Peanut Sauce

Yummy Yummy peanut sauce, got used to this one thru my friend, in Thai restaurant. And since I had some red sauce from my previous recipe, it was quick and easy to make. All I did was added the red sauce and roasted unsalted peanuts in mixie jar and ground it to fine paste. Enjoy it with some veggies. It was too good! You will like it if you like peanuts. Here is the sauce recipe..Peanut Sauce

Marinated Tofu

One of the yummiest tofu recipe I have ever tried!!!! I was watching Vijay's TV's kitchen superstar show and saw this interesting peanut sauce recipe. Then was surfing online to find a clear recipe, then randomly thought of marinated tofu and finally it landed in this kind of recipe :-) More pictures...Marinated Tofu
Recipe:
* For the sauce :
   - Grind 5 or 6 red chillies,2 garlic pieces, little sugar and salt for the full dish
   - Add 2 cups water and let it boil for few mins and turn off.
   - then add some tamarind and jaggery water to it, mix well.
* In the meantime, filter the tofu water and cut tofu into shapes and let it dry in muslin cloth.
* Heat non-stick flat pan, no oil needed. Dry fry Tofu, in medium flame, both sides for few mins.
* Take a flat container, add the tofu and sauce. (add sauce as much as it needs to soak, save the rest)
* Marinate in fridge overnight or atleast 6hrs.
* Then add big chunks of onions in tava with little oil, fry for few mins
* And add the tofu with the sauce, then let it cook for few mins, till the water dries off.
* Add roasted peanuts whole or crushed depending on your taste, turn off.
Serve with little salad. Can be an appetizer or main meal.

Quinoa Crepe (Dosa you can call it :-))

Was so excited to try this recipes as I had crepes in a restaurant 2 consecutive saturdays. One of my cousin gave me the dosa recipe, then I thought why not try with add ons! More pictures...Crepes
Recipe:
* Soak together - 1.5cups Quinoa, half cup brown rice -- for 6hrs
* Then grind into fine batter in mixie with salt
* If you like, add fresh jeera and little crushed pepper.
* No fermenting required, make dosas like appam.
* Pour 2 big spoons batter in center and rotate the pan.
* Cook both sides and serve hot with sides.
Note: I liked this combo...cauliflower gravy + dhaal veggie + raw veggies.
You can try with spicy kulambu, kootu and raw veggie or
Tomato Kurma with raw veggie. Have fun cooking!!! Get creative with your own toppings!!!

Mixed Veggie Raita (Broccoli stalk, Purple Cabbage, Carrot)

Loved this recipe...very easy and colorful.
Recipe:
* Grate carrots, broccoli stalk (remove the skin), fine chopped purple cabbage.
* For those of U who like onion, add one or 2 spoons fine chopped onions
* Add stirred yoghurt and salt. Season with mustard, slit g.chilli and asafoetida.
Note: I had excess veggies, so I used the shredded ones in uthappam. Had it with Mango dhaal and fresh coconut chutney. It was yummy!!!! You could add the excess veggies in roti dough too.

Cabbage - Soy Bean Spicy Porial

Recently started to increase my protein intake, so trying different stuff from different stores. Got this bean from Chinese store and the pack says 'Organic Soy Bean'. It looks round, but when you soak it will become little oval in shape. Initially soaked it for sundal, but had a handful excess, so decided to add it to my masala porial and it turned out to be very good. Tastes great with rotis too. More pictures...Cabbage Soy Bean Porial
Recipe:
* Soak handful soy bean overnight and pressure cook with little salt
* Add oil to tava, mustard, urad and big jeera.
* Add fine chopped garlic and half onion, saute for few mins
   and add one small tomato chopped.
* Add turmeric, chilli powder and sambaar powder..little of each
* Add chopped cabbage and salt and cook for few minutes
* Then add the cooked bean without water, saute well and serve hot with rotis, rice, etc.