Chatpata Leftover Rice Paratha#SundayFunday

Leftover food  is  a regular affair in every household. Of all those leftover food, rice is one of the most common leftover food. So what do you do with that leftover rice?  Yes!! you can reheat the leftover rice  which can easily be consumed in the next meal as it is.  
But, transforming the same leftover  food   into something interesting and delicious, by adding some basic ingredients  that can be enjoyed/relished by all and is different.  So here I have combined the leftover rice with whole wheat flour, spices and made a chatpata and delicious paratha out of it for a wholesome breakfast or main course meal.  

Ingredients 
2 Cups Leftover Boiled Rice 
1½ Cups Whole Wheat Flour 
½ Teaspoon Red Chilly Powder 
¼ Teaspoon Turmeric Powder 
1 Teaspoon Coriander Powder 
½ Teaspoon Cumin Powder  
½ Teaspoon Salt 
½ Teaspoon Chat Masala 
1 Tablespoon Coriander Leaves
For Frying 
Oil + ghee - as required

Method
Reheat the rice in the microwave by sprinkling some water over it for 2 minutes on high power.
In a large bowl take the leftover rice , wheat flour and mash it it well as you are combining both. Now add in rest of the ingredients and knead a soft dough add just little water for kneading to make a soft dough. Cover the dough with damp cloth and rest it for 10-15 minutes.
Make small balls out of the dough. Dust the work surface with flour and roll them gently using rolling pin to make round paratha. Keep the aside, covered with a damp cloth.
Heat a tawa/griddle on medium low flame, when hot place the paratha and let is cook for 2 minutes. Flip it the paratha and increase the flame to medium high and spread ghee or oil and on top and the sides, when one side is cooked again flip and cook until the paratha turns golden brown when it gets cooked. See that both the sides are cooked well.
It's soft and moist, serve hot with pickle and yogurt.  Do try this recipe with the leftover rice you have in the refrigerator and Enjoy!

Labels : Leftover series, Cooked Rice, Sunday Funday, Breads, Flatbread, Breakfast, Main Course, Parathas
For our event called Sunday Funday, wherein we share recipes our families will love to enjoy on a Sunday. I thank our host for this week's event Stacy of https://www.foodlustpeoplelove.com 

Sunday Funday: Holiday Leftovers Transformed! 
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Instant Green Peas Crispies - Breakfast

This makes a filling and quick breakfast. These are healthy and made with a drop of oil.  See Notes before making these to make them perfect and practically oil free.
Makes 20 Crispies
Ingredients 
For the Crispies
1 Cup Packed Fresh Bread Crumbs
1 Cup Boiled Fresh Green Peas
2 Tablespoons Finely Chopped Capsicum 
2 Tablespoon Finely Chopped Onion
1 Green Chilly - finely chopped
½ Cup Fine Semolina1/3  Cup Yogurt - whisked
½ Teaspoon Red Chilly Flakes
½ Teaspoon Chaat masala
1 Teaspoon Heaped Salt or as per taste
½ Teaspoon Grated Ginger
200 Ml Water or as required to make a thick consistency
¼ Teaspoon Heaped Baking Soda
2 Tablespoons Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves 
Other Ingredients
Oil as required for frying
1 Teaspoon Sesame seeds
1 Teaspoon Mustard seeds
Method
In a large bowl  add the fine semolina, whisked yogurt and half of the water quantity.  Mix this well and keep it aside for the semolina to swell. 
In the meatime let's gather our remaining ingredients
In a small grinding jar add boiled fresh green peas and pulse it two or three time to make a coarse paste, add this to the semolina.  
Now add all the remaining ingredients like fresh bread crumbs  finely chopped capsicum, onion, green chilly,  chaat masala, salt,ginger, chilly flakes, coriander leaves mix well. Add the remaining water and make thick batter. Cover it and let it set for 5 mins. After 5 mins, check the consistency of the batter, if necessary add water ( I did not add more than 200 Ml water) .
Now  place a non stick pan ( I used an uttappam pan to make these it was perfect  to make these) add  few drops of oil and heat it. Add sesame seeds and mustard seeds a little of each. This is added each time to make a fresh batch of crispies.

Add Baking Soda to the semolina mix and whisk it very well. 
On low flame add a tablespoon of batter and cook until golden on one side then 
flip and cook on the other side until golden crisp. Take out after golden and crisp on outside.
I made few in a non stick pan too.
Your breakfast crispies are ready to serve. 
Enjoy these with a sauce or chutney of your choice. These taste good, without any accompaniments too.

My Notes
I used green, red & yellow capsicums, can use only green.  
If you use more than 1/4 teaspoon of oil for each crispies then they will become soft.  For them to be crisp from outside reduce the oil.  Use a good non stick pan to  make these practically oil free.  For the next batch used just a drop of oil to make these. 

Labels : Fine Semolina, Rawa, Green Peas, Yogurt, Breakfast, Healthy, Crispies, Instant Mixes, Low Fat
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Savory Aloo Masala French Toast Rollups #SundayFunday

Desi version of the Savory French Toast Rollups filled with a flavorful potato masala is easy to make, delicious, and perfect for Sunday brunch or an high tea party, or even more so pack these for your kids tiffin.

Ingredients
For filling
1 Large Potato - boiled and mashed
½ Teaspoon Oil
1 Small Onion - finely chopped
1 Green chilly - finely chopped
A Pinch of Turmeric powder
Salt - to taste
A Dash of Black Pepper powder
2 Tablespoons Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves
½ Teaspoon Mustard Seeds
A Sprig Curry Leaves
Other Ingredients
 6 Bread slices
2 Eggs
2 Tablespoons Milk
Salt & Black pepper - to taste
2 Tablespoons Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves
Oil for frying as required
Mint Chutney for serving

Method
For the filling
Boil the potatoes, peel them and mash well. Set aside.
Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat, add mustard seeds, when they splutter add the curry leaves, onions and green chilies. Sauté till onions soften and turn translucent. Now add turmeric, salt and pepper, mix well. Add in the mashed potatoes, combine everything well to make sure there are no big lumps. Well well mixed take off flame, mix in the coriander leaves and let the filling cool. 
In a bowl beat the eggs in a shallow plate and keep aside.

To make the rollups
Remove the crust from all the bread slices. 
Roll each slice of bread with a rolling-pin to flatten it. 
Place a tablespoon or more of filling on one end of a slice of bread and roll it up tightly. 
With a pastry brush apply egg on the other end of the bread slice to seal the edges nicely. Place on a large plate or tray, with sealed side down. 
Make all of the rollups the same way. Cover these with a damp cloth and keep aside Now in the remaining egg add, milk, salt, pepper and coriander leaves in a shallow plate. 
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Dip each rolled up bread slice in the egg mixture and place in skillet, seam side down. Fry on each side for 2-3 minutes or till golden and crisp on medium high flame. Remove to a plate and keep warm. 
Do the frying in batches if you have to, dipping the bread only just before frying them.
Serve hot with Mint Chutney Oh! these are so yum, delicious taste awesome.

My Notes
You can prepare these rollups a day in advance and keep them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Just before serving remove them out, dip in egg mixture and fry.

If you want to make them without egg. then prepare a slurry of a teaspoon of all purpose flour, 2 tablespoons of corn flour, water, make a thick slurry then add all the seasonings. Stir this mix before coating the rollups in it.

Labels : French Cuisine, Indian Style, Mashed Potatoes, Capsicum, Egg, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Brunch, Kids delight, Bread Slices, Starters, Sunday Funday
For our event called Sunday Funday, wherein we share recipes our families will love to enjoy on a Sunday. I thank our host for this week's event Sue of https://palatablepastime.com/.

Sunday Funday: That Holiday Feeling!

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Potato & Radish Dahi Kadhi#Soupswappers

This Potato & Radish Dahi Kadhi/Aloo Mooli Kadhi is potato and radish sticks in yogurt without onion/garlic. Make radish sticks along with potato and no one will know what they are eating. This is an interesting way to put such veggies into ones diet. The radish has a pungent taste when once it is incorporate in the kadhi which is on a thinner side like a shorba, the smell and pungent taste vanishes. It taste great, it's rich and delicious and this served only with steamed rice. 

Ingredients
2 Tablespoons Heaped Besan/Gram flour 
2 Cups Thick Slightly Sour Yogurt
1 Large White Radish
1 Medium Potato
1 Teaspoon Salt  or to taste1 Teaspoon Sugar  
2 Green chilies
1 Inch Piece Ginger
1 Stick Cinnamon
3 Cloves 1/2 Teaspoon Cumin seeds 
1/2 Teaspoon Mustard seeds
4 Grains of Fenugreek seeds
A Pinch Asafoetida
A Sprig Curry leaves
3 Button Red Chilies
1 Tablespoon Ghee 
1 Tablespoon Oil

Method
Coarsely grind the green chilies and ginger.
Peel potatoes and radish. Cut into similar-sized thick sticks. Keep them immersed into water to prevent discoloration.

In a mixer jar add the besan, a cup of water. Blend it well, making sure no lumps remain, add the coarsely ground ginger and green chillies to this and and run it for a minute.

Whisk sour yogurt with 3 - 4 cups of water, salt and sugar, keep aside.
In a kadai/large, heat oil and ghee, add the cumin, mustard and fenugreek seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves. When they crackle, add red chilies, asafoetida powder and curry leaves. Stir and add potato and radish sticks, sauté potato and radish sticks for a minutes on high heat, then reduce the heat to low and cover it for 2 - 3 minutes till the radish and potato turns light golden. Add the besan mixture and stir well it comes to a rolling boil. Reduce the flame to low, cover and let is cook till oil surfaces and the it thickens and till the rawness leaves the besan. Stir regularly while the besan cooks. 
Take the pan off the heat. Mix the yogurt and keep stirring continuously till the yogurt is completely incorporated. Keep it back on high flame and stir continuously till it comes to a rolling boil. Reduce the flame to low and let it simmer for 25 to 30 minutes or till the kadhi reduces to half the quantity. Keep stirring in between to make sure it does not burn at the bottom of the kadai. 
When done serve this with steaming hot rice, pickle, a delicious and comforting meal.
I love to drink this, take a bowl full...slurp & Enjoy!!  
Labels : Soup, Soup Swappers, Kadhi, Potato, Vegetarian, Main course, Yogurt, Radish, Healthy, Gluten free, No Onion No Garlic
November 2020 event for Soup Swapper's this month our host is  Camilla Mann  from http://culinary-adventures-with-cam.blogspot.co, and the theme is Let's showcase a soup made with roots! 
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Thai Noodles With Shrimps#FishFriday

This is a super quick recipe that is satisfying and filling, noodles with fresh shrimp in green curry paste. You can, substitute the noodles for your favorite ones. This recipe comes together under 30 minutes from start to finish.

For this month's Fish Friday event the theme is "Fish for Thanksgiving" and our  host is  Wendy Klik of A Day in the Life on the Farm.  

Ingredients
200 Grams Shrimps
A Sachet of Noodles Masala
Salt or to taste
½ Teaspoon Black pepper powder
2 Cloves Garlic - minced
1 Green Chilly - chopped
1 Cup Boiled Green Peas
3 Tablespoons Thai Green Curry Paste
250 Grams Noodles - Boiled
A Squeeze of Lemon

Method
Boil the noodles as per packet instructions. Keep aside.
Fry the prawns with a pinch of salt, half of the  noodles masala and black pepper powder until they’ve just turned pink. Set aside. 
In the same pan, fry the garlic and green chilly add in the Thai green curry paste, remaining noodles masala and a little water, cook for a minute. Add the peas, prawns, noodles and mix. Serve with squeeze lemon juice.
Enjoy!!
Labels: Asian Cuisine, Prawns, Shrimps, Seafood/Fish, Pasta & Noodles, Green Curry Paste, Thailand, Fish Friday, Main course
Novemeber 2020 Fish Friday event the theme is Fish For Thanksgiving, our host is Wendy ofA Day in the Life on the Farm
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Peanut Butter Cake With Cream Cheese Peanut Butter Frosting#BundtBakers

This was so delicious and moist! Made this as a dessert cake for a get together. I just got one piece, it was gone, they couldn't stop eating it, incredible. This peanut butter cake with peanut butter frosting is the perfect cake to make when you just want something different. Moist, super soft and packed with the perfect amount of peanut butter flavor.
Cup Measurement = 250ML
Ingredients
113 Grams Salted Butter
1/2 Cup Creamy Peanut butter
1 Cup Coffee
1 Cup Caster Sugar
1 Cup Packed Light Brown Sugar
3 Large Eggs
1 Teaspoon Vanilla essence
2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Cup Buttermilk 
For the Frosting
1/4 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1 Cup Icing Sugar
3 Cubes Cream Cheese
1 - 2 Tablespoons Milk or as required

Method
Preheat over to 180°C.
Sieve the flour and baking soda, keep aside.
In a cup of hot water mix in a teaspoon instant coffee, mix it well and keep it aside to cool.
Generously grease and flour a bundt pan. Set aside.
In a large bowl beat the butter, peanut butter and vanilla essence
until creamy.
Now add the coffee
Beat again till incorporated well.
Beat in both the sugars
Add eggs one at time till all are incorporated
Add sieved flour at little at a time, alternating with the buttermilk.
Mix just until flour and buttermilk is well combined. Do not over mix. This batter is liquidy.
Pour batter into prepared bundt pan. Bake at for 45-50 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
Let cool in pan for about 5-10 minutes.
Remove cake from pan and let cool completely on wire rack
Make the frosting by beating it together until all frosting ingredients are mixed  to make a drizzle consistency. Drizzle this on the cake with a fork. Enjoy!!
I enjoyed my share with coffee, this cake is so comforting.
Labels: American, Breakfast, Dessert, Peanut Butter, Bundt, Bundt Bakers, Buttermilk, Coffee
BundtBakers
#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all of our lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers can be found on our home page.

November 2020 - Bundt Bakers - Nut Butter Bundts and our host is Wendy of  https://adayinthelifeonthefarm.blogspot.com/ Check out all the other  Bundts my fellow Bundt Bakers are sharing today! 

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