Dinner in a Jiffy with Tacos

I am not a great fan of Mexican food especially when it comes to going to a Mexican Restaurant...I am always scared to trying food at these places since I am not sure whether the food served  is pure vegetarian but I do not mind having Tacos at home...I like them in shells as well as in the bowls. When you do it in the bowl it helps you fill it up with lot more items than on the shells!! But I had only shells with me...when I get occasionally bored with cooking..you might think this female rights blogs and how on earth can she say that she gets bored with cooking ....I will phrase it this way -"it is not the cooking that makes it boring but cutting veggies, rolling rotis and the washing dishes that comes later is the one that keeps me away on some days to turn towards easier alternatives like tacos, pasta" etc!!

This was one such days and I had all the ingredients that I generally add for making Tacos...
We were buying the refried beans but since it is simply fattening and we do not get the veggie cans of it often...I started making beans on my own.

Ingredients :

Taco Shells or Bowls
1 Cup Rajma
2 Tbspn Onion cut into small pieces
1Tbspn Sour Cream
1 Tbspn Guacamole (you may buy store bought or make it from the scratch by peeling the skin off avacado. Take the pulp out and beat it well with little bit of salt and lime juice)
1 Tsp Oil
1/2 Tsp Zeera
Cut Green chillies
Salt as per taste
Few Jalapeno as per taste
Salsa as per tasta
Shredded Mexican Style Cheese (optional)
Cilantro

Soak the Rajma for few hours and presurre cook it (when pressed it should mash well). Heat the oil and add zeera and green chillies. Add the boiled Rajma (kidney beans) and cook it well. Add salt and keep it aside.

Prepare the tacos as mentioned in the package.

Now, it is ready to be filled and served. Fill the tacos with rajma and then add cut onions, salsa, sour cream, guacomole, jalapenos, cheese, cut onions and finally top it with cheese and cilantro.

If you happen to use taco bowl then you may add salad first and then add the rest of the ingredients. You may do any variations to it...it will still taste good.

My son loves this since it is like chips...he likes are karuku murukku items and we recently found out that he likes tacos too!!

Corn Chaat

This is one easy starter cum  healthy snack!! Corn chaatwala's have sprung up in every nook and corner in Chennai...each and every mall has this one. I first had the masala corn in Abirami Mall long time ago!! It was awesome. I made some improvisation to the corn masala chaat and this is simple to prepare and loved by all my friends here. They do not get bored of it even if I prepare it every time we meet ...We all have corn in the freezer all the time and if you happen to have sudden guests at home ...serve them this chaat and they will love it!! I am not going to provide the method of preparing it by "OZ" or per "TBSPN"....the best thing about this is you make the way you want it...discover the joys of it by adding the things you like the best!!

Items needed -

Tostitos scoops (If you do not have this do not worry...but it is lot easier to eat when served with scoops)

Corn Frozen 

Tomatoes - cut into small pieces

Onion - cut into small pieces

Coriander Powder

Chilly Powder

Cumin Powder

Mint Leaves - finely chopped

Cilantro - finely chopped

Amchur Powder - a pinch

Fennel Powder - a pinch

Salsa

Salt

Lemon Juice

Microwave the corn for few minutes. Add all the ingredients listed above except the lemon juice and salt. If you are going to serve the corn immediately then you may add them all. But if you are just preparing it and  serving it at a later time then add the salt and lemon juice just before serving so as to avoid the chaat leaving water.

Serve it with tostitos scoops....If you are a person who can take spicier food then you may add Jalapenos or Banana pepper........as said earlier....make it, serve it and eat it the way you like it!! Enjoy!!