Microwave Caramel Popcorn

Another easy recipe to make when you  are having a kids party around. They will surely be a huge hit with the kids. Once you taste it you will never ask for the regular popcorn. The caramel flavour will surely tempt you. sending this easy popcorn to MEC- Kids party food guest hosted by Priyanka event by Srivalli



You need:
Corn Kernels               1/2cup
Dark Brown Sugar       3/4cup
Oil

Microwave Matta Rice Flakes/ Aval Laddu

Once again laddus in microwave but this time with Matta rice flakes. The matta rice is typically used in kerala cuisine and is typical whole grain, very very healthy especially fo the kids. This is very easy to make within 5 minutes in a microwave. It tasted great and I found an easy way to make jr eat wholegrains without any fuss.
Sending this to Divya's show-me-your-wholegrains, Priya's CWS-

Mixed Sprouts And Soy Cutlets/ Patties

Still had some sprouts in my fridge and thought why not make them into cutlets. Didnt want to use regular potatoes for filling hence used soy kheema and to bind them I used oats powder. Added few spices and voila! the cutlets didnt let me down. They were soooooo delicious. You can also use soy chunks if you dont have soy kheema but see to it that it comes to about 1 cup. Frying in tawa with less

Microwave Rava laddu

This is the first time I am preparing sweets in microwave and was quite excitied about it.Since weekend is approaching had to prepare sweets and my first trial was rava laddu. Usually laddus are favorites with both my hubby and jr but had to stand in front of hot stove roasting the rawa and grinding them to a fine powder and making laddus. What a hard work! But now I can make them in microwave in

Instant French Doughnuts

Again with a easy recipe. I made these with Day old French Bread  and It tasted like Doughnuts and hence the name. Very easy to prepare and under 15 - 20 minutes. Perfect for breakfast or snack or for kids lunch or snacks box.



You need:
French Bread                      8 slices(thick)
Egg                                     1nos(extra large)
Milk                                    1cup

Mixed Sprouts Chappati

Sprouts are one dish that is packed with nutrition like vitamins, proteins etc., all together. There was one packet of mixed sprouts which I purchased last week but just didnt know what to do. No one was prepared to have them as salad. Put on my thinking cap and there stuck an idea. Why dont I make them into chappatis. So cooked them and added onoins, chillies, wheat flour, soy flour and made

Sagu Biyyam Murukku/ Javaarisi murukku

This was last month's challenge for ICC but couldnt participate coz of chicken pox. But I wanted to make them coz they sounded soo crispy. So on Friday I made this Murukku and to be honest they were really really tasty. RA and jr loved them a lot and my son came asking for it again again " Amma give me muruk"
" Amma give me muruk". It was so crispy and definitely this is my first homemade murukku

Moroccan Batbout/ Pita Bread

Moroccan food always fascinates me especially their cookies and breads. Their food is simple to make and this Batbout is similar to the pita bread and it was very easy to make and tasty too. You dont need oven to make this bread  and these can be made in tawa  itself. We had it with hummus and kheema curry and wow it was very tasty. These Batbout can be frozen and heated in microwave for later

Marie Delight

I would call it three in one post. Yes! one recipe which suits all the three events hosted by my fellow bloggers.
First the intro for Marie delight. Its an easy breezy snacks to prepare in seconds just needs two ingredients n no cooking.



Now lets go for the events:
Im dedicating this dish to my mother and sending this to Mother's Day Event hosted by Jyothi.  My mother used to make this and

Milagai Bajji/ chilli fritters

Back to the blogger world after a gap of 14 days. O My gosh! I just couldnt imagine how those days passed by doing nothing. Missed blogging and cooking.Yes! didnt do any cooking due to chicken pox. But my mind was always thinking about cooking and cooking only. Now back with a bang and a hot dish"Milagai bajji!" the name always reminds me of the exhibitions held in Chennai and  the cool cool

A change in name

Dear friends dont get confused . All the time Ive been using pet name for blog. my blog is now connected with Twitter and Face Book where my original name is used. So to clear doubts and confusion I will hereby use my original name " niloufer riyaz" in my blogger world

A short break

Friends taking a short break for a week or so. Down with chicken pox. Missing blogging and visiting your blogs.
Hope to recover soon and start blogging again

Participation Awards

Two more participation awards: one from Ruchika



And another from Nithu Bala




Thank you Ruchika and Nithu. Your awards motivate me very much.

Broccoli and Potato Bonda

Got bored of making the same old patato bonda. Give a new try with these broccoli and Potato Bonda.
Even kids who dislikes briccoli will love this crispy and Tasty bonda.



You need:
Broccoli and Potato Stuffing                        1/3rd recipe
Besan flour                                                  1/2cup
Rice Flour                                                    1/4cup
Chilli powder

Broccoli stuffed chappati

This is my second venture using the stuffing. Our simple stuffed chappati. With no more intro going ahead with the recipe



You need:
Wheat flour                                    1 1/4cup
Broccoli and potato stuffing            1/3rd recipe
Salt
Oil to fry

Preparation:
Make a soft dough with wheat flour, salt and water. Divide them into 7 equal parts.
Flatten out a ball place the stuffing and

Broccoli Soy Pulkas

This is my first recipe using the broccoli stuffing. I made Pulkas with Soy flour, wheat flour  and the stuffing.The pulkas were extremely soft and tasty. There was no bitterness from the broccoli and my son who dislikes green vegetables gobbeled up the pulkas fast. You can serve them on their own or serve it with raita.
This also makes a great picnic dish and also perfect for your kids lunch box

3n1 Broccoli and Potato Stuffing

Every time I open my refrigerator the broccoli which i got from the market will ask "what are you going to do with me, Im lying in the fridge for a week!". Yes I was in a utter state of confusion as what to prepare with Broccoli. Then I thought why not make a stuffing with potato and I not only Got a great stuffing but also I found three new dishes which I will be posting later. You can make

Kiwi and Sweet melon Salad

Again something new and simple to prepare with kiwis and sweet melon. The green colour was so refreshing and we all relished the salad after our dinner as dessert. Sending this cool salad to Usha's Healthy inspirations- Salads and Madhuri's Serve me some Salads and finally to Indrani's Spotlight- Summer food& Drinks



You need:
Kiwi ( chopped)                 1 1/2nos
Sweet melon ( chopped)    

Kiwi and Sweet melon juice

Bought kiwi and sweet melons last week and was just pondering as what to try something new and made this simple juice which tasted very good with the slight sourness of kiwi and sweetness of melon.The green colour looked so refreshing as the taste. Try and you will surely love it.
Sending this recipe to Indrani's Spot light- Summer food & Drinks




You need:
Sweet melon                    

Gothumai ravai Kheer/ Cracked wheat/Dalia Kheer

Gothumai ravai or Dalia or cracked wheat is something what we usually make upma for diabetic people. But here is the recipe for a delicious kheer and it is sinfully rich. This kheer is served compulsory in South Indian Muslim weddings. No wedding cuisine gets complete without this kheer and is usuallu topped with thakkali inippu pachadi (sweet tomato chutney) we call it either phirni or kanji.

Fatoush

Fatoush is a simple arabic salad made with cucumber n tomatoes with crispy pita breads or khubus. There are various recipes for making fatoush but here is a simple one. Sending this cool salad to Usha's Healthy inspirations event- salad and Madhuri's serve-me-some-salads




You need:
Cucumber(peeled n diced)              1 cup
Tomato ( diced)                              3/4 cup
Khubus/ pita

Rajma kheer

Rajma or kidney beans is very rich soluble fiber and helps in reducing cholestrol. Making kheer in Rajma is something unusual. Its very tasty n healthy too. When you want to make something different try out this kheer and you will definitely love it. Sending this to Anitha's Vegetable Marathon-Beans , and to Priya's CWS- cardamom seeds and to MLLA # 22 guest hosted by Ruchika event by Susan and  

My first participation Award

This is my first award I got for participating in  EFM- series parathas and curries. thank you Srilekha.