Recipe - Chickoo Smoothie

Ingredients:

Chickoo - 1
Dates     - 2
Vanilla Essence
Sugar
Coco powder / dark chocolate - 1 spoon
Milk


Soak dates for 10 - 15 minutes. Grind chickoo, dates and sugar in mixer with little water. Put 2-3 drops vanilla essence, coco powder. Grind it for one minute. Finally put Milk and grind the mixture. Keep it in the refrigerator to cool.

Chickoo smoothie is ready to drink.

Recipe - Dosa

Ingredients: 

1/2 small vati Tur dal

1/2 small vati Channa dal

3/4 small vati Urad dal

1 small vati Rice

Clean the above, wash and soak with 2 kashmir chillies, few black pepper corns for 4 hours and then grind with salt as per taste - don't grind very fine.  It should be coarse.

Now give tadka of rai, kadipatta,  add ginger and green chillies too and the batter is ready to make instant dosas.  Eat with chatni or butter or curds.

Recipe - Smoked Chicken

Ingredients: 
Chicken - 750 gm (Boneless)
Marinate:
Curd - 1 and 1/2 bowl
Corriander powder - 1 tea spoon
Cumin powder - 1 tea spoon
Red chilli powder - 2 tea spoon
Garam masala powder - 1 tea spoon
Turmeric - 1/2 tea spoon
Garlic - 1tea spoon
Ginger - 1 and 1/2 tea spoon
Black salt - 1/2 tea spoon
Refined oil - 1/4 bowl
Orange red colour (Bush) - 1/4 tea spoon
Salt to taste

Method: Marinate chicken with all the above ingredients for 1/2 hour. Boil the chicken in a pressure cooker. Give only 2 whistles. Take a pan, Put the chicken in the pan to remove the excess water. Once the excess chicken is dry, put a small bowl in the centre of the pan. Take 1-2 pieces of coal. burn them. Once they are hot, put them in the bowl of the pan. Put 2-3 drops of oil on the hot coal. Immediately cover the pan with the lid. Let the smoke mix with the chicken properly.Let it remain 2-3 minutes. Once done, remove the bowl and the coal. Serve with onion rings and lemon. 

Recipe - Veg Cheese balls...

Ingredients:  Boiled potatoes
                   Cabbage
                   Carrots
                   Green chillies, Pudina and Corriander (finely chopped)
                   Bread slices 2-3
                   Cheese spread
                   Salt to taste

Preparation time: 15mts

Method:

Grate boiled potatoes, cabbage and carrots. Put cheese spread, green chillies, corriander, pudina and salt into the mixture.Place the bread slices in a bowl. Put water in the bowl to soak the slices. crush / make small pieces of the slices. Add bread pieces to the mixture.  Make small balls of the dough and deep fry. To hold the balls stick tooth pick on it. Eat the cheese balls with sauce... 

Recipe - Soya kheema

Very easy to make and healthy too.

Ingredients: 1 medium sized onion (finely chopped)
                   1 medium sized tomato (finely chopped)
                   1 bowl of green leafy vegetable (either Methi / Palak / Dil / Spring onion)
                   1/4 bowl of Soya kheema
                   Garam masala
                   Red Chilli powder
                   Turmeric
                   Salt to taste

Preparation time: 5mts

Put oil in a pan. Put onion, tomatoes , Garam Masala, Chilli Powder, Turmeric and Salt. Stir fry for 2 minutes. Put any of the green leafy vegetable mentioned above. Stir for one minute. At the end, put the soya kheema. Sprinkle few drops of water, stir it and switch off the gas.

You can eat soya kheema with Chapatti, Dosa, Bread.....Tastes good with bread ! ! !

Gharme baitho paise Gamao not kamao

Many a times I have come across advertisements saying Ghar baithe paise kamao..However I had a very different experience sitting at home...Day before yesterday (24/09/13) I decided to stay at home. Reason: Not well. Severe body ache. The moment you decide to stay at home on a weekday all kinds of pending jobs come dancing in front of you....(I think this happens only with women & NOT WITH MEN :( !!!!!!)...

I had to collect my cell phone from Borivali which is 2kms from my house (I stay in Kandivali), I wanted to disconnect my Reliance Data connect card and apply for MTNL...Visiting MTNL office was another on the list, some household chores, etc....Thinking about these jobs, my mind started aching and finally decided to just lie down on the bed...You will not believe this,when you are at home you don't get sleep and in the office you actually fall on the PC post lunch!!!!!(for me it is all the time, as soon as I board the bus I fall asleep till the time security wakes you up for I card). Was thinking what to do, just to lie down, or finish those pending chores but finally good took over the evil..decided to just relax. However pain didn't subside. For a long time was wanting to take a body massage.Even at the yoga class, they recommended to take a massage once in a while. Things which are at our advantage we tend to take immediate action. Decided to visit parlour for taking a massage. Actually stood outside the parlour thinking that it would be too costly and an unwanted expense. However then other mind said, small wishes should be fulfilled and to be kept pending. U never know when you would in the clouds!!!!...Finally spent Rs 900/ on massage. Bought a bedsheet worth Rs. 700/- (PN unwanted expense!!!)...atleast was saved from buying eatables, that being a TUESDAY my fasting day!!!!!!!If I would have just taken rest at home , would have saved money !!!!!!!!!