Masala Oats

When each and everyone is talking about diet, health and healthy food; so even I thought of sharing healthy food which I prepare for myself especially for dinner.

  Preparations

  Chop all the vegetables into chunks keep aside.

  Dry roast oats until it turn light brown or until aroma comes out

 Heat olive oil add cumin; chopped garlic and green chillies

 Add chopped vegetables and season with salt and pepper powder stir well

 Add tomatoes chopped and mix well.

 Mix well add chopped mint leaves mix well; once it starts boiling close the   lid and off the gas stove.

 Open the lid after 5 min; and check oats are cooked.

 Serve oats when it is hot.

 Note

 Roast oats well or else the recipe will turn out sticky.

 Vegetables can be added of your choice; in this recipe I have used corn   kernels,mushroom,carrots,cabbage,

 Can add or reduce the water to get soupy and dry texture as per your   choice respectively.

 My personally choice is soupy texture.

 Can adjust the seasoning as per your taste buds because after all  we   have go on diet and have healthy food which is not an easy task especially for me friends 😊 

Mulli Aur Gajar Ka Salad

After a long long………………… break  I have come up with a healthy recipe and first recipe of this year. 
                                 As everyone  are aware of healthy benefits of  gajar(carrot) and mulli(radish); so today we will combine both  and prepare a healthy  salad.

Preparation

Roast the peanut and keep aside to cool

In a bowl add grated gajar, mulli, green chillies chopped, tomato chopped and freshly grated coconut

Once roasted peanut gets cool remove its husk and add to above bowl

Add cumin powder and chat powder to the above bowl.

Add curds and mix well

Add chopped coriander leaves

For tempering heat  oil add mustard,split black gram and dried red chilli

Add to the salad mix well

Add salt just before serving.Healthy salad is ready.

Chicken Sausage &Veggies in Spinach Sauce

This is a perfect one pot meal; when you have a long day and want to have comforting meal or for a weekend when you want to spend less time in kitchen. So here is the recipe….

Preparation

Take spinach and tomato; and cook without closing led.

Once it is cooked peel the skin of tomato and grid both cooked spinach and tomato; keep aside

Heat olive oil add chopped garlic fry it; add chicken sausage chunks stir fry; add mixed vegetables sauté it

Add salt, pepper powder and chilli powder mix well

Close led and cook till vegetables are par cooked add spinach and tomato mixture; mix well and cook till it boils. Serve hot with any crusty bread.

Note:

Add corn-starch if you want thick sauce.

Add water if required.

Chicken sausage is an optional you can avoid it and continue with the recipe.

Cucumber Pachadi

 Cucumber pachadi is Mangalorean traditional side dish prepared on festivals and special occasions.

Procedure

Cut the tips of cucumber and give a vertical and horizontal slits with knife and cut the cucumber (refer above picture) and keep aside

Take all ingredients listed under grinding. Grind it coarsely without adding water; if it is too dry add cucumber juice (slightly tilt chopped cucumber you will get cucumber juice; refer above picture)

Add cucumber juice and grind coarsely; add this to chopped cucumber and mix well

Now comes the seasoning part; heat coconut oil add mustard, urdal dal, red chillies and curry leaves add this to cucumber and mix well.

Add salt just before serving

Note:      

• Don’t add water while grinding
• Add salt just before serving (once  you add salt cucumber leaves water and the pachadi will become watery consistency)
• Using coconut oil is optional you can use your choice of oil
• Add green chillies as per your family taste.