Turkey Meatballs

This is an easy recipe to make your kid have some protein and veggies. Perfect for his lunch box. It goes with carbs like spaghetti, pasta or a rice dish too. Not to mention it is extremely yummy!

Ingredients
Ground turkey 2 lb
Bread crumbs 1.5 cup
Eggs  2
Onions 1
Parmesan Cheese 1/4 cup
Vegetables like Spinach, Celery 1 cup
Coriander leaves 1/2 bunch
Tomato paste or ketchup 3 tbsp
Black pepper powder 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice to taste
Salt
Oil

Method

1. Squeeze water from turkey with tissue so that excess water is drained off
2. Finely chop all vegetables
3. Mix all ingredients
4. Make lime sized balls
5. Grease pan and arrange balls atleast 1/2 inch apart
6. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 mins

You can freeze them for upto a month. 

Enjoy!

Chicken/Fish Cutlet

This is a very tasty recipe for making cutlets. My mom makes beef and chicken cutlets. I have ventured to try fish and vegetable ones too. They are yummy and like they say, no one can have just one.
Ingredients:

1. 2 big size potatoes mashed
2. Bunch of cilantro
3. 6 green chilies
4. 1 onion finely cut
5.  2 cup ground chicken or beef OR 2 cans tuna
6. 1 tsp red chili powder
7. ¼ tsp turmeric powder
8. 3 egg whites
9. 4 bread slices
10. Oil
11. Salt to taste

Method:

1. Heat the bread slices in microwave till they become stiff. Grind them in grinder to make breadcrumb powder. The powder should be fine.
2. Fry onion and green chilies. Add chili and turmeric powder.
3. When onion turns transparent, add tuna/chicken/beef and fry till cooked/done. Keep aside for cooling it down.
4. Mix this fried mixture with mashed potato, cilantro and salt to make dough.
5. Divide the dough to make oval shaped patties with this dough. Size is around 3“ long and ¾ “ thick. Press it in centre to flatten it a bit.
6. Roll this patty in egg white and then in breadcrumb powder. Make sure that the patty is coated completely in this powder. To make crunchier cutlets, repeat this step.
7. Deep-fry the patties till the color turns golden brown.
8. Remove the patty from oil, strain oil and place them on tissue to remove excess oil

Serves 4
Serving suggestion: Serve hot with tomato ketchup

Prawn Pakoda

You must already know my love for shrimp by now! This serves as a delicious appetizer.

Ingredients:
1 cup shrimp (prawns), big size
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp red chilli powder
salt to taste
oil

For garnishing:
Onion rings
Cilantro (Coriander leaves)

Method:

1) Apply salt to the shrimp and keep aside.
2) Make thick batter with flour, red chili powder and water. Add salt to taste.
3) Dip the shrimp in the batter and deep fry.
4) Garnish with onion rings and cilantro.

Serves 4

Serving suggestion: Serve as appetizer