Its breakfast time - German potato pancakes

Looks can be deceptive. That’s what I thought when I made today's breakfast.

I always like heavy and fulfilling breakfast and did not want to spend too much time cooking. So I made German potatoes Pancakes

What is that 1st thing which comes to your mind when you think of pancakes

1)     Pretentious
2)  Never Heard of

I can vouch for that once you done cooking, those ideas will vanish from your head

What you need and I am sure you will have in the house

• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoons all-purpose flour – Maida
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder – Even if you do not add, its fine
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 6 medium potatoes, peeled and shredded
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil

In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper. Mix in potatoes and onion.Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. 

By using a big kitchen spoon which looks like 

 Put the batter in the oil to fry

Make sure you Press to flatten. Cook for 4-5 minutes on each side, until browned and crisp.

You can make this for your friends or guests when you have them over for breakfast… add some other fancy stuffs as side dishes and its all good

Would like to add that the picture of pancake is taken from Google as my camera battery died before I took a picture however that picture is the closest to what I made looks like

Healthy breakfast snack

This one tried, when I wanted a snack, nothing too heavy, leftovers not be wasted.

I had made some Chole one night and when I saw my fridge the next day, I knew I was not in for another round of Chole-Rice or did not want to fry those pooris again.

I made a quick snack with whatever I could find in my kitchen.

I made 3 big chapattis – Atta and not maida ok

• First I washed the cooked Chole in water (Mind you, here I am talking about the Chole masala that I had cooked the day before).
• some onions (You can use depending on your taste)
• one half cucumber
• one small raw tomato (Fine!!! I did not. I just wrote that to make the recipe sound good okay..but you know, you should add tomatoes. I don’t eat raw tomatoes but I have been told that it tastes good)
• 2 green chilies
• One big sized potato (Boiled and cut in small cubes)

I made some pudina chutney by mixing pudina, one clove of garlic, little salt, little sugar and mix them in the mixer with very little water.

My cabbage was good to be thrown but I took out the outer rotten leaves and was left with very small tiny cabbage which helped

NOTE – you can add any kind of vegetables that you want. I just don’t like to add too many as it confuses my taste buds.

After I got all the ingredients chopped, I was ready.

Now that I have it all, I mixed it all together, took one chapatti, put the mixture in between, spread some pudina chutney.rolled it, ducked the chappati from behind and awesome…. Healthy snack ever. No oil, No masala, no leftovers.. yeeehhh

I wont say try with bread because.. than you loose the authenticity of it.You can also use the chapattis that you made the night. It is nice to eat even if the chapattis are crispy – Just like Tacos ;)

I saw this on TV once. Some Indian street food vendor was making it in South Africa… Can you beat it… It’s a hit in that country

Easiest and quickest Spaghetti and something extra

There are 1000s ways to cook spaghetti and on the internet you will find plenty of recipes. My recipe is no different. I just have a tip on how you can make spaghetti easily and very quickly.If you think, early morning, you need a quick bite and do not have the time to cook, on a weekend, prepare the sauce and keep it refrigerated. The sauce is the life of spaghetti ( 4 people)

Now without much complication, make the sauce.You would need -

1) 8-10 ripe tomatoes

2) 4-5 onions

3) 4 cloves of garlic

4) Use basil/ tulsi leaves if you have but even if you do not have, don’t fret on it.

5) Salt and sugar

Now boil the tomatoes for 2-3 minutes. Than take the tomatoes and keep it aside in a small bucket of iced water. Remember even if you dont have that, it is absolutely fine because it is done to retain the color of the sauce. So like I said "dont fret on it".. Oh by the way peel the skin off. In the meantime, slice the onions thinly and fry them in little oil till they are little brownish, add chopped garlic, red chilly powder, salt based on taste and 2 teaspoon of sugar. Fry for 4-5 minutes and in low flame and keep aside

Boil 1 cup of water in another pan, crush the tomatoes and add into the water. Also add the fried onions and the rest of the mixture. Once all the ingredients are little soft, please take out the basil leaf and mix them all together to make a puree in a mixer.

OK, every household has a mixer, however keeping in mind that my recipes are written based on the idea that “I can cook without getting it complicated”, you can crush the puree in a manual grinder as well. It really does not matter.

And guess what – that’s your sauce. That’s the basic thing that you need to make spaghetti

Now in a pan, Add 8-10 cups of water and once the water starts boiling, add the spaghetti and cook for 8-10 minutes. Boil till they are not crunchy and its ok to for the noodles to be little hard in the centre. Once it is cooked, take it out, wash it under cold water and in another pan, add the noodles and the sauce and cook for another 5-6 minutes and it is done my friend

I made this in the morning :)

Here is another tip – if you do not have spaghetti – do you have Maggie – Yes my friend!!! In a pan, boil the Maggie with little water and DO NOT add the masala. Once the Maggie is about to be cooked, add the sauce and let is cook for 1 minute or so that you made and see the wonder