Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:

Cauliflower (small flowerettes) - 1/4 cup

Carrot (chopped) - 1/4 cup

French Beans - 1/4 cup

Green Peas - 1/4 cup

Mushroom - 1/4 cup

Spring Onions - 1/2 cup

Cabbage - 1/4 cup

Veg Broth - 1 can /  Veg Seasoning - 1 cube
Pepper Powder - 1 tsp.
Corn Starch - 2 tblsp.
Salt - to taste

 
(can also add baby corns/corn/capsicum to the vegetables)
 
Method :

1. Heat butter. Add all vegetables and stir fry for 2-3 minutes on high flame.
2. Add veg broth/seasoning cube, water (as required), pepper powder, salt and bring it to a boil.
3. Then reduce the heat & add corn starch paste. Keep stiring until the soup turns thick & creamy.

4. Remove from heat after 5 minutes. Serve hot.
(You can add a little hot sauce/soya sauce when having the soup)

Sweet Corn Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:

1 cup corn
3 cups water
1 tbsp Corn flour
Salt to taste
Bit of Sugar (optional)

Boiled peas and small pieces of carrot, coriander leaves (optional)
1/2 tsp Soya sauce
1/2 tsp chilli sauce


Method:

Cook the corn and keep some seperately. Grind the remaining corn with little peas.

In a pan, add water, grinded corn and corn flour and mix well on low flame.

Add the remaining ingredients and when the soup becomes thick. Now add the boiled peas, small pieces of carrot and the corn kept seperately. Garnish with very few coriander leaves and serve.

Fish Masala

Ingredients:

For Marinating

Fish - 1 lb (cut into pieces)
Red Chilly Powder - 2 tsp
Corriander Powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Fennel Powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as needed
Lemon Juice - as needed (app. 1 tblsp)

For  Masala

Onion - 1 big(or 2 small finely chopped)
Tomato - 1 big (or 2 small chopped)
Green Chilly - 4
Red chilly Powder - 2 tsp
Corriander Powder - 1.5 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Fennel Powder - 1/4 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1/4 tsp
Grated Cococnut - 2 tblsp
Tamarind - small lime sized
Salt - as needed
Cilantro - for garnish
Oil - 2 tblsp

Method:

1. Cut the fish into small pieces and marinate with the ingredients under 'For Marinating'.
2. After about 5 minutes of marinating, shallow fry the pieces.
3. To prepare the masala, heat oil in a pan and fry the onions till golden brown.
4. Next add the tomatoes and green chillies and cook till the tomatoes become pulpy.
5. Now add the tamarind pulp and all the dry spices. (red chilly powder, corriander powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, fennel powder and salt)
6. Grind the coconut and add it to the masala.
7. Cook till the mixture is well cooked and oil seperates from the masala.
8. Finally add the fried fish pieces and chopped cilantro.
9. Toss gently and cover with a lid. Cook on medium low heat for few minutes and switch off.
10. Serve with white rice or chappatti

Ada Pradhaman

Ingredients:

Ada 1 cup 

Jaggery 400 gm 

Cashew nuts 10 

Coconut 1st milk 2 cups 

Coconut 2nd milk 3 cups 

Cardamom 8 

Rasins 10 

Ghee 1 tsp 

Method:

Wash and cook ada in hot water and strain and leave it aside. Then melt jaggery in luke warm water. Dissolve and strain it. Now add the cooked ada and jaggery in a heavy bottomed pan and place it on medium flame. Allow it to cook well until the sweetness of the jaggery gets into the ada. After this is done well add the 2nd milk and let it boil till it is reduced to one third of the quantity. Now add the thick milk and do not boil, but heat it and remove from fire. 

In a Pan heat the ghee and fry the cashews, rasins and cardamom and add it to the pradhaman. Serve hot. 

GHATIA

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 1 cup
Oil - 5 Tbl.sps
Salt - optional
Water - just enough to mix the dough.

Method:

Mix oil to the flour till it blends well with the flour and resembles bread crumbs.

Sprinkle little Water and knead to a stiff dough.

Pat and knead well several times.

Make even sized chappathis using wheat flour for dredging.

Heat a tawa and place one chappathi.

Using clean nails prick all over the chappathion top ( or with a fork )
Roast without using any oil till crisp on one side.

Turn over to direct heat and brown the other side.


Yield: 7 chappathis

Caloric value:

1 ghatia : 169 calories.