QUICK SAUSAGE WHEAT BREAD ROLL WITH VEGETABLES SOUR CREAM DIP

Ingredients:

For bread roll:

Whole wheat - 2 cups

Baking powder - 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Smoked sausages - 6 (if long then take 6 and cut into 2)

Beaten egg yolk for egg wash

For Dip:

Sour cream - 1 cup

Grated garlic - 1/2 tsp

Grated zucchini - 1/2 cup

Grated carrots - 1/2 cup
Grated fennel bulbs - 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Mix baking powder and salt to wheat flour. Add water to make a stiff dough. 

Now make 6 balls out of the dough. 

Roll smoked sausages into the dough.

Shape into an oval and cut slightly over it to avoid crack.

Arrange in a tray and bake for about 20 mins until it is golden brown.

In the mean time grate the vegetables and mix with sour cream and add salt to taste.

When done serve hot.

SWEET PONGAL (PRESSURE COOKER METHOD)

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 3/4 cup

Dehusked green gram splits - 3/4 cup

Jaggery - 1 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Broken Cashews - 1/2 cup

Dry grapes - 1/4 cup

Chopped coconut - 2 tbsp

Ghee - 1 tbsp +  1/4 cup

Salt - 2 pinches

Preparation:

Dry roast green gram splits until a nice flavour releases. Take rice and green gram splits in a pressure cooker and add 5 1/4 cups water.Add salt and 1 tablespoon ghee. Stir and allow water to boil.

Now close with lid and pressure cook it for 5 mins after first whistle.In the meantime cut coconut into small pieces. Take cashews and dry grapes and keep aside. After 5 minutes remove the cooker from flame and wait until pressure releases. Then open and add cardamom powder and jaggery.

Heat 1/4 cup oil in a pan. Add chopped coconut and stir until it turns golden.


Now add cashews and after it turns golden add dry grapes.


Finally add these roasted things to pongal and mix well until everything gets mixed.



Heat in medium flame for about a minute and serve hot.

QUAIL/ KAADAI ROAST

Ingredients:

Quail/Kaadai - 4 in number

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1 1/2 tbsp

Grated garlic - 1 tbsp

Oil - 1/4 cup

Preparation:

Clean and cut quail into 3 pieces. Legs together and split the body part into two. 

Heat oil in a pan and add garlic.

When raw smell goes add the quail pieces and mix.

 

Mix once in a while until the color changes.

Now add salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder.

Mix well and allow it to cook covering with lid.

When it is almost done add a teaspoon of garam masala and mix until raw flavour goes.


Now serve with any pulao. Eventhough it is very simple it tastes nice with pulao or biryani.