GlanceOf2011

Thanks to 2011 which gave me an opportunity to become an active blogger. Following are few things which I wanted to share in my post - glance of 2011.

I was an infant in kitchen

I am a child now in kitchen

1. Top 5 recipes of the year - 2011

Gun Powder (Sweet) Unde

Copra Pak

Badam Dates Balls

Fruit Salad Oats

Kollu Sundal

2. Best dish of the month

Sep-11 – Sweet Pova

Oct-11 – Diwali_Sweet_Savory

Nov-11- Ullavalu_Rasam

Dec-11 – Crispy Potato Poriyal

3. Best recipe prepared from other blogs

Mosaru Kodabale Mosaru Nipatu from The Chef and Her Kitchen

Banana Chips from Kailas Kitchen

4. Best Meal of the year

Pista Cerelac Vada

5. New things discovered in the year

Cake through Steaming

Preparation of Instant Sweets

6. Best post or picture of the year

Christmas New Year Eve – 2011: This is the best post as my traffic got increased. I learnt how to make cake.

Best Picture: Adi – The Chef, as above.

7. Past and Present Blogroll

In 2009 I started blogging inspired by Sara’s Corner and Dil Se blogs. But I became active only in blogging from September 2011. I had subscribed for the list of blogs in 2009 but frankly half of the mails I couldn’t make myself to check it out. I deleted certain mails today after making a list of them which I subscribed.

Previous year(s) Subscriptions:

Sara’s Corner

Dil Se

Tinned Tomatoes

My Bizzy Kitchen

Chacko’s Kitchen

5 Star Foodie

A feast for the mind

A Life (Time) of Cooking

Chef In You

Cook (almost) Anything at Least Once

Cooking 4 all seasons

Eggless Cooking

Healthy Living with Kelly

Mo’s Kitchen

Natalie’s Kitchen

Nithu’s Kitchen

Sunita’s World

Veggie Belly

Veggie Paradise

Versatile Vegetarian Kitchen

Blogging Women

Following since 2011:

A Girl's Diary..

A2Z Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine

ANU'S HEALTHY KITCHEN

Cuisine Point

Daksha's Vegetarian Recipes World

Debbi Does Dieting... My Dieting Diary

Eggplant To Go

Experiments in Kailas Kitchen

Flavours and Tastes

Foodie's Hope

Indian Khana

Jagruti's Cooking Odyssey

Karnataka - Food Blogs / ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಖಾದ್ಯಗಳು

Kitchen Chronicles

Mharo Rajasthan's Recipes - Rajasthan A State in Western India

One Hot Stove

Padhuskitchen

RICHAS KITCHEN

Ruchi Ruchi Adige

Saffron Trail

Sanghi's Food Delights!

Seduce Your Tastebuds...

Spicie Foodie ~ Spicy Foodie Healthy, Fresh and deliciou

Tasty Appetite

Teczcape-An Escape to Food

The Pumpkin Farm

The Singing Chef

The Veggie Hut

Tickling Palates

Torview

Veggi Fare

Kavirayan

Nankhatai

The Mad Scientist’s Kitchen

The Chef And Her Kitchen

Yummy Tummy

Edible Entertainment

Ancoo Journal

La cucina di cristina

Ruchi

Food Delicious

Simply.Food

Raksha’s Kitchen

Priya’s Easy N Tasty Recipes

Cook Eat Delicious

Priya’s Now Serving

Cuisine Delights

Zesty Palette

Jabeen's Corner

8. Cooking resolutions for the Year 2012

Participate in weekly, biweekly and monthly events

Every 2 to 3 months plan for an event or a giveaway

Remember the blogs followed every month

Give atleast one label in the post which indicates a month name uniquely

Attend Bangalore Bloggers Meet as and when possible

9. Blog Promotions

Facebook

Blog Loving

Bloggers

SITS

Very Good Recipes

Cook Eat Share

Networked Blogs

Friends/Followers Google friend connect

BlogHer

Ontoplist

Blogadda

Blorner

Buzzerhunt

Blog Catalog

Great Cooks

Blogs Top 100 Add

Indian Cooking Challenge

Add Me

Blog Nation

Indi Blogger

Food buzz

Foodista

Food blogs

Blogging Women

10.  Blogs which give information on Events & Roundups.

SaraFoodEvents

Events-n-roundup

DilseFoodEvents

Submitting this post to Best of Year 2011 in Cooking 4 all seasons.


WISH YOU ALL VERY DELIGHTFUL NEW YEAR - 2012.

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Crispy Potato Poriyal

Crispy Potato Poriyal:

I had bookmarked this since a long time from Yummy Tummy by Aarthi.

Potato is an herb. It’s a nick name of my little son, Aadya also. I have named my first son as Aditya and nick name is Tomato because when he was born he was very pink. My little one when he was born was black in color due to breathing problem. Later on he turned to be wheatish brown same as Potato color. When I said this to his dad, he named me as Toyota, my elder son who was studying Science text book (III Standard) he named my hubby as Stomato. Thus is our family :)

I am addicted to Potato like most of the South Indians. They love to add it in their main dishes viz., Sambar, poriyal. Especially for masala dosa this is a must in South India. Instead of the same traditional poriyal I tried a crispy version and thanks to my family they just had it along with rasam rice.

Ingredients:

• Steamed Potato (cut into desired shapes) – 200 gms
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 4 tbsp
• Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – few
• Cilantro/coriander leaves – few (for garnishing)
• Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
• Red Chilli Powder – 2tbsp

Method:

1. Put oil into the kadai (preferably non-stick because it would not require more oil and oil spreads it makes potatoes crispier). I have used my cooker.
2. Add mustard seeds when it splutters add curry leaves
3. Add salt let it get dissolved
4. Add chopped potatoes into the kadai and leave it to get crispier
5. Mix well in between, add turmeric and mix again
6. Sprinkle Red Chilli Powder on top of the potatoes and mix well
7. Garnish cilantro on top of it just before removing the poriyal/curry from the stove

I am happy to send this post to Midweek Fiesta - #9 by Amy at Food Corner.

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EgglessVanillaCake

Eggless Vanilla Cake:

Eggless Vanilla Cake

Adi, Photographer

New Bike

Thanks to Lord who once again bestowed good time on us. This December we brought 5 new things viz., Black colored Sony Cybershot for me, Blue colored Bicycle for my first son – Aditya, Red colored walker for second son – Aadya, Black colored Sony Home Theatre for home, Blue colored Avenger for my hubby. To remember this sweet moment, I made Pillsbury Eggless Vanilla Cake using Cooker. This is the first time I am making cake, hence opted for a cake mix.

Aditya, who will be hooked to TV most of the times, was the photographer and chef who helped me to make it out a success. Sh… you know what, I wanted him to come out of TV world and involve in some activity. -:)

Ingredients

Only 3 things are required to make Pillsbury Eggless Vanilla Cake – Mix, Steam and Serve. It is a cake powder mixed with wheat, vanilla, sugar and other ingredients.

Method:

Mix+Oil

• Mix the powder with 2 spoons of oil, and 100 ml of milk and prepare a batter. Batter should not be thick or thin, it should be medium.

Mix + Oil + Milk

Spongy Cake

Cake + Gems

• Take 5 inch vessel grease it with ghee/oil in the bottom and sides.
• Pour the batter spread it across the greased vessel.
• Take the cooker pour water till 1 inch and immerse a stand which is about 1 inch.
• Keep the greased vessel with batter on the stand and allow it to steam for 30 minutes.
• Keep cooker open for another 5 minutes and allow the smoke to escape.
• Pick a spoon and keep it in the cake and check if it comes out without sticking then the cake is done.
• Garnish with gems 

My Event - Christmas New Year 2011 Eve.

I am pleased to send this to my own event – Christmas_NewYear2011 Eggless Cake with a slogan: I love eggless cake because I could steam it using my cooker without taste variation. It was too spongy than baked one.

Other Events:

This also goes to other events:

Jingle All the Way @ Edible Entertainment by Kavitha.

100 day - Global Food Festival @ Sizzling Tastebuds by Kalyani.

Yummy Dessert @ Pranati’s Kitchen by Pranathi.

Back to Basic Desserts @ Served with Love started by Jaya.

Snacks Mela @ Cooking 4 all seasons by Srivalli.

Sinful Delights @ Zesty Pallete by Vardhini.

Christmas Delicacy @ Erivum Puliyum by Julie.

New Year New Dish @ UK Rasoi by Nupur

Deceptively Delicious – Kid’s Delight Event @ Cook’s Hideout by Pavani started by Valli.

‘Only’ –Cookies & Cakes @ FoodDelicious in Cooking Good Food by Pari.
Mid-week Fiesta - #7 @ Food Corner by Amy.

 
Submitting this to:

It gives me a surprise and also made me happy to see Celebrations 2011 event on Tastebuds. Happy because I am revisiting my post, surprise because it such a great event which made me to revisit my post. Yep, posting new things is only not important, revisiting them is a great thing. Thanks to Smitha.

 Unique Award:  

Last but always on the top of my list, I would like to thank Events-n-Roundups which is maintained by Siri author of Cooking with Siri, Valli of Cooking 4 all seasons & Spice Your Life. Events-n-Roundups is a one place to find many ongoing and completed events. Food bloggers can make use of this blog to find rich number of events and to bring traffic to their place. I am passing an unique award to this blog smile from my little one, Aadya. Reason is because of him I am learning so many recipes in kitchen.

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MiniPuris

Mini Pooris:

Hurray, this was the breakfast on Saturday and as usual, breakfast and lunch is prepared by me. :)

Let’s check what is special in today’s breakfast. 

My elder son, Aditya is keen in eating mini pooris either with chutney or with sago. I had prepared mini pooris for him and mom-in-law prepared chutney.

Poori is South Indian breakfast made from wheat flour also called as Atta. But the dough should be little tighter than chappati.

Once you press the atta into small round shape, fry them in oil. Here is a snap of the same.

Serve it hot with chutney.

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