Hakka Noodles..

Cooking this Hakka Noodles is very easy, you just have to know how much to boil the noodles. If the noodles are over cooked then u won't be getting the perfectly cooked hakka noodles. So make sure you follow the instruction on the pack or you just boil the noodles for 2 to 3 minutes because you will be cooking the noodles again. I can say that this was the best noodles i have cooked so far. On the day when i cooked this noodles, i shared it with my friends in the apartment. They liked it so much that on the next day one of my friend called me to show her how to cook hakka noodles. For her kids, this has become the favorite food, they just want noodles on every weekends... If we can make a kids happy by our cooking then it means we have succeed in our goal.

So do try this my version of Hakka Noodles and let me know the taste :) 

Ingredient's 

Plain noodles 1 & 1/2 cup 

1cup fine thin strips vegetables (Cabbage, Carrot, Capsicum, beans) 

1 stem of celery (optional) 

Spring onion 3 sprigs (fine thin strips) 

1 onion, 1 green chilli (fine thin strips) 

1tbsp finely chopped ginger and garlic 

Pepper 1/2 tsp 

1/2tsp ajinomoto 

1tbsp soya sauce 

Tomato chilli sauce 1 & 1/2 tsp 

Salt as needed 

Oil 2 tblsp.

Cooking Method 

Cook noodles as per the instructions given in the pack or boil 3-4 cups of water and cook noodles for 3-4 minutes. Make sure its not over cooked. Drain water and wash it to remove the excess starch and add 1 tsp oil and mix well to avoid sticking.

Heat a pan with oil and fry ginger and garlic, when they turn golden brown add onion and green chilli, fry for 1 min. Add the veggies one by one frying each for half minute. Add the sauces, salt, pepper and ajinomoto. Give a quick stir. Add the drained noodles and mix well. Then add the chopped spring onion and stir well.

Serve hot with any Manchurian or As u like.

Vegetable Gravy Manchurian

Vegetable Manchurian. There are two versions of Vegetable Manchurian, wet and dry. Made with generous amount of garlic and ginger and flavored with soy sauce and vinegar, the wet Vegetable Manchurian (with gravy) complements steamed white rice and is best when drizzled on a serving of steaming hot rice, fried rice or noodles. The dry Vegetable Manchurian is best served as an appetizer and is a favorite in our home.

Ingredients

2 cups finely chopped capsicum, cabbage, carrot, beans, 

cauliflower and spring onion whites 

2tbsps maida, 2tbsps cornflour 

1tbsp ginger-garlic finely chopped 

2 green chilli finely chopped 

1/4tsp soy sauce, 1/4tsp tomato sauce 

1/2tsp black pepper powder 

salt to taste 

oil for deep frying.

For sauce 

1/4cup spring onions, finely chopped 

1onion roughly chopped 

1 1/2tbsps finely minced garlic 

1/2tbsp finely minced ginger 

2 finely chopped green chillis 

1tbsp cornflour 

2 tsps soya sauce, 1/2 tbsp chilli sauce 

2 tsps vinegar, 2 tbsps tomato sauce 

Oil and Salt as required

Cooking Method 

Heat oil for deep frying in a heavy bottomed vessel. 

In a bowl, combine maida, cornflour, salt, ginger-garlic-green chilli, pepper, soy sauce, tomato sauce and all the finely chopped vegetables. Sprinkle little water to make a thick mixture. Add water little by little and use only as much water as required to form small balls. 

Carefully place each ball into the hot oil. Do not crowd the vessel. Reduce flame and deep fry the vegetable balls till cooked. Increase the flame towards the end of the cooking process and fry till they turn golden brown. Remove onto absorbent paper and keep aside.

Cooking Method For Sauce 

Mix cornflour in a little water. Keep aside. 

In a deep wok, add oil, when the oil is hot add garlic and ginger, fry them to golden brown 

Then add onion and green chilli and fry for 1 to 2 minutes. Now add soya sauce, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, vinegar and salt. cook them for few minutes on a high flame, then add fried Manchurian and cornflour mixture and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on low flame. Garnish with spring onion and Serve hot.

Cheesy Curry Macaroni !!!!

I have already cooked cheesy macaroni before but this time i have tried it with a little bit of twist which is adding vegetable and tomato sauce. This new combination has blended very well and the curry taste in macaroni was simply awesome. Do try it :)

Ingredients

Macaroni Pasta 2 Cups

2 Tomatoes large, 1 medium size onion, 2 green chilli, finely chopped

1cup chopped veg (carrot, beans, peas,and cabbage) 

Coriander Powder 1tsp, Chilli Powder 1 tsp 

Tumeric 1/2 tsp, Garam Masala Powder 1tsp 

1tbsp Ginger paste 

1tbsp tomato sauce 

Cheese 1 cup 

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method 

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when it is hot, add onion, green chilli and fry to golden brown, then add all the masala powder and ginger garlic paste and fry till oil starts leaving, and then add tomato and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Then add chopped vegetables and mix it. Now add the macaroni and tomato sauce. mix it well, then add 2 cups of water and salt. Now close the lid and cook for 2 whistle (1 in high flame, and 1 in low flame) Once its cooked, remove from the stove and add cheese and coriander leaves, mix it gently.

Curry Macaroni is ready to serve.

Grilled Chicken With Mash Potato And Stirfry Vegetables....

From last couple of weeks my Sunday's are generally getting boring in terms of cooking. It seems that i have reached to the saturation of cooking same food and with same ingredients over and over. Usually i get chicken and cook it with Indian chicken masala and spices.So the flavors are almost same irrespective of how much variation i try in cooking with spices and chicken masala.
Last night i tried a new variation of saute vegetable with minimum oil. It was so yum to eat and my husband also liked it very much. So he asked me to prepare tomorrow's lunch with same saute vegetable and combination of chicken and mash potato. I should thanks to him for giving me a wonderful and new idea for preparing such a yummy dish for this Sunday's lunch.

Ingredient's (To Marinate Chicken )
2 chicken breast
1tsp black pepper seeds
1/2tsp mustard seeds
10 garlic cloves
1/2tsp oregano
1tsp white vinegar
1tbsp lemon juice
3tbsp oil and Salt to taste

Cooking Method

Make a small slit on the chicken breast and set it aside. Mix all the above ingredients in a blender (including 2 1/2tbsp oil and salt) and make a smooth paste. Then apply on the chicken breast and keep it in the fridge for 1hour. Now heat a non stick pan with 1/2tbsp oil, and place the chicken breast and fry to golden brown both the side, with close lid.

Ingredient's (For Mash Potato)

3 boiled potatos
50 gram butter, room temperature
1tsp garlic paste
1/2tbsp dried oregano
3tbsp fresh cream
Salt to taste.

Cooking Method
Mash the boiled potato in a large mixing bowl. Then add the garlic, butter, oregano, fresh cream and salt, mix it well and keep it in the fridge.

Ingredient's (For Stirfry Vegetable)
Half cabbage, 1 large carrot, 5 french beans. (cut in to stripes)
1/2tsp soya sauce, 1/2tsp red chilly sauce
Salt to taste
1/2tsp oil.

Cooking Method
In a wok add oil, when it is hot, add cabbage salt and half of the soya sauce and stirfry in a high flame for 3 to 4 minutes, Then in a same pan add carrot, beans, salt, chilly sauce and left over soya sauce, and stirfry in a high fame for 2 to 3 minutes.

Chinese Schezwan Fried Rice

I got this recipe from a Tv show called Fringi Tarka in foodfood channel. I feel it is the best and easy recipe to cook fried rice. I have used less schezwan sauce, because my husband has stopped eating spice food from last month... Now i have to really think twice before i put any green chillies or red chillies in the dish.. Nowadays i'm in a big trouble because i love spice food and he don't allow me to eat. Let's see how long even i can survive without spice food...

Ingredient's
2 cup boiled rice (you can use leftover rice to)
2cup vegetables finely chopped (cabbage, carrot, beans, capsicum, spring onion)
1 onion, 2 green chillies, 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2tbsp schezwan sauce, 1tbsp soya sauce, 1tsp white vinegar, 1tbsp tomato sauce
Oil and Salt to taste.

Cooking Method
In a deep frying pan, add oil, when it is hot, add garlic, onion and green chillies. saute for 2 to 3 minutes, then add all the vegetables and fry for 3minutes. Then add the schezwan sauce, soya sauce, white vinegar, tomato sauce and salt mix it well. Now add the boiled rice and mix it gently and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes..
Chinese Schewan Fried Rice is read to serve. Serve hot with stir-fried vegetables.

Bisi Bele Bath.... (Pressure Cooker Version)

This is one of the easiest and simplest way to cook BBB and it taste awesome... It has been a long time i ate BBB, it was there in my mind to cook at home from a long time but was not having right idea to cook. Then i asked my sister how to cook this BBB. She told me one very easy way to cook. It is in pressure cooker, and i laugh at her. She told me it is true and it will taste delicious. I will tell you the recipe you can also trying cooking in this version then tell me or laugh at me ok... Today morning i thought why not cook BBB for brunch and it is true you can cook BBB in pressure cooker too, and it taste delicious :)

Ingredient's
1/2 cup rice, 1/2 cup toordal
3 cup of chopped vegetable. ( cabbage, capsicum, beans, green peas, cauliflower)
1 onion, 1 tomato, 3 green chilies (finely chopped)
1tsp red chilly powder, 1tsp coriander powder, 1/2tbp turmeric
3tbsp bisibele bath masala powder, 1tbsp sambar powder
1tsp ginger garlic paste


Tempering
2tbsp penuts, 1tbsp cashew
4 dry red chilly, 5 garlic cloves, 10 curry leafs, 1tsp mustard
Salt and Oil to taste.

Cooking Method
Wash dal and rice and put it in the pressure cooker with 5 cup of water and salt. Allow 4 whistle (1 in high flame 3 in low flame) after the pressure is gone from the cooker then add all the vegetable, onion, tomato, green chilly, ginger garlic paste, and all the masala powder. mix it gently and again cook for 3 whistle (1 in high flame 2 in low flame) In the mean time take a frying pan, add oil and fry cashew and penuts, and set it aside. After the pressure is gone from the cooker open the lid and add the fried cashew and peanuts, Then prepare for the tempering, in the same frying pan add oil, mustard, curry leafs, red chillis and garlic cloves, when they start turning golden brown remove from the heat and add in to the BBB and mix it well.
Bisi bele bath is ready to Serve. 
Serve hot with Ghee and Mixture. 

Cabbage Sabji (Band Gobi Stir Fry )

It is good to add cabbage into your diet as it helps you reduce weight. Cabbage is one of the negative calorie food. Meaning that when you eat cabbage, the energy that you spend in digesting cabbage is more than what you are getting from that cabbage. So do not forget to add it to your meals regularly in soups, rice, subjis or in snack items.Cabbage (Band Gobi) is a rich source of Vitamin C,E and folic acid. Serve this simple veggie with hot Chapatis (Indian flatbread) and a tangy pickle.

Ingredient's 

1 medium size cabbage (Shred finely) 

1/2 cup mutter 

1/2 cup channa dal 

1 onion, 2 red chillies, 1 tomato (chopped) 

4 to 5 stem of coriander leafs (chopped) 

5 garlic cloves (finely chopped) 

2tbsp coconut powder or grinded coconut 

1/2tbsp musturd seeds, 1/2tbsp cinnamon seeds, 1 tbsp turmeric powder 

4 to 5 dry red chillies (optional) 

Salt, Oil to taste.

Cooking Method

Boil channa dal and mutter with little bit of salt for 5minutes 

Meanwhile, heat oil in a deep frying pan, add musturd, cinnemon seeds, dry red chillies and garlic, saute to golden brown 

Add onion and chopped red chillies, once the onion starts leaving oil, add turmeric and tomato, fry it for another 1minute 

Then add boiled channa dal and mutter, mix it and allow dal and mutter to cook for 2 to 3 minutes, because dal and mutter can soak the masala. 

Now add cabbage, coconut powder and 1/2 cup water, mix it together and check for salt, and add salt if needed 

Cook the cabbage till it is completely cooked 

Garnish with coriander leafs 

Serve with Roti, Dosa, or as a side Dish.

Cabbage Sabji (Band Gobi)

Cooking Cabbage sabji is very easy, i like to eat cabbage but my husband never likes cabbage, one day i just thought of cooking this sabji and giving him a surprise, and he made me surprise by eating it all and he really liked it and now he enjoye's eating cabbage... so i wanted to share this receipe with all of u, specially who dont like eating cabbage... Iam sure after trying my receipe they will also like it... :-)

Ingredients
1/2 cabbage, 2 potato
1 onion, 2 tomato
2 green chilly (optinal)
Coriander leafs as per ur requirment
1&1/2tbs red chilly powder, 1tbs turmeric
1 small size cardamom

Cooking Method
Cut the cabbage and potato in small picese
Make a paste of onion, coriander and tomato
In a pre heated pan add oil, add onion, coriander and tomato paste fry it for 2mints
Add the masala and fry till starts leaving oil
Then add cut cabbage, potato, salt and 1cup of water mix it up nicely
Cover the lid and cook it for 15mints
Serve it with Roti
Cabbage saji is ready to Serve.