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Dhal Palak
2007-01-28 20:40:01
Weekend lunch... And this time I went for very light and healthy food, Dhal Pala k. It took me 15 minutes to prepare this wonderful dish. There is no grinding or cooking for long time. Everything is quick and fast. I served it with Rooma's Jhatpat Aloo Paratas. So this very easy and delicious recipe i'm passing to my buddy Pooja for her vegetable of the week:) Hope you all enjoy it as much as we did:) Quick And Fast Dhal Palak Ingredients:2 bunches of Palak/Spinach1/2 cup Masoor Dal/Red Lentils2 medium Onion, chopped finely2 large Tomatoes, sliced thinly1 inch Ginger, chopped finely1 tsp Jerra/Cumin Seeds1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder2 tbsp Lemon Juice1 tsp Garam Masala3 Green Chillies, slicedSalt and Sugar to taste1 tbsp Oil Dhal PalakMethod:Cut Palak finely and cook with little water.Cook Dal with little turmeric powder in pressure cooker.Heat oil in a pan and season with jeera.When it splutters add onions and fry till golden brown.To this add chopped ginger and sliced chilli and fry f...

Tomato Kulambu
2007-01-28 20:40:01
Cold weather, chill in the air, grey sky, naked trees, damp roads, slippery footpath, grumpy faces?. Yup? its winter?Christmas lights, cosy couch, warm blanket, sizzling cup of coffee, hot bowl of soup, beautiful memories? Yup? it?s also a winter.Winter has two faces. One is that of cold and gloomy and another of warmth and cosiness. Choice is ours to make. Every season has its own charm, its own beauty? So why most of us neglect that and look at negatives? May be its human nature? I have seen many people grumbling for summer in winter and winter in summer. This way they forget to enjoy life. The life has so many things to offer. So why don?t we enjoy our present than brooding over past and dreaming about future.Mmmm... As far as I?m considered, when it comes to food in winter it has to be spicy, hot and peppery? What else can be better than hot and spicy Chettinadu Kulambu to beat the cold winter? So here is my second Chettinadu recipe, Tomato Kulambu. Tomato KulambuIngredients:4-5...
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Just for your eyes:)
2007-01-28 20:40:01
I have been busy with my work and packing... Got loads of recipes to post but so little time:) I will try to post the recipes ASAP. Till then my friends enjoy the photoes:) Cheers to all:)
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Capsicum Raita
2007-01-28 20:40:01
Ingredients:Capsicum -250gmsOnion 2Curds 2 cupsChilly powder 1/2 tspMustard 1tspSugar 1tspSalt to tasteCoconut(grated raw) 5 tspOil 2 tspMethod:Heat oil, put mustard for seasoning, fry chopped onions and sauté well.Add capsicum (chopped) and fry till it becomes soft.Put off the fire. Keep aside.Take curds in a bowl add salt to taste.Mix coconut (grated); sprinkle 1 tsp sugar, chilly powder.Finally mix the fried capsicum and serve.
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Veg Balls in Garlic Sauce
2007-01-28 20:40:01
Love Thy Neighbour... And their food;)The unique tang of fresh ginger combined with the pungent flavor of Garlic in Chinese food is some thing I love. It is not just pleasant to one?s tongue abut also to one's the eyes, nose and imagination. For me best Chinese food is the one which has color, aroma and unique fragrance. The aesthetic presentation of food itself is an art and I?m still learning to master this unique food style. Today I am posting my favorite side dish Veg Ball s in Garlic Sauce . This is my favorite side dish which goes very well with veg noodles or steam cooked rice. Well, this is my own recipe which I shaped to match my taste.Check the recipe of Veg Fried Rice. Veg Balls in Garlic SauceIngredients:For Veg Balls:¼ cup Carrots¼ cup Cabbage¼ cup Beans¼ cup Mushrooms½ cup Fresh Bread Crumbs2 tbsp Corn Flour¼ tsp Ajinomoto¾ tsp White Pepper Powder1 tbsp Soya SauceSalt to TasteOil for deep frying Veg Balls in Garlic SauceFor Garlic Sauce:6-7 Cloves of Garlic, chopped fi...
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Peas Pulao
2007-01-28 20:40:01
In India, Rice is very important part of daily diet. The variety of rice and the number of recipes available for cooking rice is amazing. Just by adding few little its ?n bits can turn plain boring rice into a pleasurable experience.In our kitchen the maximum cooked food is rice. My hubby and myself prefer taking rice dishes for our lunch box. So it?s a big challenge for me to find out and try out different rice recipes so that we don?t get bored of eating rice. For us every meal is very important in out daily diet. Making not just a tasty food but also a healthy food at a same time can be sometimes daunting. But hey? I love such challenges and love experimenting new recipes in my lab, that?s my kitchen.Here I'm posting a simple rice recipe. Its Peas Pula o . Peas Pulao with Xtra OomphIngredients:2 cups Rice1 cup Green Peas1 inch Cinnamon2-3 Cloves2 Cardamom1 Bay Leaf/Pulao Leaf1 medium Onion, chopped1 tsp Garlic Paste1 tsp Ginger Paste1/2 tbsp Pulao Masala1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder...

Rava/Semolina Idlis
2007-01-28 20:40:01
If you are a South Indian then one thing which will always follow you everywhere is Idli -Sambar. Be it a small hotel or gaadiwala or some ?sagar? hotels, the white, soft and fluffy Idli?s with big bowl of mouth watering Sambar and Coconut Chutney will take your breath away.Here I?m posting a recipe another version of idli called Rava Idlis. The only common thing between Rice idlis and Rava idlis are their shape and the way they are steam cooked. The ingredients, method of preparing the batter, colour and taste everything is different from one another. Rava Idlis with Coconut Chutney and Onion SambarIngredients:2 cups of Rava/Semolina ¼ tsp Cooking Soda1 cup Butter Milk/Sour Curds1 tbsp Ghee/Oil1 tbsp Mustard1 tbsp Urad Dal1 ½ tbsp Channa Dal1 tbsp chopped Curry Leaves1 tbsp finely chopped Green Chillies10-12 Cashew Nuts2-3 tbsp Raisins2 tbsp chopped Coriander Leaves¼ cup grated CarrotsSalt to taste Ready to steam cook Ready to cook in MicrowaveMethod:Heat ghee in a pan and add cash...

Goli Baje
2007-01-28 20:40:01
Since the day I saw Goli Baje in Shilpa?s Aayi?s Recipe, I couldn?t stop myself to make our all time favourite tea time snack. Goli Baje is very much liked and loved street food in South Canara. In every college or office canteen it will be available at any time of the day. I remember the days when we friends used to bunk our boring lecture and sit in college canteen slurping ?Beccha Beccha Kaapi? (it means hot cup of coffee in Tulu) with big plate of Goli Baje and sharing Beccha Beccha gossips? Ah good old memories. The wonderful time I shared with my friends may not come back but the pleasure of slurping hot cuppa with Goli Baje in winter can be created at any time. Goli BajeIngredients:1 cup Maida/Plain flour3-4 Green Chillies, finely chopped1 inch Ginger, finely chopped1 cup of Butter Milk/Sour Curd¼ tsp Cooking SodaSalt to tasteOil for deep fryingGoli Baje served with Coriander ChutneyMethod:Mix all the ingredients above and make a thick paste.Keep it covered for 2-3 hours.Tak...

Stuffed Baingan & Okra
2007-01-28 20:40:01
My hubby is a vegetable lover. He is a firm believer of 5 portions a day. I tease him a lot because when I serve dinner he has more portions of vegetables than rice. There has been not a single day when my refrigerator looked empty because 24X7 its filled with all sorts of veggies. But there is one exception. One thing that?s very rarely used vegetable is Brinjal/Egg Plant. It?s not because he hates it, it?s just that he is little allergic to it. Before marriage one of the very few vegetables I used to eat was Brinjal. My Amma is expert in cooking different egg plant dishes because at home we all loved this vegetable. After marriage I hardly used to cook it. But after seeing wonderful recipes of egg plant in my blog buddies I couldn?t stop making one of my favourite dish Stuff ed Baingan. I didn?t feel like cooking it just for myself. So after thinking a little I thought of making stuffed Okra for my hubby using same ingredients. So I rushed to closest Punjab stores and picked some f...

Veg Uttappa
2007-01-28 20:40:01
I remember the days of my childhood when my Amma tried to feed us veggies. I was very picky with vegetables. Hated one for its colour and another for its shape; disliked one for its texture and another for its taste; oh? so many reasons not to eat vegetables. But Amma was too smart to leave us just like that. She had so many secret weapons in her treasure chest which she used whenever required. She made us fruit juice and ice creams when we were not ready to eat fruits, made veggie cutlets and colourful dosas when were ran away from vegetables, made healthy rice dishes with wide array of vegetables chopped into so small pieces so that it will be difficult to pick them and pile in the corner of plates, mixed fresh fruits and raw vegetables in yogurt to mix with rice and roties, mixed vegetable purees with chappati atta to make them colourful and attractive? and not to forget different varieties of dosas with smiley faces cheering us?Memories?lovely memories? Well, let me come back to...
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Green Pulao
2007-01-28 20:40:01
As my blogger buddy Pooja said, winter in green. So I thought why I don?t try cooking some green dish. After scratching my head and also my hubby?s head I thought why I don?t try some green rice for our lunch box. So I rushed into my kitchen and opened my treasure chest which happens to be my fridge and started taking out whatever green veggies available there. Well, I had Coriander leaves, Mint leaves, Green Chillies, Dill, Green Peas and Broccoli? Wait a second, broccoli? Well, why not? If we can make cauliflower rice then why not with broccoli? So with this thought in mind and backing up from my sweetheart I went into a mission of creating my own version of ?Green Pula o ?. Green PulaoIngredients:2 cups of Rice1 medium Onion, roughly chopped½ cup Green Peas1 medium Broccoli, cut into big florets including stem½ tbsp Jeera/Cumin Seeds1 inch Cinnamon3-4 Cloves2-3 Green Cardamom2 Bay Leaves½ tbsp ginger Paste½ tbsp garlic Paste½ tbsp Ground Pepper1 tbsp GheeGrind to smooth paste:1 sm...

Palak Kofta Curry
2007-01-28 20:40:01
Every weekend is a big cooking bash for us. By the time we drag ourselves from bed and eat our brunch it will be past 1 o?clock in the noon. So we start cooking for dinner at our own pace. I love cooking in leisure without any hurry. So usually Saturday dinner is always special and exotic Indian food. This weekend was no exception. And what else can be exotic than Koftas!!! I didn?t want to make the regular Aloo Koftas in basic Onion and tomato base curry. So this time I opted Pala k/Spinach for base curry. As kofta is prepared by deep frying, I wanted to make it packed with whole lot of nutrition and nothing can beat spinach in that case. This time I went for simple, straight forward recipe which I want to share with all my blog buddies. Palak Kofta Curry Ingredients:3 bunches Palak/Spinach, wahed and finely chopped1 cup Milk3 Onions, finely chopped4-5 Potatoes4 slices of Bread1/4 cup Green Peas1 inch Cinnamon2-3 Green Cardamom3-4 Cloves2-3 Green Chillies1 inch Ginger, minced1 tsp Ch...

Idli-Vada-Sambar
2007-01-28 20:40:01
At last?. It?s a time for the Queen of South Indian breakfast dish: Idli -Vada with Samba r. I call it a queen because for me King means Dosa. This Sunday we had Idli-Vada for breakfast. My hubby and my dad are big fans I have ever seen when it comes to Idli-Vada. The steaming fluffy and soft Idlis with little spicy and tasty Vadas dipped in delicious Sambar? Awww?. Nothing is better than that. I won?t talk a lot about it because I have got to post 3 recipes here in single post:). So talk less and work more is the theme here;) Here we go? Idli-Vada-SambarRecipe for Idli:Ingredients:2 cups of Rice1 cup Urad DalSalt to taste Soft and Fluffy IdlisMethod:Soak rice and urad dal separately in water for 2-3 hours.First grind the urad dal to smooth paste. Remember that smoother the better.Then grind rice to a coarse paste. Make sure that you don?t grind rice to smooth paste.Mix them together adding required salt to slightly thick paste. The batter should be thicker than the dosa batter you p...
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Chat-Pata Baby Potatoes
2006-10-04 11:05:00
Yeaterday I felt like cooking some chat-pata curry and whenever i think of it first thing comes to my mind is red hot chilli, tarmarind and jaggary. So I tried this new recipe and voila...it turned out to be a hit with K. Its avery simple to make and takes vey less effort... So here is the recipe... Chat -pata Baby Potato es Ingredients:1 finely chopped Onion2 chopped tomatoes8-10 baby potatoes, boiled and peeled1 tbsp thick tarmarind extractFresh finely chopped coriander leaves5-6 Dry red chillies4-5 Tblsp of Jaggary4-5 flakes of garlic1 Tblsp Jeera/Cumin seedsSalt to taste1 Tblsp Oil Ingredients for Chat-pata Baby PotatoesMethod:Take a spoon of oil in a pan and add onions till they turn translucent.Add chopped tomatoes and cook for another few minutes.Crush red chillies, garlic and jeera and add this to the panWhen the masala leaves its aroma add tarmarind juice, jaggary and salt and mix well.Make small pores with fork on boiled n peeled baby potatoes so that it absorbs the curry wel...
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My spice corner
2006-09-25 17:06:00
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