Dosa Podi

Most of the time while making dosa we face a situation such that the batter will be more for the current meal but it will be too less for another separate meal. This happens very often especially when it comes to instant dosais. This dish is a saviour for utilizing those batter. It comes sin so handy while making easy evening snack too! Sharing my MILs recipe hope you find it usefull too :).

Dosai Podi

Cuisine: Indian Category: Snacks Difficulty level: Easy Prep Time: 5 mins Cook time: 5 mins Servings: 4

Ingredients Left over dosa 4 Onion 1 medium sized Idly milagai podi 2 Tsp To Temper Gingelly Oil 2 Tsp Mustard 1/2 Tsp Urad dal 1/2 Tsp Channa dal 1/2 Tsp Curry Leaves 4-5 Asafetida A generous pinch

Preparation      1.     Chop the onion finely. Crumble the dosas as shown. Method            1.     Add 1 Tsp oil to the pan and once it becomes hot temper with the ingredients mentioned. Add the chopped onions and sauté till they become translucent.         2.     Add the crumbled dosa along with Idly podi and mix everything well. Add another Tsp oil at the end and saute for 2-3 mins.      3.     Enjoy hot along with coffee/tea or few spoon curd!!

Notes     ·         The more cool the dosas the easier to crumble.I usually make them in morning and enjoy as tea time snack.       ·         You can make the dosas at night and have as breakfast too.       ·         You can add grated carrot too if you like that taste.      ·         Even instant dosas like godhuma dosa, rava dosa, adai etc tastes great this way.

Looks yumm right :)??? 

Carrot Paniyaram

I am not sure if this dish already exists :).As far I am concerned it was an improvisation I made by myself to normal kuzhi paniyaram and certainly happy with the results. Infact nowadays I never make kuzhi paniyaram without carrot!! It makes an yummy breakfast on relaxing weekend with minimal efforts. You can suprise sudden guests too with this as a tea time snack. Sharing the recipe and hope you find it useful!!

Carrot Paniyaram

Cuisine: Indian Category: Breakfast Difficulty level: Easy Prep Time: -- Cook time: 30 mins Servings: 4

Ingredients Dosa Batter 2 Cups Onion 2 medium sized Carrot 1 small sized Green Chilli 2 Salt 1/4 Tsp Oil 1/4 cup To Temper Oil 1 Tsp Mustard 1/2 Tsp Asafetida A generous pinch

Method            1.     Chop the onions and green chili very finely and grate the carrot. In pan add oil and temper with mustard and Asafetida.   2.     Add the onions and green chili. Saute till the onions become translucent and add the grated carrot along with salt. Saute for few minutes and add this to the dosa batter.     3.     Heat the paniaram pan and add 1/2 tsp oil for each mould. Add the batter and cook in medium flame for 2-3 minutes.Gently flip and cook the other side for another 2 mins by adding little oil.     4.     Serve hot with any chutney of your choice!

Notes      ·         The batter should be bit sour. I usually make idly for first two days followed by dosa for next two days and finish off with paniyaram/oothappam.      ·         You can add ginger, 1/4 tsp vendayam while tempering if you like that taste.      ·         since paniyaram needs little more oil than dosa I prefer it for breakfast. You can make it as evening snacks/ dinner too.

Taste yumm with idli podi too!!! 

Mac 'n' Cheese

"Mac 'n' Cheese" is a popular snack/ breakfast item. It is basically macaroni pasta cooked in a cheesy sauce. Its very easy and kids friendly recipe. After quite number of south Indian dish posts I wanted to make a versatile post. Love the mild sweetness of this pasta. I wont say this is the authentic recipe but this sauce works pretty well for us both while making mac 'n' cheese and for using in other pasta based dishes! Sharing my version hope you like it too :).

MacAroni and Cheese

Cuisine: Italian Category: Breakfast Difficulty level: Easy Prep Time: -- Cook time: 20 mins Servings:  2

Ingredients Macaroni pasta 1/2 cup Salt 1/2 tsp flat Olive oil 1 Tsp For white sauce Pasta Maida 1 Tsp Heaped Butter 1 Tbsp Garlic 2 flakes Milk 1 Cup Cheddar Cheese 1 Tbsp Salt 1/4 Tsp flat Chilli Flakes A small pinch Italian Seasoning A small pinch

Method     1.     In pan boil 2 cup water adding salt and olive oil. Once water starts boiling add the macaroni and cook for 8-10 minutes. Drain the cooked pasta and rinse it with cold water.     2.     Chop the garlic flakes very finely and grate the cheese. In a heavy bottomed pan add butter and once it melts add garlic along with maida and sauté in medium flame for few minutes.     3.     Slowly add milk and keep stirring to avoid any lumps. You can use a whisk at this stage. Add grated cheese and keep stirring for 2-3 minutes till the sauce thickens. Add cooked pasta and mix well.    4.     Check for salt at this stage and add if necessary. Finally garnish with chili flakes and Italian seasoning. Serve hot immediately!

Notes       ·         Take care not to over roast the maida. Saute in medium flame for 2-3 minutes to get nice aroma.       ·         Do not add more maida than the mentioned amount.       ·         In case you find some lumps in the sauce you can strain it and use the sauce.       ·         Cheese will have salt in it so add salt finally as mentioned according to your taste.       ·         You can skip garlic and olive oil if they are not available. But I recommend to use them otherwise.

Easy and yummy pasta ready :)!!!  

Penne Arrabiata

Penne Arrabiata is basically a pasta made using tomato based sauce. It's very easy and filling breakfast or dinner. Since ready made sauce is easily available I never tried to make this pasta sauce at home. However will surely make a post once I try it at home!. Usually vegetables are not added to this pasta but I always add them as it makes the dish more filling, healthy and colourful too! Lets see how to make this yummy dish :)

Red Sauce Pasta

Cuisine: Italian Category: Main Course Difficulty level: Easy Prep Time: 5 mins Cook time: 20 mins Servings: 2-3

Ingredients Tomato based pasta sauce 1.5 cup Penne Pasta 1 cup Salt 1 tsp flat Cheddar cheese(optional) 1 Tbsp Mixed vegetables 1/2 cup Olive oil 3 Tsp Preparation     1.     Chop the vegetables into medium sized cubes (I used carrot and capsicum). Grate the cheese.

Method             1.     In a wide pan heat 3 cup water by adding 1/2 Tsp salt and 1 Tsp olive oil. Once the water starts boiling and the pasta and cook for 8-10 mins. Drain and rinse the cooked pasta with cold running water.      2.     In pan add remaining oil and saute the vegetables in medium flame. Add salt and cook till the vegetables become soft. Add the pasta sauce and let it boil for a minute. Add the cooked pasta and mix well.      3.     Finally top up with grated cheese and serve hot.

Notes        ·         You can use other pasta varieties like spaghetti and fusili        ·         Onion, zuchini can also be added to this pasta. Or you can skip vegetables too.        ·         I used Prego brand pasta sauce.      ·         Cheddar gives nice taste but you can skip if it's not available. Do not add any other type of cheese especially avoid mozzarella.

 Restaurant style pasta ready in minutes :)!!!