Warmth winter with veggies - Mix vegetables soup

Hi,
Everyone,

This year is going away and  chilled winter  is  knocking  our door. On the last day of 2016.. I need  a bowl of  soup  to  warmth  myself  in this chill night.
I am  planning  to  make  something  healthier rich  easy  comfort  dish.. Mix  vegetables soup..
This  soup is  loaded with  lots of  veggies..like  carrot,  beans, mushrooms, cabbage, paneer, cheese, spring onion,  ginger,  garlic  and  beetroot and  seasoned  with  salt and pepper make it  wholesome  power  pack  meal.
This  is  very  easy  to make  and good  for  winter.
 You  can  make this simple  and tasty yummy  soup  in a few minutes.
I have  used whatever  veggies I have in my kitchen  pantry. You can  make  by  your  choice  by  adding more  veggies.
A real  warming  soup  make  you  more  energetic  and  healthy  too.
So,  do  join  with  us  and  make  this  soup  for  your  family  and  friends for  this  evening and  say  goodbye  to  this  going  2016.

Without  wasting  time, let's  quickly  make this  soup for  your  near  and  dear ones.
I can't  imagine  winter  without  soup.
Let's  join  with  me  and  make  this  yummy  soup.

Mix  vegetables soup -

Mix  vegetables soup -


Preparation  time  : 10 minutes
Cooking time : 10 minutes
Makes  2 bowl

Ingredients  -

2 table spoon finely chopped ( shredded) cabbage
2 table spoon finely chopped  carrot cubes
2 table spoon  finely chopped  french  beans
2 table spoon  finely chopped  mushrooms ( cut  in  small  cubes)
1 table spoon  moong sprouts ( green  gram  sprouts)
2 table spoon  finely chopped  paneer (cut in cubes) (cottage cheese)
2 table spoon  finely chopped  spring  onions
1 table spoon  finely chopped  spring onions  whites
1 table spoon  finely chopped  beetroot cubes
1/4  tea  spoon finely chopped garlic (minched)
1/4 tea  spoon  finely chopped  ginger
Salt  to  taste
1/2 tea spoon  pepper  powder

A pinch of  ajinomoto  (mono  sodium  glutamate) (optional)

2 soup bowl of  vegetable  stock
2 table spoon  cornflour

( cornstarch)  should be diluted  in 1/2 bowl  of  vegetable stock.

2 table spoon  of  butter.
Some grated  processed cheese and cooked  veggies for  garnish



Method  -

*  Heat  butter  in  a  non  stick  deep  pan  / kadhai.

* Add  chopped  spring onions whites,  ginger and  garlic. Saute  for  a minute on  medium heat.

* Add chopped  cabbage, carrot, mushrooms,  french  beans  and beetroot. Saute  for  another  one  minute on medium heat.

* Add cornflour batter, salt, ajinomoto (msg) (optional)  and  cottages  cheese  (paneer).  Cook on medium heat  for 2-3 minutes,  while  stirring occasionally.

* Add  vegetable stock  and  cook  on medium heat for  another 3-4  minutes while  stirring occasionally . Add spring  onions  and  stir  for a few  seconds.

* Add pepper  powder. Mix  well.

* check the seasoning.

* Serve  hot, garnish with grated  processed cheese and  cooked  vegetables  and  few  spring  onions.


My mom  tips -

* Always  incorporate  fresh  vegetables  for making soup.  This  not  only  looks  good  but  healthy  too.  Soup  is  a very  easy healthier option  to  have nutrition  in our  meal.

* We use  ajinomoto in this  soup for the  taste. But, we recommend not  to  use ajinomoto  for health  concerns. You  can  skip  this  in  your  soup  recipe.

* Soup make  your  digestive system  stronger. It is a  very  good  appetiser.

Make  this healthier soup  for  your family and friends  and  enjoy  winter. Very  easy to make  and  full loads of  veggies.

That's  all  for now.
We  shall  come back  very soon   with  some  easy  simple  tasty  recipes.

Till  then,
Take care,
Stay  healthy,  stay  blessed,

Asha
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New year sweet invitation - kesari paneer payasum (chennar payesh)

Hi,
everyone,
We (me and  my  mom) greeting  you a very
happy  new year  to  all of you. May god  bless you all.. A very  happy healthy and prosperous new  year .
Let's  make  a sweet  dish for  this new  year.
A sweet  gentle knock  with  sweet  surprise..
I want to start this day  with  sweet simple  easy  but  tasty recipe.
So,  we  have  decided  to  make yummy   bengali  mishti.

 Today , on the eve of  new  year we  are going to   make  Kesari  paneer  payasum(kheer)  (chennar  payesh)

Ya,
You  are  right.. I am  telling  about the very  popular bengali  sweet  dish... Chhenar  payesh.

 As we all know that  bengalis are  sweet  lover.. They  are  happy to  make  sweet  in their  special  occasions.  Bengali  cuisine  include  lot of  sweets.. (mishti). Most of them are  milk based and preparation with  chhena  (cottage  cheese.)


kesari  paneer payasum (kheer)  are made  with  cottage  cheese, milk and  condense milk dashed  with  lots of  nuts and royal  kesar (saffron). The rich royal kesari  flavoured  with  goodness  of  nuts  make  your  day  awesome.


Let's  be  with  me   and  enjoy  your  new  day  of  this  year  with  this  awesome  delicious  dessert.

Kesari paneer paaysum (chennar  payesh)

Preparation  time : 10-15 minutes
Cooking  time : 30-35 minutes
Serve for 4


Ingredients -

150 gram grated paneer  (cottage cheese)
1litre milk
6 table spoon  sugar
1/4 tin  or 1/2 cup  condense milk ( milkmaid nestle)
1/2 tea  spoon green  cardamom  powder
Few saffron  strands (kesar thread) soaked  in 1tbsp  warm  water.
1table spoon blanched  chopped pistachio (pista)
1 table spoon finely  chopped almonds
1 table spoon  finely  chopped  cashew nuts
For  garnishing -
A pinch  of saffron strands (soaked in 1tbsp  warm water)
Some  chopped  nuts


Method  -

*Bring the  milk  to  boil  in a broad heavy bottom  non  Stick pan. Simmer the  gas.
Allow  it  to  boil  on Simmer for  8-10 minutes, while  stirring  continously  and scrapping  the  sides  of the  pan till  the  volume of  milk  reduce  half  in  quantity.

* Add  grated  paneer,  sugar and  condense  milk.
* Cook  on  medium heat  for  3-4   minutes while  stirring  occasionally.

* Add  cardamom  powder,  soaked kesar  strands along with  water. Give  a gentle stir for  30  seconds. Mix  well. Remove  from the  flame.

* Allow  it  to  cool down  completely.  Refrigerate  for  atleast  1 hour.

*  Serve  chilled  and  garnish  with chopped pistachio , almonds, cashew nuts  and  soaked  saffron  strands.


I hope, you will  make this  awesome  sweet on  this  new  first day  of the  year and make your  day awesome and  memorable too.


My mom  tips -
* Use full  cream  milk and  condense  milk  for  rich  heavier  taste.
*How  to  blanched  nuts..
Just  boil the desired  nuts for 4-5 minutes on  medium  heat on a pan. Drain  the  excess  water  and  peel  the skin  of  nuts then finely  chopped  and  use  as  required.


That's  all  for the  day. We shall  come  very  soon  with  some  tasty yummy  recipes.

Till  then ...
Take care,
Stay  healthy , stay  blessed.

Asha
Archana.
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Winter boon - Aloo methi greens bhaji

Hi,
Everyone,
In the series of  winter  boon.. Today I am sharing  you a recipe of aloo methi.. A perfect combination of health, nutrition  and taste.
Methi  leaves is  abundantly  found  in  market in winter.
So, this  recipe is a perfect combination  of  health and  nutrition.
Green methi leaves  tempered  with mustard  seed  and  jeera  in pure  ghee with spice of  green chillies  and  ginger make this  dish awesome in  taste.
Very  easy to make  and take less time.
Methi leaves is a power pack of vitamin k, iron , calcium, protein  and nicotinic  acid.
So,
Without  wasting of  time , I am  going to  share  you a richer healthier  methi  Aloo  bhaji.

Aloo methi greens bhaji

Preparation  time :15-20 minutes
Cooking  time : 10 minutes
Serve  for  3

Ingredients -

150 grams chopped blanched green  methi  leaves ( fenugreek  leaves)
250 grams boiled peeled potatoes  (cut in halves or  four)
2 table spoon  crushed ginger
1 table spoon crushed  green  chillies
1/2 tea  spoon  turmeric  powder  (haldi)
Salt  to  taste
1 table spoon  lemon  juice  or according  to  your  taste
Or
 1 tea  spoon amchur  powder
5 table spoon  melted  ghee

For  tempering -
1/4 tea  spoon  jeera seeds  (cumin  seeds )
1/4 tea  spoon  mustard  seeds

Method  -
* Heat  the ghee  in  a non  stick kadhai on medium  flame.
*Add  jeera  and  mustard  seeds. Let  them  crackle. It takes only 1/2 an minutes.
*Add   crushed ginger  and  green  chillies.  Saute  for  a minute on  medium  heat.
* Add  turmeric  powder, salt,  aloo (potatoes) and blanched  fenugreek  leaves . Stir for  a while. Cover it. Simmer  the  flame  and cook for 4  - 5 minutes, while  stirring  occasionally.
* Open  the lid,  add  lemon  juice or amchur powder.  Mix well and cook  for 30 seconds on  simmer heat.
* Aloo methi  is  ready  to  serve. Serve  hot  with  roti,  paratha,  naan.

My  mom  tips -

* For richer taste always  use  pure  ghee  for  making  aloo  methi bhaji.

* For  blanching  methi  leaves.. Just Wash  and  chopped  methi  leaves  and  boiled in  a water for  2-3 minutes. Drain  the  excess  water  and  keep  aside for  bhaji or  any  other preparation.

* Use Lemon  or  Amchur  powder to  cut  the  bitterness  of  methi  leaves.  It's  also  enhance  the taste  of  this  recipe.

That's  all  for  today.
We shall  come  very  soon  with  a new  simple  richer  healthier  recipes.

Till  then,
Take care.
Stay  healthy, stay  blessed..

Asha
Archana
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winter boon - Green garlic chutney

 Hi,
Everyone,

Today , we  are  going to  share  very  tasty tangy  spicy healthy  green  garlic  chutney. Easy to  make..
Before  going to  share  the  recipe  details,
I just want to  share  the  health benefits of this  awesome  green spring garlic.
Green  spring of the garlic  is  technically  a garlic  contains amazing  health  benefits  just  like  mature  bulb.

Let  me  say first  that  one  should  eat  green  leafy  veggie of  any  veggies  because  it  contains chlorophyll which  helps  to  fight  cancer,  improve  liver detoxification, speed  up wound  healing, help in  digestion and  weight  control  and  good  for  skin.
 So,  please  include  lot of  green  in your  diet.

Green  spring garlic  health  benefits -

* it  has  immune  system boosting  quality.
* garlic  contains  allicin , the  sulphur  compound   is a natural  antibiotics  that  can  help  body  to  block  infections.
*  its  help  to  improve  iron  level  in body. So  beneficial  for  anemia too.
*Garlic  contains  polysulfied  help  protect  against  heart  disease.
*Garlic  rich  in magnese  that  is  good  for  HDL (good  cholesterol) .

So,  increase  green  garlic  or  mature  bulb  of  garlic  in your  daily  diet for  healthy  life.
You  can slice  green  garlic  thinly and as required.   you can  use  tender  bulb  and  green  stalk  as  required.
Just  use  for  salad  dressing, garnish  for  pizza , use  in soup   garnishing,  use with  cheese  and  just  make  chutney  with  this  and  enjoy  whole  benefits  of  green  garlic.
Green spring garlic chutney  has  Indian taste. Easy  to  make  and  tasty too.
Use  this  chutney  as  accompanied  with  your  daily  meal and  enjoy  health  benefits of  this awesome spicy  green spring garlic  chutney.

 Green  spring  garlic  chutney  -

Method -


Hare lahsun  ki  chutney..

Preparations time. : 5 minutes
Cooking  time : 0 minutes


Ingredients  -
Green  garlic  (chopped) 100 grams
Green coriander  leaves  - 50grams
Green chillies  2
Salt 1tea spoon
Black salt  1tea spoon
Amchur  powder  1 table spoon
Or
Lemon juice  2 table  spoon

Method -
* Wash , clean  and chopped  fresh  green  garlic  and coriander  leaves.
* Put  all the  ingredients  in a grinder. Add 3-4 table spoon  of water.
*Grind all the ingredients  to fine  paste.
* Green  garlic  chutney  is  ready  to  serve. Use  as  required.
I recommend include l this  green  leafy garlic  in  your  winter meal  and  stay  healthy.


That's  all  for  now.

We shall  come  back  soon  with  some  simple  tasty  awesome  recipes.

Till  then  bye.
Good  Day. Stay  blessed  and  healthy.
Thanks  for  watching  my  blog.

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Lahsuni baby potatoes

Hi
Everyone,
Today I am going to share lahsuni baby pototoes ..
Very easy to  make and delicious too..
You can have this dish with roti or chawal.
This can be a side dish..
My mom always make it in morning breakfast with parathas...With curd..
Very simple but tasty .
Let's make it.. It can make within 10-12 minutes only.
Try ..
You will be happy to make it..

Lahsuni Aloo
Preparation time - 5 -7minutes
Cooking time- 10 to 12 minutes
Serve for 4 people


 Ingredient -
2 cup boiled baby potatoes (cut in halves or use as whole whatever you like)
2 tbsp garlic (lahsun) paste
½ tsp (haldi ) turmeric  powder
½ tsp red chilli powder
Salt to taste
6 tbsp of oil

For  garnish  -
1tbsp  of green  coriander leaves

 Method-
*Heat oil in a kadhai, add potatoes pieces and salt, mix well. Cover it by lid and cook on low flame for 4- 5 minutes or till the potatoes become tender or soft, while stirring occasionally.
*Open the lid. Add garlic paste, chili powder, turmeric powder, and mix well. *Cook on medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes or till the masala separates oil.
*Switch off the gas.
* Garnish  with  green  coriander  leaves.
*Serve hot with roti , paratha, naan.
I am sure that this dish will go with your breakfast and you will be happy to make it.


My mom tip -
* you can make it with large potatoes too.
But the taste is better when we use baby one. You can make with potatoes with skin also..for this do not boil ..just cut in half and follow above procedures.

Enjoy your breakfast with these yummy potatoes.

Till then,
We are signing off.
We shall come very soon with some more easy and tasty recipes.
Bye
Take care.

Asha
Archana

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