Cook N Munch

A very tasty and healthy side. This Kale and lentil curry is perfect for serving with rice. Kale can be substituted with any spinach of your choice.  Servers 4. You’ll Need: Kale leaves with stem - 1 cup (chopped) Moong Dal - 1/2 cup (Yellow split) Onion - 1/2 (chopped) Mustard - 1/2 tsp Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp Green chilly - 1 Dry Red chilly - 1 Hing - a pinch Shredded coconut - 2 tbsp Water - 3/4 cup Salt to taste Method : 1. Pressure cook the dal, green chilly and kale with 1/2 cup water on high heat for 3 whistle. 2. Heat oil in a pan on medium heat and add mustard seeds when the oil is hot enough. 3. Once the mustard seeds splutter, add urad dhal, dry red chilly and hing. Sautee for 1 minute 4. Add the onions and let it soften  5. Add in the cooked dal and kale. 6. Add salt to taste. 7. Add around 1/4 cup of water and cook on high heat until all the water evaporates. 8. Finally add in the shredded coconut and finish. Serve hot with rice and enjoy (^_^)

A delicious and moist chocolate cup cake recipe with cream cheese frosting. Makes 12 cup cakes                                         Things Needed: For the cake: Plain Flour - 3/4 cup Raw Sugar - 3/4 cup Cocoa Powder -1/3 cup (Sifted and dutch processed) Baking Soda - 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder - 1/4 teaspoon Salt - a Pinch Egg - 1 Milk - 1/3 Cup Hot boiling water - 1/4 cup Vanilla essence - 1 teaspoon Oil - 1/4 cup (any flavourless oil - I used sunflower oil) For the Cream Cheese Frosting: Cream Cheese - 250 grams (1 block) Butter - 50 grams (softened) White Sugar - 1/2 cup Lemon Juice - 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence - 1 teaspoon Method : For the Cake: 1. Mix all the dry ingredients in a lare bowl. My little helper was doing all the mixing work for me .                           ...

This is a delicious breakfast muffin which is kid friendly and also stores well Things Needed: Carrot - 1 medium size Zucchini - 1 medium size Sweet Corn - 1 medium size Grated mozzarella - 1 cup Flour - 2 cups Olive oil - 1/4 cup Yoghurt - 1/4 cup Baking powder - 2 tsp Egg - 2 Salt to taste Herbs of your choice ( I used some oregano and parsley) Method: 1. Grate carrot and zucchini. Remove the corn Kernels from the cob using a sharp knife and set aside. 2. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and gently mix until all the ingredients are well combined. 3. Grease a 12 cup muffin tray with olive oil and bake at 180 degree Celsius for 20-25 minutes or until the muffins are cooked through (tooth pick inserted should come out clean) 4. Serve warm or cool it in a wire rack and store for later use. Please note that the muffins will turn soggy if left in the muffin tray for a long time cooling in a wire rack helps keep the light texture of ...

A very easy and quick recipe which could be a great breakfast or lunch. It requires a very few ingredients and the simple spice mixes make the roll very tasty. Do read and try to enjoy this simple roll. Ingredients : All the ingredient measures are for 3 people.  Mushroom - As required ( I used about a 1 cup of chopped oyster mushroom to make for 3 people)  Eggs- 3  Onion - 1 large (Chopped) Oil as required Salt and pepper Wheat flour [or] All purpose flour(Maida) Method : 1. Let us start by preparing all our ingredients, I started by making the dough for roll, its a basic chapatti dough , i used Wheat flour, salt and water to make the dough. Chop the mushrooms and onions and keep aside, also in a bowl break eggs, add salt n lightly beat it. 2.Take a frying pan and add few tablespoons of oil, add onions and saute till its soft and add the chopped mushroom, salt and pepper and cook until its well done. 3. Roll out the dough into flat chapatti...

A quick variant to satisfy your pizza carving. This is a very simple recipe and budget friendly. It costed me around 125 Rs. to make this small batch. Serves 3. Ingredients: Bread (Whole Wheat or White Bread) - 6  Tomatoes - 2 large (chopped) Salt and pepper to taste Pasta Seasoning - few sprinkles Onion - 1/2 chopped Paneer (Cottage Cheese) - As required (Cut into small cubes) Mozzarella Cheese - As Required (Grated or sliced)   Method: 1. Butter the bottom of a large baking tray and line the bread slices as in the picture. 2. Prepare a quick tomato base and spread it on the bread slices This is how i made my tomato base: Pureed the tomatoes and sauteed it in a pan with 2 tablespoon oil, added salt, pepper and a pinch of pasta seasoning. Waited until oil separated and my tomato base was ready. 3. Sprinkle chopped onion. 4. Place the cubed Paneer and sliced cheese. 5. Sprinkle some seasoning on top   6. Bake for 10 minutes ...

Neiappam is a very famous dish of the south. It has a crisp texture on the edges with soft spongy center. Neiappam is a great tea time snack. I enjoyed the process of making these tiny balls. It had a heavenly taste, i took every bite slowly and let the taste linger on my taste buds for a while. Mmmmm... Its a must try recipe for all those healthy sweet lovers out there.   Things Needed: Rice Flour - 2 cups Palm Jaggery (கருப்பட்டி) / Jaggery Syrup - Around 1 to 1/2 cups (I used one full palm jaggery) Dry Ginger Powder/ சுக்கு - 1 tsp Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp Ghee - 1/4th cup Sesame Seeds - 2 tbsp Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp Coconut slices - 2 tbsp Salt - a pinch Small Bananas - 2 ripe ones Coconut Oil / Gingelly oil for frying Method: 1. Make Jaggery syrup by adding little water to crushed jaggery. Once the Jaggery is melted and comes to a boil, strain it through a sieve to remove any impurities and keep aside. For best taste try to use Palm jaggery .  2. Take raw r...

Hello Reader (^_^), Good day to you! Being a native of Nagercoil i was wondering why i hadn't posted any recipes related to my birthplace. So here i am with a very traditional and authentic Recipe which comes from my deep roots. I have used sankara meen to make the curry. It is also called as Red Snapper. This curry is best made with small fishes. i am not sure if it will taste the same with large fishes. Warning: Do not add or reduce any ingredient if u want to get the right taste. Things Needed: For Curry: Fish - 4 to 5 (Washed, cleaned and cut into small pieces, I have used sankara meen(red snapper), you can replace it with chalai / mathi (sardine) / nethili (anchovy) or any small fish of your choice). Tamarind pulp - made from a gooseberry sized ball, about 1/4th cup Water - 1/2 cup. Sea Salt or Rock salt - as required Fish masala to grind: Grated coconut - 1/2 cup Dried red chilies - 4-5 (large ones) Coriander powder - 1 tablespoon Turmeric powder - 1/4 tablespoon Shallo...