Manchow Soup

Serves 4

Ingredients:
1 Carrot julienne
2 French beans julienne
8 cloves garlic very finely chopped
1 stem Spring onion Greens cut long
1 green chilli finely chopped
Handful of tofu cut into small cubes
3 tsp corn flour mixed in 1 cup water
4 cups water
2 tsp tomato sauce
2 tsp soya sauce
2 tsp red chilli sauce
1 tsp pepper
2 tsp butter
Salt to taste

How to make
take butter in a wok. add the green chillies and garlic. sauté on medium flame for 2 minutes.
add the carrot and french beans, little salt and mix well. sauté for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are half cooked.
add the spring onion greens, saute.
add water. bring to boil. add salt.
add all the sauces, tofu, pepper powder and mix well.
add the corn flour mixed in water. boil and let it thicken.

Manchow soup is ready to serve.
  

Tangy Tossed Mushrooms

Very Simple, Fast and Easy starter...

Ingredients:
1 Packet Mushrooms (10-12 button mushrooms) cut into 4
1 Large capsicum (diced)
1 green chilli roughly chopped
8-10 cloves of garlic chopped
1 tbsp refined oil
1 tsp red chilli sauce
1 tsp soya sauce
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Chopped coriander

How to make:
Take oil in a wok, add garlic. Leave on medium flame for 2 minutes.
Add mushroom, green chilli, salt and toss on high flame for 2 minutes. Keep closed for 5 minutes on medium flame. mix in between.
Check if the mushrooms are cooked.Add all the sauces and toss. 
Add Capsicum, mix and keep closed for further 2 minutes. toss on high flame till capsicum blends in with the sauces... and the mushrooms get their roasted color.

Serve hot seasoned with coriander.

Orange Pop

Have you ever felt like having the Orange Pop that u get in Beijing Bites, at home?

Orange Pop...

Take one scoop vanilla ice-cream in a glass.
Mash with fork. Do not melt it.
Add a glass full of Mirinda.

Orange pop is ready.

Please Note: Not to be stored. Use within an hour.

Rice Pakoda/Pakoras

Specially useful if u have excess leftover rice.
Serves 4

Ingredients:
1 cup rice - boiled
1 onion finely chopped
1 green chilli finely chopped (can add more for more spice)
1 tsp ginger garlic paste OR a pinch of hing
handful of coriander finely chopped
1/2 tsp jeera
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Gram flour for consistency
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry

How to make:
mix all ingredients except oil. add water if necessary.
batter should NOT be watery. consistency that of mashed potato or mashed rice.
Deep fry.

Serve hot with Chutney and ketchup.

Stuffed Capsicum

Ingredients:
1 cup basmathi rice soaked in water for 20 mins and then boiled.
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 cup chopped vegetables like carrot, peas, french beans, cauliflower, sweet corn etc
1 small onion finely chopped
1 large tomato finely chopped
2 hard boiled eggs roughly chopped (optional)
2 large capsicum de-seeded (cut open the top of capsicum n remove the seeds. keep the top)
1 small capsicum finely chopped (optional since it's stuffed into capsicum)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 1/2 tsp biryani powder
2 tsp refined oil
1 tsp ghee
garam masalas like cinnamon, cardamom etc
salt to taste

How to make:
take oil in kadai (wok), add the garam masalas, let them crank.
add onion, ginger garlic paste, let onion be transperant.
add the veggies and tomato. add salt, turmeric, mix and close with a lid until veggies are cooked.
add biryani powder, mix. add the eggs. mix and cook for a minute.
add the rice, salt to taste. take off from the flame, add ghee and keep aside for 10 mins.
stuff into capsicum and bake at 200 C for 15 mins.

cut open before serving,,, Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Veg Pulav

Ingredients:

2 cups Basmathi rice soaked in water for 20 mins
1 large cup Assorted veggies like potato, peas, carrot, french beans

1/4 cup cauliflower - slightly roasted in 1 tsp ghee (optional)

Garam masala - 1 inch cinnamon, 4 cardamom, 1 bay leaf, 1 tap jeera/cumin, etc

2 tsp Garam masala powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 large lemon

3 tsp ghee

2 tsp refined oil

2 tsp ginger garlic paste

1 large onion sliced

Salt to taste

How to make:

take 2 tsp ghee, 2 tsp refined oil,,, add cinnamon, bay leaf, cardamom, etc along with jeera...,,, 

add ginger garlic paste, sliced onion. let onion be transparent.

add veggies except cauliflower... mix well

add 2 tsp everest garam masala pwd, 1 tsp tumeric pwd, salt and mix well. 

add rice, 4 cups water, juice of 1 lemon, 1 tsp ghee, mix and close. 

after1 whistle, keep on low flame for 10 mins. 

Add the cauliflower.

Serve hot with raitha...

Babycorn Grill

very very simple babycorn grill recipe...

Marinate Babycorn - 1 lemon, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste, 1/2 tsp pepper, salt to taste. mix the marinate, add babycorn and keep aside for an hour to two.

grill on open flame till cooked.

serve with chutney/sauce.

u can also use cauliflower instead of babycorn.