Saturday, February 05, 2011

Gobi Manchurian / Cauliflower Manchurian | Indo-Chinese Appetizers



Gobi Manchurian is our favorite appetizers back in India. Our gang of friends would order this regularly whenever we went for an eat-out and we all love this. Still could cherish those memories when we were doing our final year engineering project in Bangalore when we used to go to our regular eat-out for dinner. We used to eat heartily not worrying about the calories or the ambiance of the

Friday, February 04, 2011

Sprouted Moong dhal Kurma | Indian Curry Recipes




Sprouted beans is ideal when you want to make a quick, wholesome and healthy side dish. Sprouting increases the protein quality, vitamin and fibre content in the regular bean which improves the nutrition factor. Whenever I make sprouts I make an extra batch and freeze it. Comes in handy when you want to do some quick salad, kurma or sundal. 





Ingredients:
Sprouted moong dhal - 3 cups

Quick 5 Minute Waffles


Ingredients
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1 cup Aunt Jamie's Pancake/Waffle mix
Fruits (of your choice - I choose Strawberries and Blue berries)
Maple Syrup/ whipped cream/ cream cheese/chocolate syrup (optional)

Method:
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1. Preheat a waffle iron.
2. In a bowl add one cup of the waffle mix and according to the box instructions, make a lumpy batter.
3. Take a big spoon full of batter and pour it in on the waffle iron and cook it until it's done.
4. 1 cup batter makes around 5-6 waffles.
5. you can serve it warm with fresh fruits/whipped cream/maple syrup/cream cheese/chocolate syrup or anything of your choice.
6. Simple and easy recipe. Kids will love it. you can be creative in decorating it. 
7. This can be served as breakfast or a snack.