Friday, April 25, 2014

Cream Of Mushroom Soup


CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP


Ingredients:
Mushroom - 200 gms
milk - 2 cups
wheat flour - 1 tsp 
salt to taste
pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
chicken stock cubes - 2
Water - 1 cup
olive oil - 2 tsp


Method:
- keep 3 - 4 mushrooms separately for garnishing
- chop the rest of the mushrooms finely
- in a pan add the mushrooms and saute until they sweat and cook in their own juices
- grind them to a fine paste
- in the same pan add 1 tsp of olive oil and add the wheat flour
- fry for a minute
- add milk and stock cubes and keep stirring without any lumps
- add some water and the ground paste and cook for 4 - 5 mins
- add salt and pepper powder to taste
- in a pan add 1 tsp of oil
- chop the mushrooms for garnishing finely
- fry them in oil until they sweat and get dried
- and they will get crisp as well
- mix well
- garnish on top
- serve warm


Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Carrot Cheese Soup



CARROT CHEESE SOUP 


I have started the weight loss routine for my overall health. So I started cooking lots of weight loss friendly recipes to help me do that.  I will posting the recipes one by one shortly.



Ingredients:
carrot - 4 (big) - chopped roughly
onion - 1(chopped roughly)
garlic pods - 4
salt to taste
white pepper to taste
maggi chicken stock cubes - 2
ginger - grated - 1/8th tsp
cheddar cheese - 2 tsp (grated)
corriander leaves - 2 tsp (finely chopped)


Method:
- add onions, garlic,ginger, carrot, stock cubes and water in a pressure pan
- cook for - 4 -5 whistles
- allow them to cool
- add them in a blender and puree the soup
- now add in the grated cheese, salt, pepper and corriander leaves
- mix well and serve it while warm.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Raw Sprouts Salad


RAW SPROUTS SALAD

Ingredients:
horse gram - 1 handful
green gram- 1 handful
black channa - 1 handful
salt to taste
pepper powder to taste
tomato - 1 (chopped)
onion - 1 (chopped)
carrot  - 1 grated


Method:
- sprout black channa, horse gram and green gram
- mix all the ingredients
- serve.


Sunday, April 20, 2014

Summer Drink


SUMMER DRINK

Ingredients:

milk - 2 cups
sabji seeds - 1/2 tsp
rose crush - 3 - 4 tsp
sugar to taste


Method:
- mix all the ingredients together 
- refrigerate
- serve.