YUMMY TUMMY

I AM BACK !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Mon, 28 May 2012 11:39:00 +0000

Hai Friends..How r u guys, How is lyfe going on. Its been a while since i came to the vast world out here. I was having a pretty good and peaceful time with my loved one. I almost forgot the word "INTERNET". Luckily i didn forget the word "BLOGGING".

So here i am back to the old world but as a new person and a new life as MRS.SATHEESH.

I was checking mails often, And i was surprised to see the wishes which i was getting all these days. Quite a lot really. Thanks for your wishes friends. With all your wishes and blessings my wedding went great. Thanks for that.

I hope many of you must have watched the live streaming of our wedding. If you haven't check this link. Its still going online.

http://www.kumarikural.com/

And along with this post, i am revealing my first photo out online. I thought of posting my wedding photos, but i didn't get it on hand. Will post it as soon as i get it on hand.

My new life is going pretty sweet with lots of surprises, excitement and little bit confusion. I am getting used to the new house and new kitchen. Making things familiar to me and designing and changing our house and kitchen as per our taste. I was not able to take pictures of the food at this moment, since our kitchen is not set completely at this point. But will soon post the pictures of food and kitchen soon.

I hope you will not run away from me and my blog. Please stay in touch and continue to give your support as before.

See you very soon.

AARTHISATHEESH

WILL BE BACK AS MRS.AARTHI SATHEESH

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:53:00 +0000

I thought i can make it for two more days, but the days were pretty busy. SO i thought i will just leave blogging for some weeks, so i can enjoy my days peacefully and happily with my sisters without any tension in my mind... Don't worry folks i will be back very soon, may be in a couple of weeks..I am very happy that i have so many souls who send me mails wishing me and sending miss you emails. I really really love you guys..Don't go away from me, i will be back soon..

You all know that i am getting married very soon. Only a couple of days more. After 7 years of hardwork i am finally getting married with my loved one..If you want to see my better half picture,check this link..I will post my wedding pictures and will be back with so many updates...

I am inviting all my lovable reader for my wedding..You all are invited for my wedding..If you can't be present virtually, just bless us to lead our future life a successful one..

I hope i have entertained you these days with my recipes. I have 620 recipes in my blog till now..You can browse all my recipe using my well organised recipe index untill i come back..

Click on the image to go to the Recipe Index..

OK Guys..See you all very soon..MISS YOU GUYS..

நெல்லிக்காய் ஊறுகாய் / Usiri Avakayi / Andhra Gooseberry Pickle

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:06:00 +0000

Hai Friends..Hope everyone is enjoying your days..I am having my most precious days in my life right now..The only time my house is calm is when we sleep, all other time you can see people shouting around and all kinds of noises..I am really really loving it..

I have few recipes left in my drafts which I will post in the coming days I think..I thought I can give you a quick post these days so that I can enjoy my whole time with my sister and relatives. This is a pickle recipe which I made so many weeks ago. My mother and me totally forgot about this. Yesterday I saw this sitting in the fridge sadly. So I took it out and put it over the dining table..From that moment it started disappearing. Now it is almost over, Everyone tasted it and enjoyed it a lot.

I hope you will love it too and tell me if you tried it.

Ingrediants:

Gooseberry / Nelikkai – 15 big ones

Chilli powder – 6 tblspn

Salt – 6 tblspn

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 4 tblspn

Sesame Oil / Nala Ennai – 1 cup ( Indian Variety)

Method:

Take a heavy bottom pan and dry roast mustard seeds till they pop. Take it in a blender and make into a fine powder.

Add salt and chilli powder to the mustard seed powder and mix well. Set this aside till use.

Heat oil in a sauce pan. Add in the gooseberry and cover the pan. Let it cook for 20-25 mins on a slow flame till they are blisted and golden brown.

Remove from the heat and let it cool down.

Add the mixed powder to this and mix well.

Transfer this to a jar. Mix this often so that it stays nice and fresh.

serve with rice.

Notes:

This can be stored in the fridge upto several months.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Take nice fresh gooseberry

Dry fry Mustard Seeds

till they pop

Take it in a blender

and make into a fine powder

Tip that in a bowl

add salt and chilli powder to that

and mix well

Heat oil in a sauce pan

add the gooseberries

cover the pan

and cook till they turn golden

like this...

The gooseberries will open up and turn blisted...Cool this down...

Now add the powder to the cooled mixture

and mix well

Done Done..

Ajwain Paratha / Ajwain Ka Paratha / Omam Paratha / Parathas Flavoured with Carom Seeds / How to Make Square Paratha ( WITH VIDEO )

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:18:00 +0000

I am taking off from work starting from today. I mean, Not permanantly... I am on my wedding leave. This clearly shows I am going to sit in my house and look at the things which are going around me and get all the tension in my head. But nothing to worry, I have lots of things to do this weekend like finish my last minute shopping and to get a bridal facial to make me glow in my marriage. So this weekend is going to be pretty tight for me. But I will find some quite times in my heavy schedule to post something for you guys. I always feel blogging quite relaxing for me..I love to blog..A LOT REALLY..

Now coming to the recipe. It is actually a simple paratha, But I am going to flavour it with carom seeds and shape it in square to make it even more fancy. I am going to give a clear step by step picture to show you how to make the perfect square paratha along with a video. I love the flavour of carom seeds in my parathas. For those folks who are new to carom seeds, it has a flavour very similar to oregano, but very very strong spice. So you only need a little amount. If you add a ton of it in your paratha, It ruins the whole thing. So be stingy on it..But the cool thing is the paratha stays so soft and you have so many layers in it..

I hope you will love this and tell me if you try it...

Ingrediants:

Wheat Flour / Atta - 3 cups

Ajwain Seeds / Carom Seeds / Omam - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil or Ghee - 3 tblspn + for roasting and spreading while making parathas

Water as needed

Method:

Take wheat flour, ajwain seeds, salt and oil in a bowl.

Rub it with your hands so that the oil is mixed all over the dough.

Add water slowly and make the dough. Knead it for 5 mins.

Drizzle some oil over the dough and cover it with a bowl. Let it rest for 15-20 mins.

Divide the dough into equal portions.

Take one dough out and start rolling into a chapati. Drizzle a tsp of oil over the chapati.

Start folding from all sides so that it for a small folded square.

Now roll this into a larger square.

Make all the parathas like this and set aside. Now time to fry the parathas.

Heat a tawa and drop the parathas over that. Cook the paratha for 30 secs on one side. Flip over. Drizzle some oil over the top. Flip the paratha again and cook for another 30 sec. Drizzle some oil on top and flip over again. At this time the parathas will puff up a lot. Cook the paratha till they are golden on both sides.

Remove it and serve hot with raita and pickle.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Add everything to a bowl and mix well

pour water and form into a smooth dough

knead it for 5 mins

cover it and let it rest

divide into equal portions

Take a ball and roll into a paratha

apply oil all over the top

and fold from one side

then other side

and other side too....

start rolling into a square paratha

all rolled and done

put it on a hot tawa

and cook on both sides

Serve

What a festive meal..

I have a video for you..Check it to see how to prepare the perfect SQUARE PARATHA..

Eggless Mango Pudding ( No Bake, No Cook, No Eggs ) - Kids Special Recipes / Summer Special Recipes

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:26:00 +0000

Right now my house is filled with lots of little kids. Everyone is arriving for my wedding, I can see kids fighting, grown ups sharing gossips, every one chatting with each other, but my poor mother running here and there.. The true wedding spirit has started. Don't ask what I am doing, My job is to sit in a place and relax, May be a little browsing and chatting. My mother don't want me to do anything other than just sit and chill. But nobody knows how my inner heart is raising to its highest level. But I pretend to be very bold and calm girl. Even my mother ask me often 'Are you feeling scared or something like that'. I would just tell her, "NO WAY WHY SHOULD I!! I AM VERY BOLD GIRL OK".. I hope that my mother never reads this blog.HE HE...

Ok now coming to the recipe..This one stayed in my bookmarked list for so many months. I was waiting for the mango season to arrive to try so many recipes, And now it is season here and I made pretty much most of the recipe which I have bookmarked. This one cameout so good, but it is ridiculously easy to make. Since my house is filled with lots of little kids right now, I am planning to make this again to feed them, because they are asking me to make something for them. And I hope my mother will allow me to do it, since this doesn't involve any cooking.

I hope you will try this and tell me how it turned out.

Ingrediants:

Ripe Mango - 2 cups pureed

Ripe Mango- 1/2 cup chopped finely

Gelatin - 2 tblspn / China Grass - 10 gms

Condensed Milk - 3 tblspn

Sugar - 5 tblspn or to taste

Water - 1/2 cup

Oil for Greasing the Bowl

Method:

Take gelatin in a bowl. Add cold water over it and let it soak for 10 mins.

Take water in a pan and bring it to boil. Switch off the flame and add in the soaked gelatin and mix well so that it gets dissolved easily.

Now add in sugar, condensed milk, mango puree and mango cubes and mix well.

Pour this in a greased bowl or ramekins. And put it in the fridge for 2 hours.

Run a kinfe around the sides of the bowl and invert it into a plate.

Serve cold.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Soak gelatin in cold water

The bigger pieces is to puree..The Smaller piece is for adding into the pudding

take the bigger piece in the blender

and make into a puree

heat water

add gelatin and switch off the flame

mix well till it is melted

now add sugar and mix till it dissolves

add condensed milk and mix well

throw in the mango puree

and the chopped mangoes

mix everything

take your mould..I used my ramekins

Pour in to that

Luckily i have a lid..So cover it

and put in the fridge

DONE..

Chicken Kofta Briyani / Murg Kofta Briyani / Flavoured Rice with MeatBalls

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:22:00 +0000

My Pressure is increasing as the days falls off, I am actually not sure what to do, what has to be done. Everything looks so blank. I am certainly feeling the pressure inside me. I don't if this is natural, But i am loving this at the same time. I have few more post left in the drafts to post for you guys, I think i will be posting for 5 more days. Then leave you all guys with my blog and will be back within a few weeks. I think in a couple of weeks. I think i will post a special meal when i am back with a special post which i will cook in my very own house (Your House - This is the term which my mother is using a lot nowadays). Hmm, Friends Just a Reminder for me " ONLY 7 More Days to go"...

Now lets talk something about the recipe. This is a briyani which i made a few weeks back along with shahi kofta korma..I was not sure how the meatballs will turn out..I was afraid that the meatballs will turn so hard..But as a surprise it turned out so mouthwatering melting. It just melted in my mouth. My sisters loved it so much, they asked me to make this again very soon. The rice is so flavourful and it catched up all the flavours which we add in here. This is definetly a masterpiece, moreover a party piece. I hope you will try this and tell me how it turned out.

Ingrediants:

For Chicken Kofta:

Minced Chicken - 300 gms

Onion - 1 small finely chopped

Coriander leaves - 4 tblspn finely chopped

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tsp

Cumin powder / Jeera podi - 1 tsp

Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Corn Flour / Corn Starch - as needed

Oil for Shallow frying

For Briyani:

Basmati Rice - 2 cups ( Soaked & Cooked - Click here to know how to cook rice)

Onion - 1 large sliced thinly + 1 onion sliced thinly & deep fried

Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn

Green Chilli - 2

Tomatoes -3 chopped

Curd / Thick yogurt - 1 cup

Coriander leaves a handful

Mint Leaves a handful

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tblspn

Cumin powder / Jeera podi - 1 tsp

Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Ghee - 2 tblspn

Oil - 5 tblspn

Saffron soaked in 1/2 cup of milk (I used yellow food colouring)

Method:

Soak rice in water for 30 mins. And cook it as per this method. Spread on a plate and allow it cool down.

Start by making the koftas. Take all the ingrediants given for the kofta in a bowl except cornflour and oil and mix well. Make small balls out of it. Roll it in cornflour and shallow fry them in oil till they are golden and seared. Remove them to a plate.

Deep fry sliced onions in oil till they turn golden. Drain them in a paper towel. Set this aside.

Heat oil in a kadai and add in onions, green chilli and ginger garlic paste and mix well. Cook till they turn golden.

Add in all the spice powders and salt and mix well.

Add in tomatoes and cook till they turn mushy. Add in curd and mix well.

Pour some water and bring it to boil. Add in the fried koftas and mix well. Cover it with a lid and let it cook for 15-20 mins on a low flame till done.

Preheat the oven to 160 Degree C / 320 Degree F.

Now time to assemble. Take a deep oven proof dish. Spread all the kofta masala in the bottom, Add half of the rice on top, Pour half of the saffron milk, Sprinkle half of the fried onions , coriander and mint. Now layer the remaining rice on top, pour the remaining saffron milk, sprinkle the remaining fried onions, coriander and mint. Now spoon some ghee on top and cover the bowl.

Put this in the oven and bake it for 30 mins.

Remove from the oven and mix it well genty.

Serve with raita.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants for making koftas

Mix them together

Make balls out of it

roll them in cornflour

and fry them in oil

till they are well seared

remove them to a plate

Now deep fry some onions

till they turn golden

remove them to a plate

take all your ingrediants for the briyani sauce

Saute onions, chilli and ginger garlic paste in oil

add in all the spice powders

and tomatoes

sprinkle some salt and mix well

add curd to this

pour some water

add the koftas in and mix well

cover and cook

till the koftas are cooked

Now time to assemble

Add all the kofta sauce in the bottom of a oven dish

add half of the rice

sprinkle some saffron colour

add a good amount of fried onions, coriander and mint leaves

add the other half of the rice

then again the saffron colour

top with fried onions, coriander and mint leaves

pour some ghee

cover the pan

and bake in a low oven

mix well

Serve

Eggless Moist Chocolate Cake ( No Butter ) as a Thank You Note

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:07:00 +0000

Weddings are a integral part of the life, But the preparations for it requires so much labour and pain..My wedding preparation is going in a full blast…Relatives are already arriving here. Everyday is a busy day for my mother,she is running here and there like crazy. The important thing is they are not allowing me to cook anything, I mean they are not allowing me into the kichen itself..So I am posting recipes which was sitting in my drafts for so many months..I think I will get into the kitchen after my marriage( I am not sure). Everything is going like a steady stream. I am enjoying each and every moment in my life, I don't want to miss a single second in my life right now..

I was quite amazed how many wedding wishes I am receiving in the past few days..Quite a lot really. This makes me feel that " I am not the only one excited about my wedding along with my 'would be', but there are so many souls out there, around the world thinking about me and excited like me.. I wanted to do something for those kind souls, my well wishers and my friends who were doing so many things for me. So as a thank you note I want to give them something sweet and special. As a result this cake is born, it is a moist eggless chocolate cake so everyone can dig into it.

Now lets talk about this cake..This was the first attempt of making this cake, so I was afraid that the top may get dried off, so I made a chocolate glaze to protect the top. It ensured me that the top stays nice and moist as the middle. The better thing is it is eggless and butter free. So it is a little healthier..Everyone in my family loved it, and they gave me so many compliments too.. I hope you will like this and tell me if you love it..

Ingrediants:

All Purpose Flour / Maida – 2 cup

Flavourless Oil ( I used Refined Oil) – ¾ cup / 180 ml / 6 fluid ounces

Water – 1 ¼ cup / 300 ml

Cocoa – ½ cup / 55 gms

Sugar – 1 ½ cup / 300 gms

Baking Soda - 2 tsp

Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Salt - 1/4 tsp

For Icing:

Chocolate Chips - 1 cup / 150 gms

Method:

Take a 8x10 inch baking pan and oil it generously. Dust it with flour and tap away the excess.

Preheat the oven to 180 degree C / 360 degree F .

Take flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a sifter. Sieve it finely and set aside.

Now take water, oil and vanilla in a bowl. Add sugar to it and mix well till it get dissolved.

Now add the sieved flour mixture and mix well.

Pour this in the prepared tin and bake it for 30-35 mins.

Let it cool down and invert it to the cooling rack and allow it to cool down.

Now make the icing. Take chocolate chips in a bowl and melt it using a microwave or a double boiler.

Mix well so that it gets smooth and glossy.Allow it to cool down.

Pour it over the cake and cut into slices.

Serve.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Sift together flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda

like this

Take oil, water and vanilla in a bowl

add sugar

and mix well

add in the dry ingrediants

and mix well

Prepare a baking pan

Pour the batter in

and bake it

allow to cool down

Take chocolate chips in a bowl

and melt it down

Pour it over the cake

and cut into squares

Enjoy

BRIDAL SHOWER FOR ME...LOVE U GUYS!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:21:00 +0000

Many of you have been sending wishes through emails, comments, facebook and everything..And some of my lovely co-bloggers have even created a bridal shower for me.YES A REAL BRIDAL SHOWER..This took me into the real world and made me realize that I am getting married..YES I AM GETTING MARRIED IN 10 DAYS.I still can't believe it, I remember the days when I was talking to my "would be" that we have 6 more years to go..But see now only 10 DAYS..Its like a miracle..

To turn the miracle into a real fact, my blogger friends have arranged a virtual bridal shower party for me without my knowledge. They took recipes from my blog , tried it themselves and posted it for me and satheesh.. How sweet is that..

When I received the mails from them along with the link, I have no words to say..I was totally amazed and thrilled..It took my excitement to a higher level.. I am so happy that I have so many caring and lovable friends around me to think about me.. I am really really a blessed girl. Thank you so much for that guys..

This made my day sooooo special..

Bloggers who showed their Love

Vaishali from Ribbons to Pastas made Bread Jamuns

Gayathri from Gayathri's Cookspot made Maida Barfi
Kalyani from Sizzling Tastebuds made Malai Koftas

Mireille from Gourmet Global made Dry Potato Sabzi

PJ from Seduce your Tastebuds made Carrot Kheer

Priya from Priya Easy n Tasty Recipes made Milk Powder Barfi

Harini from Tamalapaku made Bread Jamuns

Rajani from My Kitchen Trials made Semiya Payasam

Pradnya from Pumpkin Farm Food made Watermelon Granita
Jayanthi from Sizzling Veggies made Bell Pepper Briyani
Jayashree from My Experiment with Food made Ragi Adai
Priya from Enveetu Kitchen made Maida Dosa
Usha from My Spicy Kitchen made My Favorite Potato Roast

They even made a party collage for me and satheesh..How cute is that, I love it.....

The only thing which I can tell them and all my viewers is "I LOVE YOU GUYS"..Without you all my blog and myself is nothing..I love you all with my heart and soul..

A Huge Loaf of Whole Wheat Bread ( No Maida )

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:53:00 +0000

Many of you have been sending wishes through emails, comments, facebook and everything..And some of my lovely co-bloggers have even created a bridal shower for me..I will talk about that in my next post..But right off now, I am so happy that I have so many caring and lovable friends around me to think about me.. I am really really a blessed girl. Thank you so much for that guys..

Now coming to the recipe of the day. It is a healthy one which many of you must have never thought of making this at home..Yes it is a very very healthy whole wheat bread with no addition of maida (all purpose flour) to it. You might think that now we can find so many wheat breads out in the markets, why would spend time making it at home. But let me tell you a secret..The bread which you find in store have some maida added to it. I am not talking about the specially made bread which you find in big supermarkets. But most of them have maida added to it. So if you want a healthier option and need a good whole wheat bread them try this out..

A slice of bread with some pineapple jam spread on top

I made a very huge loaf of bread which was enough for our whole family for a week. We have one slice of bread which we toast in a toaster and spread some jams or any toppings and have it..Since it is a huge slice, only one is enough for us and it makes us pretty full..I would suggest eating this for breakfast along with some fruits and a glass of milk..I am sure that it is a healthy option than having regular white bread..I hope you will try this out and tell me how It turned out..Eat Healthy and Be Healthy.

Ingrediants:

Whole Wheat Flour – 6 cups / 720 gms + more for kneading

Yeast – 2 tblspn

Salt to taste

Sugar – 2 tblspn

Warm Water- 500 ml + as needed

Oats – 3 tblspn for sprinkling on top

Olive Oil – 3 tblspn

Method:

Take some warm water in a bowl and add in yeast in that. Mix well and allow it to rise for 5 mins.

Take a large mixing bowl and add the remaining water in it. Add sugar, salt and allow it to dissolve.

Pour in the yeast water in that and mix well.

Slowly add in the flour and keep mixing till it comes together. It will be sticky.

Drizzle 2 tblspn of oil over it and mix well.

Transfer it to a well oiled bowl and cover with a cloth. Allow it to rise for 1 hour.

Now tip this mixture to a well floured surface and start kneading. Knead it for 10 mins add more flour if needed.

When the dough gets smooth and sprinky, shape it in the form of the loaf pan and drop it in a well oiled loaf pan.

Cover it and let it rise for 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 200°C / 400°F.

Take the rised bread and brush it with some milk or water and sprinkle some oats on top.

Bake this in the oven for 50-60 mins or till the bread is nice golden and cooked.

Remove from the oven and allow it to cool down completely before inverting to a cooling rack.

Slice and Serve.

Notes:

1.You can use two medium size loaf pan to bake this bread. I used my huge loaf pan for this. If you are using small loaf pan, the baking time will vary.

2.If you are in different places the rising time will change as per the temperature of the place.

3. Once cooled Transfer this bread to a refrigerator either in a air tight container or wrap it tightly with foil or cling wrap and use it accordingly.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Dissolve some yeast in warm water

Add sugar, salt to warm water and mix well

add the yeast water in this

add the flour and mix well

form into a sticky dough

drizzle some oil and mix well

Transfer to a well oiled container. Cover and allow it to rise

all rised up

Tip into a well floured working surface

knead well to form a smooth dough

Oil a loaf pan and shape the dough like that

Drop the dough in

I have a lid for my loaf pan..You can use a cloth to cover and allow it to rise again.

look how it has risen

Brush with some milk and sprinkle oats on top

Bake till golden brown

Remove from the pan and allow it to cool down.

Serve

Mango Smoothie – Perfect Way to Start a Day

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:48:00 +0000

Hope you are enjoying your day..I was so busy today cooking for more than 15 people..It is not really a normal lunch, it is a professional lunch. YES this has taken me to the next level..The menu was in the style of a complete and proper lunch. It started from a starter of paneer fingers,vegetable salad and chicken 65, followed by a main course which has egg briyani, onion raita,chicken curry, tandoori chicken, paratha and channa masala. Its not over yet, everything needs a desert right so we had a yummy mango cheese cake which is soooo good..I am so happy that cooked for a Australian family and that uncle is a chef. I am so happy to cook for them.We all enjoyed lunch so much and had a great time together..

Now coming to the recipe..Such a easy shake to make, if you feel not to cook anything or don’t want to have something so heavy..Then I would tell you to try this, it is perfect for those days..It makes you so refreshing as well as makes you full. Please try it tell me how it turned out..

Ingrediants:

Ripe Mangoes – 1 large peeled and chopped

Cold Milk – 2 cups or adjust

Sugar to taste

Method:

Take everything in a blender and make into a fine puree. Adjust the milk level as per you wish.

Serve immediately. Taste best when it is cold.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Add mangoes and sugar in a bowl

and make into a puree

add milk to it

and blend it well

Pour yourself a glass and enjoy..

The Perfectly Puffed Poori / Poori / Puri / Deep Fried Indian Bread ( WITH VIDEO)

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:49:00 +0000

Poori's are my absolute favorite..There are days when we make poori's thrice even four times a week.They are my favorite foods on the earth. Since i am in diet, since i have to reduce my waist line,since my wedding is very near, i am pushed to avoid this. I am missing my poori's a lot.. The speciality of poori is it should be puff till you eat this, that why it is called a puuuu----riiii.. But many of us find it really hard to get perfected in that. The poori's will nicely puff up when they are in oil, but once you remove them from the oil, they shrunk like a airless balloon..You don't need that right..So here i am giving you some tips to make the perfect poori, which stays puffed even they are cold..

The key to make a perfect poori is to add some sooji in the dough, but when you add the sooji directly in the flour, it stays grainy and make the poori hard. So soak it first and make it soft before you add it in the flour. I have attached a video of how to fry the poori too, i think it will be helpful for you all. Poori must be accompanied by certain dishes, click this link for those recipes. I hope you will love this and tell me if you tried it..

Ingrediants:

Wheat Flour - 2 cup

Rawa / Sooji / Semolina - 3 tblspn

Salt to taste

Oil- 2 tblspn

Water as needed

Method:

Take sooji in a bowl and pour some water over it. Mix it well and allow it to soak for 10 mins.

Now take wheat flour, salt, oil and the soaked sooji in a bowl and mix with your hands so that everything is evenly mixed.

Slowly add in water and mix well and make into a dough. Knead the dough for 5 mins so that it gets smooth and even.

Apply some drops of oil on the top and cover it with a bowl. Let it rest for 30 mins.

Now take a portion out of the dough and spread it in to a large thin sheet.

Take a sharp edge cutting tool( I used a lid of a steel container) and cut small circles out of it. Do all the dough like this.

Now time to fry. Heat oil for deep frying. When it is hot drop the poori in and press the top so that it puffs up. Cook on both sides till they turn golden.

Drain and serve with korma or potato masala.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Soak sooji/rawa in water for 10 mins

Take flour, sooji, oil and salt in a bowl

and mix them well

slowly add in water

and make a dough

Take a portion of the dough

and roll it

cut it into small circles

all done

Now fry them in oil

Press on the top with the spoon

so that it puffs up

drain and serve

All beautifully puffed up poori

Serve

Check out the video for " HOW TO MAKE POORI PUFF LIKE A BALLOON"

சிக்கன் கீமா தோசை / Chicken Keema Dosa / Indian Crepes Stuffed with Minced Chicken Filling - ThattuKada Recipes

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:25:00 +0000

One of my collegue used to tell me about this dosa which he had in one of the local street shop. The way he explained made me to do it so badly. Infact I got so many ideas of my recipes from him and my friends. Some of the recipes are Popcorn Chicken, Poricha Parota and many more. My wish is "what people like to eat all day have to in my blog". He also told me so many recipes too which I am yet to make like bread omlette, ghee idli sambar, set dosai and vada curry, kulambu omlette and many more. Most of the recipes are street food favour recipes..You know right street foods are the best ones..

Traditionally the filling is made with minced lamb, but I used minced chicken and made it. Still it tasted great. My perippa came to my house that day and had this dosai, he absolutely loved it. I am liking a lot to cook with minced chicken because they take so less time to cook. Nowadays I am having a packet of chicken mince always in my freezer.

I am also planning to do some other recipes with chicken mince like keema matar, mince curry and many other..So keep checking my recipes and tell me how it turned out for you..

Ingrediants:

Dosa batter - as needed ( Click here for recipe)

Oil for dosa

Onion - 1 finely chopped for sprinkling over the dosa

For Chicken Filling:

Chicken Mince - 500 gms

Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tblspn

Onions - 1 large chopped

Tomatoes - 3 chopped

Green Chilli - 2

Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tblspn

Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp

Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp + 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil - 2 tblspn

Method:

Heat a kadai with some oil and add in fennel seeds. Let them sizzle for 30 seconds.

Add in onions. green chilli and curry leaves and saute for a min.

Add in all the spice powders along with some salt and mix well.

Add in tomatoes and cook everything till mushy.

Now add in the minced chicken and stir it till everything is cooked.

Now cover the pan and let it simmer for 15 mins.

Sprinkle some garam masala in the end and mix well.Filling done.

Now lets make the dosa. Heat your tawa and spread your dosa batter thinly. Drizzle some oil over it and using a spatula smoothen the top. Let it cook till it turn light golden.

Now spoon some filling in the center along with some onions. Fold from all sides so that it forms a triangle.

Serve hot..

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Saute some fennel seeds in oil

add onions, ginger garlic paste and green chilli

add some salt, so that the onions cook faster

throw in the spice powders

and some lovely ripe tomatoes

cook till everything turn mushy

add the chicken mince to this

and mix well...

Cover and cook for 15 mins

Finish the whole dish with a sprinkle of extra garam masala powder

filling done..

Now lets make the dosa...I took out my trusty big'ol nonstick tawa

cook till turn golden brown...I smoothen the top of the dosa using a spatula

add a generous amount of filling

Sprinkle some onions for crunch

fold in three..So that it forms a triangle..

Serve hot..

பட்டாணி குருமா / Peas Korma(Kurma) / Peas cooked in a Spicy Cashew Sauce - Curry in a Hurry

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Wed, 02 May 2012 06:59:00 +0000

One lazy night my sister told my mother "Amma I am hungry", Guess what my mother told "Go and Ask your sister, she will make something for you". I was busy editing my blog, But when my sister asked me, how could I regret that. So I stopped everything and just entered the kitchen. I opened up the refrigerator and was searching to find some vegetables, but for my luck there is not even a single beans left. I also searched our potato basket,but there was only some onions left. My final hope is our freezer, I opened it and found a small unopened bag of frozen peas. I got a confidence that I can make something like a curry to go with poori( I had some left over poori dough from the previous night). Now I am off to the spice cupboard and was checking what else I can get to put in the curry. Luckily I found a bag of roasted cashews which my mother bought some weeks back and I took some and saved it for my cooking. Now I got the clear picture of what I am going to make, it is a creamy & spicy peas korma with some poori. How good is that..

Many people think that making korma takes hours, if so correct that. This one takes only 15 mins to make, Hence I am calling it as Curry in a Hurry. But the flavours are so good and everyone licked their fingers. Combining cashews and onions along with the sweet peas was a total hit and everyone loved it..You can add any vegetables in this gravy like paneer, potatoes, carrots and even chicken.

I hope you will give this a try and tell me how it turned out.

Ingrediants:

Peas - 2 cups ( I used frozen)

For Masala:

Oil- 1 tblspn

Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf- 1 tblspn

Cashews - 10

Onion - 1 chopped

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tblspn

Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Sugar - 1 tsp

Method:

Heat oil in a pan. Add fennel seeds and cashews and let them fry for a min.

Add in onions and cook them for a min till they turn transparent.

Add in the spice powders, salt and sugar and mix well.

Take this in a blender and make into a fine puree by adding some water.

Now take peas in a kadai add enough water and bring it to a boil. Cook it for 5 mins till the peas are cooked. I used frozen so they cooked faster.

Now add in the ground masala and mix well.Cook for 5 mins.

Serve with poori or roti.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Saute some fennel seeds in oil

add cashews and saute till golden

then onions

add in salt, sugar and spice powders

and cook for a min..

Take it in a blender

and make into a fine puree

now take peas in a pan along with some water

cook till the peas are done

add in the masala and mix well

simmer for 5 mins

Serve

Healthy Oats and Nuts Balls – Kids Friendly Snack

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Tue, 01 May 2012 04:41:00 +0000

Oats is a healthy stuff which you should include in your daily diet. But the hard part is how do you do that, it is so boring to have the regular porridge and shakes again and again. So lets try something like a

candy which you can put in your kids tiffin box or make a large batch of it and store in a glass jar and place it where your kids will look often. I am sure that they will empty it in no time.

Now talking about this balls..They are D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S but so healthy for you. I am sure that your kids will go crazy about these balls and will bug you always to make this for them..I hope you will love it for sure and tell me how it turned out..

Ingrediants:

Oats – 100 gms

Jaggery / Sarkarai / Vellam – 150 gms grated

Cashews - ½ cup Toasted and chopped

Raisans / Kishmish – ½ cup

Ghee – 1 tblspn or to spread on hands while rolling

Sprinkles as needed (optional)

Water – 50 ml

Method:

Take oats in a dry pan and toast it for few minutes till you get nice aroma of it. Remove on to a plate and allow to cool down.

Heat jaggery and water in a kadai and heat it up. Let the jaggery melt down and begins to bubble up.

Let it bubble untill it gets thick and the right consistency.( to check that drop few drops of jaggery in a plate that is filled with cold water, the jaggery should not melt in the water, if you press that with your fingers it should cometogether and form balls out of it).

Now add in oats, cashews, and raisans. Mix well.

Take it off the heat and add some sprinkles in it to make it more colourful.Mix well.

Now while it is still warm. Apply some ghee in your fingers and form small balls out of it.

Arrange it in a platter and serve or allow it to cool completely and put in a air tight container.

Tips:

1)You can use sugar instead of jaggery . But jaggery makes it so healthy and tasty than sugar.

2)You can add any flavoring in this like cocoa, vanilla, coconut.

3) You can add any nuts like you wish.

4)If your mixture gets cool and started to stuck in the bottom, just put it back on a low heat . The jaggery will melt again. Now form balls out of it.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Dry roast oats in a pan

Transfer to a plate and allow it to cool down

Take jaggery and water in a pan

and heat it up

Bring it to a boil

and cook till they get thick and glossy

drop a small amount in a bowl of cold water and it should n't dissolve in that water

add in the oats cashews and raisans

mix well

take it off the heat and add in some sprinkles

and mix well

form balls by wetting your hands with some oil

and enjoy

Store in a air tight container

Rose Milk Icecream – Summer Special Recipes

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:04:00 +0000

How was your weekend..Hope you all enjoyed it a lot..Are you guys ready to start a blissfull week ahead..I am wishing you all to have a fabulous week..My week started off pretty good, but my heart beats so fast , if I think that there is only 15 days for my wedding. I still remember the days when we have talked that there is” 6 months for wedding,man, lets chill out”..But look now only 15 days more, I am totally freaking out nowadays..Days are going so fast..

Are you all excited along with me, if you are then come to my home I can give you this cool and flavourful icecream to make you calm, which I often do..This is a recipe which is going to make you chill this whole summer..It is rose milk icecream, a real flavourful icecream which is packed with rose essence and rose water.

This is so simple to put together, just whip up some stuffs for few minutes and freeze it for few hours. Then you are set with a bowlful of goodness which make you drool…Glad you like it and let me know what you think..HAPPY SUMMER…

Ingredients:

Heavy Cream / Whipping Cream – 1 liter ( I used Amul Fresh Cream)

Sugar – 250 gms / 1 ¼ cup

Rose Milk Essence – 1 tblspn

Rose Water – 2 tblspn

Method:

Take whipping cream and sugar in a large mixing bowl and start beating it with a electric blender.

When it starts to thicken. Add rose milk essence and rose water and whip again.

Whip till it gets thick and creamy.

Transfer it to a freezer container and freeze over night.

Scoop it and serve cold..

Enjoy summer with this cold flavourful icecream.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Open up a packet of fresh cream in a large bowl

and start whipping them

add sugar slowly

and whip untill they are thick

add in rose essence

and some rose water

and whip again

till it is creamy and thick

pour it in a freezer container

and freeze it

Once frozen scoop and serve

Enjoy guys..

Quesadilla with Scrambled Eggs & Cheese – Breakfast Quesadilla

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:10:00 +0000

I was so dull and dizzy this whole day, my whole body was paining like hell..Finally I realized that I am having a cold fever. Now it is pretty controllable and my pain was a lot more reduced..My totally family is just kidding me that this is not cold fever, but it is “WEDDING FEVER”..I don’t know if it is true or not( Believe me). Hopefully I should get relieved tomorrow and start my week with a blast.

Now coming to the recipe..I was thinking for a recipe which starts with the letter “Q”..I know it has to be quesadilla, but was searching for a nice stuffing for that. Finally decided to make a simple breakfast quesadilla with eggs and cheese and it cameout so good..How couldn’t it not be good, anything with eggs and cheese is wonderful right..Grilling the tortilla till it turn golden make the outer layer turn like a crispy shell that contains the creamy egg and cheese.. I hope you will like it and tell me how it turned out. This recipe is for Blogging marathon day 6 ‘cooking with alphabets’ letter “Q”.

Ingrediants:

Flour Tortilla – 2 ( Click here for recipe)

Eggs – 3

Cheese – 4 tblspn grated ( I used Mozarella)

Olive Oil – 1 tblspn

Coriander leaves / Cilantro – 4 tblspn chopped

Salt to taste

Pepper to taste

Method:

Crack open 3 eggs in a bowl add salt and pepper and beat well.

Heat a tblspn of oil in a kadai and add in the beaten egg and start scrambling it.

Cook as per your liking. Add in cheese and mix once.

Now take a tortilla and sprinkle some cheese on one side of the tortilla. Spoon some egg mixture on top and sprinkle with lots of cilantro.

Fold in half and brush both sides with oil. Place on a hot tawa and cook on bothsides till golden.

Remove and cut into half.

Serve immediately.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

You can use chapatis or rotis..I used some flour tortillas, click here for recipe

Crack open your eggs in a bowl

season them with some salt and pepper

whisk to mix

Heat a tblspn of olive oil in a pan and pour the eggs in that

and mix well

till they get the right consistency

add in lots of cheese

and mix well

Take the tortilla in the front of you and sprinkle cheese on one side of the bread

add some scrambled eggs on top

and sprinkle lots of cilantro

fold it

and brush them with some oil

and put them on the tawa

and grill on both sides

remove them and cut it

and enjoy..

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:23:00 +0000

I always wanted to bake upside down cakes since it has real fruit studded on the top rather than just adding fruit puree or essence in some cake..You can taste the real fruityness in the cake this way. One of the most popular cake are pineapple upside down cake..I was waiting to bake it for so long and finally I made that happen couple of weeks before. I am also planning to bake apple upside down cake as well mango upside down cake..I will probably make the mango cake tomorrow. Do you have any other upside down cake recipe, tell me I am happy to make them.

Many of you think that this is so hard or tricky to make( I was thinking like that untill I made them), but it is so easy to make, trust me on this guys..You can taste the real pineapple in this truly. The original recipe calls for brown sugar, I know I could never find it here, so I always use jaggery in place of it and it worked really good..I highly recommend you to try this and tell me how it turned out. This recipe is for Blogging marathon day 6 ‘cooking with alphabets’ letter “P”.

Ingrediants:

All Purpose Flour / Maida – 1 cup /120 gms

Butter – 100 gms

Sugar – ¾ cup / 150 gms

Egg – 1

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Salt a pinch

Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp

Milk – ½ cup / 120 ml / 4 fluid ounces

Pineapple Slices – depending on the pan

Cherry – as needed

For Jaggery Sauce:

Jaggery / Sarkarai – ¼ cup / 50 gms

Butter – 2 tblspn

Water a splash

Method:

Take flour, baking powder and salt in a sifter and sieve it. Set this aside for a moment.

Take a round pan and butter it slightly and set aside.

Now take jaggery, butter and water in a sauce pan and melt it down. Pour this in the greased round pan. Now top it with pineapple slices and fill the gaps with cherries.

Now make the cake batter. Take butter. sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl and beat it till fluffy.

Add in egg and beat again till fluffy.

Now add half of the flour mixture and mix well. Pour in the milk and mix again.

Now add in the remaining flour and mix well.

Pour this over the pineapple slices and bake it for 40-45 mins till the cake is done.

Insert a tooth pick and check.

Remove from the oven and allow it to cool down. Invert it on a plate and serve.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Sift flour, baking powder and salt together

set this aside

Butter a round pan

Take butter, jaggery and a splash of water in a sauce pan and heat it up

cook till it is bubbly

Pour that in the greased pan

now arrange pineapple slices and cherries on top of it

Take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl

Beat them till fluffy

add egg in and beat till fluffy

now add half of the flour mixture

and the milk..

now throw in the rest of the flour mixture

and mix well

Pour it over the pineapple

put it in the oven

and bake it till golden brown

Invert and Serve

பனீர் பிரியாணி / Paneer Briyani / Cottage Cheese Briyani - Lunch Box Ideas

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:34:00 +0000

Happy Saturday Guys..Its still raining here, I am feeling so drowsy..Feel like sleeping the whole day..I think i will be doing that. Its so cold out there, i feel like having a bowl full of chicken soup and fried chicken..But the only thing i am having right now is a cup of green tea (diet for my marriage)..But green tea is making me better..What are you guys doing..

Now coming back to the recipe..This is a simple yet flavourful paneer briyani..I love paneer so much, but nowadays i am substituting paneer for tofu..I think they both have the same texture, but tofu is a lot more healthier..This briyani has so much flavour in it since we are adding a good amount of coriander leaves.Great for parties or for lunch box...I hope you will love it as much i do..

Ingrediants:

Basmati Rice – 1 cup

Water – 1 cup

Paneer / Cottage Cheese – 1 packet cubed

Onion – 1 sliced thinly

Tomatoes – 2 chopped finely

Curd – ½ cup

Tomato Ketchup – 2 tblspn

Ghee – 2 tblspn

Oil- 1 tblspn

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

For Grinding:

Coriander leaves / Cilantro – 1 cup

Green Chilli – 4

Cinnamon / Pattai – 1 small stick

Cardamom/Yelakai – 4

Cloves / Krambu – 4

Star Anise – 1

Method:

Wash and Soak Basmati Rice for 30 mins. Drain and Set aside.

Take the ingrediants in a blender and make into a fine puree by adding some water. Set this aside.

Heat a tblspn of oil and fry the paneer pieces in that. Remove and Set aside.

Take a Pressure Cooker. Add 2 tblspn oil and heat it up. Throw in cumin seeds and fry well.

Add in onions and cook till golden brown. Season with salt and mix well.

Add in the ground masala and cook till oil separates from it.

Add in tomatoes and cook till mushy.

Add in curd, tomato ketchup and fried paneer pieces and mix well.

Add rice and water and bring everything to a boil.

Cover and simmer for 15- 20 mins or cook for 1 whistle and switch off the flame. Let the pressure go all by itself . Open it and fluff with a fork.

Serve with raita.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Take all the grinding ingrediants in a mixer

and make into a puree

Fry paneer pieces in oil

till golden

Heat ghee and crackle cumin

add onions

and some salt

pour the ground masala

add tomatoes and cook

add ketchup and mix well

add curd and mix well

throw the paneer pieces in

and then the rice

pour water

cover and cook

till done

Serve

Onion Dosa / வெங்காயம் தோசை / Onion Podi Dosa / Crispy Crepes with Onions & Coriander Leaves

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:56:00 +0000

I always wanted to post Onion Dosa recipe in my blog. I know it is simple to make, but this is my favorite.. I eat it always..So how would i not post it in 'MY' blog..Onion dosa is pretty easy to make, but i add some extra special things like coriander leaves and idli podi in mine..I think it taste great that way..

The key to a good onion dosa is the bottom should be crispy but the top should be little bit soft..So you should cook the bottom layer a little longer than the top..I thought of posting it for the letter 'O' for the cooking with alphabets series..

I hope you will like it and tell me how it came out..I am sending this recipe to Blogging Marathan Day 5 with the theme 'Cooking with Alphabets'.

Makes : 1 Huge Dosa

Ingredients:

Dosa Batter - 1 cup( Makes one huge dosa) (Click here for batter recipe)

Idli podi - as needed ( You can buy in any super market)

Onion - 1 large finely chopped

Coriander leaves / Cilantro - 4 tblspn finely chopped

Oil- 3 tblspn

Method:

Heat a tawa on high heat.When it is hot. Take a cup of batter and spread it like dosa(Not so thinly, make it a little thicker)

Sprinkle it with lots of finely chopped onion, coriander leaves and idli podi and press it slightly…

Drizzle some oil all around the sides as well as middle…Let it cook till the botton crisp up.

Flip over carefully and cook only for a min. Drizzle more oil if needed.

Remove and serve hot.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Chop them finely

Take your Homemade dosa batter..Click here for recipe..

Heat your tawa...I got this big non stick tawa for my mother on mother's day..

Spread the dosa

drizzle some oil...This is a huge dosai

sprinkle with onions and coriander leaves generously

This is optional..Take your idli podi (recipe soon)

and sprinkle some over the dosa

When the bottom is golden..Flip over and cook

Serve

Nadan Mutta Curry / Nadan Egg Curry / Keralan Egg Curry

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:43:00 +0000

Hai Guys..Hope everyone is getting ready to enjoy your weekends..I want to take a complete rest because i was so tired of the shopping which we had yesterday..Yes we went for shopping yesterday, we bought the muhurtham saree and some silk sarees..My sister both was on full spirit yesterday and they bought so many salwars for my wedding..That is whole day of tiring shopping...And it is raining heavily here, so i don't want to go anywhere this weekend..Planning to settle down at home and take a nice nap, some blogging and some baking..I am planning to bake a nice mango upside down cake this week, i bought all the stuffs needed for that so don't need to rush..Will let you know the results..

Now coming to the recipe..This one goes for blogging marathan for the theme cooking with alphabets letter "N". I made this some days ago and served it with coconut milk aapam..The combination was so good..This one is a little spicy gravy which is perfect with aapam or dosa or idlis..I made some slashes in the eggs so the juice can go deep inside the eggs..I hope you will like it and tell me how it came out..I am sending this recipe to Blogging Marathan Day 4 with the theme 'Cooking with Alphabets'.

Recipe Source: Yummy O Yummy

Ingredients:

Eggs - 6 hardboiled and peeled (make some slashes in it)

Coconut Oil - 3 tblspn

Onion - 1 finely chopped

Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tblspn

Coriander leaves / Cilantro - 3 tblspn finely chopped

Tomato - 3 pureed

Salt to taste

Sugar - 1 tsp

Whole Spices:

Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp

Dry red Chilli - 2

Curry leaves - 1 spring

Spice powders:

Chilli powde r- 1 tsp

Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tblspn

Cumin powder / Jeera podi -1 tsp

Pepper Powder - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder/ manal podi -1 tsp

Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp

Method:

Heat coconut oil in a kadai. Add all the whole spices and saute for 30 sec.

Add in onions and ginger garlic paste and mix well. Cook this for few minutes.

Add in tomato puree and mix well Cook this till oil separates.

Now add in all the spice powders,salt and sugar and mix well. Cook this for a min.

Now pour some water and bring this to a boil.

Add in cooked eggs and simmer for 10 mins.

Throw in coriander leaves and mix well.

Serve with appam or dosa or roti.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Saute whole spices in oil

add onions to it

add in ginger garlic paste

pour in tomato puree

add some salt and sugar

cook till oil separates

add in the spice powders

and cook again till oil separates

add water

and the cooked eggs

simmer for a while till oil floats on top

garnish with coriander leaves

Serve

Mutta Salna / Egg Salna / Eggs Cooked in a Spicy Coconut Sauce - Thattu Kadai Recipes / Street Food Recipes

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:31:00 +0000

My third day for cooking with alphabets series is with the letter 'M'..I was thinking of so many recipes using this letter, but I didn't have time to cook anything..But luckily I had a post which is pending in my drafts for a while..i checked it and the name starts with the letter M.

If you ever have parota from any road side shop they will serve it with chicken salna or mutta salna..Both are so delicious..This makes a perfect sidedish for roti, parota, dosa or idli..I hope you will love it and tell me how it turned out..I am sending this recipe to Blogging Marathan Day 3 with the theme 'Cooking with Alphabets'.

Ingrediants:

Onion - 1 chopped

Tomato - 1 chopped

Eggs - 3

Green Chilli - 2

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1/2 tsp

For Frying and grinding:

Onion - 1 sliced

Tomatoes - 1 chopped

Coconut - 1/2 cup

Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tblspn

Whole Pepper- 1 tsp

Cinnamon / pattai - 1 inch stick

Curry leaves - 1 spring

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder / Malli podi - 1 tblspn

Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 3 tblspn

Method:

Lets make the masala. Heat Oil in a kadai. Add fennel, pepper and cinnamon. Saute for a min.

Add in onions, curry leaves and cook for 3 mins. Throw in chilli powder and coriander powder . Mix well.

Add in tomatoes and cook till they turn mushy. Add in coconut and saute for 5 mins till they turn golden.

Remove them and make into a fine puree and set aside.

Now add onions, tomatoes and green chilli in a pan. Add water and salt and sugar and cover and cook till they are cooked.

Add in the ground masala and mix well. Cook till oil separates.

Add in the well beaten egg slowly and mix well. Cover and cook for 5 mins.

Serve with roti,dosa or parota.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

saute cinnamon, fennel, pepper in oil

add Onions & Curry leaves

Add tomatoes

add spice powders

add turmeric

and coconut

mix well

add it to blender

make into a puree

Take onion, tomatoes and green chilli in a pan

add water and turmeric powder

throw in some salt

cover and cook

add the ground masala

mix well

cover and simmer

cook till oil separates

pour some beaten egg in

mix well

Cook for a min

Serve

Eggless Mango Cheese Cake ( No Bake, No Cream Cheese, No SpringForm Pan, No Eggs) - Celebrating my 600th Post

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:28:00 +0000

I cannot believe that I am telling you this..YES my little blog has 600 recipes now..YAY!!! You don't know how excited I am, I just can't believe this still..I can see that how much I have cooked in these many days. And one more thing which I wanted to tell you is, I love blogging and cooking..

I want to celebrate this special day with a special post. So I am giving you a very simple, but very yummy and spectacular recipe..It is a No Bake Eggless Mango Cheese Cake..Are you wondering that you can't find cream cheese in your place so you cannot make this recipe, no worries, this recipe doesn't need cream cheese..YES how cool is that..I cannot find cream cheese in my place too..

Do you think that you need spring form pan to make cheese cake these many days..Then please change your thoughts. I don't own a spring form pan. You need to prepare your basic round pan accordingly so that it acts like a spring form pan. It takes a bit of time, but it is totally worth it.

This recipe is so special to me..Because I tried this for the first time, and I can make it close to perfection. The taste was sooooo good, my totally family digged in to it. I got so many compliments for this recipe from my relatives and family. I wanted all of you to try it..I know this will make a special recipe to celebrate this special day..

Check out my other celebration post too.

My 100th post - Cornflakes Chocolate

My 200th Post - Homemade Bounty Chocolate

My 300th post - Tri - Colour Rainbow Cake

My 400th post - Nigella's Sweet & Salty Crunch Nut Bars

My 500th post -Eggless Chocolate Tutti Fruity Biscuit Fudge

I hope you will like it too…

Ingrediants:

For Base:

Biscuit - 30 powdered finely ( I used Milk Bikis, You can use anything)

Butter - 100 gms Melted

For Cheese Layer:

Paneer / Cottage Cheese - 200 gms

Condensed Milk / Milk maid - 1 tin / 400 ml

Sugar - 2 tblspn

Vanilla - 1 tsp

Geletin - 3 tblspn

Mango Puree - 300 ml

For Mango Jelly Topping:

Mango Puree - 300 ml

Gelatin - 2 tblspn

Method:

Start by soaking the gelatin in cold water. You can use all the gelatin given for the cheese layer as well as the amount give for mango jelly and soak it together for around 15 mins till it plumps up.

Now lets make fake spring form pan. Take a round tin. Line it with foil, make sure the foil comes over the top, so that it will be easy to pull the cheese cake later from the tin. Then line it with cling wrap. Then line the bottom with some parchment paper. The cake tin is done.

Now lets make the base of the cheese cake. Take biscuits in a blender and make into a fine powder. Melt some butter in a pan. Switch off the flame and add the powdered biscuit into it. Mix well. Now pour this in the base of the tin and press it slightly and make a even base. Put the tin in the freezer for 10 mins.

Now make the cheese layer. Take paneer, condensed milk, vanilla, sugar in a blender and make into a fine puree. Pour this in a bowl and add 300 ml of mango puree to it. Mix well.

Now take some water in a sauce pan, and bring it to boil. Add the soaked softened gelatin and mix well till they are dissolved. Now pour half of this gelatin mixture to the cheese mixture and mix well. Pour this over the biscuit layer and put it in the freezer for 10 mins.

Now mix the rest of the gelatin in the 300 ml of mango and mix well. Pour it over the cheese layer and return it back in the fridge for 4-6 hours.

Now remove the cheese cake slowly from the pan with the help of foil and cling film and place it over the plate.

Return it back to the fridge till serving. Slice and serve.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Prepare a pan

Soak gelatin in Cold water

Take mangoes in a blender

and puree it

melt butter in a pan

add biscuit powder

and mix well

Line the base of the prepared pan..Put this in the fridge

Take paneer, condensed milk and vanilla in a blender

and make into a smooth puree

add half of the mango puree to this

Now melt the soaked gelatin in some hot water.

mix well till they are melted

Pour half of that in the cheese mixture

and mix well

Pour that in the pan..Put this in freezer for 10 mins.

Now pour the rest to the mango puree

and mix well

Pour that over the cheese layer

Put the whole lot in fridge

remove it from the pan carefully

Slice and Serve

This makes a perfect center piece for party

Eggless Mocha Chocolate ShortBread Bars

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:46:00 +0000

I love coffee and chocolate together. If you are making any cake or shakes using chocolate add a little bit of coffee to it.Coffee has a tendency to wake up the real chocolatyness hidden in the chocolate and improves the flavour. And if you are making anything combining chocolate and coffee, it is called as MOCHA. In the beginning I was wondering what is mocha, hence I found out this.All Clear lets move on to the BARS.

This is a quick instant bites which you can make in no time..This requires some basic ingrediants from your pantry and fridge, Plus it is EGGLESS..So even more special. After this is baked, you can really identify the flavour of coffee in the bars. I totally loved it.I hope you will do the same and tell me if you try any..

Recipe Source: Cooksjoy.com

Ingrediants:

All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 1/4 cup / 150 gms

Powdered Sugar - 1/2 cup / 100 gms

Instant Coffee powder - 1 tsp ( I used I tblspn coffee paste)

Butter - 100 gms / 4 ounces / 1/4 pound

Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Chocolate Chips - 1 cup +1 cup / 300 gms

Method:

Preheat the oven to 170 Degree C / 325 Degree F. Line a baking pan with foil and brush it with butter.

Take flour, sugar and coffee powder in a bowl and mix well.

Add in butter and vanilla and mix well till they form a soft dough.

Add 1 cup of chocolate chips and mix well.

Tip this mixture in the prepared tray and press well evenly.

Bake this in the oven for 20-30 mins.

Remove it from the oven and sprinkle a cup of chocolate chips over that and put it back in the oven for 2 mins.

Take a spoon and smoothen the top so that you get a nice chocolate coating.

Allow it to cool down. Cut into squares and serve.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Line a baking pan with foil and grease it

Take flour in a bowl

add sugar to it

Now add in soft butter

and mix well

Add coffee mixture..You can add coffee powder to flour

now vanilla essence

mix well

add half of the chocolate chips

and mix well

tip this mixture in the pan

and spread it..Bake it

till it is light golden and cooked

Sprinkle some chocolate chips over it and allow it to melt down..Smoothen with a spoon

Cut into squares

Serve

Lemon Yogurt Cake with Citrus Lemon Icing

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:37:00 +0000

My second day in 'Cooking with Alphabet'..Today it is 'L'. If you think of L, the first thing which comes to your mind is LEMON.

"AHEM L for LEMON"

So lets makes some Lemon Custard!!!

Hmmm..May be some Lemon Curd or some Lemon Chicken!!!

Hmmm Still thinking!!!

OK LETS DO LEMON YOGURT CAKE..AHA..

When I saw this cake first, I decided that this is going to on my next baking list. And one fine day I baked it too..It was a lovely time when I baked, it was raining out heavily,,But I had this yummy lemony cake baking my oven..I had no patience to wait till the cake is done..It smelled so heavenly..The lemony aroma spread all over our house..

Even if you are a first time baker, I can promise you cannot go wrong in this cake. This cake turned out to be so soft and moist. I dredged it with a lemony icing which made it even more special..But you don't have to do it.You can keep it plain and simple too.

Hope you love it and tell me what you think..I am sending this recipe to Blogging Marathan Day 2 with the theme 'Cooking with Alphabets'.

Modified from : Ria's Collection

Ingrediants:

All purpose Flour / Maida - 150 gms / 1 1/4 cup

Sugar - 150 gms / 3/4 cup

Eggs- 2

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp

Yogurt - 3 tblspn

Butter - 100 gms / 4 ounces / 1/4 pound

Lemon Juice - 2 tblspn

Lemon Zest - 1 tblspn

For Citrus Lemon Icing:

Icing Sugar / Confectioners Sugar - 1 cup / 100 gms

Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Lemon Zest - 1 tsp

Milk - 1 tblspn or adjust it

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180 Degree C / 360 Degree F. Butter a pan and dust it with flour.

Take flour, baking soda, baking powder in a sieve and sift it well.

Take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and mix well. Beat till fluffy.

Add in eggs and beat again till fluffy and airy.

Add in lemon juice, lemon zest and yogurt and mix well.

Add in the flour mixture and combine well.

Pour this in the prepared tin and bake it for 40-45 mins till the cake is done..Insert a skewer and check.

Let it cool down. Invert it to a plate.

Prepare the icing. Mix icing sugar, lemon juice and milk till you reach a nice consistency. Add lemon zest it and mix well.

Pour this icing on top of the cake.

Slice and Serve.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Butter a pan and dust it with flour

Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda together

take butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl

beat till creamy

add eggs to it

and mix well

add lemon juice and lemon zest

add in yogurt

add the flour mixture

and mix well

Pour it in the pan

and bake it

For icing..You will need icing sugar, lemon juice & Zest and some milk

take icing sugar in a bowl

add lemon juice

add milk

and some lemon zest

mix well..Your icing is done

Inver the cake in a plate

pour the icing over it and sprinkle some lemon zest on top

Slice and Serve

Kaaju Murg Tangri / Oven Roasted Shahi Chicken / Roasted Chicken with Cream & Cashew marination

noreply@blogger.com (Aarthi) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:44:00 +0000

I saw this recipe from one of the cookbook which I got as a compliment with my microwave oven..I prefer cooking chicken in oven rather than in kadai or stove top, the reason is you don't need to add any additional oil or fat to make the chicken crispier, plus it stays moist and succulent. I won't tell you that this particular recipe is fat free or healthy, because there is a good amount of cream as well as cashews going inside this but it is so easy to make..I don't have to stand by the side and check it whether it is cooked or not..Just set the time and go that’s it..But there are lots of chicken recipe in my blog which you can make in the oven which are pretty healthy than deep frying it..

I made this recipe on a cold rainy day..How about having a plate full of this piping hot chicken on that day..Heavenly right..I made some chicken kofta briyani, shahi kofta curry with this..The meal was a complete hit in my house..My sister's loved it a lot..There is something in the marination which makes it so special..The curd, cream added in this recipe makes the chicken more moist. I hope you will all love it and tell me if you tried this..

Ingrediants:

Chicken Drumsticks- 5

Salt to taste

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Lemon Juice - 1 tblspn

For Marination:

Cream - 4 tblspn

Cashew - 4 tblspn powdered

Thick Curd / Greek Yogurt - 5 tblspn

Ginger Garlic Paste- 1 tblspn

Kasuri Methi leaves / Dried Fenugreek leaves - 1 tblspn

Corn Flour / Corn Starch - 3 tblspn

Oil - 2 tblspn + for basting the chicken

Salt to taste

Method:

Take Chicken Drumsticks and make Deep slashes all over it, this makes the marination go into the chicken.

Take those chicken in a non metallic bowl. Add salt, chilli powder and lemon juice and mix well with your hands.Leave them to marinate for 30 mins.

Now lets make the second marination. Take a bowl and add all the stuffs given in the marination list. Mix well with a spoon.

Pour this over the lemon juice marinated chicken and let this marinate for 3-4 hours..If you don't have time marinate it for 30 mins or cook straightaway.

Preheat the oven to 225 Degree C / 450 degree F.

Take a baking tray and line it with foil. Place a baking rack over the tray and place the chicken over it.

Put it in a preheated oven for 45 mins. When 20 mins gets over take the chicken out and flip it over. Baste with some oil and put it back in the oven for 20 more mins.

Set the oven to a grill mode.

Now take the chicken out of the oven and flip it back over and put it in the grill mode for 5 mins so that you will get nice charred bits on the chicken.

Remove from the oven and serve piping hot with mint chutney or as it is..

Pictorial:

Take all your rich ingrediants..You will need some Cornflour too..

make some slashes in chicken

Add salt, chilli powder and lemon juice over that

mix well and let it marinate for a while..

Take some cashews in a mixer

blend it up to a fine powder

Add all the second marination in along with the cashew powder

and mix well

pour it over the chicken

OPPS!! I forgot the cornflour..Please don't be like me..Add cornflour to the marination.

mix well

Place it in a baking rack and bake it..read recipe indtructions..

when it comes out it will be like this

Serve with some mint chutney..Eat it piping hot..