Paneer Spinach Bonda

This recipe is completely inspired from Vardhini's recipe Potato and Spinach Bonda at Zesty Palette. Vardhini has a great blog, do visit her space if you haven't...you will be amazed by her wonderful recipes, clicks and simple explanations with pictures. I made the bondas almost similar to her recipe with the main difference that I used paneer instead of potato.Even I fried the bondas using the paniyaram pan. I had to use only very less oil and a healthy snack was ready which we could munch guilt free. Thanks a lot Vardhini for sharing such a great recipe. It's sure a low calorie and delicious bonda.

What you need?

1/2 of 14oz pkt Paneer

1.5 cup chopped Spinach

1 tsp Chilli powder

1 tsp Coriander powder

1/2 tsp Chaat masala

1/2 tsp Cumin seeds

a pinch Turmeric powder

Salt

For batter:

1/2 cup Besan

1/4 cup Rice flour

1/2 tsp Chilli powder

Salt

How to prepare?

Grate the paneer. Add spinach, cumin seeds, chaat masala, chilli, coriander , turmeric powders and salt to the paneer. Combine well. Make small balls out of it.

Mix all the ingredients listed under For batter along with some water. The batter shouldn't be too thin as you have to coat the balls with it.

Heat the paniyaram pan. Add 2-3 drops of oil in each hole. Dip each ball in the batter and place in each hole.Let the bottom part get brown and  carefully flip it to other side. Let it cook and get brown on the other side too.

Enjoy this wonderful snack with ketchup or some chutney.

Apple Jam

It's a Monday again...the weekend gets over so soon rt..Wishing all my friends a great week ahead !!

This is the first time I am trying out a jam. There were some leftover apples and I thought a jam would be the best thing to prepare out of them. The Apple jam turned out very good. The home made jam sure tastes great and now I know what I should do with leftover fruits at home. Once the jam was ready, we couldn't wait to taste it with bread. My son wanted only the jam and he was going on asking for more :)

Check out other Apple recipes: Apple Payasam , Apple Cookies, Apple Dates Milkshake .

What you need?

3 Apples

1/2 cup Sugar

1/4 tsp ground Cinnamon 

2 tbsp Lemon juice

How to prepare?

Wash the apples, peel them and chop into small cubes. Add these apples to a pan and about 1/2 cup water, cover and cook until the apples are soft. Once cooked and soft, keep aside and let these cool. Blend the apples with sugar in a blender so as to get a smooth paste.

Now add the apple paste, cinnamon and lemon juice to the pan. Mix well. Cook it stirring constantly until you get a thick mixture. Once cooled, refrigerate it in an airtight container.

Notes:

*Increase sugar if you need more sweetness.

*Add more cinnamon if you like a strong flavour.

Sending this to Love your food -Don't Waste it by Amy