Onion peanut Chutney

Today I am almost back after an year with a recipe. It's going to be a very simple quick recipe for the day. As it's a weekend, generally we grab a pack of dosa batter for the quick breakfast and suppose you do not have coconut with you for the chutney and almost bored of preparing potato sabzi. In case you need the recipe for potato sabzi you can go with this link. We can go through the simple quick chutney recipe which you can prepare in 10-15 mins.

Gajarachi Bhaji / Carrot Sabzi

This is an easy stir fry side dish can be served along with Roti / Rice. I had lots of carrots in my fridge and you must have observed my blog is filled with carrot recipes :) I usually prepare this sabzi for my kids lunch box. It's a quick option on busy weekdays lunch box menu, you need not have to preboil anything. You just need to chop the carrots finely. Again this is the recipe I learned from my sister, she is "Annapoorna" :). Give her any ingredients she will prepare a dish out of it. If she would knew the technology, definitely would be a star by now in this "online" culinary world! 

Kande Pohe / Kanda Poha Recipe

Poha/flattened rice is most commonly used in Maharashtra for preparing kanda pohe / chivda. Kanda pohe is the most famous easiest Maharashtrian breakfast/ snacks recipe, the thing that can be prepared in less time.Lets go through the procedure.

Carrot Cucumber Sandwich

There are various ways where we can prepare sandwich by adding any of the veggies. If you are looking for an alternative to potato, you can prepare this sandwich. This sandwich I learned from my sister. You can prepare this using the vegetables that we commonly have in our kitchen. I have used Carrot, Cucumber and Cabbage.

Batatyachi Bhaji / Potato Stir Fry

Batata - Potato stir fry is one quick side dish option for which you can go for when you hardly have any vegetables left in your refrigerator. You need not have to boil the potato unlike we do for the Poori potato sabzi. It's just to chop the potato into small sized slices so that it gets cooked fast, add the required amount of red chilli powder, add the roasted groundnut powder (Shengadanyach koot -  a must ingredient for Maharashtrian dish ;)) and give a stir. Cook it well with the closed lid and server it hot with Chapati/roti.

Palak Paratha / Spinach Paratha Recipe

Palak/Spinach is very common easily available green vegetable and can be used in many ways in our cuisine in many forms like rice, salad, paratha, side dish, soup, dal etc.. I have already shared the recipe for Palak Thepla where I cook the spinach before adding it to the flour while preparing dough. Whilst this paratha can be prepared with minimal ingredients on a busy day in a less time. As I say always, if you are mastered in rolling the chapatis you can make paratha out fo anything! Lets go though the procedure.

Instant Dhokla

Dhokla!!! is one of my favorite since childhood. I remember when we used to go to Sangli a place in Maharashtra for Diwali shopping my mom used to buy it for us. It was just for Rs.3  a packet with 6-7 small Dhokla's with fried Mirchi. It used to taste awesome, in fact its still available now. might the prize is increased to 10 or so. That was "The Dhokla" taste that I ever have in my mind. If we google now, there are many ways of preparing it! using Rava (Semolina), curd, etc etc.. The one that I prepare is using very minimal number of ingredients, its instant and all you need is Besan peeth (Gram flour) and a Eno packet as main ingredients, the rest of all are available in every kitchen.  I haven't tried the Dhokla yet with Semolina or with curd, will surely try someday :). Here is the procedure on how preparing this simple instant "Dhokla".

 

Lemon Rice

Lemon Rice is an easy bachelor recipe and such a simple one pot meal that it can be prepared by anyone :) We have already seen the recipe for Kanda Pohe. It is the same procedure, instead of soaked poha we need to add cooked rice, along with it we can also add nuts. This can also be prepared with the left over rice that you have in your kitchen. I usually prepare phodni bhaat with the left over rice using red chilli powder and tamrind paste instead of green chilli. But this one is very simple yet tasty. 

Potato Capsicum Veg Toast

We usually add mashed potatoes to the bread and grill it, why not add few more veggies along with it so that it becomes more healthier. I added bit of capsicum, to the mashed potatoes to get the crunch along with the roasted peanut powder instead of cornflour which is usually used in Maharashtrian food. This gave an awesome combination for the sandwich. You can add any veggies of your choice. I had to roast the veggies and then add to the boiled mashed potato.

Dates & Nuts Laddoo

Dates & Nuts laddoo, you can also call it dry fruits laddoo with lots of dry fruits and essential energy in it. I make this usually for my little son who is 2 years old. Its quick and easy to prepare with whatever raisins you have in your house. Since my son does not eat dates I make use of it in this form so that he has it :) A slight variation of this laddoo with lots of dry roasted dried coconut and few more raisins usually my mom prepares and this is usually preferred to give to women after the child birth to get all the strength back :) If you have roasted peanuts at your home then preparing this laddoo should not take much time. We will see the way that I prepare this laddoo.

Varan Recipe

Varan is a Maharashtrian recipe a kind of sambar, a side dish which is usually served with rice. It is simple, quick and healthy recipe. Since I was on a long vacation did not get time to upload recipes from long time. Thought of starting with this simple dish. I make this compulsorily in every week. This was even the amongst the initial dishes that I started giving to my little son. It is easily digestible and can be given with rice / or by soaking chapati in it for kids.

Peanut Chutney

Peanut chutney this is the quick way of preparing chutney for dosa/uttapa/idli. I learned this from my mom, whenever she makes instant Uttapa she prepares this chutney for us. This is quick, easy and requires less number of ingredients. You can refer the link for preparing groundnut powder, I have already shred it.