Recipe- Bean Sandwich

Lobia/ Black eye bean Sandwich

Ingredients
Bread Bun (Long or Round type) 6 nos
Cucumber 1 large (Sliced) 
Salt 1 tsp or as per taste 
Crushed Black Pepper 1 tsp
For Cutlets
Lobia/ Black eye bean 0.5 cup
Onion 1 medium (Finely chopped)
Carrot 1 small (Finely chopped)
Capsicum 1 small (Finely chopped)
Salt 1 tsp or as per taste
Roasted Jeera Powder/ Bhuna Jeera Powder 1 tsp
Crushed Black Pepper 1 tsp
Red Chilli flakes 2 tsp
Aamchur Powder 0.5 tsp 
Bread Crumbs 2 tbsp+
Corn Flour 1 tbsp
For Dressing Sauce
Thick Curd 0.5 cup
Cheese Spread/ Mayonnaise (Eggless) 2 tbsp
Grated Carrot 1 tbsp
Grated Capsicum 1 tbsp
Grated Cucumber 1 tbsp
Onion 1 small (Finely chopped)
Crushed Black Pepper 1 tsp
Red Chilli flakes 2 tsp
Salt 0.5 tsp or as per taste

Recipe- Assorted Bagel

Assorted Bagel Bread Basket

Ingredients
Bagel Bread Dough

All Purpose Flour (Maida) 250 Gm 

Dry instant yeast 5 gm

Sugar 0.5 tablespoon

Water 150 ml

Salt 0.5 tsp

Oil/ Unsalted Butter 50 ml

Bagel

Sugar 1 tbsp

Roasted Oregano 2 tbsp (For Dusting)

Roasted Zaatar (Thyme) 2 tbsp (For Dusting)

Chopped Olives 1 tbsp (For Dusting)

Sesame Seeds 2 tbsp (For Dusting)

Chocolate Chips 1 tbsp (For Dusting)

Olive oil 7 tsp

Recipe- Spaghetti Cup Cake

Spaghetti Cup Cake

Ingredients
Boiled Spaghetti 1 cup
Bread Slice 6
Butter 1 tsp
All Purpose Flour (Maida) 1 tsp
Milk 0.5 cup
Sweet corn 2 tbsp (Blanched in salty water)
Olives 1 tbsp (Roughly Chopped)
Cucumber 1 tbsp (Roughly Chopped)
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper Crushed 1 tsp
Cheese 4 tbsp (Grated)

Method

Step 1

• Boil the spaghetti in a salty water and keep aside (Fig 1).
• Preheat the oven at 200°C.
• Grease 6 muffin mold and keep aside.
• Take 0.5 small cup of water in a wide plate and mix with a pinch of salt.
• Now take one slice of bread and dip in water for a second turn and dip other side as well.
• Now press the bread slice firmly with your palm to remove excessive water (Fig 2).
• Now set this slice inside the muffin mold in a way that it takes shape of a muffin mold (Fig 3).
• Do the same with all bread slices (Fig 4).
• Now bake them at 200°C for 10 minutes after that bake at 160°C for another 10-15 minutes.
• Making sure you do not want to make the bread crispy.

Step 2

• Meanwhile lets make a white sauce.
• For that take 1 tsp butter in a non stick pan and heat on medium flame.
• When heated enough add 1tsp maida and fry till pink in color.
• Now switch off the flame and add milk stirring continuously so that no lumps form.
• Let the milk boil on medium flame and keep stirring at regular intervals (Fig 5).
• When a boil comes reduce the flame to low and let it cook for 5-6 minutes.
• Now add salt and crushed black pepper, mix well.
• Add sweet corn, olives and cucumbers, mix well.
• Let it cook for further 6-7 minutes (Fig 6).
• When milk is thick in consistency add grated cheese and mix well.
• Cook for another 2-3 minutes keeping it stir so that no lumps can form.
• White sauce is ready, switch off the flame, cover the pan and keep aside.

Step 3

• By then the bread slices must have baked enough (Fig 7).
• Check and remove from the oven and fill it with boiled spaghetti (Fig 8).
• Now pour aprox 1 tbsp of white sauce over the spaghetti (Fig 9).
• Top it with some grated cheese (Fig 10).
• And bake it again in preheated oven at 200°C for 10 minutes ot until the cheese looks golden brown in color (Fig 11).
• When done remove from the oven and let it cool enough to handle.
• Take the spaghetti cup cakes out of the mold (Fig 12).
• Serve hot.

Tips

• While setting the bread slices in molds, be careful as it might break.
• But do not worry if it breaks do patch work as after baking it will look fine.
• But be careful as no holes should be left otherwise the filling may come out later.
• Keep checking while baking it as we do not want the bread crispy.
• While making white sauce do not over burn the maida.
• While adding milk switch off the flame to avoid lumps.
• Keep stirring at regular intervals making sure no lumps can form.
• You may add your choice of vegetables.
• Boil white sauce to required consistency.
• Be careful while unmolding the spaghetti cup cakes as it is really hot.

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Recipe- Aalu Tikki Toast

Aalu Tikki Toast

Ingredients
Bread Slices 6
Boiled Potato 1 medium (Grated)
Onion 1 medium (Roughly Chopped)
Hing /Asafoetida 1 pinch
Roasted Jeera /Cumin Powder 1 tsp
Red Chilli Powder 1 tsp
Lemon Juice 1 tsp
Black Salt 0.5 tsp
Salt 0.5 tsp (or according to taste)

Method

• Take grated boiled potato in a bowl.
• Add roughly chopped onion, hing, roasted jeera powder. red chilli powder, black salt and salt, mix well.
• Now add lemon juice and mix to a smooth paste.
• Spread the potato (aalu) paste over the bread slices.
• Heat a non stick tawa on medium flame.
• Apply 1 tsp ghee or oil on the potato (aalu) paste side of breads and fry on tawa at low flame.
• Turn and fry the other side of bread till it becomes crispy.
• Enjoy with ketchup.

Tips

You may also use instant dry potato flakes instead of boiled potato.If serving to kids, adjust salt and chili according to your child's taste and tolerance.

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Recipe- Bread Dough

Bread Dough

Ingredients

All Purpose Flour (Maida) 500 Gm 

Dry instant yeast 8 gm

Sugar 1 tablespoon

Water 300 ml

Salt 1 tsp

Oil/ Unsalted Butter 100 ml

Method

• In a big deep bowl take 100 ml warm water.
• Add sugar and yeast, mix slowly, cover the bowl and leave for 10 mins.
• Meanwhile sift maida into another bowl.
• Check after 10 minutes the yeast will raise and bubbles should form.
• Now add 200 ml warm water, 100 ml oil or melted unsalted butter to that and mix well.
• Now add salt and half of maida.
• Now mix well and keep adding small amounts of maida (you may not have to use it all) to make soft and nonsticky dough. 
• Then knead for further 10 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic.
• Shape the dough like a ball and put in a greased big bowl.
• Cover loosely with a cling film making sure no air can go inside.
• Leave in a warm place or inside microwave (of course in a switch off mode) for around 1-2 hours.
• By then it should become double or triple in size.
• Take the dough out and punch it a few times 
• Your bread dough is ready to bake any type of bread.

Tips

• First of all check if yeast is not bubbled, discard it. That means yeast is not good or it might be very old to use.
• For better results sift the maida 2-3 times.
• The ratio of water and maida may vary depending upon weather condition or quality of maida. So you may not need to use whole 500 gms of maida. first add half and then keep adding the remaining maida in small batches to make a soft, light and non sticky dough.
• Knead the dough until you feel it a bit lighter in weight.
• Baking is always a hit and trial method as the baking time and temperature may vary on different weather conditions, the type of oven, the quality of maida and yeast. So don't worry if you do no get it right in first attempt. Keep trying and surely you will be successful next time :).

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Recipe- Bread Pav

Bread Pav

Ingredients

All Purpose Flour (Maida) 500 Gm 

Dry instant yeast 8 gm

Sugar 1 tablespoon

Water 300 ml

Salt 1 tsp

Oil/ Unsalted Butter 100 ml

Method

• In a big deep bowl take 100 ml warm water.
• Add sugar and yeast, mix slowly, cover the bowl and leave for 10 mins.
• Meanwhile sift maida in another bowl.
• Check after 10 minutes the yeast will raise and bubbles should form.
• Now add 200 ml warm water, 100 ml oil or melted unsalted butter to that and mix well.
• Now add salt and half of maida.
• Now mix well and keep adding small amounts of maida (you may not have to use it all) to make soft and nonsticky  dough. 
• Then knead for further 10 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic.
• Shape the dough like a ball and put in a greased big bowl.
• Cover loosely with a cling film making sure no air can go inside.
• Leave in a warm place or inside microwave (of course in a switch off mode) for around 1-2 hours.
• By then it should become double or triple in size.

• Take the dough and punch it a few times. 
• Now grease your palm and make small sized balls out of the dough.
• Grease all dough balls and arrange next to each other in a greased deep baking tray.
• Cover with a cling film and keep it in a warm place for another half to one hour or until it becomes double in size.
• Meanwhile preheat the oven at 210°C.
• When the dough balls looks double in size bake them at 200°C in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.
• Check after 20 minutes if the pav crust is brown else bake it for further 5-10 minutes at 180°C.
• Once done apply melted butter over the pavs and cover with a plate until it cools down completely.
• When cold enough take it out from the baking tray and wrap in a plastic bag.
• Serve as part of Pav Bhaji, Vada Pav and many more.

Tips

• First of all check if yeast is not bubbled, discard it. That means yeast is not good or it might be very old to use.
• For better results sift the maida 2-3 times.
• The ratio of water and maida may vary depending upon weather conditions or quality of maida. So you may not need to use whole 500 gms of maida. first add half and then keep adding the remaining maida in small batches to make a soft, light and non sticly dough.
• Knead the dough until you will feel bit lighter in weight.
• While making pavs you need to arrange the dough balls close to each other as you may want pavs to stick together. 
• Use deep baking tray as the pav will expand nearly double in size.
• You may feel the pav crust hard after baking. But do not worry brush some butter and cover the pan completely, the steam inside the hot pavs will make it soft.
• You may store the pavs in a airtight plastic bag.
• Baking is always a hit and trial method as the baking time and temperature may vary on different weather conditions, the type of oven, the quality of maida and yeast. So dont worry if you don't get it right in the first attempt. Keep trying and surely you will be successful next time :).

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Recipe- Kiddo Pizza

Kiddo Pizza

Ingredients
Bread Slice 4
Pizza Sauce 4 tsp
Cheese spread or Butter 2-3 tsp
Carrot 2 tbsp (grated)
Capsicum 2 tbsp (chopped)
Onion 2 tbsp (chopped)
Sweet Corn 2 tbsp 
Olives 1 tbsp (chopped)
Paneer 2 tbsp (grated)
Olive oil 1 tbsp 
Salt to taste
Crushed Black Pepper few pinchs

Method

• Preheat the oven at 180°C.
• Apply cheese spread (or butter) on the bread slices.
• Spread pizza sauce on bread slices.
• Cut the slices in to round shape.
• Place the bread leftovers on top of individual slices.
• Make layers of carrot, capsicum and onion (in that order only as the top most layer which is onion needs to be baked).
• Sprinkle some salt over vegetables.
• Now place some sweetcorn and olives.
• Cover with grated paneer.
• Pour  few drops of olive oil over paneer.
• Bake Kiddo pizzas in a preheated oven at 180°C for around 8-10 minutes (or until crisp and golden brown in color).

Tips
Adjust crushed black pepper according to your child taste and tolerance.
You can choose the vegetables as per your child's choice.
If you do not have pizza sauce available, substitute with tomato ketchup.

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Recipe- Bread Poha

Bread Poha

Ingredients
Bread slice 6 (Cut into 1 inch pcs)
Tomato 1 small (Roughly chopped)
Onion 1 small (Sliced in thin strips)
Carrot 1 small (Sliced in thin strips)
Capsicum 1 small (Sliced in thin strips)
Crushed black pepper 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp (or according to taste)
Turmeric Powder 1 tsp
Red chili Powder 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds 1 tsp
Tomato Ketchup 1 tbsp
Ghee 

Method
Take 1 tbsp ghee in a deep non stick pan and heat on medium flame.
When ghee is hot enough add 1 tsp Mustard seeds and let it cracker.
Add Onion and fry till change in color.
Add Turmeric powder, Red chili powder and tomato fry again.
Add all other vegetables, fry for few seconds, cover the pan and reduced the flame to low .
Check after 4-5 minutes when vegetables are soft mix with 0.5 tsp salt and 1 tbsp tomato ketchup.
Cover the pan and leave on low flame for 1-2 minute.
Raise the flame to high and add bread pcs, pour ghee and sprinkle salt.
Toss well on high flame when bread pcs starts looking crispy and golden brown in color, switch off the flame and sprinkle crushed blacked pepper.
Serve hot. 

Tips
You can use yellow or red capsicum as well to make the dish more colorful.
To make it more healthier add sprouted green moong with vegetables.
If serving to kids, adjust salt and chili according to your child taste and tolerance.

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Recipe- Bread Uttpam

Bread Uttpam

Ingredients
Bread slice 6
Suji/ Semolina 3 tbsp
Curd 1 tbsp
Crushed black pepper 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp or according to taste
Chopped onion 2 tbsp
Chopped tomato 1 tbsp
Chopped carrot 1 tbsp
Chopped capsicum 1 tbsp

Method

• Take suji in a deep bowl add curd and salt and mix well.
• Add sufficient water to make a thick paste.
• Cover and keep aside for 1-2 hours.
• Add chopped vegetables, black pepper and pinch of salt mix well.
• Spread the mixture over the bread slices.
• Heat non stick tawa on a medium flame.
• Apply 1 tsp ghee or oil on the mixture side of bread and fry on tawa at low flame.
• Turn and fry as well other side of bread till crispy.
• Enjoy with ketchup.

Tips
You can use yellow or red capsicum as well to make the dish more colorful.
If serving to kids, adjust salt and chili according to your child taste and tolerance.

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