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Veggie Pizza for Home Bakers Challenge

We group of people started a monthly event for baking for both bloggers and non-bloggers initiated by Priya of Priyas Versatile recipes. For this month challenge, Divya of Divya's culinary journey announced 4 different pizza with the home made tomato sauce,a recipe from Martha Stewart . As we love the veggie pizza I chose to make it with the veggies such such as onion,capsicum,mushrooms and baby corn for the toppings.The tomato sauce here I used is the store bought and with the herbs.Now on to the recipe.......................... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity All purpose flour 31/4cups+for dusting Instant yeast 1 package(21/2tsp) Salt 1tsp Sugar 1/4tsp Warm water 1cup Olive oil 31/2tbs+more for bowl Tomato sauce 4-5tbs Italian Seasoning 1/2tsp Mixed Veggies(onion.tomato, capsicum,mushroom,baby corn) as needed Mozarilla cheese 1/2-3/4cup Oil (for brushing) 1tsp(optional) Method In a bowl add the flour,instant yeast,salt and sugar add the warm wa...

Tomato and Carrot Paratha

For the blended version of Indian breads for Blogging Marathon#28 I am sharing you a simple,colorful paratha with tomato and carrot. This paratha is slightly tangy,mildly spicy with the flavor of carom seeds which is a perfect for kids lunch box.As my kiddo's lunch box options are very limited these type of parathas are great rescue and he can have it without any fuss.Moreover its a nice way to sneak the veggies for the kids who are picky eater and not showing interest to eat veggies mine one.Even adult can enjoy these parathas with some spicy curry and raita.Now off to the recipe.............................. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Wheat flour 11/2cups Tomato(medium size) 2 Carrot(finely grated) 1/2cup Chilly powder 1tsp Garam masala powder 1/4tsp Turmeric powder a pinch Amchur powder(optional) 1/2tsp Carom Seeds(omam) 1/2tsp Coriander leaves(chopped) as needed Salt to taste Oil 1tbs Oil (for brushing) 2tbs Method Blend the tomato in ...

Aloo Kulcha

For the day of Blogging Marathon#28 under the theme Indian breads I made Aloo Kulcha for the stuffed bread. I had posted a recipe of onion kulcha which was given by Srivalli for the Indian Cooking Challenge.The same recipe I am followed for the kulcha dough and made the potato stuffing suits to my family taste.Here is the recipe........... Ingredients  For the Kulcha Ingredient Quantity All purpose flour/maida 11/2cups Baking soda 1/8tsp Baking powder 1/4tsp Sugar 1tsp Salt 1tsp Yogurt/curd 1/8cup Ghee 2tsp Oil 1tbs For the stuffing Ingredient Quantity Potato(boiled) 3(medium size) Onion(chopped finely) 1(medium size) Green chilly(finely chopped) 2 Chilly powder/milagai podi 1/4tsp Coriander powder/dhania podi 1/2tsp Garam masala powder a pinch Aamchur powder 1/4tsp Salt 1/2tsp Coriander leaves(finely chopped) 2tbs Method Mix the ingredients given to make kulcha in a wide bowl and mix well with water as needed to a soft dough and set it as...

Methi Poori/Puri

The theme I chose for Blogging Marathon#28 is Indian bread varieties and today's recipe is Methi puri for the fried bread. I had this methi puri first time in one of my neighbor's house long time back,myself and my kiddo both liked it very much. I exactly follow her recipe but here I used the kasoori methi instead of fresh methi leaves due to unavailability. This puri doesn't need any curry for side,it tastes good with a simple pickle and yogurt,now off to the recipe..........   Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Whole wheat flour 1cup Gram flour/besan/  kadalamaavu 1/4cup Maida/All purpose flour 1/4cup Kasoori methi 3tbs Aamchur powder 1/2tsp Chilly powder/milagai podi 1/2tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/2tsp garam masal powder a pinch Carom seed/ajwain/omam 1/4tsp Ginger(grated) 1tsp(optional) Salt 1tsp Oil to fry Method Take wheat flour,all purpose flour, gram flour in a bowl.To this add red chilli powder,garam masal powder, carom...

Soya Chunks Kurma

As soya chunks are good source of vegetarian protein I include in my diet either in some rice or curry.Today's recipe is a flavorful,simple soya chunks kurma which I adapted from Divya's space.Her version of making soya chunks kurma is easy and sounds interesting,doesn't need any fancy ingredients.So without any second thought I tried,the kurma was so delicious and creamy,we enjoyed with rotis for dinner.Here goes the recipe............................................... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Soya chunks(uncooked) 1cup Onion(chopped) 1(large size) Tomato(chopped) 2(medium size) Coconut(grated) 1/4cup Ginger&garlic paste 11/2tsp Chilly powder/milgai podi 11/2tsp Coriander powder/dhaniya podi 2tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4 Garam masala powder 1/8tsp(optional) Fennel seeds/sombhu 1/2tsp Cloves/lavangam 4 nos. Cinnamom/pattai 1 inch piece Curry leaves few Coriander leaves(chopped) 2tbs Cinnamom/pattai 1 inch piece Cumin+Fennel se...