Categories
Healthy food

(198)Tomato ketchup

Ingredients

  • 1 kg Red Tomatoes.
  • 1 tbsp. Oil.
  • ½ inch Cinnamon stick.
  • 6 whole Clove.
  • 6 whole Black pepper.
  • 1 Onion( optional).
  • 3 Garlic pods (optional).
  • 1½ tsp. Salt.
  • 3 tbsp. Sugar.
  • 1 tbsp. Red chilli powder.

Method

  1. Wash and cut each tomatoes into roughly 8 parts.
  2. Peel onion, wash and cut into roughly 8 parts.
  3. Cut Garlic pods into 2-4 parts.
  4. Heat oil in nonstick sauce pan.
  5. Soute Clove, Cinnamon stick and pepper corns for 30 seconds and add onion pieces, garlic and tomato pieces.
  6. Cook for 15 minutes on slow flame.
  7. Switch off the flame and once whole content has cooled down, grind into fine puree.
  8. Strain the puree and again heat to reduce water to get saucy consistency .Stir continuously otherwise it will stick to bottom of the pan.
  9. Store into air tight jar for 3-4 weeks in refrigerator.
  10. And if you want to store more, make cubes and store these cubes in deep freezer for 3-4 months.
Categories
Healthy food

(137)Gluten free spicy Waffles

Ingredients

  • ½ cup Sorghum (Jowar) flour(tightly filled).
  • 1 tbsp.finely chopped Fenugreek leaves.
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves.
  • 2 tbsp. grated carrots ( cheese grater).
  • 1 tsp. freshly grate Ginger.
  • 1 finely chopped green chilli( optional).
  • 1 tsp. salt.
  • 1 tbsp. til oil.
  • ⅛ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • ⅛ tsp. soda bi carb.
  • 165 ml. water.

Method

  1. In medium size pan mix all given ingredients.
  2. See the video for consistency of batter.
  3. Use til (sesame)oil for greasing the sides of waffle maker.
  4. Pour batter and fill till rim of waffle maker.
  5. Close the lid and cook for 7 minutes .
  6. Lovely, crispy from out sides, spongy from inside and spicy waffles serves hot with Tomato sauce and green chutney.
consistency of batter
waffle maker
Fill batter till rim of waffle maker.
😍crispy spongy spicy waffle
Categories
vegetables

(99) Bhinda nu shak

Lady finger sabji

Ingredients

  • 500 gms. Lady finger
  • ½ cup Til oil.
  • 1 cup finely chopped coriander leaves.
  • ½ cup dry coconut powder.
  • ¼ cup coarse besan or coarse dalia dal (roasted channa dal)
  • 2-3 Kokam(Garcinia) or 1 tbsp. lemon juice.
  • 1 tbsp.Coriander-Cumin powder.
  • ½ tbsp. Chili powder.
  • 1 tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • ½ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • ½ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Fenugreek seeds.
  • ½ tbsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Sugar.

Method

  1. Wash thoroughly and wipe with dry cotton cloth each bhinda otherwise water content remains makes shak sticky.
  2. Cut each into ½ inch dice .
  3. Heat oil in kadhai. Add Mustard seeds in the hot oil. Wait for crackling sound.  Add Fenugreek seeds and Asafoetida powder . Wash kokam and add.
  4. Add cut bhinda , give nice stir and close the lid. Turn the gas stove  switch  on slow flame.
  5. After 2 minutes open the lid and give nice stir for 2- 3 times.
  6. Cook bhinda on medium flame and frequently stir so that bhinda won’t stick to the bottom of kadhai.
  7. Once bhinda is tender and  all slimy material dry off add salt and sugar. Mix thoroughly.
  8. Add coconut powder, coriander leaves and dry spices . Mix thoroughly. Cook for one more minute and Bhinda nu shak is ready. If you wish you can add fried cashew and kismis which enhance the  taste of bhinda nu shak.
  9. Enjoy with phulka roti, paratha, bhakhri, gluten free rotla like jowar, bajri, nachni ( Ragi) , or oats.
Categories
Chats snacks

(92) Gluten-free Bhel

2 servings.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Roasted Mamra ( puffed rice)
  • ½ cup bhusu
  • ½ cup corn flakes ( instead of wheat puri)
  • ½ cup onion and tomato finely chopped.
  • 1 tsp. green chutney.
  • 2 tsp. red chutney.
  • ¼ cup sev .
  • 1 tbsp. finely chopped coriander leaves.

Method

  1. In one bowl mix onion, tomato, red chutney, green chutney, ⅒ spoon chat masala ( optional) and ⅛ spoon dry Garlic chutney ( optional).
  2. In big sauce pan mix all ingredients except sev and coriander leaves.
  3. Serve in plate , garnish with sev and coriander leaves.
  4. Enjoy either with tea, coffee, green tea or herbal tea or as you desire.
Onion tomato with red and green chutney
Mamra, roasted córnflakes, bhusu, sev, coriander leaves,onion tomato mix with chutney
Instead of puri using cornflakes
Gluten free Bhel