Veg Healthy Kathi Roll

Hi all .. I was at home today and wanted to eat something nice for snacks. In Goa , Most of the Hindus follow some days like Monday, Thursday as respect to their respective Gods and we do not eat any non veg items neither we eat onion - garlic. So on such days , it becomes very difficult for some of us to think what to cook ? So I tried this veg rolls which are kind of modified version of Kathi Rolls. Kathi Roll is a street food from Kolkata, in which skewer roasted kebabs are wrapped in a paratha. Slurrrp.. But since I am pure veg today , I came up  with this healthy and no onion no garlic recipe of Veg Kathi Rolls. I am sure you'll will like it. I prepared some easy cutlets which I replaced instead of Kebabs and you can use Roti/Chapati instead of Paratha.

Serves : 4
Makes : 6 Rolls
Preparation time :10 min
Cooking Time :10 min
Ingredients :

• Cutlets :

         Any choice of your vegetables , grated . I used below combi
         (Potato + BeetRoot + Carrot )
         1 tsp jeera
         pinch of Hing/ Asofoetida
         1 tsp finely chopped green chilly
         1 tsp grated ginger
         1 tablespoon rice flour / corn flour
         1 tsp Coriander powder
         1 tsp Garam Masala
         1/4the cup chopped coriander leaves
         1 tsp Everest Chaat masala
          Rawa
         Salt to taste

• Pickled 2(Chop below veggies as long strands)

          Finely chopped cabbage, capsicum , carrot
          1 tablespoon lemon juice
           Salt to taste         

4 Chapati/ Roti/ Paratha

Procedure
1. Mix all ingredients mentioned for Pickled veggies and keep, so that vegetables start getting moist yet crunchy

2. Take a pan with a very little oil and place on gas on medium heat. Add jeera seeds and saute for 30 seconds. Then add Hing powder , ginger and all grated vegetables and saute for around 4 min.

3. Remove the pan from heat and allow the mixture to cool. After its cooled down , add  finely chopped chilly , Garam Masala , Chaat Masala , Coriander Powder , Rice flour , Coriander leaves and salt to taste. Ensure that the mixture is semi dry, if not you can add more rice flour to it.

4. Now make balls out of this mixture and flatten them on Rawa to make small cutlets. Shallow Fry this cutlets till done on both sides.

5. Now take a Chapati and apply butter and sprinkle pepper powder on it. Place the pickled vegetables on the  chapati  and pieces of cutlets. Now Roll the chapati. Done Kathi Rolls are ready to be served.

French Onion Soup

Hey guys

Its been a long time ! I was busy with work and a new venture that I have started ! Yes .. My love for baking inspired me to bake cakes not only for my family but also spread this happiness into lives of others :) I take orders now for birthday , anniversary or any occasion cake . I had no clue I would be doing this any time , but it started somehow and now there is no looking back. I will soon share some delicious yet easy cake recipes. For now , I am posting this soup which I tried yesterday. This soup is very light and gives you enough warmth in winter yet doesn't fill you up. Happy cooking :)

Servings : 4
Preparation Time : 5 min
Cooking time : 20 min
Ingredients :
2 medium sized onions (finely chopped)
2 garlic pods finely chopped
1 tablespoon butter + 1 tablespoon oil
1 tsp fresh pepper powder
1/4 cup finely chopped coriander
1 tablespoon soya sauce
1 cup of milk
4 cups of water
1 veg Maggie Cube
Salt to taste

Procedure :
1. Take a non stick pan and put butter and oil and turn on the gas on medium heat . Add chopped onions once butter has melted and saute till onions are browned. (If you have induction cooktop then this can be done in 4-5 min which takes otherwise a bit longer on gas ) Tip : For onions to cook fast , cover n cook & secondly add pinch of salt.

2. Add chopped garlic to browned onions and saute for a minute.

3. Now add 4 cups of water, soya sauce , maggie cube and pepper powder.

4. Once this water starts boiling add milk. Taste before you add salt at this step, since we added maggie cube which also has salt, hence add accordingly

5. As the soup comes to a boil , add fresh coriander leaves to this . Soup is ready !!! 

You can serve this with toasted bread with cheese grated on top. If you are diet conscious you can have it as it is .