Oats Spinach Hearty Cutlets

Oats Spinach Hearty Cutlets are very tasty and healthy. This can be ready in a jiffy.

Ingredients
Oats - 1 cup(100gms) - I used quaker oats.
Palak Keerai/Spinach - 1/2 bunch (chopped finely)
Potao - 1no(Boiled and grated)
Onion - 1 no (Chopped finely)
Ginger/Garlic - 1 tspn(Chopped finely)
Potukadalai Maav/Chutney dal powder - 2 tspns
Green chilies - 2nos(chopped finely)
Olive Oil - 2-3 tspnS 
Salt
Paneer(Optional)

Preparation Method
Dry roast oats in a kadai till its slight brown and transfer it to a plate.
In a same kadai, add 1 tspn oil, add ginger garlic and saute for few mins.
Add onion, salt, green chilli and saute till its transparent.
Add spinach and cook.
Keep the stove in low flame. Add oats and mix.
Add grated potato and paneer if you are using it and mix well.
Finally add potukadalai maav/besan and mix well to form a dough.
Allow it to cool and make small balls and give whichever shape you desire.
Heat a skillet or tawa, add oil and shallow fry both sides till brown.
You can also deep fry, by coating in bread crums.

Healthy and Tasty Oats Spinach Hearty Cutlets is ready to serve. You can serve with Ketchup or chutney.

Notes -
Serves - 2 persons
Makes - 8 nos

Kothamalli/Cilantro Pulao

I have been wanting to try this recipe when my Mother in law told me long time back when she was here, although that version is different, but my hubby don't like this one. When was just visiting other bloggers space for leaving a comment. Came across this recipe from Ramya's blog but I have made few changes. Prepared yesterday for lunch, evening kept a little for him to taste, and he liked:-)

This rice is also popular in Saravana Bhavan Restuarant on thursdays here in Singapore for lunch. Heard its very tasty.

Ingredients
Basmati Rice - 1 1/2 cups
Patani/Green Peas - 1/2 cup(I used frozen peas)
Garlic - 2 cloves(chopped)
Onion - 1 no (chopped)
Sombu/Saunf- 1/4 tspn
Jeeragam/Cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn
Ghee and Oil - 2 tspns(If you are health conscious can avoid ghee)
Salt

For Masala(Grinding)
Kothamalli/Cilantro - 1 cup(chopped or leaves)
Green Chilli - 4 nos(According to your taste)
Inji/Ginger - 1" piece
Grated Coconut - 2 tspns or a small piece
Garlic - 4 cloves
Pattai/Cinamon - a small piece
Elakka/Cardamom - 1 no
Star Anise - 1 small piece

Preparation Method
Wash and soak Basmati rice for 1/2 n hour in water.
Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker. Add the fennel seeds and cumin seeds wait till it crackles.
Add the finely chopped onions and garlic. Saute till its brown.
Add the ground paste and saute till the raw smell goes off in low flame.
Add the basmathi rice and saute for few minutes. Add 2 + little cups of water, salt and allow it to boil.
Add green peas at this time. Mix well. check on salt.
You can do dum(click here) and cook or close the lid and pressure cook for 1 or 2 whistles
Serve with Plain curds/yogurt or raita.

Apple Milk Dessert

Apple Milk Dessert is easy and quick dessert. I saw this recipe in one of the TV channel, I have modified slightly. My son is not eating apples because its crunchy. So tried this and he loved it and I managed to make him eat apple:-)

Serves - 2 persons
Ingredients
Grated Apple - 1/2 no
Milk - 1 cup
Water - 1/4 cup
Corn flour - 1/2 tspn
Low fat Condensed Milk -4 tspns(Can use sugar too about 4 tspns or Kova)
Cardamom powder - a pinch
Saffron - few strands
Badam for garnish


Preparation Method
In a kadai/wok, add water, cardamom powder allow it to boil. Add grated apple and cook(here you can also add 1 tspn of sugar and cook) till all water is abosorbed.
Transfer it to a bowl.
In the same kadai, add milk and boil.
Mix cornflour in milk or water with lumps, add the cornflour paste, saffron(kesari) and condensed milk. Mix well.
Let it boil in medium flame for few minutes until it becomes slightly thick.
Then add cooked apple and stir. After a minute off the stove.

Garnish with chopped Almond/Badam. Allow it to cool and chill for 1-2 hours before serving.

Apple Milk Dessert is ready to Enjoy.

This is going to Sugarless Sweets here in this blog started by Nivedita.

Food Palette White by Akeela