Priya Rao's Recipes

Peanut Butter and Honey Banana Ice Cream

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:02:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Banana -- 1 1/2 peeled medium, sliced into coins and frozen until solid
Peanut butter -- 3 tablespoons
Honey -- 2 teaspoons

Method:

Blend bananas in food processor until they are the consistency of soft serve ice cream.
Blend in peanut butter and honey, and transfer to a freezer container and freeze until solid.

Khajur Barfi

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:58:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Condensed Milk -- 500 ml
Dates -- 500 gms, deseeded
Mixed Dryfruits (badam, cashew, pista) -- 250 gm
Dessicated Dry Coconut -- 1/2 cup

Method:

Break up dates coarsely
Add milk and dryfruit all in a heavy, non-stick pan.
Cook on slow flame, stirring continuously.
Do not allow to stick to bottom.
It takes a while to cook
Stir gently till a soft lump forms.
Spread some of the coconut on a butter paper sheet.
Grease hands and take a chunk of the mixture and roll into a thick roll, on the sheet, all the coconut to cover it.
Chill the rolls in the fridge
Cut into slices Or set in a tray and cut into squares.

Egg Omelette - II

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:58:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Egg -- 1
Onion -- 3 tbsp, cut into pieces
Green Chilli -- 1
Red Chilli Powder -- 1 tbsp
Tomato -- 2tsp, chopped (optional)
Carrot -- 1 tsp, chopped (optional)
Salt -- As per required
Oil -- 2 tsp

Method:

Beat egg well in a bowl.
Add salt,chilli powder to it and again beat for 1 min.
Now add onion,tomato,chilli,carrot and mix well.
Heat a flat pan,pour oil.
Pour the egg mixture on the pan and spread it evenly.
After 1 min, flip it over and again cook for 1 min.
Serve hot.

Note:

If you want, you can add 1/2 tsp of Garam Masala Powder.

Egg Omelette-I

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:47:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Egg -- 1
Salt -- as per required
Red Chilli Powder -- 1/2 tsp
Oil -- 1 tsp

Method:

Beat egg well in a bowl.
Add salt and chilli powder to it.Again beat for few seconds.
Take a flat pan,heat oil and pour the egg mixture into it.
Slowly spread the mixture on the pan.
Cook for 2 min.
Flip over the omelette to other side and cook for 1 min.
Remove form pan and serve hot.

Bonda

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:12:00 +0530

Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour -- 1 Cup
Rice Flour -- 2 tbsp
Curd -- 1 Cup
Cooking soda -- 1/4 tsp
Salt -- as per required
Oil -- for deep frying

Method:

Mix all the ingredients except oil.
See that the batter is thick.If necessary add some water or curd to make batter.
Cover it with a lid and let it stay for overnight.
Heat oil in a vessel. Shape the batter into round bondas.
Fry them on low flame till golden in color.
Serve hot with chutney or sambar.

Note:
The bondas are very tasty if you ferment the batter overnight.
If not possible, prepare the batter at least one hour before.

Broken Rice Upma

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:04:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Rice Ravva -- 1 Cup
Onion -- 1 medium sized
Cumin Seeds -- 1 tbsp
Green Chilli -- 5
Ginger -- 1 inch
Black gram -- 2 tbsp
Bengal Gram -- 3 tbsp
Green Gram -- 2 tbsp
Mustard -- 2 tbsp
Curry Leaves -- few
Water -- 3 Cups
Salt -- as per required

Method:

Heat a vessel,fry the rice ravva for some time.
Remove ravva from vessel and keep it aside.
Now pour oil into the vessel,add all the ingredients except water and ravva. Fry them for 2 min.
Now add water and salt to it. Let water boils. Here check the taste of the water, so that you can add some salt.
Now slowly pour ravva into the vessel by stirring continuously so that no lumps are formed.
Let it cook for 2 min on a high flame.
Now simmer the flame and cook till done.
Swich off the stove,cover the lid and wait for 5 min.
Now the upma is done. Serve hot.

Broken Wheat Upma

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:52:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Broken Wheat/ Dalia-- 1 Cup
Onion -- 1 medium sized
Tomato -- 2
Green Chilli -- 5
Garlic -- 1 inch
Potato -- 1 medium sized (Optional)
Black gram -- 2 tbsp
Bengal Gram -- 2 tbsp
Mustard -- 2 tbsp
Ground nuts -- 2 tbsp
Curry Leaves -- few
Water -- 3 Cups
Turmeric powder -- a pinch
Salt -- as per required

Method:

Heat a vessel,fry the dalia till it becomes light reddish.
Remove dalia from vessel and keep it aside.
Now pour oil into the vessel,add all the ingredients except water and dalia. Fry them for 2 min.
Now add water and salt to it. Let water boils. Here check the taste of the water, so that you can add some salt.
Now slowly pour dalia into the vessel by stirring continuously so that no lumps are formed.
Let it cook for 2 min on a high flame.
Now simmer the flame and cook till done.
Swich off the stove,cover the lid and wait for 5 min.
Now the upma is done. Serve hot.

Vermicelli Upma

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:38:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Vermicelli -- 2 Cups
Onion -- 1 medium sized
Tomato -- 2
Green Chilli -- 5
Garlic -- 1 inch
Potato -- 1 medium sized (Optional)
Black gram -- 2 tbsp
Bengal Gram -- 2 tbsp
Mustard -- 2 tbsp
Ground nuts -- 2 tbsp
Curry Leaves -- few
Water -- 4 Cups
Salt -- as per required

Method:

Heat a vessel,fry the vermicelli till it becomes light reddish.
Remove vermicelli from vessel and keep it aside.
Now pour oil into the vessel,add all the ingredients except water and vermicelli. Fry them for 2 min.
Now add water and salt to it. Let water boils. Here check the taste of the water, so that you can add some salt.
Now slowly pour vermicelli into the vessel by stirring continuously so that no lumps are formed.
Let it cook for 2 min on a high flame.
Now simmer the flame and cook for 2 more min or till the mixture becomes lightly watery.
Swich off the stove,cover the lid and wait for 5 min.
Now the upma is done. Serve hot.

Upma

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 16:33:00 +0530

Upma is the simple and easy recipe.It is a favourite breakfast recipe for many. It takes very less time to prepare.
Ingredients:

Sooji Rava -- 1 Cup
Onion -- 1 small, chopped
Chilli -- 2, cut into pieces
Tomato -- 1 small, cut into pieces(Optional)
Mustard Seeds -- 1 tbsp
Black Gram -- 1 tbsp
Bengal Gram -- 1 tbsp
Peanuts -- 1 tbsp (Optional)
Curry Leaves -- few
Water -- 3 Cups
Salt -- as per required
Oil -- 3 tbsp

Method:

Heat a vessel,fry the rava till a nice aroma comes or till it becomes light reddish.
Remove rava from vessel and keep it aside.
Now pour oil into the vessel,add all the ingredients except water,rava.
Fry them for 2 min.
Now add water and salt to it.
Let water boils. Here check the taste of the water, so that you can add some salt.
Now slowly pour rava into the vessel by stirring continuously so that no lumps are formed.
Let it cook for 1 min.
Swich off the stove and wait for 5 min.
Now the upma is done.
Serve hot.

Note:

If you want to colour it you can add some turmeric powder during frying the ingredients in oil.

Yo can also add carrot,peas,potato along with tomato.

Vermicelli Idli

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:33:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Vermicelli -- 1 Cup, split itno small pieces
Suji Rava -- 1/2 cup
Yoghurt -- 1 cup
Salt -- As per required
Fruit Salt -- 1 tbsp
Cashew -- few
Black Gram -- 2 tbsp
Mustard Seeds -- 1/2 tbsp
Curry Leaves -- 2 strands
Chilli -- 3
Oil

Method:

Heat a vessel,pour oil and fry roast the vermicelli.
Remove vermicelli and now add suji rava to the vessel and fry roast it.
Keep them aside.
Now mix vermicelli,rava,salt,yoghurt.To this add water to form the idli batter.
Again heat vessel,pour oil.Fry cashew,black gram,mustard,chilli.
Add this mixture to idli batter.
Add fruit salt and keep aside the batter for 30 min.
Now take the idli plates, grease them and pour idli batter to it.
Steam cook idli.
Serve hot with Coconut Chutney.

Vermicelli Custard

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:37:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Milk -- 1000 ml
Vermicelli -- 1 cup
Sugar -- 1/2 cup
Custard Powder -- 1 tbsp, Strawberry Flavour
Strawberry Essence -- 1/4 tbsp
Cream -- 2 tbsp
Badam, Pista , Cashew nuts-- 2 tbsp,chopped

Method:

Pour milk in a heavy bottomed vessel.Take 2 or 3 tbsp of milk from it and keep it aside.
Now boil milk.Add vermicelli to it.
When the vermicelli is cooked well, add sugar and essence to it.
Mix custard powder to the milk which we kept aside. See that no lumps are formed.
Add this mixture to the boiled milk and vermicelli mixture.
Sim the fire and stir the mixture until it thickens.
Now add the nuts and keep it in refrigerator until it gets cool.
Serve the chilled Custard.

Vermicelli Dosa

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:23:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Vermicelli -- 2 Cups
Suji Rava -- 1 Cup
Rice Flour -- 1 Cup
Sour Curd -- 1 Cup
Cumin Seeds -- 1 tbsp
Salt -- as per required
Water -- Sufficient to mix the batter
Oil -- 1/2 Cup

Method:

Mix well all the ingredients except water and oil.
Now slowly add water to form the dosa batter.
Let it rest for 1 hour.
Heat pan, take a ladder ful of batter and spread it in the form of dosa.
Let it cook til the dosa is reddish in colour.
Remove from pan and serve hot with Chutney.

Vermicelli Soup

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:08:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Vermicelli -- 1/4 Cup (Split into pieces)
Vegetable Stock -- 3 Cups
Fresh Cream -- 1 tbsp
Oil -- 1 tbsp
Garlic -- 2 tbsp, chopped
Onion -- 2 tbsp, chopped
Tomato -- 3/4 cup ,cut into pieces
Tomato puree -- 1 tbsp
Pepper Powder -- 1/2 tbsp
Cilantro Leaves -- few, chopped
Salt -- as per required
Lemon -- 1

Method:

Heat oil in a vessel.
Fry chopped garlic and onion for 2 min.
Add tomato pieces,fry for 2 min.
Now add tomato puree,salt,pepper powder,vegetable stock.
Boil this mixture for 15 min or until thickens.
Now grind this mixture to form a paste.
Now take this paste into a vessel and put it on the stove.
Add vermicelli to it and cook until vermicelli is cooked well.
Garnish with cream and cilantro leaves and lemon wedges.
Serve hot.

Vermicelli Vada

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:14:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Vermicelli -- 1 cup
All Purpose Flour -- 1/2 cup
Suji Rava -- 1/2 cup
Onion chopped -- 1 cup
Chills -- 2 or 3
Ginger -- 1" piece
Cumin seeds -- 1/2 tbsp
Ground Nuts -- 1 cup
Coriander Powder -- 1 tbsp
Salt -- as per required
Oil -- for deep frying

Method:

Grind the chillis and ginger into a fine paste.
Now mix all the ingredients except oil to this paste.
Take some quantity of mixture and shape it into vada.
Make vadas with the mixture and deep fry in oil.
Serve with Mint chutney.

Cornflakes Ladoo

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:51:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Cornflakes -- 250 gms
Sugar -- 1/4 cup
Honey -- 3 cups
Elachi Powder -- 1/2 tsp
Almonds and Cashew Nuts -- 1/4 cup
Milk -- 2 tsp

Method:

Dry roast the nuts. Grind them to a fine powder.
Powder cornflakes and sugar separately.
Add all the powders and honey.
Now add milk and shape the mixture into Ladoos.

Vermicelli Ladoo

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:48:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Vermicelli -- 250 gms (cut into pieces)
Koya -- 150 gms
Nuts -- 50 gms(your choice like cashew,badam,pista; or combination of all)
Sugar -- 1/2 cup
Ghee -- 4 tbsp
Cardamom Powder -- 1/2 tsp

Method:

Take a bowl.Mix nuts,sugar,koya,cardamom powder.
Take a pan, pour ghee into it.Fry vermicelli in the pan till it becomes reddish.
Now add koya mixture into it.Fry for another two minutes.Mix well.
Switch off the flame.Let it cool.
Now take a small amount of mixture and shape it to Ladoo.
To make the shape if necessary,add some ghee.

Dry Fruit Ladoo

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:31:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Cashew nuts -- 100gms
Raisins -- 50gms
Almonds -- 1/4 cup

Method:

Fry cashew nuts for 2 min in a low flame.Let it cool.
Chop cashew and almonds into fine pieces.
Now grind the raisins in a blender into a fine paste.
Mix all these ingredients.
The mixture is wet due to raisins paste.
Now take a small amount of mixture and shape it as ladoo.
Now the healthy ladoos are ready.

Note:

If you want more sweetness increase the quantity of raisins.
As there is no sugar.. it is very healthy and fat free.
The unsaturated fat in this ladoo is good for heart.
This ladoo consists of zinc which is helpful for curing wounds quickly.

Chickpeas Fry

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:51:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Chickpeas -- 2 cups(Boiled)
Potato -- 1 cup, boiled and cut into pieces
Tomato -- 1 cup, boiled and cut into pieces
Green chilli paste -- 2 tsp
Ginger paste -- 1 1/2 tsp
Garlic Paste -- 2 tsp
Chana Masala Powder -- 2 tsp
Black Salt -- 1 tsp
Dried Mango Powder -- 1/2 tsp
Slat as per required
Oil -- 3 tsp
Cilantro leaves -- 1/4 cup chopped

Method:

Heat oil in a vessel on a medium flame.
Fry potato pieces for 5 min.
Now add green chilli paste, ginger and garlic paste.Fry them for 1 min.
Now add all the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Pour 1/2 cup of water into it and mix well.
Close the lid and stay until all the water got evaporated.
Switch off the heat.
Garnish with Cilantro leaves and serve hot with rotis.

Soya Ladoo

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Thu, 9 Jan 2014 16:14:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Soya Beans -- 100 gms
Sesame Seeds -- 100 gms
Dates -- 200 gms
Honey -- 1 tbsp

Method:

Take a pan fry soya beans and sesame seeds separately.
Let them cool.
After that grind them into a fine powder.
Sieve the mixture and set aside.
De-seed the dates and mash them into paste.
Now by adding honey shape them into round ladoo.

Note:

If necessary add some water.see that not to add excess water.The paste must be hard.
This is a very healthy sweet which consists fo calcium,protiens.
Good for pregnant women,kids,and those who are in menopause state.

Vermicelli Pudding

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Thu, 9 Jan 2014 16:03:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Vermicelli -- 1 cup
Honey -- 3/4 cup
Water -- 4 cups
Cardamom Powder -- 1 tsp
Cream -- 5 tbsp

Method:

Take a vessel,pour water into it and boil for some time.
Now slowly pour vermicelli into the boiled water and cook until done.
Remove from heat and let it cool.
Remove any excess water and pour honey into it and again cook till the honey melts well.
Now add cream and cardamom powder to it.
Remove from heat and serve hot.

Breakfast Recipes

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Fri, 3 Jan 2014 00:27:00 +0530

There is no standard Indian breakfast menu as almost each state in India has different specialities. However, one can broadly classify breakfast varieties in India into 2 types; North Indian and South Indian. The eastern and western parts of India also have individual breakfast items unique to their culture or state.
South Indian breakfast consists of idli, vada and/or dosa coupled with chutney and sambar. Many variations of these dishes exist such as Rava idli, Dahi Vada and Masala Dosa. Other popular south Indian breakfast items are Bisibelebath, Upma, Lemon Rice and Poori. The state of Kerala has some special breakfast items such as appam, idiyappam, palappam .

A typical north Indian breakfast may either be a type of Paratha or Roti served with a vegetable curry, curd and pickles. There are several varieties of parathas available depending on the type of stuffing such as Aloo (potato) Paratha, Paneer (cottage cheese) Paratha, Mooli (radish) Paratha etc. Other popular breakfast items in the north are Poori Bhaji, Poha and Bhindi Bhujia.
In Western India, a Gujarati household may serve Dhoklas, Khakhras or Theplas for breakfast, the most popular of which being Methi Thepla.
In Eastern India, especially in West Bengal and Odisha, luchi-sabji, porota, or even rice is eaten as a breakfast.
Idli

Dosa

Roti

Paratha

Puri

Upma

Vada

Bread

Have a wonderful breakfast...

Banana Cookies

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Wed, 4 Dec 2013 23:56:00 +0530

Ingredients:
2 over-ripe medium (2/3 cup) bananas, mashed
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF/180ºC.
2. Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and creamy.
3. Add in eggs and vanilla, and beat until well combined. Remove beaters.
4. Add in bananas, flour, baking soda and salt. Stir until just combined.
5. Drop a tablespoon of dough per cookie 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet.
6. Bake for about 12-14 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Allow to cool.

Variations:
You can add in 1 cup of chocolate chips or salted nuts into the mixture. Or arrange the chocolate chips or nuts on top of the cookies just before baking.

Guava Chutney

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Mon, 2 Dec 2013 12:55:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Guavas -- 4
Green Chillis -- 10
Mustard -- 1tsp
Cumin Seeds -- 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek Seeds -- 1 tsp
Tamarind -- 50 grms
Cilantro Leaves -- 2 bunches
Oil -- 2 tsp
Curry Leaves -- few
Salt -- as per required

Method:

Cut Guavas into pieces and remove seeds from them.
Pour soil a vessel and fry cumin seeds and chiilis.
Fry Guavav pieces and tamarind in the same vessel for 5 min.
Keep it aside and let it cool.
Grind this to paste and tamper it with mustard,fenugreek seeds,currry leaves.
Garnish with Cilantro leaves and serve it with rice or idli or dosa..

Idli

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:13:00 +0530

Ingredients:

Black Gram -- 1Cup
Idli Rava *-- 3 Cups
Water -- As per requires
Poha-- a fistful (Optional)
Fenugreek seeds- 1 tbsp (Optional)
Salt -- as per required

Method:

Soak Black Gram for 4 hours.
Soak Idli Rava for 6 hours.
Soak Poha and fenugreek seeds along with black gram.
Now grind the black gram,poha and fenugreek seeds into smooth and forthy paste.
Squeeze water from rava and keep aside.
Now mix the grounded black gram and rava into a batter.
Mix salt and set aside in a warm place for 8-9 hours or overnight for fermenting.
Idlis are ready to be cooked when the batter is well fermented.
Grease the idle holder or pan well and fill each of them with 3/4th full of batter.
Steam cook idlis on medium flame for about 10 minutes or until done.
Use a wide spoon to remove the idlis.
Serve them with Sambhar or Chutney.

Note:

You can also use Idli Rice or any other kind of rice instead of Rava.
You need to first grind the rice coarsely in a blender.
And then add this to grounded black gram into a batter.
Poha is added to get fluppy idlis.

Banana Sponge Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Priya Rao) — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:46:00 +0530

Ingredients:

2 medium over-ripe (2/3 cup) bananas, mashed
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon corn oil
2/3 cups caster sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF/180ºC.
2. Using an electric mixer, whisk eggs and sugar until mixture is thick and pale.
3. Fold in sieved flour, soda bicarbonate and baking powder gently but thoroughly to get a batter consistency without any lumps.
4. Add in oil, vanilla, bananas, and mix well.
5. Pour mixture into a greased and floured pan and bake for approximately 20 minutes, or until a wooden pick comes out clean.
6. Allow to cool before removing from pan.