Heart shaped Fish Sandwitch / Valentine day special / Blogging Marathon #25

 

      Today is Day 3 of Blogging Marathon #25.I am running on "kids lunch box " theme.Today one more special is also added.Yes this post is also a vaelntine's day special.Wishing all my beloved ones "Happy Valentine's Day".If we make sandwitches into cute shapes,kids will enjoy a lot.So prepared these heart shaped sandwitches ,with fish patties.We can also prepare some veg cutlets or chicken patties. 

 

Ingredients:
For the patties:
1.Cod fish - 1 big piece
2.Turmeric powder - a pinch
3,Onion - 1/2
4.Green chillies - 2
5.Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
5.a Chilli pwder - 1/4 tsp or as required
6.Cooked rice - 3 tbsp
7.Bread crumbs - 2 tbsp or as required
8.Oil - 2 tbsp
9.Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
10.Salt - to taste


For the sandwitch:
1.Fish patties             -               2
2.Wheat bread slices -                2
3.Cheese slices         -                 2
4.Dressing                -                  Ketchup or ranch

Method:
* Cook the cod fish with turmeric powder and salt  with little water.
* Discard the water and shred the fish.
* Take a pan,add oil and splutter with mustard seeds.
* Add chopped onion and green chillies,when the onion is translucent,add ginger garlic paste.
* Now add chilli pwdr and give it a a toss.
* Cool the mixture completely.


* Add the shredded fish into the pan and mix it with chopped cilantro,bread crumbs and cooked rice.
* You should be able to form the mixture into a ball,that is the right consistancy.
* If you feel the patties are not firm enough,either you can add some mor bread crumbs  or refreigerate the patties for an hour.This will make the patties firm.
* Form into patties using any cookie cutter.
* Heat a tawa and cook the patties with very little oil on both the sides.
* For making it fun,cut the bread slices ,cheese into heart shape.
* Take a heart shaped bread slice,apply ketchup or ranch ,place the cheese,fish patties and cover them with another bread slice.
* Arrange them and serve it.Kids will surely enjoy this sandwitch.

Notes:
* The other way to prepare patties is,just prepare the fish masala,give a egg wash and coat it with bread crumbs.
* We can prepare the un cooked patties in advance and freeze it.While preparing the sandwitches,thaw the patties and cook them.
* We can also place some lettucein between.
* Since,kids eat less spice,I have added very little spices.I f you want,you can alter the masala according to your taste.

Sending this to "Kids delight - Lunch box series" started by Srivalli,ow hosted by "PJ"

Egg Rice / Kids Lunch box recipes /Blogging Marathon #25

Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon #25 under the theme "Kids lunch box recipes. Egg rice is a very simple rice,with basic ingredients.My mom will pack this rice,when she runs out of veges.My friends are great fan of this rice.My lunch box will be emptied quickly,when it has egg rice.I forgot about this rice totally.When my mom came for my delivery,she prepared this rice and reminded my school days.Give a shot to this rice,you will love it.

 

 

 

 

 Ingredients:

1.Cooked rice         -         2 cups

2.Eggs                    -          5

3.Onion                  -           1 big (chopped)

4.Toamto                -           1/2 (chopped)

5.Green chillies      -            2

6.Ginger garlic paste-          1/2 tsp

7.Curry powder      -            1 tsp

8.Turmeri powder  -             1/4 tsp

9.Curry leaves        -             hand full

10.Cilantro              -            chopped

11.Oil                      -            3 tbsp

12.Fennel seeds       -            1/4 tsp

13.Salt                      -             1/2 tsp or as reequired

14.Cilantro               -             for garnishing

 

 

Method:

* Cook rice with a spoon of oil and cool it on a plate.This avoids the rice from sticking together.

* Take  a pan,add oil and splutter with fennel seeds and curry leaves.

* Add chopped onion,green chillies and sprinkle some salt.Add ginger garlic paste and saute it.

* When the ginger garlic paste is sauteed well,add turmeric powder,chilli powder and combine well.

 

* When the raw smell is eliminated,add tomato and cook it.

* Once the mixture attains semi-gravy consistancy,break the eggs .Don't disturb them untill they are cooked.If not we will not be able to get good pieces of eggs.Once the eggs are cooked,slightly mix them.

* Now add the cooked rice and give it a toss.Adjust salt to taste.Garnish with cilantro.

Notes:
* Adding oil while cooking the rice makes it non sticky.Make sure the rice is cooled well,if not there are chances for the rice to get collapsed.
* While adding eggs,don't disturb them for 2 to 3 minutes,if not eggs will be scrambled into tiny bits.
* Spice level can be altered according to your taste.
* Tomato should be added very little,if not,it would make the gravy watery.


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If I didn't prepare egg rice,my eggs would have turn into chicks :) How is my imagination?.Thanks to my H ,who bought me these cute chicks in eggs.

 

 

Sending this "Kids delight - Lunch box " seried hosted y PJ ,started by Srivalli

Paneer Kathi Rolls / Kids Lunch box Recipes / Blogging Marathon #25

               I am happy to be part of Srivalli's BM 25 th edition.So I will be blogging for consecutive 3 days ,from today.I am going to post about "Kids Lunch box " ideas,for the next 3 days..When coming to kid's lunch,they always wish to have mess free foods or fingure foods.So I decided to post some mess free foods or one pot dishes.Kids love to have paneer in any form.So Today I am going to post Paneer Kathi rolls.We can prepare kathi rolls with all purpose flour or wheat flour.I have added some veges to sneak in some nutrients .The filling can be altered by the availability of the veges .We can also use chicken,egg pieces instead of paneer.

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

For the Kathi rolls:

1.All purpose flour            -             1 cup

2.Salt                                 -              1/4 tsp

3.Water                              -              1/2 cup or as needed

 

For the filling:

1.Paneer                             -            1/2 cup

2/Onion                              -            1/4

3.Tomato                            -            1/4

4.Corn                                -             2 tbsp

5.Beans                              -              2 tbsp

6.Chilli pwdr                      -            1/4 tsp

7.Garam masala pwdr        -             a pinch

8.Salt                                  -             as needed

9.Cilantro                            -            for garnishing

10.Oil                                     -           for tempering

11.Cumin seeds                    -            1/4 tsp

12.Shredded Cheese            -            hand full

 

Method:

For the filling:

* Boil corn and keep it aside.

* Chop the veges finely and cube paneer.

* Take a pan,add oil and splutter with cumin seeds.

* Add onion and saute till it becomes translucent.Sprinkle little salt.

* Now add beans and give it a toss.Add chilli pwdr and give it a toss till it gives out the raw smell.

* Now add tomato and saute  till it is cooked.Cover and cook till beans is cooked .

* Once the tomato is cooked,add boiled corn and paneer.sprinkle garam masala pwdr.

* Adjust salt to taste.

* Mix it well  and garnish with cilantro.Let it cool completely.

 

For the kathi rolls:

* Take flour,salt in a mixing bowl,sprinkle water and form it into a soft dough.

* Roll it into small rotis.We can also shape it with a bowl for uniform circles.

* Cook it on a tawa and cool it.

 

 

Arranging the rolls:

* Take the rotis and keep it on the working board.

* Place a tablespoon of filling on the roti ,top it with chopped cilantro and chredded cheese.

* Fold it into a roll and pin it with a small tooth pick.We can also glue it with a pinch of flour paste.

* Fold it again with a aluminium foil to make it mess free.

 

 

 

 

Here is a well balanced Lunch box with fruits,veges and nuts.  Sending this entry to "Kids lunh box " menu hosted by PJ started by Srivalli.

Baklava - An easy Mediteranean dessert to mark our 6 th Wedding Anniversary!!!

  Today we are celebrating our 6 th Wedding Anniversary.It appears to be yesterday,where we met and got married,6 years passed by with two gifted kids.I thank the Almighty for giving this wonderful Life.Baklava is one of my Hubby's fav dessert.Its very easy to prepare,if we have the fillo sheets handy.We can get these sheets in any Grocery store.The filling can be altered according to our taste.When baklava is served the next day it tastes great as it needs some time to the syrup to get into baklava.

 

 

 

Ingredients:

1.Fillo dough sheets - 1 pack (about 20 sheets)

2.Almonds - 1 cup (Powdered)

3.Pistachios - 1 cup (Powdered)

4.Dessicated coconut - 1 cup(Powdered)

5.Sugar - 1/4 cup

6.Cardamom pwdr - 1/4 tsp

7.Butter - 1 Stick (8 tbsp) + 1 tbsp (For greasing )

8.Saffron - for garnish

For the syrup:
1.Sugar - 11/4 cup
2.Water - 1 cup
3.Honey - 1/4 cup
4.Lemon zest - 1 tsp

 

 

Method:

Making syrup:

* Take a pan,add sugar,water,honey and lemon zest.Bring it to boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

* Cool completely.

 Arranging the Fillo sheets:

*Now take a mixing bowl,combine,pista ,almond and coconut powder ,sugar and cardamom pwdr.Mix it well and keep it aside.

* Thaw the fillo dough as per the instructions.

* Cover the fillo dough with a damp cloth.to prevent the phyllo sheets from drying.

* Preheat oven to 350 degrees farenhiet.

* Take a baking pan and grease with butter.

* Melt butter for brushing the fillo sheets.

* Now place a sheet of fillo sheet and brush with butter.Place another fillo sheet and brush it with butter.Now sprinkle  filling over the second sheet.Again place 2 phyllo sheets  and brush them with butter.Sprinkle the filling on top . Arrange the phyllo sheets like this ,topping the filling on every second sheet.Do this for the rest of the sheets.But don't forget to grease every sheet with butter.

* Make sure the last filled sheet is covered with a phyllo sheet.Cut the arranged sheets into squares as shown in the picture.

* Bake the baklava for 45 minutes to 1 hour or untill,baklava becomes golden brown.

* When baklava is taken out of the oven,pour the syrup on top of the baklava.

* Once it is cooled,slice the baklava and serve.

* We can store ,baklavas in a airtight container for a week at room temperature.

 

Note:

* Don't pour hot syrup on top of hot baklava.If not the sheets will become mushy.Either one should be hot.If the baklava is cool,then pour hot syrup on top of it.

* We can alter the filling according to our taste.

* While working with the fillo ,always cover it with damp cloth to prevent it from drying.

 

Vanjiram Fry / King fish fry

  Vanjiram is the king of all fishes.Whnever ,we have guests,we buy this fish and serve them .Nothing can beat the taste of vanjiram.When I went to Chinese shop,saw these perfectly cut pieces.Bought it immediately.This fish can be marinated and freezed.So whenever ,we feel like eating,just thaw and fry. It gives fantastic taste,when,it is marinated for long.This recipe was in my draft for so long.Today only got time to post it. :)

Vanjiram fry and sura puttu for lunch !!!

Ingredient:

1.King Fish                           -         10 pieces

2.Chilli powder                     -         3 tbsp

3.Turmeric pwdr                   -         1/2 tsp

4.Ginger                                -         1 inch

5.Garlic pods                         -         4 to 5 pods

6.Fennel seeds                      -          1 tbsp

7.Lemon juice                        -          2 tbsp

8.Corn flour                           -          2 tbsp

9.Oil                                      -           For frying

10.Salt                                   -           as per the taste

       

Method:

* Wash the fish pieces well .

* Grind fennel seeds,garlic pods and ginger well.

* Take a mixing bowl, add the grinded paste,chilli pwdr,turmeric pwdr ,lemon juice ,salt and 2 tbsp oil.

* Mix it well and form a good paste.

* Take a plate,apply the masala on the fish evenly in all the sides.



Marinated fish



* Marinate the fish for 2 hours or overnight.

* Take the fish and bring it to room temperature.

* Apply corn flour to the fish .

* Take a tawa and fry the fish evenly on all sides ,by drizzling oil.

* Serve it hot with rice.

Thengai saadham / Coconut Rice - My comfort food

        Coconut rice is one of the rice,where we can prepare it on the go.if we have shredded coconut handy.In India we used to grate it using a special grator for coonut.Its bit time consuming process.So I tried an easy technique to prepare shredded coconut .I just took the coconut pieces and peeled the brown skin .Then gave the coconut a nice pulse in the blender .Now your shredded coconut is ready ,with the same texture as we get using the hand grator .I have peeled the skin using the peeler,as I does'nt like my rice to look brown.If you are going to grind it for paste,then we can skip the peeling step.Rohith loves this rice as it is less spicy.

 

Ingredients:
1Shredded coconut              -           1 cup
2.Cooked rice                       -           2 cups
3.Oil                                    -            2 tbsp
4.Mustard seeds                    -          1/4 tsp
5.Broken urad dal                  -          1/4 tsp
6.Chana dal                            -          1/2 tsp
7.Red chillies                         -           5 to6
8.Curry leaves                        -           hand full
9.Salt                                      -           to taste
10.Cashews (roasted)             -           2 tbsp



Method:
* Cook rice with a tsp of oil.This will make the rice non sticky.
* Cool the rice completely
* Take a pan ,add oil splutter with mustard seeds,urad dal,chana dal red chillies and curry leaves.
* When the seasoning is ready,add the shredded coconut and give it a toss.
* Sprinkle salt and mix it.
* When the coconut is sauteed well, add the cooked rice and mix it.
* Adjust salt to taste.
* Garnish with roasted nuts.


Notes:
* We can also use frozen coconut instead of fresh coconut.
* Dont over cook the rice,as it will make the rice soggy.
* Dont over roast the coconut,as it will change the color of the rice.
sending this to Saras's kithen's "Dish in 30 minutes " event

 

 

Apple Pie / Baking Partner's Challenge #6

       For this month's Baking partner's challenge.Swathi has given 2 sweet pies and 2 savoury quiches.Since Rohith asked me to prepare apple pie, I chose it. It's kids delight and a special dessert for apple lovers. Its also very healthy .This can also be prepared as a big whole pie or single serving pies.The recipe is adapted from here. 

 

Ingredients:
1.All purpose flour    -  1 3/4 cups (260g)
2.Self rising flour      - 1/2 cup    (75 g)
3.Butter                      - 13 tbsp    (185 g)
4.Sugar                       -  1/3 cup ( 75 g)
5.egg                           -  1 or milk - 1 tbsp
6.Powdered sugar        -  for sprinkling

For the Filling:
1.  Granny Smith apples   -   8 large
2. Unsalted butter               -  6 tbsp (45g)
3.  caster sugar                    - 1/2 cup (110g)
4.  ground cinnamon            - 1 tsp
5.  ground cloves                  - 1/4 tsp

Method:
Step 1:


Sift flours and a pinch of salt into a large mixing bowl. Add butter and rub lightly into flour with your fingertips. Lift mixture high above the bowl as you rub, to incorporate air into the pastry and make it lighter. Continue until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs, then stir through sugar. Lightly beat 1 egg with 1 tablespoon chilled water, then drizzle over flour mixture. Start to bring the dough together by cutting the liquid into the dough with a blunt knife, then form into a smooth ball with your hands,
adding a little more water if necessary. Divide dough into two pieces, one slightly larger than the other. Wrap in plastic wrap,and chill for 30 minutes.

Step 2:

To make the filling, peel and core the apples, and cut each into 8 pieces. Toss immediately with lemon juice in a large bowl, to prevent apples from discolouring. Place the butter and sugar in a large frypan over medium-low heat. When butter has melted,add apples and spices, then stir to coat. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until apples have softened. Set aside to cool.

Step 3:

Roll out the larger pastry ball on a floured workbenchor between two butter papers, to a 30cm circle (about 2mm thick). Roll pastry around rolling pin, then unroll over a 22cm metal pie dish. Gently press into corners and allow excess to overhang. Place filling in base with a slotted spoon. Roll the small pastry piece to a 25cm circle. Beat remaining egg with milk, brushing some on rim of the base. Top with small pastry.

Step 4:

Lift the pie dish and cut excess pastry from edges with a sharp knife. Crimp edges of pastry together with your fingers. Chill for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 180°C, place pie dish on a baking tray. Brush top of pie with more beaten egg, sprinkle with demerara or caster sugar. Cut four small air vents in the centre of the pie and bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown.

Notes:
* We can also slice the apples into small pieces and cook.This helps the apple to give out its juices well.
* Let the pie cool well.If not it can break,while cutting.
Linking this apple pie to Baking Partner's Challenge

 

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