Bread Spinach Kabab

  A twist on the classic spinach kabab, these bread spinach kababs as the name suggests are prepared with a very common ingredients, bread and spinach. And believe me, you can make these rich flavor kababs in no time, very easy-peasy recipe with full of deliciusness:) Try the recipe and fall in love with this Bread Spinach Kababs...

 My #foodymonday #bloghop entry for #wintervegetable..

Ingredients:
3 Fresh Bread Crumbs (crush bread in food Processor)
1/4 cup Chopped onions
1 1/2 cup Spinach (crush spinach in food processor)
1/3 cup Rice flour
1 tablespoon ginger-garlic-green chilli paste
1/4 teaspoon Garam masala
1/4 teaspoon red chilli powder
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
Method:
* Crush the fresh bread in food processor and keep in big mixing bowl.
* Crush spinach in food processor and mix with bread crumbs.
* Add salt, chopped onion, rice flour, ginger-garlic-green chilli paste,
garam masala and red chilli powder into bread & spinach mix.
* Mix all ingredients well.
* You may add 1 or 2 tbls rice flour at this stage, if needed.
* Take a small portions and give kabab shape.
* Make small Kababs and keep on side.
* Heat the oil for frying.

* Fry the kababs until gets crispy.
* Serve them hot with any chutney or ketchup.

* Enjoy!!

 

Spinach-Chutney Sandwich

                    "You can make any meal into a sandwich, and any sandwich into a meal." -jeff Mauro
           How true is this.! Sandwich, itself has so many variations. And the great thing is any kind of sandwiches are the best for anytime and or anybody. Kid's love to eat sandwich all the time. and this is one of the best recipe for fuzzy kids, who don't like to eat spinach at all. This recipe also best for kid's lunch box. "Spinach-Chutney Sandwich" has all the healthy ingredients in it. I usally pack this sandwich to kid's lunch once in a week. It boost your energy and mood for a day. Spinach is one of the healthiest food in the world. Try this "Spinach-Chutney Sandwich" once and you will fall love in spinach again.
          So let's gear up our energy and protein with this healthy version of spinach-chutney sandwich.

Ingredients:
2 medium size Boiled and grated potatoes
1 tbls Butter
1 cup Chopped onions
1/2 cup Chopped red/Green bell pepper
1 tsp Green chili paste
1 tsp Garlic paste
2 cups Chopped spinach
2 tbls Green cilantro chutney
Salt to taste.
12 slices Bread
Butter

Method:
* Heat the pan, add butter in it.
* Add chopped onions and sauté.
* Add green chili, garlic paste.
* Cook for couple of minutes and spinach and chopped bell pepper.

* Cook for another 1-2 minutes and add boiled and grated potatoes.

* Add green cilantro chutney in it.

 * Mix well and seasoning with salt.
 * Turn off the stove.

* Spread butter on bread.




















* Apply about 1-2 tbls of potato-spinach filling on bread.

 













*Spread butter on another bread and close the sandwich.

* Spread butter on both sides of sandwich and grill it.
* Serve it with ketchup.

   "Life is like sandwich-the more you add to eat, the better it becomes."

           Goodbyes, are not forever and not the end. It simply means take care until we meet again. 

Oats-Spinach Pakode

    "Calories Don't Count On The Weekend"..
        It's idiosyncratic to me when people around me moan and groan about losing weight. The answer is so obvious and simple. Introduce some balance into your life and your body, your skin, your mind and your spirit will all align themselves perfectly, just like a good head stand. It's always been very important to me to achieve a kind of balance in my and my family's life. These days everyone is interested to eat healthy. As a cook I use cream, oil and butter if dish requires it but I also like to eat with Oats, quinoa, spinach, kale and some more organic fruits and vegetables too. 

      This recipe is one of "My kind" recipe which has oil and also has some oats and spinach, so in short this recipe is balance of healthy food & indulgent food. Pakodas are always favorite to all at any time. I'm sure you will try "Oats-Spinach Pakode" this weekend and will rock your weekend. So don't count the calories this weekend just follow the recipe and forget about bad factor(deep frying), because Oats-Spinach Pakode has more good factor(oats reduce cholesterol) in it....

Ingredients:
1 cup Oats
2 tbls Semolina (Rawa)    
1 cup Besan(Gram flour)
2 cups roughly chopped Spinach
1 tbls  Ginger paste
1 tbls Green Chilli Paste
1 tsp Red Chillie powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp dry Mango powder(Amchur)
1 tsp black Pepper powder
1 tsp Taco seasoning powder(optional)
1 tsp Paprika powder
1 cup finely chopped Onions
Salt to taste
1 1/2 tbls fruit salt(ENO) or 1tsp soda bicarbonate (I used eno)
Water to make Pakoda batter.
Oil to deep fry.
For Sprinkle Masala:
1 tsp chaat masala
1 tsp taco seasoning powder
Method:
* Take a big mixing bowl.
* Add oats in it and add some water in oats.

* Mix and rest for about 7-8 minutes.
* Add semolina, chopped spinach, ginger paste, green chilli paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, amchur powder, black pepper powder, taco seasoning, paprika powder, chopped onions and salt.

* Mix all together.
* Add water to make pakoda batter and mix very well.

* Heat the oil in frying pan.
* Add fruit salt(eno) in batter and mix well gain.
* Take batter and fry the pakoda in hot oil till half fry.

* Place them on a paper towel and let them cool down.

* Heat the oil again and place all pakoda in to hot oil and fry them again.
* Fry till they are golden brown in color.

* Sprinkle some mixture of chaat masala and taco seasoning on them.
* Serve Oat-Spinach Pakode with garlic chutney or ketchup.

                              Good Food
                                       Good Mood
                                                Good Weekend..

अलविदा till next time.
 


 

Veg. Loaded Parathas

      I know, vegetables are not very likable in kid's but I also know kids always like Parathas. So let's try to feed them Parathas with lots of vegetables, and I'm pretty sure that they will like it and ask more for this Parathas.

         
Not only kids but all age people would like to eat this Veg. Loaded Prathas any time for sure.

      Parathas are basically from northern side of India, but now with lots of variation Paraths are famous all over in India and overseas too. I love to eat parathas. There are no talks at the table when parathas are on it.. My kids love to eat this Veg. loaded parathas with yogurt. And me and my hubby love to eat with pickle. I usally make a big pile of them that kids can grab and pack them for school's lunch too. Parathas can be eaten as a breakfast or tea-time or lunch and dinner, choice is yours. So get ready to try something new this time.

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups Wheat flour
1/2 cup Besan flour
1 tbls Oil
1 tbls Ginger, garlic and green chili paste
1 tsp Red chili powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Ajwain
2 tbls Finely shredded carrots
2 tbls Finely shredded beet
3/4 cup Finely shredded cabbage
3/4 cup Spinach puree
Salt according to taste
Method:

* Combine both flour and mix well.

* Add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder and ajwain.

* Add oil in it and mix.

* Add ginger, garlic and green chili paste.

* Add shredded carrot, beet and cabbage.

* Combine all. 

* Add spinach purée(Boiled and blanch spinach real fast and crush them with out water).

 
*Make dough with the help of purée.

* Make dough like Parathas and add little milk if needed.

* Roll the Parathas with help of dry flour.

* Heat the tawa, place paratha on it. 

* Shallow fry Parathas applying, ghee or oil on both sides.

* Serve Parathas with yogurt and pickle. 

        "Food is essential to life; therefore make it good."

      "Nothing brings people together like good food"

 

Happy cooking till next time....Take care.