Quinoa Paniyaram

Ingredients

• Rice - 1/2 cup
• Urad dhal - 1/2 cup
• Quinoa - 1 cup
• Onion - 1
• Cumin seeds - 2 tspn
• Red chilly - 2
• salt

 Method:

1. Soak rice - urad dhal and quinoa separately for 4 hrs.
2. Grind the soaked rice, urad dhal and quinoa with red chillies.
3. Allow the ground mixture to ferment overnight
4. Fry chopped onions along with cumin seeds.
5. Add the fried onion to the batter.
6. Mix the batter with salt and pour into the skillet.
7. Paniyaram ready to taste with chutney.

Chicken Artichoke Sandwich

Ingredients

1. Bread
2. Artichoke
3. Pickle
4. Tomato
5. Chicken
6. Lettuce
7. Cheese

Method:

• 
  
  Toast the bread and then assemble with the rest of the ingredients
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  Take one loaf, keep the lettuce peice, then the tomato slices, artichoke peices.
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  Then the boneless cooked chicken peices and then the pickle followed by cheese.
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  Close it with another bread toast.
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  Keep this sandwich on a heated tawa until the cheese melts.
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  Yummy sandwich ready to taste with a cup of orange juice

Special Omlette : Shankar-made breakfast for me

Spicy chicken Flat noodles

Ingredients

Ragi Semiya

Ingredients

Vegetable Omlette

Ingredients

• Eggs
• Carrot
• Beans
• Corn kernels
• Mushroom
• Onion
• Tomato
• Red Chilly powder
• Cumin powder
• Salt
• Cheese

Method:

1. 
   
   Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion. Fry onion till it becomes translucent.
2. 
   
   Then add chopped tomatoes and fry till it becomes soft.
3. 
   
   Then add chopped mixed vegetables and fry them.
4. 
   
   Then add cumin, red chilly powder and salt. Fry until the vegetables are cooked.
5. 
   
   Beat the eggs in a bowl and keep it aside
6. 
   
   Once when the vegetables are cooked add the beaten egg to the frying pan.
7. 
   
   After 3-4 minutes, fold the omlette into two and leave it to cook for another 3-4 minutes.
8. 
   
   Garnish with cheese and Vegetable Omlette ready to taste as a breakfast meal.

Frankie

Ingredients

1. Peas
2. Tofu
3. Chilly powder
4. Turmeric powder
5. Coriander powder
6. Garam masala
7. Onion
8. Chappathi
9. Egg
10. Crushed pepper corns
11. Salt

Method:

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  Beat egg with salt and pepper powder.
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  Place the rolled chappathi flour on the pan and brush the beaten eggs throughout the rolled chappathi
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  Flip over the flour and get the chappathi done with the brushed eggs.
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  To prepare the filling:
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  Cut tofu into smaller peices and saute them in little oil.
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  Add water in a pan and boil the fresh green peas with little salt
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  When the peas is have done, add all the dry powders and fry until the raw smell leaves
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  Now add the fried tofus and cook them for 7-10 minutes.
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  The filling is ready now.
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  Place the filling at the centre of the roti along with chopped onions, little bit salt and pepper.
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  Roll both the ends and the frankie is ready to taste.

Oats Paniyaram

Ingredients

1. Oats - 3 cups
2. Roasted Rava - 2 tspn
3. Onion - 1
4. Cumin seeds - 2 tspn
5. Rice flour - 1 cup
6. Salt
7. Green chilly - 3
8. Channa dhal - 1 tspn

Method

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  Soak oats in water for 15 minutes
• Add rice flour to the oats mixture and mix well
• Now add oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
• Once when it splutters add channa dhal.
• Add chopped onions, chopped green chillies and cumin seedds and saute them
• Add the fried items to the wet mixture.
• Finally add salt and roasted rava and mix well
• The batter is ready to put in the paniyaram pan
• Paniyaram ready to taste with coconut shutney, tomato and coriander chutney.

Simple-n-Healthy Breakfast

Ingredients

1. Multi-Bran wheat bread
2. Eggs
3. Onion
4. Salt
5. Pepper

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  Toast the wheat bread
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  Make omlette - beat the eggs and add chopped onions, salt and freshly ground pepper
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  Simple and healthy breakfast ready to serve

Quick-n-Easy Salad

Ingredients

1. Lettuce
2. Salt
3. Pepper

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  Chop the lettuce.
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  Sprinkle some salt and fresh ground pepper.
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  Toss the lettuce and its ready to eat.
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  Healthy, Simple and quick salad

Vegetable Couscous

Ingredients

1. Couscous
2. Mixed vegetables - carrot, beans, corn kernels, peas
3. Sundried Tomato
4. Green chilly
5. Coriander leaves
6. Olive oil
7. Mustard seeds
8. Channa dhal
9. Peanuts
10. Salt

Method:

• Add couscous to a clean and dry bowl.
• Pour hot water to the couscous bowl. See to that the water level is just above the coucous.
• Note to take care the water level as extra water will make couscous to be very soggy.
• Keep this covered for 10-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile add little oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds.
• Once when the mustard splutters, add channa dhal and peanuts and let it fry.
• Now add onions, green chillies and saute the same
• Once when the onion becomes tender and fried, add the mixed vegetables and saute the same.
• Add the salt as per taste. Sprinke some water and let the vegetables cook.
• Now chop the sundried tomatoes and add it to the frying pan.
• After 15 minutes, uncover the couscous pan and mix the cousocus with the fork without forming lumps
• Add the cooked mixed vegetable mixture to the couscous bowl.
• Toss the couscous and vegetables.
• Finally garnish couscous dish with minced coriander leaves.
• This dish will be really tasty and it is a light meal.

Iam sending this recipe to WYF: Light Meal event

Curd Semiya

Ingredients



Vermicelli
Urad dhal
Channa dhal
Mustard seeds
Red chilly
Dry fruits
Grapes
Curd
Salt
Curry leaves

Method:

• Boil water in a pan and add vermicelli
• Drain the water when the vermicelli is soft and cooked
• Let it cool down
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds
• When the mustard splutters add urad dhal and curry leaves
• Then add red chillies and fry
• Add this tadka to the cold vermicelli along with curd and salt. Mix it well
• Garnish with dry fruits and grapes.

Shankar's Signature Soup

Ingredients

1. Water
2. Onion - 2
3. Ginger
4. Garlic
5. Channa dhal
6. Urad dhal
7. Horsegram(kollu paruppu)
8. Garbanzo(chic peas)
9. Pinto beans
10. Potato
11. Carrot
12. Peas
13. Corn kernels
14. Rice
15. Cumin powder
16. Coriander (Dhaniya) powder
17. Chilly powder
18. Oregano
19. Basil
20. Soy sauce
21. Chilly Sauce
22. Tomato paste
23. Little oil
24. Butter
25. Salt

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  Add oil in a pan, add channa dhal and urad dhal
• Fry the dhals
• Add onion and let it become translucent
• Add cumin powder, coriander powder and chilly powder
• Fry until the raw smell goes
• Now add horsegram, rice, all the beans, vegetables and fry them
• Add oregano,basil powder, soy sauce, chilly sauce and tomato paste
• Fry it for about 3-5 minutes
• Then add enough water and salt and allow it to boil
• When the soup is boiling, slow down the heat to low
• Allow the soup to low heat for about 30-40min
• Before getting down the soup add 1/2 part of unsalted butter stick.
• Soup is ready to server with bread toast.(Goes well with garlic bread)