Radish Sprouts Curry

Delicious Radish Sprouts Curry

As we all know, sprouts are packed with lots of nutrition. Sprouts have become an integral part in the daily diet for many people.

There has been a debate whether to eat sprouts raw or cooked. 

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Microwave Milk Sweet (Doodh Peda)

This is the easiest and yummiest sweet. The credit goes to my sister who made these for us when we last visited her. Thank you sis for this wonderful sweet!

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Raisin-Stuffed Apples

Here is another apple recipe from me. I found this recipe accidentally from my collection of recipes and I immediately thought of Srivalli’s MEC: Steamed Dishes event. This is easily done in a microwave within 10 minutes. In this process, the apples are steam cooked in a microwave.

Ingredients:

• 3 Apples (any kind)
• ¼ cup Raisins
• 2 tbsp chopped Cashews (or any mixed nuts)
• 1 tbsp Sugar
• ½ tsp ground Cinnamon
• 1 or 2 tsp Lemon Juice
• 2 tbsp Water

Preparation:

Wash the apples well and core out the seeds.

Then peel off a strip around top of each apple. This prevents the skin from bursting during cooking.

Brush peeled portion of the fruit with a little lemon juice to keep it from turning brown. Keep aside.

In a small bowl, combine raisins, nuts, sugar and cinnamon.

In a 2-quart microwave safe bowl add the water and place the apples in that. Spoon the raisin-nut mixture prepared above, into the cored centers of the apples as in the picture below.

Place the bowl in the microwave, cover and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or till the apples are tender.

During cooking, remove the cover and rearrange the apples so the steam will cook them evenly. At the same time, spoon some of the cooking liquid over the fruit to moisten it.

Before serving, spoon liquid over apples again. Serve warm or cold with liquid. Makes 3 servings.

This is my contribution to dear Srivalli’s MEC: Steamed Dishes event.

This is also my contribution to "Eat Healthy - During Pregnancy” event hosted by Sangeeth.

A joyful Moment:

Dear friend Sailaja has made me so happy by passing the “Yummy Blog Award”. Thank you for thinking about me Sailaja!

Dear friend Madhavi has asked me to scream with joy while passing the “Rocking Girl Blogger” award. Do you hear my scream of joy, Madhavi! Yaaaaaaaahoooooooo! Thank you so much.

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Microwave Apple Jam

As I said previously, thanks to blog events, we are able to put our hand in so many new recipes. But, the satisfaction when we prepare them perfectly is unsurpassable. Here is one such recipe I have never even tried to make, but made it perfect for the first time. Hey! I am talking about the Apple Jam here!

I wanted to contribute for the wonderful event, “Putting Up” being hosted by Rosie of “Rosie Bakes a ‘Peace’ of Cake” and Pixie of “You Say Tomahto, I Say Tomayto”. It’s an event about Jams and Preserves. So I searched and searched and landed on this easy Jam recipe. I chose this recipe for two reasons: I have many apples at home and easily done in a microwave.

Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

• 2 Apples (any kind)
• 1 ½ cups Sugar
• 1 tsp Lemon Juice

Preparation:

Peel, core and chop apples into fine pieces.

Combine apple and sugar in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 3-5 minutes until apples are tender.

Take out from the microwave and beat apple mixture with electric mixer until well blended.

Microwave on high again for 3-4 minutes until the mixture becomes thick. Stir once during the cooking time.

Then finally stir in the lemon juice. Pour into prepared jars, seal and refrigerate.

Apply on bread slices and enjoy!

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Microwave Vermicelli Bath

I have never tried making any type of breakfast in the microwave, except Maggi Noodles and for reheating the leftovers. But thanks to the blog events, we get to experiment different kinds of food in different ways.

Please Note: This vermicelli bath was prepared using a 1200 watt microwave oven. Adjust the cooking times according to individual ovens. The overall time took according to my oven is 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Vermicelli
• 4 Tomatoes
• 1 small Onion
• 2 green Chilies
• A small piece of Ginger
• 3 cups Water
• Salt as required

For Seasoning:

• 2 tsp Oil
• ½ tsp Mustard Seeds
• ¼ tsp Cumin Seeds
• ½ tsp Bengal Gram (Pachi Senaga Pappu, Chana dal)
• ½ tsp Black Gram (Minappappu, Urad dal)
• Some broken Cashews (Optional)
• 1 small dry red chili
• Some Cilantro and Curry Leaves

Preparation:

Chop tomatoes, onion, green chilies and ginger into fine pieces and keep aside.

In a microwave safe bowl, add the vermicelli and run it for 1 minute or until the vermicelli is roasted. Transfer the vermicelli to a plate and keep aside.

In the same bowl, add 2 tsp oil along with the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, chana dal, cashews and red chili. Cover and run the microwave for 2 minutes or until the mustard seeds pop.

Remove the cover and add the chopped tomato, onion, green chili, ginger pieces along with the water, cover and run the microwave for 10 minutes.

Remove the cover and add the vermicelli and salt and mix well. Be very careful as the bowl will be very hot. Then cover the bowl again and run the microwave for an additional 15 minutes or until the bath thickens. Let stand it for 2 or 3 minutes.

Serve hot with Peanut Chutney or Ginger Chutney.

This is my entry to WBB – Microwave Foods originally started by Nandita of Saffron Trail now being hosted by Easycrafts of 100% Microwave Cooking.

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Microwave Apple Upside down Cake

Ever since Srivalli of Cooking4allseasons has announced the MEC: Cakes theme, I have been digging through all my recipe collection. Finally I found this cake that is done easily in microwave. I clearly don’t know why I forgot about it till now! Thanks to Srivalli, I could bring this recipe to the front and make it. I was surprised how easily this was done in a microwave. I made little changes to the original recipe, though! Actually it was pineapple upside down cake, but as I don’t have pineapples on hand, I replaced them with apples. And for pineapple juice as suggested in the original recipe, I used apple juice. That’s it!

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp Apple Juice
• ¼ cup Sugar
• 1 Apple (any kind)
• 1 cup All-purpose Flour
• 2 Egg Whites
• 3 tbsp Butter
• ½ tsp Baking Powder
• ¼ tsp Baking Soda

Preparation:

Peel the apple and core out the seeds. Then slice into thin rounds like in the picture below. Keep aside.

Place butter in a microwave safe bowl and microwave it for 1 minute or until the butter melts.

In a different bowl mix apple juice with sugar and beat well with a spoon. To this, add all the other ingredients except the apple slices and beat well either with a manual or electrical mixer until the mixture turns smooth. Keep aside.

Coat a microwave safe bowl (I used a 2-quart glass bowl) with non-stick cooking spray. Arrange the apple slices in a circular pattern at the bottom of the bowl. Pour the prepared batter on top of these slices.

Place the bowl in the microwave on an inverted saucer. Microwave for 6 minutes or until the center of the cake springs back when touched lightly.

Let stand for 3 to 5 minutes until the cake cools down. Then invert onto a serving plate. Cut into pieces and serve. It tasted delicious.

This goes to Srivalli’s MEC: Cakes event.

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Microwave Clove Tea

Aromatic and Yummy Tea

Cloves are an important ingredient in many spice blends of India. They are used mostly in garam masalas, biryanis and pickles. There are so many health benefits of cloves. They relieve tooth pain, helps to control vomiting etc. Cloves are very helpful for getting rid of indigestion too. Cloves keep food fresh.

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