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Cheese, Chilli And Olive Quesadillas Cheesy and tasty – olives add a nice flavour and crunch. Cooking Time:  10-15 minutes Servings:  4   Preparation Time:  10-15 minutes   Category:  Veg Ingredients • Mozzarella cheese as required • Feta cheese as required • Fresh red chilli,seeded and chopped 1 large • Black olives,seeded and chopped 8-10 • Olive oil 1/4 cup • Tortillas 6 • Onions,finely sliced 2-3 medium • Fresh coriander leaves,chopped 2 tablespoons Method Heat oil in a non stick pan and keep a tortilla on it. Slice mozzarella cheese and keep a few slices on the tortilla. Spread a few black olives. Cover with another tortilla. Break a little feta cheese and place over the second tortilla. Sprinkle onions, some fresh red chillies and some coriander leaves. Cover with a third tortilla. Sprinkle olive oil over and around the tortilla and press lightly. When the underside turns golden, gently tur...

Honey Glazed Beans Cook the beans in sesame oil with honey and serve garnished with sesame seeds. Cooking Time:  15-20 minutes Servings:  4   Preparation Time:  15-20 minutes   Category:  Veg Ingredients • French beans,stringed 250 grams • Honey 2 tablespoons • White sesame seeds 1 tablespoon • Ginger,grated 1 tablespoon • Soy sauce 1 teaspoon • Lemon rind a little • Salt to taste • Red chillies 1/2 teaspoon Method Dry roast sesame seeds in a non stick pan till they turn a light brown. Put them into a bowl. Heat some water in the pan. Cut the beans diagonally into 1 inch pieces and add to the water. Add salt and cook for 2-3 minutes. Heat sesame oil in a non stick wok. Put some ice cubes in a bowl of water. Drain the beans from the pan and put into the iced water. Add grated ginger to the oil left in the wok and saute for 1 minute. Add soy sauce. Grate a little lemon rind. Drain and add the chille...

Spicy Pineapple Curry Pregnancy Recipe This is a different way of adding fruits to your diet. Ripe diced pineapple is cooked with an aromatic blend of spices and simmered in coconut milk. The iron and the fibre levels in this curry are good and the coconut adds to the protein and energy content. If you are not fond of pineapple, add a cup of mixed vegetables like peas, carrots, potatoes to the same gravy, and you can also throw in a few cubes of pineapple, if you like. Preparation Time:  10 mins Cooking Time:  10 mins Makes 3 servings Ingredients 1 1/4 cups  fresh  pineapple cubes 1 tsp   oil 1 tsp   besan (bengal gram flour)  dissolved with 1 cup  coconut milk 1/4 tsp   turmeric powder (haldi) a pinch of  asafoetida (hing) 1/4 tsp   garam masala 2 tsp   sugar salt  to taste To Be Ground Into A Smooth Paste 2   red chillies  , broken into pieces 3 tbsp   grated coconut For The Tempering 1 tsp ...

Malai Kofta Curry ( Microwave) A simple yet flavourful tomato-based curry takes on a rich form with the addition of potato and cottage cheese kofta stuffed with dry fruits. Preparation Time:  15 mins Cooking Time:  5 mins Makes 2 servings Ingredients For The Koftas 1/2 cup  cooked and  mashed potatoes 1/4 cup  grated  paneer (cottage cheese) 1 tbsp   plain flour (maida) 1 tsp  finely  chopped green chillies 1 tbsp  finely  chopped coriander (dhania) 2 tbsp   milk 2 tbsp   chopped cashewnuts (kaju) 2 tbsp   chopped raisins (kismis) salt  to taste For The Curry 2 tsp   tomato puree 1 tsp   cornflour  dissolved in 4 tbsp  milk a pinch of  sugar 1 tbsp   oil salt  to taste To Be Ground To A Smooth Paste 1 tbsp  freshly  grated coconut 2 tbsp  roughly  chopped onions 2  whole dry  red chillies 1 tsp   coriander (dhania)  see...

Mooli Bajre ki Roti Bajra roti stuffed with spicy radish mixture Cooking Time:  20-25 minutes Servings:  4   Preparation Time:  15-20 minutes   Category:  Veg Ingredients • Radishes,grated 1 medium • Radish leaves,finely chopped 1 • Millet flour (bajre ka atta) 2 cups • Carom seeds (ajwain) 1/4 teaspoon • Red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon • Green chillies,finely chopped 1-2 • Salt to taste • Ghee for cooking Method Mix together grated radish, radish leaves, carom seeds, red chilli powder, green chillies and salt in a bowl.Add millet flour and warm water as required and knead into a dough. Heat a non stick tawa. Take a small portion of the dough, dust it with a little dry flour and pat with your fingers into a round roti. Place the roti on the hot tawa and cook for a minute. Turn it over, drizzle a little ghee over it. Turn over once again and drizzle a little ghee on the other side too. Cook till both sid...

Mixed Vegetable Curry                                                            Cooking Time:  20-25 minutes Servings:  4  Ingredients • Potatoes,1/2 inch cubes 2 medium • Carrots,1/2 inch cubes 2 medium • French beans,cut into 1/2 inch pieces 10 • Cauliflower 1/4 small florets • Shelled green peas 1/2 cup • Green capsicum,1/2 inch cubes 1 medium • Oil 3 tablespoons • Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon • Curry leaves 10-12 • Onions,chopped 2 medium • Salt to taste • Garam masala powder 1/2 teaspoon Masala paste • Onion 1 medium • Scraped coconut 1/2 cup • Garlic cloves,roughly chopped 8-10 • Ginger 1 inch piece • Roasted coriander seeds 2 tablespoons • Fennel seeds (saunf) 2 tablespoons • Dried red chillies,seeded 2 • Green c...