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Nutella and banana is an awesome combo.This is one kind of milkshake that comes handy when the kids say that they want something yummy and chocolaty to drink. Nutella Banana milkshake is super yummy and makes you feel full. Its a keeper recipe.This milkshake would make a great dessert or snack for refreshing you ...

Preparation Time - 5 min
Serves - 1 person
Recipe -Beverages / Drinks

Ingredients

Banana - 1
Nutella - 3 tbsp
Chilled Milk - 1 cup
Ice (optional)
vanilla Essence - 1 tsp (optional)

Method:-

    Peel and Chop the banana into bite size pieces.
    Add the chopped banana, milk, nutella ,ice and vanilla to  the blende.Blend well until smooth and creamy.
    Serve chilled in tall glass.

Enjoy this Banana Nutella Milkshake as a breakfast alternative or as midday snack.  

 
Tips:-

. You could use a variety of ingredients instead of or in addition to the milk. ie. soy milk, Almond Milk, ice cream, yogurt etc.
Use milk from the refrigerator and skip adding ice cubes.

A cheese sandwich is a popular and basic sandwich made generally with one or more slices of cheese on a bread.Cheese sandwiches  are easy ,tasty and quick to make. Especially good for morning hours when you are running short of time. You can also pack sandwiches for tiffin box or for a short picnic.These are Kids Friendly Sandwiches.
                    It may also be combined with lettuce, tomato, onions,peppers ,pickles and condiments such as mustard ,Honey mustard or mayonnaise .A cheese sandwich can be made in a variety of ways, depending on your preferences.
                    Common methods include grilling, cooked on a griddle, pan frying, or made in sandwich maker.


Ingredients:-

2 Slices Bread
1 Slice Cheese
1 tbsp Butter
Pan for frying

Method:-

Preheat griddle or pan over medium heat. Smear butter first on one side of a slice of bread. Place bread butter-side-down on the pan and place 1 slice of cheese on it. Butter a second slice of bread on one side and place butter-side-up on top of sandwich. Fry until lightly browned and flip over; continue frying until cheese is melted.

YUMMMM delicious Cheese Sandwich is ready.

  


Strawberry Lassi is a great refreshing drink. Yogurt has numerous health benefits. It is an excellent source of calcium ,vitamin B-2, B-12, potassium, and magnesium.It is easier to digest than milk. Any lassi taste delicious when made with fresh yogurt instead of sour one's.  Strawberry milkshake or Strawberry lassi can be made for quick, filling and yummy breakfast too and can brighten up you day in no time.

Ingredients :-

    2 Cups - Chilled Yogurt/Dahi/Curd
    1/2 Cup - Chilled Milk
    1 Cup - Chopped Strawberries
    4 tbsp - Sugar ( or as required ) or sweetener
    1/2 tsp -  crushed cardamom
    2 tbsp - Fresh Cream (optional)




Method:

1) Rinse,  and chop the strawberries, keep aside 1-2 pieces of strawberry for garnish.
2) In a blender or mixer add curd, milk and blend for 30 sec.
3) Add strawberries, sugar, crushed cardamom, cream (if using) and blend again with 2-3 mins with intervals to get creamy lassi.
4) Transfer in to serving glasses, garnish with strawberry pieces and serve immediately.
5) Refreshing ,filling ,yummy Strawberry Lassi is ready.

Tips:-

    You can replace sugar with honey. Adjust sugar or honey to taste.
    You can use ice cubes while serving lassi.
    I suggest trying omitting the sugar and if you find it not sweet enough, add sugar as required
  

Chocolate Dosa is very easy and quick to prepare. Kids will love it very much. My Daughter is crazy fan of this Dosa. Its sweet ,crispy and chocolaty so noway kids will fuss over eating this.Make on weekends or as a treat to entertain your kids.It’s a yummy and irresistible dessert  and breakfast option for all chocolate lovers.

Ingredients :-

Dosa batter - 1 Cup
Oil -  4 tsps
Chocolate syrup or chocolate sauce or chocolate bar - 1

You can make a fabulous chocolate sauce with any amount of sweetened dark, semisweet, or bittersweet chocolate you have on hand.All you need is a  milk  ,cream, water, a pinch of salt, a few drops of vanilla, etc

Ingredients for Chocolate Sauce /Chocolate syrup :

6 ounces dark, semisweet, or bittersweet chocolate (chopped coarsely)
1/2 cup -Heavy cream
1/2 cup -water
2 tbsps -Unsalted butter
Pinch of salt
2-3 drops- Vanilla extract (optional)

Chocolate Sauce

Method for making Chocolate Sauce :-

1) In a medium heavy-bottomed pan on medium heat, bring the cream, water, and salt to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Just before it starts to boil, turn off the heat and remove the pan from the stove.
2) Add the chocolate , butter, vanilla extract stirring constantly with a spatula . Keep stirring until the chocolate and butter melt and the sauce is perfectly smooth.
3) If the sauce looks too thick then stir in more liquid gradually until the sauce is smooth and has the consistency you are looking for.
4) Adjust the sauce with more liquid as necessary.
5) If the sauce is too bitter then you can mellow it  by stirring in a little soft butter or a little sugar.
6) Serve immediately, or reheat when ready to use.
7) The sauce keeps in a covered container in the fridge for several days.

Method for preparing Chocolate Dosa:-

1) Take a non-stick pan and place on medium-high heat. Test by sprinkling a few drops of water on it. Water should sizzle right away.
2) Apply little oil on the pan with half cut onion so that dosa doesn't stick to the pan.


3) Pour a two ladleful of dosa batter and quickly spread into a circle with a back of spoon.Starting from the center, spiral the batter outward evenly to form a circle about 5-7 inch in diameter.
4) Spread one teaspoon  of oil around the dosa and leave it for some time to cook about 30 seconds then flip the dosa using a flat spatula.


5) Quickly spread  a tbsp of the chocolate syrup or chocolate sauce  all over the dosa  with a spoon or spatula .

OR

Sprinkle grated  chocolate  all over the dosa and cook until chocolate melts.

6) Reduce the heat to medium and  cook dosa for few seconds.
7) Once the dosa is cooked, roll the dosa or fold it in half and serve it on a plate drizzled with chocolate syrup.


8) Now chocolate dosa is ready to enjoy :-)

Rava Idli is a very popular South Indian breakfast dish which is very simple to prepare .It  is a quick and equally tasty  version of idlis made with Rava . Since the batter requires no fermentation, this recipe is a quick-fix if  guests vists us unexpectdly!

Preparation time - 10 mins
Soaking time - 30 mins
Cuisine -South Indian
Makes-12-14 Idlis

Ingredients:-

Rava /Sooji /Semolina - 2 Cups
Curd - 1 Cup
Chilli Paste -1 tsp
Bengal gram / Channa dal - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cashewnuts - 7-8 (Optional)
Hing /asafeotida - 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves - few
Ginger -1/2 inch (grated) (optional)
Carrot - 1 ( grated)
Coriander Leaves -few (chopped)
Oil - 4 tsps
Eno Fruit salt / Eating Soda - 2 tsps
Salt to taste
Water -1 cup(adjust to reach consistency)

Method:- 

Sooji /Rava /Semolina

 1) Heat 2 to 3 tsp oil or ghee in a pan. add  rava/sooji and roast till it become aromatic and change color i.e. 5-7 mins. Keep on stirring often while roasting it. Remove the roasted rava in a bowl and keep it aside.
2) In same pan heat oil and add cashews and fry till golden colour.Remove and  add the cashews to the rava.

3)  In the same pan, add 1 tsp of oil and add   mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When mustard seeds crackle then add  chana dal, curry leaves and a pinch of asafoetida. Fry till the chana dal become golden in colour.

4)Add it to the rava.Add salt ,curd ,grated carrot, grated ginger,chilli paste ,water and mix well. Adjust water to reach the desired consistency.The batter should be like Idli batter (light and loose not too thick Let it sit for atleast half an hour.  Add Eno Fruit salt / Baking Soda and sprinkle a little water over it, when the bubbles form mix it gently.


5) Grease the Idli Plates /Idli moulds with oil.
Heat the idly cooker or pressure cooker with water  and let it be ready for steaming.Pour the ladle full of batter in the Idli plates and steam in cooker for 10-12 minutes on medium flame.Turn off heat and let it sit for 5 mins. Remove the rava idlis carefully with a spatula.


6) Spongy ,moist,soft Rava Idlies are ready to serve.Serve hot with Coconut Chutney ,Peanut Chutney or chutney of your choice.

Note:-
1) You can add vegetables of your choice like peas, beans or capsicum.
2) Baking Soda  or Eno fruit salt are important  don't miss it.Eno salt should be active enough,so that when you add and mix the batter,small bubbles should be come,which makes the batter frothy.

Adai is made of rice and mix of different dals. It is  filling and healthier than dosa.  It is very simple to prepare and does not need much planning . Dals are good source of protein.Combination of rice and dals improves the protein quality of this dish.
It goes well with avial, chutney, jaggery and butter.

Prep Time : 10 mins (excluding soaking time)
Soaking time : 3-4 hours
Yields: 8 adais
Recipe Category: Breakfast /Dinner
Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients :-

   Raw rice - 1/2 cup
   Par Boiled rice - 1/2 cup
   Toor dal - 1/8 cup
   Bengal gram/channa dal - 1/4 cup
   Urad dal - 1 tbsp
    Moong dal - 1 tbsp
   Green chillies -1
   Red chillies -5
   Asafoetida/hing -1/4 tsp
   Salt as required
   Oil for making adai

   Ingredients to add to the batter

   Onions -2-3 finely chopped
   Coconut -2 tbsp grated
   Curry leaves (Kadi Patta) -  8 (finely chopped)
   Coriander leaves (Dhania) -finely chopped
  
Method:-


1) Wash and Soak rice and dal separately for 4- 5 hours in water.

2) First grind the red chillies with salt, asafoetida and then add  drained rice and blend in a mixer to a coarse paste, adding little water.



3) Drain the dals, add the green chillies and blend in a mixer to a coarse paste adding a little water.
The batter should not be thick nor watery.



4) Combine the rice paste and dal paste in a bowl, add the grated coconut, finely chopped onions, chopped tender curry leaves, chopped  coriander leaves, to the batter and mix well. Add a little water  and salt if required.The batter should be thicker than  idly dosa batter. So adjust water as needed. Adai batter is now ready.



5) Heat non stick tawa on medium flame spread little oil pour a ladleful of the batter on it  and spread to make thick adais and cook using ½ tsp of oil till gloden brown spots appear on both the sides.


6) Repeat with the remaining batter to make more adais.



7)  Serve hot with coconut chutney or peanut chutney or avial or jaggery or butter or chutney of your choice.

Note-

1)  You can refrigerate the batter. The batter stays good for 2-3 days if onions or coconut are not added to it.
2) If you don't have paraboiled rice you can use raw rice only.

              Erra kaaram dosa is quite famous street food in Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh .'Erra Karam' means 'red chutney' which is smeared on dosa and daliya powder /Pappula Podi is sprinkled fully over dosa to neutralize the heat of the red chutney.
              I came to know about these dosa from my MIL .  Whenever I make dosa definitely I have to make Erra Karam otherwise my hubby and my daughter will not eat dosas. Erra Karam dosas are  just favorite at my home.
            You can try these Erra Karam dosas on one of the dayswhen you are bored of eating  plain dosas or masala dosas.I am sure you will eat one more extra dosa that day.




Ingredients:

For Dosa batter :-

Urad dal - 1 cup
Rice - 3 cups
Fengureek Seeds - a pinch
Soda bi carb - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

For Karam (Red  Chutney)

2 onions,  chopped
1 tsp red chilli powder (adjust the amount based on your spice level)
1/4 tsp salt  (adjust  according to taste )
1/8 cup coconut pieces

For Daliya powder /Pappula podi (powder)

1/2 cup putnala pappu (daliya/split roasted chickpeas)

Method:-

  Dosa Batter



1) Firstly clean and wash both rice and urad dal well.
2) Soak  Urad Dal  with Fengureek seeds ( Methi seeds) and  rice separately for 5-6 hours or overnight.
3 ) Then grind urad dal in a mixer grinder or grinder adding sufficient water. The batter should be light and fluffy when completely ground.
4) Pour the urad dal batter in a bowl.
5) In a grinder or mixer grind the  rice  adding few tbsp of water while grinding.The rice should be completely ground. When you touch the batter with your finger tips, the batter should not feel grainy. It should be smooth paste like. Don’t add too much water in the beginning otherwise rice will not be grinded properly. Keep on adding little water in between.
6) Remember that batter should not be too thick or thin.
7) Now add the rice batter to the urad dal batter and mix well.
8) Add salt and some water if necessary and mix well . This is the basic dosa batter.

Dosa Batter

9) Keep side for over night or more than 8 hours. The batter  will ferment and it will 'come up'.
10) Add soda to the batter , mix it well and make dosas out of it.

Karam (Red Chutney )


First in a mixie grind the coconut pieces. Then add all the ingredients chopped onions, red chilli powder and salt  to it and grind into a smooth paste. Add few tbsps of water if  required.

Pappula Podi (Daliya Powder)




 Grind the roasted chickpeas to a fine powder.

To make the Karam  Dosas :-





1) Heat a non stick tawa. Smear the tawa with little bit of oil.Pour a ladle full of dosa batter and spread into a thin circle. 
2) Drizzle oil along the edges of dosa and let it initially cook on low flame for 1-2 mins .


3) Flip the dosa to the other side and roast for a minute.Now increase the flame and cook for a min until you see red patches.
4)  Again Flip the dosa.




5) Quickly spread  a tbsp of the erra kaaram/red chutney all over the dosa  with a spoon or spatula .


6) Sprinkle pappula podi all over the dosa and fold it to half and cook on each side for few seconds.


7) Serve it as-is or with any chutney...It should be served on to the plate immediately to enjoy the flavor and crispiness of the dosa.
8) Repeat the same process with the remaining batter as well.


9) Serve dosa with chutney of your choice like coconut chutney/groundnut chutney/Peanut Chutney /Bomaby Chutney /Tomato mint chutney.
10) I served erra kaaram dosa with Erra Karam only.

Tips:

1)  To save time during those busy mornings, the red chutney can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator.
2) The daliya powder can be ground and stored in an airtight container.
3) Do not pour the batter to prepare dosa on high flame,the batter will stick to the tawa.If you feel the tawa is over heated sprinkle some water over it before making next dosa.
4) If dosas are breaking cover the tawa with the plate after pouring the dosa batter on tawa.
5) Fenugreek Seeds will help in fermentation and give a good aroma and good colour to the Dosa.

This savoury french  toast  is best option if you don't eat egg (or even if you eat egg) .It is quick , easy  , delicious and yummy option for breakfast or for evening snacks.  It can be done in less than 15 minutes . It  is also good option for kids snack or Lunch  Box  . My daughter loves it very much.

Ingredients:-

    Bread - 8 slices
    Bombay Rava(Sooji) / Semolina - 1cup
    Yogurt /curd - 1 cup
    Onion   - 1 (chopped)
    Red chilli powder - 2 tsps
    Coriander leaves  - 4 tsps (chopped)
    Turmeric powder -  1/2 tsp
    Chat masala  - 1 tsp
    Ghee  / Butter to toast
    Salt - to taste


Method : - 

1. Cut the bread slices into half and keep aside.


2.Mix all the above rest of the ingredients except ghee and make a semi thick batter.



3.Add a little water if  it is too thick. The mixture should be of spreading consistency.



4.Heat a tawa or pan on low medium flame .
5.Take a  bread slice and apply  a spoon full of the batter on both  the sides  or Dip the bread in prepared batter both the sides to coat well with batter and place it on the heated tawa or pan.



6. Add a little  ghee or butter  on both the sides and toast it .Once it gets toasted on one side, flip and toast the bread slices on other side till its golden brown on both the sides.



7.Do the same with the remaining slices of bread.
8. Easy delicious  Savory French Toast is ready.



9. Serve with tomato sauce or tomato ketchup or Green Chutney or anything else of your choice. .