Egg and mayo grilled sandwich

Hello friends.

Does this happen in your household too? Some family member and yourself end up buying an item or product needed in the kitchen. This time round my husband and me bought one dozen eggs each. Haa!!! So many eggs!! And just the two of us.

With two dozen eggs on hand, I quickly boiled ten of them in one go. It is going to be an eggy day ahead. Now that is the reason behind my Saturday quick lunch fix. It  was boiled egg and mayo sandwich. This egg mayo sandwich recipe is so easy and quick to make. Turned out yummy, I used the filling in regular laadi pav, you can use sliced bread instead. This makes a good tiffin snack or dry lunch.

To make 3 sandwiches or pavs.

Ingredients

6 slices wheat bread or 3 normal  pavs
3 bolied eggs
2 tbsp Mayonnaise
1 tsp chilli flakes
1 tbsp butter
Salt and pepper to taste
Chopped coriander leaves


Method

1. Crack and peel the boiled  eggs & crumble in a bowl
2  Sprinkle salt, pepper and chilli flakes and mix well.

3. Now add the mayonnaise and chopped corriander to this. Mix and mix till all ingredients combine to form a paste.
4. Slit the bread from the middle & place egg mixture & evenly spread. Gently press so that the batter doesn't ooze out.
5. You can eat it cold. Or then butter a pan and lightly toast it on both sides before serving.
6. Serve this immediately with tomato chilli sauce.

Note - You can grill it in a toaster or oven. Add cheese to this too but that really gets heavy and takes the taste of of the egg. Cheese spread can be another option.
So keep it simple, the lesser the ingredients truly enhances the taste.

Try out another bolied egg bhurji recipe here.
Have an eggy weekend

Roj khao Ande!! 😂😃😄😘 

Yummy Bread Upma for Breakfast.

Hello friends,

Hope you all are all set to enjoy your Sunday with good food just like me. However a  few days back, I decided to cut down refined flour and sweets, while trying to eat light and healthy. And I am happy to announce that it is working out well with me.
But today being Sunday, it's cheat day. And on cheat day you can indulge a wee bit. Isnt it?
When my cook Sujata came home this morning and saw the untouched loaf of bread, she said “Didi today I will make something different for you.”

 She took out loaf of bread from the fridge and powdered it in the food processor, mixed in a few basic spices  and voila, a delicious Bread Upma was  served up for tea time. The secret of a good recipe is less ingredients. It truly enhances taste and brings out flavours of main component used to prepare the dish.

Ingredients

1 medium size onion
6-7 slices of bread
2 green chillies
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
Juice of one lime
Salt to taste
Chopped corriander leaves
1 tbsp oil
Pinch of sugar

Method 

1. Chop up the onion, green chilly and corriander leaves.

2.Whiz up the bread in a mixer to a fine powder likes consistency.

3. Take a kadai or non stick pan, heat oil. Add the mustard seeds and let them crackle.

4. Add the cumin seeds, onions and green chilly and cook until onions are transparent.

5. Add  the bread mixture and mix well.

6. Now add salt to taste, pinch of sugar, corriander leaves and lemon juice.

7. Serve hot with tea or coffee.

Options

You can add green peas or carrots to the onion frying stage to enhance nutrient value to the dish.

Aloo Bhindi

Recipe of Aloo Bhindi 

 

Hi friends,

 Hope you are all  doing well. Today I wish to share a  little information about our Indian Bhindi or Okra or  ladies finger as they call it.  

Image from Internet

Did you know?

1. Okra  is a flowering plant in the mallow family.  What we eat is the pod.
2. Okra or lady's finger as they call it originated from Africa.
3. Okra comes from the same family  as cotton
4. Okra flowers are beautiful  to look at.
5. Okra boosts immune system, aids in digestion.
6. The seeds from once can be brewed as a substitute for coffee. 

Now enough of information,  let's get to this easy try allo- Bhindi you can stir up in 15 minutes in the morning for your kids Tiffin or husbands dabba. 

Ingredients

250 gms Bhindi
2 small potatoes
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp amchoor powder
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 tpsp Oil
1/4 tsp turmeric
Juice of half lime
Salt 

Method 

1. Wash, dry and chop ladies finger into tiny size pieces. Keep aside. 

2. Chop and cube the potatoes. 

3. Heat kadai with  oil and splutter the cumim seeds.

4. Add cubed potatoes and sprinkle some salt for it. Cook for 3-4 minutes.

5. Add the haldi, chilli powder and stir for a minute.

6.  Now add the bhindi to the kadai and allow it to simmer, stirring occasionally.

Note: Bhindi releases moisture when cooked covered and will get sticky. But after sometimes it will turn fine.

7. Once the bhindi is soft in texture, add lime, aamchoor powder and salt to taste.

8. Cook on low flame till bhindi is done. The bhindi will change its color to brown.

9. Turn the gas off to allow the cooked dish  to rest in the pan while covering it. This will allow the bhindi to retain the moisture and stay crispy.

10 Serve this Aloo Bhindi Ki Sabzi along with ghee walli roti, curd and mango pickle and see your family lick their fingers clean.

If you cook Bhindi in another way do let me know in the comments.