Purple Gnocchi!!

    Its International Creativity and Innovation Day! So friends let's innovate something during this lockdown. Let's take the situation positively and continue to enhance our hidden talents in the kitchen lab! Dealing with the kids at this lockdown, I guess most of our moms have become an inventor of many unique recipes by now. As a tribute to all the inventors, my mom has come up with a unique recipe. Of course, this is not the first time my mom has come up with something new but since my childhood, I have seen her creating new dishes to bring a smile on everyone's face. Cheers to the moms who consistently on their toes for us! Let's appreciate their creativity and innovation to the fullest.

   The uniqueness of today's recipe is its main ingredient! My mom prepared Gnocchi {small dumplings made from rice) in a very innovative way. Now, what's innovative here? Let me reveal the creativity in the video further!

Ingredients:

• Sticky Purple rice 250 gm (soak for 2 hours)
• Condensed milk 200 gm
• Milk half a cup
• Salt a pinch
• Dry fruits as desire

Method:

• Grind the soaked rice to powder
• Now, make dough out of this rice powder with lukewarm water and a pinch of salt. It should not be too soft.
• Make small balls; elongate each ball to the size and shape of your tiny figure.
• Now, boil around 500ml water in a saucepan put half a teaspoon of salt to it and drop the gnocchi one by one to it.
• Let it boil for 2 - 3 minutes then drain the gnocchi in a colander.
• Now, take the condensed milk in a bowl, add half a cup of milk give a gravy texture.
• Garnish and serve the gnocchi with this thick sweet milk and dry fruits on top.
• Or you can have it with homemade tomato chutney 

             

                                                           
                                     Enjoy the sweet and delicious purple gnocchi!

Crunchy Pumpkin Chilla

       Hey everyone! It's a lockdown situation..trying to avoid the boredom. I guess this is the best time to do some experiments in my kitchen lab. Again, here, I need to take care of the limited stock while cooking.. It seems Corona is teaching a lot of lessons to mankind right from scratch!

Today's recipe I dedicate to the bachelors, as my sister who stays in hostel tried to make an Indian pancake or chilla and expertising her cooking skills at home during the lockdown. Here, I am sharing her recipe with some twists and innovations.

      Ingredients:

• Onion 1(finely chopped)
• Pumpkin 2 thin slices(and chopped)
• Tomato 2 (chopped)
• Carom seed 1 tsp
• Garam masala 1 tsp
• Chili powder 1tsp
• Gram flour 150 gm(approx.)
• Wheat flour 100gm
• Baking powder a pinch
• Egg 1 no.
• Black Mustard seed 1tsp
• Salt to taste 
• Oil for cooking
• Ghee for seasoning

       
                                                   Follow the method in this video. 
Methods: 

• Take the chopped pumpkin in a bowl and add a pinch of salt, half tsp sugar, carom seeds and water bath it to maintain its crunchy texture.
• Now in a bowl make the gram flour and wheat flour batter with water. Add egg, baking soda, and all the given spices. Mix it well. 
• Add tomato,onion and pumpkin into the batter.
• Heat and grease a pan. Pour and flatten a cup of this batter onto it. The veggies should be flattened evenly.
• Cook for a few minutes.Oil the corners and on the top. Flip it and cook the other side.
• Once it is cooked, season it with ghee and serve hot with curd or chutney.

Mini Bhel Puri!

        Hello viewers... It's a lockdown situation and sitting at home with a toddler is a quite challenging job! My little one wants to help me out in every part of my household work that I ultimately decide to sit back and play with her instead of creating a mess around.. Somewhere I feel very sorry for the kids spending inside the four walls instead of a playground. But still, we are struggling only to keep them safe! Friends..let's keep up the positivity and help our children to boost their fine motor skills with some easy activities in the kitchen... Here I am sharing my daughter's activity in the kitchen during the lockdown.