Cook up Paneer Tawa Tikka and other tasty recipes

First up, here is Ruchika Ghai's preparation for Instant Rawa Pizza:

Cuisine: Indo-Italian

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rawa (suji)
• 1 cup sour curd
• 1/4 tsp sweet soda powder
• 50 gms cabbage
• 1/2 tsp ajwain
• Salt to taste

For topping:

• 1 onion
• 1 capsicum
• 1 tomato
• 100 gms paneer
• 2 tbsps white or yellow butter

Preparation:

• Mix the rawa, curd, salt, ajwain and soda powder. Place in a greased aluminium bowl.
• Place a jaali in a cooker and heat, then place the above bowl on the jaali and heat the cooker for 20 minutes. The pizza base is ready.
• Cover the pizza base with tomato sauce.
• Cut onion, capsicum into fine pieces and grate paneer. Spread on the base, sprinkling the paneer last.
• Dot the other side of the base with butter.
• Put in cooker and bake for 10 minutes on a slow flame till the toppings get soft and butter melts. Serve.

Health quotient: It's not microwaved and homemade -- in only 30 minutes!

Next we have how to make Vermicelli from Aisha Sanobar:

Cuisine: Indian

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups vermicelli
• 1 onion cut in thin slices
• 1 tomato cut in small pieces
• Few curry leaves
• Mustard seeds
• 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
• A pinch of haldi
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp chillie powder
• 2 tbsp oil

Preparation:

• Heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds and once they crackle, add the onions.
• Let them soften up a bit, then add the ginger-garlic paste, salt, chillie powder, haldi and tomatoes.
• Let the oil separate and then add the curry leaves and turn off the stove.
• In another utensil, boil water and then add the vermicelli. Boil for 5 minutes and strain. Pour cold water over it to cool and then add to the mix made previously. Stir well, heating for about a minute on the stove and serve hot with coriander garnish.

Here, Sheenu Garg tells you how to cook Italian-style Paneer Tawa Tikka:

Cuisine: Indo-Italian

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 250 gms paneer
• 1 pinch chillie flakes
• 1 pinch oregano
• 5 gms malai (cream)
• 5 gms desi ghee
• Salt

Preparation:

• Make cubes of the paneer.
• Take the malai in a bowl, add the salt, chillie flakes and oregano. Mix well.
• Add the paneer cubes and mix again.
• Heat a tawa on a high flame and pour in ghee. Add the paneer cubes one by one and keep flipping them so they cook evenly.
• Delicious Italian-style Paneer Tikkas are ready. If need be, garnish with a pinch of oregano.

Health quotient: It's the least fatty, lightest paneer tikka you can prepare.

And finally, we have Meenakshi Singh's recipe for Stuffed Mushroom Omelette:

Cuisine: Unknown

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 10 mushrooms
• 1/2 a small onion, chopped
• 1/4 of a small green pepper, chopped
• 1/2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
• Grated cheddar cheese
• A few drops of milk
• Black pepper
• Red chillie powder
• Oregano
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

• Microwave or pan-cook mushrooms for 2-3 minutes, adding chillie powder, ginger-garlic paste and salt.
• Beat the eggs separately and add a few drops of milk.
• In a pan, heat oil and add onions, green pepper, oregano, salt and black pepper. Then add the eggs.
• When the base sets in, add the mushroom fried mixture and grated cheese and fold the omelette. It is ready to serve.

Health quotient: Mushrooms and eggs are healthy.