Cook N Bake

Hello,
Home made preparations can never match the commercial ones.
My recipe has no eggs & the shop ones are made using eggs.
Love,
Chithra.

 

Diet Au Gratin - delicious & creamy, believe me !

Vegetables like carrots, cauliflower, peas, corn, baby corn, cabbage & capsicum can be used. Cut into 1 “ pieces

Mixed vegetables - 3 cups

Sauce:

Lauki or white pumkin - 2 cups (grated)

Wheat flour - 1 tbsp

Low fat milk - 1 cup

Onion chopped - ½ cup

Green chillies - 3, 4, chopped

Oil - 1 tsp

Salt

Topping:

Low fat milk - 2 cups (make cream cheese by boiling & adding white vinegar till it just cudles & drain)

Butter - 1 tsp (optional)

Steam the vegetables & keep ready.

Cook grated lauki or pumpkin with same amount of water & liquidize.

Mix milk & wheat flour & keep ready.

Heat oil, sauté onions & green chillies.

Add liquidized lauki & milk – wheat flour mixture.

Simmer to boil.

Add vegetables & salt.

Transfer to a baking dish, spread cream cheese, add butter.

Bake at 400 deg F till top starts browning.

Serve plain or with toast.

 

Dear Anamika,
Thanks for the F B.
Try a bake with pasta also - you will love it !
Love,
Chithra.

 

Stuffed & Baked Potatoes - Ideal party-dish !

Select slightly long potatoes for the convenience of cutting into 2 for stuffing.

Potatoes - 4

Cooked corn kernels - ½ cup

Milk - ½ cup

Cornflour - 4 tsp

Salt, chilli powder, a little sugar

Butter - 1 tsp + 2 tsp

Grated cheese - 3 tbsp

Boil potatoes whole till soft enough to peel he skin – do not boil too soft.

Peel, cut into 2; if necessary remove a slice from the bottom to make it “sit”.

Boil by simmering, corn, 1 tsp butter, mik, cornflour, salt, sugar & chilli powder.

It will form a dough.

From each potato half, using a spoon, scoop from the centra leaving all around a wall 1 cm thick.

Brush lightly the inside & outside walls with butter.

Stuff the center with the made filling & sprinkle grated cheese .

Dot with butter & bake at 450 deg F for 15 mts,.

Serve hot.

Any filling can be used.

 

Tandoori Potatoes - A Sure hit at any Party!

Small marble potatos - ½ kg

Fresh curds - 2-3 tbsp

Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp (optional)

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp (more by option)

Garam masala powder - ½ tsp

Salt

Red food colour - a dash ( optional)

Oil - 3 tbsp

Boil potatoes till ¾ done, cool & peel.

Mix all masalas, salt & colour with curds.

Marinate potatoes in this mixture.

Keep in the fridge for 3-4 hrs.

Transfer to a greased baking tray with marinade, if any & pour oil, all over.

Bake at 450 deg F, using both the oven & grill.

Turn over twice or thrice in the middle for uniform cooking.

Remove when well & completely roasted.