Sesame Beans Stir Fry

French beans are Lightly Stir fried with sesame seeds and dessicated coconut. This side dish very well goes with rice or roti. Takes very less time to cook and very delicious.

Sesame seeds are power houses of healthy fats, protein and fiber. Sesame seeds also contains minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, pottasium, zinc , copper, selenium.

Ingredients:

2 cups chopped french beans

1/2 tsp Panch phoron(mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds,nigella seeds and aniseed)

1 Tsp Sesame seeds

1 tsp Dessicated coconut

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp turmeric

1 Green Chili Chopped

1 Tbsp olive oil

Heat oil in a pan add panch phoron . when it starts to splutter add green chillies and beans to it.

Season with salt and turmeric powder. let it cook for 5-6 mins till the beans are cooked but still crunchy.

now sprinkle the sesame seeds and cook for a minute.At the end add dessicated coconut and switch off the flame.

Paneer Tikka

Paneer Tikka is healthy easy and great for starters. Marinate it and let it rest for couple of hours and then you can bake it for 15 minutes when you want to serve. For Marination I have used hung curd , readily available Tandoori masala powder and lots of garlic paste and lots of kasoori methi .
One of my favourite healthy starter and even a special kid friendly recipe as my toddler also loves it.

Ingredients:

250 gms Paneer Cubed

1 Medium Green Capsicum

1/2 cup Hung Curd/ Yoghurt

Salt to taste

Red Chilli powder to taste

2 Tbsp Garlic Paste

1 Tbsp Tandoori masala powder

1 Tbsp Kasoori methi

1 Tbsp Olive oil

Mix everything together and marinate the paneer and capsicum for 3-4 hours. You can even marinate for overnight in the refrigerator.

Bake in an pre heated oven for 15 minutes at 200c and then grill it for 2 minutes for nice golden colour.

Creamy Spring Greens

One of my favourite way to have the spring greens . The chopped Spring greens are stir fried with lots of Garlic and little green chillies and then cooked with milk and cooked rice.
I just love to have a bowl of that on its own. Most of the things you need in this recipe must be in your pantry and refrigerator already. If you have left over rice and you have bought Spring greens then this is it. Lets start preparing it.

Ingredients:
2 Cups of chopped Spring Greens
1/4 cup Left over cooked Rice
1 Cup of Milk
4-5 Cloves of garlic Chopped
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1 Tbsp Olive oil
Salt to taste

In a pressure cooker heat oil , add garlic and stir fry for 30 sec and then add the spring greens and salt and stir fry for a minute. Now add the left over rice and milk to it and pressure cook for 1 whistle.
Enjoy this healthy dish for your Lunch or Dinner.