Health for life

Usually chilly idlies are prepared with leftover idlies,i prepare my idly batter once a week. Obviously we always have leftover idlies at home. Sometimes i finish them as upma or else ill reheat it and have with any chutneys.For the third day of blogging marathon, i combined leftover mini idlies with leftover cooked chickpeas for making this chilly idly, both together turned out dinner simply awesome.

For my surprise even my daughter who hates idlies enjoyed thoroughly and everyone at home loved it.This chilly idly goes for a easy breezy preparation,you can add very much any sort of veggies but i just went for cubed green bellpeppers and chickpeas.Since i had mini idlies, i added them directly to make this dish, in case if you have usual idly, just cut them as small cubes and make out this dish.Sending this rice to my event Healthy Diet-Fast & Quick Healthy Dish guest hosted by Kalpana.Check out the marathoners running this 22nd edition of blogging marathon here.


15nos Mini Idlies
1/2cup Cooked chickpeas
1no Onion (big & sliced lengthwise)
1tsp Ginger garlic paste
2tbsp Tomato ketcup
2tbsp Soya sauce
1tsp Chilly sauce
1/4tsp Garam masala powder
1no Green bellpepper (cubed)
Oil

Heat oil, add the sliced onions,ginger garlic paste and saute until the onions turns transculent.

Add now the cubed bellpeppers, saute for few minutes.

Add the mini idlies,chickpeas, saute for few minutes.

Finally add the ketchup,soya sauce,chilly sauce and garam masala,cook until the idlies gets well coated.

Serve hot immediately.

Hope you all had a fabulous ganesh chathurthi celebrations, mine went well and we had a fantastic feast yesterday with our favourite foods. Coming to this yummy savoury balls, i prepared them quickly before yesterdays pooja, as i want something savoury for prasadams. This uppu kozhukattais take hardly less than half an hour to get ready and they tastes super delicious. Onions and chickpeas gives a wonderful flavour and taste to this easy breezy kozhukattais.With Ragi Paal Kozhukattais,Red Rice Ammini Kozhukattais and this onion chickpeas savoury balls we celebrated our favourite god Ganeshas birthday yesterday and enjoyed this healthy foods thoroughly..Sending to my own event Healthy Dish-Steamed Foods guest hosted by Jaleela of Cookbookjaleela,my own event CWS-Chickpeas guest hosted by Kavi of Foodmania and to Pritis Festive Food Ganesh Chaturthi.


1cup Rice flour
2cups Water
1no Onions (large and chopped)
1/2cup Chickpeas (cooked & mashed slightly)
2tbsp Grated coconut
1/2tsp Mustard seeds
1/2tsp Urad dal
1/2tsp Channadal
2nos Dry red chillies (broken)
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
Oil
Salt
Few curry leaves

Heat enough oil, let splutters the mustard seeds,urad dal,channadal, add the broken red chillues,asafoetida powder and curry leaves, fry until the chillies turns brown.

Now add the chopped onions, saute until they turns transculent, add immediately the water, grated coconut and bring everything to boil.

Once the water starts boiling, add the mashed chickpeas,cook for few more seconds.

Add the rice flour to the cooking water and put the flame in simmer,stir well until the rice flour gets well cooked and turn as a thick dough.

Keep aside and let them cool completely.

Knead the cooked spiced rice flour dough and make medium sized balls out of it.

Steam cook for 10-15minutes and enjoy warm.

Cauliflower is one of our family favourite veggie, cook it either in steam or in curry everyone at home will definitely enjoy this veggie. Actually cauliflower season is between november to may here, but thanks to frozen section we get this cauliflower florets easily anytime. Have you ever tried combining both cauliflower and channa?? if not give a try..I cooked this beautiful dish today for our lunch and served along with rice and kurma.

With leftover gobi channa, i quickly finished them as this super filling wrap with some homemade chappathis.Obviously our dinner was this fantastic,protein packed wrap. To make this gobi channa more flavourful and healthier, i added some kasuri methi.A super satisfying and definitely a healthy wrap to carry if you are planning for a picnic.Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#27.Sending to Only Legumes guest hosted by Nalini,event by Pari.



20nos Cauliflower florets
1cup Channa/Chickpeas (soaked and cooked)
2nos Onions (chopped finely)
2nos Tomatoes (chipped finely)
1tsp Ginger garlic paste
1tsp Red chilly powder
1tsp Coriander powder
1/2tsp Garam masala powder
1tsp Fennel seeds
1tbsp Kasuri methi
Salt
Oil

Heat enough oil, let crack the fennel seeds, add immediately the chopped onions and ginger garlic paste, saute until the onions turns transculent.

Add now the chopped tomato pieces and cook until they turns mushy.

Now add the cauliflower florets, cooked chickpeas with red chilly powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and enough salt, saute everything in simmer until the spices gets well mixed with the veggies...

Cook everything in simmer until the oil get separates from the masala.

Immediately add kasuri methi, toss gently until the masala gets well mixed, cook everything in simmer for few minutes and put off the stove.

For wrap:
Chappathis (as per need)
Gobi channa (as per need)

Cook the already prepared chappathis on both sides until they get well cooked.

Place enough gobi channa in chappathis, roll them as a wrap and enjoy.