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Aloo Chana Chaat

Shifa Firoz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:23:55 +0000

Chatpata chaat is there anyone who doesnt like it? Especially now i love the chatpata taste.. I make my chaats with heaps of chaat masala and lime juice!

here is the simple recipe for this chaat

1 cup chickpeas soaked overnight and cooked till tender

1 large potato boiled and cut into cubes

1 large onion thinly sliced

1 large tomato thinly sliced

3-4 tbso of lime juice (add more of less according to ur taste)

1/2 tsp kala namak or black salt

1 tsp jeera or cumin powder

2-3 tsp of chaat masala (add more or less according to ur taste)

3 green chillies thinly sliced

a small bunch of fresh corriander leaves thinly sliced

salt to taste

Mix all the ingredients and enjoy immediately!

Mix Salad! Light Meal and Healthy Snack

Shifa Firoz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:23:44 +0000

A lazy lazy day and your groceries are almost empty! So what do you feed your family? Well my first choice will be Salads!!! Mix everything you have a there you go.. a very healthy nourishing salad. :)

All you have to do is mix lettuce, pumpkin seeds, cherry tomatoes, olives, avocados, zucchini mushrooms, chickpeas, drizzle olive oil on top and serve!

I dont add salt in any of my salads you may add if you like.

This Salad goes to Light Meal event and Healthy snacking event

home made fresh hummous!

Shifa Firoz — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:53:00 +0000

i had this post in my draft for a long time. i think its finally time to publish one by one!! I and my hubby are big fans of Middle east food.. we just love it. its very easy to prepare compared to our Indian food and i think its much more healthier. During our vacation to the Middle East we both were eating like some crazy people who came from the land of NO food! LOLs!!!

I found this awesome book Lebanese Cooking by in our library here and it has a delicious hummus recipe. I tried many of the recipes from the book and all came out good. For those who are a big fan of Kubboos and hummus and shawarmas should try this book!

i just make this once a month and refrigerate it. during lazy day s i just buy some kubboos and grill a chicken and eat it with hummus.. yumm and healthy and easy too!

here goes the recipe.

1.5 cups of chick peas soaked overnight

about 2 cloves of garlic

1/4 cup tahini

1/2 cup lemon juice

a pinch of cayenne pepper

2 tbsp of chopped parsley for garnish

salt to taste

Cook the chickpeas with salt until tender. Run it through the food processor till smooth. Add the garlic,tahini and lemon to it and mix well till its a creamy consistency. Adjust the salt and lemon according to your taste. Garnish with cayenne pepper and parsley.