Fried boiled eggs/ Ramadan recipes 2

Alhamdulillah we are almost to half of this month to fulfil our fasts and our prayers are getting stronger with faith. My cooking is very minimal this month and we have done only what is healthy for our tummy . Thanks for the heat we have only water cool and warm drinks with one basic snack. Last year we overloaded ourselves with too many snacks and the rest would be given away to the needy. This time as the weather is so super hot we non of us want to eat anything heavy. Just few fruits and juice water and one prepared snack which would be usually slightly spicy.
Today's snack is our grandpa special. Fried boiled eggs. Tossing boiling eggs in spicy mix. Grandpa loves to have this every day of Ramadan . His favourite combo would be dosa and fried boiled eggs.
Here's the simple recipe for this Ramadan.

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Ingredients

5 Boiled eggs
2 teaspoon red chilli powder
2 teaspoon chicken spice powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
1/2 teaspoon plain flour .
Salt to taste .

Method 

Mix all the spices in little water to a fine paste.
Marinate the boiled eggs in spice batter for 10 minutes.
Stir fry in oil till just done.
Serve warm.

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Prawns masala addas\ Ramadan recipes 1

Asalamualaikum . Welcoming Ramadan for this year with so much gratitude and happiness . As for this holy month , I have seen some changes and that's how people are greating Ramadan this year with love and affection. It's not only the food but more focus is on the iftar giveaways and donations in the work camps , labour camps.  With the cleaning and among the other prepping for this  Ramadan I decorated my home too. But also we as a family have decided to work on more charity and learning more on Quran and it's history. Getting the kids wake up for suhoor is a task I really cannot handle... But my 5 year old wakes up and has a little of the yummies that's we make for suhoor . He loves the idea of waking up and having something to eat and pray fijr prayer. He calls that fasting in Ramadan. Though he threw tantrums for fasting this Ramadan...keeps an alarm and wakes up to the dot ... No fuss at all  and it's overwhelming when he comes down to eat and pray.  I guess he sees our excitement and wants to be a part of it too .

Now coming to the recipe . This month I will be focusing on recipes than the notes that I write to you ,. Today is our tangy and spicy prawn masala addas . Very filling and adding a little more tomatoes bringing the juicy prawns and spiciness out to explore your taste buds. Here's the recipe as follows...

Ingredients

  1/2 kilo prawns deviened  and cleaned.
  2 onions chopped finely
  3 tomatoes chopped finely
  1 green chilli
  Curry leaves
  Corriander leaves
  1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
  Salt to taste
  1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
  1 teaspoon chilli powder
 
For the rice dough

1 cup rice , soaked in boiling water for 4 hours .
Salt to taste .
1 /2 cup rice flour 

Method.

Grind the rice in little water to a thick batter ( like iddli batter)
Add salt.
Add the flour and make a smooth dough .
Heat the pan and add coconut oil.
Add the onions and fry till light brown .
Add rest of the ingredients and saute well .
Flatten the dough to size of the palm . Spread the masala evenly and cover fold the dough to half . Steam cook till done .
It took me half hour to cook the rice dough.

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Gulab jamuns using milk powder

This is my mom's recipe for sometime in years its been long since i had done a post like this one.If you ask me, this is my first recipe fot my basic recipe of Gulab Jamun on my blog, i have heard about paneer jamuns and bread jamuns ..but indian sweets are always science to me. If u dont get it right to the core then its a huge disaster. But i make them whenever possible. I have tried many recipes on my own. But found this to be easy enough to get done easily and quickly. Just for you all to check… 

Coming to these jamuns, they are very easy to get done, but can be tricky as well. If you knead  dough too hard, then you will have hard  jamuns that will refuse to soak up the sugar syrup. So just go really soft. Slowly handle them till smooth, roll balls and fry. You can use any milk powder that you may have in your pantry. It did take me some  couple of tries in the beginning. As said earlier if u get ur ingredients right then all's well.. the jamuns did turn out well, even though i think the pictures could be done  better.  

Ingredients
1 cup milk powder
2 tablespoon plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 egg large
1 and 1/2 tablespoon ghee

Sugar syrup

2 and 1/2 cups sugar
1 and 1/2 cups water
1 teaspoon cardamom  powder

Method 

Boil the water and add sugar. Keep boiling for 10 minutes . Add 1 teaspoon cardamom powder.

Mix all the ingredients together and knead  for 5 minutes.
Make small balls .
You will get 18 small balls.
Heat oil on medium heat
Add the balls and stir continously till brown on all sides.
Place hot jamuns in suryp and let it absorb the sugar  in.
Serve after cooled .

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Bakery style biscuit recipe

Very standard biscuit recipe post. I should have set the title as such . We love home baked goodies . And especially when its biscuit that are taken fresh out of the oven ..their is no escape to reserve any for tomorrow.  I love it. But my family eat them as desserts . You could say three times a day.. breakfast lunch and dinner. 
These are very tricky but very easy to prepare.
Some pointers while baking them .
Oven should be Preheated well .
Temperature should not vary.
Do not over cook . And i really mean it.
Cook till dente .. as the French always say.
Your buscuits may seem a little soft  
And even softer in the centre.. but dont mind.
On cooling you will realise it.
For this biscuit recipe .. i would demand .
Do not add any liquid .
Do as the recipe goes.
For beginners.. just follow the recipe.

Ingredients

1/2 cup Palm oil
3/4 cup plain flour
1/4 cup milk powder
1/2 cup  powdered sugar

Method

Take a  large bowl . The bowl should be clean and dry.
Sift the dry ingredients together .
Add the oil gradually and mix well to a soft dough. Do not add any liquid. 
It will be slightly crumbly in texture .
Make small 'golf ' shaped balls.
Press slightly in the centre just to make a dent .
Bake in preheated oven 170c for 12 minutes.
Let it rest in  the oven for at least 10 minutes after the baking time.
Cool completely on a wire rack .
Store in clean dry containers.

Note 

Do not over bake.
Cookies may be soft . It will harden after cooling.

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Kuzi paniyaram using dosa batter

This is one recipe i always wanted to try out using my idli batter. I make iddlies and we Have for tea and dinner till its over . Along side a big pot of sambar and chutney. As it is good for diabetes mom loves  it too.  Everybody does that, isn’t it? It was by accident that I discovered this recipe. Our refrigerator was not cooling so we had to finish out dosa batter . As tge batter was thin iddlie was out of  menu . I always told mom i needed to make this recipe. But she  was not that sceptical about it. It was easy just toss and temper the batter and pour into the appa chatti . Cook both sides for just two minutes and its done by the the time your tea was on table.
We had it with  seet and spicy sauce.
Umma liked it and she said she would make it once in a while for breakfast too.
As it makes a super quick snack or for breakfast, either way it was great. 

Ingredients 

1 cup iddli batter
2 teaspoon Mustard seeds
1 teaspoon pepper corns.
2 teaspoon green chillies
2 tablespoon onions chopped
Curry leaves
1 teaspoon ginger chopped

Method

Heat a pan and add ioil .
Add the mustard seeds and let it splutter.
Add the rest of the ingredients for temper.
Add to batter and then add  salt.
Give it a good stir.
Add to the batter.
Heat the appa chaati.
Pour tablespoon of batter into the small dips in the pan . Cover and cook for two minutes each side to just a little brown .
Serve with sambar or spicy chutney or sauce .

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Chick peas masala curry

I can assure you that if one person has made up his or her mind on a special diet then thats it. I have one at office stubborn not to eat lunch . I was wondering she is so pretty with her sweet plum face but once this chuby liitle angel looses her chubby cute face she is not going to look  that pretty much . .. i dont  want to be mean or something . But why do young girls go for a death like diet . I told her there are few simple healthy diets . Do try it out. But she  wanted the fastest track possible. I dont blame her . I too did it once. There was a time when it was impossible me to lose weight. So i did the crash diet . And then started working  from there . Yes , i know its very unhealthy but still i went ahead . But later again whatever diet i did never worked for me . And this ti.e it was after having three kids. How am i supposed to cook for blog and do the diet at the same time . One thing i did do was start to eat healthy and eat it right theory. Cut sugar intake and avoid fries at maximum. I already started showing signs of thinner body. Then i skipped yeast and plain flour.. it took me two years. And now i am fit and healthy..Alhamdullillah. and my second brother is doing well with keto diet. I must say it was wonderful seeing such happiness when one has lost a lot weight. 

So much for weight loss  and diets..off to the recipe.
I was getting bored of the usualhimemade kadala curry and so today i made a slight variation . I got the recipe when i went for a function . I went direct to the cook himself  for the recipe and he delivery a good dialogie about how famous his curry was all around the neighborhood..but i felt it was good but  ok..he did boast a little though...
So here it is …

Ingredients 

2 tablespoons ghee
1 bay leaf
1 cardamom
2 cloves
1 small cinamon stick
1 teaspoon Jeera.
2 cups overnight soaked white chickpeas
1 cup finely chopped onions
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
2 green chillies slit
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
Salt to taste
1/2 cup strong black tea.

Method 

1. First heat oil in a panand add  bay leaves, cardamom, cloves . Saute for few minutes .
2. Next add  onions, and cook till soft.
3. Add tomato puree, salt, green chilies,red chili powder.
4. Combine  well and cook  5 minutes.
5. Add chana masala powder,tamarind paste. Stir well 
6. Next  remove tea bags and add water 

 It will saucy . Mix  and cook for couple of minutes .
7. Add cooked chickpeas, kasuri methi, sliced ginger and mix well.
8. Add some water if needed.
9. Cook covered for 20 minutes on medium-low heat.
10. Add sliced onions, and mix well. Remove from heat and cover for 5 minutes.
11. Masala  chole are ready. Serve with any of your flatbread and enjoy.

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Green chilli mango juice

With the summers really peaking in , we have a lot of fluids especially in day times. I always make sure I make a juice, but i try to reduce the sugar i take especially since my family  love some of it at times. My usual craze this season is this special mango juice . I just loved it . Its spicy and tangy with a slight chilli flavour and ofcourse sweet.
Mixed flavors right? .

These days, there are a lot of  mangoes in the market, so obviously this is best choice. A very simple juice combining the goodness of green  mangoes and just dip of chillies. , this is very refreshing when served really cold on a hot day. I usually grind the whole thing especially the juice off the  mangoes  and then place them in the freezer so that they are almost hardening up , just optional ok... I then blitz them up with the ice cubes  so you get a thick pulpy kind of drink .  Do try this combination if you haven’t yet!

Ingredients 

1 green mango
3 tablespoon sugar
A pinch of salt
1/4 inch ginger .
1/2 cup water.

Method 

Cut the green mango to chunks.
Blend everything in mixer grinder and blend smooth.
Refrigerate for an hour .(optional step)
While serving slit a green chilli just for the flavors to seep through the juice.

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