Avacado n Banana Yoghurt Smoothie

After trying out Pops with Avacado My husband wanted a Smoothie out of Avacado, Saw my fruit basket n had some more bananas left, whipped out a delicious smoothie with yoghurt, It wassssss delicious.
Sending this to Priya Mitharwal's Veggie/ Fruit a Month- Avacado



You need:
Avacado        1nos ( Pitted n Flesh Scooped)
Banana           1nos
Yoghurt          1cup
Sugar             2tbsp
Ice

Jackfruit seeds n Peas Masala

Jackfruit is all over here, after eating those succulent fruits, most of us throw away the seeds, but dont do it next time coz you can make wonderful tasty gravies with those seeds, just dry them out in the sun, peel the white skin n the brown one, the seeds are ready to be used in your curries. I usually make Palakottai Pachai Payiru Kuzhambu i.e,. Moong Dal gravy with jackfruit seeds. But this

Avacado Yoghurt Pops

Wanted to try something different today, so thoght why not try popsicles with avacado. Blended with yoghurt these pops were absolutely delicious. Added few frozen Strawberry pieces to these pops n voila!! it totally added a new taste to the pops. Sweet avacado n tangy strawberry combo was a great hit in my house.
Sending this Delicious Pops to Priya Mitharwal's Veggie/ Frit a month- Avacado

Cauliflower leaves Pakoda/ Fritters

Some events really make us think imaginative. I've never imagined that I would be making pakodas out of cauliflower leaves which we usually throw away. This pakoda was perfect for a tea time snack n was delicious. Sending these pakodas to Nithu's Best out of Waste event



You need:

Cauliflower leaves                 1/4cup( chopped)
Onion  (sliced)                      1nos
Besan Flour

Avacado n Fig IceCream with Strawberry Ripple

Summer is at peak now n something frozen is the fridge is always delightful. Got some avacados n fresh Figs from the supermarket the other day, n thought why not make it in to n icecream. The icecream tasted delicious, with the smooth avacado, n little fig seeds n with a beautiful strawberry ripple in between.
The figs was less sweeter this time so I had to add little more sugar. You can adjst

Ridge Gourd Peel Kootu

Ridge gourd Peel Kootu is a simple dish which I learnt from my aunt. Its like a kind of a comfort food to me. I would call it meal in a bowl rather than Kootu coz of the addition of Rice. Yes! Rice is roasted, coarsely powdered n added to the kootu. This rice is callled "Pori Arisi" n it adds to the superb taste of the kootu. You can have it as a side dish or just have them on their own. This is

Recipe featured in 'THE HINDU'

I am very happy to tell you all that one of my recipe  "Dhodal" , is  featured in the "METRO PLUS" of "THE HINDU"  . Its published under" MY GRANDMA'S RECIPE" . Dhodal is my hubby's favorite sweet made from coconut milk.


Here is the link of the featured recipe in the newspaper:
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/06/26/stories/2010062651331100.htm

Vengaya Parotta/ Fried Onion Parotta

Vengaya Parotta is a special dish made for Son in laws in the coastal district of Nagapattinam. It is  deep fried n served with Chicken or Mutton gravy. Since this is a special dish this can be had only during special occasions as it is loaded with calories. Pearl onions or small onions are used in this dish. If not you can also use normal onions too. Sending this to Healing food- Onion guest

Cauliflower Stalks n Carrot Pachidi

Pachidi is either sweet or sweet n sour. It is can be had as an accompaniment to biryanis, Pualo etc.,
Pachidi is made with a vareity of vegetables n fruits. Today I made this pachidi with cauliflower stalks n Carrot. It turned out absolutely delicious n was perfect with the Pulao n Mutton gravy. I used Vinegar instead of tamarind extract to get a lighter coloured pachidi. N if you dont have

Melting Moments

Vacation has started, having a hungry kid around needs to have a good stock of goodies in the house. So made these melting moments yesterday, True to its name it was truly melting n the mouth n looked like little white rocks. Made from the cookie book My uncle gave. Since I used Salted Butter I ommitted the Salt in the recipe. Very easy to make n absolutely delicious. Sending these to Baking From

Carrot Dosai with Broccoli Stalks Chutney

Making our children eat veg is quite a hard task, You really have to make them invisible to make them eat. One such recipe is Carrot Dosai. It is very simple to make n the kids will surely gobble them without knowing that there are carrots in them, another is my Broccoli stalks Chutney. What a could be a better way to use the broccoli stalks that we usually throw away. Made Chutney from it and to

MW Spicy Masoor Dhal with Corn

This is the first time Im making Dhal in Microwave, n I got it right, Was having a packet of Masoor Dhal n Didnt known what to do, used some to make out adai, but didnt know what do. When Priya Of Mharo Rajasthan Recipes posted Masala Masooor Dal I thought why not give it a try. Usually I try to add in many vegetables in my Dhals to make it more healthier . Since this was microwave version I

Paneer Stuffed French Toast- Global Kadai

 Paneer Stuffed French Toast  does it sound interesting! True, few events really bring out the best from us n Global Kadai is one such event. Usually I used to make Spicy French Toast as the Indianised version  to  the sweet one, But I wanted to make something different so here I come with Paneer stuffed French toast. I got this inspiration from a TV show, saw some mozerella stuffed french toast

Vadai

Happy Father's Day !!! Today Im  going to post one of my father's fav- Vadai. He loves them very much especially with Pongal. Making Vadai may seem easy but  not true, Yes! You need to grind the Urad dhal in the perfect way to get the perfect Vadai. Still remember hot oil splashing on my hands every time I drop vadai into hot oil before marriage, but now Iv mastered it. This is my way of making

Paruppu Adai/ Mixed Lentils Pancake

Paruppu Adai is surely an all time fav, I feel as though Ive had my days nutrients from one adai especiallly served with Avial. There are many recipes for ,making adai n this is very easy to ,make, you can try out any combination of lentils. Here Ive added  rice for crispiness n masoor dal vor a vareity. This adai was delicious n went perfect with Spicy coconot chutney. The secret for the perfect

Parotta

Made Parotta yesterday with Chicken curry made from a special masala. Yes Special Coz my Dad bought me this masala when I went to India  few months back. Back in my childhood days my father used to buy this masala from Delhi, n the chicken curry prepared with this masala tastes absolutely divine. Now it is available in Chennai n I was very happy when my father  got me a set of the masalas, from

Soccer Mania- Event Announcement

Hai Friends, Back again with a new event with the theme " Soccer Mania".  Soccer fever is all over the world and when i was chatting with Kiran  of Sumadhura today morning she asked me if I could kick start a new event related to Soccer, Since this has been in my mind for a few days, I told her that I would give a try.
Googled a few sites, n at last landed on this event Soccer Mania.



 Make

Instant Oats n Ragi Dosai

When cleaning my grocery box found a packet of Ragi flour which I purchased two months back, but totally forgot about that. Searched my fellow blogger friends blogs n finally landed on Usha's Veg Inspirations. The recipe captivated so much coz the dosas were not only easy to make but was fully nutritious with ragi, oats n wheat. Wanted to give my touch to the dosas , hence I reduced the amount of

Pani Puri/ Gol Gappe- ICC

Making Pani Puri is always a dream for me coz Whenever I tried making the puris it would be a total disaster, this time it was a success. Yeah! finally In made Pani Puri from scratch, it was a total hit n the whole  plate got finished within minutes. My puris was smaller than the normal size so it didnt hold lot of filling. Added chopped Onions as my hubby likes them very much in chaat items. And

Onion n Lemon Sambal

Once again Posting a vareity of Sambal. This is spicy, sour n perfect accompaniment for all dishes. It just needs onions, preserved lemon, coriander stalks, gravy n green chilli. Yes, gravy chicken, mutton, dhal gravies would absolutely suit this. Ive used Muttai Paruppu Kuzhambu to make this sambal. Another star ingredient here is the coriander stalks, which we usually throw away. It adds an

Muttai Paruppu Kuzhambu/ Egg Lentil Gravy

This khuzhambu is one of the easiest n tasty gravy to make. You can make this gravy with either Tur Dhal or Moong Dhal. Using moong Dhal gives you a very mushy consistency. For making this I prefer to Use Tur Dhal. You can also add vegetables like potato, carrots, beans, Bottle  gourd, Broad beans etc., etc., instead of egg. This is little bland n goes perfect with Aliyar Sambal, Prawn fry etc.,

Twenty-20 Round up-2

Here Iam giving you all the second round up of  the twenty-20 Cooking event. This round up consists of side dishes, gravies, tiffins n snacks.

Lets move to the round up

Veg. Side dishes:



(a) Simple beetroot Saasime/ Curry from Swapna Acharya of Simple Veg Cooking
(b) Simple Beetroot Poriyal from PJ of Seduce your tastebuds
(c) Easy Tomato Kothsu from Denny Lucas of Oh Taste n See
(d)

Aliyar Sambal/ Spicy OnionSambal

Onions plays the vital role in our cooking. It has many medicinal values too. You still can cook a few dishes skipping onions, but there are few dishes in which you cannot ommit them at all. When I had to cook without onions for two months I found that there are few dishes which cannot be made without them. So I have chosen 5 recipes like that n would be sending it to event guest hosted by Priya.

Twenty-20 roundup 1

Hai Friends!! After a long gap of three weeks Im here again in the blogging world. Really missed blogging. Life is just back to normal now n my kid is fine. Thanks to all the friends for your caring words n prayers.
Coming to the event Its a success !! n once again thanks to all the blogger friends who made my first event a huge success. Sorry for the late roundup, was busy with my son. Recieved