matki)
1/2cup boiled green gram (moong)
1/2 medium onion, Chopped
1 medium tomato, (remove seeds) and chopped
1 green chilly, finely chopped
1 tbsp Lemon juice
1 tsp Chaat masala
Salt to taste
2 tsp fresh coriander leaves,Chopped
1 stalk spring onion
1 small carrot for garnishing

Method:
To prepare boiled moong and matki
1) Sort Moong and matki beans and soak them in water pot for 8-10 hrs, separately. Drain the water and
Use pressure cooker to boil them. Do not over boil moong/matki, should not be too soft.
2) Mix the boiled matki and moong, onion,spring onion, tomato and green chillies in a bowl.
3) Cover the bowl and Refrigerate for half-an-hour.
4) For the dressing, mix together the lemon juice, chaat masala and salt. Add the dressing to the chilled salad just before serving.
5) Garnish with coriander leaves, fine carrot and spring onion greens.
6) Use fresh ground peppercorn to taste. Serve.

Labels:
Healthy Salad, Moong salad, Matki salad, moth salad, oilfree recipe, healthy heart, heart healthy diet, moth recipes, matki recipe, low calorie diet, low, calorie recipes, low calorie food, low calorie salad

Corn & Pineapple Salad

Corn and Pineapple Salad

Colorful and Delicious!!!

Servings: Approximately 1 & half cup
Ingredients:
1 Cup Whole kernel sweet Corn
1/4 cup green bell pepper, cut into pieces to the same size of corn
1/4 cup red bell pepper, cut into pieces to the same size of corn
2 pineapple slices, cut in chucks of 2 cm cubes
2 Green Chillies
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
2 tbsp Pineapple Juice
Cilantro for Garnishing
Salt to taste
Black Pepper, Fresh ground to taste

Method:
1) Prefer canned sweet corn to make the preparation quick. Wash corn kernels before use.If using natural,uncooked corn,
boil corn in salted water until soft. Drain thoroughly and cool.
2) Cut green bell pepper and red bell pepper into pieces to the same size of corn.
3) Cut 1 and 1/2 pineapple slices into 2cm cubes (bigger than capsicum and corn size)
4) Chop Green Chillies. Clean , wash and chop cilantro.
5) Combine corn, pepper and pineapple. Mix it well with Lemon juice, pineapple juice, salt, chillies.
6) Add fresh ground peppercorn before serving. Garnish with a little bit of cilantro.

Labels:
Corn Salad, Pineapple Salad, Corn, Pineapple, Salad Recipe, Corn recipes,Heart Healthy Recipe, Diet Food, Diet Recipe, easy recipe, easy salad recipe, Low fat recipe, fat free diet recipe, fat free diet recipe.

Chatpate Aloo

Chatpate Aloo

This is an oil-free recipe. A good starter or side-dish if you want to avoid oil totally. Preparation is quick and it tastes great too!

Ingredients:
3 medium size potatoes
1 tbsp lightly roasted sesame seeds
1/2 cup Fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped
¼ cup Fresh mint leaves, coarsely shredded
6-7 green Chilies
1 inch ginger, coarsely chopped
3-4 Garlic Cloves
2-3 tsp Lemon Juice
3/4 cup yogurt
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
1 tsp Coriander powder (Dhania Powder)
1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
Salt to taste


Method:
1. Boil the potatoes. Drain and Cool. Peel and then cut the potatoes in 1 inch cubes.
2. For preparing spice mixture, grind together coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilies, ginger, garlic, lemon juice and 1 tbsp yogurt (save the rest for later)to make paste.
3. Heat a non-stick pan. Add cumin seeds and roast till it begins to change color. Add coriander powder,
turmeric powder and continue to roast. Add the prepared chutney and mix.
4. Add potatoes, remaining yogurt, salt and mix. Cover and cook on medium heat for eight to ten minutes.
5. Add garam masala powder and mix.
6. Sprinkle Dry roast sesame seeds over the potatoes.
7. Serve hot.

Labels:
Chatpate Aloo recipe, Potato recipe, Quick and easy potato recipe

Red Beans with Rice

Beans and Rice

I adopted this recipe from a diet magazine. I made changes to make it vegetarian .It is simple recipe and it's completely oil free.

Ingredients
1 cup dry red beans
1 garlic clove
1 bay leaf
1 all spice
1 medium size onion, chopped
1 medium size green pepper , chopped
1 tsp vinegar/ lemon juice
1 cup Rice
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper


Method
1) Pick through beans to remove bad beans. Rinse beans thoroughly. Soak beans in water overnight.
2) Use Pressure cooker to cook beans with 2 quarts of water, 2 tbsp onion, 2 tbsp green pepper, garlic, all spice and bay leaf. Cook so that beans are tender, but not completely mashed. If you don’t want to use pressure cooker and slow cook the beans, then use more water and reduces heat. Cover and cook over low heat for about 1-1/ 2 hours or until beans are tender.
3) Stir and mash 1/4 of the beans against side of pan, to give some thickness to the bean and water mixture.
4) Add lemon Juice or vinegar and black pepper. Remove all spice and bay leaf. Cook uncovered, over low heat, until creamy. Serve over hot cooked rice. Garnish with the vegetables you like. Use Carrots, Onion, and pepper to make the serving colorful.

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Veggie Wraps

Veggie Wraps

This is oil-free vegetarian version of my favorite snack veggie wraps.

Servings 2 rolls

Ingredients:
2 Chapaties (Wheat Tortilla)
1 small onion cut in thin strips
3 spring onions, chopped
1 small tomato, chopped
1 small cucumber, peeled
1/2 cup Green Pepper, chopped
1/2 cup Cilantro, finely chopped
1/2 cup Mint Leaves, finely chopped
1 cup Non Fat Yogurt
1 tsp Lemon Juice
1 green chili
2 pinches black pepper
1 pinch chat masala
Salt

Method:
1) Heat a non stick frying pan and saute onion briefly (without oil) till it changes color. Cut Cucumber into rings.
2) Mix Yogurt with salt, black pepper, mint, cilantro, lemon juice and finely chopped chilies. This makes a good spread for wraps.
3) Heat Chapatis lightly. Take Chapatis on a flat surface and apply the prepared spread. Put the remaining Veggies and roll tightly to form the wraps.
4) Eat Fresh.

Note:
1) Try different veggies to make these wraps more healthy and colorful.
2) Use Medium sized Chapatis, so that the size of the wraps is not more than 5-6 inches in length.

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