My First Pizza!!

FINALLY.. I MADE Pizza @ home..

The inspiration to make pizza at home is my Son..who started loving it..and the first word in food category he learned was chicken and pizza..though his vocabulary has grown leaps and bounds now..i finally found the right time to cook a pizza for him at home..though with ready made crust!!!

here i go!! on my first PIzza!!!!!!!

Ingredients:

Ready made Pizza crust

Tomato - sliced without seeds

Capsicum - 1 cup thinly sliced

Chicken - 1 cup small pieces

Method:

Capsicum

-cut into thin slices and shallow fry under sim for a while

Chicken

-cut into small pieces,marinade with chilli powder,salt n lil turmeric poder n refigerate for abt 2 hrs,then shallow fry with 2 tbsp oil n no water,so that the chicken gets cooked completely under a covered pan in low flame!!!

Now dress the pizza base with chillisauce,spread a lot of shredded cheese,then the toppings,lil more cheese on top n keep it in the oven for abt 6-7 mts..or until the cheese nicely melts down!!!

Note:u can try u'r own toppingss as well...
Yuvan n My Hubby liked it sooooooooo much!!!

Green Moong Dal Curry

This Recipe is very simple to make,very healthy and can b given to kids as well.

Yuvan's another hot favourite at home!!

U can know more about Green Moong Dhal or Also called Green Bean Or Mung Bean here

Ingredients:

Green Moong Whole : 1/2 cup

Small onions : 3-4 thinly cut

Red chilli : 2- 3 (u can increase as per u'r spice level)

Coriander seeds :1/2 tbsp

Cumin seeds:1/2 tbsp

Turmeric powder : a lil

Asafoetida: a pinch

Curry leaves: one springSalt : to taste

Method:

1.Put the Pressure cooker on the stove..add oil,sprinkle cumin seeds,coriander

seeds,Asafoetida, and add onion,chilli and curry leaves and garlic crushed together n saute

in sim until the onion turns golden brown..

2.Now add the Green Moong whole (alternatively u can soak for abt 30 mts if required..so it

is more well done or give extra 4 whistles),turmeric powder,salt and 3 cups of water .

3.Cook for abt 10 whistles..so that its nicely done.

4.Once the pressure settles down...,as soon as u open mash all together inside the cooker itself such that it forms a nice gravy...

5.Serve hot with rice

Note:

Very healthy for kids ,mix with rice that's extra cooked for 2 whistles n lil ghee...

It tastes awesome..

Can be combined with Egg scramble for even better taste for kids!!

Spicy Chicken Franks - Sausages

This is a new recipe or to b apt my First on sausages i tried today!!!

The Inspiration is my Son Yuvan..When we had been to his fren's place he tried this first time n liked it..Though i donn wnat to give him frequently as its quite fatty once in a while is ok...

SO here i go

Required:

Ready made sausage -the one i used is Chicken Franks- 4 sticks -cut into small pieces
Garlic-3-4 cloves -Crushed

Ginger -- 1 Inch - Crushed

Big Onion - 1

For Marination:

Marinade the cut sausages with 1 tbsp chili powder,1/4 tbsp coriander powder,lil turmeric,salt n 1tbsp Chicken masala and salt to taste and keep aside in the refrigerator for abt 30 - 45 mts..( if u like it more spicy,u can add a bit of garam masala powder too while marinating)

Method:

1.Take a non -stick pan,put oil,add the thinly sliced onion along with coriander leaves,saute for

a while n then add crushed ginger garlic n saute for some more time
2.Add the marinated sausages and saute for a while.
3.Sprinkle Lil water and cover n cook on simmer until The sausages are well done.

Note: Yuvan Liked it Soooooo Much!!

Dhal Chutney

MMM...tried another new chutney..

Recipe Resource : Mallika Badrinath's "Samayal Samayal"

Ingredients:
Channa Dal - 1/2 cup
Garlic - 4 cloves
Red chilli - 2/3

Method:

1.Dry roast The channa dal n the red chillies until the Dhal turns golden brown.

2. Allow to cool,add the garlic n required salt n coarse grind.

3. Goes well with Idli,Dosa n with Rice as well!

The original recipe required 6 cloves of garlic..But my Hubby found it too strong..so i suggest to add 4 only as mentioned above!!

Mysore Vada

M a foodie in all ways...Love More of Non-vegetarian..but i do like cooking vegan n jus luv eating any type of vada!!

Tried this recipe over the weekend.. Reciepe Resource : Mallika Badrinath's "Samayal Samayal"

For long i wanted to try this out..but every time i end up making my favaourite "channa dal Vada (in Tamil paruppu vadai)" or My hubby's favourite the "Urad Dhal Vada (in Tamil Ulundu vadai)"

But Finally decided to test My taste Buds as well my hubby's n my Toddler'z as well..

here u go .....
Ingredients
Channa Dal - 1/2 cup
Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
Yellow Moong Dal split - 1/2 cup
Urad Dal - 1/4 cup ( original recipe indicated 1/2 cup..but when added half a cup or in other words as equal to the quantity of other dhal the vada gets lil harder..)
Green chilli - 4
Garlic- 2 cloves
Curry leaves
Corainder leaves

Method
1.Soak all the Dal after thorough washing for abt 3-4 hours.
2.Add Green chilli and the garlic to the soaked Dal and grind with minimum water.
3.Add finely cut curry leaves n Coriander leaves n required salt ( salt can be added while grindng also) and mix well.
4.Make lemon sized balls of it ,pat a lil on u'r palm and fry in hot oil..
5.Serve hot

Note:
Goes well as a snack when served with Coconut chutney or Sambar
Adds as a Side dish when u donn wanna cook two vegetable side dishes..n wanna make a weekday lunch special !!!!!