Spinach casserole

My first casserole luckily turned out to be delicious..So before I forget , I registered here immediately...My new new-year recipe..Happy New year 2012..

(For 2 persons)

Ingredients:

• creamed spinach - 450 gms( 1 packet Rahmspinat)
• Noodles/ Macaroni -100 gms
• onions - 2
• Oil -4 teaspoon
• Egg-2
• chopped garlic -5 ( or garlic powder -1 1/2 teaspoon )
• Ghee/ Butter for greasing
• crated cheese
• Salt

Method:

• Cook the noodles( I used rice noodles)/ macaroni in salted water for 7-8 mins.
• Beat the eggs in a seperate bowl.
  
• Heat 2 teaspoon oil in a pan.
  
• Drain the excess water and add the cooked noodles and beated eggs to the pan.
• Mix it evenly and cook it for 2 mins. Add salt if needed and keep it aside.
• Cook the spinach with a tablespoon of cream (or rahmspinat without cream) and salt and keep it aside.
• Heat the remaining oil in pan and fry the onions and chopped garlic. Add salt and pepper.
• Grease the casserole pan with butter /oil / ghee
  
• Spread the cooked onion garlic mixture first and then layer it with noodle egg mixture.
• Finally add the cooked spinach layer and spread the crated cheese on the top of it.
• Cook the casserole in oven under 180-200 °C for about 20 -22 mins.
• Cut into pieces and serve it hot.. hmmhmm.. yummy yummy...
  

Crepes/ Pancake

I didn't know, if I can really name this recipe as Pancake . Although I have adopted the main ingredients of the pancake, I have slightly modified the original recipe. Hope, you like it !!! I have also added the original french recipe below..so you have got 3-in-1 :-D

Ingredients:

• All Purpose flour - 1/2 cup (approx 150 gms)
• Egg- 1
• Sugar- 1/2 teaspoon
• Milk-1/2 glass
• Butter- 50 grams
• Oil
• Salt

Method:

• Beat the egg in a bowl for about 5-7 minutes.
• Add the all purpose flour, salt, sugar and mix it well.
• Add milk little by little and beat it until you get the right consistency without any clumps.
• (Optional: Add a 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder to the mixture and keep it aside for 10 minutes)
  
• The consistency may be like that of a normal dosa or slightly thinner than that. It shouldn't be too thick or too thin.
• Heat a flat tava. Use medium heat.
• Slightly oil the tava and spread the batter as a circle, as you normally do it for dosa.
• When it is slightly brown(don't leave it for much time), turn it over and remove immediately after 3-5 seconds from the tava.
• Dont leave the dosa much time on the hot tava after turning it, as it loses its softness.
• Coat it with little butter and sprinkle some powder sugar or normal sugar and serve it hot.
• Other combinations are jam, vanilla sauce,cream, chocolate, joghurt, kurma, honey and cherry, honey and strawberry, etc.

Original Crepes recipe


Ingredients:

• All purpose flour- 250 gm
• Egg- 2
• Milk- 200 ml
• Water-250 ml
• Butter-50 gm
• Salt

Method:

• Mix the egg, all purpose flour, salt and milk in a bowl.
• Finally add butter and required amount of water.
• Keep it in a cool place for about half an hour or more and allow it to increase in volume.
• Use this batter as crepes batter as described above.

Original Pancake recipe:

Ingredients:

• All Purpose flour- 2 cups
• Baking powder- 2 1/2 teaspoons
• Sugar- 3 teaspoons
• Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
• Eggs- 2
• Milk-1 cup
• Buttermilk- 1/2-3/4 cups
• Melted Butter- 2 tablespoons

Method:

• Add Melted Butter, egg in a bowl.
• Add all purpose flour, baking powder, sugar, salt into the bowl.
• Add milk and required amount of buttermilk and mix it well without any clumps.Cook it in a slightly greased griddle.
• Use 1/4 cup of batter for one pancake and do not spread it like crepes.
• The pancake is turned , once it turns pluffy enough and golden brown at the bottom side.
• Cook it till it is golden brown on the other side.
• Serve it hot.

Egg Noodles / Makkaroni

I modified a german recipe to Indian style. It is perfectly suitable for bachelors :-D

Ingredients:

• Makkaroni/ Noodles- 250 gms
• Tomato - 2 ( or Tomato Puri- 5-6 tablespoon)
• Turmeric Powder- 1/4 teaspoon
• Chilli powder- 1/2 teaspoon( or 1/4)
• Butter- 3 or 4 tablespoon
• Egg-2 or 3
• Oil- 1 or 2 teaspoon
• Salt

Method:

• Cook the makkaroni/Noodles in salted boiling water 8-10 mins according to the instructions given.
• Add 2-3 oil drops to makkaroni while cooking to avoid sticking.
• Drain the water and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan and add the eggs to it.
• Add a pinch of salt and stir the eggs till it is clumped and cooked completely.
• Heat Butter in another pan and add chopped tomatoes or tomato puree.( add more or less tomato puree according to required taste)
  
• Add turmeric powder, chilli powder(slightly less than usual indian recipes), and required salt.
• Cook the tomatoes till they are completely smashed.
• Now add the cooked egg clumps and makkaroni.
• Stir it well till it gets completely mixed up and become warm enough to serve.
  

Cooked vegetables can also be added instead of eggs. Add accordingly more chilli powder.