Here are some easy but delicious recipes !
1 CUCUMBER SALAD.. somewhat Thai style..
Ingredients you will need
Cucumber 3 to 4
Groundnuts ( roasted and peeled ) 150 gm
Green and Frsh red Chillies 4 to 5
Small ripe tomatoes 3
Salt to taste
Half a teaspoon Lemon Juice
Method
1. Chop tomatoes into small pieces.
2. Cut cucumbers into thin pieces (about 1 inch long )
3. Coarse grind groundnuts with chillies and finally add tomatoes for just a few seconds. Do not crush the tomatoes too much.
4. Mix the cucumber.
5. Add salt to taste and add lemon juice.
2. A QUICK AND YUMMY VADA
You feel like eating vada and you dont have any dough prepared ? No worries ! here is how you can make with what you have instead
Boiled and mashed potatoes.
Coarse Crushed groundnuts / or roasted split chanadal ( pottukadalai )
Chopped green chillies or red chilly powder.
1 or 2 bread slices
If you dont have bread , just add little cooked rice (Its for binding the stuff )
Add salt , lemon juice to taste.
Mix all the ingredients together and make small flat balls and fry until golden brown.
3. ALL NEW RAITHA !
All of you may be knowing many varieties of Raitha. But try this new one which is a blend of indian, Greek and Thai recipe .
What you need..
Sesame seeds 3 tb spoon
Thick Curd 1 cup
Groundnut 2 tb sp
Green chillies as per your need
Cucumber 2 or 3
Garlic pods 1 or 2
Grated Coconut optional
Corriander leaves
Method
Roast sesame seeds till it splutters
Grind sesame , roasted ground nuts, and coconut into a smooth paste adding little water.
Beat curd and add this paste
Chop cucumber and green chillies into small pieces and add to this mixture.
garish with corriander leaves.
4. CAULIFLOWER / RADDISH PICKLE
What you need...
Fresh and crisp cauliflower 1 big ( or carrots )
Fenugreek (menthayam ) 50 gm
Mustard 75 gm
Sesame oil half cup
Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Ginger sliced 1 to 2 tsp
Method
Cut cauliflower into small florets. Wash in hot water thoroughly.
Slightly dry roast fenugreek seeds and then mustard seeds.
Grind them into coarse powder.
Mix salt, turmeric powder, sliced ginger and the ground powder to the cauliflower florets.
Heat oil and cool it. Add to the mixture when cold. If the oil is hot the vegetables become saggy.
TOMATO RICE -- IN A DIFFERENT STYLE !
All of us know how to make tomato rice But this one I learnt from my daughter !
Easy Lazy yet Yummy !
What you need
Large tomatoes 4 or 5
Green chillies finely chopped
Mustard oil. 4 to 5 tablespoons.
Rice cooked 2 cups
salt to taste
sliced onion 1
Method
Cook rice. Boil tomatoes till they become soft. Now mash these tomatoes with chillies .
Add salt and mix this with the cooked rice adding mustard oil. Eat it with sliced onion.
Yummy new style tomato bath!
4. CAULIFLOWER / RADDISH PICKLE
What you need...
Fresh and crisp cauliflower 1 big ( or carrots )
Fenugreek (menthayam ) 50 gm
Mustard 75 gm
Sesame oil half cup
Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Ginger sliced 1 to 2 tsp
Method
Cut cauliflower into small florets. Wash in hot water thoroughly.
Slightly dry roast fenugreek seeds and then mustard seeds.
Grind them into coarse powder.
Mix salt, turmeric powder, sliced ginger and the ground powder to the cauliflower florets.
Heat oil and cool it. Add to the mixture when cold. If the oil is hot the vegetables become saggy.
1.RICE POTATO TIKKI
cooked rice 1 cup
boiled potato 2
chopped green chillies, ginger and garlic ( optional ) mixture
chopped corriander leaves
salt to taste
bread crumbs or mashed bread pieces
OK. Now you mix all these ingredients and make lemon size balls. Deep fry and serve with spicy chutney .
You are sure to hear "WOW" as your kids or friends eat them !
2.THAI STYLE TOMATO CHUTNEY
Red Ripe Tomatoes 2
Green and Red Chillies 4 or 5
Garlic
Corriander Leaves
Salt to Taste
Boil tomatoes for 2 minutes. Peel the skin. Mash with all the other ingredients. hand method is better than mixer grinding
All of us know how to make tomato rice But this one I learnt from my daughter !
Easy Lazy yet Yummy !
What you need
Large tomatoes 4 or 5
Green chillies finely chopped
Mustard oil. 4 to 5 tablespoons.
Rice cooked 2 cups
salt to taste
sliced onion 1
Method
Cook rice. Boil tomatoes till they become soft. Now mash these tomatoes with chillies .
Add salt and mix this with the cooked rice adding mustard oil. Eat it with sliced onion.
Yummy new style tomato bath!
