Kanda Poha is a traditional Maharashtrian breakfast dish. It is simple yet filling breakfast dish to start fresh mornings. While growing up my mom made this as a snack & some times she even served it for dinner too. Like my mom I make this dish for dinner as it is easy to make & also love making this dish on hot summer nights as it consumes very less time in making. This recipe can be customized according to your taste easily. The best part of this recipe is it is a microwave version & consumes less time than the stove-top method.
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Prep Time-10mins
Cook Time-6mins in microwave
Serves-2people
Ingredients
2Cups thick poha {Flatten rice or beaten rice}
1Onion finely chopped
1/2Cup broccoli florets
2Green chili's slit into half
Few curry leaves
Lemon juice for taste
2Tbs grated coconut
Coriander leaves for garnish
Salt for taste
Tempering
1Tbs oil
1Tsp jeera
1Tsp mustard
2Tsp urad dal
Directions
- Take a strainer & add poha to it. Under running water wash poha & keep aside.
- In a microwave bowl add oil, jeera, mustard & urad dal. Microwave for 1min.
- Next add in finely chopped onions, green chili's, turmeric & curry leaves. Microwave for 1min & mix with a ladle. Back into microwave for another 1min.
- Next add in salt & broccoli florets to bowl. Microwave for another 1min & mix with a ladle. Back into microwave for another 1min.
- Add in poha & salt to bowl. Microwave for 1min & you are done.
- Mix in lemon juice & grated coconut. Taste poha & adjust salt, lemon juice if needed.
- Garnish with coriander leaves {I skipped} & serve warm.
Note
- You can add in grated carrot, potato & green peas to make it much yummier.
- I skipped adding coriander leaves as they were non available at that time. Add it for a much flavorful dish.
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Baked Green Peas is a guilt free snack & it is also a sister dish of Fried Green Peas. This fried peas are widely available in Indian stores, but the sad part is they are deep-fried with god know's what oil they have used. I'm too reluctant in buying any kind of snacks from out side & that gives me a chance to experiment these dishes at home. I made this baked green peas to make them healthy & at the end result was yummy as the deep-fried one's. Try making this guilt free snack & enjoy !!!
Prep Time-30mins {Thawing + Drying}
Cook Time-30mins
Serves-2people
Ingredients
1/2Cup green peas
1Tsp oil
Salt & chili powder for taste
Directions
- If using frozen pea's then thaw them & fresh peas are the hero then cook them ahead.
- Dry peas on a kitchen towel & make sure they are dry before baking them.
- Pre-heat oven @400F & line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a bowl take peas, oil, salt & chili powder. Mix them well & make sure that peas are well coated.
- Layer up the arranged baking sheet with green peas by leaving a little distance in between them.
- In to the oven @400F for 30mins or until green peas are crisp.
- Remove from oven & cool them on counter.
Note
- Store them in an airtight container.
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Masala Vada is a popular Indian tea time snack. This vada is crisp & crunchy in texture. This is originally a deep-fried dish, but here I'm sharing a healthier baked version of this snack with out loosing the goodness of deep-fried version. This recipe can be customized easily with your choice of ingredients. Other than baking & deep-frying you can also shallow fry them with out loosing any goodness of this vada.
Prep Time-40mins {30mins of soaking + 10mins}
Cook Time-30mins
Serves-8 to 10 vada's
Ingredients
1/4Cup channa dal
1/4Cup toor dal
2 Tsp jeera
2Green chili's
2Tsp grated ginger
1/2Cup chopped onions
Few curry leaves
1Tbs oil
1Tsp chili powder
1/2Tsp baking powder
Salt to taste
Directions
- Soak chana dal & toor dal for minimum of 30mins & maximum of 3hrs.
- Pre-heat oven @350F & line up a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Strain water from dals & add them to a blender along with jeera, green chili's, ginger, curry leaves & onions finally.
- Coarse grind the mixture & transfer to a bowl. Mix in salt, chili & baking powder.
- Scoop up a small ball of batter & lay it on the baking sheet. Press a little to make a nice round shape as shown above. Repeat the same with rest of the batter.
- Place sheet in oven & bake them for 10mins. Remove from oven brush on little oil on each side of the vada's. Back in to oven for another 15mins or less @400F.
- You can see a brown crust on top & when you flip it will be light brown too.
- Remove from oven & allow them to cool on the counter.
- Serve warm with ketchup or any spicy chutney of your choice.
Note
- I changed the temp of oven as it will help in perfect baking.
- You can bake @400F thru out but the bake time will be sure reduced. Keep an eye to prevent from burning vada's.
- In addition to the ingredients you can add in 1Tbs of ginger garlic paste for more flavorful vada's.
- Don't add extra water for grinding. We need a thick batter for crisp vada's.
- You can replace curry leaves with coriander or mint leaves. It's your choice.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies are delicious sweet bites. It is hard to categorize them as you can enjoy them any time of the day. For me they are a go to snack as when ever I'm hungry & I love to take a bite of them. The recipe I'm sharing is a semi homemade & makes it easy when you are in desperate of having a cookie. I have a sweet tooth & I crave for a sweet at night times. I love keeping something in hand for those nights when I'm desperate to have a sweet. Today is one of those nights & I ended up making a big batch of cookies to sooth my cravings.
Prep Time-10mins
Cook Time-10 to 15mins
Serves-12 large cookies
Ingredients
1Pack of Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookies mix
{Follow the instructions on box} or
1/4Cup butter @ room temperature
3Tbs milk
Directions
- Pre-heat oven @300F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Unpack the mixture in to a bowl. Add butter & milk to bowl & make dough out of it.
- Scoop up a small lemon size dough balls & place them with 2inch space on baking sheet.
- Bake it for 10mins-15mins or till cookies are light brown in color.
- Remove from oven & cool them on the counter.
Note
- I replaced water with milk & rest all the same as on the package.
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