Wednesday, 25 November 2015

BREAD CHEESE PAKODE

Hey foodies.. As i promised here is the tasty recipe to fill your tummy which is instant hit with kids and great for any get together.


Ingredients

Bread - 4 slices
Cheese - 2 slices or 2 cubes
Green chillies - 1 finely chopped
Coriander - 1 tbsp
Green chutney - For spread
Gram Flour - 1/2 cup
Rice flour - 1 tbsp ( You can use corn flour too)
Red chillies powder - 1 tsp (optional)
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
coriander powder - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Salt - To taste
Water - as needed.


Instruction

Mix all the dry ingredients together like Besan, rice flour, coriander powder, cumin seeds, and salt.



Add the green chilies and cilantro. Mix well.



Now add water slowly to make a smooth batter (batter should be consistency of pancake batter or dosa batter).


Now make sandwiches :

Take one slice, and spread the green chutney on it and keep cheese slice and top it with 
another bread slice.



Now cut the sandwich bread in four cuts, our bread sandwiches are ready.



Heat at least 4 inches of oil in a pan r kadai over medium high heat.

To test, put one drop of batter in the oil. The batter should form a small ball on the surface of the pan, but not change color right away.


Dip the bread sandwiches into the batter one at a time, making sure each slice is completely covered by the batter. Then drop the slices slowly into oil in the frying pan.




Fry the pakoras in small batches, three to four minutes per batch.


Fry the pakoras, turning occasionally, until both sides are golden brown.


Repeat this process for the remaining batches.

The crispy, delicious pakoras are now ready to serve.


Note:

1. You can use cheese cubes instead of cheese slice.

2. If you don't have green chutney, no worries you can use pizza sauce.

3. You can add any veggie to the slices in the sandwiches.

4. Can add pinch of baking soda for crispness.

Tasty bread cheese pakoras are ready to relish.

APPLE LEMONADE

Here it come simple yet refreshing drink for a hot afternoon.. There’s nothing like a sip of ice-cold lemonade on a hot day ๐ŸŒž.

And this one’s flavored with crisp pink apples. Oh sweet.

So when life hands you lemons, you know what to do—make pretty pink lemonade!
Bubbling with cool, sweet, and tangy flavors, it’s totally refreshing, and great for an afternoon cool-down.



Ingredients

Pink r red apples ๐ŸŽ- 3 unpeeled and cut into small junks
Honey - 3 tbsp ( to taste )
lemon juice - 2 1/2 tbsp (roughly 1 ½ lemons)
Salt - as need
Fresh mint sprigs - 2-3 leaves (for garnish)


Instructions:

Take a deep bowl and put enough water to immerse apples pieces and boil it till the apples are soft and mushy.





Once done, strain the apple juice in the jug or bowl and pushing the pulp by a spoon.

Let the juice cool down.



Once cooled ..add honey and lemon juice to it and stir it nicely.



Check the pulp taste if needed add honey or lemon juice to it.

Refrigerate for later use.

Or serve instantly with fresh chilled water and ice cubes with a garnish of mint sprigs and lemon slice.

Add 2-3 tbsp of pulp to the chilled water like below.





Tada.. Yur fresh apple lemonade is ready๐Ÿธ.!!


Notes :

1. Yu can prepare the apple juice instantly with fruit juicer. It will give nice colour compared to boiling one.

2. Adding honey or sugar is optional as the fruit is already sweet.

3. Adding crushed mint to juice and give awesome taste n flavour.

4. Adding chat masala to the juice, taste grt

5. Stays good for a week if refrigerated.

6. Can be transferred to ice cubes and use as n when required.

Do try this healthy n nutritious refreshing lemonade and let me know.