Chilly Garlic Noodles

 This is the simplest noodles i make  and delicious too. Got this recipe from my fav chef Sanjay thumma or Vah reh vah chef. Here is the recipe:-

Boiled noodles 2 cups
Garlic 2 chopped finely
Green chillies 2 slited
Olive oil 3 tbsp
Onions 1 chopped finely
Green Capsicum 1 sliced
Soya sauce 1 tsp
Chilly sauce 1 tsp
Pepper powder 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:-

Take a pan. Add olive oil in it, once hot add garlic and green chillies.

Just saute for 1/2 a minutes and add onions. Sprinkle salt.

Fry for a while until onions turn light pink in colour.

Add capisicum. Saute for a while, here we don't want capsicum to fry entirely. It should me some what raw.

Add soya sauce and chilly sauce. Saute for another minute.

Then include noodles in the sauce mixture.

Mix well and add pepper powder.

Serve hot.

Mini Pizza

I have been thinking to upload on my blog what i give for my kid's lunch boxes. Not getting much time on the net, what ever time i get i am spending it on crochet. It will be winter in another month and want to do more stuff for kids. Seriously i need a break. Now coming to mini pizza not much frills in it, just a simple and quick pizza with brown bread for lunch box.

Ingredients:-

Brown bread
Tomato sauce
Mozerella cheese
Chopped onions
Chopped tomato
Chopped capsicum

 Method:-

Cut the sides of the bread, if possible cut the bread into round circle.

Spread tomato sauce. Spread onions,tomatos and capsicum.

Grate mozerella cheese on each slice.

Preheat oven and bake until the cheese starts melting.

Voila eazy pizza is ready.

Isn't it super easy.

Mac n Cheese Pie

This is a new recipe i tried for the first time. i always make mac n cheese for the kids as evening snack. But this time i baked and i sent this for kids lunch box. They just loved it so i am.

Ingredients:

Macaroni 1 cup

Boil macaroni as per instruction on the packet. I boiled until i have soft macaroni's and strained the water. Keep aside.

White sauce

Plain flour 3 tbsp
Butter 3 tbsp
Garlic 3 chopped
White Cheddar cheese grated 1/4 cup
Oregano 1 tbsp
Milk 1 cup

Heat butter.

When butter bubbles up add garlic. Saute garlic until garlic leaves nice aroma. Add oregano and cheese.

Saute until cheese melts. Add plain flour. Again saute for 3-4 minutes and add milk.

Keep on whisking so that lumps are not formed.

Once the sauce thickens not so thick. Add the boiled macaroni. Mix well.

Take a pie plate. Spread butter.

Spread macaroni in the pie plate.

Sprinkle 3 tbsp of  White cheddar cheese and sprinkle 3 tbsp of Parmesan cheese.

Bake in the oven until the top turns into brown in colour. I baked it for 10-15 minutes on 175 degrees Celsius.

Serve hot or can be packed it for lunch.

Puffed Apple Pancakes

Kids love pancakes. They all always pester me to make one. It's always banana or apple cake, my girls love to them with maple syrup. This recipe i picked it from a kids magazine. This is little difference then the regular pan cake. Baked for 10-15 minutes until the flour is cooked. Here is the recipe.

2 Apples
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp butter
Pinch Cinnamon
2 Eggs
2 tbsp Honey
3/4 cup plain flour
1/2 cup milk
Maple syrup

• Pre-heat oven to 450 F
• Core and slice the apples. In a think pan, heat the oil and butter. When butter starts to foam saute apples for two minutes
• Add honey and cinnamon. Cook until apple start to turn golden brown. Remove from heat and keep aside.
• Beat egg and milk. Add flour and beat well
• Grease a pie pan with butter. Spread the sauteed apples.
• Pour the batter over the apples.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes
• Cut into wedges and serve warm with maple syrup.

Curry leaves and Seasame Rice

What is needed to make this delicious rice ?

Cooked rice 2 cup
Curry leave 1/4 cup

Sesame seeds 1 tbsp
Oil 4 tbsp
Rai /4 tsp
Channa dal 1/4 tbsp
Onions 1 sliced finely

How to make it

Take oil in a pan. When hot add rai and channa dal.

When channa dal turns to light brown colour add curry leaves and onions.

Sprinkle salt and fry onions till they are pink in colour.

Add sesame seeds. Fry for 2 minutes.

Add  rice. Mix well.

This can be done with left over rice. Can be served in lunch box.

Spinach and paneer sandwich

Sometimes it is difficult to decide what to make for kids lunch box if it was not decided the previous day. I have seen here mom's prefer frozen food stuff for kids lunch boxes. They are very easy to make. Once a while i too used to give kids sausages sandwich and chicken nuggets. Kids love them because they are not healthy. Anything healthy is not as tasty as any non healthy stuff. With regard to me i say once a while it is fine to give them frozen stuff but not every day. I was told by my family doctor that these frozen food has high sodium content which is not good for growing kids.

This is one of the sandwich which i make regular for the kids and for us too. Morning i won't have time to make two breakfast. What i make for kids lunch box is our breakfast too.This is a simple breakfast which will be liked by both kids and adults.

Ingredients:

Spinach 1 cup chopped

Paneer grated 1 cup
Chat masala 2 tbsp
Salt
Onion 1 chopped
Green chillies 2 chopped
Butter 1tbsp
Butter to spread on the bread
Brown bread

Method

Blanch chopped palak. drain water snd keep aside.

In a pan take butter. When hot add onions and green chillies.Saute until onions are transparent.

Add garlic and fry for 2 minutes. Add grated paneer and blanched spinach. Then add salt and chat masala. Sauté for few minutes. Let it cool.

Take 2 bread slices. Spread butter on both the slices. Spread a tablespoon of the paneer mixture on one slice. Place the other slice on top of it. Grill it for few minutes.  Let it cool and pack it to lunch.

Pinwheel Sandwich

Most of you will agree that cooking doesn't take much time but to decide what to cook takes time. Sometimes i break my head what to cook in particular what to pack kids boxes to school, be it there snack box or lunch box. And that too very picker eaters like my kids it is even more difficult to decide  what to pack. My two girls have different taste and i have keep  both of them in my mind when i cook. Last week i remembered making a note of pin wheel sandwich in my old recipe book. I didn't bring that book with me here but i vaguely remember the recipe,which is very easy to make and calls for very few ingredients.

Ingredients:

Bread 2 slices
Green chutney to spread on the bread
Tomato ketchup/Red chutney to spread on the bread

Method:

Cut the edges of the bread.

Slightly wet the bread and spread it with the help of a rolling pin.

Spread green chutney on one slice and cover it with another slice.

Then spread tomato ketchup on the top and carefully roll the bread into a log.

Cut the log into pieces and serve.

My kids enjoyed this very much...For us instead of tomato ketchup i used red chutney.