Bread French Toast

Ingredients :

1. Bread slices - 6 nos
2. Milk - 3/4 cup
3. Egg - 1 no (lightly beaten)
4. Sugar to taste
5. Black pepper powder or Zimt or vanilla essence - 1 tsp
6. Oil for frying

Direction to cook :

Combine together the milk, egg, sugar & black pepper powder.  Heat the pan, dip the bread slices in the egg mixture.  Drizzle some oil & cook the bread slices till done.

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Savoury biscuits - Diamond cuts

One of my favourite snack from my childhood days.  I love to have it either sweet or savoury kind.  And this time I made savoury which serves as a perfect snack for the kids.  It's crunchy & tasty :)

Ingredients :

1. All purpose flour (Maida) - 1 cup
2. Salt to taste
3. Sesame seeds (optional) - 1 tsp
4. Oil - 1 tbsp plus for frying
5. Red chilly powder - 2 tsp
6. Water for kneading

Direction to cook :

1.   Mix together the flour, salt, sesame seeds, red chilly powder & hot 1 tbsp oil.  Knead the dough & keep aside.

2.   Meanwhile heat the oil in the deep frying pan.  Divide the dough into equal balls.

3.   Roll the dough like chapathi (or like CD) & cut them like a diamond shape using the sharp knife or pizza cutter.

4.   Fry the diamond cuts in the oil till crispy and light golden brown in color.

5.   Store it in the air tight container for longer use.

Enjoy the snacks:)

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Rava Ladoo - Easy version

This is my favourite sweet from my childhood.  And this is one of my sweet dish which I often make during the festival season.  This is healthy & good for kids, as it contains semolina, nuts, ghee & milk.  Good way of starting the festival celebration with this delicious sweets :) 

Ingredients :

1. Semolina / Rava - 1 cup
2. Milk - 1/4 cup
3. Water - 1/4 cup
4. Sugar -  3/4 cup
5. Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
6. Cashewnuts, raisins, others - 1/4 cup
7. Ghee - 2 tbsp

Direction to make :

1.   Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in the pan and roast the semolina till light brown in color.

2.   Add sugar & mix it well over the low flame.

3.   Add roasted nuts, cardamom powder & mix well.

4.   Slowly add the milk and water, mix well & switch off the flame.  Allow the rava mixture to cool slightly.

5.   Apply some ghee in your hands and make ladoos.

6.   Store it in air tight container and will stay for a week.



Happy Diwali :)

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Rice Payasam

Happy Dasera to the viewers.  Rice payasam most popular Indian sweet pudding can be served either warm or cold.  I make it more rich by reducing the milk to half the quantity and adding nuts to taste.  If you want the lighter version you can skip the process of reducing the milk to half and just boil it along with the rice and cook till done.  Even condensed milk can be added to the payasam for more taste.  Wonderful & delicious sweet perfect for this season.

Ingredients :

1. Basmati rice - 1/4 cup
2. Milk - 4 cups
3. Sugar to taste
4. Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
5. Saffron strands - few 
6. Roasted cashew nuts - 1 tbsp
7. Ghee - 1 tbsp

Direction to cook :

1.   Heat ghee in the pan, add rice & fry till light golden brown in color.  Allow to cool.

2.   Coarsely grind the rice & keep aside.

3.   Boil the 4 cups of milk till it becomes 2 1/2 cup.  Add the rice & cook.

4.   Add the sugar, cardamom powder, roasted nuts & saffron strands.

Serve warm or cold.

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Nut Balls - Very Healthy

"Nuts ball a day keeps the doctors away"

There is no specific ingredient list for making this healthy and nutricious nut balls.  All kind of nuts like cashewnuts, almonds, pista, wallnuts, hazelnuts, etc., and dry fruits like raisins, dates, prunes, etc., can be used for this preparation.  Every time I try to add some seasonal nuts and fruits to this mixture.  Honey helps in binding all the nuts together and add more flavour to the mixture.  This needs to be stored in the air tight container & a tsp of nuts mixture is good to be served in everyday mornings.  

Ingredients :

1. Nuts ( Any kind)
2. Dry fruits (Any kind)
3. Dates
4. Honey 

Direction to Mix :

1.   Chop the nuts, dry fruits and dates to tiny pieces. 

2.  Mix together the chopped nuts and  honey.  Store in the air tight container.

Serve a spoon of nuts mixture everyday morning.

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