Vegetable Upma

Upma is my favorite morning meal or breakfast. I love it not only because it is tasty and take less time to cook. But also because its really healthy, full of vegetables and light. It keeps us going for the whole day.

Here is the recipe for Vegetable UPMA

• 100 grms Suji (Semolina)
• 1/2 chopped onions
• 1 carrot chopped finely
• 1/4 brocolli chopped finely
• some Peas
• 1 bell pepper chopped finely
• few beans finely chooped
• 1 cup water
• Oil for cooking
• Salt
• Red Pepper
• Lemon Juice
• Curry Leaves(5-6)
• Peanuts (optional)

Method:

Roast the Semolina / Suji and keep it aside

Roast the Peanuts and keep aside
Heat 1 tbspn of Oil in the Pan on medium heat
Add mustard seeds, few curry leaves, chopped onions and chopped vegetables sauté for 2-3 minutes.
Add salt and red pepper to taste
Add 1-2 cups water and let is simmer for 2 minutes.
Add the roasted Semolina / Suji and stir it thoroughly for a 1 minute.

Add the roasted peanuts
Sprinkle 1 tspn lemon juice
Upma is ready to be served

Garnish it with coriander leaves and Lemmon.
It tastes best , if served with Peanut Chutney

Quantity : Good for 4 people

Making Time: 10 minutes

Shahi Paneer

I invited my friends to dinner the other day and really short of time. I needed a recipe that's as quick as can be done in 20m minutes. The only thing that came to mind was Shahi Panner and beleive they all liked and appreciated it much.

Here is the recipe for Shahi Panner Ingredients:-

100 grms of Panner, cut into small cubes
1/2 cup chopped onion (chopped in big chunks)
1/4 cup chopped ginger
3 big tomatoes
2 green chilies
1 cup Water
Oil for frying
1 tspn Salt
1tspn red chili powder
1tspn of turmeric powder
1 tspn of garam masala
1 tspn of coriander powder
1 tspn shahi paneer masala (optional)
1 tspn cumin seeds
1 tbspn low fat sour cream
Cilantro for garnishing

Method:-

Take pan and heat oil (may be 1-2 tspns) on medium heat.
Add chopped onions and ginger to the Pan and Sauté on medium heat, once onions and ginger start turning little brown, add chopped tomatoes (cut each tomato in just 4 piece), Sauté it for a while may be 2-3 minutes, but do not over roast it.
Let the Pan contents cool for a while and all the contents to the grinder.
Grind the roasted onions, ginger and tomatoes with 2 green chilies to form the paste.
Take another pan, add 1 tbspn of oil and heat the oil on medium heat.
Add Cumin seeds to the oil. Once the cumin seeds are done, or turn brown, add the grounded paste to the Pan
Add Red chili powder, turmeric powder and let the paste simmer on low medium heat.
Keep stirring in between to make sure the paste does not stick to Pan.
Add sour cream to the pan and mix it finely with the gravy, Add 1 cup of water to make sure that paste do not stick to the Pan and let the gravy simmer it for 5- 10 minutes. Add 1 or 11/2 tea spoon of salt (according to taste) to the pan. You can also shahi paneer masala( 1 tspn optional) . Let the gravy simmer for 5 more minutes or until you see the oil getting separated from the gravy
Add coriander powder, garam masala and add the cut Panner cubes to the gravy. Let the Paneer simmer in gravy for atleast 10-15 minutes on medium or low medium heat.

Shahi Panner is done. Pour it to the serving bowl and garnish it with sour cream and some coriander leaves

Quantity:- 1 Plate good for 4-6 people
Making time: - 20 minutes