I usually buy vegetables for about a week to ten days. Most of the times by the weekend,  I am almost always out of vegetables. Good thing is that I am always stocked up in pulses, eggs and onions. So this is one of the dishes I end up making on weekends, mostly Fridays. 

This is a traditional recipe, with changes made according to each house’s preference. This pairs especially well with aapam, but also goes well with chapati, parathas or idiappam. The base for this dish is sautéed onions with coriander powder, chili powder and garam masala. Coconut milk and eggs will complete the dish from there. Tomato is an optional addition here, but I always add it. 

The base gravy can be used for almost any vegetables. Potato and peas, mixed veggies, cooked chana, potato and mushroom are all good substitutes for the eggs here. You can  cover and cook the veggies before adding the coconut milk or even after that. 

I buy canned milk here in US, which makes this dish extremely easy to make. The traditional way, of course, is to extract the milk from the coconut. Feel free to use the method that works for you. 

Now read on for the recipe. 

Ingredients:

• 6 large eggs, hard boiled
• 3 tablespoons of oil 
• 1″ piece of ginger, peeled and chopped
• 3-4 green chillies, slit into two pieces each
• 3 large onions, sliced 
• 1/2 of a medium tomato, optional
• 1 Tablespoon coriander powder 
• 1 teaspoon chili powder 
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder 
• Salt as needed
• 1 (14oz) can of coconut milk 

Hard boil 6 eggs. I do this in Instant pot. Add 1 glass of water to the pot, keep the eggs on top of the trivet. Cook in Manual mode for 6 minutes and release pressure immediately.  Shell them, make slits and keep aside. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a pan and saute 1″ chopped ginger, three big sliced onions and 3-4 green chillies.

Once the onions turn pink, add half of a medium tomato and follow it up by 1 Tablespoon coriander powder, 1 teaspoon each of chilli powder and garam masala, 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder and salt as needed. Since the coconut milk will bring some sweetness, you can add a little more chili powder if you want to.

Mix everything, cover and let it cook completely. Add half a cup of water and add  the eggs. Add 1 can of coconut milk and bring it to a boil (I didn’t take a picture of this step). Taste test and add more garam masala or salt if needed. Take of the heat and serve with aapam or chapati.

 

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Dish: Oatmeal Strawberry banana smoothie bowl
I am a big fan of overnight oats and chia pudding recipes. It’s as simple as mixing things in a bowl at night and waking up in the morning to a delicious meal. I make it very frequently and each time I try a different version of it. But now a days, a constant element in my recipes is peanut butter. I noticed that my hunger pangs are curbed a lot more when there is some peanut  butter in my oats or smoothie bowls. 

Smoothie bowls are also a staple at home, especially for my son’s dinner. Here is a recipe that’s a combination of a smoothie bowl and overnight oats. It’s as simple as adding overnight oats to a smoothie.  The recipe is rich in protein with oats and peanut butter. It’s a tasty as well as a filling recipe. 

Read on for the recipe. 

Serves 1

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup oatmeal
• 1/2 cup milk
• 5-6 strawberries
• 1 medium banana, sliced
• 1 tablespoon peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon honey
• Toppings of your choice

Method:

1. Soak and refrigerate oatmeal in milk overnight or for at least 3 hours.
2. Blend this with strawberries, banana, peanut butter and honey.
3. Serve in a bowl with toppings of your choice. Here I have used homemade granola from Pavani, raisins, strawberries and cashews and some more honey for drizzling on top.

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If someone is missing whether this week’s theme is ‘Oatmeal in alphabetical order’, let me assure you that its not. But after apple oatmeal, banana oatmeal and now chocolate-strawberry oatmeal, that question won’t really be out of place! What I am trying to do is come up with three different methods to cook the same breakfast. So for the last day (with the last of my strawberry loot) its an overnight oatmeal recipe. Its as easy as mixing all the ingredients and refrigerating it. The texture was surprisingly soft and not too unlike stove top oatmeal.

I did a general google search for overnight oatmeal since I hadn’t made up my mind about the flavoring. I found that most recipes use some amount of milk and a bit of yogurt to help thicken it up.And the rest is whatever is available in one’s pantry. So that’s what I did too. I have a HUGE batch of hot chocolate packets with me, now I know how to use it all up! After adding the chocolate mix, I remembered about the last of the frozen strawberries I had and that too went into the bowl. So read on for this easy way to start your day.

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 Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup oatmeal
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup yogurt
• 4-5 strawberries, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon chia seeds
• 1 packet hot chocolate mix (Or 1/2 tablespoon cocoa powder)
• Sweetener of your choice
• Toppings used – chocolate chips, banana slices, granola

Method:

1. Mix everything together in a bowl or jar except the toppings.
2. Refrigerate at least for a couple of hours before eating.
3. At the time of serving, microwave it to warm it up. Add your toppings and enjoy!

Its been ages since I made pizza at home. But then one fine day, I just added some flour and yeast to a bowl and got going from there. I made three pizzas that day and this is the first one.

This pizza was left alone with no toppings other than cheese and a few basil leaves. And not surprisingly, this was the kid’s favorite. Well, looks like that’s all I have to say about this pizza, would you believe?! May be its the fact that I far too sleepy that’s dried up my brain. And my mouth.

Anyway, whatever it is, my dear reader, consider yourself lucky that this is a short and cheesy post. Read on for the recipe and savor it with a bottle of imagination coke (that’s exactly what I got too!!)

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Ingredients:

• Pizza base dough (half the recipe quantity)
• 2-3 tablespoon pizza sauce, ready made or homemade
• 2 cups cheese (or per taste)
• few basil leaves

Method:

1. Prepare the pizza base as per the recipe. Once its doubled, flatten it out and divide into two portions.
2. Roll each portion into circles (about 10-12″ diameter) using hands or rolling pin on a floured surface.
3. Spread the pizza sauce and then top it with cheese as needed. Add few basil leaves if you have some.
4. Bake in a preheated oven at 350F/180C for 15-20 minutes until the cheese is completely melted. Slice into triangles and enjoy!

The last post for the alphabetical journey is over and its time for a quick recap. I am going to keep the talk to the minimum and let the pictures talk for themselves.

Please click on the desired picture to take you to the recipe link.

 

 

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