Cauliflower Pepper fry

This is another quickie.... a simple dabba recipe and it goes well with chapatis for lunch or as a side dish for dinner

Ingredients

1/2 cauliflower florets, broken into smaller florets

Turmeric powder

Salt 

Pepper

Oil to fry

1. Boil florets in water for 10 min 
2. Drain water and let it cool
3. In a plate mix turmeric, pepper powder and salt
4. Add the florets to this mixture seeing that the masala has been touched upon florets well
5. Heat oil in a pan,  and shallow fry the cauliflower till golden brown

Another simple and easy dish is ready to eat....

Pancake Tuesday

hey people...hieee, warm greetings to all on Pancake Tuesday...
Just a piece of pancake recipe for you all made my aunty anita...
My Dad and my aunt are both lovers of traditional dishes and can cook all the sweets up well upto perfection...So here presenting to you the recipe
Pancake Tuesday is the last day before the beginnig of lent and many houses will have pancakes made today
its a simple sweet delicacy made in a simple way........its my family tradition to make it every time and specially on this day it has to be made, you can try it whenever you're free...

Ingredients for Filling
1 coconut grated fresh

15-20cashew chopped into small pieces
10 -15 raisins
100-150 grams of sugar/jaggery(dad uses jaggery and it tastes damn good)
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
A pinch of cardamom powder

Ingredients for Batter
2 cups maida sieved
1-2 eggs (optional)
1 glass of water
1/2 cup of milk
A pinch of salt very little

For the filling:

1. Heat a kadai.
2. Roast the grated coconut with sugar/jaggery on low heat till the sugar/jaggery melts and till the aroma is out.
3. Add raisins, cashew nuts and cardamom powder and essence and  roast for a while, stirring every  now and then
4. Turn of the flame and let it cool

Method to make pancake batter

1. Beat the egg one at a time. ...
2. if you do not use the egg also is fine, you can add a little more milk if needed
3. Mix the maida with eggs slowly. Add salt
4. Mix milk and water (around a cup first)
5. Slowly add the mixture of milk and water to maida making it of pouring consistency
6. you can add water if needed(should be a little thicker to neer dosa consistency)
7. It shouldnt be very thick nor very fine. You can add water accordingly to balance it
8. Take a small non stick pan. 
9. Grease the pan with oil (using ½ onion on a fork). 
10. Put in a little batter. Swirl the pan so that the batter covers it pan and isnt thick anywhere.
11. Cook it with a lid for a minute. Once the mixture is dried flip the pan over to remove the pancake
12. Place the pancake on a plate. Add the filling on one side and neatly roll it.
13. Yummy Pancakes are ready to eat!!!

They were so yummy, I had four today....................