Pinwheel Sandwich

Most of you will agree that cooking doesn't take much time but to decide what to cook takes time. Sometimes i break my head what to cook in particular what to pack kids boxes to school, be it there snack box or lunch box. And that too very picker eaters like my kids it is even more difficult to decide  what to pack. My two girls have different taste and i have keep  both of them in my mind when i cook. Last week i remembered making a note of pin wheel sandwich in my old recipe book. I didn't bring that book with me here but i vaguely remember the recipe,which is very easy to make and calls for very few ingredients.

Ingredients:

Bread 2 slices
Green chutney to spread on the bread
Tomato ketchup/Red chutney to spread on the bread

Method:

Cut the edges of the bread.

Slightly wet the bread and spread it with the help of a rolling pin.

Spread green chutney on one slice and cover it with another slice.

Then spread tomato ketchup on the top and carefully roll the bread into a log.

Cut the log into pieces and serve.

My kids enjoyed this very much...For us instead of tomato ketchup i used red chutney.

Kheema Pasta

This is the easiest way of making pasta and calls for very few ingredients. Since few days kids are asking me to make pasta as they eat at my friend's place. My friend told me this recipe and since then i am making this pasta very frequently.

Ingredients:

Spiral pasta 2 cups
Kheema (minced meat)
Pasta Sauce 1 Cup
Garlic 3 pods
Salt to taste
Chicken chicken cubes 1
Onions 1 chopped finely
Oil 2tbsp

Method:-

Boil pasta with a pinch of salt and 1 tsp of oil. Drain water and keep aside. (I followed the instruction on the pasta packet, as the boiling time of pasta differs from brand to brand and according to ones liking). I like pasta too be soft.

Take oil in a pan. Saute garlic and onions.

Add kheema and salt. Cover and cook until kheema is cooked. It took about 20 minutes for the kheema to cook for me.

Add chicken cube and saute until the cube melts.

Then add the tomato sauce.

Saute for a while and add 1/2 cup of water. Let the sauce thickens and oil starts leaving the pan.

Now add the boiled paste and mix well.

Serve hot.

Khichdi Keema Khatta

This combo is authentic dishes of a hyderabadi household. I never ate this combination of Khichdi keema and khatta. I chanced upon Chowder Singh facebook update regarding this combination and he posted video of these dishes. Husband used to eat this in Dubai and he encouraged me to do this. I made these for lunch and believe me it was not at all heavy, it was scrumptious meal.

Ingredients for Khichdi

Raw rice 1 cup
Masoor/ tuvur dal 1/2 cup
Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
Green cardamom 2
Cloves 2
Onions sliced 1
Green chillies 2
Oil 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:

Soak rice and dal for an hour.

Heat oil in a cooker. Add cloves, cardamom , green chillies and  onions. Sauté until onions are fried.

Then add ginger garlic paste and saute until ginger garlic paste is cooked.

Add soaked rice and dal. Sprinkle turmeric powder and salt. Mix well.

Add enough water and pressure cook until done. For one glass of rice i add 2 glasses of water. Here i added 2 1/2 glass of water.

Ingredients for Kheema

Kheema minced 1/4 kg
Onions 1 sliced
Green chillies 2
Kasuri methi 2 tbsp crushed
Garam masala powder 1 tbsp
Coriander powder 2 tbsp
Curd 1/2 cup
Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
Red chilly powder 1 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Tomatoes 1 chopped finely
Oil 2 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method:-

Fry onions and green chillies until transparent.

Add chopped tomatoes. Then add all the masala, turmeric powder and saute until oil starts leaving the pan.

Then add curd to the above. Saute for a minute.

Include kasuri methi and fry for some more time.

Than add kheema and salt.

Mix well and add enough water. Cook until kheema is cooked and water has dried up.

Ingredients for Khatta

Onions slice 2
Green chillies 1 chopped
Coriander leaves few
Garlic 2 chopped
Tamarind juice 2 cups

Mix all the above. Season with the following ingredients.

Oil 1 tsp
Rai 1/2 tsp
Zeera 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves few
Red chilly 2