Pepper 'n Spice

Recipe courtesy :  Tomato Basil Bruschetta And I used red capsicum instead of tomato. I also included the big green chilies used in bajji.

Dry ragi noodles - 150 gms Noodles masala  - 1 tsp Water - 2 cups Spinach -  a bunch Button mushrooms - 7 or 8 Salt - 1 tsp Pepper - 1 tsp Olive oil - 1 Tbsp Boil the water with a pinch of salt. Spoon in the masala  and then immerse the noodles. Allow it to cook in boiling water for 10 mins. Meanwhile, clean the spinach leaves well in some water with a pinch of turmeric. Strain. Also, clean the mushrooms. Slice the mushrooms into small pieces. In a pan, heat the oil. Sprinkle the salt, Add in the mushrooms and stir around for about 5 mins. Add the spinach into the pan and allow it to wilt. The spinach will cook in its own water. Once the water dries up, add the pepper and stir. Strain the cooked noodles and toss it around in the pan with spinach and mushrooms. Take off from heat and serve warm.

Idli batter Mini idli  maker Spoon batter into the idli  maker. The steam will cook the idlis . Once cool, take out the idlis  with a spoon. Serve hot with chammanthi podi. Recipe from Mom

This is an excellent nutritious breakfast. You can choose any stuffing you want. I used mushroom and peas  https://riyasspace.blogspot.com/2014/11/mushroom-peas-saute.html . Layer this in the puttu along with the coconut as made in  https://riyasspace.blogspot.com/2014/11/steamed-rice-cakes.html . Serve with banana! Inspired by hubby

Spaghetti - a fistful Water - 2 cups Broccoli florets - 1 cup Tomato - 1/2 of a small, diced Cheddar cheese - 1/2 cup Olive oil - 1 tsp Salt - 1/2 tsp Pepper - 1/2 tsp Boil the water with a pinch of salt. Add the spaghetti. This pasta will stick out and as the water boils, it will cook and sink into the pot. Meanwhile, sprinkle some water on the broccoli, add a pinch of salt and cook for 2 minutes in the microwave. Allow the spaghetti to cook for about 10 minutes. And then strain. Transfer the spaghetti into a baking dish or glass bowl. Drizzle oil. Add salt, pepper, tomato and broccoli and mix them around. Top it off with cheese. Bake in a preheated oven for 5 minutes or until the cheese melts and looks gooey. I am a big fan of Jamie Oliver. Here's his classic tomato spaghetti recipe  Spaghetti

Ragi flour - 1 tsp Atta (Chapathi flour) - 1 Tbsp Salt - a pinch Water - to sprinkle Beetroot grated - 1 tsp Potato grated - 1 tsp Methi leaves (dry) - 1/4 tsp Butter - 1/2 tsp In a bowl, add the flour. Sprinkle some water and mix together so that it forms a soft ball. Press the grated beetroot with a kitchen paper towel so that it absorbs the water. Mix it with the potato and methi . Make a small well in the chapathi dough and spoon in the vegetable mix. Continue to make a ball. If its too sticky or wet, roll it over some chapathi  flour. Knead the dough till the vegetables are all mixed in. With a chapathi  rolling pin, make a round flat bread. As you make it, dip it in flour so that it is not sticky. Heat a tawa and place the chapathi . Turn it over till it is cooked on both sides. Melt the butter on both sides just before taking it out of the pan.

Brown Bread - 5 slices Vegetable oil - 3 Tbsp Cashewnuts - 2 Tbsp Groundnuts - 3 Tbsp Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Urad dal - 1/2 tsp Bengal gram - 1 tsp Curry leaves -5 Ginger - 1 tsp, grated Chilli  - 1, thinly sliced Onion - 2 small, finely chopped Carrot - 1 small, finely grated Salt - 3/4 tsp To garnish: Coriander leaves - a  fistful Pomegranate pearls - 1 Tbsp Pick the soft inside part of the bread slices and crumble into small pieces. Do the same with the outer edges too. Keep aside. Warm the vegetable oil in a pan. Add cashewnuts  and sitr . Transfer the cashewnuts  to a bowl once it starts to brown. Add the groundnuts to the oil and stir for a few minutes. Transfer the groundnuts to a bowl too once cooked. When the cashews cool. break them into smaller pieces. To the heated oil, add mustard seeds. As soon as they start to sputter, add the dals . Stir and then add the curry leaves. Stir and then add ginger, chilli and salt. Stir for a few seconds and add th