PANEER MASALA DOSA

Paneer masala dosa sounds pretty interesting right? hahaha well it is. U know guys this paneer masala dosa recipe I call it as 2 in 1 because I did the masala the previous night for dinner with chappati and the next day I ended up stuffing them in dosa naming paneer masala dosa :) So its indeed a good idea to cover up all the leftover items into delicious unique yummies. I served this dosa with ''SWEET POTATO UMMAN'' which was a very good combination.

Paneer masala dosa is somthing unique one I tried from normal masala dosa which are very popular breakfast in South India. They have it with chuntney and sambar. Yumm what a comfort breakfast right? So below is the ingredients that I have used for my paneer masala dosa :)

INGREDIENTS.

Dosa Batter.

500 Grams Paneer.

1 Big Chopped Onions.

1 tbs Chopped Ginger and Garlic.

1 tsp Jeera.

1 tsp Red chilli powder.

2 tsp Coriander powder.

2 tsp Garam masala.

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder.

1 tsp Amchur Powder.

1 tsp Oil.

Salt to taste.

Coriander leaves for garnish.

METHOD FOR PANEER MASALA.

Grate the paneer and keep aside. Heat oil in a kadai, add jeera, ginger garlic and onions. Fry them till the onion are translucent.

Now add red chilli pdr, coriander pdr, turmeric pdr, garam masala and amchur powder. Saute it for a while. Add grated paneer and lastly garnish with coriander leaves and keep aside.

METHOD FOR PANEER MASALA DOSA.

Place a non stick tava.

Pour the dosa batter onto the center of the tava and spread in a circular motion. Put oil on the edges to make the dosa crisp.

Soon as u c the dosa turning slight brown, place few spoon of paneer masala on one side and flip the other side dosa over the masala.

Make sure it is fully covered.

Serve with ur fav dipping.

AWARDS TIME:

''SAVITHA from SAVITHARAJ'S SPICE LAND'' had passed me one award named ''BEAUTIFUL BLOGGER AWARD''. I am so happy to receive from u savitha. U just made my day so good. Really flattered. Thanks again for this precious award.

I would like to pass on this award to all my blogger friends because each an everyone's blog is soo beautiful and perfect with yummy recipes that all deserve this award for sure. So come on guys just grab ur awards :)

Enjoy!!

TAIKILE CHUTNEY FROM APS KITCHEN PLUS AN AWARD.

I was not able to sit in a place when I had a glance at taikile chutney in ''Aparna's blog from aps kitchen''. It remind me the day when I went to her place with my daughter. I must surly appreciate her mom making tikile vada (tikile ambado) , mangalore buns, halwa and few more goodies. I enjoyed to my fullest having those and remaining I packed to my home :) I was not aware of what tikile is. She gave me its chutney for taste which also I loved it and my smera ohhhh boy, she just adore having it as it is and I guess she had almost finished it off :)

I have come acrossed many chutney but the one that really popped my eyes was this chutney. This was entirly new to me. Thus I decided to make them for sure because this is somewhat unique chutney I haven't prepared nor seen. When my loving, talented sweet pal aparna posted this recipe along with the picture of tikilo leaves (cassia tora), I immediatly showed the pic to my fatherinlaw and the very next day he bought it for me. Thats so nice of him na? I prepared this chutney that day itself for dinner with onion dosa. It was just outstanding. The changes I made here is I added grated ginger and lime juice for tangy flavour as the additional of tamarind was less. But this did not compromise the flavour. We enjoyed it so much.

INGREDIENTS.

1 cup washed and drained taikilo leaves.

1/2 cup Grated Coconut.

2 tsp Jeera.

1 tbsp Grated Ginger.

Tamarind (as per needed)

3 Dried Red chillies.

1 tbsp Oil.

Salt to taste.

Lime juice (optional )

METHOD.

Heat oil in a pan. Add jeera, grated ginger, red chillies and coconut and fry till the coconut is semi roasted. Now add the taikilo leaves and fry until leaves have changed their color. Lastly drop in the tamarind and saute for another 2 min.

Transfer it into a bowl add salt and mix well. Add lime juice if u prefer more tanginess.

Serve with idlies or dosa.

AWARDS TIME:

One of my lovly blogger friends ''AIPI'' AND ''ASHA MERNEDI'' has honoured me with this amazing award ''THE VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD'' . Thanks for making my day so special friends. I am soo happy to recieve from both of u.

To accept this award the guidelines are --

Thank the person/people who gave it to you-

Tell 7 things about yourself.-

Pass the award on to 15 bloggers who you think are fantastic.

I have already posted my 7 Facts so please click here.

I would like to pass on this award to all my blogger friends because you all deserve this. Love u all friends :)

Enjoy!!

BANANA FRITTERS / PAZHAM PORI

Banana fritters is the traditional dish in kerala. Its served as a snack along with hot tea. These tastes yummy when the plaintains are ripe. You could know them looking at the skin of banana becomes a bright blacky. These are very quick to make at the same time satisfy our tasty buds. Do try these delighful snack for sure. No doubt everyone, also the kids will love it when its served with vanilla flavoured icecream.


INGREDIENTS.


2 Ripe Nenthran Pazham.

1 Cup Maida.

2 tbsp Rice flour.

1 tbsp Sugar.

Pinch of Soda.

Pinch of Turmeric Powder.

Pinch of Salt.

Pinch of Yellow Colour. (optional)

Water as needed.

Oil for deep fry.

METHOD.

Slice the ripe banana as thin as possible.
Mix all the ingredients one by one. Add water as per needed to make a batter. The consistency must not be very thin nor thick.
Heat oil in a kadai. Now dip each slice of banana into the batter and deep fry carefully. Fry on both the sides till its crispy and slight brown.
Serve hot hot.


Enjoy!!

AWARDS TIME:

''SUPRIYA NAIR'' has surprised me granting me a beautiful awesome ''SUNSHINE AWARD''. I feel good and honoured receiving from you supriya. Thank you for this sweet justure.



I would like to pass on this award to-

''CHAM'' , ''HAPPY COOK'' , ''DIVYA KUDUA'' , ''GITA'' , ''SUSHMA MALLYA'' , ''PRIYA'' , ''APARNA'' , ''MEESO'' , ''VRINDA'' , ''SOWMYA'' , ''BABLI'' , ''JAISHREE''.


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PHAGIL PODI

Phagil is a type of veggie which is prepared as a fried item in mangalorean cuisine. I had no idea before what they prepare of it nor, I dont know its name either. Its the first time I had at my sister's in law home and surly I do loved them. When ''Aparna of aps kitchen'' posted that recipe, I was soo crazed looking at her picture that I was just enough inspired preparing that at home. I truly enjoyed making them and end result came out superb. The changes I made is instead of soaked rice and whole red chillies, I altered rice flour and chilli powder. Therez no exact measurement for this. You can use more or less based upon the quantity and as per taste. Have a look.

INGREDIENTS.

5 to 6 Phagil.

Chilli Powder.

Turmeric Powder.

Hing.

Salt to taste.

Rice flour for coating at end.

Oil for deep fry.

METHOD.

Make a thin slice of Phagil shown as below.

Mix the rest of the ingredients in a bowl except rice flour and marinate them on both the sides of slice. Lastly sprinkle them with adequate rice flour and allow them to rest for half an hour.

Heat oil in pan. Deep fry them till its crispy brown.

Serve hot.

AWARDS TIME:

'BABLI' has passed me one wonderful award ie ''THE 2009 BLOGGER APPRECIATION AWARDS''. Thank you soo much for ur appreciation. Glad to receive from you Babli.

I would like to pass on to

'CHAM' , 'UMA' , 'SUSHMA MALLYA' , 'DEESHA' , 'GITA' , 'VALARMATHI' , 'APARNA' , 'UJWAL' , 'NANDINI' , 'HAPPY COOK' , 'DIVYA'.

DIFFERENT NOTE:

I am so lucky to meet my another blogger pal ''UJWAL OF UJWAL'S KITCHLAB'' at her home. Same as aparna, she too visited mangalore (her home town) from china. We both had conversation through orkut and decided to meet finally. Me and my daughter had a warm welcome by her mom who was soo frank type and so sweet. The moment smera saw ujwal, she become soo close with her. Had a wonderful talking with them and specially regarding treats there were chakli, chips, pan patholi with choon , brown riced ladoos, salty puffs etc. hmmm so yummy it was. My little one too enjoyed herself. She just love meeting new people around and by now 'Ujwal' and 'Aparna' would have known much better about her :).

ENJOY!!

BANANA FLOWER SUKKE ( THORAN )

'Bowndi' is what we call in Konkani. Its one of my favourite vegge but, I prepare rarly at home and the main reason is I hate chopping them which I feel its a hectic job. But here, thanks to my MIL who did for me. I have heard one tips for removing its bitterness is to soak them in the buttermilk. But according to me, this process may result in loosing all nutrients. So I dont prefer those. I just love its flavour a lot. And why not, this banana flower tastes great in any form. My mom makes cutlets out of them which is just incredible in taste. Will try out and will come up with the recipe soon. :)

INGREDIENTS

1 Banana flower.

1 tbsp Urad dal.

1/4 Cup Grated Coconut.

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder.

1 tsp Chilli powder.

1 Green chilli.

1 tsp Mustard seeds.

1 tsp Oil.

Salt to taste.

METHOD.

Remove the outter petals until you get a edible portion. Chop them finely after picking out the sticks and the transparent petals from them. Wash them into water and keep it aside.

Heat the oil in a pan and splutter mustard seends. Add ural dal and stir till it becomes brown. Later add green chilli , the chopped banan flower and salt with some adequate water to cook.

Bring them to boil and simmer for few min till its cooked. Meantime in a bowl, mix the grated coconut with turmeric and chilli powder and keep it aside.

When the banana flower is well cooked, add the coconut mixture and saute them until its completly dry.

Remove and serve hot.

AWARDS TIME:

''PRASU'' has given me ''360 FOODIE AWARD'' , ''BEST BLOG DART THINKER'' , ''PRESENTATION AWARD'' , AND ''I LOVE READING YOUR BLOG AWARD'' . Thanks dear for the precious awards. I am honoured to get from you.

Also ''OVER THE TOP AWARD''. Woo you have showered me with lots of awards dear. Thanks again :). This award goes with a fun meme, which has to be passed on to 6 of your favourite blogs and which has to be answered with only one word.

Here is the meme part:

1. Where is your cell phone: I dont have cell phone :(

2. Your hair: Black.

3. Your mother: Manju v shenoy.

4. Your father: Vasudeva shenoy.

5. Your favorite food: Patravodo.

6. Your dream last night: None.

7. Your favorite drink: All fruit juice.

8. Your dream/goal: There are lots.

9. What room are you in: My Bedroom room.

10. Your hobby: Mainly playing with smera.

11. Your fear: Missing my loved once.

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years: God knows.

13. Where were you last night: Home.

14. Something you aren’t: Bold.

15. Muffins: Good.

16. Wish list item: Its a secret.

17. Where did you grow up: Chennai.

18. Last thing you did: Writing a post on Blog

19. What are you wearing: Nighty.

20. Your TV: ON

21. Your pets: No

22. Your friends: There are lots.

23. Your life: My family.

24. Your mood: It depends.

25. Missing someone: Yes.

26. Vehicle: Dont have my own :(

27. Something you’re not wearing: Mini skirts :)

28. Your favorite store: Kohls.

29. Your favorite color: Black.

30. When was the last time you laughed: My daughter makes me laugh any time. Just few min b4.

31. Last time you cried: ( Funny question ).

32. Your best friend: Mom.

33. One place that I go over and over: Gokarnath temple.

34. One person who emails me regularly: None.

35. Favorite place to eat: Any place with my loved once.

I would like to pass on to ''SIREESHA'' , ''SUSHMA MALLYA'' , ''CURRY LEAF'' , ''BABLI'' , ''SUKANYA RAMKUMAR'' , ''HAPPY COOK''.

Congratulation gals :)

Enjoy!!

RAGI IDLI WITH CORIANDER CHUTNEY

This is simple and elegant breakfast that I rarely do it on sunday's. I was very much interested to make ragi idlies and I tried this from ''RAMYA'S BLOG''. Her pictures were just enough to push me into making this and also somthing different from the normal ones. I followed her quantity of ingredients exactly as she described without changing anything. It was too good. Thanks ramya for the fabulous healthy idli.

Chutneys are always quick to prepare and does not need much ingredients. 'Coriander chutney' is one of my favourites of all and goes well with dosa and idlies. This chutney can be prepared in matter of minutes. The most I love in this chutney is the dark colour and appealing. Also the freshness of mint leaves with a mild flavour of garlic makes this chutney fabulous.

INGREDIENTS.

1 Bunch of Coriander leaves.

1/2 Cup Mint leaves.

1 Small Tomato.

3 pods of Garlic.

2 tsp Chopped Ginger.

2 Green chillies.

1/4 Cup Grated Coconut.

1 tsp Oil.

Salt to taste.

METHOD

Heat some oil in a pan. When it gets slight warm add garlic and ginger. Fry them its raw flavour disappers. Then add green chillies and tomato. Saute them for a while. Then add coconut and finally the mint and coriander leaves with a pinch of salt. Allow the mixture to cool. Put everything in the blender and blend them smoothly. Add water if required. Transfer them into the bowl. Serve with ragi idlies.

AWARDS TIME.

''SRILEKHA'' has passed me ''DIAMOND FRIENDS GIFT AWARD''. Woo this is an awesome award dear. I am flattered. Thanks for passing it on to me.

I would like to pass on to
''CHAM'' , ''HAPPY COOK'' , ''VRINDA'' , ''MEESO'' , ''NANDITHA PRABHU'' , ''BHARATHY'' , ''CYNTHIA'' , ''APARNA'' , ''UJWAL'' , ''JAISHREE'' , ''LAVANYA''.

Congrates gals.

Enjoy!!

ANOTHER TAG AND AWARDS

I've been tagged by a sweet talented ''BHARATHY''

The rules :

1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share the ABCs of you.
4. Tag 4 people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
5. Let the 4 tagged people know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so that there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag.

The Tag:

1. A – Available/Single? Married :)

2. B – Best friend? Mom, Rajesh(hubby) & school mates.

3. C – Cake or Pie? Cake

4. D – Drink of choice? All fruit juice.

5. E – Essential item you use every day? My Laptop.

6. F – Favorite color? Blue.

7.G–Gummy Bears Or Worms? Gummy bears.

8. H – Hometown? Kerala.

9. I – Indulgence? Malaysian foods.

10. J – January or February? Both because Jan is my hubbies b day and Feb my daughter's b day.

11. K – Kids & their names? One and only 'SMERA'

12. L – Life is incomplete without? The people whome I love the most.

13. M – Marriage date? May 18th

14. N – Number of siblings? One elder caring brother 'Sujeeth'

15. O – Oranges or Apples? Like both.

16. P – Phobias/Fears? Travelling alone.

17. Q – Quote for today? Think first and speak afterwards.

18. R – Reason to smile? My cutie 'Smera'.

19. S – Season? Spring

20. T – Tag 3 People? Scroll down to have a look.

21. U – Unknown fact about me? Advising me for no reason makes me sick.

22. V – Vegetable you don't like? I like all.

23. W – Worst habit? Very tough to accept my own mistake.

24. X – X-rays you've had? Nothing so far.

25. Y – Your favorite food? Patravodo, all chicken and fish starters.

26. Z – Zodiac sign? Aries.

I'm supposed to tag 4 more.. Please leave a message in the comment box, those you are willing to take up the tag or else the first 4 buddies who leave comments here are tagged ;).

Dear friend ''APARNA'' AND ''UJWAL'' has presented me ''HONEST SCRAP AWARD'' Thanks a lot for the sweet justure dear's.



Requirements:

I must thank the person who gave me the award and list their blog and link it.
I must list 10 honest things about myselfI must put a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on my blog.
I must select at least 7 other worthy bloggers & list their links
I must notify the bloggers of the award and hopefully they will follow the above three requirements also.

Let me start with my 10 honest things.

1. My hubby and my little one is my world to me. Cannot think of my life without them.

2. I like to be fit and healthy till the end of my life so that I could eat anything what I want. :)

3. I hate the people those who don't take care of kids or those who discriminate them.

4. I feel great when somone appreciates me on my work.

5. Waiting for the day for the reunion with my school freinds.

6. Love cooking with my hubby.

7. I seriously dont like getting up early in the morning and making breakfast. I am lazy guys and I know many of you are also there :)

8. I love to be alone in solitude.

9. I admire nature and great singers.

10. Last but no the least I want my little gal 'SMERA' to become a good person with all good qualities.

Now its time to tag and I am gonna tag,

'HAPPY COOK' , 'PARITA' , 'CHAM' , 'MADHAVI' , 'NANDITHA PRABHU' , 'PURVA' ,
'PRIYA'.

AWARDS TIME:
I would like to thank 'AMMU' for passing me awards of ''YUM YUM BLOG AWARD'' , ''A GIANT BEAR HUG AWARD'' AND ''360 FOODIE AWARD''. Thank you soo much for keeping my day very special.

ENJOY!!

AWARDS AND TAG

I have been lucky enough to get more adorable awards currently by one of my favourites fellow bloggers ''UMA'' and ''SIREESHA''. Thank you so much for giving me this prestigious awards. Will cherish them forever.

And here are some of the 'Tags' I received:

1. What is your current obsession?

Ofcourse its Blogging.

2. What are you wearing today?

Wearing Maroon chudidhar.

3. What’s for dinner?

Rontos and Tooy(Konkani item)

4. What’s the last thing you bought?

I bought 'RED FROCK' for my cute smera.

5. What are you listening to right now?

I can only hear my naughty gal voice.

6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?

She is so talented and very lovly sweet person.

7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world ,where would you like it to be?

Any place where my hubby take me.

8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?

Hat and Sunglasses for style.

9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?

I would love to visit 'Manali' and 'Mauritius'.

10. Which language do you want to learn?

Specially Kannada so that I could help my daughter in that subject.

11. What’s your favourite quote?

If you judge people, you have no time to love them - Mother teresa.

12. Who do you want to meet right now?

My Mom

13. What is your favourite colour?

Black, Pink and Blue

14. What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own closet?

All my dress are favourite to me.

15. What is your dream job?

Professional Singer.

16. What’s your favourite magazine?

Women's era and Fairy tales.

17. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?

I would buy somthing for my kiddo and also some home decor stuffs and finally have a wonderful dinner in my fav restaurent.

18. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?

Wearing stylish tops with jeans.

19. Who are your style icons?

None.

20. Describe your personal style.?

I am a sensitive and simple person who likes to live my life as I want.

21. What are you going to do after this?

After writing this, i am gonna post it. hahahaha

22. What are your favourite movies?

Nandanam, Chak de India, Bhagban.

24. What are three cosmetic/makeup/perfume products that you can't live without?

My face cream, eye liner and rarely perfume (not that much must)

23. What inspires you?

Beauty of nature.

24. Give us three styling tips that always work for you:

Simple dressing, matching jewellry and decent hairstyle.

25. What do you do when you “have nothing to wear” (even though your closet’s packed)?

Will tell my hubby for shopping :)

26. Coffee or tea?

Just one time coffee in evening.

27. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?

I sit alone outside for a while.

28. What is the meaning of your name?

Suma meaning Flower.

29. Which other blogs you love visiting?

I love all the blogs.

30. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?

Caramel custard and Fruit salad. (still there are lots)

I am adding one more:

31. Favourite Ornaments.

One an only ''Earrings''.

**The rules are: Respond and rework – answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, and add one more question of your own. Then tag eight or ten other people.

I am passing the awards and also I am gonna tag,

BHARATHY, JAISHREE , USHA , PRITI , APARNA , VALARMATHI , MEESO , POORNIMA NAIR.

Congratulation gals and enjoy!!.

100 TH POST AND 1 ST ANNIVERSARY OF MY BLOG PLUS A LONG BREAK.

Yuppyyyy...Here comes my century post, also celebrating my 1 st anniversary of my blog on a same day. Frankly speaking I really feel proud :). May 5th, the day I started my own food blog and entered blogging world. It had been soo exciting and fun year participating many events, visiting many talented blogs, etc etc. Through this, I earned lots and lots of love and support from many blogger friends. Blogging has become an important activity along with the other chores. With a great encourgement and positive feedback of one of my close blogger friend ''BHARATHY'' and a huge support from my loving hubby ''RAJESH'', I could possibilly start my blog. Later with sweet comments and appreciation from all you guys, my close friends which is a sole reason, motivated me to continue my blogging journey till today. Thanks all once again for your love and support and hope this will remain always. I truly appreciate. Special thanks and love to my ''AMMA'' too. Everytime when I post new recipe, she surly does suggest her comments while chatting :)

On this special day, I would like to treat you all with simple, delicious and delightful ''AAM RAS''. Its soo simple that at anytime, you can prepare within no minute. I am not giving specific measurement. You can add more or less depending on what you like. Try adding fruits into aam ras to make ''Mango Flavoured Fruit Salad''. Its very yummy.



INGREDIENTS
Mango pulp.

Sugar.

Milk.

Cardamom powder.

Saffron.

METHOD

Beat everthing into the blender for about 20 sec.

Serve chill. Make it more attractive garnishing with fresh strawberry.


AWARDS TIME.
''SUDESHNA'' have showred me with tons of awards. Thanks a lot dear. So happy to receive from you. They are ''BLOGGING WITH A PURPOSE AWARD'', '' FRIENDS AWARD'', ''YUM YUM BLOG AWARD'', ''360 FOODIE AWARD'', ''A PERFECT BLEND OF FRIENDSHIP AWARD'', ''KREATIVE BLOGGER AWARD'', ''GREAT BUDDY AWARD'', ''I'M A CHOCOHOLIC AWARD'', ''BUTTERFLY AWARD'' AND ''GOOD JOB AWARD''.
TAKING A LONG BREAK.
Friends, We are in process of moving to India permanently within next 2 weeks. So my upcoming days will be really hectic and busy with shopping, packing, selling my furnitures and mainly cleaning my apartments before we leave. On this special day, I am ending up my last post in US and will be back once I settle down in Mangalore. Till then, will miss you all and dont forget to miss me tooo :)

DIFFERENT NOTE:
Our friends organised one send off party for us last weekend. Thats soo sweet of them na? We truly enjoyed the day chatting, playing games, watching adorable kid's play together and finally the food, oh man! that was just heavenly. I would grade it as ''A PLUS''.
I did not get a chance to click on all the items together because, few of them were on process :). We all were soo tempted to taste the food that we already started digging into it. Luckily, I tried my best to have atleast one snap. Because I knew, if I waited further, then there wont be any use clicking a snap later. So herez the click of half menu items on the table. So now all can guess what a wonderful yummy feast I have experienced. Lucky me right?
Thank you soo much guys for making our day very special. You all are the best. It was a lovly evening.
Enjoy!!

PUTTU WITH KADALA CURRY

This is an exoctic dish from kerala cuisine served as a breakfast item. Puttu is served not only with kadala curry but its also served with banana and pappadam which my fatherinlaw loves a lot. You can use ragi powder too instead of rice powder. For more attractive and healthier version try adding grated carrots or beetroots or radish along with the puttu mix. Usually for puttu, brown coloured chickpeas is used. But here I tried with white chickpeas which also tasted good.

INGREDIENTS FOR PUTTU.

Puttu Powder.

Salt to taste.

Water as per needed.

Coconut grated.

METHOD.

Mix in puttu powder with salt using water little by little. The puttu powder must be moist. So make sure dont add more water. Its done when we make a ball out of that powder and it gets crumble. This must be the right consistency. In a puttu maker, fill the down layer with few grated coconut then a part of puttu powder then add another handful of coconut. It be should be repeated till you reach the top of the maker. Steam them till its done nearly for about 6 to 7 min.

INGREDIENTS FOR KADALA CURRY.

FOR GRINDING.

1/2 Cup Grated Coconut or coconut pieces.

2 tbsp Coriander seeds.

2 Dry Red Chillies.

4 Peppercorns.

2 cloves.

2 inch Cinnamon stick.

2 tbsp Onion chopped.

1 tsp Tamarind extract.

METHOD.

Dry roast all the ingredients till you gets all rosted and forms into borwn colour. I just love its aroma at the end.

Cool it and grind using few drops of water. Keep it aside. If the masala is grinded without using water, then that can be stored nearly for 1 month in an air tight container.

FOR GRAVY.

11/2 cup Boiled Chickpeas along with its stock.

1 Chopped Onions.

1 Chopped Tomatoes.

1 tsp Jeera.

Salt to taste.

1 tsp Oil.

Coriander leaves for garnish.

METHOD.

Heat oil in a pan, add jeera and ry onions till it turns transulent. Add tomato and required grounded paste. Stir for a while. Lastly add the boiled chickpeas along with its stock. Season with salt and bring to boil. Garnish with coriander leaves.

AWARDS TIME.

My friend 'SHUBHA' who is very talented, and an awesome friend has passed me one new lovly award ''I LOVE YOUR BLOG AWARD''. Thank for considereing me for this glorious treat. I truly agree with you shubha that we feel very good and special when somone says they loved our blog.

Now the passing time to 5 bloggers ..

RANJI , CHAM , ASHA , BHARATHY , HAPPY COOK.

Enjoy!!

TOMATO SOUP

Soups are the best appetizers and most common among them is tomato soup. I was very tempted to make this tomato soup when I browsed ''SIREESHA'S'' blog. Shez soo adorable and an excellent cook indeed. Now shez on break to India and hope she join our blogging world soon. Miss you sireesha and also your yummy recipe. Her soup ingredients was very simple and inviting that I decided to make the very next day also that was her microwave preparing. The change I made is I added fryed bread pieces on the top to make it a crispy bite while slurping hot soup.


INGREDIENTS.

4 Ripe Steamed Tomatoes.

3 Cloves of Garlic.

1 Chopped Onions.

1 tbsp Butter.

2 tbsp Cornflour.

3/4 cup Milk.

Salt and pepper to taste.

Fryed Bread pieces for garnish.

METHOD.

In a microwave container add tomato, garlic, onions and salt. Micro high for about 7 to 8 min.

Remove tomato's skin and puree the mixture in blender.

Melt butter in microwave for 10 sec. Combine flour and stir briskly making sure not to from any lumps and micro for another 1 min. Thus the flour leaves its raw taste.

Slowly add milk and give it a quick brisk. Add tomato mixture and micro again for about 5 min.

Add required amount of salt and pepper to salt and finally garnish with croutons or any of your favourites.

This i s my entry to ''FALL IN LOVE (FIL) WITH FOOD : TOMATO''

AWARDS TIME:

UMA, JAISHREE, VIBAAS, has presented these beautiful awards. So honoured from you guys to receive this. Thanks a lot dear friends.

I would like to share all these awards with

RANJI , BHARATHY , CHAM , ASHA , MEESO , VANDANA , CURRY LEAF , MADHUMATHI , NOTYET 100 , SOWMYA , DIVYA VIKRAM , HAPPY COOK.

I know most of them has recieved these awards before. Kindly accept from my side too :)

Enjoy gals !!

EGG MUFFINS

Are you a egg lover? If Yes do try this tasty and healthy snack. Its soo fluffy and moist that anyone can have it at any time. It would be somthing new for the kids rather that offering them an omelet or scrambled one or Indian type bhurjies so n so.This would be a lovly platter for them if its garnished with their favourite sause specially tomato ketchup because my kiddo love just the same way :) . This is also served as an breakfast item. It makes whole some filling when you have it along with fresh juice. Any of ur favourites veggies or non- veg like sliced ham, bacon shredded chicken can also be added in the egg mixture. The measurement I have specified is apporoximate amounts as you can put more or less depending on what you like.

INGREDIENTS

5 Eggs.

1 Chopped Spring Onions.

2 tbsp Chopped Tomatoes.

1/4 Cup Milk.

2 tbsp Chopped Capsicum.

2 tbsp Chopped Mushrooms.

1/4 Cup Grated Cheese.

Salt and pepper to taste.

METHOD

Preheat oven for 350 degree.

In a bowl, beat eggs and whisk it. Add each ingredient one by one.

Grease the muffins tray and fill the mixture about 3/4 th of the way.

Bake them for atleast for half an hour or until a knief inserted comes out clean. When its done loosen them around with a knife.

Garnish with ur favourites items.

AWARDS TIME.

YASMEEN has passed me one new award ''YOU'RE A SWEET AWARD'' . Thats soo sweet of u yasmeen. Thanks.

JAISHREE has passed me another 2 more cute awards which is ''CIRCLE OF FRIENDS'' AND ''YUM YUM BLOG AWARD''. Thanks for considering me for this glorious treat.


I would like to pass on this award to all my ''Bloggers Friends''. You all rock with ur delicious recipe.

Enjoy!!