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Sunday, December 31, 2006
Kesar Khseera
This is a tasty recipe which is very famous in South india.It has an nice flavour of saffron ,and richness of the milk in it.It has a beautiful colour which is again due to saffron.
Ingredients:
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Sooji - 1 cup
Milk - 3 cup
Water - 1 cup
Sugar - 2 cups
Cashews-2 tsp
Drygrapes-2 tsp
Almonds - 1 tsp
ghee - 1/2 cup
Method:
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1.Take a large heavy bottom pan,Add 1/4 cup of ghee into it and add sooji to it and fry for about 5 mins till it turns light brown.
2.Now add milk and water and keep stirring it in medium heat.
3.Just when the liquids dry off add remaining ghee to it,then add the saffron soaked in warm milk and keep stirring it till the cooked sooji starts leaving the edges and forms a non-sticking mixture.and leaves the surface as a single mass.
4.Now add the ghee roasted dry fruits and mix properly.
5.Remove and place in a glass bowl.
6.It should be eaten when hot.
7.It will last for about 10-15 mins when refrigerated.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 11:28 PM 11 comments Links to this post
Labels: Desserts, Sweets
Fluffy Poori
This is a good recipe which even the kids will love to have at any time.It can be eaten just as it is or with any side dishes.Most of them love it with ksheera in southIndia and some like it with spicy chole in northen part of India.
Ingredients:
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Wheat flour -2 cups
Maida - 1cup
Salt -1.5 tsp
Curds - 1 cup
Cumin - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Oil - for deep fry
Method:
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1.Take a large bowl ,add salt and 1 tsp of oil ,add all the flours and curds to it .
2.Add cumin and mix all the ingredients with enough water.
3.Adding curds to poories makes it soft and prevents it from absorbing oil.This way even the poories remain fluffy.
4.Even the oil does'nt get black.
5.Now roll out small ball out of the dough and then roll out small chapathi out of it.The only thing to be kept in mind is the poories should not be rolled too thin like chapathi's as it does not bloat up thoroughly when you fry them.
6.Now take oil in a pan and heat it properly and then fry up these poories.
7.Serve hot with bhaji or chole.
8.Actually anything in sides is ok for poories.Enjoy it the way you like.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 11:06 PM 3 comments Links to this post
Labels: breakfast, Indian bread
Friday, December 29, 2006
Dark Chocolate Cake [Eggless]
Here is a recipe which i had prepared for my hubby's birthday this holiday.Well it came out so good i thought of sharing In this holiday occasion
Ingredients:
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All purpose flour -1.5 cup
Sugar - 2 cups+2 tbsp
Baking powder -1.5 tsp
Baking soda - 1.5 tsp
Cocoa powder -3/4 cup
Coffee powder -1.5 tsp
Oil - 1/3 cup
Milk - 1 cup
salt - 1 tsp
Vanilla extract - 2 tsp
Hot water - 1 cup
Cool wip - 1 cup
Chocolate grates - 1/2 cup
Chocolate sauce - 3-4 tsp
Methods:
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1.Seive all the dry ingredients and keep aside.
2.Then take all the dry ingredients in a food processor and add oil,a nd other wet ingredients and mix properly.
3.Then add vanilla extract and blend it.Here i have added coffee powder for extra richness of teh chocolate .Even vanilla also enhances the chocolate flavour and gives a rich colour to it.
4.Grease a baking pan with enough butter and then dust it with the flour and por the batter to it until it fills 3/4 of the pan.
5.Pop it ina 345 deg pre-heated oven for 45 mins or until the tooth prick pricked comes out clear.
6.Allow it to cool for 1 hrs.Then slice it into thin slices.
7.Layer it with cool whip and freshly grated chocolate
8.Make a thick layer of cool whip and drizzle it with chocolate grates and hot chocolate sauce forming strings.Fresh or canned cherries also can be added for the topping and even layering.
9.Tastes even better if chilled.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 10:33 PM 14 comments Links to this post
Labels: Desserts
Rava Idli
Here is a easy tasty recipe for the breakfast.This is delicious and even healthy at the same time.you could prepare it instantly.
Its best on a cold day to enjoy with a plat full of hot idle and sambar.
Ingredients:
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Idly rava -2 cups
Urad dal -1 cup
Beaten rice - 1 cup
Cashews - 2 tsp
Coriander - 3 tsp
Mustard -1 tsp
Dried chilly -2 broken
Oil -1 tsp
Method:
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1. Soak urad dal for 1 hr in hot water.
2.Blend it with beaten rice adding little water.
3.Add idle rava and enough water to for a thick dough.Add enough salt to it.
4.Mix little yeast with warm water for 5 mins and then mix with the dough.
5.Now keep this covered with a lid for 1 hr in a warm place to allow it to rise to double.
6.Then take 1 tsp of oil in a pan add mustards and chilly to it and allow it to splutter.Then mix it to the dough.
7.Smear the idly cups witnlittle oil or wet it with water .This will prevent it from sticking to the surface and help in easy clean up.
8.Pour the batter and bake like idle in pressure cooker.
9.Enjoy with hot sambar made up of potatoes and onions.
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Labels: breakfast
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Banana Smoothie
Here is a yummy rich drink which everyone will enjoy at any time of the day,any season also.This is a healthy drink with the richness of milk and creamy sweet taste of banana .
Ingredients:
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2 cups - Milk
1 tsp - vanilla extract
3 tsp - sugar
1 big -riped banana
1 tsp - honey
Method:
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1.Milk, sugar and vanilla essence and freeze in ice try.
2.Next peal and slices up the banana.
3.Remove cubes of frozen milk and add to blender.
4.To the above add honey,and banana and blend for 3 mins.
5.Add to a nice glass and garnish with sliced banana.
6.Serves 2-3 people.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 8:52 PM 11 comments Links to this post
Labels: Juices
Chineese Fried Rice
Here is the spicy recipe for the cool winter.This is the best time to share this tasty spicy recipe with you all when its too cool out and we all wishfor something hot and spicy.It has a variety of chewy vegetable and the yummy mushrooms and the flavour of soya sauce and other spices all blended together .
Ingredients:
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Cooked rice -4 cups
Carrots - 1cup
Red Capsicum -1cup
Green capsicum - 1 cup
Peas -1 cup
Soya sauce - 3 tbsp
Salt -1.5 tsp
Red chilly sauce- 2 tsp
Green chilly -2 large
Red chilly powder-1 tsp
Kitchen king masala-1/2 tsp
Pepper -1/2 tsp
chopped grren onions-2 tsp
vinegar - 1 tsp
garlic -2 tsp
onion - 1 cup
Oil - 3tbsp
Method:
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1.Take some oil in a heavy bottomed pan.Then add onionand garlic saute till it turns transparent.Then add green chilliesand saute for additional 3 mins.
2.Now add carrots ,peas and mushrooms and saute for 3 mins.Now add salt ,chilly powder,red chilly sauce and soya sauceand saute till the vegetables turn a bit brown.Now add vineger to it amd mix well.
3.Now add all the bell peppers and saute for 1 min.Then add the cooked rice and mix well add 1 tsp of red chilly paste with 1 tsp of soya sauce.
4.Remove from the stove and add chopped green onions.
5.Serve hot and relish the fried rice.
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Labels: Rice items
Eggless Chocolate Nut Muffins
Here is my way of wishing you all a marry x-mas and happy new year.This is a yummy chocolate muffins topped with crunchy dry fruits .The soft muffins has the richness of chocolate and the creamy ness will melt simply in your mouth.Enjoy this vacations with the yummy chocolate muffins my friends
Ingredients:
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All purpose flour -1.5 cup
Sugar - 2 cups
Baking powder -1.5 tsp
Baking soda - 1.5 tsp
Cocoa powder -3/4 cup
Coffee powder -1.5 tsp
Oil - 1/3 cup
Milk - 1 cup
salt - 1 tsp
Dry fruits - 1/2 cup
Vanilla extract - 2 tsp
Hot water - 1 cup
Methods:
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1.Seive all the dry ingredients and keep aside.
2.Then take all the dry ingredients in a food processor and add oil,a nd other wet ingredients and mix properly.
3.Then add vanilla extract and blend it.Here i have added coffe powder for extra richness of teh chocolate .Even vanilla also enhances the chocolate flavour and gives a rich colour to it.
4.Then pour the batter to the muffin pan only to 2/3 .Then mix all the dry fruits in a little bit flour and add to the top.this prevents them from sinking to the bottom.
5.Place the try in a preheated oven of 350 deg for 40 mins.
6.Allow it to cool .Then relish it.
yummy muffins are ready to melt in your mouth.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 8:50 PM 9 comments Links to this post
Labels: Desserts
Friday, December 22, 2006
Spicy pumpkin with channa.
Ingredients:
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Pumpkin - 1 lb
Black channa-1 cup [cooked]
Coconut - 2 tsp
Coriander -2 tsp
Methi seeds -1/2 tsp
Mustard -1 tsp
Urad dal -1/2 tsp
Cumin -1/2 tsp
Hing - 1 pinch
Dry chillies -7-8
Chilly powder-1/2 tsp
Salt -as per taste
Oil -1 tsp
Curry leaves
Method:
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1.Chop the butter squash/pumpkin into bigger chunks and add 1.5 cup of water,salt ,chilly powder about 1/2 tsp and cook properly until tender.
2.add channa to the pumpkin and cook for additional5 mins.
3.Take a pan add all the spices and chillies and fry them in low heat till the urad dal turn slightly brown.
4.Then grind all the ingredients and make a paste out of it using enough water.
5.Add this paste to the pumpkin and bring it to a boil.
6.Take mustard and 1/2 tsp oil in the pan and just when it stars to splutters add curry leaves and saute and add this to the pumpkin curry.Serve hot.
7.Relish this with rice .
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Labels: Curry
Gobi fry
Here is a easy tasty recipe which can be prepared on a long day after hectic work schedule.Well this is a dry sukka dish,which can be served with roti or even plain rice.
Ingredients:
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Cauliflower - 3 cups.
Mustard -1 tsp
Dry chilly - 1 big
Cumin - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder-1/4 tsp
Pepper powder -1 tsp
Oil -1tsp
Lime juice - 1/2 tsp {optional}
Fresh coriander leaves
Method:
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1.Chop, cleanand wash the cauliflower.
2.In a pan add 1 tsp oil,Mustard ,cumin and dry chilly.Wait till it splutters.
3.Add cauliflower to this,season with salt and pepper powder and mix properly and cook it by covering the lid for 5min. Do not add any water.
4.Add all the remaining masala powder and saute properly and cook for another 5 minsby covering the lid.Then remove the lid and saute properly and add lime juice and mix.
5.Garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with freshly made rotis.
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Labels: sides
Sabakki Payasam (Sabudana Kheer)
Here is a delicious recipe for this vacation.Its a creamy kheer with bubbly sabudana,rich dryfruits,creamy milk all combined together with sweet smelling fragrance of cardammon and Saffron in it.
Ingredients:
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Sabudana-1/3 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Water -1/2 cup
Cardamon -2-3 powdered
Safron -2 pinch
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1 pinch
Almond - 3-4 sliced
Raisens - 7-8
Method:
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1.Pressure cook the sabudana with water.
2.To sabudana add milk and sugar and bring to a boil.Now add sugar and ghee roasted dried fruits and simmer and cook for about 10 mins.
3.Add safron which was soaked in warm milk and increase the heat and again bring to a boil.
4.Garnish with saffron,cardamon and little almonds on the top .
5.Serve hot or chill and serve cool like a kheer.Easy ,quick and delicious.Enjoy... Happy X-mas
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Labels: Desserts, Sweets
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Vegetable Pie
This is a quick easy recipe of a veggie puffed pie which is crispy,crunchy,spicy and yummy.........Its the best finger food.Good for party time....a easy holiday food.I assure you friends you will not be disappointed.....It give the same taste as a deep fried dish.The same way you can prepare smaosa's also.SO this will be a best way to eat the same tasty food without deep fry.
Ingredients:
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All purpose flour-1.5 cup
Oil - 2 tsp
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Salt -1/2 tsp
Yeast -1/2 tsp
Garlic powder -1/2 tsp
Water
Stuffing:
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Cooked potatoes-1/2 cup
Cooked carrots -1/2 cup
beans - 1/4 cup
Broccoli -1/4 cup
Onion -1/4 cup
Peas - 1/4 cup
Oil -1 tsp
Cumin - 1 tsp
Chilly powder - 1tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Method:
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1.Prepare a dough using flour, yeast ,salt ,sugar,water and oil[1 tsp]
2.Now cover it with a wet cloth and keep it in warm place to rise up to double the original size.About 45 mins.
3.For stuffings ,take a pan add 1 tsp oil to it add cumin seeds.just when it splutters add chopped onions and saute till it turns slightly golden brown.
4.Just when the onions are done add all the veggies ,1 cup water ,add all the masalas with salt as per taste .
5.Cover and cook for 3 mins,just till all the water has evaporated.
6.Now make small balls out of the dough and roll it into tiny chapathis.
7.Then add the stuffing about 2 big spoon on 1 side,coat the entire edge with oil , close it using the other side and seal it and compress it using the fork edges for fancy look [It also cive a proper seal to the pie].Grease the surface with few drops of oil.
8.Preheat the oven , bake in a 350 deg oven for 5 mins and then turn and bake other side for 3 mins.
9.Pie's are ready to be served hot with tomato Sauce.Enjoy..
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 9:57 AM 10 comments Links to this post
Labels: Fast Food, Snacks
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Black eye peas curry
This is a famous recipe from South India.Most comman amounst the konkana's.Its a curry with the richness of the peas blended with other spices and flovoured with the roasted garlic at the end.
Ingredients:
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Black eyed peas - 1 cup
Water - 2cups
dry chillies -2
curry leaves -5-6
Garlic -3-4 cloves chopped
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric -1/4 tsp
Hing -2 pinch
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Salt -1.5 tsp
Ghee -1 tsp
Method:
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1. Soak the b.e peas in hot water for 1/2 hr.Pressure cook the B.l peas,with salt and little chilly powder& then allow it to cool .
2.Take 1/2 of the cooked peas and grind it to make a rough paste.
3.In a vessel taKe the remaining peas add 2 cups of water and add salt as pertaste ,chilly powder, 1 raw garlic,turmeric,cumin powder,hing and add the paste .Stir properly and bring to boil.
4.In a small pan add 1 tsp of ghee and sliced garlic and roast it to golden brown ,then add it to the curry.
5.In the same pan take mustard red chillies and curry leaves and just when the mustards begin to splutter add it gto the curry and bring it to boil.Saute and simmer and cook for 3 mins.
6.Serve hot with plain rice.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 3:39 PM 8 comments Links to this post
Methi Chutny
Here is a spicy recipe which you can prepare out of methi.Its a good combination with any paratas or simple rotis .Mouthwatering dish with bright red colour and very few ingredients.You can even preserve this for about 2 months by storing it in an airtight conainer and refrigerating it.
Ingredients:
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Methi leaves - 1 bunch
Tomatoes - 3 large
Garlic - 7-8 large
mustard - 1tsp
Cumin - 1tsp
Chilly powder-2 tsp
turmeric powder-1tsp
Salt -1.5 tsp
Water -2 cup
Oil - 2 tsp
Curry leaves -6-7
Method:
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1. Wash ,clean and chop the fenugreek leaves[methi]
2.Then finely chop the tomatoes .
3.Take a pan and add 2 tsp of oil and cumin to it ,when it starts to splutter add chopped methi leaves,saute for about 5 mins
4.Add chopped tomatoes, garlic and saute for about 5 more mins.
5.Then when the tomatoes become soft add 2 cups of water,turmeric powder,salt chilly powder and cook by covering the lid for 10 mins.
6.Then take 1/2 tsp of oil in a small pan add curryleaves and mustard to it.Just when the mustards starts to splutters ad it to the cooked methi and saute properly.
7.Allow it to cool and then fill in a dry clean airtight bottle and this is now ready to be preserved.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 3:23 PM 5 comments Links to this post
Labels: Curry
Carrot parata
Here is a simple ,healthy recipe for all veggie lovers.This has a natural colour due to the carrot and in this way you can hide vegetable and give your kids a healthy meal.
Ingredients:
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Carrot -2 chopped finely
Chilly powder -1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder-1/4 tsp
Oil - 1tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Wheat flour - 2 cups
Hot water -1/2 cup
Method:
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1.Chop the carrots finely ,then cook it in microwave for 3 mins with salt and 3 tsp of water.
2.In a large bowl take wheat flour,oil,all the masala powderand mix properly.
3.Then add the cooked carrot to it and hot water and kneed properly until it forms a soft dough for about 10 mins.
4.Then make small balls out of it and roll into thin parata's.
5.Then bake it in aan until both sides become a bit brown.
6.This is ready to be served.These become very soft and looks great.
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Labels: Indian bread
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Sarson ka parata
Here is the recipe which is quick and tasty.It can be had plain with curds or as it is.We can also prepare it with the remaining sarson ka saag.Looks great and tastes wonderful.
Ingredients:
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green mustard- 1 cup boiled puree
Spinach - 1/2 cup Boiled puree
Ginger - 1 tsp
onion grated - 2 tsp
Carrot grates - 1 cup
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Green chilly paste- 1tsp
salt -1 tsp
Oil - 1tsp
Milk -3 tsp
Wheat flour - 2 cups
Method:
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1.Take all the puree and pastes mix well to this add milk,ghee and salt and give a good toss
2.Now add all the dry ingredients and mix properly and kneed for 10 minutes properly.
3.Then roll it into small balls and make small chapathi out of it.
4.Fill it with carrot and roll it into thin paratas.Bake till it turns slightly brown .
5.wrap it in a cotton cloth ank keep aside for extra softness.
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Labels: Indian bread
Manglore style cucumber raitha
Here is a recipe from south India.This is a recipe which is prepared in all the functions in mangalore.Its a side dish which has the crunciness of cucumber and creamy yogurt and richness of coconut in it.
Ingredients:
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Cucumber - 1 small[2 cups]
Coconut - 2-3 tsp
Green chillies- 2 finely chopped
Thick yogurt- 1 cup
fresh cream - 2 tsp
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Cumin - 1 tsp
Dry chillies - 2
Method:
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1.Chop finely or grate the cucumber and keep aside.
2.Now make a paste out of coconut,curds,chillies,mustard.
3.Now mix the paste , cream,salt to the cucumber
4.Take 1 tsp ghee in a pan add cumin and chillies to it and wait till it splutters.
5.Then add the cumin to the cucumber and give a gentle stir.
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Labels: Raitha's
Patra fry
This is a best finger food or a side dish.Can also be used as an appetizer.Here you can use the left over patarde and make a yummy mouthwatering fingerfood.easy and jatpat.
Ingredients:
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Pre made patrade
Oil -3-4 tsp
Methods:
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1.Cut the pre made patrade into small thin squares.
2.Now heat a pan and place these squares over it, then grease it with coconut oil.
3Then roast it on both sides till it turns slightly black and crunchy.
4.This is ready to eat now.
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Labels: sides, Starters
Monday, December 18, 2006
Patrade (Patra)
Here is the recipe from South India.This is a well known Konkani dish which is my favorite too.Believe me friends you will love it once you try it out.I can skip my meals days together for this patra dish.Yummy ........
Ingredients:
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Patra leaves[colocasia]-10-15
rice -2 cups
tur dal -1/2 cup
coconut -1 cup
dry chillies -15
Hing -1/2 tsp[if powder]
Coriander seeds -3 tsp
salt
Method:
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1.Soak rice and dal in warm water for about 2 hrs.
2.Fry coriander and chillies in 1tsp of oil for about 2 minutes.
3.Then blend the rice and dal with coconut,chillies ,coriander into a rough batter.
4.Add hing ,and salt to this.
5.Wash ,clean and wipe the leaves,then place the larger leaf at the bottom and pile up the small ones one after the other by coating the batteron the surface.Pile up about 3-4 leaves
6.Then keep folding it like a hand kerchief and coat each edge as you do this and then finally the outer surface. and cook in the cooker like idles.
7.Cook for about 1/2 hr without the whistle[weight]
8.Remove and eat with a little coconut oil drisseled over it.It also tastes good with curd rice or anything you wish.
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Labels: sides, Starters
Vegetable Raitha
This a good side dish for any type of rice dish.Its cool and regulates the spicy taste s of main dish.
Ingredients:
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Tomato - 1/2 cup
Cucumber - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1/2 cup
Curds/yogurt[plain ]-1 cup
Coriander leaves -2 tsp
Greenchillies -2 tap
Chilly powder -1/2 tsp
salt -1 tsp
Method:
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1.Take a bowl
2.Add all the chopped vegetables.
3.Mix 1 tsp salt,red chilly powder to the vegetables.
4.Add thick plain yogurt just before 5 mins to serve.
5.Enjoy it with pulav or other rice dishes.
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Labels: Raitha's
Vegetable Pulav
This is one of my favorite recipe which my mom used to prepare.We used to relish each bit of this pulav .The smell of the spices,the vegetables all when cooked looks very nice and tastes fabulous.
Ingredients:
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Rice - 2 cups cooked and cooled in fridge
Carrot - 1 cup
Beans - 1 cup
Peas - 1 cup
Capsicum - 1cup
Coriander leaf - 1/2 bunch
Garlic -2 cloves
Onion - 1 large
green chillies - 4-5
Ginger - 1 inch
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1tsp
oil -3 tsp
Soya sauce - 3tsp
salt -as pertaste
pepper - 1/2tps
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin -1tsp
Method:
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1.Take a pan add 2 tsp of oil then add cumin to it.Wait till it splutters ,then add onions and saute till it turns slightly brown.
2.Blend corianderleaves,chillies,garlic ,2 tsp of onions,ginger and peppercorns to form a thick paste.
3.Then add this paste to the pan with onions and saute till the raw smell goes.
4.Cook all the veggies except capsicum in the microwave for 3 min with salt.
5.Now add garam masala,chilly powder and turmeric powder,soya sauce and 1 tsp salt to the paste and saute for 5 mins.
6.Then add all the vegetables,add1 tp of oil and saute for 5 mins.
7.Then add rice and 1/2 tsp salt and mix properly so that each grannule of rice is coated with this mixture properly.
8.Saute the rice and then simmer and allow all the flavours to be absorbed properly by the rice for 5 mins.
9.Serve hot with tomato onion raitha.
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Labels: Rice items
Charmburi
This is a recipe which is famous all over India.Mostly popular in the chat streets of Mumbai.Mouthwatering,savory,spicy chat.Easy to make and very spicy taste.It has the crunchy ness of peanuts and the puffed rice.
Ingredients:
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Puffed rice - 3-4 cups
Carrot grated -3 tsp
Tomato - 1/4 cup
Onions - 1/4 cup
Raw mango - 2 tsp{Or lime juice}
Chilly powder -1 tsp
Garam masala -1/2 tsp
Coriander powder-1/4 tsp
Oil -3 tsp
Coriander leaves - 2 tsp
Roasted peanuts -3 tsp
Method:
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1.Take a vessel, add onions, tomato,carrot grates,raw mango grated or amchur/lime juice,salt ,all other masalas mentioned above,mix properly.
2.Add puffed rice and mix properly
3.If you are using lime juice add at the end.
4.Then garnish with coriander leaves and ready to eat.
5.Sugarcane juice goes well with this.
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Labels: Chat-Pata, sides
Poha
Here is a instant dish for the breakfast.Quick and tasty.
Ingredients:
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Beaten rice - 2 cups
Onion - 1/2 cup
Green chilies -2 finely chopped
peas -1/4 cup
Cury leaves - 4-5
Coconut - 3 tsp
tomato - 1 small
Peanuts - 2 tsp [roasted]
Chilly powder-1 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Potato -1/2 cup boiled and mashed
salt
Oil - 2tsp
Mustard - 1tsp
Dry chillies -2
Cumin - 1 tsp
Ingredients:
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1.Take a pan add 2 tsp of oil,add mustard and cumin .just when it splutters add onions ,peanuts and saute till it turns slightly brown.
2.Now add all the masalas,green chillies,peas and potato.add enough salt.
3.Now soak the thick beaten rice in water and strain and add them to the pan and mix well.
4.Add the coconut grates and saute properly.
5.Serve hot with a cup of coffee
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Labels: breakfast
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Bisi Bele bath
Here is a heathy recipe with lots of vegetables and all the nutritious Ingredients all blended together with various spices.
Ingredients:
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Rice - 1 cup
Toor dal- 1/2 cup
Cumin- 1tsp
Red chilly powder-1.5 tsp
Garam masala-1 tsp
Turmeric powder-1 tsp
Pepper powder -1tsp
Cinnamon powder-1/4 tsp
Clove -2-3 powdered
Coriander powder-1/2 tsp
Green chillies- 2 finely chopped
Onion - 1 large
Tomato-1 large
Carrot-1/2 cup
Beans-1 cup
Peas -1/2 cup
potato-1/2 cup
dry chillies-2
Mustard-1 tsp
Curry leaves-6
Hing-1 pinch
coconut-2 tsp
Oil 3 tsp
Method:
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1.Take a heavy bottomed pan ,add 1 tsp oil and cumin to it .Wait till it splutters.
2.Add onions, curry leaves and saute till the onions turn slightly brown.Now add all the masala powders and saute for 2 mins 3.Now add rice dal,4-5 cups of water, add salt and and cook for about 3 whistles.
4.In a small pan add 1 tsp oil,mustard and dry chillies,Wait till mustard splutters add curry leaves and add this to the bisi bele bath.
5.Enjoy with potato chips or papads as sides.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 9:27 PM 2 comments Links to this post
Labels: breakfast, Rice items
Friday, December 15, 2006
Bagara Baingan
This is a recipe from South India ,more famous in Andraparadesh.Its a spicy dish with the richness of peanut and creamy coconut blended with a bunch of different spices.A mouthwatering curry which all will love to have.Its also called as Enne Gai in our place.
Ingredients:
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Small Eggplant - 15[ slit into four till 2/3 lenght]
Onion - 1.5 cups
Red chillies - 8-9
Coriander - 2 tsp
Methi seeds -3/4 tsp
Cumin - 2 tsp
Black sesame - 1 tsp
Coconut -2 tsp
Cinnamon - 1 stick
Clove - 3-4
Pepper corn -3-4
Oil - 2/3 cup
curry leaves - 6-7
Turmeric powder-1 tsp
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Tamarind - 1/2 tsp
Jaggery - 1/2 tsp
Salt as per taste
Method:
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1.Wash clean and slit open the eggplants.
2.In a plate mix salt,turmeric and red chilly powder.Then using finger & smear this mixture to the innersurface of the egg plants and keep aside.
3.Now in a pan take 4 tsp of oil and add cumin to it.When it starts to splutter add onion and fry till it turns slightly brown.
4.Then add egg plant and add 1 tsp of oil and saute so that each egg plant is coated with oil.Then cook in medium flame for about 10 min with closed lid.
5.Occasionally saute it.Then when the eggplant becomes soft ,remove from the stoveand keep aside .
6.Now in a pan take coriander seeds, 2 tsp of oil,sesame seeds,methi seeds,cinnamon,clove,peppercorns,dry chilliesand fry for about 2 mins
7.Then remove it and add 3tsp of peanuts after removing the peal/skin and fry till it turns slightly brown.Now blend all the friedspices with groundnuts and coconut ,adding enough water to form a smooth paste.
8.Now add all the eggplants and the paste together in the pan and add turmeric powder about 1/2 tsp , jaggery ,salt as pertaste,curryleaves and simmer and cook for 10 mins .Saute occasionally.This is ready to be served.Enjoy this dish with
Paratas or Makki ki roti.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 12:03 PM 4 comments Links to this post
Labels: Curry
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Long beans coconut gravy
This is recipe very famous in South India.This contains long beans , yogurt and little of coconut with greenchillies adding spiciness to it.
Ingredients:
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Long beans - 1 pound
Coconut -2.5 tbsp
Greenchillies-2 large
Methiseeds -1/4 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
red chilly dry-2
chilly powder-1/2 tsp
turmeric - 1/4 tsp
curry leaf - 4-5 fresh
Oil -1/2 tsp
Yogurt - 1/3cup
jaggery - 1 tsp
Method:
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1.wash ,clean and cut the long beans at both the ends .
2.Now chop them into 1 inch pieces.
3.Add about 1.5 cup water in a vessel, then add chopped long beans and season with turmeric powder ,redchilly powder and salt and cook till tender.
4.Now make a fine paste out of coconut and green chillies
5.Add this paste into the cooked longbeans vessel ,add yogurt and jaggery ,salt
6. bring to a boil and keep aside.
7.Take oil in a small pan add mustard,methi seeds ,dryred chilly and curry leaves and when the mustards starts spluttering add it to the curry and gently give it a stir.
8.Serve with plain rice.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 3:41 PM 3 comments Links to this post
Labels: Curry
Cool Cucumber
Hey friends this is a simple recipe especially for those who are health conscious and for the summer.Its a easy and healthy drink out of the cucumber to fight against the heat.
Ingredients:
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Cucumbers -2 Large
Ice -1 cup
Sugar -4 tsp
salt - 1 pinch(optional)
Mint( optional)
Method:
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1.Peal all the cucumber and chop them into small bits.
2.Now put ice and these cool cucumbers into a blender and add required amount of sugar with a pinch of salt.
3.Now blend it untill all the juice has come out.
4.Pour into a clean glass.You can also drain the pulp if desired.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 10:02 AM 2 comments Links to this post
Labels: breakfast, Juices
Monday, December 11, 2006
Spicy Wintermelon
This is a very spicy tasty recipe from south India .Then winter melon is rich in iron and vitamin A.This is a lowfat diet and requires very little ingredients & time to prepare also.
Ingredients:
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Wintermelon - 3 cups diced ( 1 pound)
Garlic - 6-7 cloves
coconut grates-2 tsp
Coriander -2 tsp
Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal -3/4 tsp
cumin -1/2 tsp
Hing - 1 pinch
Red chillies -7-8
Mustard - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 7-8
Oil - 2tsp
Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Jaggery - 1/2 tsp{grated}
Method:
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1.Cut melon and put 1/2 tsp of turmeric and chilly powder each and 1 tsp of salt and cook it .
2.Now take a samll pan and fry cumin ,coriander,methi, hing ,urad dal and red chillies with 1.5tsp of oil untill urad dal turns slightly brown .
3.Then add 2 tsp of fresh cococnut grates to this and blend into a coarse paste.
4.Now add this paste to the cooked wintermelon and add salt as per taste.Add jaggery and bring to a boil.
5.Now take the garlic in the pan and roast till brown and add it to the curry.
6.Take the mustard ,1 red chilly and the curry leaf and 1/2 tsp of oil and add this to the curry and bring another boil.
7.Serve hot with rice and papads as sides.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 2:26 PM 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: Curry
Garlic bread
This is a recipe which you can have as a appitizer,breakfast, or as sides with the soup,i just have it at any time of the day.Its a fast recipe where you dont need to get any thing extra from the store.yummy.....
Ingrediets:
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Bread / bun/hotdog bun- 2-3 scliced
Butter - 3tsp
Garlic grates - 1 tps
Garlic powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Basil powder - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves -finely chopped
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Paprika powder
Method:
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1.take the bun and slice it slantly
2.Mix butter, salt,pepper,basil,garlic grates/minced,garlic powder for extra garlic flavour.
3.butter up all the slices and then garnish with paprika and coriander leaves.
4.Now place them over a cookie sheet and pop it in the oven for about 8 min at about 350 degree.
5.Serve hot with coffee or soup
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 10:58 AM 2 comments Links to this post
Labels: breakfast, Starters
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Rice pudding
Friends this is a simple famous recipe which everyone would like to have and if one could prepare it at home so easily then why not give a try to this delicious recipe.....
Ingredients:
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Raw rice - 1 cup
Milk - 3 cups
Bay leaves - 2
Sugar - 2 cups
Brown sugar- 2tsp
jaggery - 2tsp( grated)
Cardammon- 4
Cashews - 2 tsps
dry grapes - 2 tsp
Almound - for garnishing
1tsp -butter
safron - 3 pinch( soaked in warm milk)
Method:
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1.First take butter in a pan.Let it melt a bit and then add rice ,bayleaves.Then toss it properly so that all rice grannules are coated with ghee.
2.Now add 3 cups of milk and then allow the rice to cook in the milk for about 10 minutes.Stir it occasionally.
3.Now add sugar , brown sugar, powdered jaggery.
4.Now add cardammom, safron and add water or excess milk to this .
5.Cook till rice cooks completly in the milk.If desired you can also add heavy cream or condenesed milk for extra richness.
6.Garnish the kheer with ghee roasted chashews and raisens.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 9:44 PM 2 comments Links to this post
Labels: Desserts, Sweets
Makki Ke roti
Ingredients:
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2 cups - Makki ki aata ( Maize powder)
1 cup - all purpose flour
1.5tsp - salt
1tsp - chilly powder
1 tsp -freshly chopped cold coriander leaves
1 tsp -ginger grated
1 tsp - greenchillies finely chopped
2 tsp - onions finely chopped
Method:
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1.Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl and prepare a dough by adding very little water.
2.Now when the dough forms a piled up mass roll on small balls out of it.
Take a alluminium foil or banana leaves and smear it with oil and place the ball of the dough in it and press and make thin rotis out of it .You can also press using hand or the roller.
3.Now take a iron pan or any non stick pan and bake the rotis till golden brown and crisp on both the sides.
4.Serve hot with sarson ka saag and onions on sides.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 9:44 PM 2 comments Links to this post
Labels: Indian bread
Sarson ka saag
This is typical punjabi recipe which is very healthy and rich in iron content and cuts down the fat.Its a lovely looking green curry which you will love to eat.
Ingredients:
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2 bunches- green mustard(sarson)
1 bunch - Spinach
1.5 inch - finely chopped and minced ginger
3-4 cloves - garlic
4 -green chillies
1 tsp - cumin
1 tsp -red chilly powder
1 tsp - garam masala
1/2 tsp - turmeric
salt -as per taste
1tsp - powdered jaggery
2tsp - oil
Method:
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1.Wash ,clean and chop both the greens.
2.Add 1 cup of water and steam cook these greens with 1 tsp salt ,turmeric ,chilly powder,ginger ,garlic,2greenchillies,garam masala.
3.This will be done within 15-20 mins.Nowadd jaggery and remove and let it cool.
4.Coarsely blend it into a paste and cook in a vessel till all the raw smell goes off .
5.Add jeera and then in a samll pan take 2 tsp of oil ,add 1 tsp of finely chopped garlic and 2 green chillies and fry them till the ginger turns brown.
6.Now add this to the saag and slightly saute them and cook for an additional 5 mins.
7.Serve with makki ki parata and onions in the sides.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 9:43 PM 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: Curry, Main Dish
Dal fry
Ingredients:
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1 cup - tuvar dal
1 tps - turmeric powder
1tsp - tamarind water
1 tsp - red chilly powder
1tsp - garam masala powder
1/2 tsp- cumin powder
1/2 tsp-coriander powder
1 tsp - mustard
1tsp -urad dal
2 - dry red chilles
6-7 - curry leaves
1 large - tomato[chopped]
1 large - onion[ chopped]
3-4 -garlic cloves
1tsp - oil
salt
Ingredients:
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1.Pressure cook the dal with salt, turmeric and chilly powder .
2.In a pan take mustard,urad dal red chilly curry leaves and oil and wait till it splutters
3.Then add chopped onions and saute them till they turn transparent.
4.Now add tomatoes and cook till it becomes very soft.
5.now add all the cooked dal and remaining masala and bring to a boil.
6.Let it simmer and cook for an additional 10 mins.
7.Serve hot with plain rice or roti.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 9:42 PM 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: Curry, Main Dish
Palak peas Pulav
Ingredients:
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2cups - raw rice [cooked and cooled]
1 bunch -palak finely chopped
1.5 cup- peas [fresh]
1 big - onion [ chopped]
2 big -green chillies
1 stick - cinnamon
5-6 - cloves
2 big -bay leaves
3-4 - flowers[dry spice]
oil -4-5 tsp
3tsp - cumin
1 tsp - ghee
1tsp - pepper corns
1/2 tsp- pepper powder
1/2 tsp -garam masala
salt -as per taste
Ingredients:
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1.Cook rice with bayleaf and keep for cooling in the frige.By doing this they will not stick to each other.
2.In a big pan take some oil add jeera[cumin] and wait till it starts to splutter.
3.Now add all the spices and 1 tsp of oil and fry them for 3 mins.
4.Add chopped onions and fry till it turns slightly brown in colour.
5.Now add spinach to it and close the lid and allow it to cook for 3 mins.Then saute and add salt ,chilly powder and pepper powder to it and then add all the cooked rice.
6.Saute till each rice is coated with oil.
7.Now its ready to be served.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 9:42 PM 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: Main Dish, Rice items
Spicy gobi curry
Here is a recipe from the north indian cuisine right into your bowl..Just a yummy mouthwatering recipe of gobi which will simply melt in your mouth .The mere thinking of this recipe waters my mouth and believe me friends you too will love this.
Ingredients:
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Gobi - 2cups
Onion - 1 big
Garlic cloves - 4 big ones
Tomato puree - 2 tsp
Tomato sauce - 6 oz
Corn starch - 1 tsp dissolved in little cold water
Ginger - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1tsp
jeera - 1 tsp
chily powder - 1 tsp
Greenchilies - 2 finely chopped
water - 1 cup
salt -as per taste
corn flour - 1/2 cup
all purpose flour- 1/2 cup
oil for frying
Method:
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1.Make some pakodas out of the gobi just as i have mentioned in gobi manchuri and keep aside.
2.Then for the gravy, take 1/2 onion,2 green chillies,2 cloves of garlic,1/2 inch ginger and make a paste out of these.
3.Now in a pan take 1 tsp of oil and add cumin to it and just when it starts spluttering add finely chopped onions, garlic ginger and fry them till they turn brown.
4.Now add the paste and saute them till all the raw smwll of garlic goes off.
5.Then add tomato puree and sauce.Add all the masala and turmeric and then bring to a boil.
6.Now add the corn starch for thick nice smooth gravy.
7.Add all the pre made pakodas and heat it for additional 5 mins.
8.Then garnish it with freshly chopped coriander leaves and this is ready to be served with rotis or even with some rice items.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 9:41 PM 1 comments Links to this post
Labels: Curry
Beetroot Raita
Here is a simple side dish which requires very less afforts.Its a complete dish with the combination of all tastes in it.It looks too good with the pretty pink colour of the beetroot and the creaminess of the fresh yogurt which is blended into it.
Ingredients:
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Beetroot - 1 grated
Onion - 1/2 cup finely chopped
Green chillies - 2 finely chopped
Yogurt/plain curds - 1.5 cups
Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
salt - as per taste
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Oil -1/2 tsp
Dry chillies - 2
Curry leaves - 4-5
Method:
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1.Take grated beetroot & greenchillies in a bowl add a bit of salt ,chillypowder and cook in microwave for 3 mins.
2.Now mix the onions to the bowl
3.Take some oil in a pan and put all the other remaining ingredients and just when the mustards starts spluttering add it to the bowl with beetroot and mix everything uniformly.
4. Now add curds and mix properly.The dish is ready to be served.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 9:41 PM 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: Raitha's, Starters
Kadi Pakori [spicy yogurt curry with lentil dumplings]
Here is a punjabi recipe which is real fun to prepare.It has the crunchiness of the pokari in it and the tangy taste of the sour curds from which its prepared.Yet i say it a total blend of all the tastes because of the spices and other ingredients what we add to it. Not only it looks awesome but also its a recipe where in you start licking your fingers without your notice.
Ingredients:
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3 cups - sour curds
2 cups - water
2 tsp - gram flour[besan]
1/2 tsp- turmeric powder
1/2 tsp- coriander powder
1/2 tsp-chilly powder
1/2 tsp- grated ginger
1/2 tsp minced garlic
2-3 - greenchillies finely chopped
1 big - onion finely chopped
1 pinch- hing
4-5 -methi seed
For pakori:
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1 cup - besan
1 pinch- hing
1pinch - soda ( optional),for softness
coriander leaves
2 tbsp- onions finely chopped
2 tsp- green chillies
1/2 tsp -red chilly powder
pinch- turmeric powder
1/2 tsp- garam masala powder
salt for taste
oil for deep fry
Method:
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1.Mix all the ingredients of pakoda and deep fry them and keep aside.
2.Now for kadi mix water to the curds and beat them properly to form bubbles.
3.Add besan to this mixture and blend into it properly and keep it aside for atleast 30 minutes
4.In a pan take methi seeds and oil ,just when the colour of the seeds changes add the buttermilk mixture and add enough salt ,chilly powder,turmeric,hing and bring to a boil and simmer and allow it to thicken .
5.Now in a pan take some oil and add jeera .When it starts to splutter add onions ,garlic and saute them till it turns to golden brown.Then add greenchillies and fry for extra 3 mins.
6.Now add this to the kadi and again bring to a boil.After 10 mins add the pakori and simmer for 5 more minutes.Then garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves.
7.Tastes good with rotis, kulchas or even plain rice.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 9:41 PM 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: Curry
Palak Paneer
Here is a recipe for veggie lovers.This a creamy dish with the pretty dark green colour of palak and chewy paneer floating in the gravy.This is a recipe from north India.The mear view of this itself is mouthwaterning.Easy to prepare and a healthy dish.
Ingredients:
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Spinach - 1 bunch
Onion - 1 large
Green chilies -2 -3
Garlic - 2-3 cloves
Cumin - 1 tsp
Chilly powder -1 tbsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Paneer - 1/2 cup diced
Ghee - 2tsp
Salt
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Tomato puree - 2 tsp
Method:
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1.Wash,clean and chop the spinach and cook with little water.Season with turmeric,salt and chilly powder.
2.Add onions chopped roughly,garlic,green chillies.Close with a lid and cook for 10 mins.
3. Allow it to cool then,blend it into a coarse paste and keep aside.
4.Now take little ghee in a pan add cumin and wait till it splutters .
5.Then add the paste to it and cook till the raw smell of spinach and garlic vanishes.
6.Then add garam masala ,salt and sugar to it .Saute and then add tomato puree.
7.Now take remaining ghee in a seperate pan and roast the paneer cubes till they turn slightly golden brown at the edges.
8.Then add the paneer into thegravy and give fine toss.
Serve with hot parata's or kulcha's.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 9:40 PM 3 comments Links to this post
Labels: Curry
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Gobi Manchuri
This is a recipe which all will like to try. Its a spicy sour appetizer with lots of onions ,garlic and ginger in it.
Ingredients:
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Gobi - 3 cups(washes ,cut and dried)
Onion - 1 large
Greenchillies- 2 large finely chopped
Garlic - 3tsp finely chopped
Ginger -2 tsp finely chopped
Coriander leaves-3tsp
Tomato sauce-8 oz
Soya sauce-1/2 cup
Corn flour- 3/4 cup
All purpose flour-3/4 cup
Chilly powder- 2tsp
turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
paprica powder-1/2 tsp
salt-as per taste
oil - for deep fry
Method:
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1.Prepare a batter out of Corn flour ,maida [All purpose flour] chilly powder,turmeric powder, paprica and salt
2.Now dip the gobi in this batter and deep fry and keep it aside.
3.Take a pan and add about 3 tsp of oil to it.Then add onions, garlic, ginger,green chillies and fry them till the onions turn slightly brown .Then remove and keep aside .
4.Now add the tomato sauce ,to this also add soya sauce,1/2 tsp of chilly powder and saute for about 8 minutes .
5.Then when it starts to bubble add all the fried gobi and the onion mixture and saute it nicely.
6 Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and its ready to be served.
we can fry the gobi's the previous day and keep it in a airtight container in the refrigerator and just before the guests arrive we can mix it in the sauce and rest can be prepared freshly and served hot.By this way we can save a lot of time and enjoy with your guests also.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 6:31 PM 2 comments Links to this post
Labels: Fast Food, Starters
Onion Chutney
Ingredients:
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1 cup - Freshly grated coconut
3 tsp - onion
4 big - redchillies fried in little oil
1 tsp - channa dal
1/2 tsp- salt
1/4 cup - water
1 tsp - mustard
1 big - red chilly
5 fresh - curry leaves
Method :
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1.Take coconut ,onion ,fried red chillies,channa dal in a blender .
2.Blend using enough water and collect in a bowl.
3.Now take about 1 tsp of oil in a pan add mustard seeds and chilly when the mustards starts to splutter add curry leaves and put it over the chutney and add salt and give it a stir.
4.Chutney is ready to be served.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 11:01 AM 0 comments Links to this post
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Ghee rost plain Dosa( thuppa Dosa)
Ingredients:
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Raw rice - 2 cups
Urad dal - 1 cup
Masoor dal - 2 tsp
Orange masoor dal-2 tsp
channa dal -2 tsp
Methi seeds - 1 tsp
salt -as per taste
yeast - 1/2 tsp dissolved in warm water
These are for the batter which have to be soaked in hot water for 3 hrs.
Method:
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1.Blend all the ingredients of batter till it forms a smooth paste by aadding enough water and salt .
2.Now add the yeast and keep it in the oven to raise up over night or for 3-5 hrs atleast.
3.Now the batter is ready.Heat the pan /tava and then pour about 2 big spoon and roll it in circular fashion in the same direction very thinly and close the lid and allow it to cook for about 3 min till it becomes golden brown.
4.Then greese it with ghee and slowly make it upside down and now bake it without a lid for 1 min .
5. The dosa may be served with rasam & Onion /ginger chutney
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 2:20 PM 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: breakfast
Masala Dosa
This is a tasty recipe made out of rice with urad dal mainly with the potato bhaji stuffed in with a dry garlic chutney rubbed into the inner layer of dosa just before the bhaji stuffing,Yummy....I just cant wait to eat it.........hmm...
Ingredients:
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Raw rice - 2 cups
Urad dal - 1 cup
Masoor dal - 2 tsp
Orange masoor dal -2 tsp
channa dal -2 tsp
Methi seeds - 1 tsp
salt -as per taste
yeast - 1/2 tsp dissolved in warm water
--> These are for the batter which have to be soaked in hot water for 3 hrs.
Bhaji ingredients:
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Potaoes - 2 large
Onion -1 large
Green chillies - 2 large
Ginger - 1 tsp chopped finely
Curry leaves - 6
red chililes - 2
Mustard - 1 tsp
urad dal - 1 /2 tsp
oil - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder- 3/4 tsp
Chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
salt - as per taste.
Method:
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1.Blend all the ingredients of batter till it forms a smooth paste by aadding enough water and salt .
2.Now add the yeast and keep it in a warm place to raise up over night or for 3-5 hrs atleast.
3.Now the batter is ready.Heat the pan /tava and then pour about 2 big spoon and roll it in circular fashion in the same direction and close the lid and allow it to cook for about 3 min .
4.Then greese it with ghee and slowly make it upside down and now bake it without a lid for 1 min .Then again revert it and greese it with dry garlic chutney and put 1 big spoon of bhaji in one side of the dosa and close it from othe side.
Bhaji:
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1.Bake the potatoes and mash them after adding a little salt.
2.In a pan add some oil and put mustard , redchillies , curry leaves and urad dal.Allow it to splutter.
3.Now add onions and saute them till they become traansparent.
4.Add the mashed potaoes,green chilles,ginger, turmeric and chilly powder.Add about 1/2 cup of water and mix properly.
5.Then cook by reducing the heat for about 10 mins.The bhaji is ready to hide in your dosa.
These can be serves with freshly fried puries or chapatti also.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 1:50 PM 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: breakfast
Chipotle Style Lemon Cilantro Rice
Well if you are a fan of chipotle food then this is a really good recipe for you to give a try.I usually go to chipotle to have my burrito bowl .There they serve the lemon cilantro rice which i really love.So thought of giving it a try and i turned out preparing it exactly the way they serve it.yummy with the citrus punch and the spiciness of jalapeno chillies in it.
Ingredients:
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Cooked rice - 4-5 cup
Onion - 1 cup finely chopped
Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
Lemon zest -1 1/2 tsp
Jalapeno - 1 big finely chopped
Cilantro -3 tsp
Salt -1 tsp
Oil -3 tsp
Method:
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1.Take oil in a pan and then add onions and saute till it turns transparent.
2.Then add jalapeno to it and saute along with onions.
3.Add rice to the pan ,then the lemon zest and salt,give toss
4.Now add roughly chopped cilantro to the rice and mix it thoroughly and serve it hot.
5.This is ready to eat.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 10:33 AM 2 comments Links to this post
Labels: Main Dish, Rice items
Kulcha
Here is a recipe of Kulcha which can be eaten with any of the north indian dishes.Easy healthy and looks nice too.
Ingredients:
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All purpose flour -3 cups
Salt -1tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Olive oil - 2 tsp
Yeast -3/4 tsp dissolved in warm water and kept for 5 min
Curds -1/2 cup( exceptional)
Hot water - for mixing the dough about 2 cups
Thil -3 tsp
Carrot grates - 4 tsp
chorianderleaves-4 tsp
Method:
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1.Mix the salt,sugar and olive oil in a large bowl.
2.Now add flour ,curds and hot water and then the yeast to it and kneed into a dough.
3. Cover the dough by a damp cloth and keep in a warm place (Oven) for about 2 hrs.
4.Then remove it out and roll into small balls and roll into flat kulchas.
Now brush some water over the upper surface of the kulchas and sprinkle with black or white thil ,some choriander leaves and grated carrot and sprinkle little flour over it and roll again 1-2 times so that it sticks firmly.
5.Now preheat the pan and apply little butter /olive oil and place the kulcha with thil surface upwards.
6.Then grease the upper surface and bake it upside down.
7.Serve it hot.
8.This can also be prepared instantly with the store bought pizza dough.But heat it in the microwave for 30 seconds and kneed for an additional 5 mins and then prepare in the same manner.
Posted by Dr. Soumya Bhat at 10:33 AM 2 comments Links to this post
Labels: Indian bread
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Hot and sour soup
All of us will want to have some thing hot and spicy on a cold freezy day. Here is a recipe of a soup which we can have on a any day. Its a blend of spicy as well as sour tastes with some veggies in it to munch with.
Ingredients:
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Water - 6 cups
Mushrooms-2/3 cup
Bamboo shoots - 1/2 cup sliced into strips
Bean sprouts -1/2 cup
Tofu -1 cup thinly chopped
Chilly flakes - 1 tsp
red chilly paste - 1 tsp ( optional)
Pepper powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Soya sauce - 4 tsp
Granulated sugar- 2tsp
Olive oil - 1 tsp
Corn starch - 2 tsp stirred in 1/2 cup of water
ginger - 1 tsp minced into a paste
Vinegar - 2 tsp
Method:
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1.Take 6 cups of water in a large vessel and bring to a boil.
2.Now add mushrooms, bamboo shoots saute, then add vinegar,soya sauce, olive oil to it and again bring to a boil.
3.Add salt ,pepper chilly flakes .granulated sugar and bring to a boil again. Then simmer and add the corn starch dissolved in water slowly to the soup by stirring constantly.
4.Simmer and boil for about 10 minutes.
5.Garnish with freshly cut green onions.
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Labels: Soups
Sev Puri
Friends here is a chat-pati recipe which will take you directly to the streets of Mumbai.This is a complete combination of sweet,sour,spicy and bitter tastes. The recipe is a mouth watering one which you can prepare in minutes .
Ingredients:
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Sev papads/puri - 12
Onions - finely chopped about 1 cup
Tomatoes - 1 cup chopped
Potatoes - 2 big ones boiled and crushed
tamarind juice - 2 tsp
Sugar - 2 tsp
salt -1 tsp
chilly flakes -1/4 tsp
chilly powder -1/2 tsp
Paprica powder -1 tsp
pepper powder -1/2 tsp
jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
thick curds - 3 tsp
sproted green gram seeds- 3-4 tsp
sev -1/2 cup
Methods:
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1. Place all puries in a plate.
2.Now add a bit of salt and mash the potatoes properly.
3.Take about 1/2 tsp of potato and place it over the flat puries and press and make it flat with the help of your hands.
4.Now take the curds in a bowl and add little of salt and sugar to it with the pepper and gently whip it properly and keep aside.
5.Take tamarind juice in another bowl add a pinch of salt,2 tsp of sugar,chilly powder,chilly flakes,and jeera powder to it and blend into a homogeneous mixture.
6.Now put some green sprouts,onion tomatoes over the potato layer of the puries.
7.Take the mixture of curds and pour about 1/4 tsp over the puri.
8.Now put about 1/2 tsp of tamarind mixture over the puri.
9.Take about 1/4 tsp of save and drop slowly over each puri and finally garnish each puri with freshly chopped cilantro leaves.
10.This sev puri is ready to melt in your mouth now.
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Labels: Chat-Pata
Gobi Mutter
Ingredients:
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Gobi -3 cups
onions -1 cup
peas -1.5 cup
curry leaves -7-8 fresh
Mustard -1 tsp
Red chillies -2
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Chilly powder -2 tsp
pepper powder-1tsp
Coconut grates- 2 tsp
salt -as per taste
Method:
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1.Take a pan add oil ,mustard seeds,chillies to this.
2.Just when the mustard starts to splutter add chopped onions and saute them till they turn light brown.
3.Now add the florets of cauliflower ,saute it then add turmeric powder, salt chilly powder and pepper powder.
4.mix all and cook by simmering and stirring occassionally for about 10 mins.
5.This is ready to be served with rotis or even with rice.
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Labels: sides
Mini pizza just for kids
This is a simple pizza recipe which can be used as a finger food or an appitizer or a mini pizza for small kids where in you can hide some veggies.
Ingredients:
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Pizza dough
Cheese
Tomatoes
Spinach
Chilly flakes
salt and pepper[Exceptional}
Method:
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1.Roll the pizza dough into think chapatti like sheets.
2.Now using a cookie cutter cut off small circles just like how we do for cookie and make dimples in it using a fork.
3.Place it in the cookie sheet and pop it in the preheated oven , 350degree for 8 mins.
4.Remove it and apply tomato sauce in the base ,then a layer of grated cheese then some strips of spinach over it finally place a whole cherry tomato or slice it into 1/2 and again bake for about 5 mins.
5.Now the cheesy mini pizza is ready to melt in your mouth.Kids are really gonna love it believe me.
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Labels: Fast Food, Starters
Mooli parata
Ingredients:
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Mooli - 1 big grated
Green chillies - 2 chopped finely and minced
Salt -1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp
Mix all the above amd keep aside for stuffing
Now prepare the parata dough by using-
wheat flour -2 cups
salt -1/2 tsp
oil/ ghee - 1.5 tsp
water
Method:
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1.Prepare the dough using the above ingredients and kneed for 5 min properly.
2.Now roll it into small balls and prepare small roti out of these balls.
3. Stuff each with 1.5 tsp or 2 tsp of the stuffing which we have already prepared by mixing all ingredients.
4.Now cover it by the edges and roll it in wheat flour and make thin roti and bake in pan with little greasing using oil or butter.
5.The parata's bake easily and look awesome and are ready to eat.
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Labels: Indian bread, Main Dish
Tomato Rasam
This is a simple recipe from Karnataka .Rasam requires very minimal ingredients .This is the recipe which can be eaten along with rice .
Ingredients:
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Tomatoes - 2 chopped
Masoor Dal - 1/2 cup cooked
Green chilles - 2 chopped
Ginger - 1/2 tsp minced
Hing - 1 pinch
Coriander leaves-freshly chopped
Chilly powder - 1tsp
Pepper powder -1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Jeera powder -1/4 tsp
Water -4 cups
Mustard seed - 1tsp
red chilluy -2
oil -1 tsp
Method:
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1.Take about 4 cups water ,add chopped tomatoes to it and allow it to soften
2.Season it with salt ,turmeric powder and chily powder and cover it witha lid and reduce the heat and let it simmer for 5 min.
3.Now add hing ,dal ,ginger, green chillies ,pepper powder,and jeera powder and cook it for about 15 more mins
4.take 1 tsp oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds with red chilly and allow it to splutter .Then add it to the rasam and cook in high heat for about a minute or two.Now garnish it with freshly chopped coriander leaves.
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Labels: Curry
Sunday, December 3, 2006
Home made pizza from scratch
Here is a pizza recipe right from the scratch.This is a best pizza you would have ever had.Its yummy with cheese and many other toppings in it.So this is the time to note all the ingredients , give a try and experience the pizza melting in your mouth.
Ingredients:
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All purpose flour- 2 cups
Yeast - 1.5 tsp dissolved in warm water
salt -2 tsp
Sugar -1 tsp
Olive oil - 2 tsp
Tomato sause -4 tsp
water
These are the ingredients for the pizza base.
For the topping:
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onion - 1 large
Tomato - 1 large
Spinach - 4tsp chopped into thin strips
Garlic - 2 tsp
Olives - 5-6 sliced
Mushroom - 1/2 cup
Cheese
Method:
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1.Take all the ingredients of the pizza base as mentioned above and mix all the dry ingredients ,then add olive oil ,yeast and warm water and prepare a dough out of it just like chapati dough.
2.Now cover it with a wet cloth and keep it in warm place,Like oven. for about 45 mins.
3.This mass will raise to double the proportion.Now dust the desk with bread crumps and then roll the base into about 1 inch thick base or desired thickness.Then make dimpled using the fork all over the surface.
4.Then place it over the pizza pan and pop it in the preheated oven .Bake for about 18min under 350 degree .
5.Now take little oil in a pan and add onions,garlic ,olives, mushrooms to it and saute them till the onions turn transparent.
6.Now remove the pizza base then grease it with tomato sause,then add all the topping .
7.Then sprinkle diced tomatoes and the cheese .Add the Spinach.
8.Then bake this pizza again for 10 min till all the cheese starts melting.
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Labels: Fast Food
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Valentine's Day Special Round Up!
21 February 2007, 05:05:04 | Pooja
Did I keep you waiting for this round up? if so, I am sorry from straight of my heart , I know its very bad to keep anyone waiting without giving any proper reason. Now when I am guilty for this, let me clarify the reason too. I was out of station for few days, actually was supposed to be back on 17th and planned to take up the round up for all entries then, but instead of that I came back just yesterday evening, as our trip got little extended. The first thing I do as soon as I get in touch with my beloved laptop is to draft round up and post my own entry too.
Hope you all will forgive this friend of yours... :)
Now with the round up....
We have many new and lovely participants this time , A warm welcome to our new participants here , who presented their recipe for the first time with the event here.
Jyotsna
Manjushree Mukkala(non-blogger)
Jayashree
Swapna
Mommyof2
Aarti Mahajan- etkapure(non-blogger)
Jai and bee
Mishmash
Yum
Here you go with the round up.
Lovely Soumya of Home Spices reached to me First.
Pink Slush is her entry for the event . Check out her recipe for it here .
Maheswari is with us with her beyond the usual recipe – Strawberry Ginger lassi .
Sharing along with that some nice experience of her 5 years of togetherness with her hubby. :), check out her recipe and lovely words here .
Gattina from Kitchen Unplugged is sharing with all of us the favorite of her hubby - Cherry coconut chocolate .
Just a picture is enough to make mouth watering for a chocolate lovers. :D
Jyotsna Vasudevan from Currybazaar is sharing here with all of us Date flavoured Tiramisu .
Sri from Daavat is Sharing here with us – Rice Pudding. She also shared her nice experience with hubby, and I agree with her words, as far as it concerns to me, I also feel the same way. Sri : )) .
Asha from Foodieshope , or should I say from Aromahope(confused…!!! : )) ) , is sharing touching story from her past with all of us, along with the Vegetable pulao she made for her rice lover hubby. : ) . as usual she is making us all hungry with her nice picture of this vegetable pulao, when decorated in such a nice way, I think even non rice lover will fall in love with dish , Asha ! :D
Seema of Recipe Junction is sharing here with us Rose ice cream soda. Such a lovely idea and the color is perfect for the theme. I think if there is any prize for the theme then you muct have deserved one for bringing out the perfect color in it for the theme : ) .
Usha is sharing here with us Strawberry -french vanilla Cake along with some sweet memories of her first valentine’s day ! How sweet of her to share such nice memories with all of us : ) .
Jai and bee from Jugalbadi is sharing very creative Bouquets for valentine. See the picture below to sheck out the nice presentation with different food and chutneys. .
Jayashree of spice and curry , made her hubby’s favorite recipe - Bengali fish Curry , and shared with us along withsome nice facts of Allahabad. : ) .
Mishmash has taken a slight twist and sharing her memories of bachelorhood, the old ang old days with friends…. She is also sharing with us berry-grooms-and-berry-brides. What a lovely idea to participate with the theme , Mishmash ! : ) . Indeed lovely pictures too !
Jasmine from Spicetrail is sharing here with us here delicious way of making Creamy vegetable soup for her valentine. She asked me to put this lines on behalf of her to to share with all of us.
In her own words …
“Valentines day was a strict no-no for me and hubby ( ours was a chuppa-chuppi romance...so we used to be as far away from each other on that particluar day.. ..you know how it is in India..when you walk with your brother on V-day you will be end up raising many eyebrows. ..
But now we are at peace after marriage after many years of courtship.we dont have to worry much...and just wonder about those loverlorn couples who maybe doing the same thing like us .and it just brings a smile on our face..hoping that they will be at peace someday like us..where everyday is Valentines day!”
Prema of my cook book is here with her unique way of making Strawberry cheese cups along with dosa and sambhar for her dosa lover hubby :D . do not forget to go through her nice words for her hubby dear… :) .
Beetroot Halwa from Coffee of My khazana of recipes… , what can be perfect than this for Vday ? its red, its sweet and it looks heart warming…. Such a lovely entry Coffee ! : ) . Along with this coffee has shared her experience of the dilemma before choosing a her hubby dear , and the past and loving experience of that too….
A lovely entry from Trupti of the spice who loved me is Cinnamon streusels cake, made with the help of her 3 year old kid…. Such a lovely contribution from mom and sun to this event , I think this entry is really special in a way that it is accompanied by the help of little angle at home , a special hug to Sahil for this from me. :) .
Lakshmik of veggie cuisine ,has presented here lovely blueberry pecan coffee cake here to make this Valentine’s day real Sweet. :D . This is really a nice entry , Lakshmik, where have you been , I missed you with my roundup since last few weeks dear.
Vini is here with all of us to spread her whirl of aroma among all of us… : ) , this time she is presenting Chocolate mousse for her little Ananya and Tiramisu for Hubby . such a lovely idea Vini. Thanks for participating inspite of ananya’s injury . A brave and very loving mom you are. Hugs to you !
Supriya of Spice corner is sharing with us Fresh Strawberries with Ice Cream and Chocolate Sauce . A lovely entry for this Sweet event from lovely Supriya. :)
Yum of Spice of life is sharing her with us Moolangi ambat with kerala red rice. Yum is also sharing another entry for the event – Raspberry Scones .
Swapna of Swad is sharing – Tomato rice for this special day with all of us.
Mommyof2 from Mommy friendly recipe has made garlic chicken & thai green curry for her 2 little valentine and hubby dear. Such a lovely idea to make all happy around… : ) . this is her first food post , as she mentioned in her post, thank you very much for contributing here with your first post, G P.!
Now is the turn of our another 2 special participants of this Theme. They are non blogger and sent their entry to me by email along wiht the picture.
First is Manjushree Mukkala
She made beet root halwa
Rest here is a her email in her own words and recipe.
Our wedding anniversary falls just one week before the Valentine’s Day. This year we couldn’t celebrate as our son was sick. So, I decided to make up for it by celebrating the Valentine’s Day and surprising my husband. Beetroot is one of my husband’s favorite vegetable and hence came the thought of making beetroot halwa to my mind. I made the halwa the day before the Valentine’s Day and shaped it round so that it looks like a cakeJ.
At 12 in the night I took it upstairs and he was really surprised at my creative idea. Then we cut the halwa together pretending it to be a Valentine’s Day cake. It was a perfect starting for the Valentine’s Day. In turn he surprised me in the evening with roses.
The basic ingredients required for this recipe are beetroot, ghee, sugar and nuts. Some form of milk product, may be milk or condensed milk or ricotta cheese is optional.
Below is how this particular preparation is made:
Beet root grated - 2 cups
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
Preparation method:
1) In a frying pan, add, 1/4 cup of ghee
2) When the ghee is hot, add beetroot and fry till it is soft (<5min)
Second non blogger buddy we have with us is Aarti mahajan–etkapure
She made – strawberry lassi
In her own words...
I came acros your blog a few days back and am following most of your recipes from then on. :) Your recipes are really good and aptly named-- "creative". I read about the theme for this week and decided to contribute the easiest recipe availabe. I hope you will accept my recipe though I am not a blogger.
This was my first Valentine day with Hubby dear as we got married in June 2006. Both of us beleive that we dont need any "day" to celebrate/express our love.. So "Every day is a Valentine day for us" ;)
One fruit that you'll find in my house most of the times is Strawberry. My hubby, Rahul, loves strawberries. Another thing he is crazy about is Yogurt. None of his meal is complete without Yogurt. So I decided to try out something with his favorites. And Strawberry Lassi was the first thig that came to my mind. It was ready in 5 mins and resting in fridge for another 3 hrs waiting for compliments. Needless to say, Hubby dear loved it :) Here goes the recipe-
STRAWBERRY LASSI
Ingredients:
1/2 cup plain Yogurt
1/2 cup cold water
5-6 big fresh strawberries
4 tbspn sugar (amount may depend on strawberry taste and may vary according to desired taste- sweet/sweet n tangy- typical strawberry taste)
Recipe:
1) Wash and cut strawberries in big pieces. Grind them in a mixer with sugar.
2) Whip yogurt using a blender and add water.
3) Add the strawberry sugar mix to yogurt and mix well.
4) Best served chilled.
Here are Entries from me For the theme of the week -Valentine's Day.
Refreshing Drink - Black Grapes with Orange Juice(2:1 portions).
Brunch- Aloo Paratha with Spicy Tomato Chutney
Main course- Matar Paneer(Green Peas with Cottage cheese)
Dessert -Strawberry Icecream
Apetizer -Beat treat, check the recipe for it Here .(this is also my secind entry to AFAM- Strawberry)
I hope that I have not missed anyone of yours entry for this round up I checked it for 3 times ,still if I missed someone's please wihtout hesitation just write to me soon, I will update it .... Have fun and celebrate each day with love. Love is all around us.... :D
My another entry for Vday Special.
19 February 2007, 15:11:39 | Pooja
I was planning to make something to easy to make and likable by both of us too, so that I don’t have to spend lot much time in kitchen and can spare some time for both of us to recall the old(though not so old, we are married since just 1 year and 9 months :)) ) and golden memories. Though we are less than 2 years married, it always seems like past when recalling the days before marriage or the starting of marriage.
Hubby is a big paneer fan . He loves any food cooked with paneer.
And as he knew already that there is going to be something special for him in lunch , I think he was expecting some nice change too.
I made matar paneer(Green peas with cottage cheese) with plain flour roti. Which also he loved very much. It’s the first time I make roti from maida(plain flour) at home, normally only when eating out in restaurants we had it.
Along with his favorite vegetable Pulao . .. and he was totally happy to see it.
Matar paneer here I made is from ready made masala of rasoi magic, which includes everything in it, just I add green peas and paneer, as instructed in it.
If it is available in any store around your place, then I strongly recommend to try this one, easy and too tasty . also cooked within minutes. : ) . I tried other vegetable masal of rasio magic too , but this one is defnately better tan all of the rest, the second one I would recommend to you is Paneer tikka masala from rasoi magic. Try it some time, and just like me you will fall in love with it.
Here is how I make it.
Take 1 tsp of oil and when hot add , finely chopped 1 tomato to it. Cook for a while and then add the rasoi magic masala mixed with 1-2 cup of water , such that there isno lumps formed in the gravy . cook it on high flame and add green peas to it. Cover with lid and cook till the gravy reach to desired thickness, finally add paneer cubes to it and cook for another 1 minute.
I added 1 cup fresh green peas and 200 gms paneer cubes to it. And the result is in front of your eyes. This was simply great that what we get in restaurants. Not so spicy not so mild, I just love it, and so does hubby. :D .
Basically he loves anything thing with paneer, such that when in the evening we went to a Chinese restaurant – Mainland China here, he ordered tofu with exotic vegetables there… : )) .
For vegetable pulao :
Ingredients:
½ cup green peas,
1 carrot peeled and cut into small cubes,
1 onion finely chopped,
1 potato , peeled and cut into cubes,
2-3 cloves,
Ghee for tadka,
2-3 Bay leaf,
Pinch of turmeric, salt to taste,
2 cups cooked rice.
Method:
Cook rice with water and keep it aside draining extra water from it.
In a pan add 2 tsp of ghee/oil, when hot add bay leaf and cloves to it, along with onion to it. When onion turns translucent add potato cubes to it, cover with lid and cook it until potatoes are tender. Next add carrot ,green peas and salt to it and cook until they are soft. Add turmeric to it and mix in the cooked rice with it. Mix well together and turn off the heat. Serve hot with anything you like.
For desert we had Strawberry Icecream, this is my first attempt to make ice cream with strawberry .
Ingredients:
12-15 strawberry
3 cup milk,
2 tsp custard powder,
½ cup thick cream,
Sugar to taste, I used 1 cup.
Process:
In a big vessel heat the milk, when it come to boil add custard powder to it, mix in well and stir such that no lumps will be formed from it. Cook it on high flame and stirring continuously until milk is half of the original size ,add sugar and milk cream to it. And stir again for few minutes on medium heat. And turn off the heat after 1-2 minutes. Place it on side and let it get to room temperature. Until then in a mixture grind the strawberries to a fine paste without adding any extra water. And when milk mixture is at normal temperature add it to that, and mix in well . Place it in a freezer in a container and and when it get frozen for the first time, remove all of them in a grinder and make fine paste out of it, it will help the ice cream to be turn little more thick in consistency and will remove ice particles from it, if any .
Again in a container let it freeze and serve when it get to normal ice cream coldness.
With scooper remove it in a small bowl and decorate with strawberry and serve chilled. If you like, add some fresh honey over ice cream to make it even richer in taste.
This also goes as my entry to Maheswari for her AFAM-Strawberry
Some memorable moments :
We got married on 29th of May 2005. on 14th feb. 2005 it was the first Valentine’s for us after we come to know each other, before our marriage He used to work for late hours and he loved his work, though now he has changed totally with that and don’t give an extra moment to office : ) .
On that day , I got a long email from him , and a part of it I am going to share here.
This is what he wrote
"Hard to make a sentence, as words are slipping out of my hands as Ithink more of you.I know that you are the most beautiful girl on this earth for me to love and I am happy that I am doing so.
Most beautiful not for whatyou look but for what I felt of you.
Beautiful for what you make me inyour love.
Beautiful for selfless love and tender care that you gave me.
Beautiful for loving me in spite of all my weakness.
Beautiful for believing me even though we meet once in life.
Beautiful for loving me not by looks and the thousands that I earn butfor what your heart and soul tells you."
That email was too long, here is just a part of it, and I love reading it again and again even today, at least I am happy that what he said is not a false promise or some words to impress me, it is true even today, and I feel it in each action of Deepak.
Aloo Paratha(Stuffed potato paratha) with Tomato chutney & Grapes Juice
13 February 2007, 20:32:36 | Pooja
Ingredients:
1 cup wheat flour
2 potato boiled and peeled
½ tsp Cumin powder,
½ tsp chaat masala ,(or dry mango powder and pinch of crushed black pepper)
½ tsp redchilli powder,
Salt to taste,
½ tsp lemon juice,
Sugar to taste (optional)
Oil for shallow fry
Method:
Boil the potato until they are soft and tender. Remove sking , and mash them , mix in cumin powder ,chaat masala ,redchilli powder, lemon juice and salt in it. Keep this aside.
Knead the dough , using sufficient water and salt added to it, when done apply some oil to it, this will make it smooth. Knead it soft enough like we make for roti/paratha. Make lemon sized balls of it and roll out into a small round shape of it. Place spoonful of potato stuffing in the middle and cover it from side as shown in figure here. Now again slowly with care roll out to small sized round of about 3-4 inch diameter.
On a hot tawa place it, and let the first side cook in slow heat until it is half cooked. Turn the side and let the other side also get half cooked.
Now turn the paratha again and apply some oil from the side of Partha to the side below, this will give it chance to get puffed from side and center too. Turn the side again and do the same for another side too. Cook until golden brown on both sides and serve hot with anything you like. It goes well with a cup full of curd or green coriander chutney.
I had this in brunch this Saturday accompanied with quick Tomato chutney. Which hardly take 3-4 minutes to prepare it.
Here the method to make it.
Ingredients :
2-3 medium sized tomato finely chopped,
3-4 dry red chillies,
6-7 curry leaves,
½ tsp red chilli powder,
Salt to taste,
A pinch of asfoetida,
1 tsp oil.
Method:
In a pan heat the oil. When little hot ,add curry leaves , asafetida powder and red chillies to it. Just in a while add chopped tomatoes too.
Cook it on a high flame, cover with lid for 1-2 minutes, then stirring occasionally cook it until all the water part of it evaporates and oil starts separating from tomato pieces, it will form a thick gravy like consistence, add red chilli powder and salt to it, serve with anything you like.
This is what we had in brunch this Saturday. Normally we take bread , toast ot other light snack item with milk in the morning. I prefer to have meal on time , on week ends so normally we get lunch ready by 12.30 -1 p.m on weekends.
Just few days ago Deepak was recalling his college days when he was staying in hostel and they were getting Aloo paratha in the Sunday breakfast there , he was just telling me that it was the only reason he got up early on Sundays that time. Though I know he likes aloo paratha , I didn’t know he loves it this much ! (I made aloo paratha so many times before this , but that is for the evenings when we don’t want to have heavy dinner and for him it goes nice with plain curd. Also that time I made it different way by adding coriander leaves, green chillies and other spices to it .this time as for bruch I have added all the ready dry powdered spices ,to make it quickly. )
Now when it came to make something to make him happy I thought to make it. I know he loves spicy tomato chutney made this way, so got the perfect idea of brunch for last weekend. Accompanying this dish was fresh juice of green grapes. It was a perfect dish- tasty aloo paratha with spicy tomato chutney and soothing juice. :)
He was more than happy to see this surprise from me, as he was not aware with what’s going on in the kitchen and was busy with a phone call, when I presented the whole dish in front of him, he just stare with happiness on his face with a broad smile : )) . And still keep on reminding me that he liked my idea of brunch that day very much.
Still some more dishes from me to share with you all with some memories to cherish with that, are coming their way, till then stay tuned and keep cooking: D .
(Hubby didn’t know till then that I have announced any such theme for Valentine’s day , now when he know this, he keeps on asking me what I am going to make for surprise lunch for him : )) ) .
Check out my entries for Little chef in Kitchen and Monthly Mingle - here.
Theme of the Next Week - Valentine's Day
06 February 2007, 20:06:47 | Pooja
Remember those days just before our marriage ,how romantic we all were ! We were just feeling like love is all around us that time, right? As time passes we get used to things in life , and start understanding each other , be compatible with each other, and though life gets better by understanding our life partner well, we almost forgot to express frequently how much we love our better half, as we used to do in initial days of our marriage. Isn’t it true for all of us in one or more ways?
Well, then lets all do it once again , tell our beloved how much we love them and how good our life is by having their support in each matter of our life.
Having all of your suggestions with me, I thought to celebrate this week as Valentine’s week. And the theme for this is little versatile .
They say 'the way to man’s heart is through his stomach' : D.
Cook anything to make your better half happy in a special way , and let us all share our experiences together here in round up .Like what you cook, why you cook it, and how did he find it etc etc… (if you wish you can write about your story like how you met him and all , that is if you would like to add then only, but I think it will be great fun to bring back memories of those days and share with out buddies here. You can also share what he gifted you,and how special you were feeling that time etc..., In short anything related to Valentine's day from your treasure :) )
Let us all remind our special One , of his value in our life, and just for some time forget anything else , like- our responsibility , our busy schedules , or other priorities.
Having something with the color red or pink in the dish will be like ‘Sone pe Suhaga ‘ (adding fragrance to gold, and ), but that is truly optional( I think there are many options to have red/pink color in our dish , i.e. Pomegranate seeds, red grapes, Beet root, anything of rose or straberry flavor) I keep it optional as there is different choice for our favorite meal for all of us, :) so Cook anything you like to make a perfect evening for two of you and share it with us .
I think as all of us will have some other plans to celebrate 14th feb. in a special way , or some where outside home , I think this weekend is a good time to make our beloved happy. So go on, try it and share it here. Will wait for your entries to pooja18@gmail.com , the round up will be done after 14th February. Take your time to make a special dinner , and have a great time together.
Love is in the Air,
Valentine's day is few days away !
Green Peas Pickle
04 February 2007, 06:08:18 | Pooja
Though to try this way of making pickle out of peas :), and it turn out really nice. Hope you pickle lovers there will enjoy it. i jsut know that Supriya and Sra love differet kind of pickles, so atleast forthem it will do good , right Supriya and Sra? :) . Well, Hubby is in your line, so I try making different variety of Pickles at home a lot. This was tasting nice will good aroma of fennel seeds spreaded in the whole dish. Here is the way I make it, simple and easy.
Ingredients:
½ cup peas
4-5 green chillies
2 tsp mustard seeds
2 tsp fennel seeds(saunf) – roasted,
1 tsp salt
½ tsp turmeric
4 tsp oil
2 tsp lemon juice
½ tsp red chilli powder
Method:
In a grinder grind mustard seeds and fennel seeds to a smooth powder.
Cut green chillies in to 1 inch long pieces.
In a pan heat the oil, and turn off the heat when oil is hot.
In this hot oil add green chillies and green peas, then add powder of mustard seeds and fennel seeds along with red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt.
Add lemon juice when the mixture is cold. Store it in a air tight container. This pickle can be eaten after two days.
Entries for today
Lakshmik and Soumya made Peas soup to share with us and go healthy this winter. :) Check out their versions here and here .
next is from Kajal ,who made Peas Potato Ring to share with all of us. Nice entry and good idea to have this kind of colorful snack.
And a wonderful twist from Swapna , who made Matar puri ! what a wonderful idea, I loved it. check out her delicious recipe of matar puri with dum aloo here. thanks for eminding me about this, Swapna.
Thank you Lakshmik , Soumya,Swapna and Kajal for your wonderful entries and timely efforts. :)
Will post a theme for the next week, before that I would like to have your suggestion on this, as already some buddies have suggested. I think this theme idea should be fun for all, and as valentine's day is coming near , all seems to be Pink in mood :D. Let me have your ideas about how we all should celebrate the next 10 days together when 10th day is going to be a valentine's day ! Will wait for your idea , and decide about the theme and post it on monday ,for which final round up will be done on 14th february -wednesday . Come up with something nice, and have a fun .
Roses are blooming all the way ,
Valentine's Day is few days away ....
Drop me your suggestions soon either on email or in comment here and Have fun with family & friends this weekends..
Green Peas pakoras ,Pau Bhaji & entries for Green peas.
02 February 2007, 13:44:40 | Pooja
Green Peas Pakora With curd.
Ingredients :
½ cup soaked moong dal ( Green gram split)
½ cup Green peas
1 inch long ginger root.
1 small onion,
2-3 green chillies,
1 tsp red chilli powder,
1 tsp cumin seeds powder,
Salt to taste ,
2 cup curd,
Method :
Soak the moong dal for 2 hours .
Grind the Green peas and moong dal along with ginger, onion and green chilies into a fine paste and mix in the salt . Do not add extra water while grinding .
In a kadhai heat the oil, when it is hot , fry spoonfuls of the mixture in oil till pakoras are crispy and dark brown .
Whisk curd thoroughly and add salt , cumin seeds powder and red chillie powder to it .
Ina serving dish , serve pakoras and add curd onto it.
Tastes good. A slightly variation to this is before serving you can soak pakora in water and press it before serving, this will remove excess of oil. (this is same as we do for dahi wada. )
Pau Bhaji
Ingredients :
1/2 head cauliflower
2 large potatoes
11/2 cup green peas
2 long carrots
1 big onion
3-4 garlic clove
1tbsp ginger (Shredded)
1tsp turmeric powder
2tsp cumin powder
2tsp red chili powder
4 tbsp oil
Butter to toast Pau
Method:
Peel and wash potatoes and carrot. Cut potatoes into cubes, and carrot into small pieces.
Cut cauliflower into small pieces.
Grind 1/2 the onion, ginger and garlic into a fine paste.
Boil the cut vegetables in a pressure cooker in 1 cup of water for approximately 10-15 min or until they are soft and tender.Do not add grean peas to it.
Drain the boiled vegetables and mash lightly.
In a Pan or kadhai, add the oil and heat Add the onion/ginger/garlic puree, along with the finely chopped green chilies to the oil, and cook till its golden brown.
Add turmeric powder, cumin powder, red chili powder and salt to it, sauté for about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes cut into very small cubes, and let cook for 5 minutes.add green peas and cook it for another 2 minutes until peas are soft.
Add the mashed vegetables to it and mix thoroughly, if it is too thick then add little water to this. Cover the Pan with lid and simmer for 10 minutes at medium heat stirring occasionally.when cooked turn off the heat , and add the little butter on the top of it .
Transfer Pau Bhaji to a serving dish. Cut the cilantro and 1/2 onion and sprinkle on top as garnish. Serve along with lemon slice on side.
Serve with butter toasted Pau.
Entries for Vegetable of the Week - Green Peas
First is Asha , she prepared Green peas with potato with south Indian touch to this lovely curry . Asha , I love your twist with normal aloo matar .
Second is from Rinku ,she made delicious Peas and cauliflower pulao ……….
Next is from Seema , a delicious looking Gobi matar Curry . I just fell in love with the picture itself, really looking great Seema.
Sra has made atoatally new dish to share with all of us and named it - Easy peasy. Sra cook this dish in rajasthani style, it looks awesome Sra. thanks for sharing here with all of us. :)
Switched to new Blogger !
01 February 2007, 14:04:24 | Pooja
Hi all ,
Just switched to new version of Bloger ,which is beta no longer ! It's their professional version now. It is not allowing me to login with my old id, and thus I switched to this now !
I heard that there is somple problem with blogger , and someimes it shows comment as anonymous( I hope they might have recovered this problem , as they are switching to professional version from beta) though not sure , so my kind request to you all to put your name after leaving comment here. Uptil now I am not able to see my blog , just by writing URL in the explorer,so no post for today ,will try and check it if works fine tomorrow.
I hope atleast this post will appear when my blog start working. the only way i can see my blog right now is by checking my template an watching its preview, I hope they will solve the problem by some time , so that I can appear here with my post and your entries. Dont know whether this will be hown or not, as when I try publishing this , it shows the same error. If it appears fine to you then , in the mean time check my Entry for JFI- Ginger Here.
I created a new blog to participate in lovely events around here,this idea is totally inspired by Asha. thank you Asha, your inspiration is not limited upto cooking food now :).
See you all tomorrow. Till then take care and have a nice day .
Methi Matar with Yogurt and Entries for second day of Vegetable of the Week & Meme
31 January 2007, 14:10:54 | Pooja
Methi matar malai – a very famous curry in Punjabi menu at restuarants. In a restaurant here when I ordered it , it tasted sweet, sometimes though it is not sweet at other places too. I don’t like the taste of cream to my curry, I like cream only with milk shakes or soups. So I have developed my own way of preparing curry with methi and matar ,as I like both – Methi and Matar(fenugreek and Green peas) very much.
I add yogurt to it, this way it will not taste bitter, and will do good with the real taste of methi. Here is my way to prepare it.
Ingredients :
1 cup fresh green peas
1 bunch fresh methi (fenugreek ) leaves , chopped and washed thoroughly,
1 onion, 3-4 garlic cloves, 1 inch ginger,
2-3 green chillies,
Red chilli powder,
Salt to taste,
1/2 cup yogurt,
1 tsp Cumin seeds
A pinch of asfoetida ,
1 tsp oil.
Method:
Make fine paste of green chillies, ginger, garlic and onion.
Boil the green peas and keep it aside.
In a kadhai heat 1 tsp oil, add cumin seeds and a pinch of asafetida to it. Wnext add the paste of onion and other ingredients to it. Cook it until the paste turns golden brown.
Add finely chopped and washed thoroughly methi leaves to it.
Let it cook until all the water from methi evaporates completely, and add boiled Green peas to it. Next add ½ cup sour yogurt to it. Let it cook for a while and add salt and red chilli powder to it .When all the extra water from yogurt evaporates turn off the heat . Serve it Hot with Roti or Paratha.
Enteries for Today With Vegetable of the Week -Green Peas .
First is from Kajal , sharing here with us this delicious recipe of Samosa :) . Check out here detailes recipe wiht step by step pictures here .
We have 2 recipes from Supriya , One is Stuffed aloo Tikki , check out for the full recipe Here
Here is another one simple and nice dish from Supriya -Cabbage Green Peas Palya .
Thank you Kajal and Supriya for your participation with delicios recipes here. :)
5 things you don't know about me !
Sra tagged me for this, and here are the secrets ......:)) ,
I did the job as a full time lecturer For MCA for about 4 years, which initially I choose as just to pass my time until I get other Job: D. But I really loved that once I started it. And I have many memories of that time to cherish. All my students of the first year of my teaching were older than me or of the same age of mine, but they never knew my real age : )) . And still don’t know : )) .
Funny side of me, I hate people who show off, and I just feel like to give them a hard punch on their face when I realise that they are just putting wrong effort in front of me to show off. If you have has seen movie “Jhankar beats”, I resemble to Rahul Bose in that movie : )) .
I love to know everything related to Aliens , funny Na! .Just that Imagination thrills me so much. I find it so interesting that when we got DVD of “Alien” Movie, with its all 4 parts , I saw 3 of it in a single day ! :D .
Deepak is not Gujarati, and we met only once before our Marriage.There is a long story about how I choose to marry Deepak,and I still feel that there is some telepathy between me and Deepak . More some other time.. :D .
I am not much demanding about having different dishes to eat, I can eat the same meal daily, I almost never complain about any food, as far as it is vegetarian and made with cleanliness , but when it comes to cooking , I find it too much boring to cook same dish every time . Even if I have the same ingredients, I love cooking it different way each time.
Now I tag Suma, Swapna ,Gattina, Vani and Vini for this.
Come on girls, reveal your secrets to us .... :) , Just kidding. this is fun although, take it up if you feel like.
Royal Green Peas Curry & entries for First day Of vegetable of the Week -Green Peas & Meme
30 January 2007, 13:22:41 | Pooja
Royal Green Peas Curry ! - I dont why they call it this way , perhaps because it contains thick cream to serve it with :D.
This is what I made last week and shared with you all as Tricolored Curry( I still like that name ! ) Here is the easy and quick recipe for it.
Ingredients :
1 cup fresh green peas.
1 cup tomato puree or 2-3 finely chpped tomato ,
1 medium sized onion,
1 tsp ginger garlic paste ,
2 green chillies,
1/4 tsp garam masala,
1 tsp coriander- cumin powder,
1/2 tsp turmeric powder ,
1/2 tsp red chilli powder,
1 tsp oil,
salt to taste.
coriander leaves to garnish,
thick milk cream to decorate and serve with .
Method:
Chop onion , chillies and ginger - garlic , putthem in Mixture bown and grind them to fine paste.
Boil the green peas until they are soft. drain the water and keep them aside. In a kadhai take tsp oil and when it gets little warm add the onion, ginger, garlic and chilli paste to it,stir it , and cook it until the good aroma of onion fill your kitchen , it may take at most 1 minute.
Add tomato puree to it, if using chopped tomato then let it cook until it makes thick grave and then adjust water as per the desired thickness of gravy. take care to choose ripe juicy tomatoes for this .
Add green peas to it and then add turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala and coriander -cumin powder to it. Stir it well and then add salt. when cooked , turn off the heat and Serve when not so hot. ! while serving spread thick cream on it, and garnish with coriander leaves.
If you wish you can avoid using cream to this. I dont like cream much,I ate it without cream and that too was tasting delicios. The dish shown above went directly to Hubby ,as he is fond of Milk and milk products... as per him, this was tasting divine :D. Do try any way you like,this is a quick and tasty dish !
Now here are some entries we have for the vegetable of the Week :) .
First is from Mythreyee of Try this recipe , sharing here her recipe to make Green Peas Pulao .
Next is our Coffee from My khazana of recipes, with her version of a potato peas curry , which she calls -Quick fix Potato curry .Nice and quick dish from Coffee.
Our beloved Trupti or should I say 'Trupti along with her Hubby' is here with a whole new style to make -Ragda Patties , for which she baked patties instead of frying them , what a healthy way to enjoy this chaat food. ! :) . see, I was true when I told that you can always expect something new from Trupti :) .
Jasmine of Spice trail is also here with a completely new way of making idli with peas. Jasmine is sharing here wiht all of us Rava Idli With green peas . such a novel Idea !
Let us welcome Haripriya of Sweet & Spice , who is presenting her recipe here for the first time . she made a wuich tasty dish - Green Peas Curry . healthy and an ideal dish for those busy evenings. :) . A warm welcom to Haripriya to this Event. :)
Thank you all for participating here with your nice and creative ideas. I appreciate your timely efforts to participte here with .
How my blog buddies look like ? A guessing game Meme ,Started my Sra and, I am tagged By Asha... I have some imaginary images of buddies whom I visit frequently or those who are in regular touch with me. ,somehow it happens with me always, if I know something just more than little about someone then also my mind prepares image of that person in my mind and whenever I talk about that person or interact with them indirectly I have their clear image in my mind. Let me start that intresting guessing game now, I choose it to present in alphabetical order. : )
I visualize Gattina as a highly energetic and creative person with cooking . I think she loves to cook different cuisines. And some how when I think of her , I feel she must be managing everything very well, Gattina do let me know wheather I am correct with my guessing about you or not?
I think of Pavani as a very good mannered girl, as she chooses her words quite nicely in the comment (not like me : ) ) ). Also she is very neat and nice with cooking new dish. I feel like she is a self contended girl. I don’t know why , but my mind visualize her as a fair skinned , long black haired girl , Is it true about you , Pavani ?
When I think of Supriya I guess, she is a young energetic lady managing well balance between job and home duties. When I think of her I think of Seema too, and I think Supriya, Seema and Soumya are somewhere in the relation , perhaps I think it b’coz they have a common designs on their blog wiht recipe pictures. This is just a guess, Am I wrong ladies?
Still I have different image of 3 of them in my mind. I think of Supriya as a very enthusiastic and fun loving girl .Supriya I think you might be making fun out of everything , and a happy go lucky person .
Seema seems to be a self contended person and kind hearted person .I can imagine her face with a loving smile on her face, though except smile I cant guess anything else about her.
Soumya sounds very much similar to Seema to me , I don’t know why ? :D . She must be of very much helping nature. The way she publishes posts about health related article with great effort , I imagine her to be like a kind hearted doctor. I think, I am very near to correct image of your, right Soumya ?
Sra feels like very nearer to my own image to me, though I keep on guessing of what age she can be ? :D . I imagine her with sort hair(that’s just b’coz the pic in her profile is like that : ) ) , and also full of life . and I think Sra must be happy in whatever she does in her life.
Image of Swapna in my mind is of a loving Mom whose world is all around the happiness of her daughter. She cooks very well, I find her creative with cooking.
It might seems funny , as I think Suma as a lady with long black hair. Along with that I think she has nice complexion and beautiful features. My mind portraits her as a very hardworking lady around my age( I don’t know why but many of you are of around my age , that’s what my mind thinks of : )) ) , who is giving her 100% in what ever she does. (Am I correct with guessing , Suma?)
Usha also seems like of my age. I think she is a cool person , and stay calm in any mood of life .(just a guess, Usha). Also She is much family oriented girl and loves being around her loved ones that’s what I come guessing about her from her posts.
Just moved to write about Vani , and I find that she already published her pictures. Thank God, I checked her blog. Otherwise it might have turn into a big joke on me , if I would have imagined her other way : )) ,
Vani , you are quite similar to what I thought about. Looking lovely in those pics. : )
Initially I used to mixed up with Vini and Vani , now I have their clear pictures in my mind. I see Vini, as a loving lady cooking with ease in her kitchen, with smile on her face and her daughter around, just by reading her posts ,this is what my mind visualize about her. : )
I have already seen picture of Asha,Coffee, Dilipbhai,Nandita, Nidhi,Trupti and Viji. Thus, I have a perfect picture of them in my mind. : )) , Still If I will go in detail, I see Trupti as a highly active lady , who is a good student, proud and nice mother of 2, and a good wife of course. ! The more I read about Asha, the more I feel that she has all good qualities of my Mom. That’s what I come to know from her Meme. Still she is quite young than her age ,and just like a lovely friend to me ! Asha I visualize you as a dynamic personality, who becomes child with child and talks with maturity with elders. :D.
Coffee is a also a fun loving girl and little notorious in my imagination, after Sra next is Coffee who resembles in my mind to my own image : )) , though I just saw her very little pic on gmail chat, I still remember that. : ) .
Now you all when you read this , just drop a line for how much near I am with your real pictures ! Don’t be just Ghost readers, If I can imagine this much about you then Will it kill you to comment here ? :D .
Now I am tagging….
Usha
Nidhi
And Supriya for this.
take up this tag with your ease Girls !
(Request : Just now, I come to know that someone having blog name andhramirchy.blogspot.com , is using many of Seema's recipe on his/her blog along with pictures of that too. That person has also copied some of the recipes and pictures of Supriya's. this is really ridiculous . It feels bad to know this, and this is something which should be exposed in public I think. let us all expose that blogger, we can put it on put blog just ot let others know , and at least leave a comment to that person ,so that he/she can realise what a great mistaked he /she did. I already did so. this time it is Seema and Supriya , next time it might happen witt anyone of us. )
Thanks. Have fun and enjoy Green winter. :))
Happy Republic Day.
28 January 2007, 05:56:33 | Pooja
Happy republic day to all my blog buddies, and other reader ( Ghost readers- as Asha said :)) ) . I know I am bit late to wish you this , this time I made a point to publish it after friday so that every one can send their entries upto friday, no matter in any part of World they are :D !
Our 58th Republic day was celebrated nicely here in India yesterday . you can check out the speech of out president Dr.A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Here .A nice and very brilliant man he is, India needs more people like him to rule the contry well .
Now moving towards our Round up,
Let us first welcome those who have participated here for the first time .
1. Kajal - kajaldreams.blogspot.com
2. Harekrishnaji - Unke Dushman Hai bahut Aadmi acchha Hoga
3. Gattina - Kitchen Unplugged
4. Prema Sunder - My cook book
5. Jasmine - Just for fun
6. Anjali - Anna Parabrahma
7. Indira - Cooking with Consciousness, Yes ! none other than Indira of Mahanandi … Oh, I am glad that you too participated here Indira. : ) .
A very warm welcome to all of you , I am glad that you all willingly participated here with your entries to celebrate the spirit of India.
Since we have 20 + entries today I am showing them in the order I get it from all of you , at the last is 8 entries of mine, don't forget to check that too :D.
First is Kajal of kajaldreams. She has prepared a Carrot Halwa garnished with Cashew nuts, and made perfect combination of Orange and white color for that.
Next is from Viji of Vcuisine, she is sharing here with her delicious way of making Tricolored sandwich. Though she left her country for visiting India on the day after I announce this, she promptly sent me this entry of her. How Nice of you Viji.
Swapna of Tastes from my kitchen is sharing here with a healthy fried rice with capsicum,potato and carrot added to it, making a perfect recipe with all 3 colors.
Nidhi is sharing here her yummy Cake , which is perfect with all 3 colors present there, it is looking so nice that I wish nidhi is somewhere staying near by me : )) .
Harekrishnaji is here for the first time with his 3 wonderful recipes to share with all of us.
First one is Sabudana khichadi
Next one is hara pulao ,check our the delicious hara pulao made with coriander leaves added to pulao .
And here is Gajar ka halwa from Harekrishnaji
Usha is again here to celebrate the theme with all of us. She made a perfect colored Carrot bean poogath with carrot , beans and coconut . thus, making a perfect entry for this celebration . :)
When it comes to Trupti, you can expect something different than normal dishes… and proving this true, Trupti is here again with her recipe of making Carrot Milk(Gajar doodh).Even with that she bring out perfect 3 colors.
Check out what Suma of veggie platter has created for Republic day theme. She made this Tricolred Idli, for which she added shredded a carrot and green peas to it. Don't forget to check the pictures fo this process. Suma has really done well with this. : )
Anjali ,Who is participating here for the first time has made this heart shaped Carrot Halwa , and placed it in green bowl to be perfect entry for this theme : ) . Seems like all our buddies around here loves carrot very much , such that they don't miss a single chance to prepare something with carrot. And Being favorite among all is Carrot Halwa : )) . Its something nice about this event when we have more than 2 version of the same dish. : ) .
Asha is with her novel idea of cheese, to make Tri-Colored Spiced Cream Cheese . Also she made Ashok chakra with black peppers in the middle of it to bring out the image of our national flag perfectly. Just picture is enough to describe more about her and this dish. :) .
Manjula of dailtoy has made Triclored noodles to share here with . it looks simple ans superb ! Goes perfect with the theme .:)
Not only that but she has something more to share here having all our flag colors present in it.
First is bantwal Car Festival
Another one is of baseball match .
One more is of Universal Studio . Just by looking at these pictures , I think Manjula is also a good photographer.
Jasmie(jasu) of Just for fun made a percect flag with perfect colored ingredients. This looks realy wonderful ,isn't it ?
See what Coffee is sharing with us, here ! A Sweet Corn Soup, yes, it also has all three colors in it , and looks perfect to go with the theme : )
Another one from Coffee is our all time favorite Gujarati Dhokla , having all combination making 3 colored dish. I just wish to grab that dish just now : )) .
It is obvious if some of us is here for the first time to share the joy together for our republic day. Now we have one more As asha said unofficial Indian with us . Gattina !
Yes, she cooks Indian dishes so well , that I think sometimes that even I am not that good with all the Indian dishes. :)) . A great cook she is, also a wonderful photography she knows ! . Just check her picture and you will come to believe that.
She has made yummy pistachiyo tartlets with clemetine custard. Such a nice enrty for the theme with orange color ! Also she made it a point to show orange and green color in the rest color or the picture. What a neat idea ! Seems like only me and Gattina loves orange :D , to make it a proof just check my entries below. :P A special thank to you Gattina for participating here , Hugs !
As the theme of this week was not only limited to cooking , there are many buddies we have with us , with their absolutely new ideas about the theme . Sangeeta is One of them. Showing her love to our India, she had chaged the theme of her blog to these 3 colors only ! Isn't it something really nice ? I just love the Idea Sangeeta.
Also she has a perfect picture for his theme . : ) .
Maheshwari of Beyond the usual is proving her tag name correct here. She come up with a Indian flag made up with Badam and Pista !
Along with that she made Tricolored Pasta too, to share here with all of us : ) .
Seema has send here healthy and colorful recipe of Tricolored rice here . Though she is down with flue, she didn't miss to participate here . A special thanks to you too dear Seema. This entry is really wonderful , and healthier one with bell peppers added to it.
I think all of us are little bit or more inspired from the blog of Indira, and what a lovely blog she maintains. ! It's a proud to have your entry here Indira, I love this a lot,the idea to make Kabab of Green chick peas is also nice ! : ) . Check out the full recipe and pictures of it Here . : )
Killing me again is the nice sandwich of Prema here. How do you and Viji know that I love sandwich ? :D . Prema of My cook book is sharing her unique way for making colorful Pin wheel sandwich with all of us. Just check the beautiful way of making it here , and I must say this picture is rally worth 1000 words (at least for sandwich lover like me :)) ) .
A novel Idea from Sandeepa ,of bong mom's cook book . She is here with a lovely picture , making a perfect presentation for theme of this week. This proves that we are all creative in amny ways , not just with cooking , Right ?
Thank you all for participating here with your nice entries and making this even joyful and colorful. :) I appreciate your effort for making and publishing these entries to participate here with on time.
Mythreyee got little late with sending her entries ,though I waited for you all upto saturday :P, Better late than never, and here is her colorful entry for the event- sprouted Moong Invegetable Pulao(updating this on 28th Jan 2007.) Thank you Mythreyee :) .
Now here are entries from my side .
A Tricolored Dosa -Simple dosa decorated with shredded carrot and spring onions. !
A simple and lovely Picture consisting of all three colors in it. : )
A dish of different colored chutney -
Orange - is made up of garlic , red chilli powder and a pinch of turmeric to it.
Green - is coriander chutney , I already posted recipe of it here.
White - its not a chutney , it's our all time favorite - plain curd.
Tricolored small Finger waffers(fried). I remember I love it as a child, and still I could find some of it in my home to make something perfect for this theme : )
Here I made Orange juice for the color of Orange .
White is my all time favorite - Buttermilk. (In Gujarati home there will not be a single meal served without buttermilk, and I just love it. : ) ) .
Green is the fresh Jaljeera (drink which helps in digestion/ can be served as appetizer) I made using Mint leaves. if someone intrested to knowthe recipe let me know, I will post it. :D.
Pasta made with baked Green peas and tomato puree - I think it also has good combination of all 3 colors, well correct me if I am wrong. :D
A side dish made up of raw papaya , green chillies and carrot ! This goes well when accompanied with any vegetarian main course and rice.
Even something more from me-Tricolored Curry!
Recipe I am going to Post in Next week: D.
(Note : vegetable of the Next Week is -Green Peas, be ready and rush to my inbox with your entries , I am goin to start daily post from next week again :)) ) .
One of my entries For Theme of the Week
25 January 2007, 19:05:33 | Pooja
Hi Buddies, as the theme for this week is - Orange white & green, here is something from myside to participate with . Just to give you Idea. I know all of you are much good with making Dosa, here is slight twist to it, to make it perfect for Our theme -Republic day... Tricolored Dosa. Its a simple dosa decorated on one side with shredded carrot and spring onions. Some more are about to come from my side, along with all your delicious entries of yours . :D Well, another thing I want to remind you all is theme of this week is not limited to cooking only, you can participate here with anything with any or all of these 3 colors. Anything I mean, like say fruits/flowers/clothes... anything which gos perfect with this theme(no description is required for such matter, as we do with recipe of the dish ). I think we all have many option with that , since all of you have already proved that you are a Great cook , here is something more you can display too from yourside ,well that is truely optional and only if you wish then.
I am happy that some of you have allready contributed your recipe and I except others to send it as soon as possible, as I will do the round up on saturday here in India. Thursday &Friday is your day to send the entries and participate here with. I am gladly sharing the spirit of Our Republic day with all of you :) . Have fun creating colorful dishes and something else colorful too...
Entries for the Theme of the Week -Dried beans :)
23 January 2007, 11:05:04 | Pooja
Firt entry fot this week is from Trupti . She has sent me her delicious way of making Toor Dhokli. Such a neat idea. Just look at the pic above and you will rush for the recipe search here.
Here is her way to make this etirely new and healthy dish. In Trupti's own words...
Tuver-Dhokli:
1.5 cup Dried Tuver beans - soaked overnight, then cooked in the pressure cooker till soft (make sure to add some salt to it)
For the Dhokli:
1 cup wheat flour, 2 tbsp besan flour, turmeric, chili powder, Salt, a little bit of oil to bind, warm water.
3-4 cloves of Garlic- chopped, lemon juice, turmeric, chili powder and sugar to taste, jeera seeds and oil for the tempering.
Method:Make a stiff dough by adding all the ingredients to the flour. Make sure it isn't too soft. Set aside.After the tuver beans have been cooked thoroughly, heat some oil in a pan and add jeera seeds and the garlic. Add the cooked tuver to it along with the water that it was cooked in. Add some more water according to the kind of gravy you want, this shouldn't be too thick to begin with. Bring to a boil.Roll out the dough into a big circle and cut out small diamonds or squares. Drop these dhoklis one by one in the pan with the beans. Make sure to keep stirring to avoid the dhoklis from sticking to one another. Add the seasonings, taking care not to add too much salt. Cook until the dhoklis are soft...but not too soft. Serve hot with rice and yogurt or on its own. This is a delicious way to include some protein and fiber to your diet. Enjoy.
Thank you Trupti for your nice and totally new recipe:) I love it.
Trupti is also going to start "Little chefs in the Kitchen" theme, stay tuned to her blog for more details.:)
Another one is from Suma of Veggie Platter. She is sharing here her way of prepating Pinto bean Masala. Indeed a nice way to preapre it and good idea too ! Thanks Suma for your timely efforts and participating :) .
Asha is here with her Two delicious entries.
First is Spicy Chana and the other one is Sixteen bean Masala .
I am honoured to get two woderful entries with beans from you Asha :)
Maheshwari of Beyond the Usual is sharing here her way of preapring Black-chana theeyal. Now we have 2 nice recipes with Black chick peas to enjoy with :) .
A very warm welcome to this Blog Maheshwari, and Thank you vey much for participating here . :)
Some Updates I have ,as some of buddies have sent their entries just now, and here they are :)
Pavani Of Cook'e hideout is sharing with us a healthy and quick dish -Soybeans Salad. Nice entry with beans Pavani. Seems like all our blog buddies have now many option to grow healthy with :D. Thanks you Pavani for your efforts to make it and paticipating here with :)
Another One is from Mysoorean Vani, who is sharing here a Konkani curry - Thinglaware (pronounced as 'thing-La-wah-ray') . Chech out her way of preparing this here . u Vani for sharing this with us. :)
One more nice entry we have is from Manjula Of Dalitoy, she has preapred Moroccan Lentil Soup ,to enjoy the beans with :) Nice entry with beans Manjula, thanks for sharing this with all of us , and a very warm welcome to this event :)
Finally we have soups, salads, main courses, and some snacks too , to enjoy beans with . Have fu nand grow healthy :)
Updated on 22nd Jan .
Our beloved Supriya has sent em her delicious entry with sprouted Moong Dal curry.
Just have loot at her curry and you would wish to have it now :D.
Thank you Supriya for sharing this with all of us and participating here with . :)
Theme of the Week- Orange ,White & Green
22 January 2007, 20:54:52 | Pooja
Theme of the week! Well, this week Friday falls on 26th Jan - Republic day of India. Being from the state of Gandhi bapu , I can never forget this day , and I truly want to celebrate this with all of you.
Read below for the theme of this week:
1. Cook anything with 3 colors of flag of India. (Orange , White and Green – you can cook dish finally resulting in any of these 3 colors / any single color / all of 3 , some variation in color of final dish is perfectly Ok . :)) For example visit to my steamed pulao having all 3 colors together...
2. Create anything having combination of 3 colors. i.e. you can just catch a picture of array of vegetables/birds/flowers having these 3 colors, or click anything else like say 3 scarves of these 3 colors, or anything you can imagine from your side.
I think this is a good chance for all of us to do something creatively. Just show up anything with our three basic colors Orange , White and Green. You can send any number of entry , like you can cook any number of dish, can show something else with 3 colors of Indian Flag, and show case anything else too. We will have many options really if we think about.
I, myself - is getting many ideas right now as I am writing about this just now. Your final day to send entries is Friday. After that I will do the round up for this week.
I am expecting something high for the first time from all of you buddies as I think we should value the Freedom we are gifted with and should have pride for the Matrubhumi we belongs to. Though we might be in different parts of this world, the fact remains unchanged that we all are Indians. Let us be together virtually this way and have something nice together.
My beloved Non-Indian friends are also welcome to be a part of this event and celebrate our spirit.
So, let all foodies start together, strech your mind a bit and come up with novel ideas , and let us all celebrate it together. Three cheers for India.
Will come back soon with my entries, reach me at pooja18@gmail.com , and enjoy the spirit with zeal and zest .
Entries for MBP.
20 January 2007, 15:18:24 | Pooja
Here are my entries for Coffee's MBP event. For which she choose theme of this month as "Around the World"
Corn fritters :
I adopt this recipe from Asha . Just substituted flour with corn flour, and chilli flackes in place of fresh red chilli:). Here is original recipe of Asha for corn fritters. :) Thank you Asha for this nice recipe :)
Another entry for Rooma is Vegetable Fajitas. and thanks for that goes to Priya.
I come to know about this colorful dish from Priya of sugar&spices. Just made it the original way . check out her original way of making it here. :)
Have fun rounding up Coffee! :)
Sev Usal,Mix bean dry curry, Ghugharee and Pani Puri
20 January 2007, 10:41:51 | Pooja
Here I am , going to share some halthy and quick recipes with different beans ! Let me start with the one I like the most in these cold days! :)
Sev Usal is an official chaat dish at our home menu. Since I have not seen it anywhere else , I suppose that it is a kind of Gujarati chaat dish :D.
A quick, tasty and nice dish to serve in hot evenings. :)
Here is how I make it.
Ingredients For Sev Usal :
2 cups dry peas soaked over night,
1 potato peelied and cut into small cubes ,
2 tomatoes finely chopped,
2 onions finely chopped,
1 tsp garam masala,
¾ sp turmeric powder,
½ tsp red chilli powder,
1 tsp ginger –garlic paste,
1-2 tsp oil,
Salt to taste,
Pinch of asafetida
To serve :
Yougurt,
Coriander leaves, onion,
Tomato,
Tamarind chutney,
Sev,(made up of besan(Gram flour)).
Method:
Peel potato and cut it into small cubes. Pressure cook potato cubes and soaked peas together. The idea behind adding potato to it is to form thick gravy for this dish. Cook them until it is soft enough. And lightly mash it just like we do for Pau bhaji.
Chop onion and tomatoes and heat oil in a frying pan. Add ginger garlic paste and asafetida powder to it and next add onion. Let onion cook until they are golden brown. Then add tomato and let it cook until it turns into thick tomato gravy.
Now in add into this mashed peas and potatoes along with tamarind powder and 1 cup of water, let these all cook together until it forms a good mixture with thick gravy.(you can add water and cook it for few more minutes is it is too thick. )
Finally add red chilli powder, garam masala powder and salt to it. Cook for 1 minute and turn off the heat. Here our Usal is ready. This Usal also goes well with bread; we try it that way to for a change sometimes.
For a real way of making and serving Sev usal , first take usal in a snack dish(or in a bowl), garnish it with some chopped onion, tomato and coriander leaves, sprinkle some tamarind chutney on it. And finally add a spoon full of yogurt to it and sprinkle all over Sev . And hey, Don’t forget to add your love to it. :), Serve Hot and you will see your happiness reflecting in the eyes of the person in front of you happy :) .
Mix beans Dry curry :
As I thought when announcing this week to celebrate with beans, I was sure that some of you will come up with beans with tasty gravy in it, this is the way we all love beans to eat. And also I must agree that it is the way we all love to have beans in our meals. :)
Here is one more way of making its curry , just the variation is - it is dry. Just some beans sprouted together and a quick dish is here to made up with . Also healthy and prepared with less oil than for normal curry .
Ingredients:
2 cups sprouted beans( you can choose any or combination all you like ) ,
1 small tomatoes chopped,
1 small onion chopped,
3-4 garlic cloves, cut length or width wise,
1/2 tsp turmeric powder,
1 tsp red chilli powder,
Salt to taste,
1 tsp Lemon juice.
1 tsp cumin seeds,
1 tsp mustard seeds,
1 tsp oil.
Method:
Cut tomato and onion finely and keep it aside.
Take 1 tsp oil in a cooker, and add mustard seeds to it, when it starts spluttering, add cumin seeds to it. Next add garlic pieces. And immediately add onion and tomato. The pure of adding onion and tomato is just to bring little sweet and sour taste to this curry. Now add sprouted beans of your choice to it . Next add turmeric powder, red chilli powder , and salt to it. Add little water, just about ¼ cup to this and close the lid. Let it cook on low flame for about 3-4 minute, I normally cook it for one whistle.
This way beans will slightly increase in their size and will tastes good too.
Serve it hot with roti .
A quick and healthy meal for busy days is ready for you. :D.
Ghugharee:
Here is another Gujarati snack with black eyed beans(also called Moth beans, Matki in Marathi language and math in Gujarati).
This dish is attached with my memory such that even today the aroma of this dish drives my mind to my childhood days. When I was just 8-9 years, we all cousins get together at our native place “Morbi”, in our summer vacation. Normally we spend the entire vacation together and enjoyed a lot all the time, I have only 2 cousins younger than me all others are older than me 1 year older to even 9 years older. We all together were really having blast that time. Totally we all were 10-12 little bastards together were really creating chaos for all. May it be playing cricket and cracking some ones window :P or just playing cards together. Such energy and enthusiasm we had, starting from the morning till we sleep, we even never be at one place. Just having fun all the day was our motto :D, without knowing hunger ,skin burning sunlight or anything else. Our respected Grandpa was there at that time who was much caring about all of us. He always kept our wellness in his mind- like we all should eat ontime and do not run in skin burning sun lights outside etc etc…
In the after noon around 4 p.m when we just sit for a while Grandpa realize that we must all be hungry and at that time my beloved auntie was making this dish for all of us. Real Quick and tasty too. I know now why she prepared this, as she knew that we all must be very hungry and need some solid snack to eat. I remember all of us were finishing it in no time and were rushing to our game back :)) . That time we were not mature enough to remember to express our gratitude to auntie or Grandpa, now I realize it. So nice of them to do all these without expecting a word, their greatness and our childishness. May be some time today only I will call her and will thank her for being such nice to us.
Those were the golden days, never going to return to me, all of us are now settled somewhere busy with our own life and responsibilities. Grandpa passed away two year ago and I just have his wisdom and kindness to cherish now.
Well, here is a the real quick dish of “Ghugharee” .
Ingredients:
2 cup math(matki) soaked over night. ( here I used it sprouted) ,
2 tsp garlic minced with red chilli powder,
Salt to taste.
1 ½ tsp oil.
Method:
Get soaked Math ready . Here I used Sprouted one.
Heat oil in a pan , add garlic-red chilli powder paste to it when oil is little hot, take care that it should not get burnt . Immediately add soaked Math and mix it well cook for a while and turn off heat.
Serve hot as it is or just for a change with plain yogurt. A quick healthy snack for kids is ready .
Last but not the least- is favorite of all of us, as far as I remember. :D
Pani Puri : )
As I have posted this one earlier too, just check the process here. It requires to have Phudina(mint leaves), make the Mint water using the simple process here, and get boiled potatoes and sprouted Moong(Green gram) ready . Normally what is being used is soaked and then boiled black chick peas ,I find sprouted Moong little more healthy and tastier thats why normally I use it instead chick peas. Check it out here and enjoy it this weekend with family and friends. :) .
Submitting all four recipes here to
VKN of Mydhaba. for his cook book -You can cook .
Will post vegetable /theme for the next week within a day or two . Stay tuned and Enjoy yourself.
PaniPuri Recipe
19 January 2007, 18:45:47 | Pooja
Pani Puri recipe - Pani Puris, also commonly called 'Gol gappas' by Indians can be bought from Indian supermarkets or chaat shops in bags ready to be filled.
Pani puri recipe
Ingredients :
Pani Puri ,
bean sprouts (I have used Moong dal here, should just begin to sprout) - (optional chick peas soaked over night) ,
3-4 potatoes, boiled and coarsely mashed,
For Pani
1 bunch of fresh mint leaves ,
1/2 bunch of coriander leaves,
salt to taste,2-3 green chillies,
3 tbsp pani poori masala,
1 tsp dry mango powder
For making Pani---
Grind the mint and coriander leaves & 4-5 green chillies into a paste. Mix pani puri masala in 2 litres of cold water.(If pani puri masala is not available, mix 1/4 tsp chilli powderr, 1 tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp kala namak, 1 tbsp tamarind pulp & a pinch of salt. ) Add mint and coriander paste and dry mango powder to it. mix well and adujust salt to taste.
For making Tamarind Pani---
Ingredients:
1/4 cups dates (khajur),
deseeded 1/4 cup tamarind (imli),
deseeded 1/4 cup jaggery (gud),
A pinch of asafoetida (hing)
Salt to taste
Method:
Wash the dates, tamarind and place them in a saucepan.
Also add the jaggery, asafoetida, salt, 1 cup of water and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes.
Cool and strain the mixture through a sieve.
For Masala---
Get sprouted Moong or preapre it at home the usual way. black Chick peas are normally used for making masal of pani puri ,but i usaully use sprouted beans in place of chick peas, as it tastes good, and healthier too. Such way instead of using soaked and boiled black chick peas one can directly use sprouted Moong too.
Add salt and chat masala to the potatoes and mix in the bean sprouts, if using. Make a hole on one side in each gol gappa, and fill it with a teaspoon of the potato mixture.
To eat, dip each gol gappa into the prepared Mint Pani(green water in picture) and enjoy the real taste of Pani puri . Use tmarind water too it you wish ti add some sweet taste to it. :)
Onions can also be added to enhanced the taste of it, though it is truely optional.
My henna designing -part 3 and Photography :D
19 January 2007, 17:54:26 | Pooja
I have been not blogging this week , and know what? I have gathered so many things to share with all of you about this week only:) . Oh God, when this girl is going to stop ? If you are thinking so , then the answer is -Never . I really can't be quiet :)) .
Since I know that many of my blog buddies love henna designing , here is some treat for their eyes and for all of you tooo....
Just made this designs 3 days ago, grabed sister's hand and started designing. have fun with these. :D.
You know something ? When you love to do something you will get time for that ! doent matter how busy you are are what else is goin on in the life around :) . So never say that you don't have time for soing something. Just the fact is you haven't yet put that 'something' in your priority of using your time. :) . No no , I am not that much wise to learn this wisdom , My Mom told me everytime I used to say I dont have time for this and that. :P .
And here is the final result of my hard working :D.
Can't get the answer- what is most beautiful , my designing or sister's hand? if you get the answer to share it with me :) . I remember something like- Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder :) .
Remember,In Meme of 3 things I wrote photography as one of the things I love to do. May be I am very immature photographer yet :)), but I love to do that. "Practice makes a man perfect". (another slogan from Mom, oh so many wise things I learnt from her, and still learning :) ) , so I keep on practicing with that :P .
2 days ago I saw this , and immediately grabed my cam to capture this.
There were 2 rockets in the sky actually. And the view of sky is so clear that I just fell in love with this scene. Then at the middle the white fuel sign of the one rocket disappeared, I don't know why, it was still fying....just see the pic below to believe that.
And finally there was sign of only one in the sky .
I believe those who loves Photography would like it :)
Call to help for a noble cause and Vegetable of the Next Week .
15 January 2007, 15:21:24 | Pooja
When I joined my first job, I took an apartment on rent and was sharing it with another Colleague of mine, who finally turn into a good friend of mine. There was a huge temple next to our apartment, sharing a common wall with apartment. Since it was a famous Hanuman Temple there it always was more or less crowded ,and as it happens in India also there were some beggars around there. In the evening everyday they distribute food to hungry and needy people around . I knew this matter as my colleague- Anita told me this once.
Normally I got back to home around 7 p.m.. One day when I got back to home earlier than my normal schedule,I came to see the line of people there waiting for food to be served. Just watching them made me feel uneasiness. There were poor, thin and all aged people around there, waiting with hunger in their eyes. I saw this and couldn't eat my meal properly that day. What made me feel more uncomfortable is half of them were children, some were of 2-3 years age , didn't have even enough cloths to cover their bodies and protect themselves , some were little older than them. Some innocent faces ,starving to live on this earth. They might not be even aware of any other fact of life other than starving or serviving. I was lot disturbed, and thought what I could do for them .
Since serving anything directly to them was not possible, I inquired to Trust of people there in the temple, there was some fund we can donate them , which was being used for welfare of those poor people. Along with that myself and Anita, started distributing some biscuits and other readymade foods to children around there to just make them happy and see a smile on their faces. Sometimes I just bought some balloons and gave them to play with. The happiness in their eyes were worth catching in a picture. Unfortunately I didn't Had camera that time with me.
I continued doing so until I was there almost for a year or so. After that I got another job in another city, left that job. With new responsibility in new job and all other things to cop up with , I almost forgot the those incidents and got busy with my life, just as all of us are right now, some where with some responsibilities to perform, some duties to look after and everything else.
It is not always possible for us to go to such people and offer them some help, also it is hard to define some time priority for them to do any noble work. But it is for sure that if we feel like doing anything for such people we can do so. God never gives a Dream without giving the strength of fulfilling it. VKN of MYDhaba, has started the mission to do something to feed 1000 hungry children everyday named "Feed A Hungry Child". For which He planned to publish a book with some traditional recipes . He invited all of us to contribute for the book named "You can Cook ". I know all of you there are good with cooking , what we have to do is just to make some good traditional recipes and contribute to him for this noble cause. Just recall what our Mom/Grandma used to cook and make some of it and contribute them . I have never found a way easier than this to participate in any noble cause. What you have to do is just send as many recipes as you can . Target for that is 365 recipes, what he get up to date is around 100 , I request you to support for a noble cause and contribute as many recipes as you can . Provided they should be some traditional recipes, . Be there as a part of noble cause and somewhere in this world will be happy someday by your contribution. The final date to contribute is 31st Jan 2007. I hope it will be helpful to people, who are not yet aware of this Feed A hungry Child Campaign , to contribute something there.
Now something about an ongoing event here:) , after thinking a lot and changing my mind from one option to another one for choosing the Vegetable of the Next week, I am finally choosing Dried beans as Vegetable of the Next week. Since there is not one choice with it , I think all of us have many options to cook with different beans and participate here with . Showing you the pic here to remind you of many of forgotten dried beans... :)) . As there are more than one choice we have to cook with this week, we rather can call it Theme of the Week .
You can cook anything with these beans since there is a wide range and different dishes available with either soaked or sprouted beans,I think all of you would like this, and it would not be a problem for any of us residing in any part of the world, to get the beans, right?
I am going to change some plan of posting here, so for this week I will be posting all different dishes from myside on friday and also will do round up for all your entries on the same day.
Put your thinking cap on and email me your recipes at pooja18@gmail.com .
P.S.- With all your best wishes and concerns I am here fresh and fine to be with you all .Since you all suggest me so , I have altered some plans of posting here, just to get some more time to spend with myself :), but some day I will again be back with daily postings here. :D . Thank you all for your concerns. Have a good day!
Okra With Potato (Aloo Bhindi)
15 January 2007, 14:36:30 | Pooja
A simple and quick dish with okra, which is used as the main course in Indian dish .
My Loving Mom make it this way , here it is to share with you all :)
Ingredients:
Okra cut length wise into 1 inch length
The same quantity of Potato cut into strips of the same size.
7-8 garlic cloves, minced with red chili powder ,
½ tsp turmeric powder,
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera) ,
1 tsp Mustard seeds ,
a pinch of Asafoetida,
Salt o taste,
Coriander leaves to garnish.
1 tsp oil.
Method :
First heat oil in a pan or kadhai , add mustard seeds to it, when it starts spluttering , add cumin seeds and asafetida powder to it.
Next add sliced potato, and sprinkle turmeric powder over it. Mix it well, and let it cook on medium heat till potato is tender , add minced garlic and red chilli powder to it. Stir well, and now add okra to it.
On the meduim to high flame keep on stirring it well. After a little while it will seem little greasy due to Okra, keep on stirring it, this will eventually burn all the stickiness of okra. At this stage the okra will reduce to half of the size of its original.
Okra with Potato is ready to serve with Hot Phulka with Ghee : ) .
I had it with ripe Mango Ras ( Juice ) . No , no I am not that much lucky to have ripe mango in market here ,at this time of winter. I stored it in my freezer when the season of ripe mango was on pick here. Here is a quick description of how to do it.
Take fine ripe Mangos, peel it ,and remove the pulp of each , then crush it together to make smooth pulp of it, without adding anything to it, Store it in a air tight container in your deep freezer . this way it will remain fresh for a long time, at least I am using it this way since last 6 months. And it tastes as good as fresh mango. At the time of taking it in use, leave it outside in normal temprature for atleast 2-3 hours , add sugar and little water to it and blend it together again. Your chilled Aam Ras ( Mango juice) is ready to serve with your normal dish. : ) .
At my place both of us love Aam Ras , so I store it in this way and enjoy it in any season here.It is really a great fun to have it in meal, and with Aloo bhindi, it tastes heavenly…. I know I know, that all you buddies from US of A is going to tell that you are missing it there , well, Soon we are also going to migrate there, and will be in your line soon , so let me Enjoy this "Fruit King Of India- Mango " while I am here. :)
The same Dish with okra ans potato can be made other way too, just by changing the way we cut potato and okra here. For that cut potato into small cubes, and okra in usual round shape. This will give it a new look. :) I tried it that way too before few weeks. Here is how it looked like.
Ghaaroda-My Diwali treat(my submission for VCC Q3 2006)
15 January 2007, 14:35:05 | Pooja
On this Diwali I decided to make something special for our guests and ourselves. As it is my common experience that on diwali normally when we visit our friends and relatives, we are welcomed by offering some sweet, which is either brought from market stores or made at home. and normally when we visit 2-3 friends we will be fed up by sweets, even though my hubby is likes sweets much, he never likes to have these much sweet items to swallow on the same day.... :)so I decided to make Gharoda for all who are visiting us, as it will be change for them too from regular sweet items, and as it can be prepared within 2-5 mins each, I also can spare much time for them to spend with. Also I thought that a hot served item will delight them in these little cool days here.
Ingredients:
1 cup rice -cooked ( I use Basmati rice)
1 1/2 cup Besan(chana dal flour)
2 meduim size onion chopped
1 capsicum chopped
1 /2 cup coriender leaves chopped
1 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
(sugar or jaggery if one likes it of sweet in taste)
Method:
First get besan in a bowl and then add water to make medium- thick paste of it. Next add cooked rice to it and then all the ingredients to it one by one and mix them well. Finally add red chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt in it(also add sugar or jaggery if u want to make it sweet in taste, I don’t have sweet tooth, so i don’t add jaggery normally ). Make sure that the whole of it should not be much thin or thick. It should be of medium thickness.(just as shown above)Now take a frying pen and put little oil on it. spread the raw material on it with the help of a big spoon or 'chamcha' .let it cook on one side on slow heat . turn the side when it turns to golden brown in color.(as shown in pic), if needed spread little oil from the side of it. (normally I don't need this, so I don't spread oil for second time, still it is cooking well, so why to use excessive oil :) )
When cooked on both sides, took off from stove, and serve hot with green chutney or tomato chutney or sauce. One can use this material for 1-2 days when stored in refrigerator. Just get it out before 5-10 mins . as it contains "Ajwain" it is good for health too, specially in these festival days when our tummy is loaded with sweet items :))
This is my entry for VCC Q3 2006 held by mydhaba.blogspot.com
Aloo- methi
15 January 2007, 14:33:40 | Pooja
Winter is near, and vegetable stores are now full with fresh and green vegetable . I love this season b'coz it provide many option to people like me, who loves to prepare different kind of food every time. I came to see fresh fenugreek leaves(Methi) at store alst week and it was so fresh that i could not resist to buy it. As my hubby don't like little bitter taste of it, I decided to try it some other way. Here is how I made it with potato and one tomato in it. As just one tomato in it will change the whole bitterness of fenugreek into wonderful taste for this main course.
Ingredients:
2 medium sized potato cut into small cubes,
1 bunch of fenugreek leaves, cut and washed thoroughly ,
1 medium sized tomato,
3-4 flacks garlic -crushed,
½ tsp Cumin seeds,
¼ tsp mustard seeds,
¼ tsp turmeric powder,
½ tsp red chili powder,
Salt to taste
1 tsp oil,
Method:
Heat oil in a pan or kadhai and then add mustard seeds & cumin seeds. Add crushed garlic . When garlic turn little golden add potato cubes. cook it for 3-4 mins until it is tender. Next add turmeric powder to it and fenugreek leaves. Fenugreek leaves doesnt take much time to cook , just let it cook for 1-2 mins and then add tomato pieces to it. Mix it well with the all ingredients and finally add red chili powder. serve hot with chapati or roti.
It is very simple to make yet tasty. I love it coz it takes even less time to cook. :)
Yummy Undhiyu...!
15 January 2007, 14:31:31 | Pooja
Yummy Undhiyu...!
Today is something to share here , is one famous dish of Gujarat “Undhiyu”(people call it Undhiya or undhiyo too, but the real pronounciation is Undhiyu J ) - Un, the thought of which is not possible without Suran, though it is not the most part of that dish. That dish is incomplete without having suran in it.
Ingredients:
3 - 4 baby brinjals,6 -8 baby potatoes small,100 gms yam elephant( suran) , cut into medium sized cubes,
½ cup string beans (chauli dana),
½ cup lima beans (valore liva),
½ cup green peas (mutter)2 inch ginger,
6- 8 cloves garlic,
3-4 green chillies,1 cup coriander leaves,
1 tsp turmeric powder,a pinch asafetida,1 tsp Ajawain ,3-4 tsp oil .
For Muthiya :
1/4 cup besan
1/2 cup Fenugreek Leaves (methi), washed and chopped finely,
½ tsp red chili powder,
¼ tsp turmeric powder,
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry
Method:
To prepare Methi na Muthiya :
Mix all the muthiya ingredients except oil and prepare a firm dough. Divide into small portions and shape each into one-inch long half-inch thick rolls. Deep fry in hot oil, remove and keep aside.
To make Undhiyu :
Peel off & wash potatoes & yam. Cut yam(suran) into medium sized cubes. Wash brinjals. slit brinjal and baby potato into four .
Make a paste of coriander leaves ,garlic, green chillies and ginger.
Pressure cook baby potatos, baby brinjals and lima beans and Suran in salted water. Do not boil much. Cook until soft.
Heat up oil in a thick-bottomed kadhai, mix in asafoetida and Ajwain. Add all boiled vegetables, green peas and string bean to it. Add little water to it, sprinkle salt and turmeric powder. Stir fry for five minutes on high flame heat. Pour out the green mixture of coriander leaves, garlic, ginger & green chillies . add half cup of water, cover and simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) on a very low heat up for 10-15 minutes.
Mix in fried muthiyas and again simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) for 15 minutes. Shake the vegetables occasionally but do not use a spoon to stir.
When water is totally eavaporated, remove from heat. Serve hot either as it is, or with puri or paratha.
Undhiyu is a very traditional recipe of Gujarat, and the way it can be prepared varies from region to region in Gujarat. I make it my way. :P . It is Normally prepared in most of the home On the festival of “Makar Sankrati” 0r “Uttarayan”(which falls on 14th January every year). It is almost accompanied by hot Kesar Jalebi…. Oh those good old days ,when we just have to fly kites at terrace since early morning to late evening, and had these delicious dish made by Mom at home to enjoy… : ) this year I am planning to visit my Mom on “Uttarayan” to have all those golden memories to share with hubby dear ! :)
Note:
One can also include broad beans (sem fali or surti papdi ) and pigeon beans (tuver lilva) for making undhiyu. Here I havent got any at this time in market. May be their season starts from late December. If using broad beans then cut them into long strips and boil it along with other vegetables . Pigeon beans should be added along with green peas at the time of making.
Salsa Verde with Maxican cutlets
13 January 2007, 13:59:02 | Pooja
Sharing here with You a Maxican dish - Maxican cutlets with salsa verde .
Ingredients :
For the cutlets
2 cup boiled and mashed potatoes
1 tsp corn flour
½ tsp pepper powder for the potatoes
1 cup kidney beans ,soaked, boiled and mashed.
¼ tsp pepper powder for the kidney beans
Chilli sauce
Oil for frying
Few spring onion leaves, chopped, to garnish
For the Salsa Verde
2 medium sized green tomatoes
2 green chillies,
2 tsp chopped coriander leaves,
1 small capsicum
1 tsp vinegar,
1 tsp sugar,
Salt to taste
1 tsp corn flour
Method:
For the Salsa Verde:
Blend all the ingredients together in a mixer.
Then put on the stove to warm. Stir often till the mixture turns thick like a sauce. Remove from the stove and cool to room temperature.
For the Cutlets:
Mix together mashed pototoes, corn flour, salt and pepper. Divide into 10 equal portions. Flatten each portion into 2 inch diameter circles. (Like thick puris.)
Mix together the mashed kidney beans, salt, pepper and chilli sauce .Divide into 5 eual portions. Flatten them into 1 ¾ inch diameter circles.
Sandwich a kidney bean puri between 2 potato puries. Seal the edges and shallow fry in oil. Make the other cutlets the similar way.
Arrange all the cutlets in a plate sprinkle chopped spring onion and apply Salsa Verde. Serve when cutlets are hot.
Recipe Source: Jyoti Nikunj Parekh
(One variation to this is to sprinkle cheese over cutlets and before serving cover the cutlets with a lid and warm them for 10 minutes till he cheese melts. )
Have been much busy this end, hence couldn't publish one dish with tomato yesterday which I have ready with me ,Just could not get the time to post it yeaterday . I think I need little break now ,otherwise next time I wll be sirfing your blogs from Hospital:)) . well, tomorrow I will post vegetable for the next week and I might change some planning to post here , like from daily to alternate day or somehting else. Gotta do so many things here at the same time, Since I love to be with you all around here, I don't plan to skip this event yet. So stay tuned to this blog and Have a Happy Weekend, Happy Sankranti and Happy Pongal to all of you there ! :) .
Enteries For Vegetable of the Week- Tomato !
13 January 2007, 13:49:02 | Pooja
on the last day with tomato also I am not alone to publish my post here, we have two more buddies with us to share their recipes with tomato :) .
First is from Sandeepa from Bong Mom's cook book. She is sharing here here recipe of making Tomato Khajur canberry Chutney. this is a bengalu kind of chutney she made up with a twist of adding cnaberry to it. Really a tasty entry with tomatoes. Thank you Sandeepa for sharing this with us. :)
Second is Lakshmik from veggie cuisine, sharing here er own recipe of making baby Potato-cherry tomato with green peas gravy. Lovely picture of recipe and indeed a nice way of making this dish .Thanks Lakshmik for your timely preparation and efforts to publish this.
Tomato Paratha
11 January 2007, 20:52:47 | Pooja
Nice recipe of tomato Paratha - a healthy brunch dish to share here with you all today.
Ingredients:
3-4 big ripe tomatoes,
green chillies 3 crushed,
1/4 tsp methi(fenugreek) seeds powder ,
1/4 tsp mustard seeds powder ,
1 tsp red chilli powder,
sugar powdered ( optional),
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
Oil for frying.
Method :
Take a tawa add 1 tbls of oil , Add to it the cut tomatoes with turmeric and salt cook in a med.flame until it is well cooked . Add to it the crushed green chillie and red chillie powder and the methi-mustard powder with a pinch of sugar. Cook for couple of minutes more until the gravy becomes a thick jam consistency & the water is absorbed. Cool completely. Take the tomato paste in a bowl add to it 3/4 cup wheat flour and 1tbls of maida mix well without adding water. Only add water if required into a thick dough. Add salt if required.roll out as even size parathas. Heat tawa and cook it on both the sides until crisp just as shown in the process of Paratha. Serve hot with any raita.
I served it along with a quick side dish made up of carrot and green chillie.
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Valentine's Day Special Round Up!
21 February 2007, 05:05:04 | Pooja
Did I keep you waiting for this round up? if so, I am sorry from straight of my heart , I know its very bad to keep anyone waiting without giving any proper reason. Now when I am guilty for this, let me clarify the reason too. I was out of station for few days, actually was supposed to be back on 17th and planned to take up the round up for all entries then, but instead of that I came back just yesterday evening, as our trip got little extended. The first thing I do as soon as I get in touch with my beloved laptop is to draft round up and post my own entry too.
Hope you all will forgive this friend of yours... :)
Now with the round up....
We have many new and lovely participants this time , A warm welcome to our new participants here , who presented their recipe for the first time with the event here.
Jyotsna
Manjushree Mukkala(non-blogger)
Jayashree
Swapna
Mommyof2
Aarti Mahajan- etkapure(non-blogger)
Jai and bee
Mishmash
Yum
Here you go with the round up.
Lovely Soumya of Home Spices reached to me First.
Pink Slush is her entry for the event . Check out her recipe for it here .
Maheswari is with us with her beyond the usual recipe – Strawberry Ginger lassi .
Sharing along with that some nice experience of her 5 years of togetherness with her hubby. :), check out her recipe and lovely words here .
Gattina from Kitchen Unplugged is sharing with all of us the favorite of her hubby - Cherry coconut chocolate .
Just a picture is enough to make mouth watering for a chocolate lovers. :D
Jyotsna Vasudevan from Currybazaar is sharing here with all of us Date flavoured Tiramisu .
Sri from Daavat is Sharing here with us – Rice Pudding. She also shared her nice experience with hubby, and I agree with her words, as far as it concerns to me, I also feel the same way. Sri : )) .
Asha from Foodieshope , or should I say from Aromahope(confused…!!! : )) ) , is sharing touching story from her past with all of us, along with the Vegetable pulao she made for her rice lover hubby. : ) . as usual she is making us all hungry with her nice picture of this vegetable pulao, when decorated in such a nice way, I think even non rice lover will fall in love with dish , Asha ! :D
Seema of Recipe Junction is sharing here with us Rose ice cream soda. Such a lovely idea and the color is perfect for the theme. I think if there is any prize for the theme then you muct have deserved one for bringing out the perfect color in it for the theme : ) .
Usha is sharing here with us Strawberry -french vanilla Cake along with some sweet memories of her first valentine’s day ! How sweet of her to share such nice memories with all of us : ) .
Jai and bee from Jugalbadi is sharing very creative Bouquets for valentine. See the picture below to sheck out the nice presentation with different food and chutneys. .
Jayashree of spice and curry , made her hubby’s favorite recipe - Bengali fish Curry , and shared with us along withsome nice facts of Allahabad. : ) .
Mishmash has taken a slight twist and sharing her memories of bachelorhood, the old ang old days with friends…. She is also sharing with us berry-grooms-and-berry-brides. What a lovely idea to participate with the theme , Mishmash ! : ) . Indeed lovely pictures too !
Jasmine from Spicetrail is sharing here with us here delicious way of making Creamy vegetable soup for her valentine. She asked me to put this lines on behalf of her to to share with all of us.
In her own words …
“Valentines day was a strict no-no for me and hubby ( ours was a chuppa-chuppi romance...so we used to be as far away from each other on that particluar day.. ..you know how it is in India..when you walk with your brother on V-day you will be end up raising many eyebrows. ..
But now we are at peace after marriage after many years of courtship.we dont have to worry much...and just wonder about those loverlorn couples who maybe doing the same thing like us .and it just brings a smile on our face..hoping that they will be at peace someday like us..where everyday is Valentines day!”
Prema of my cook book is here with her unique way of making Strawberry cheese cups along with dosa and sambhar for her dosa lover hubby :D . do not forget to go through her nice words for her hubby dear… :) .
Beetroot Halwa from Coffee of My khazana of recipes… , what can be perfect than this for Vday ? its red, its sweet and it looks heart warming…. Such a lovely entry Coffee ! : ) . Along with this coffee has shared her experience of the dilemma before choosing a her hubby dear , and the past and loving experience of that too….
A lovely entry from Trupti of the spice who loved me is Cinnamon streusels cake, made with the help of her 3 year old kid…. Such a lovely contribution from mom and sun to this event , I think this entry is really special in a way that it is accompanied by the help of little angle at home , a special hug to Sahil for this from me. :) .
Lakshmik of veggie cuisine ,has presented here lovely blueberry pecan coffee cake here to make this Valentine’s day real Sweet. :D . This is really a nice entry , Lakshmik, where have you been , I missed you with my roundup since last few weeks dear.
Vini is here with all of us to spread her whirl of aroma among all of us… : ) , this time she is presenting Chocolate mousse for her little Ananya and Tiramisu for Hubby . such a lovely idea Vini. Thanks for participating inspite of ananya’s injury . A brave and very loving mom you are. Hugs to you !
Supriya of Spice corner is sharing with us Fresh Strawberries with Ice Cream and Chocolate Sauce . A lovely entry for this Sweet event from lovely Supriya. :)
Yum of Spice of life is sharing her with us Moolangi ambat with kerala red rice. Yum is also sharing another entry for the event – Raspberry Scones .
Swapna of Swad is sharing – Tomato rice for this special day with all of us.
Mommyof2 from Mommy friendly recipe has made garlic chicken & thai green curry for her 2 little valentine and hubby dear. Such a lovely idea to make all happy around… : ) . this is her first food post , as she mentioned in her post, thank you very much for contributing here with your first post, G P.!
Now is the turn of our another 2 special participants of this Theme. They are non blogger and sent their entry to me by email along wiht the picture.
First is Manjushree Mukkala
She made beet root halwa
Rest here is a her email in her own words and recipe.
Our wedding anniversary falls just one week before the Valentine’s Day. This year we couldn’t celebrate as our son was sick. So, I decided to make up for it by celebrating the Valentine’s Day and surprising my husband. Beetroot is one of my husband’s favorite vegetable and hence came the thought of making beetroot halwa to my mind. I made the halwa the day before the Valentine’s Day and shaped it round so that it looks like a cakeJ.
At 12 in the night I took it upstairs and he was really surprised at my creative idea. Then we cut the halwa together pretending it to be a Valentine’s Day cake. It was a perfect starting for the Valentine’s Day. In turn he surprised me in the evening with roses.
The basic ingredients required for this recipe are beetroot, ghee, sugar and nuts. Some form of milk product, may be milk or condensed milk or ricotta cheese is optional.
Below is how this particular preparation is made:
Beet root grated - 2 cups
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
Preparation method:
1) In a frying pan, add, 1/4 cup of ghee
2) When the ghee is hot, add beetroot and fry till it is soft (<5min)
Second non blogger buddy we have with us is Aarti mahajan–etkapure
She made – strawberry lassi
In her own words...
I came acros your blog a few days back and am following most of your recipes from then on. :) Your recipes are really good and aptly named-- "creative". I read about the theme for this week and decided to contribute the easiest recipe availabe. I hope you will accept my recipe though I am not a blogger.
This was my first Valentine day with Hubby dear as we got married in June 2006. Both of us beleive that we dont need any "day" to celebrate/express our love.. So "Every day is a Valentine day for us" ;)
One fruit that you'll find in my house most of the times is Strawberry. My hubby, Rahul, loves strawberries. Another thing he is crazy about is Yogurt. None of his meal is complete without Yogurt. So I decided to try out something with his favorites. And Strawberry Lassi was the first thig that came to my mind. It was ready in 5 mins and resting in fridge for another 3 hrs waiting for compliments. Needless to say, Hubby dear loved it :) Here goes the recipe-
STRAWBERRY LASSI
Ingredients:
1/2 cup plain Yogurt
1/2 cup cold water
5-6 big fresh strawberries
4 tbspn sugar (amount may depend on strawberry taste and may vary according to desired taste- sweet/sweet n tangy- typical strawberry taste)
Recipe:
1) Wash and cut strawberries in big pieces. Grind them in a mixer with sugar.
2) Whip yogurt using a blender and add water.
3) Add the strawberry sugar mix to yogurt and mix well.
4) Best served chilled.
Here are Entries from me For the theme of the week -Valentine's Day.
Refreshing Drink - Black Grapes with Orange Juice(2:1 portions).
Brunch- Aloo Paratha with Spicy Tomato Chutney
Main course- Matar Paneer(Green Peas with Cottage cheese)
Dessert -Strawberry Icecream
Apetizer -Beat treat, check the recipe for it Here .(this is also my secind entry to AFAM- Strawberry)
I hope that I have not missed anyone of yours entry for this round up I checked it for 3 times ,still if I missed someone's please wihtout hesitation just write to me soon, I will update it .... Have fun and celebrate each day with love. Love is all around us.... :D
My another entry for Vday Special.
19 February 2007, 15:11:39 | Pooja
I was planning to make something to easy to make and likable by both of us too, so that I don’t have to spend lot much time in kitchen and can spare some time for both of us to recall the old(though not so old, we are married since just 1 year and 9 months :)) ) and golden memories. Though we are less than 2 years married, it always seems like past when recalling the days before marriage or the starting of marriage.
Hubby is a big paneer fan . He loves any food cooked with paneer.
And as he knew already that there is going to be something special for him in lunch , I think he was expecting some nice change too.
I made matar paneer(Green peas with cottage cheese) with plain flour roti. Which also he loved very much. It’s the first time I make roti from maida(plain flour) at home, normally only when eating out in restaurants we had it.
Along with his favorite vegetable Pulao . .. and he was totally happy to see it.
Matar paneer here I made is from ready made masala of rasoi magic, which includes everything in it, just I add green peas and paneer, as instructed in it.
If it is available in any store around your place, then I strongly recommend to try this one, easy and too tasty . also cooked within minutes. : ) . I tried other vegetable masal of rasio magic too , but this one is defnately better tan all of the rest, the second one I would recommend to you is Paneer tikka masala from rasoi magic. Try it some time, and just like me you will fall in love with it.
Here is how I make it.
Take 1 tsp of oil and when hot add , finely chopped 1 tomato to it. Cook for a while and then add the rasoi magic masala mixed with 1-2 cup of water , such that there isno lumps formed in the gravy . cook it on high flame and add green peas to it. Cover with lid and cook till the gravy reach to desired thickness, finally add paneer cubes to it and cook for another 1 minute.
I added 1 cup fresh green peas and 200 gms paneer cubes to it. And the result is in front of your eyes. This was simply great that what we get in restaurants. Not so spicy not so mild, I just love it, and so does hubby. :D .
Basically he loves anything thing with paneer, such that when in the evening we went to a Chinese restaurant – Mainland China here, he ordered tofu with exotic vegetables there… : )) .
For vegetable pulao :
Ingredients:
½ cup green peas,
1 carrot peeled and cut into small cubes,
1 onion finely chopped,
1 potato , peeled and cut into cubes,
2-3 cloves,
Ghee for tadka,
2-3 Bay leaf,
Pinch of turmeric, salt to taste,
2 cups cooked rice.
Method:
Cook rice with water and keep it aside draining extra water from it.
In a pan add 2 tsp of ghee/oil, when hot add bay leaf and cloves to it, along with onion to it. When onion turns translucent add potato cubes to it, cover with lid and cook it until potatoes are tender. Next add carrot ,green peas and salt to it and cook until they are soft. Add turmeric to it and mix in the cooked rice with it. Mix well together and turn off the heat. Serve hot with anything you like.
For desert we had Strawberry Icecream, this is my first attempt to make ice cream with strawberry .
Ingredients:
12-15 strawberry
3 cup milk,
2 tsp custard powder,
½ cup thick cream,
Sugar to taste, I used 1 cup.
Process:
In a big vessel heat the milk, when it come to boil add custard powder to it, mix in well and stir such that no lumps will be formed from it. Cook it on high flame and stirring continuously until milk is half of the original size ,add sugar and milk cream to it. And stir again for few minutes on medium heat. And turn off the heat after 1-2 minutes. Place it on side and let it get to room temperature. Until then in a mixture grind the strawberries to a fine paste without adding any extra water. And when milk mixture is at normal temperature add it to that, and mix in well . Place it in a freezer in a container and and when it get frozen for the first time, remove all of them in a grinder and make fine paste out of it, it will help the ice cream to be turn little more thick in consistency and will remove ice particles from it, if any .
Again in a container let it freeze and serve when it get to normal ice cream coldness.
With scooper remove it in a small bowl and decorate with strawberry and serve chilled. If you like, add some fresh honey over ice cream to make it even richer in taste.
This also goes as my entry to Maheswari for her AFAM-Strawberry
Some memorable moments :
We got married on 29th of May 2005. on 14th feb. 2005 it was the first Valentine’s for us after we come to know each other, before our marriage He used to work for late hours and he loved his work, though now he has changed totally with that and don’t give an extra moment to office : ) .
On that day , I got a long email from him , and a part of it I am going to share here.
This is what he wrote
"Hard to make a sentence, as words are slipping out of my hands as Ithink more of you.I know that you are the most beautiful girl on this earth for me to love and I am happy that I am doing so.
Most beautiful not for whatyou look but for what I felt of you.
Beautiful for what you make me inyour love.
Beautiful for selfless love and tender care that you gave me.
Beautiful for loving me in spite of all my weakness.
Beautiful for believing me even though we meet once in life.
Beautiful for loving me not by looks and the thousands that I earn butfor what your heart and soul tells you."
That email was too long, here is just a part of it, and I love reading it again and again even today, at least I am happy that what he said is not a false promise or some words to impress me, it is true even today, and I feel it in each action of Deepak.
Aloo Paratha(Stuffed potato paratha) with Tomato chutney & Grapes Juice
13 February 2007, 20:32:36 | Pooja
Ingredients:
1 cup wheat flour
2 potato boiled and peeled
½ tsp Cumin powder,
½ tsp chaat masala ,(or dry mango powder and pinch of crushed black pepper)
½ tsp redchilli powder,
Salt to taste,
½ tsp lemon juice,
Sugar to taste (optional)
Oil for shallow fry
Method:
Boil the potato until they are soft and tender. Remove sking , and mash them , mix in cumin powder ,chaat masala ,redchilli powder, lemon juice and salt in it. Keep this aside.
Knead the dough , using sufficient water and salt added to it, when done apply some oil to it, this will make it smooth. Knead it soft enough like we make for roti/paratha. Make lemon sized balls of it and roll out into a small round shape of it. Place spoonful of potato stuffing in the middle and cover it from side as shown in figure here. Now again slowly with care roll out to small sized round of about 3-4 inch diameter.
On a hot tawa place it, and let the first side cook in slow heat until it is half cooked. Turn the side and let the other side also get half cooked.
Now turn the paratha again and apply some oil from the side of Partha to the side below, this will give it chance to get puffed from side and center too. Turn the side again and do the same for another side too. Cook until golden brown on both sides and serve hot with anything you like. It goes well with a cup full of curd or green coriander chutney.
I had this in brunch this Saturday accompanied with quick Tomato chutney. Which hardly take 3-4 minutes to prepare it.
Here the method to make it.
Ingredients :
2-3 medium sized tomato finely chopped,
3-4 dry red chillies,
6-7 curry leaves,
½ tsp red chilli powder,
Salt to taste,
A pinch of asfoetida,
1 tsp oil.
Method:
In a pan heat the oil. When little hot ,add curry leaves , asafetida powder and red chillies to it. Just in a while add chopped tomatoes too.
Cook it on a high flame, cover with lid for 1-2 minutes, then stirring occasionally cook it until all the water part of it evaporates and oil starts separating from tomato pieces, it will form a thick gravy like consistence, add red chilli powder and salt to it, serve with anything you like.
This is what we had in brunch this Saturday. Normally we take bread , toast ot other light snack item with milk in the morning. I prefer to have meal on time , on week ends so normally we get lunch ready by 12.30 -1 p.m on weekends.
Just few days ago Deepak was recalling his college days when he was staying in hostel and they were getting Aloo paratha in the Sunday breakfast there , he was just telling me that it was the only reason he got up early on Sundays that time. Though I know he likes aloo paratha , I didn’t know he loves it this much ! (I made aloo paratha so many times before this , but that is for the evenings when we don’t want to have heavy dinner and for him it goes nice with plain curd. Also that time I made it different way by adding coriander leaves, green chillies and other spices to it .this time as for bruch I have added all the ready dry powdered spices ,to make it quickly. )
Now when it came to make something to make him happy I thought to make it. I know he loves spicy tomato chutney made this way, so got the perfect idea of brunch for last weekend. Accompanying this dish was fresh juice of green grapes. It was a perfect dish- tasty aloo paratha with spicy tomato chutney and soothing juice. :)
He was more than happy to see this surprise from me, as he was not aware with what’s going on in the kitchen and was busy with a phone call, when I presented the whole dish in front of him, he just stare with happiness on his face with a broad smile : )) . And still keep on reminding me that he liked my idea of brunch that day very much.
Still some more dishes from me to share with you all with some memories to cherish with that, are coming their way, till then stay tuned and keep cooking: D .
(Hubby didn’t know till then that I have announced any such theme for Valentine’s day , now when he know this, he keeps on asking me what I am going to make for surprise lunch for him : )) ) .
Check out my entries for Little chef in Kitchen and Monthly Mingle - here.
Theme of the Next Week - Valentine's Day
06 February 2007, 20:06:47 | Pooja
Remember those days just before our marriage ,how romantic we all were ! We were just feeling like love is all around us that time, right? As time passes we get used to things in life , and start understanding each other , be compatible with each other, and though life gets better by understanding our life partner well, we almost forgot to express frequently how much we love our better half, as we used to do in initial days of our marriage. Isn’t it true for all of us in one or more ways?
Well, then lets all do it once again , tell our beloved how much we love them and how good our life is by having their support in each matter of our life.
Having all of your suggestions with me, I thought to celebrate this week as Valentine’s week. And the theme for this is little versatile .
They say 'the way to man’s heart is through his stomach' : D.
Cook anything to make your better half happy in a special way , and let us all share our experiences together here in round up .Like what you cook, why you cook it, and how did he find it etc etc… (if you wish you can write about your story like how you met him and all , that is if you would like to add then only, but I think it will be great fun to bring back memories of those days and share with out buddies here. You can also share what he gifted you,and how special you were feeling that time etc..., In short anything related to Valentine's day from your treasure :) )
Let us all remind our special One , of his value in our life, and just for some time forget anything else , like- our responsibility , our busy schedules , or other priorities.
Having something with the color red or pink in the dish will be like ‘Sone pe Suhaga ‘ (adding fragrance to gold, and ), but that is truly optional( I think there are many options to have red/pink color in our dish , i.e. Pomegranate seeds, red grapes, Beet root, anything of rose or straberry flavor) I keep it optional as there is different choice for our favorite meal for all of us, :) so Cook anything you like to make a perfect evening for two of you and share it with us .
I think as all of us will have some other plans to celebrate 14th feb. in a special way , or some where outside home , I think this weekend is a good time to make our beloved happy. So go on, try it and share it here. Will wait for your entries to pooja18@gmail.com , the round up will be done after 14th February. Take your time to make a special dinner , and have a great time together.
Love is in the Air,
Valentine's day is few days away !
Green Peas Pickle
04 February 2007, 06:08:18 | Pooja
Though to try this way of making pickle out of peas :), and it turn out really nice. Hope you pickle lovers there will enjoy it. i jsut know that Supriya and Sra love differet kind of pickles, so atleast forthem it will do good , right Supriya and Sra? :) . Well, Hubby is in your line, so I try making different variety of Pickles at home a lot. This was tasting nice will good aroma of fennel seeds spreaded in the whole dish. Here is the way I make it, simple and easy.
Ingredients:
½ cup peas
4-5 green chillies
2 tsp mustard seeds
2 tsp fennel seeds(saunf) – roasted,
1 tsp salt
½ tsp turmeric
4 tsp oil
2 tsp lemon juice
½ tsp red chilli powder
Method:
In a grinder grind mustard seeds and fennel seeds to a smooth powder.
Cut green chillies in to 1 inch long pieces.
In a pan heat the oil, and turn off the heat when oil is hot.
In this hot oil add green chillies and green peas, then add powder of mustard seeds and fennel seeds along with red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt.
Add lemon juice when the mixture is cold. Store it in a air tight container. This pickle can be eaten after two days.
Entries for today
Lakshmik and Soumya made Peas soup to share with us and go healthy this winter. :) Check out their versions here and here .
next is from Kajal ,who made Peas Potato Ring to share with all of us. Nice entry and good idea to have this kind of colorful snack.
And a wonderful twist from Swapna , who made Matar puri ! what a wonderful idea, I loved it. check out her delicious recipe of matar puri with dum aloo here. thanks for eminding me about this, Swapna.
Thank you Lakshmik , Soumya,Swapna and Kajal for your wonderful entries and timely efforts. :)
Will post a theme for the next week, before that I would like to have your suggestion on this, as already some buddies have suggested. I think this theme idea should be fun for all, and as valentine's day is coming near , all seems to be Pink in mood :D. Let me have your ideas about how we all should celebrate the next 10 days together when 10th day is going to be a valentine's day ! Will wait for your idea , and decide about the theme and post it on monday ,for which final round up will be done on 14th february -wednesday . Come up with something nice, and have a fun .
Roses are blooming all the way ,
Valentine's Day is few days away ....
Drop me your suggestions soon either on email or in comment here and Have fun with family & friends this weekends..
Green Peas pakoras ,Pau Bhaji & entries for Green peas.
02 February 2007, 13:44:40 | Pooja
Green Peas Pakora With curd.
Ingredients :
½ cup soaked moong dal ( Green gram split)
½ cup Green peas
1 inch long ginger root.
1 small onion,
2-3 green chillies,
1 tsp red chilli powder,
1 tsp cumin seeds powder,
Salt to taste ,
2 cup curd,
Method :
Soak the moong dal for 2 hours .
Grind the Green peas and moong dal along with ginger, onion and green chilies into a fine paste and mix in the salt . Do not add extra water while grinding .
In a kadhai heat the oil, when it is hot , fry spoonfuls of the mixture in oil till pakoras are crispy and dark brown .
Whisk curd thoroughly and add salt , cumin seeds powder and red chillie powder to it .
Ina serving dish , serve pakoras and add curd onto it.
Tastes good. A slightly variation to this is before serving you can soak pakora in water and press it before serving, this will remove excess of oil. (this is same as we do for dahi wada. )
Pau Bhaji
Ingredients :
1/2 head cauliflower
2 large potatoes
11/2 cup green peas
2 long carrots
1 big onion
3-4 garlic clove
1tbsp ginger (Shredded)
1tsp turmeric powder
2tsp cumin powder
2tsp red chili powder
4 tbsp oil
Butter to toast Pau
Method:
Peel and wash potatoes and carrot. Cut potatoes into cubes, and carrot into small pieces.
Cut cauliflower into small pieces.
Grind 1/2 the onion, ginger and garlic into a fine paste.
Boil the cut vegetables in a pressure cooker in 1 cup of water for approximately 10-15 min or until they are soft and tender.Do not add grean peas to it.
Drain the boiled vegetables and mash lightly.
In a Pan or kadhai, add the oil and heat Add the onion/ginger/garlic puree, along with the finely chopped green chilies to the oil, and cook till its golden brown.
Add turmeric powder, cumin powder, red chili powder and salt to it, sauté for about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes cut into very small cubes, and let cook for 5 minutes.add green peas and cook it for another 2 minutes until peas are soft.
Add the mashed vegetables to it and mix thoroughly, if it is too thick then add little water to this. Cover the Pan with lid and simmer for 10 minutes at medium heat stirring occasionally.when cooked turn off the heat , and add the little butter on the top of it .
Transfer Pau Bhaji to a serving dish. Cut the cilantro and 1/2 onion and sprinkle on top as garnish. Serve along with lemon slice on side.
Serve with butter toasted Pau.
Entries for Vegetable of the Week - Green Peas
First is Asha , she prepared Green peas with potato with south Indian touch to this lovely curry . Asha , I love your twist with normal aloo matar .
Second is from Rinku ,she made delicious Peas and cauliflower pulao ……….
Next is from Seema , a delicious looking Gobi matar Curry . I just fell in love with the picture itself, really looking great Seema.
Sra has made atoatally new dish to share with all of us and named it - Easy peasy. Sra cook this dish in rajasthani style, it looks awesome Sra. thanks for sharing here with all of us. :)
Switched to new Blogger !
01 February 2007, 14:04:24 | Pooja
Hi all ,
Just switched to new version of Bloger ,which is beta no longer ! It's their professional version now. It is not allowing me to login with my old id, and thus I switched to this now !
I heard that there is somple problem with blogger , and someimes it shows comment as anonymous( I hope they might have recovered this problem , as they are switching to professional version from beta) though not sure , so my kind request to you all to put your name after leaving comment here. Uptil now I am not able to see my blog , just by writing URL in the explorer,so no post for today ,will try and check it if works fine tomorrow.
I hope atleast this post will appear when my blog start working. the only way i can see my blog right now is by checking my template an watching its preview, I hope they will solve the problem by some time , so that I can appear here with my post and your entries. Dont know whether this will be hown or not, as when I try publishing this , it shows the same error. If it appears fine to you then , in the mean time check my Entry for JFI- Ginger Here.
I created a new blog to participate in lovely events around here,this idea is totally inspired by Asha. thank you Asha, your inspiration is not limited upto cooking food now :).
See you all tomorrow. Till then take care and have a nice day .
Methi Matar with Yogurt and Entries for second day of Vegetable of the Week & Meme
31 January 2007, 14:10:54 | Pooja
Methi matar malai – a very famous curry in Punjabi menu at restuarants. In a restaurant here when I ordered it , it tasted sweet, sometimes though it is not sweet at other places too. I don’t like the taste of cream to my curry, I like cream only with milk shakes or soups. So I have developed my own way of preparing curry with methi and matar ,as I like both – Methi and Matar(fenugreek and Green peas) very much.
I add yogurt to it, this way it will not taste bitter, and will do good with the real taste of methi. Here is my way to prepare it.
Ingredients :
1 cup fresh green peas
1 bunch fresh methi (fenugreek ) leaves , chopped and washed thoroughly,
1 onion, 3-4 garlic cloves, 1 inch ginger,
2-3 green chillies,
Red chilli powder,
Salt to taste,
1/2 cup yogurt,
1 tsp Cumin seeds
A pinch of asfoetida ,
1 tsp oil.
Method:
Make fine paste of green chillies, ginger, garlic and onion.
Boil the green peas and keep it aside.
In a kadhai heat 1 tsp oil, add cumin seeds and a pinch of asafetida to it. Wnext add the paste of onion and other ingredients to it. Cook it until the paste turns golden brown.
Add finely chopped and washed thoroughly methi leaves to it.
Let it cook until all the water from methi evaporates completely, and add boiled Green peas to it. Next add ½ cup sour yogurt to it. Let it cook for a while and add salt and red chilli powder to it .When all the extra water from yogurt evaporates turn off the heat . Serve it Hot with Roti or Paratha.
Enteries for Today With Vegetable of the Week -Green Peas .
First is from Kajal , sharing here with us this delicious recipe of Samosa :) . Check out here detailes recipe wiht step by step pictures here .
We have 2 recipes from Supriya , One is Stuffed aloo Tikki , check out for the full recipe Here
Here is another one simple and nice dish from Supriya -Cabbage Green Peas Palya .
Thank you Kajal and Supriya for your participation with delicios recipes here. :)
5 things you don't know about me !
Sra tagged me for this, and here are the secrets ......:)) ,
I did the job as a full time lecturer For MCA for about 4 years, which initially I choose as just to pass my time until I get other Job: D. But I really loved that once I started it. And I have many memories of that time to cherish. All my students of the first year of my teaching were older than me or of the same age of mine, but they never knew my real age : )) . And still don’t know : )) .
Funny side of me, I hate people who show off, and I just feel like to give them a hard punch on their face when I realise that they are just putting wrong effort in front of me to show off. If you have has seen movie “Jhankar beats”, I resemble to Rahul Bose in that movie : )) .
I love to know everything related to Aliens , funny Na! .Just that Imagination thrills me so much. I find it so interesting that when we got DVD of “Alien” Movie, with its all 4 parts , I saw 3 of it in a single day ! :D .
Deepak is not Gujarati, and we met only once before our Marriage.There is a long story about how I choose to marry Deepak,and I still feel that there is some telepathy between me and Deepak . More some other time.. :D .
I am not much demanding about having different dishes to eat, I can eat the same meal daily, I almost never complain about any food, as far as it is vegetarian and made with cleanliness , but when it comes to cooking , I find it too much boring to cook same dish every time . Even if I have the same ingredients, I love cooking it different way each time.
Now I tag Suma, Swapna ,Gattina, Vani and Vini for this.
Come on girls, reveal your secrets to us .... :) , Just kidding. this is fun although, take it up if you feel like.
Royal Green Peas Curry & entries for First day Of vegetable of the Week -Green Peas & Meme
30 January 2007, 13:22:41 | Pooja
Royal Green Peas Curry ! - I dont why they call it this way , perhaps because it contains thick cream to serve it with :D.
This is what I made last week and shared with you all as Tricolored Curry( I still like that name ! ) Here is the easy and quick recipe for it.
Ingredients :
1 cup fresh green peas.
1 cup tomato puree or 2-3 finely chpped tomato ,
1 medium sized onion,
1 tsp ginger garlic paste ,
2 green chillies,
1/4 tsp garam masala,
1 tsp coriander- cumin powder,
1/2 tsp turmeric powder ,
1/2 tsp red chilli powder,
1 tsp oil,
salt to taste.
coriander leaves to garnish,
thick milk cream to decorate and serve with .
Method:
Chop onion , chillies and ginger - garlic , putthem in Mixture bown and grind them to fine paste.
Boil the green peas until they are soft. drain the water and keep them aside. In a kadhai take tsp oil and when it gets little warm add the onion, ginger, garlic and chilli paste to it,stir it , and cook it until the good aroma of onion fill your kitchen , it may take at most 1 minute.
Add tomato puree to it, if using chopped tomato then let it cook until it makes thick grave and then adjust water as per the desired thickness of gravy. take care to choose ripe juicy tomatoes for this .
Add green peas to it and then add turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala and coriander -cumin powder to it. Stir it well and then add salt. when cooked , turn off the heat and Serve when not so hot. ! while serving spread thick cream on it, and garnish with coriander leaves.
If you wish you can avoid using cream to this. I dont like cream much,I ate it without cream and that too was tasting delicios. The dish shown above went directly to Hubby ,as he is fond of Milk and milk products... as per him, this was tasting divine :D. Do try any way you like,this is a quick and tasty dish !
Now here are some entries we have for the vegetable of the Week :) .
First is from Mythreyee of Try this recipe , sharing here her recipe to make Green Peas Pulao .
Next is our Coffee from My khazana of recipes, with her version of a potato peas curry , which she calls -Quick fix Potato curry .Nice and quick dish from Coffee.
Our beloved Trupti or should I say 'Trupti along with her Hubby' is here with a whole new style to make -Ragda Patties , for which she baked patties instead of frying them , what a healthy way to enjoy this chaat food. ! :) . see, I was true when I told that you can always expect something new from Trupti :) .
Jasmine of Spice trail is also here with a completely new way of making idli with peas. Jasmine is sharing here wiht all of us Rava Idli With green peas . such a novel Idea !
Let us welcome Haripriya of Sweet & Spice , who is presenting her recipe here for the first time . she made a wuich tasty dish - Green Peas Curry . healthy and an ideal dish for those busy evenings. :) . A warm welcom to Haripriya to this Event. :)
Thank you all for participating here with your nice and creative ideas. I appreciate your timely efforts to participte here with .
How my blog buddies look like ? A guessing game Meme ,Started my Sra and, I am tagged By Asha... I have some imaginary images of buddies whom I visit frequently or those who are in regular touch with me. ,somehow it happens with me always, if I know something just more than little about someone then also my mind prepares image of that person in my mind and whenever I talk about that person or interact with them indirectly I have their clear image in my mind. Let me start that intresting guessing game now, I choose it to present in alphabetical order. : )
I visualize Gattina as a highly energetic and creative person with cooking . I think she loves to cook different cuisines. And some how when I think of her , I feel she must be managing everything very well, Gattina do let me know wheather I am correct with my guessing about you or not?
I think of Pavani as a very good mannered girl, as she chooses her words quite nicely in the comment (not like me : ) ) ). Also she is very neat and nice with cooking new dish. I feel like she is a self contended girl. I don’t know why , but my mind visualize her as a fair skinned , long black haired girl , Is it true about you , Pavani ?
When I think of Supriya I guess, she is a young energetic lady managing well balance between job and home duties. When I think of her I think of Seema too, and I think Supriya, Seema and Soumya are somewhere in the relation , perhaps I think it b’coz they have a common designs on their blog wiht recipe pictures. This is just a guess, Am I wrong ladies?
Still I have different image of 3 of them in my mind. I think of Supriya as a very enthusiastic and fun loving girl .Supriya I think you might be making fun out of everything , and a happy go lucky person .
Seema seems to be a self contended person and kind hearted person .I can imagine her face with a loving smile on her face, though except smile I cant guess anything else about her.
Soumya sounds very much similar to Seema to me , I don’t know why ? :D . She must be of very much helping nature. The way she publishes posts about health related article with great effort , I imagine her to be like a kind hearted doctor. I think, I am very near to correct image of your, right Soumya ?
Sra feels like very nearer to my own image to me, though I keep on guessing of what age she can be ? :D . I imagine her with sort hair(that’s just b’coz the pic in her profile is like that : ) ) , and also full of life . and I think Sra must be happy in whatever she does in her life.
Image of Swapna in my mind is of a loving Mom whose world is all around the happiness of her daughter. She cooks very well, I find her creative with cooking.
It might seems funny , as I think Suma as a lady with long black hair. Along with that I think she has nice complexion and beautiful features. My mind portraits her as a very hardworking lady around my age( I don’t know why but many of you are of around my age , that’s what my mind thinks of : )) ) , who is giving her 100% in what ever she does. (Am I correct with guessing , Suma?)
Usha also seems like of my age. I think she is a cool person , and stay calm in any mood of life .(just a guess, Usha). Also She is much family oriented girl and loves being around her loved ones that’s what I come guessing about her from her posts.
Just moved to write about Vani , and I find that she already published her pictures. Thank God, I checked her blog. Otherwise it might have turn into a big joke on me , if I would have imagined her other way : )) ,
Vani , you are quite similar to what I thought about. Looking lovely in those pics. : )
Initially I used to mixed up with Vini and Vani , now I have their clear pictures in my mind. I see Vini, as a loving lady cooking with ease in her kitchen, with smile on her face and her daughter around, just by reading her posts ,this is what my mind visualize about her. : )
I have already seen picture of Asha,Coffee, Dilipbhai,Nandita, Nidhi,Trupti and Viji. Thus, I have a perfect picture of them in my mind. : )) , Still If I will go in detail, I see Trupti as a highly active lady , who is a good student, proud and nice mother of 2, and a good wife of course. ! The more I read about Asha, the more I feel that she has all good qualities of my Mom. That’s what I come to know from her Meme. Still she is quite young than her age ,and just like a lovely friend to me ! Asha I visualize you as a dynamic personality, who becomes child with child and talks with maturity with elders. :D.
Coffee is a also a fun loving girl and little notorious in my imagination, after Sra next is Coffee who resembles in my mind to my own image : )) , though I just saw her very little pic on gmail chat, I still remember that. : ) .
Now you all when you read this , just drop a line for how much near I am with your real pictures ! Don’t be just Ghost readers, If I can imagine this much about you then Will it kill you to comment here ? :D .
Now I am tagging….
Usha
Nidhi
And Supriya for this.
take up this tag with your ease Girls !
(Request : Just now, I come to know that someone having blog name andhramirchy.blogspot.com , is using many of Seema's recipe on his/her blog along with pictures of that too. That person has also copied some of the recipes and pictures of Supriya's. this is really ridiculous . It feels bad to know this, and this is something which should be exposed in public I think. let us all expose that blogger, we can put it on put blog just ot let others know , and at least leave a comment to that person ,so that he/she can realise what a great mistaked he /she did. I already did so. this time it is Seema and Supriya , next time it might happen witt anyone of us. )
Thanks. Have fun and enjoy Green winter. :))
Happy Republic Day.
28 January 2007, 05:56:33 | Pooja
Happy republic day to all my blog buddies, and other reader ( Ghost readers- as Asha said :)) ) . I know I am bit late to wish you this , this time I made a point to publish it after friday so that every one can send their entries upto friday, no matter in any part of World they are :D !
Our 58th Republic day was celebrated nicely here in India yesterday . you can check out the speech of out president Dr.A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Here .A nice and very brilliant man he is, India needs more people like him to rule the contry well .
Now moving towards our Round up,
Let us first welcome those who have participated here for the first time .
1. Kajal - kajaldreams.blogspot.com
2. Harekrishnaji - Unke Dushman Hai bahut Aadmi acchha Hoga
3. Gattina - Kitchen Unplugged
4. Prema Sunder - My cook book
5. Jasmine - Just for fun
6. Anjali - Anna Parabrahma
7. Indira - Cooking with Consciousness, Yes ! none other than Indira of Mahanandi … Oh, I am glad that you too participated here Indira. : ) .
A very warm welcome to all of you , I am glad that you all willingly participated here with your entries to celebrate the spirit of India.
Since we have 20 + entries today I am showing them in the order I get it from all of you , at the last is 8 entries of mine, don't forget to check that too :D.
First is Kajal of kajaldreams. She has prepared a Carrot Halwa garnished with Cashew nuts, and made perfect combination of Orange and white color for that.
Next is from Viji of Vcuisine, she is sharing here with her delicious way of making Tricolored sandwich. Though she left her country for visiting India on the day after I announce this, she promptly sent me this entry of her. How Nice of you Viji.
Swapna of Tastes from my kitchen is sharing here with a healthy fried rice with capsicum,potato and carrot added to it, making a perfect recipe with all 3 colors.
Nidhi is sharing here her yummy Cake , which is perfect with all 3 colors present there, it is looking so nice that I wish nidhi is somewhere staying near by me : )) .
Harekrishnaji is here for the first time with his 3 wonderful recipes to share with all of us.
First one is Sabudana khichadi
Next one is hara pulao ,check our the delicious hara pulao made with coriander leaves added to pulao .
And here is Gajar ka halwa from Harekrishnaji
Usha is again here to celebrate the theme with all of us. She made a perfect colored Carrot bean poogath with carrot , beans and coconut . thus, making a perfect entry for this celebration . :)
When it comes to Trupti, you can expect something different than normal dishes… and proving this true, Trupti is here again with her recipe of making Carrot Milk(Gajar doodh).Even with that she bring out perfect 3 colors.
Check out what Suma of veggie platter has created for Republic day theme. She made this Tricolred Idli, for which she added shredded a carrot and green peas to it. Don't forget to check the pictures fo this process. Suma has really done well with this. : )
Anjali ,Who is participating here for the first time has made this heart shaped Carrot Halwa , and placed it in green bowl to be perfect entry for this theme : ) . Seems like all our buddies around here loves carrot very much , such that they don't miss a single chance to prepare something with carrot. And Being favorite among all is Carrot Halwa : )) . Its something nice about this event when we have more than 2 version of the same dish. : ) .
Asha is with her novel idea of cheese, to make Tri-Colored Spiced Cream Cheese . Also she made Ashok chakra with black peppers in the middle of it to bring out the image of our national flag perfectly. Just picture is enough to describe more about her and this dish. :) .
Manjula of dailtoy has made Triclored noodles to share here with . it looks simple ans superb ! Goes perfect with the theme .:)
Not only that but she has something more to share here having all our flag colors present in it.
First is bantwal Car Festival
Another one is of baseball match .
One more is of Universal Studio . Just by looking at these pictures , I think Manjula is also a good photographer.
Jasmie(jasu) of Just for fun made a percect flag with perfect colored ingredients. This looks realy wonderful ,isn't it ?
See what Coffee is sharing with us, here ! A Sweet Corn Soup, yes, it also has all three colors in it , and looks perfect to go with the theme : )
Another one from Coffee is our all time favorite Gujarati Dhokla , having all combination making 3 colored dish. I just wish to grab that dish just now : )) .
It is obvious if some of us is here for the first time to share the joy together for our republic day. Now we have one more As asha said unofficial Indian with us . Gattina !
Yes, she cooks Indian dishes so well , that I think sometimes that even I am not that good with all the Indian dishes. :)) . A great cook she is, also a wonderful photography she knows ! . Just check her picture and you will come to believe that.
She has made yummy pistachiyo tartlets with clemetine custard. Such a nice enrty for the theme with orange color ! Also she made it a point to show orange and green color in the rest color or the picture. What a neat idea ! Seems like only me and Gattina loves orange :D , to make it a proof just check my entries below. :P A special thank to you Gattina for participating here , Hugs !
As the theme of this week was not only limited to cooking , there are many buddies we have with us , with their absolutely new ideas about the theme . Sangeeta is One of them. Showing her love to our India, she had chaged the theme of her blog to these 3 colors only ! Isn't it something really nice ? I just love the Idea Sangeeta.
Also she has a perfect picture for his theme . : ) .
Maheshwari of Beyond the usual is proving her tag name correct here. She come up with a Indian flag made up with Badam and Pista !
Along with that she made Tricolored Pasta too, to share here with all of us : ) .
Seema has send here healthy and colorful recipe of Tricolored rice here . Though she is down with flue, she didn't miss to participate here . A special thanks to you too dear Seema. This entry is really wonderful , and healthier one with bell peppers added to it.
I think all of us are little bit or more inspired from the blog of Indira, and what a lovely blog she maintains. ! It's a proud to have your entry here Indira, I love this a lot,the idea to make Kabab of Green chick peas is also nice ! : ) . Check out the full recipe and pictures of it Here . : )
Killing me again is the nice sandwich of Prema here. How do you and Viji know that I love sandwich ? :D . Prema of My cook book is sharing her unique way for making colorful Pin wheel sandwich with all of us. Just check the beautiful way of making it here , and I must say this picture is rally worth 1000 words (at least for sandwich lover like me :)) ) .
A novel Idea from Sandeepa ,of bong mom's cook book . She is here with a lovely picture , making a perfect presentation for theme of this week. This proves that we are all creative in amny ways , not just with cooking , Right ?
Thank you all for participating here with your nice entries and making this even joyful and colorful. :) I appreciate your effort for making and publishing these entries to participate here with on time.
Mythreyee got little late with sending her entries ,though I waited for you all upto saturday :P, Better late than never, and here is her colorful entry for the event- sprouted Moong Invegetable Pulao(updating this on 28th Jan 2007.) Thank you Mythreyee :) .
Now here are entries from my side .
A Tricolored Dosa -Simple dosa decorated with shredded carrot and spring onions. !
A simple and lovely Picture consisting of all three colors in it. : )
A dish of different colored chutney -
Orange - is made up of garlic , red chilli powder and a pinch of turmeric to it.
Green - is coriander chutney , I already posted recipe of it here.
White - its not a chutney , it's our all time favorite - plain curd.
Tricolored small Finger waffers(fried). I remember I love it as a child, and still I could find some of it in my home to make something perfect for this theme : )
Here I made Orange juice for the color of Orange .
White is my all time favorite - Buttermilk. (In Gujarati home there will not be a single meal served without buttermilk, and I just love it. : ) ) .
Green is the fresh Jaljeera (drink which helps in digestion/ can be served as appetizer) I made using Mint leaves. if someone intrested to knowthe recipe let me know, I will post it. :D.
Pasta made with baked Green peas and tomato puree - I think it also has good combination of all 3 colors, well correct me if I am wrong. :D
A side dish made up of raw papaya , green chillies and carrot ! This goes well when accompanied with any vegetarian main course and rice.
Even something more from me-Tricolored Curry!
Recipe I am going to Post in Next week: D.
(Note : vegetable of the Next Week is -Green Peas, be ready and rush to my inbox with your entries , I am goin to start daily post from next week again :)) ) .
One of my entries For Theme of the Week
25 January 2007, 19:05:33 | Pooja
Hi Buddies, as the theme for this week is - Orange white & green, here is something from myside to participate with . Just to give you Idea. I know all of you are much good with making Dosa, here is slight twist to it, to make it perfect for Our theme -Republic day... Tricolored Dosa. Its a simple dosa decorated on one side with shredded carrot and spring onions. Some more are about to come from my side, along with all your delicious entries of yours . :D Well, another thing I want to remind you all is theme of this week is not limited to cooking only, you can participate here with anything with any or all of these 3 colors. Anything I mean, like say fruits/flowers/clothes... anything which gos perfect with this theme(no description is required for such matter, as we do with recipe of the dish ). I think we all have many option with that , since all of you have already proved that you are a Great cook , here is something more you can display too from yourside ,well that is truely optional and only if you wish then.
I am happy that some of you have allready contributed your recipe and I except others to send it as soon as possible, as I will do the round up on saturday here in India. Thursday &Friday is your day to send the entries and participate here with. I am gladly sharing the spirit of Our Republic day with all of you :) . Have fun creating colorful dishes and something else colorful too...
Entries for the Theme of the Week -Dried beans :)
23 January 2007, 11:05:04 | Pooja
Firt entry fot this week is from Trupti . She has sent me her delicious way of making Toor Dhokli. Such a neat idea. Just look at the pic above and you will rush for the recipe search here.
Here is her way to make this etirely new and healthy dish. In Trupti's own words...
Tuver-Dhokli:
1.5 cup Dried Tuver beans - soaked overnight, then cooked in the pressure cooker till soft (make sure to add some salt to it)
For the Dhokli:
1 cup wheat flour, 2 tbsp besan flour, turmeric, chili powder, Salt, a little bit of oil to bind, warm water.
3-4 cloves of Garlic- chopped, lemon juice, turmeric, chili powder and sugar to taste, jeera seeds and oil for the tempering.
Method:Make a stiff dough by adding all the ingredients to the flour. Make sure it isn't too soft. Set aside.After the tuver beans have been cooked thoroughly, heat some oil in a pan and add jeera seeds and the garlic. Add the cooked tuver to it along with the water that it was cooked in. Add some more water according to the kind of gravy you want, this shouldn't be too thick to begin with. Bring to a boil.Roll out the dough into a big circle and cut out small diamonds or squares. Drop these dhoklis one by one in the pan with the beans. Make sure to keep stirring to avoid the dhoklis from sticking to one another. Add the seasonings, taking care not to add too much salt. Cook until the dhoklis are soft...but not too soft. Serve hot with rice and yogurt or on its own. This is a delicious way to include some protein and fiber to your diet. Enjoy.
Thank you Trupti for your nice and totally new recipe:) I love it.
Trupti is also going to start "Little chefs in the Kitchen" theme, stay tuned to her blog for more details.:)
Another one is from Suma of Veggie Platter. She is sharing here her way of prepating Pinto bean Masala. Indeed a nice way to preapre it and good idea too ! Thanks Suma for your timely efforts and participating :) .
Asha is here with her Two delicious entries.
First is Spicy Chana and the other one is Sixteen bean Masala .
I am honoured to get two woderful entries with beans from you Asha :)
Maheshwari of Beyond the Usual is sharing here her way of preapring Black-chana theeyal. Now we have 2 nice recipes with Black chick peas to enjoy with :) .
A very warm welcome to this Blog Maheshwari, and Thank you vey much for participating here . :)
Some Updates I have ,as some of buddies have sent their entries just now, and here they are :)
Pavani Of Cook'e hideout is sharing with us a healthy and quick dish -Soybeans Salad. Nice entry with beans Pavani. Seems like all our blog buddies have now many option to grow healthy with :D. Thanks you Pavani for your efforts to make it and paticipating here with :)
Another One is from Mysoorean Vani, who is sharing here a Konkani curry - Thinglaware (pronounced as 'thing-La-wah-ray') . Chech out her way of preparing this here . u Vani for sharing this with us. :)
One more nice entry we have is from Manjula Of Dalitoy, she has preapred Moroccan Lentil Soup ,to enjoy the beans with :) Nice entry with beans Manjula, thanks for sharing this with all of us , and a very warm welcome to this event :)
Finally we have soups, salads, main courses, and some snacks too , to enjoy beans with . Have fu nand grow healthy :)
Updated on 22nd Jan .
Our beloved Supriya has sent em her delicious entry with sprouted Moong Dal curry.
Just have loot at her curry and you would wish to have it now :D.
Thank you Supriya for sharing this with all of us and participating here with . :)
Theme of the Week- Orange ,White & Green
22 January 2007, 20:54:52 | Pooja
Theme of the week! Well, this week Friday falls on 26th Jan - Republic day of India. Being from the state of Gandhi bapu , I can never forget this day , and I truly want to celebrate this with all of you.
Read below for the theme of this week:
1. Cook anything with 3 colors of flag of India. (Orange , White and Green – you can cook dish finally resulting in any of these 3 colors / any single color / all of 3 , some variation in color of final dish is perfectly Ok . :)) For example visit to my steamed pulao having all 3 colors together...
2. Create anything having combination of 3 colors. i.e. you can just catch a picture of array of vegetables/birds/flowers having these 3 colors, or click anything else like say 3 scarves of these 3 colors, or anything you can imagine from your side.
I think this is a good chance for all of us to do something creatively. Just show up anything with our three basic colors Orange , White and Green. You can send any number of entry , like you can cook any number of dish, can show something else with 3 colors of Indian Flag, and show case anything else too. We will have many options really if we think about.
I, myself - is getting many ideas right now as I am writing about this just now. Your final day to send entries is Friday. After that I will do the round up for this week.
I am expecting something high for the first time from all of you buddies as I think we should value the Freedom we are gifted with and should have pride for the Matrubhumi we belongs to. Though we might be in different parts of this world, the fact remains unchanged that we all are Indians. Let us be together virtually this way and have something nice together.
My beloved Non-Indian friends are also welcome to be a part of this event and celebrate our spirit.
So, let all foodies start together, strech your mind a bit and come up with novel ideas , and let us all celebrate it together. Three cheers for India.
Will come back soon with my entries, reach me at pooja18@gmail.com , and enjoy the spirit with zeal and zest .
Entries for MBP.
20 January 2007, 15:18:24 | Pooja
Here are my entries for Coffee's MBP event. For which she choose theme of this month as "Around the World"
Corn fritters :
I adopt this recipe from Asha . Just substituted flour with corn flour, and chilli flackes in place of fresh red chilli:). Here is original recipe of Asha for corn fritters. :) Thank you Asha for this nice recipe :)
Another entry for Rooma is Vegetable Fajitas. and thanks for that goes to Priya.
I come to know about this colorful dish from Priya of sugar&spices. Just made it the original way . check out her original way of making it here. :)
Have fun rounding up Coffee! :)
Sev Usal,Mix bean dry curry, Ghugharee and Pani Puri
20 January 2007, 10:41:51 | Pooja
Here I am , going to share some halthy and quick recipes with different beans ! Let me start with the one I like the most in these cold days! :)
Sev Usal is an official chaat dish at our home menu. Since I have not seen it anywhere else , I suppose that it is a kind of Gujarati chaat dish :D.
A quick, tasty and nice dish to serve in hot evenings. :)
Here is how I make it.
Ingredients For Sev Usal :
2 cups dry peas soaked over night,
1 potato peelied and cut into small cubes ,
2 tomatoes finely chopped,
2 onions finely chopped,
1 tsp garam masala,
¾ sp turmeric powder,
½ tsp red chilli powder,
1 tsp ginger –garlic paste,
1-2 tsp oil,
Salt to taste,
Pinch of asafetida
To serve :
Yougurt,
Coriander leaves, onion,
Tomato,
Tamarind chutney,
Sev,(made up of besan(Gram flour)).
Method:
Peel potato and cut it into small cubes. Pressure cook potato cubes and soaked peas together. The idea behind adding potato to it is to form thick gravy for this dish. Cook them until it is soft enough. And lightly mash it just like we do for Pau bhaji.
Chop onion and tomatoes and heat oil in a frying pan. Add ginger garlic paste and asafetida powder to it and next add onion. Let onion cook until they are golden brown. Then add tomato and let it cook until it turns into thick tomato gravy.
Now in add into this mashed peas and potatoes along with tamarind powder and 1 cup of water, let these all cook together until it forms a good mixture with thick gravy.(you can add water and cook it for few more minutes is it is too thick. )
Finally add red chilli powder, garam masala powder and salt to it. Cook for 1 minute and turn off the heat. Here our Usal is ready. This Usal also goes well with bread; we try it that way to for a change sometimes.
For a real way of making and serving Sev usal , first take usal in a snack dish(or in a bowl), garnish it with some chopped onion, tomato and coriander leaves, sprinkle some tamarind chutney on it. And finally add a spoon full of yogurt to it and sprinkle all over Sev . And hey, Don’t forget to add your love to it. :), Serve Hot and you will see your happiness reflecting in the eyes of the person in front of you happy :) .
Mix beans Dry curry :
As I thought when announcing this week to celebrate with beans, I was sure that some of you will come up with beans with tasty gravy in it, this is the way we all love beans to eat. And also I must agree that it is the way we all love to have beans in our meals. :)
Here is one more way of making its curry , just the variation is - it is dry. Just some beans sprouted together and a quick dish is here to made up with . Also healthy and prepared with less oil than for normal curry .
Ingredients:
2 cups sprouted beans( you can choose any or combination all you like ) ,
1 small tomatoes chopped,
1 small onion chopped,
3-4 garlic cloves, cut length or width wise,
1/2 tsp turmeric powder,
1 tsp red chilli powder,
Salt to taste,
1 tsp Lemon juice.
1 tsp cumin seeds,
1 tsp mustard seeds,
1 tsp oil.
Method:
Cut tomato and onion finely and keep it aside.
Take 1 tsp oil in a cooker, and add mustard seeds to it, when it starts spluttering, add cumin seeds to it. Next add garlic pieces. And immediately add onion and tomato. The pure of adding onion and tomato is just to bring little sweet and sour taste to this curry. Now add sprouted beans of your choice to it . Next add turmeric powder, red chilli powder , and salt to it. Add little water, just about ¼ cup to this and close the lid. Let it cook on low flame for about 3-4 minute, I normally cook it for one whistle.
This way beans will slightly increase in their size and will tastes good too.
Serve it hot with roti .
A quick and healthy meal for busy days is ready for you. :D.
Ghugharee:
Here is another Gujarati snack with black eyed beans(also called Moth beans, Matki in Marathi language and math in Gujarati).
This dish is attached with my memory such that even today the aroma of this dish drives my mind to my childhood days. When I was just 8-9 years, we all cousins get together at our native place “Morbi”, in our summer vacation. Normally we spend the entire vacation together and enjoyed a lot all the time, I have only 2 cousins younger than me all others are older than me 1 year older to even 9 years older. We all together were really having blast that time. Totally we all were 10-12 little bastards together were really creating chaos for all. May it be playing cricket and cracking some ones window :P or just playing cards together. Such energy and enthusiasm we had, starting from the morning till we sleep, we even never be at one place. Just having fun all the day was our motto :D, without knowing hunger ,skin burning sunlight or anything else. Our respected Grandpa was there at that time who was much caring about all of us. He always kept our wellness in his mind- like we all should eat ontime and do not run in skin burning sun lights outside etc etc…
In the after noon around 4 p.m when we just sit for a while Grandpa realize that we must all be hungry and at that time my beloved auntie was making this dish for all of us. Real Quick and tasty too. I know now why she prepared this, as she knew that we all must be very hungry and need some solid snack to eat. I remember all of us were finishing it in no time and were rushing to our game back :)) . That time we were not mature enough to remember to express our gratitude to auntie or Grandpa, now I realize it. So nice of them to do all these without expecting a word, their greatness and our childishness. May be some time today only I will call her and will thank her for being such nice to us.
Those were the golden days, never going to return to me, all of us are now settled somewhere busy with our own life and responsibilities. Grandpa passed away two year ago and I just have his wisdom and kindness to cherish now.
Well, here is a the real quick dish of “Ghugharee” .
Ingredients:
2 cup math(matki) soaked over night. ( here I used it sprouted) ,
2 tsp garlic minced with red chilli powder,
Salt to taste.
1 ½ tsp oil.
Method:
Get soaked Math ready . Here I used Sprouted one.
Heat oil in a pan , add garlic-red chilli powder paste to it when oil is little hot, take care that it should not get burnt . Immediately add soaked Math and mix it well cook for a while and turn off heat.
Serve hot as it is or just for a change with plain yogurt. A quick healthy snack for kids is ready .
Last but not the least- is favorite of all of us, as far as I remember. :D
Pani Puri : )
As I have posted this one earlier too, just check the process here. It requires to have Phudina(mint leaves), make the Mint water using the simple process here, and get boiled potatoes and sprouted Moong(Green gram) ready . Normally what is being used is soaked and then boiled black chick peas ,I find sprouted Moong little more healthy and tastier thats why normally I use it instead chick peas. Check it out here and enjoy it this weekend with family and friends. :) .
Submitting all four recipes here to
VKN of Mydhaba. for his cook book -You can cook .
Will post vegetable /theme for the next week within a day or two . Stay tuned and Enjoy yourself.
PaniPuri Recipe
19 January 2007, 18:45:47 | Pooja
Pani Puri recipe - Pani Puris, also commonly called 'Gol gappas' by Indians can be bought from Indian supermarkets or chaat shops in bags ready to be filled.
Pani puri recipe
Ingredients :
Pani Puri ,
bean sprouts (I have used Moong dal here, should just begin to sprout) - (optional chick peas soaked over night) ,
3-4 potatoes, boiled and coarsely mashed,
For Pani
1 bunch of fresh mint leaves ,
1/2 bunch of coriander leaves,
salt to taste,2-3 green chillies,
3 tbsp pani poori masala,
1 tsp dry mango powder
For making Pani---
Grind the mint and coriander leaves & 4-5 green chillies into a paste. Mix pani puri masala in 2 litres of cold water.(If pani puri masala is not available, mix 1/4 tsp chilli powderr, 1 tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp kala namak, 1 tbsp tamarind pulp & a pinch of salt. ) Add mint and coriander paste and dry mango powder to it. mix well and adujust salt to taste.
For making Tamarind Pani---
Ingredients:
1/4 cups dates (khajur),
deseeded 1/4 cup tamarind (imli),
deseeded 1/4 cup jaggery (gud),
A pinch of asafoetida (hing)
Salt to taste
Method:
Wash the dates, tamarind and place them in a saucepan.
Also add the jaggery, asafoetida, salt, 1 cup of water and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes.
Cool and strain the mixture through a sieve.
For Masala---
Get sprouted Moong or preapre it at home the usual way. black Chick peas are normally used for making masal of pani puri ,but i usaully use sprouted beans in place of chick peas, as it tastes good, and healthier too. Such way instead of using soaked and boiled black chick peas one can directly use sprouted Moong too.
Add salt and chat masala to the potatoes and mix in the bean sprouts, if using. Make a hole on one side in each gol gappa, and fill it with a teaspoon of the potato mixture.
To eat, dip each gol gappa into the prepared Mint Pani(green water in picture) and enjoy the real taste of Pani puri . Use tmarind water too it you wish ti add some sweet taste to it. :)
Onions can also be added to enhanced the taste of it, though it is truely optional.
My henna designing -part 3 and Photography :D
19 January 2007, 17:54:26 | Pooja
I have been not blogging this week , and know what? I have gathered so many things to share with all of you about this week only:) . Oh God, when this girl is going to stop ? If you are thinking so , then the answer is -Never . I really can't be quiet :)) .
Since I know that many of my blog buddies love henna designing , here is some treat for their eyes and for all of you tooo....
Just made this designs 3 days ago, grabed sister's hand and started designing. have fun with these. :D.
You know something ? When you love to do something you will get time for that ! doent matter how busy you are are what else is goin on in the life around :) . So never say that you don't have time for soing something. Just the fact is you haven't yet put that 'something' in your priority of using your time. :) . No no , I am not that much wise to learn this wisdom , My Mom told me everytime I used to say I dont have time for this and that. :P .
And here is the final result of my hard working :D.
Can't get the answer- what is most beautiful , my designing or sister's hand? if you get the answer to share it with me :) . I remember something like- Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder :) .
Remember,In Meme of 3 things I wrote photography as one of the things I love to do. May be I am very immature photographer yet :)), but I love to do that. "Practice makes a man perfect". (another slogan from Mom, oh so many wise things I learnt from her, and still learning :) ) , so I keep on practicing with that :P .
2 days ago I saw this , and immediately grabed my cam to capture this.
There were 2 rockets in the sky actually. And the view of sky is so clear that I just fell in love with this scene. Then at the middle the white fuel sign of the one rocket disappeared, I don't know why, it was still fying....just see the pic below to believe that.
And finally there was sign of only one in the sky .
I believe those who loves Photography would like it :)
Call to help for a noble cause and Vegetable of the Next Week .
15 January 2007, 15:21:24 | Pooja
When I joined my first job, I took an apartment on rent and was sharing it with another Colleague of mine, who finally turn into a good friend of mine. There was a huge temple next to our apartment, sharing a common wall with apartment. Since it was a famous Hanuman Temple there it always was more or less crowded ,and as it happens in India also there were some beggars around there. In the evening everyday they distribute food to hungry and needy people around . I knew this matter as my colleague- Anita told me this once.
Normally I got back to home around 7 p.m.. One day when I got back to home earlier than my normal schedule,I came to see the line of people there waiting for food to be served. Just watching them made me feel uneasiness. There were poor, thin and all aged people around there, waiting with hunger in their eyes. I saw this and couldn't eat my meal properly that day. What made me feel more uncomfortable is half of them were children, some were of 2-3 years age , didn't have even enough cloths to cover their bodies and protect themselves , some were little older than them. Some innocent faces ,starving to live on this earth. They might not be even aware of any other fact of life other than starving or serviving. I was lot disturbed, and thought what I could do for them .
Since serving anything directly to them was not possible, I inquired to Trust of people there in the temple, there was some fund we can donate them , which was being used for welfare of those poor people. Along with that myself and Anita, started distributing some biscuits and other readymade foods to children around there to just make them happy and see a smile on their faces. Sometimes I just bought some balloons and gave them to play with. The happiness in their eyes were worth catching in a picture. Unfortunately I didn't Had camera that time with me.
I continued doing so until I was there almost for a year or so. After that I got another job in another city, left that job. With new responsibility in new job and all other things to cop up with , I almost forgot the those incidents and got busy with my life, just as all of us are right now, some where with some responsibilities to perform, some duties to look after and everything else.
It is not always possible for us to go to such people and offer them some help, also it is hard to define some time priority for them to do any noble work. But it is for sure that if we feel like doing anything for such people we can do so. God never gives a Dream without giving the strength of fulfilling it. VKN of MYDhaba, has started the mission to do something to feed 1000 hungry children everyday named "Feed A Hungry Child". For which He planned to publish a book with some traditional recipes . He invited all of us to contribute for the book named "You can Cook ". I know all of you there are good with cooking , what we have to do is just to make some good traditional recipes and contribute to him for this noble cause. Just recall what our Mom/Grandma used to cook and make some of it and contribute them . I have never found a way easier than this to participate in any noble cause. What you have to do is just send as many recipes as you can . Target for that is 365 recipes, what he get up to date is around 100 , I request you to support for a noble cause and contribute as many recipes as you can . Provided they should be some traditional recipes, . Be there as a part of noble cause and somewhere in this world will be happy someday by your contribution. The final date to contribute is 31st Jan 2007. I hope it will be helpful to people, who are not yet aware of this Feed A hungry Child Campaign , to contribute something there.
Now something about an ongoing event here:) , after thinking a lot and changing my mind from one option to another one for choosing the Vegetable of the Next week, I am finally choosing Dried beans as Vegetable of the Next week. Since there is not one choice with it , I think all of us have many options to cook with different beans and participate here with . Showing you the pic here to remind you of many of forgotten dried beans... :)) . As there are more than one choice we have to cook with this week, we rather can call it Theme of the Week .
You can cook anything with these beans since there is a wide range and different dishes available with either soaked or sprouted beans,I think all of you would like this, and it would not be a problem for any of us residing in any part of the world, to get the beans, right?
I am going to change some plan of posting here, so for this week I will be posting all different dishes from myside on friday and also will do round up for all your entries on the same day.
Put your thinking cap on and email me your recipes at pooja18@gmail.com .
P.S.- With all your best wishes and concerns I am here fresh and fine to be with you all .Since you all suggest me so , I have altered some plans of posting here, just to get some more time to spend with myself :), but some day I will again be back with daily postings here. :D . Thank you all for your concerns. Have a good day!
Okra With Potato (Aloo Bhindi)
15 January 2007, 14:36:30 | Pooja
A simple and quick dish with okra, which is used as the main course in Indian dish .
My Loving Mom make it this way , here it is to share with you all :)
Ingredients:
Okra cut length wise into 1 inch length
The same quantity of Potato cut into strips of the same size.
7-8 garlic cloves, minced with red chili powder ,
½ tsp turmeric powder,
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera) ,
1 tsp Mustard seeds ,
a pinch of Asafoetida,
Salt o taste,
Coriander leaves to garnish.
1 tsp oil.
Method :
First heat oil in a pan or kadhai , add mustard seeds to it, when it starts spluttering , add cumin seeds and asafetida powder to it.
Next add sliced potato, and sprinkle turmeric powder over it. Mix it well, and let it cook on medium heat till potato is tender , add minced garlic and red chilli powder to it. Stir well, and now add okra to it.
On the meduim to high flame keep on stirring it well. After a little while it will seem little greasy due to Okra, keep on stirring it, this will eventually burn all the stickiness of okra. At this stage the okra will reduce to half of the size of its original.
Okra with Potato is ready to serve with Hot Phulka with Ghee : ) .
I had it with ripe Mango Ras ( Juice ) . No , no I am not that much lucky to have ripe mango in market here ,at this time of winter. I stored it in my freezer when the season of ripe mango was on pick here. Here is a quick description of how to do it.
Take fine ripe Mangos, peel it ,and remove the pulp of each , then crush it together to make smooth pulp of it, without adding anything to it, Store it in a air tight container in your deep freezer . this way it will remain fresh for a long time, at least I am using it this way since last 6 months. And it tastes as good as fresh mango. At the time of taking it in use, leave it outside in normal temprature for atleast 2-3 hours , add sugar and little water to it and blend it together again. Your chilled Aam Ras ( Mango juice) is ready to serve with your normal dish. : ) .
At my place both of us love Aam Ras , so I store it in this way and enjoy it in any season here.It is really a great fun to have it in meal, and with Aloo bhindi, it tastes heavenly…. I know I know, that all you buddies from US of A is going to tell that you are missing it there , well, Soon we are also going to migrate there, and will be in your line soon , so let me Enjoy this "Fruit King Of India- Mango " while I am here. :)
The same Dish with okra ans potato can be made other way too, just by changing the way we cut potato and okra here. For that cut potato into small cubes, and okra in usual round shape. This will give it a new look. :) I tried it that way too before few weeks. Here is how it looked like.
Ghaaroda-My Diwali treat(my submission for VCC Q3 2006)
15 January 2007, 14:35:05 | Pooja
On this Diwali I decided to make something special for our guests and ourselves. As it is my common experience that on diwali normally when we visit our friends and relatives, we are welcomed by offering some sweet, which is either brought from market stores or made at home. and normally when we visit 2-3 friends we will be fed up by sweets, even though my hubby is likes sweets much, he never likes to have these much sweet items to swallow on the same day.... :)so I decided to make Gharoda for all who are visiting us, as it will be change for them too from regular sweet items, and as it can be prepared within 2-5 mins each, I also can spare much time for them to spend with. Also I thought that a hot served item will delight them in these little cool days here.
Ingredients:
1 cup rice -cooked ( I use Basmati rice)
1 1/2 cup Besan(chana dal flour)
2 meduim size onion chopped
1 capsicum chopped
1 /2 cup coriender leaves chopped
1 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
(sugar or jaggery if one likes it of sweet in taste)
Method:
First get besan in a bowl and then add water to make medium- thick paste of it. Next add cooked rice to it and then all the ingredients to it one by one and mix them well. Finally add red chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt in it(also add sugar or jaggery if u want to make it sweet in taste, I don’t have sweet tooth, so i don’t add jaggery normally ). Make sure that the whole of it should not be much thin or thick. It should be of medium thickness.(just as shown above)Now take a frying pen and put little oil on it. spread the raw material on it with the help of a big spoon or 'chamcha' .let it cook on one side on slow heat . turn the side when it turns to golden brown in color.(as shown in pic), if needed spread little oil from the side of it. (normally I don't need this, so I don't spread oil for second time, still it is cooking well, so why to use excessive oil :) )
When cooked on both sides, took off from stove, and serve hot with green chutney or tomato chutney or sauce. One can use this material for 1-2 days when stored in refrigerator. Just get it out before 5-10 mins . as it contains "Ajwain" it is good for health too, specially in these festival days when our tummy is loaded with sweet items :))
This is my entry for VCC Q3 2006 held by mydhaba.blogspot.com
Aloo- methi
15 January 2007, 14:33:40 | Pooja
Winter is near, and vegetable stores are now full with fresh and green vegetable . I love this season b'coz it provide many option to people like me, who loves to prepare different kind of food every time. I came to see fresh fenugreek leaves(Methi) at store alst week and it was so fresh that i could not resist to buy it. As my hubby don't like little bitter taste of it, I decided to try it some other way. Here is how I made it with potato and one tomato in it. As just one tomato in it will change the whole bitterness of fenugreek into wonderful taste for this main course.
Ingredients:
2 medium sized potato cut into small cubes,
1 bunch of fenugreek leaves, cut and washed thoroughly ,
1 medium sized tomato,
3-4 flacks garlic -crushed,
½ tsp Cumin seeds,
¼ tsp mustard seeds,
¼ tsp turmeric powder,
½ tsp red chili powder,
Salt to taste
1 tsp oil,
Method:
Heat oil in a pan or kadhai and then add mustard seeds & cumin seeds. Add crushed garlic . When garlic turn little golden add potato cubes. cook it for 3-4 mins until it is tender. Next add turmeric powder to it and fenugreek leaves. Fenugreek leaves doesnt take much time to cook , just let it cook for 1-2 mins and then add tomato pieces to it. Mix it well with the all ingredients and finally add red chili powder. serve hot with chapati or roti.
It is very simple to make yet tasty. I love it coz it takes even less time to cook. :)
Yummy Undhiyu...!
15 January 2007, 14:31:31 | Pooja
Yummy Undhiyu...!
Today is something to share here , is one famous dish of Gujarat “Undhiyu”(people call it Undhiya or undhiyo too, but the real pronounciation is Undhiyu J ) - Un, the thought of which is not possible without Suran, though it is not the most part of that dish. That dish is incomplete without having suran in it.
Ingredients:
3 - 4 baby brinjals,6 -8 baby potatoes small,100 gms yam elephant( suran) , cut into medium sized cubes,
½ cup string beans (chauli dana),
½ cup lima beans (valore liva),
½ cup green peas (mutter)2 inch ginger,
6- 8 cloves garlic,
3-4 green chillies,1 cup coriander leaves,
1 tsp turmeric powder,a pinch asafetida,1 tsp Ajawain ,3-4 tsp oil .
For Muthiya :
1/4 cup besan
1/2 cup Fenugreek Leaves (methi), washed and chopped finely,
½ tsp red chili powder,
¼ tsp turmeric powder,
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry
Method:
To prepare Methi na Muthiya :
Mix all the muthiya ingredients except oil and prepare a firm dough. Divide into small portions and shape each into one-inch long half-inch thick rolls. Deep fry in hot oil, remove and keep aside.
To make Undhiyu :
Peel off & wash potatoes & yam. Cut yam(suran) into medium sized cubes. Wash brinjals. slit brinjal and baby potato into four .
Make a paste of coriander leaves ,garlic, green chillies and ginger.
Pressure cook baby potatos, baby brinjals and lima beans and Suran in salted water. Do not boil much. Cook until soft.
Heat up oil in a thick-bottomed kadhai, mix in asafoetida and Ajwain. Add all boiled vegetables, green peas and string bean to it. Add little water to it, sprinkle salt and turmeric powder. Stir fry for five minutes on high flame heat. Pour out the green mixture of coriander leaves, garlic, ginger & green chillies . add half cup of water, cover and simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) on a very low heat up for 10-15 minutes.
Mix in fried muthiyas and again simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) for 15 minutes. Shake the vegetables occasionally but do not use a spoon to stir.
When water is totally eavaporated, remove from heat. Serve hot either as it is, or with puri or paratha.
Undhiyu is a very traditional recipe of Gujarat, and the way it can be prepared varies from region to region in Gujarat. I make it my way. :P . It is Normally prepared in most of the home On the festival of “Makar Sankrati” 0r “Uttarayan”(which falls on 14th January every year). It is almost accompanied by hot Kesar Jalebi…. Oh those good old days ,when we just have to fly kites at terrace since early morning to late evening, and had these delicious dish made by Mom at home to enjoy… : ) this year I am planning to visit my Mom on “Uttarayan” to have all those golden memories to share with hubby dear ! :)
Note:
One can also include broad beans (sem fali or surti papdi ) and pigeon beans (tuver lilva) for making undhiyu. Here I havent got any at this time in market. May be their season starts from late December. If using broad beans then cut them into long strips and boil it along with other vegetables . Pigeon beans should be added along with green peas at the time of making.
Salsa Verde with Maxican cutlets
13 January 2007, 13:59:02 | Pooja
Sharing here with You a Maxican dish - Maxican cutlets with salsa verde .
Ingredients :
For the cutlets
2 cup boiled and mashed potatoes
1 tsp corn flour
½ tsp pepper powder for the potatoes
1 cup kidney beans ,soaked, boiled and mashed.
¼ tsp pepper powder for the kidney beans
Chilli sauce
Oil for frying
Few spring onion leaves, chopped, to garnish
For the Salsa Verde
2 medium sized green tomatoes
2 green chillies,
2 tsp chopped coriander leaves,
1 small capsicum
1 tsp vinegar,
1 tsp sugar,
Salt to taste
1 tsp corn flour
Method:
For the Salsa Verde:
Blend all the ingredients together in a mixer.
Then put on the stove to warm. Stir often till the mixture turns thick like a sauce. Remove from the stove and cool to room temperature.
For the Cutlets:
Mix together mashed pototoes, corn flour, salt and pepper. Divide into 10 equal portions. Flatten each portion into 2 inch diameter circles. (Like thick puris.)
Mix together the mashed kidney beans, salt, pepper and chilli sauce .Divide into 5 eual portions. Flatten them into 1 ¾ inch diameter circles.
Sandwich a kidney bean puri between 2 potato puries. Seal the edges and shallow fry in oil. Make the other cutlets the similar way.
Arrange all the cutlets in a plate sprinkle chopped spring onion and apply Salsa Verde. Serve when cutlets are hot.
Recipe Source: Jyoti Nikunj Parekh
(One variation to this is to sprinkle cheese over cutlets and before serving cover the cutlets with a lid and warm them for 10 minutes till he cheese melts. )
Have been much busy this end, hence couldn't publish one dish with tomato yesterday which I have ready with me ,Just could not get the time to post it yeaterday . I think I need little break now ,otherwise next time I wll be sirfing your blogs from Hospital:)) . well, tomorrow I will post vegetable for the next week and I might change some planning to post here , like from daily to alternate day or somehting else. Gotta do so many things here at the same time, Since I love to be with you all around here, I don't plan to skip this event yet. So stay tuned to this blog and Have a Happy Weekend, Happy Sankranti and Happy Pongal to all of you there ! :) .
Enteries For Vegetable of the Week- Tomato !
13 January 2007, 13:49:02 | Pooja
on the last day with tomato also I am not alone to publish my post here, we have two more buddies with us to share their recipes with tomato :) .
First is from Sandeepa from Bong Mom's cook book. She is sharing here here recipe of making Tomato Khajur canberry Chutney. this is a bengalu kind of chutney she made up with a twist of adding cnaberry to it. Really a tasty entry with tomatoes. Thank you Sandeepa for sharing this with us. :)
Second is Lakshmik from veggie cuisine, sharing here er own recipe of making baby Potato-cherry tomato with green peas gravy. Lovely picture of recipe and indeed a nice way of making this dish .Thanks Lakshmik for your timely preparation and efforts to publish this.
Tomato Paratha
11 January 2007, 20:52:47 | Pooja
Nice recipe of tomato Paratha - a healthy brunch dish to share here with you all today.
Ingredients:
3-4 big ripe tomatoes,
green chillies 3 crushed,
1/4 tsp methi(fenugreek) seeds powder ,
1/4 tsp mustard seeds powder ,
1 tsp red chilli powder,
sugar powdered ( optional),
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
Oil for frying.
Method :
Take a tawa add 1 tbls of oil , Add to it the cut tomatoes with turmeric and salt cook in a med.flame until it is well cooked . Add to it the crushed green chillie and red chillie powder and the methi-mustard powder with a pinch of sugar. Cook for couple of minutes more until the gravy becomes a thick jam consistency & the water is absorbed. Cool completely. Take the tomato paste in a bowl add to it 3/4 cup wheat flour and 1tbls of maida mix well without adding water. Only add water if required into a thick dough. Add salt if required.roll out as even size parathas. Heat tawa and cook it on both the sides until crisp just as shown in the process of Paratha. Serve hot with any raita.
I served it along with a quick side dish made up of carrot and green chillie.
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