Dhokla

This adapted breakfast recipe takes just about 5 mins of work while the microwave does the rest. Anytime when I am in a hurry and/or need a filling breakfast, this really works!!!

Ingredients: Rava, Curd, Ginger(Grated), Green Chilli (1 piece, Chopped), Eno(1pkt), Onion (1, Chopped), Carrot Optional (1, grated)

Serves: 4

1. Mix 1 cup of curd, and 1 cup of rava and 1 cup of water.
2. Add onion, ginger and chilli and mix well. If you have time, you add grated carrot also to the Dhokla.
3. Add a pinch of turmeric powder, 1 spoon sugar and salt to taste and let it remain for 5-10 mins.
4. Add Eno and pour immediately in a microwave dish and cook for 10 mins on conventional mode at high temperature. If you do not have a microwave, pour in a plate and steam in a pressure cooker for ten mins similar to idli.
5. Remove from microwave and add oil, mustard and jeera tempering
6. Cut into square pieces, garnish with coriander and serve with ketchup or green chutney.

Alternatively you can also replace besan with rava for the Dhokla.

Cucumber Pancakes

This is one simple and quick recipe that you can make in the morning hurry. There are people who cannot eat curd once it turns a bit sour, this recipe is helpful in such cases as the jaggery neutralises the sour taste.So you have left over curd and cucumber and the option of raita does not exist... Try this!!! Kids will love will, at least my son and sister does... :)

1. Mix 1 cup of rava and 2 cups of grated cucumber. It is okay to measure the grated cucumber along with the water from the cucumber.

2. Add 1/4 cup of curd and mix well.

3. Add 2 big spoons of jaggery and mix. You can either grate the jaggery and mix or break it evenly as per convenience.

4. Optionally you can also add chopped chilli as per taste.

5. Last of all, add salt and leave it for 5 mins.

6. After 5 mins, heat the tawa and spread the mixture evenly like dosa. Add ghee and turn when colour turns a bit darker brown so as to make sure that the rava is cooked. Cook on both sides and remove when both sides are evenly coloured.

7. Serve the pancake with spicy green chutney or if in a hurry with Tomato sauce. Refer the site for recipe of the green chutney.. :)