DRY UPMA - NONTA SUJI

"Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper"

 

Semolina Upma or Nonta Sooji is a very common weekend breakfast/evening snack when we bored with bread or roti. May add carrot, capsicum and onion in it, it's your choice. It is one of my favourite breakfast recipes next to poha (chirer) pulao, super delicious, tasty, flavorful kid's delight and too easy to make. A dish which is mostly popular in allover India.

INGREDIENTS:
3/4 Cup Semolina (sooji/rava)
5-6 Florets of Cauliflower
1 Medium Potato
1/2 Cup Green Peas (frozen)
3 tbsps finely chopped Coriander Leaves/Cilantro
1/3 tsp minced Ginger
1 tsp finely chopped Green Chillies
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
8 Curry Leaves
A pinch Asafoetida
A pinch of Turmeric powder
2 tbsps Vegetable Oil
1/2 tsp Clarified Butter
1 tsp Lemon Juice
1 tbsp Raisins
1 tbsps Roasted Peanuts
2-3 tbsps Water
1 tsp Sugar (for flavour)
Salt to taste

METHOD:
Dry roast semolina for 3-4 minutes on medium heat. Remove from heat and set aside.

Wash potato and cauliflower nicely. Chop cauliflower florets. Cut potatoes in very thin slices. Keep it aside.

Heat Oil in a wok. Add Mustard seeds in it. When mustard seed starts to crackle, add ginger, green chillies, curry leaves and asafoetida in it. Saute for a minute. Add potato, cauliflower, green peas, peanuts, turmeric powder and salt in it. Fry for 3-4 minutes on medium heat.

Now add roasted semolina and raisins in it. Fold every thing nicely for 1-2 minutes on low heat.

Add Sugar, chopped coriander leaves in it. Sprinkle little water in it and mix everything for two more minutes on low heat. Finally add clarified butter and lemon juice in semolina. Switch off heat, fold nicely.

Serve hot as a luscious breakfast / brunch dish or just as tea-time evening snack.



BANANA CHOCOLATE PUFFS

I was craving banana fritters. So I looked around to find on hand ingredients, I had two ripe bananas. They look ugly indeed, but taste awesome. So I thought to make banana fritters with melted chocolate coating. I saw a easy but nice recipe at www.jinsjourney.com. Trust me, those banana chocolate puffs just melt inside the mouth, so soft and toothsome delectable dessert. Here, I deep fried those fritters, but you may pan fry or shallow fry, that also comes out good. These delicious tasty treats can be eaten anytime...morning, noon, evening or night as a snack or as dessert. These puffs are so easy to make and satisfy any craving you may have....

INGREDIENTS:
2 Ripe Banana
1 Cup All Purpose Flour
1 tspVanilla Essence
1/3 tsp Baking Powder
1/3 Cup Chopped Cashewnuts
2 tbsps Raisins
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Milk
2 tbsps Powdered Sugar
1/2 Cup Coffee Liquer
3.5 OZ Dark Chocolate Cubes
Oil for frying

METHOD:

Mash those bananas nicely with a fork. Set it aside.

In a large bowl, combine all purpose flour, vanilla essence, baking powder, chopped cashewnuts, raisins, sugar. Add Banana and milk in it.

Whisk nicely to make a homogenous batter. Milk with help bring the dough together. Keep it aside.

Pour oil in a wok on medium high heat. Scoop a tbsp of dough and gently pust it in hot oil. Fry both sides for 3 minutes each.

Drain on a papper towel to absorb excess oil from it.

Heat chocolate cubes with liquer coffee in a pan. When it melts, just remove from heat and keep it aside.

Now Dip one side of each puff in melting chocolate and place it on a plate or tray. Follow the same process for all puffs.
Sprinkle little powdered sugar on the top of each puff.

A mouthwatering dessert 'Banana Chocolate Puff' is ready to serve.............Enjoy!!!

TIPS: Instead of powdered sugar, may garnish those puffs with coconut flakes too.

Recipe Source & acknowledgement: www.jinsjourney.com



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POHA (CHIRER) PULAO

Today I am going to post one Bengali delicacy again, it is Chirer (Poha) Pulao. My favourite breakfast or brunch or as an evening snack dish, a Winter speciality mainly due to the availability of cauliflower, carrot, green beans and peas during this season. It tastes pretty delicious and flavorful too. A quick and filling snack made of rice flakes and different vegetables. Lets come to this yummy recipe...

INGREDIENTS:
3 Cups Flattened Rice
1 Medium Potato
2 Medium Carrots
6-8 Green Beans
8 Florets of Cauliflower
1/4 Cup Green Peas (frozen)
1" Cinnamon
2-3 Cardamoms
2-3 Cloves
4 Peppercorns
2 tbsps finely chopped Coriander Leaves (cilantro)
8-10 Curry Leaves
2-3 Green Chillies, cut in slits
2 tbsps Raisins
1 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Poppy seeds
1 tbsp Oil
2 tbsps Clarified Butter
Salt to taste

METHOD:
Wash flattened rice in luke warm water. Drain all water from it. Sprinkle little salt and sugar and fold this washed flattened rice nicely. Set it aside.

Cut potato, carrot, green beans and cauliflower florets in small pieces or in thin slices. Wash and keep aside.

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok. Add all chopped vegetables, green peas and salt in it.

Cover and cook for 5 minutes on medium heat. Remove from heat and set aside.

Now heat clarified butter in the same wok. Add cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, curry leaves, green chillies, poppy seeds and raisins in it. Saute for a minute.

Add washed flattened rice and fried vegetables in it. Fold nicely and saute for another 3-4 minutes on medium heat.

Now add finely chopped coriander leaves in it. Mix thoroughly and switch off the heat now.

Serve hot as a breakfast / brunch dish or as evening snack.

TIPS: May add fried peanuts and grated coconut too.

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PRAWN IN POPPY PASTE (CHINGRI POSTO)

It is very simple and quick to make. A spiced shrimp curry with amazing distinctive flavor of poppy seeds and mustards seeds paste combination. Today I tried to make a shrimp curry in some different manner, which will be unique and a delicious Bengali delicacy. I should say mustard oil, indeed imparts special flavors and gives a unique flavor in Bengali cuisine. Who never used mustard oil, do try this curry, you just love it.

INGREDIENTS:
400 gm Medium Shrimp (prawns)
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
3 tbsps Poppy seeds paste
1 tsp Green Chilli paste
3-4 Green Chillies, cut in slits
1 tbsp Mustard paste
1/4 cup Mustard Oil
Salt to taste

METHOD:
Clean, de-vain and wash shrimp. Add turmeric powder and salt in it. Mix nicely.

Take a medium sized bowl. Combine poppy seeds paste, green chilli paste, mustard paste, mustard oil, green chillies and salt with shrimp. Set aside.

Heat a wok and add shrimp mixture. Cover and steam for 15 minutes on medium heat. (Or combine all ingredients in microoven safe bowl and micro it for 12-15 minutes on 100% power. Stir twice after every 5 minutes.) Switch off heat now.

Serve hot with steamed basmati rice or any plain rice only.....enjoy this toothsome yummy shrimp curry!

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SPINACH CURRY

I am always on the lookout for tasty and low calorie food. Spinach is a fiberous and low fat but easy to make food, which I used to make this scrumptious curry. Very simple, yet very tasty and flavourful curry. Spinach has full of vitamins and minerals and also a good antioxidant.

INGREDIENTS:
20 OZ / 600 gm Baby Spinach (washed)
4-5 Cloves of Garlic
1 Cup Chopped Onion
1" Ginger
2 Tomatoes
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
A pinch of Asafoetida
A pinch of Turmeric powder
2 tbsps Sour Cream
2-3 Green Chillies
1/3 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1 tsp Curry powder
1/2 Cup Chicken / Vegetable broth
2 tbsps Oil
1 tsp Butter (optional)
Salt to taste

METHOD:
Heat a frying pan. Add baby spinach in it. Saute for 3-4 minutes and remove from heat. Let it cool naturally. Blend spinach for 20 seconds to make it a paste. Set it aside.

Grind onion, green chillies, ginger, garlic and tomato to make a smooth paste. Keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds in it. When it starts to crackle, add asafoetida in it. Saute for another few seconds. Then add onion-garlic-ginger paste in it. After 2-3 minutes, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, curry powder in it.

Fry till all water evaporates from it and spice leaves oil from the side of pan. Now add blended spinach and chicken / vegetable broth in it. Fold nicely for 3-4 minutes on medium heat.

At this time add sour cream in it. Saute for 1-2 minutes by adding butter.

Switch off heat. Serve hot with steamed rice or any Indian flat bread. Enjoy this easy yet scrumptious curry.

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