Stuffed Mushroom

Yummy appetizer...turned little juicy as I had to wash mushroom for my satisfaction!. If you are ok, just wipe mushrooms with a paper towel and use them. More pictures...Stuffed Mushroom
Recipe:
* Wipe mushroom with a paper towel after removing the stems.
* Fine chop the stems, fine chop green onions and few color peppers
* Add oil to tava, saute g.onions, peppers, mushroom stems with little chilli powder and salt.
* Let it cool.
* Grate pepper jack cheese.
* Mix the veggies with little cheese when cooled down, then start to stuff the mushrooms
* Finally top with more cheese...add more cheese if U like.
* Preheat oven at 350F and bake for 30mins, serve hot...yummy yum!!!!

Soy Chunks Biryani

 

One of the easiest rice to make except for the greens cleaning part. More pictures...Soy Chunks Biryani

Recipe from my cousin, here it is..

* Boil water with salt and turn off, soak soy chunks in that water for 15mins, then cut into if big chunks

* Clean 2 big bunches of cilantro and one bunch mint

* Add oil/ghee to tava, add little big jeera and small jeera, clove, cinnamon, bay leaf.

* Add curry leaves, onions, 3 slit green chillies, saute for few mins, add grated ginger, saute for mins.

* Then add chopped mint, cilantro and soy chunks, mix well, add salt.

* Add basmati rice one cup, soaked for 10mins and drained.

* Saute well and add it to rice cooker with 2.5cups water.

* Once cooked, leave it in rice cooker for 15mins, then remove it, soy chunks will change color otherwise.

Yummy yum it was, loved the aroma!!!!

Fresh Fruit Popsicles

Was so excited to try out the fresh fruit ice pops or popsicles. More pictures...Ice Pops
Recipe :
* Just blend the fruit you like with little sugar or agave nectar and very little water only if needed.
* I used Mango, Strawberry, Kiwi, Watermelon and Orange.
* Pour it into ice pop molds and freeze it for 3hrs
* If you want multiple colors. Fill half of the mold, freeze for an hr and then fill the rest and freeze more.
* When ready, rinse the mold in regular water for few minutes or soak it in water and then pull the ice pop out, so you dont break the mold!
Thoroughly enjoyed the whole process :-) Great for summer.
For those of you wanting to buy the mold, check out the 2 kinds..one has individual removable molds like
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80208478/
other one is all 6 molds attached Attached Molds

Green Apple Raita

Loved this raita so much...quick recipe..
* Fine chop green apple
* Optional items...little of cucumber, color peppers, very little onion and tomato without seeds.
* Add yoghurt and salt. I used Non fat Organic Plain yoghurt from Trader Joes and greek yoghurt too.
* Season if U like with mustard, green chilli and asafoetida.
Yummy to eat by itself too!!!!