Kidney Beans Vegetable Stew – Winter Warmer Recipe

Hello foodies,

Winter is here and everyone loves warm soup and stew in this season. So, today I am sharing a healthy stew recipe - Kidney Beans Vegetable Stew.
I made this stew with kidney beans, veggies and some spices. This is very east stew recipe. Enjoy this winter with this tasty and healthy stew.

Recipe will serve 2

Ingredients:-
Kidney beans – ½ cup (soak overnight)
Medium size diced potatoes – 1
Diced carrots – 1
Diced onion – ½
Finely chopped garlic cloves – 3
Roughly chopped spinach – ½ cup
Mixed vegetable juice – 1 cup(store bought)
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Black pepper powder – ½ tsp
Chili flakes – ½ tsp
Mixed herbs – ½ tsp
Olive oil – 2 tbsp
Salt as per taste

Directions:-
 

1) Pressures cook kidney beans for 4 whistles.
2) Heat olive oil in deep bottom pan and add chopped garlic. Sauté it for 30 sec.
3) Now add chopped onion and mix well. Let it cook for about 2 mins.
4) Now add chopped potatoes and carrots and again mix well.
5) Add salt and pepper and mix well with the veggies.
6) Add mixed vegetable juice and stir it well for 2 mins
7) Now add chili flakes and dried mix herbs.
8) Mix well and cover the lid of the pan.
9) Let it cook for about 10 mins on medium flame.
10) Remove the lid and again let the stew boil for 5-7 mins or until all the veggies completely cooked.
11) Now add spinach and stir well with stew.
12) Now again let the stew cook for about 10 min on slow flame.
13) Serve hot with bread sticks.

My Notes:-

1) You can add your choice of veggies in stew.
2) You can use vegetable broth in place of vegetable juice.

Sattu Paratha with Aaloo Curry

Hello foodies,

Last month I shared Litti chokha recipe.  For Stuffing in litti I used sattu. Today I am sharing another recipe with sattu. I made Sattu Paratha served with aaloo curry. Enjoy this delicious recipe with authentic flavors of Bihar.

Recipe will serve 2

Ingredients:-

For Making Dough:-

Whole wheat flour – 3 cups
Semolina/ Suzi – ¼ cup
Oil – 2 tbsp+ for brushing the paraths
Salt as per taste
Water – 2 ½ cups.
For Sattu:-
Sattu – 1 cup
Finely chopped onion – 1/2 cup
Chopped cilantro leaves – ¼ cup
Finely chopped green chili – 2-3
Oil – 2 tbsp
Pickle masala – 2 tbsp( I used mango and tomato pickle masala)
Finely chopped ginger – 1 tsp
Carom seeds – ½ tsp
Lemon juice – 1 tsp

For Aaloo Curry:-
Potatoes – 3-4
Chopped Green chilies – 2
Oil – 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Onion seeds – ½ tsp
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Red chili powder – ½ tsp
Dry mango powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – ½ tsp
Water – 2 cups
Salt as per taste
Chopped coriander leaves - 2 tsp

Directions:-

1) In a Mixing bowl add all above mentioned ingredients for making dough except water and mix well. Using enough knead soft paratha dough. Cover the dough with wet cloth and set aside.
2) In another bowl add all above mentioned sattu ingredients and mix well.
3) Now divide the dough in equal parts and make golf size balls.
4) Heat the griddle and take one dough ball and make small two inch round chapati out of it.
5) Now take small chapati on your palm and stuff one tbsp stuffing in it.
6) Cover the edges and again make round shape ball.
7) Now using rolling pin make 6 inch round circle paratha.
8) Cook the paratha in preheat griddle from both the sides by applying little oil.
9) Cook the paratha until golden brown in color.Repeat the same steps with rest of the dough.
10) Dice the potatoes and add 2 cups of water
11) Pressure cooks the potatoes for 3 whistles.
12) Heat oil in frying pan and add onion seeds and cumin seeds.
13) When seeds crackled add all above mentioned dry spices, green chilies and salt.
14) Mix well and add this tempering in boiled potatoes.
15) Stir well and let the curry cook for about 10 mins on slow flame.Garnish aaloo curry with coriander leaves
16) Serve hot with hot sattu paratha.

Eggless Chocolate Brownie

Hello Foodies,

Today I am sharing very delicious and yummy recipe - Egg-less Chocolate Brownie. I made this recipe without using egg and it is very simple to make.  Enjoy this mouthwatering recipe.

Ingredients:-

All-purpose flour – 1 cup
Cocoa powder – ¼ cup
Baking powder – ½ tsp
Baking soda – ½ tsp
Salt – a pinch
Chopped walnuts – ¾ cup
Chocolate chips – ¼ cup
Granulated sugar – ¾ cup
Melted butter – ½ cup
Yogurt – 5 tbsp

Directions:-
 

1) Preheat the oven at 350 degree F.
2) Sift all dry ingredients together (first five above mentioned) and set aside.
3) Now add chopped walnuts (half portion) and chocolate chip in the sifted flour and mix well.
4) In a mixing bowl add sugar and yogurt together. Whisk sugar and yogurt together until you get the creamy texture. Make sure there are no lump remains in batter.
5) Add flour mixture in it and mix it well. Now add melted butter and again mix it with cut and fold method with the help of spatula.
6) Grease the baking pan with butter and line it with parchment paper.
7) Pour the batter in baking pan and evenly spread the batter with the help of spatula.
8) Add rest of the walnuts on the top of the batter.
9) Bake it for about 35- 40 mins.
10) After 40 mins take toothpick test and if toothpick comes out clear then our brownie is completely baked.
11) Take out the baking pan from oven and let it cool down completely.
12) Now demold the brownie and cut it in your desired size.
13) Enjoy the yummy and mouthwatering brownies.

My Notes:-

1) You can add more sugar as per your desire level of sweetness.
2) You can also increase the quantity of chocolate chips if you like more chocolaty flavor.