Health for life

For my third day of blogging marathon, am posting here a low fat version of kofta, prepared with soyachunks and potatoes.Usually koftas are fried either by deepfrying or shallowfrying, being a health conscious person i always goes for baked ones. Since a long,i want to give a try to this low fat version after going through some of my bloggers space.Finally i decided to prepare my koftas through appam pan with few drops of oil and am very satisfied with the final result.

Seriously these koftas turned out absolutely pect with a crispy outer. Everyone at home just loved it simply with ketchup. With less oil,this koftas are definitely healthier than the deep fried ones,if you dont like baking this version will definitely helps you a lot. Please get faster your appam pan, if you get a nonstick appam pan you doesnt even need to add those few drops of oil too.Check out the marathoners running this 22nd edition of blogging marathon here.Sending to Kids Delight-Healthy Makeover guest hosted by Rasi, event by Srivalli.


1cup Soyachunks (cooked & grounded as small pieces)
2nos Potatoes (cooked & mashed)
1no Onion (chopped finely)
2nos Green chillies (chopped)
1/2cup Roasted gram flour/pottukadala maavu
Salt
1tsp Garam masala powder
Few curryleaves
Oil

Take the grounded soyachunks,mashed potatoes,chopped chillies,chopped onions,roasted gramflour,salt,garam masala powder and curry leaves together in a bowl.

Mix well and make small balls with this mixture.

Heat the appam pan,drop few drops of oil.

Once the oil is hot,drop gently the already prepared balls to the warm oil,put the flame in medium and cook on both sides until the crust turns brown.

Serve hot with ketchup.

After a long we, a bunch of food bloggers are going to run a whole month of blogging marathon. So this month is going to be bit hectic for me as i have few more challenges and many more household stuffs to to. Srivalli,the brain child of this blogging marathon proposed this four weeks of blogging with four themes for a week. Thats sounds truly very interesting na, for this first week its going to be occasional.. Anything that goes under this category is going to be showcased during this whole week and ill posting from today onwards my special occasional dishes, which suits pectly for a birthday party.

For the first day, i want to share a kids friendly starter, a starter is a must for a party and i cant imagine mine without a starter. Kids love to have finger foods very much as their starters, frankies works wonder among kids, if its with paneer am sure they will just love it.I tried adding minced soya to make the stuffing more interesting and healthy at the same time along with paneer. Kids will rarely say no to frankies, frankies are quite easy to prepare,if in case you make mini frankies the preparation time goes seriously less time when compared to the usual frankies.Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#27.



For the dough:
1/2cup All purpose flour
1/2cup Wheat flour
2tbsp Oil
Salt
1/4tsp Baking powder

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl,mix well and knead as a stiff dough with enough water, keep aside for half an hour.

Roll out thin large chappathis from the prepared dough.

Heat a non stick tawa, put the chappathi, drizzle some oil and cook until they get well cooked on both sides.

For stuffing:
1cup Paneer (crumbled)
1/4cup Minced soya granules (cooked)
1/2cup Green capsicum (chopped)
2nos Onions (large & chopped finely)
1tsp Ginger garlic paste
2nos Green chillies (chopped)
1/2tsp Red chilly powder
1/2tsp Garam masala powder
1tsp Coriander powder
Few chopped coriander leaves
1/2tsp Fennel seeds (crushed)
Salt
Oil

Heat enough oil in a pan, fry the crushed fennel seeds, add immediately the chopped onions,chopped green chillies and ginger garlic paste,saute until the raw smell goes away..

Add the cooked soya granules, crumbled paneer,chopped green capsicum,salt,red chilly powder,garam masala powder and coriander powder,cook everything in simmer until everything gets well cooked..

Finally add the chopped coriander leaves and put off the stove.

Keep aside.

Assembling:

Put enough stuffing in the centre of the prepared chappathis, fold it tightly..

Cut the rolled rolls as two equal rolls, wrap it with a aluminium foil. Finish the remaining chappathis.

Serve with ketchup.

Baingan bharta is my all time favourite dish, every time i search for a different bharta recipe. While going through my cookbook collection, finally i got an interesting baingan bharta from Sanjeev kapoor book.Sanjeev Kapoor the famous Indian chef who cook fabulously with anything doesnt need any introduction among Indians. While going through his cookbook, i got this soya baingan bharta,immediately i cooked this protein rich baingan bharta for our lunch. This dish tastes fantabulous with rotis also goes awesome as a filling for making sandwiches. Roasted eggplant and minced soya works wonder in this dish, an incredible side dish to sneak soya granules in your diet.

Am running this weeks blogging marathon with Favourite Celebrity Chef Recipes as theme,obviously this soya baingan bharta suits pectly for the theme. If you are searching anything new,delicious,healthy and a quick side dish, just make this protein rich baingan bharta with both eggplants and minced soyachunks am sure everyone at home will definitely love this fantastic dish.Also this soya baingan bharta is definitely a wonderful dish to feed the protein packed, nutritious soya granules to everyone at home.Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#33.Sending to Srivallis Side dish Mela..