Sooji upma/Nonta Suji

Semolina or sooji upma is a  common breakfast item that I usually make during weekend when we get bored of eating roti sabji and bread omlete . This is a very easy preparation and I made it a healthy one too by adding vegetables like carrot and capsicum.

Ingredients:

Sooji/Semolina	2 cup
Carrot (chopped finely)	1/2 cup
Capsicum (chippes finely)	1/2 cup
Ginger (grated)	1 tbsp
Green chillis (chopped)	2pc
Mustard seeds	1 tsp
Cumin seeds	1tsp
Bay leaves	2
Roasted peanut	2 tbsp
Turmeric powder	1 tsp
Salt as per taste
Sugar	1 tsp
Ghee
Chopped coriander for garnishing

Method:

1. In a pan, add little ghee and roast sooji  in medium flame for about 5 minutes. Keep it aside.
   
2. In a pan heat 1 tbp of ghee and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and bay leaves. When mustard splutters, add grated ginger and green chili. Fry for a few seconds and add chopped vegetables (carrot and capsicum) and fry for 5 minutes.
3. Add turmeric powder, red chili powder and roasted peanut, salt and sugar and stir well.
   
4. Now add roasted sooji and mix it well. Pur 4 cups of water (double the amount of sooji added)to that. Stir continuously in low flame for 5 minutes.
   
5. Remove it  add some ghee adn garnish with chopped coriander.

      Serve hot as a wonderful breakfast item.

French Toast with Onions

When I plan making something special but easy to cook for breakfast during weekends, this is one of the best items I can think off. 'French Toast' is basically triangle bread slices dipped into few spices and egg mixture, then fried until crisp and golden. Since this is a common breakfast item  I made a small variation by adding chopped onion and green chilli in that. Hope you will also enjoy having that.

Ingredients:

Bread slices	4
Egg	3
Pepper powder	½ tsp
Cinnamon powder	A pinch
sugar	1 tsp
Salt	1 tsp
Onion (chopped)	1
Green chili (chopped)	2
Oil for frying

 Method:

1. Cut bread slices diagonally to get  triangular pieces.
2. Beat 3 eggs in a bowl thoroughly. Add salt, sugar, pepper powder and cinnamon powder. Mix it well.
3. Add chopped onion and green chili. Mix it again.
4.  Heat oil in a pan. Dip bread pieces in the egg batter so that each slice bet coated well with batter with onion pieces and slowly drop in the oil and deep fry for a couple of minute until it becomes crispy and turns golden yellow in color on both sides. Take it out on a tissue paper in order to remove the excess oil from it.

          Serve hot with tomato sauce and your crispy and yummy bread toast is ready to eat.

           

Chhole Bhature

Chhole Bhature is one of the most popular dish of northern India. It seems to have originated in Punjab though it is considered as one of the delicious fast food item throughout the country. It is basically a complete and heavy breakfast item which is generally accompanied by coled Lassi or hot tea. Chhole Bhature is a combination of 'chhole' (Spicy chickpea curry) and fried bread called 'Bhatura' (made of maida). My recipe for chhole bhature may not be the authentic style of making Chhole Bhature but I tried to make it more tasty by changing some of the ingredients and I m sure you will enjoy it.

Bhatura

Ingredients:

2 cups maida or all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 tbsp. cup yogurt
1 tsp. sugar
1 tbsp. Oil

Salt

Water as required

Oil for Frying.

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredient (except oil for frying) in a bowl and knead properly to from a soft and uniform a dough. Keep it aside for 8 to 10 hours.

2. Take a small ball of dough and rolled into a desired shape like chapatti.

3. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry Bhature in oil.

Chhole

Ingredients:

2 cups Chick peas

2 Large Potato (diced)

1 Large onion (grated)

1 tbsp. Ginger-garlic paste

2 Bay leaves.

2 Cardamom

2 cinnamon stick

3 clove

2 Whole red chili

1 tsp. turmeric powder

1 tsp. coriander powder.

1. roasted cumin powder

1 tsp. red chili powder

1 tsp garam masala powder

1/2 cup tomato puree

1 tsp. Sugar

Salt

Oil

1 tsp ghee

Coriander leaves

Method:

1. Soak Chick peas overnight in water and pressure cook along with the potato pieces adding little salt.

2. Take out the potato pieces and fry it until becomes golden brown. Keep it aside.

3. Heat 2 to 3 tbsp oil in a pan. Add bay leaves , red chili's, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. Fry it for a minute and then add grated onion and ginger garlic paste. After a couple of minute add turmeric powder chili powder , cumin powder and coriander powder. Add little water and fry the masala until oil gets separated from it. Add cooked Channa (chick peas), fried Potato pieces salt, sugar and tomato puree. Stir well and cook for 6 to 8 minute with occasional stirring. Add garam masala powder and water for gravy. Cover it and let it cook until the gravy becomes thick. Take it out from fire and add 1 tsp of ghee.

4.Garnish with coriander leaves and thin sliced onion rings and slice of lemon and serve along with bhatura.

Yummy Pancake

After getting up every morning, the first thing that hits and confuses my mind is making a unique and healthy breakfast, especially for the young ones before they start for school. This probably the very usual and common problem between all homemakers. This problem becomes bigger during weekends when my family's subtle demand is that breakfast should be something special. The one breakfast item which I usually make for my family and they pretty much like it is the pancake. It doesn't require much of preparation, is pretty fast and comes out very tasty.

Ingredients:

2 Cups All purpose Flour (Maida)

2 Eggs

1 Large onion (Finely chopped)

1 carrot (grated)

1 small capsicum (finely chopped)

2 green chilli (chopped)

1 tsp. turmeric powder

1 tsp red chili powder

1 tsp. garam masala powder

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. sugar

Oil

Coriander leaves (chopped)

Method:

1. Mix Flour and beaten eggs in a bowl to get a smooth paste. Add 1 cup of water, Turmeric powder, Red chili powder, Garam masala powder, Salt and sugar to it and mix thoroughly so as to get a smooth batter. Now add chopped onion, chillis, carrot, capsicum and coriander leaves and mix it well.The batter must be thick enough to spread well on non-stick pan. Keep the batter for about 30 minutes.

2. Heat a small amount of oil in a large non-stick pan over medium heat. Now scoop pancake batter into the in about 1/4Th cup portions and spread it uniformly. Try to keep the pancake as thin as possible. Let it cook for sometime until edges are dry and bubbles are popping up and bottoms are nicely browned(about 2 to 3 minutes). Now turn it and cook the other side until browned and crisp.

Serve it with any chutney or tomato sauce.