Palak Soup

Ingredients:


1 medium bunch spinach leaves
2 tsp butter
2 cloves
2 cardamoms
1/2 tsp ginger paste
A bit of cinnamon
1 tsp cumin seeds
Salt as per taste
Pepper powder
2 tsp corn flour

Method:

Sprinkle some water over spinach and cook for five minutes. Cool and grind it to a fine paste.

Heat butter and add cloves, ginger, cinnamon, cumin and cardamom and some water. Allow it to boil for five minutes and then strain the water. Mix this water, palak paste and cornflour paste and cook for 2 minutes. Add salt and pepper as per taste and serve hot with toasted bread pieces.

Healthy Palak  soup ready to serve

Ingredients-1:

Turkey/chicken (boneless, skinless) - 1/2 lb (app. 250 gms)
Ajinomoto - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder - 2 tsp
Egg - 1
Corn flour - 2 tblsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Oil - for frying

Ingredients-2:

Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - 5
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Corriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Ajinomoto - 1/2 tsp
Red food colour - 1/4 tsp
Red Chilly Garlic Sauce - 3 tblsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Garlic - 5-6 cloves(minced)
Oil - 1 tblsp
Salt - to taste
Cilantro - for garnish (finely chopped)
Oinion - for garnish (chopped lengthwise)
Lemon juice - few drops




Method:


1. Wash and cut boneless skinless turkey/chicken into bite size pieces.
2. Mix the turkey pieces with all the ingrediants from list 1 and let it rest for 20-30 minutes.
3. Heat oil in a pan and fry the turkey/chicken pieces. Drain excess oil using paper towel and keep aside.
4. Heat oil in another pan. Add cumin seeds and fry till it splutters.
5. Add curry leaves, garlic, ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute stirring
continuously to avoid burning.
6. Now add cumin powder, chilli powder, corriander powder, ajinomoto, chilli garlic sauce and red food colour.
7. After half a minute add turkey/chicken pieces to the mixture. Toss everything together and switch off.
8. Sprinkle few drops of lemon juice, garnish with onions and cilantro and serve with biriyani, pulav or any roti.

Carrot Rice

Ingredients:


1 cup rice
2 big grated carrots
Salt to taste
2 green chillies
2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp ginger paste
A small piece of cinnamon
1 bay leaf
2 Cardamoms
2 cloves
1 tsp cumin seeds


Method:

Heat oil,add cumin seeds,cardamoms, cloves, bay leaf and cinnamon. Then add ginger paste, green chillies and the cleaned rice. Mix well. Add grated carrots and salt. Mix well. Pressure cook with 2 cups of water.

Serve hot with any raita.