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Kimchi salad

Kimchi salad is a very popular chinese and Korean salad. Kimchi salad is served at most Chinese restaurants.

Recipe of kimchi salad

1/2 medium cabbage (patta gobi/ band gobhi)

2 tsp salt

2 tsp sugar

1 tsp vinegar

2 tbsp tomato sauce/ ketchup

2 tsp soy sauce

1/4 tsp black pepper powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp chopped ginger

1 tsp chopped garlic

2 dry red chillies

1. Deseed and soak red chillies in water for 10-12 minutes.

2. Chop cabbage into 1 1/2 inch pieces.

3. Put 4 cups of water in a pan and add 2 tsp salt and 2 tsp sugar. Bring it to boil. Add cabbage. Turn off the heat immediately.

4. Strain the cabbage and refresh in cold water.

5. Drain the red chillies. Using little water, grind red chillies, ginger and garlic together to a coarse paste.

6. To this paste, add tomato ketchup, soy sauce, 1/2 tsp salt, pepper and vinegar.

7. Mix this paste with cabbage gently. Serve kimchi salad at room temperature.

Mixed Vegetable Soup

Mixed vegetable soup is a low calorie, super nutritious soup. Even if you don’t add butter, it tastes equally good. It’s packed with the goodness of healthy vegetables and tastes too good. Mixed vegetable soup is a wholesome and satisfying soup.

Recipe of mixed vegetable soup

2 carrots

1 onion

1 potato

1/2 cup cabbage

1 tomato

3/4 cup milk

5 cups of water

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp black pepper powder or to taste

1 tsp butter (optional)

1. Roughly chop all the vegetables.

2. Place chopped vegetables along with 5 cups water in a pressure cooker. Cook to 2 whistles. Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

3. Cool and puree in a blender. Strain the soup.

4. Reheat the soup in a pan and add milk to it. Bring it to a boil, stirring constantly.

5. Add salt, pepper and butter to the soup and mix. Serve mixed vegetable soup hot.

Potato, apple and celery salad

This cool salad of potato, apple and celery is very refreshing during these days. It tastes best when chilled.

Recipe of potato, apple and celery salad

7-8 baby potatoes - peeled

2 red apples

2-3 celery (shalari, ajmud) stalks

1 tbsp oil

2 tsp lemon juice

1/2 cup mayonnaise

Salt to taste

Black pepper (coarsely crushed) - to taste

1. Place 4 cups of water in a pan with 1 1/2 tsp salt and baby potatoes. Bring it to a boil. Lower heat and cook covered till potatoes turn fork tender. Strain.

2. Core apples and cut into 1/2 inch cubes without peeling. Chop the celery stems.

3. Place potatoes, apples and celery stems in a mixing bowl. Add 1/2 tbsp oil and lemon juice.

4. Add salt and pepper and mix well. Cover and chill in the fridge for 1 hour.

5. Just before serving, add the mayonnaise and 1/2 tbsp oil. Gently mix and serve chilled.

Note- Cut apples just before mixing and immediately add lemon juice and oil to prevent discoloration of apples.

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Homemade pizza

Everyone in my family prefers homemade pizza over readymade pizza. Not only it’s economical but far healthier and you can control how much cheese or butter goes in it. It doesn’t take much long to prepare pizza at home if you have ingredients at hand.

Recipe of homemade pizza

Makes 2 pizzas

2 ready made pizza bases

Tomato sauce

1/2 cup tomato puree

4 garlic flakes- chopped finely

3 tomatoes- chopped finely

1 tsp oil

1 tsp dried oregano

Salt to taste

Ground black pepper- to taste

Topping

1 onion- chopped

1 tomato- pulp removed and chopped

1 capsicum (bell pepper) - deseeded and chopped

A few slices of jalapenos

200 gms mozzarella cheese (pizza cheese) - grated

1-2 tbsp olive oil

1. To prepare the tomato sauce, heat oil in a pan and add garlic. Stir for a few seconds and add all the ingredients for sauce. Bring it to a boil. Lower heat and cook for about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cook till sauce thickens and can be spread without being runny. Turn off the heat.

2. Spread olive oil or melted butter over each pizza base covering the edges.

3. Spread tomato sauce over pizza base.

4. Sprinkle some grated cheese over each base.

5. Sprinkle the vegetable topping.

6. Sprinkle left over cheese. Drizzle some olive oil.

7. Bake at 180 degree C OR 350 Degree F for 15 minutes or until golden and crisp. Serve pizza hot.

Baked potato

The first time I made these baked potato wedges, I was surprised how easy they are to put together and how deliciously crunchy they are. If you love potato, then this dish is a must try and what my strong belief is that it can turn even a non-believer into a fan.

Recipe of baked potato wedges

4-5 medium potatoes- washed and cut into wedges

3 tbsp olive oil

4-5 garlic cloves- crushed

1 tsp salt or to taste

1/2 tsp red chilli flakes

1 tsp mixed herbs like dried parsley, dried basil, and rosemary

1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice

1. Preheat oven to 375 degree F.

2. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and add potato wedges to it. Toss so that potatoes are well coated with the seasoning.

3. Spread potato wedges on a greased baking tray. Bake at 375 degrees F for about 35-40 minutes. Bake till edges turn brown and potato is fork tender. Serve hot.

Vegetable Cheese Toast

These vegetable cheese toasts are loved by kids. I usually prepare them for breakfast but you can also have them as an evening snack. In the picture above, I have used brown bread slice but you can also use slice cut from French loaf. These vegetable cheese toasts can also be called as brown bread pizza.

Recipe of Vegetable Cheese Toast

6-8 bread slices

1 Capsicum- deseeded and finely chopped

1 tomato- pulp removed and finely chopped

1 onion- finely chopped

1 tbsp corn kernels

3/4 cup cheddar or mozzarella cheese- grated

1/4 tsp chilli flakes

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp oregano

1. Mix all ingredients except bread in a bowl.

2. Place this mixture on one side of bread slices.

3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Bake these bread slices for 3-5 minutes or till the cheese melts and turn golden brown. Serve hot.