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Chiwda



This is one of the simple recipe which can be prepared in mins and taste just too good. I have made this some time back for my BIL's China trip...so he can eat something good.


Ingredients:

Chiwda/Beaten Rice - 1 cup

Peanuts - 1-2 tbs or handful

Roasted Split Gram (Daria dal) - 1 tbs

Corn flakes - 1 tbs [ optional]

Raisins - 1 tbs [ optional]

Cashew nuts - 1 tbs [ optional]

Sev or Aloo bhujiya - 2-3 tbs [ optional]

Curry leaves - few

Redchili powder - 1tps

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tps

Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tps

Sugar - 1 tbs

Salt - 1/2 tps

Rock Salt - 1/2 tps

Oil - 1tbs

Method:

1. Dry roast Chiwda, peanuts, cashews, split gram dal each for 2-3 mins, set aside.

2. Heat oil, add mustard seeds let them splutter. Add curry leaves, Chiwda, red chili, turmeric powder, salts and mix well. Roast for 2-3 mins now add the remaining ingredients give a good stir. Allow it to cool down and enjoy






And this goes to Festive Food: Summer Treat hosted by me since it's good to prepare for kids during holiday when they are always hungry (we use to like tht ;))
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Saturday Lunch with Masoor Dal and Rasam

This was one of our Saturday lunch which was laying in my draft for long now. I have made simple masoor daal, rasam and use leftover Masala Eggplant . I made rasam in a hope that DH will try that but as usual he somehow manage to escape rasam! I just miss my sis ...coz she likes rasam a lot :-)....

Masoor Dal Recipe you can refer here




For rasam, here parupuu rasam or tomato rasam recipes.




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APPETIZERS
 
BEVERAGES

SNACKS/Breakfast


CHUTNEY & DIPS

SOUP

Spice Powders ~ Masalas &  Podi


SALADS, RAITA & Pickle



INDIAN BREADS
   

PANCAKES


SABJI - Dry/Semi Dry



CURRIES/GRAVY



DAAL VARIETY
 

RICE VARIETY


DESSERTS/SWEETS


CAKE & BAKES
   

ITALIAN SPECIAL - My way
Non-Vegetarian Special 
Oil Free Cooking
How To ?? | DIY Ideas


LEFTOVER MAGIC

Product Reviews


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Channa Jor Garam



Most of us like to eat quick snacks and if those are healthy then it's icing on the cake isn't it?  One of those is Channa it's simple yet so tasty.  I have soaked black chickpeas to make channa masala but endup doing this for evening snacks, so here it is Channa Jor Garam and enjoy...

Ingredients:

Black Chickpeas/Channa - 1 cup [ boiled]
Onion - 1 large [chopped]
Lemon Juice - 1/2 tbs [optional]
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tbs
Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tbs [optional]
Chili Powder  - 1tbs
Chat Masala - 1/2 tbs
Black Salt  - 1/2 tbs
Salt - a pinch
Oil - 1 tbs


Method:

1. In a pan heat oil, add cumin seeds and allow it to splutter. Now chopped onion and fry for a min.

2. Add boiled channa, give a good stir and cook for a min.

3. Add all the masala powders, salts mix well and cook for 3-4 mins.

4. Add lemon juice, stir well and off stove.  Garnish with chopped onion and enjoy :-)



Here is the updated Picture:



Now coming over to tried and tasted, I have bookmarked so many recipes from so many blogs..I do try one or two recipes here and there..and most of the time I do not have pics :-( but whatever I manage to take I'm going to post them. 

When Madhu from Madhu's Food Journal posted Aromatic Podis I knew I'm going to try those.  I have tried her Karivepillai(Curry leaves) Podi and it was so good...am going to prepare my next batch soon.  Thanks Madhu for sharing :-)









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Tomato Dip/Chutney



This is one of my favorite, I can eat tomato chutney/Dip with everything whether it's roti, bread, idli-dosa or rice..I have no particular way of making chutney. .as I like I make them...and during summer when tomato prices comes down you make make these in large quantity and store it.  Also you can mix this chutney with rice to make it tomato rice :-)...so here it is...


Ingredients:

Tomato - 4 large
Dry red chili - 4 (or according to taste)
Garlic pods - 4 (optional)
Red chilli powder - 1tbs
Mustard Seeds - 1 tbs
Oil - 2 tbs
Salt - to taste
Water - if required.


Method:

1. Wash and cut the tomato in chunks.

2. Heat 1 tbs oil in pan, add garlic, dry chili and saute for a min.

3. Add tomato chunks and saute for 2-3 mins, add salt and red chili powder mix well and cook for 2mins and off the stove.

4. Let the tomato cool down then make puree (if required add very little water)

5. Heat remaining oil in pan, add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Add the puree and cook for 2-3 mins.

Tomato chutney is ready. If you want to store the chutney for long then do not add any water.  And this goes to Festive Food: Summer Treat hosted by me. Also to Mahimaa's  15 minutes Cooking.


 




And here jelly I made for my nephew Kedar.



Enjoy your day...

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Cabbage Chana Dal



This was prepared by dear DH as I was late from work.  It's a very simple recipe but that does n't make it any less tasty.  Before I could have never imagine cabbage in dal...as I don't like the soggy taste of cabbage after it's get boiled, but it was not the case with this dal, try yourself to know :)





Ingredients:

Bengal gram/Channa Dal - 1 cup
Cabbage - 150gms (appr.)
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Green chilli - 2-3
Garlic pods - 2
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tps
Red chilli powder - 1tbs
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbs
Salt - to taste
Coriander leaves - 1tbs chopped (optional)
Oil - 1-2 tbs
Water

Method:

1. Clean and wash gram dal, Cut washed cabbage in large chunks and preesure cook both with water, turmeric for 10-15mins or until done.

2. Slice onion, dice green chillies and chop tomato, coriander leaves, garlic.

3. In a pan heat oil, add cumin seeds and let them splutter.  Add garlic and fry until golden brown.

4. Add onion and chilli and fry until onion become transparent, add all the powder masala and cook for 2 mins.

5. Add tomato, mix well and cook for another 2mins.  Now add the cooked dal and cabbage give a good stir, add salt and cook for a min.

6. Now add 1/2 cup of water (or more) and cook for 5mins, garnish with coriander.

Server with Rice or Roti. 





This goes to Sowmya's SWC: Cooking with Greens, event started by Lakshmi.






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Dum Aloo


Hi, how you guys doing? So, by now all of us about Swine H1N1 Influenza A Flu (ya, WHO has changed the flu name, click on the link to know more details about it) ....and all the countries geared up to deal with it, now a days work as increased a lot since everyone is preparing the BCP [Business Continuity Planning, click on the link to know about BCP :)] as we can't do much to but play our part and maintain hygiene habits. One of my client site already started taking temperature twice a day and we need to sign declaration form incase of traveling overseas (JB is consider oversea too :p). Well let's not talk much about these and let me get into today's recipe.


This recipe is from one of the cooker booklet, I try to adopt the recipe as much as possible but me being me...there is always a change to two ;)...relatively it's a simple recipe or should I say not to so complicated ! If any of you want to try this then pls go ahead, it just so delicious.






Ingredients:
Baby Potato - 500gms
Onion - 2 Large
Tomato - 1 Large
Ginger-garlic paste - 1tbs
Brown Cardamons - 1
Cloves - 2
Cumins Seeds - 1tbs
Poppy Seeds - 1 tbs (or 5-6 cashews)
Dry red chili - 2
Cinnamon - 1" stick
Bay Leave - 1
Redchilli Powder - 1tbs
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tbs
Curd - 1 cup
Garam Masala Powder - 1 tbs
Salt - to taste
Oil - 4-5 tbs
Water

Method:

1. Pressure cook washed baby potato for 10 mins or until potato done.

2. In a pan, dry roast brown cardamoms, cloves, cumin and poppy seeds (or cashews).

3. Grind roasted ingredients together with 1 onion, ginger-garlic paste with little water and keep aside.

4. Peel the potato, either deep fry the potatoes or shallow fry them in 1tbs of oil and keep aside.

5. Chop or grate remaining 1 onion and tomato

6. Heat the remaining oil, add whole chillies, cinnamon and bay leaves; stir for few seconds. Add chopped onoin and fry till golden brown.

7. Add ground paste fry for 2 mins, add chopped tomato, salt, chilli and turmeric powders; stir well and cook for 2-3 mins.

8. Beat curd and add 1 tbs curd, stir fry until curd is well blended (appr. for 1/2 mins); repeat the process for rest of curd.

9. Stir fry till oil shows separately, now add potatoes and stir gently to coat the potatoes with masala.

10. Add 2 cups of water and cook on low heat for 5 mins.

11. Add garam masala, stir well and cook for 2mins.

Server hot with roti/paratha/puri or rice/pulav

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Spinach Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce



This is one of the most simple recipe, nothing much to do ;)..I got this spinach spaghetti and made with tomato sauce. As you can see in the picture below these spaghetti are thicker than normal ones and takes more time to cook. So make sure the spaghetti is cooked properly before you drain the water.



Serving: For 2

Ingredients:

Spinach Spaghetti - 100 gms appr.
Tomato Sauce - 100 gms appr.
Olive Oil - 1 tbs
Garlich - 2-3 pods chopped
Onion - 1 sliced
Italian herbs - 1 tbs
Fresh black pepper - 1/2 tps (crushed)
Salt - to taste
Water - to cook spaghetti

Method:

I was tired after a long day and made this in a jiffy, just boil the spaghetti in water with 1 tps of oil and little salt. Once spaghetti is cooked strain the water and run the cooker spaghetti under tap water for a min or two.

In a pan heat 1 to 2 tps of olive oil, add chopped garlic (2-3 pods) and saute for a min. Now add 1 sliced onion and saute until golden brown. At this stage add any steam or boiled veggie/chicken [I didn't added anything].

Add 1/2 cup or appr. 100gms of tomato sauce, 1tps of Italian herbts, 1/2 tps of crused pepper, salt to taste and cook for 4-5 mins.

Server spaghetti with tomato sauce, top it up with some cheese if you wish.




And this goes to Neha's FIC - Red and Green , event started by Sunshinemom of Tongue Ticklers


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Festive Food : Summer Splash

Festive Food : Summer treat

Festive Food is back with Summer Treat.  I thought of having this event just to remind ourselves again how much we love summer! (exclude the hot sun please).  When we were kids we sure did loved summer and use to wait for summer holiday...isn't that use to be fun guys? Visiting relatives, new city, new place; able to enjoy yummy mangoes.  The unbeatable process of making pickle, drying papad, chips, vathal and how can we forget the Rasana....summer means we need to prepare the I love you rasana too ....special DD summer programs...don't we miss all that!

Now this is all the event about, cook any recipe which is a must at your place (relatives, parents, in-laws or friends) during or for summer.  It can be anything as long as summer is associate with that.  You can write your lovely summer memories to share with us too.



Guidelines for Celebrating Festive Food: Summer Treat


1.Prepare a dish, which specially for summer.

2. The last date for sending your entry is 31st May 2009.

3. Bloggers
please add a link back to this event announcement, you can include Logo
too. There are no restrictions on the number of entries.

4. Send in your entries at [email protected] with below mentioned information with subject FF: Summer Treat.

* Name:

* Dish Name:

* Blog’s Name:

* Blog URL:

* Post URL:

*Picture: Please attach the picture(s)


5.
Non Bloggers no need to get upset, email your recipe along with the
picture. We will post it on your name and include it in the round up.

6. Old post are accepted, provided they are republished by linking back this event announcement along with the log






Let's enjoy this summer....

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Leftover Magic



Hello Dear All,

How you guys doing? Ya, it's same reason again this time of my disappearance: Busy with Work, along with my laziness! Well, whatever it is am here back again and this time with something which is interesting...using leftover food to make new dishes and try not to let the food rot in dustbin. Here is few of my tricks and tips which any of you might find it useful.

So lets start the magic....

Do you guys remember my beet and cabbage series , one of item was Beets and Cabbage Soup. So what to do with leftover Soup ?? Here is the tip, pour the soup in ice trays and freeze it for further use. Whenever required, heat the soup cubes and enjoy once again.



OR heat the soup cubes, mix in wheat flour and make parata/roti .....I did both of these and it taste just as good as it tasted first time.




I know this is rare but if we have some leftover Palak Paneer (more of palak gravy), then the options are add some more paneer and reheat and use it back as palak paneer OR reheat and use it as just palak saag with roti or rice OR do as I did, knead leftover palak gravy with flour and make palak parata or puri .....



And what to do with leftover Rice....one thing I always make with left over rice is Chawal ki Roti and some time Chawal ka Gatta too.

If you are in mood of making Chana Masala or Chole , boiled chickpea and having excess boiled water,. then:

1. I always use the bolied water in chana masala
2. If not again store the boiled water in ice tray and freeze it for future use like using back in any curry OR use it as vegetable stock OR heat the cubes and use while kneading flour instead of using water.




So that's all for now until I come up with some more recyle ideas :)....
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