Wednesday, 2 September 2020

My 30 days of cooking diary --> Day 4

Every day is a new day, exciting day, surprising day for me. Whenever I get up in the morning, I feel today is such a beautiful day, I should make some interesting food. And I start my day from my best place i.e. my kitchen.

It’s always in my mind that happy mood comes from good food. So, I try my level best to make the food that can create positive emotion. As we know there are different tastes of food like sweet, sour, spicy or bitter tastes as same as our different emotions like happy, sad, angry etc. Therefore, I believe the food is basically a mood changer.

Today I made fusion of Mexican food and Indian food. You can get a combined taste of rice and roti together. I hope, you would like it.

 

So, here it goes the Day 4: Breakfast menu

 

Vegetable & nuts poha



 

Vegetable & nuts poha recipe

 

Ingredients required for vegetable & nuts poha:

 

1) 1 & ½ cup flattened rice

2) 1 cup vegetables cut into small pieces (carrots, corn, beans, green peas)

3) 2 small onions cut into small pieces (around ½ cup)

4) ½ cup walnuts

5) 2 tbsp vegetable oil

6) 1 tbsp ghee

7) 3 green chilies (I prefer low spicy chili)

8) 1 tbsp curry leaves

9) 1 tsp mustard seeds

10) 1 tsp urad dal

11) 1 tsp sugar

12) 1/4th tsp hing/asafetida

13) ½ tsp lemon juice

14) Salt to taste

 



 

Process of making vegetable & nuts poha:

 

1) Heat a pan, add 1 tbsp of vegetable oil.

2) Add 1 cup cut vegetables, fry till the vegetables are mostly cooked. Remove it from the pan and keep aside.

3) Wash the 1 & ½ cup flattened rice and filter the water. Then add 1/4th tsp salt and mix well.

4) Once again heat the pan, add 1 tbsp ghee, add 1 tbsp vegetable oil.

5) When the oil is heat enough add mustard seeds and let it splutters.

6) Then add 1 tsp urad dal, 1 tbsp green chilies, 1/2 cup cut onions.

7) Add 1/4th tsp hing/asafetida.

8) When the onion becomes slightly brown, add 1 tbsp curry leaves and fry everything properly.

9) Now add the already fried vegetables and ½ cup walnuts. Mix well

10) Add salt as per your taste. Mix well.

11) Add the flattened rice and mix everything properly in low to medium flame.

12) Add 1 tsp sugar and mix.

13) You can add ½ tsp lemon juice, but it’s optional.

14) Now poha is ready to serve.

 

 

Day 4: Lunch menu: -

 

Burrito bowl & burrito

 



 

Burritos bowl & burrito recipe

 

Ingredients required for burrito bowl:

 

1) Flavored rice: ½ raw rice, 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp Italian seasoning, ½ tsp olive oil.

2) Flavored black-eyed peas: 1/3 cup lack eyed peas, 1/4th tsp salt, 1/4th tsp oil, 1/4th tsp Italian seasoning.

3) Flavored brown kidney beans: 1/3rd cup brown kidney beans, 1 clove garlic, ½ tsp salt, 1 green cardamom, 4 black peppers, 2 cloves, ½ inch cinnamon.

4) Tomato salsa: 1 chopped small tomato, 1 chopped small onion, 2 chopped green chilies, 2 tbsp coriander leaves, a half of a small cucumber (cut into small pieces), 2 tsp lime juice, salt to taste.

5) Slightly sautéed bell pepper/capsicum: 1/4th green bell pepper and 1/4th yellow bell pepper (thinly slice the bell pepper in long strips), 1 tsp butter, a pinch black pepper, a pinch salt.

6) 2 tbsp black olives.

7) 1 avocado (thinly slice).

8) ½ cup cheddar cheese.

9) 2 tbsp chopped onion.

10) 1/3 cup sour cream

11) 1 tbsp chipotle peppers in adobe sauce.

12) 1 tbsp chipotle vegan mayo.

13) For tortilla: ½ cup all-purpose flour, ½ cup cornmeal, ½ tsp salt, 7 tsp oil (for 5 tortillas), 1/4th tsp baking powder.

14) 1 cup of chopped lettuce.



 

Process of making burrito bowl and tortilla burrito:

 

1) Soak the black-eyed peas and brown kidney beans for 4 hours in hot water separately.

2) Make the flavored black-eyed peas by boiling with 1 cup of water, add 1/4th tsp salt, add 1/4th tsp oil, add 1/4th tsp Italian seasoning. Use the pressure cooker and give 2 whistles.

3) Make the flavored brown kidney beans by boiling 1/3rd cup brown kidney beans with 1 cup of water, add 1 clove garlic, add ½ tsp salt, add 1 green cardamom, add 4 black peppers, add 2 cloves, add ½ inch cinnamon.Use the pressure cooker and give 4 whistles.

4) Make flavored rice by boiling ½ cup rice with 2 cups of water, add 1 tsp salt, add ½ tsp Italian seasoning, add ½ tsp olive oil. Once rice is cooked fully, filter it and keep aside.

5) Make the tomato salsa by mixing chopped tomato, chopped onion, chopped green chilies, chopped cucumber, coriander leaves, lime juice and salt to taste.

6) Heat a pan, add 1 tsp butter, add thinly slice bell peppers, add a pinch salt & black pepper. And sauté it.

7) For making burrito bowl, in a bowl first serve 1/3rd cup of flavored rice, add 2 tbsp of flavored black-eyed peas, add 2 tbsp of flavored brown rajma, few sautéed bell peppers, few avocado slices, add few chopped black olives, add 2 tsp cheese, add 1 tsp sour cream, 1 tsp chipotle vegan mayo, 1 tsp chipotle peppers in adobe sauce. Mix everything well, garnish with chopped onions and enjoy eating.

8) For making tortilla burrito, first knead the dough using ½ cup all-purpose flour, add ½ cup cornmeal, add ½ tsp salt, add 2 tsp oil (for 5 tortillas), 1/4th tsp baking powder. Rest it for 10 minutes. Then make 5 dough balls from it.

9) Heat a tawa and make roti kind of shape from the dough ball using dough pin. Make the roti by applying ½ tsp oil in each side of the roti.

10) Take a plate, put the tortilla and stuff with the same filling as like as burrito bowl. And now fold properly. Garnish with chopped onions and the tortilla burrito is ready to serve.

 

Note: - The sour cream, chipotle peppers in adobe sauce and chipotle vegan mayo are store bought.

 

 

***Please try the above dishes in your free time and let me know your review. Thank you so much in advance. ***

 

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