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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

White Chickpea Rice (Chana Pulav)

This is very easy to make rice with left over chole curry (white chickpeas curry).
You can check out the White chickpea curry (Chole) recipe in my blog.



INGREDIENTS
1 cup rice
1 and 1/2 cup Left over chickpeas curry
1 medium onion chopped
1 tomato chopped
salt to taste
1/2 tsp red chili powder
1 and 1/2 cups water
1 Tbsp oil



METHOD
Take  Pressure cooker and heat oil in it.
Add chopped onions and let it fry till the onions turn golden brown.
Add some salt while the onions are getting fried.
Add chopped tomatoes.
Add Chick peas curry (Chana curry) to it.
Wash the rice & add to pressure cooker.
Add water ,salt,red chili powder to it.
Close the pressure cooker lid and let it give one whistle on high flame.
Turn the flame to low after one whistle and let it be for 30 seconds.
Again turn to high flame to give one more whistle & turn off the heat.

* * if the chickpea curry you are using for rice contains tomato no need to add extra tomatoes.

















Tuesday, July 20, 2010

APPY FIZZY MOCTAIL

































INGREDIENTS
1 apple
1 tsp sugar
1/2  lemon
1 and 1/4 cup Sprite or Mountion Dew
5 ice cubes
1/4 tsp masala salt or according to taste.
(mixture of  Black salt,cumin seeds powder,black pepper powder)

METHOD
Add  an apple, some sugar, lemon juice & ice cubes in a mixer.
Blend this to form a smooth paste.
Now take some Sprite in a glass.
Add about 4 Tbsp crushed apple mixture in Sprite.
Add some salt  & mix well.
And Cool Appy Fizzy Moctail is ready to be served in this scorching summer heat.


Thursday, July 8, 2010

Honey Cinnamon Milk Shake

The magic mixture of honey and cinnamon is known for hundreds of years for their miraculous curing power.
         
 Honey
  • Honey is nature’s energy booster
  • Honey is a great immunity system builder 
  • Honey is a natural remedy for some ailments
  Cinnamon
  • Cinnamon is used as a remedy for diabetes, indigestion, and colds.
  • Cinnamon has anti-inflammatory properties meaning it reduces our chances of suffering from heart diseases as it lowers LDL cholestrol (bad cholestrol).
  • Cinnamon is an excellent source of manganese, dietary fiber, iron and calcium.



































INGREDIENTS
1 cup cold milk
1 scoop vanilla icecream
1 tsp honey
1 tsp cinnamon powder
2 small choclate pieces
2/3  ice cubes

METHOD
Take all the ingredients and blend in a mixer to form a smooth milk shake.
Serve the Honey Cinnamon Shake chilled.