Rava Dosa Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup fine sooji (semolina) 
• 1/2 cup rice flour or plain flour 
• 1 Tbsp oil
• 1/8 tsp soda bicarb 
• 2 1/2 cups buttermilk 
• 1 tsp coriander - finely chopped
• 2 green chillies  - finely chopped
• Salt

Cooking Method:

1. Blend all the ingredients together by adjusting butter milk
2. The batter should be relatively thin, add salt and keep it aside for 30 minutes
3. Heat griddle to very hot, sprinkle some water till it sizzles and quickly pour 1 large spoon of batter on it. Spread by gently rotating the griddle. Lower the heat and when the edges begin to rise or brown, put some oil (1/2 tsp) over dosa, and trail some around it. When the edges begin to rise, ease out the dosa with the spatula under it. 
4. Serve hot with onion chutney or coconut chutney

Healthy Food Recipes

It has been a while so started to write a blog about healthy food recipes for my husband sake.
He loves pasta, soup and all kinda of appetizers [ but vegterian though :( ] so searched for few healthy food recipes but got tons of them which are listed below

Red Lentil Soup

Potato with Kale Soup

Squash and Sweet Potato Soup

vegetable soup

Zucchini Pancakes

Ingredients:

• Zucchini - 1 large (grated)
• Scallions - 2 strands (sliced)
• Garlic - 2 pieces (chopped)
• Green chillies - 2 (chopped)
• All purpose flour - 2 tbsp
• Parmesan cheese - 1 tsp 
• Egg - 1
• Salt 
• Pepper powder
• Cumin powder 
• Cilantro - 5 strands (chopped)

Procedure:

1. Mix all above ingredients in a bowl and keep it aside for 15 mins.
2. Heat skillet on stove and oil spray it, once it is heated pour mixture into round shape and cover it with lid and turn on other side and make sure it is well cooked on both sides
3. Serve it on a plate with butter (optional)

Poha Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup poha/chidva  (pressed rice)
• 1 Tbsp oil 
• 1/8 tsp asafoetida 
• 1 tsp mustard seeds 
• 1/2 cup onions - finely chopped 
• 8-10 curry leaves 
• 2-3 whole red chillies 
• 1/2 cup potatoes - diced small 
• 1/2 tsp turmeric 
• 2 tsp salt or to taste 
• 1 tsp green chillies-finely chopped 
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice 
• 1 Tbsp chopped coriander leaves 

Cooking Method:

1. Put poha in a colander and wash, not letting it soak too long in the water. Leave in the colander to drain out completely. 
2. Heat the oil and add mustard seeds, curry leaves,the turmeric powder, the asafoetida and the whole red chillies. 
3. Add onions, green chillies and fry until they are light brown, add potatoes, and turn around till they look a bit glossy. 
4. Add salt , poha and mix well by increasing flame to medium.
5. Switch off the stove sprinkle lemon juice and garnish with cilantro leaves. 

Tissue Paper Flowers

I saw tutorial about paper flowers in planet june using tissue paper of your favorite color. 

What do you need:

• Tissue paper
• Scissors
• 2 large paper clips
• Pipe cleaners (chenille stems) or floral wire
• Colored marker pen
• Optional: floral wire, floral tape, wire cutters

Sweet Potato Quesadilla Recipe

Sweet Potato, Black Bean and Kale Quesadillas Recipe:

Serving Size: 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients:

For the quesadillas:

3 medium sweet potatoes, sliced ½ inch thick

¾ teaspoon salt, divided

½ teaspoon cumin

½ teaspoon chili powder

¼ teaspoon oregano

1 to 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, minced

½ tablespoon olive oil

3 cups chopped kale

3 green onions, thinly sliced

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

8 to 10 large flour tortillas

2 to 2 ½ cups freshly grated cheddar cheese

Instructions:

Add the sliced potatoes to a large saucepan and add enough water to cover the potatoes. Add ½ teaspoon of the salt to the pot. With the heat on high, bring the water to a boil. Once it reaches a boil, reduce the heat to medium and simmer for about 15 minutes, until the potatoes are tender. Drain the potatoes and then add to a large bowl. Use a potato masher to mash the potatoes. Add the remaining ¼ teaspoon salt, cumin, chili powder, oregano and chipotle peppers. Mix until well combined.

In a medium skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. When hot, add in the kale and green onions. Cook for about 2 to 3 minutes, until the kale is bright green and tender. Add the mixture to the bowl with the mashed sweet potatoes. Next add in the black beans and mix until well combined.

Place the tortillas on a work surface. Use a spatula to smear about ⅓ to ½ cup of the filling on half of the tortilla. Top with about ¼ cup of the cheese (or to taste). Fold the empty half of the tortilla over the filling to form a semicircle. Repeat with remaining tortillas.

Wipe out the skillet you used for the kale and set over medium high heat. When hot, spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray. Place an assembled quesadilla in the pan and cook, flipping once halfway through, until both sides are browned and the cheese is melted. Cut into triangles and serve with hot sauce, greek yogurt and/or salsa.

For serving:
hot sauce, optional
greek yogurt or sour cream, optional
salsa, optional

Youtube Video Overlay issue with web page

As part of our new website redesign,there was a issue with youtube video overlay with existing content on webpage so found this article which resolves the issue by adding parametre which indicates video to be transparent mode.

http://maxmorgandesign.com/fix_youtube_iframe_overlay_and_z_index_issues/



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