Jumat, 28 Februari 2014
Perfect Banana Breakfast Bread
IngredientsBanana ripen pealed and mashed-1 big
Sugar3/4 cup
All purpose flour 1.5 cup
Baking powder 1/2 tbsp
Salt 1/4 tbsp
Vanilla essence 1/2 tbsp
Butter melted 1/2 cup
Eggs 2
MethodTake flour, salt, baking powder and salt In a bowl and mix well. Then take eggs, banana mash, vanilla essence and melted butter in a bowl and beat well to mix all the ingredients together. Then mix with dry ingredients. You can add wall nuts or raisins if you wish. preheat the oven to 375F. Grease the baking tray( 9"X 3") and pour in the mixture and bake for 60 min. Test with the tooth pick. When you insert a tooth pick and remove it, it should come clean. This indicates that bread is perfectly baked. Now remove the bread loaf from pan when it cools down and serve with tea/ milk /juice. Wrap with the plastic wrap and store it in a container and refrigerate it to last forked days. The bread will be moist smooth and delicious. Hope you like my recipe.

Kamis, 20 Februari 2014
Quick breakfast with Italian bread mini bread pizza

Ingredients
Thick slice of Italian bread
Tomato finely chopped 2 tbsp
Onions finely chopped 2 tbsp
Pepper to taste
Salt to Taste
Italian seasoning
Oregano a pinch
Maya 1 tbsp
Method
Take all the ingredients mix them well and spread it on the Italian bread. If you want a crispy Crest toast the bread and spread the mixture on the top. Microwave for 20sec. and the yummy breakfast is ready. It looks colorful and tastes wonderful.

Sabtu, 08 Februari 2014
TOFU SCRAMBLE FOR BREAKFAST
This is another healthy breakfast option like omelets with egg whites. Usually we have bread toasts with omelets or scrambled egg during week days. My husband is very comfortable with eggs for breakfast but having eggs daily is a big No No for me. Since we started having tofu recently, I came up with the idea of scrambling tofu instead of eggs for breakfast. This idea worked out rather well in our family. They can be scrambled plain with just some salt and pepper. I have zinged it up with some bell peppers and a little bit of spices. If needed, any other vegetables can also be added. This is very tasty than the plain scramble. Here goes the recipe:
INGREDIENTS:
Silken tofu, 1 packet.
Onion, medium, 1.
Bell pepper, any color, 1.
Fennel seeds, ¼ teaspoon.
Turmeric powder, ¼ teaspoon.
Ginger-garlic paste, 1 teaspoon.
Green chili, 1-2 depending upon the spice level consumed.
Salt as per taste.
PREPARATION:
Dice the onion and bell pepper into small pieces and slit the green chili into 2. Heat a pan with some oil. When the oil is hot, add the diced onion, bell pepper, and chili and sauté for a minute. Then add the fennel seeds, turmeric powder, ginger-garlic paste, salt and keep sautéing until the onion and peppers are tender. Now add the silken tofu and mix everything well breaking the tofu finely while mixing. Serve hot with warm toast.
Senin, 03 Februari 2014
Upma The Easiest tiffin Breakfast of the laziest housewife
Million Dollar upma: Celebrity New York chef of Indian origin Floyd Cardoz walked away with $100,000 in prize money after winning the popular ‘Top Chef Masters’ contest June 16, 2011 on Bravo TV(Source: India Post).
Ingredients:
1 cup Rava / Sooji (Semolina)
10-12 fried Cashew Nuts (optional)
1 inch Ginger finely chopped
1 chopped Onion
3 Green Chillies slit sideways (or 1 Serrano pepper)1 Carrot chopped
1/4 cup Green Peas frozen or fresh (optional)
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
1 tsp Urad Daal
1 tsp Channa Daal
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
Chili powder to taste (optional)
2 tblsp Oil
Few curry leaves
Finely chopped corianderleaves
Lemon juice to tasteTomato finely chopped-1/2cup(optional)Ghee/unsalted butter(optional)Vegetables (potato, capsicum etc., are optinal)

How to make rava uppma(basic upma):
- Sift rava through a fine sieve.
- Heat 1tbsp. pure ghee/unsalted butter and fry rava ,on a moderate heat, stiring constantly to light brown color and set aside.(this step is also optional, you can cook directly with out roasting)
- Now heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and allow them to splatter.
- Add the daals : channa & urad & curry leaves to it and fry till they turn red.
- Add onion, ginger and green chilies. Saute for 3 minutes.
- Add all the vegetables and salt to taste.
- Now add 3 cups of water and cover the pan and allow it simmer on low heat until the vegetables are done.
- Add the fried rava to it stirring constantly till it becomes little thick.(avoid lumps by stirring continuously)
- Take off from the heat and lemon juice if desired.
- Serve hot garnished cilantro/coriander.
- squeeze some lemon juice if you are not having any side dip (generally served with coconut chutney/lemon pickle)

hope you like my recipe. Keep visiting and leave your valuable comments.
10-12 fried Cashew Nuts (optional)
1 inch Ginger finely chopped
1 chopped Onion
3 Green Chillies slit sideways (or 1 Serrano pepper)1 Carrot chopped
1/4 cup Green Peas frozen or fresh (optional)
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
1 tsp Urad Daal
1 tsp Channa Daal
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
Chili powder to taste (optional)
2 tblsp Oil
Few curry leaves
Finely chopped corianderleaves
Lemon juice to taste
Selasa, 28 Januari 2014
Weekend Breakfast Blogging 4 UPDATE
WBB is on its 4th Fortnight. I shall be travelling from 30th August and Pavani from Cooks Hideout has very kindly volunteered to take over hosting for WBB # 4.
Please send her your entries by 31st August at cookshideout@gmail.com with the title WBB# 4. The entries that I have already received, shall be forwarded to her. I request you to please spread the word in your post, that this time, its Pavani who is doing the hosting.
Ive also got this feedback, that the fortnightly event is getting a bit confusing for people to time their entries. Im thinking about making it a monthly event.
Probably next time onwards, we shall have themes to work on breakfast For eg: Baked goodies, Cooking with fruit, From other cultures and so on. I can already think of so many! More on this after the WBB # 4 round up, when Im back from my trip...
The rules are the same:
- The entry must be a dish that can be served at breakfast.
- It must be posted on your blog before 31st August.
- Send an email to Pavani at cookshideout@gmail.com with the following:
Title and permalink of post, name and url of your blog, your name and location. Images sent can be resized to 75px X 75px for the convenience of the host.
See you all at the round up then!