MasoorDal-MysoreDal

Hi All,

I am back again on 4th day of blogging marathon with a simple dal called masoor dal. As per the understanding some sweet/savory should be  cooked using different dals, but I couldn't do anything due to the following reason:

Red Lenthils

My older son is not well due to throat ache and fever, and once I reach home @ 7pm my little son will be waiting at the door step to hug me and play with me. My mom-in-law would have become so tired bcoz of my naughty little son, so once I go to home, she will handover the kitchen and this little rascala to me. 

Yesterday she had prepared only rasam in the afternoon and my turn was to prepare something for dinner along with rice. I have a super doper brain and I thought of preparing this easy Masoor Dal which will give me a post in the morning. Masoor Dal is also called as Mysore dal or red lenthils. 

Inspired by the posts of Aarthi's blog  I thought let me copy atleast  the method of naming my pictures.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of Masoor Dal
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds

And the other ingredients as shown in picture:

• 2 chopped onions
• coriander leaves - few 
• curry leaves - few 
• 2 tsp salt and
• 1 1/2 tbsp sambar powder

 

Method:

• Cook Masoor dal with tomato and 1 tsp of turmeric in cooker for 3 to 4 whistles
• Heat Oil in a kadai
• Add mustard seeds and wait till it splutters, add curry leaves, salt and onions and sauté till they become translucent.
• Add sambar powder allow it to boil for sometime 
• Finally, add cooked dal and allow it to boil for some more time

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Dal-Palak

Dal-Palak:

It’s great to be in blogging marathon, everyday my blog is getting a new post in this week. My recipes include variation due to seeing other fellow bloggers way, the food is done. Thanks to Srivalli towards this idea. And comments passed by other fellow bloggers motivate each other.

This is my 3^rd day in blogging marathon and as you already know I have opted to cook “Seven Days of Delicious Dals”. Today’s Dal is Toor Dal/Tuvaram Paruppu / Togari Bele  / Kandi Pappu.

Ingredients:

• Toor Dal – 2 cups
• Palak – 1 bunch
• Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
• Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
• Coriander Powder – 1 tbsp
• Green Chillies – 3 to 4 (chopped)
• Cooking Oil – 2 to 3 tbsp (I use Dhara – Groundnut oil)
• Curry Leaves – few
• Cilantro - few
• Salt to taste
• Water to cook dal

Method:

1. Cook dal for 4 to 5 whistles (depending on the dal)
2. Wash and chop palak into small pieces
3. In a kadai heat little oil and add mustard seeds wait till it splutters and add curry leaves
4. Add salt and once it dissolves, add palak fry them nicely in oil till it is cooked
5. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, chopped green chillies and mix them well with palak
6. Finally add cooked toor dhal to palak and leave it for 5 to 10 minutes until it boils
7. Serve it hot with Puris.

Yummy, this is my breakfast for today along with Puris..

Submitting this to:Blogging Marathon @ Spice your Life by Srivalli

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 12

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Poriyal Podi-urad dhal

Poriyal Podi-urad dhal:

It’s the second day of Blogging Marathon, and I have not broken my promise, of making one variety of dhal out of Seven Days of Delicious Dals.

UradDhal+RedChilli

While cooking, powders viz., Sambar Powder, Rasam Powder, Poriyal Podi/Palya Powder/Curry Powder will help you to make the things easily. Powders is not only restricted to these you can make anything which you feel it would be a must for your cooking. Other Powders are Masala Powder, cardamom powder, fenugreek powder, dry ginger powder. You name the ingredient a powder can be made out of it.

Today, I have selected urad dhal to make curry powder or poriyal podi.

Ingredients:

• Urad dhal – 50 gms
• Ground nut seeds – 100 gms
• Fried Gram – 50 gms



Fried Gram Dhal

• Red Chillies – 50 gms

Method:

1. Roast urad dhal till reddish brown or a kind of aroma comes out
2. Roast red chillies but watch out it might get burnt out if it is roasted more, it should be roasted either with one teaspoon of oil or without any oil
3. Roast ground nut seeds
4. Remember, roast everything separately



Curry Powder/Poriyal Podi

5. Add roasted ingredients with fried gram dhal and grind them to make a fine coarse powder

Today’s breakfast was Aloo Rice which is made so easily due to this curry powder. Here is the recipe:

• Chop aloos into small pieces
• Heat 2 tsp of oil in cooker
• Add mustard seeds wait till it splutters
• Add curry leaves and powdered salt
• Add chopped aloos to the above mixture and mix well
• Leave it for 3 whistles
• Once it cools down add curry powder and mix well
• Serve it with cucumber raita.

Submitting to:

Blogging Marathon @ Spice your Life by Srivalli

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 12

 

Let’s Cook – Rice @ Tickling Palatea by Radhika

 

MLLA series is a monthly blog hop started by Susan @ The Well Seasoned Cook. Claire is hosting this month - Jan 2012 MLLA, the legume is "Dal" hence submitting this to her post which is a 43rd blog hop.

 

Sweet Heat Chilli Challenge is started by Lyndsey on Vanilla Clouds and Lemon Drops. This month is a 4th edition hosted by Michelle on Food, Football and a baby.

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Tomato Rice (direct)

Tomato Rice (direct):

Searching/Juggling for a breakfast every day morning is really difficult. I feel so bad because if I do new things my family members will try it out and pass a comment, "its good".

But, if I try traditional ones, I will get a comment from my hubby "did you eat? is it good? nobody in the house had it except you". In office, if I share the same they will pass a comment saying, "Its good". Seriously I am tired and don't know how to understand taste of my own family. Speaking truth is bitter sometimes, but I don't have a go except for sharing with you all.

I tried out tomato rice today, in the way my mom-in-law used to cook.

Ingredients:

• Ripped Tomatoes - 6
• Salt to taste
• Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Cilantro - few (chopped)
• Turmeric Power - 1 tsp
• Dhaniya/Coriander Seeds Powder - 1 tbsp
• Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
• Green Chillies - 3 to 4
• Fenugreek seeds+Mustard seeds - grinded powder - 1 tsp
• Jaggery - small one (just for taste)
• Oil - for tadka
• Urad dal - 1 tbsp
• Channa dal - 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds to it, once it splutters, add curry leaves to it.
2. Add urad dal, channa dal, salt to the oil and leave till it turns reddish brown
3. Add chopped ripped tomatoes to the above mixture and mix them well
4. Add little water and leave tomatoes to become soft for 10 minutes
5. Add chopped green chillies, red chilli powder, dhaniya powder, fenugreek seeds+mustard seeds powder, jaggery and mix well
6. Once it turns to boil add cilantro/chopped coriander leaves and switch off the stove
7. Cool the rice and mix the mixture with it

Submitting to:

 

Weekend Herb Blogging-#316 @ Simona's Kitchen started by Kalyn and continuing by Haalo.

Lets Cook Rice @ Tickling Palatea by Radhika.

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Aamvada-channadhal

Aamvada-channadhal:

I feel great to take participate in Blogging Marathon event hosted by Srivalli on Spicing up your life.

Blogging Marathon is an event which is celebrated last two weeks in a month which comes up with some group events. Instead of just blogging it’s an important rule to pass comments in the group on other posts. So Srivalli had made a group in google called as blogging marathon. In this way the communication develops not only between food bloggers but also in the house to find the different recipes related to the group selected. To prepare a dish there might be more than one variety of making it for example check out my versions (1st - gojju mix with rice, 2nd - without gojju) of tomato rice.

I have selected the concept of Seven Days of Delicious Dals. Today is my 1^st day, I am posting “aamvada” a vada made from Channa Dal. In my family all of us love to eat vadas, and this is one of them.

Ingredients:

Channa Dal – 100 gms

Baking soda – 1 tsp

Coriander leaves – few

Green Chillies (small sized which will be more spicy) – 3 to 4

Salt – to taste

Oil for deep frying

Method:

Soak channa dal atleast for 3 hours

Remove the water and grind it along with baking soda, green chillies with little water as the consistency should be thick

Add salt and coriander leaves and mix well

Leave the oil to become hot

Make small dough from the hand and make it like a plate drop it in hot oil

Leave it to fry until the color becomes reddish brown

Turn to the other side and leave it to fry

Remove it from the Stove and put it on to vessel which has pores (a vessel which removes extra oil)

Serve it hot with chutney

Submitting to:

Blogging Marathon @ Spice your Life by Srivalli

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 12

MLLA - 43

MLLA series is a monthly blog hop started by Susan @ The Well Seasoned Cook. Claire is hosting this month - Jan 2012 MLLA, the legume is "Dal" hence submitting this to her post which is a 43rd blog hop.

Walk through the memory lane

Walk through the memory lane by Gayathri @ Gayathri's Cook Spot is an event which says to learn and prepare from our elders. I learnt this from my mother-in-law and for festivals this is a must in my house.

 

Sweet Heat Chilli Challenge is started by Lyndsey on Vanilla Clouds and Lemon Drops. This month is a 4th edition hosted by Michelle on Food, Football and a baby.

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Chocolate-Cashew&Raisins

Chocolate - Cashew & Raisins:

Choc-Cashew&Raisins

Right from my childhood days I love to eat chocolates. Same goes with my elder son, Aditya. On Friday, I browsed thro’ the net and found chocolate recipe by Nikko Kitchen in youtube. I was surprised to see that it was that easy to make chocolate. There is a saying which goes like this “Till we learn things are very difficult, once you learn it’s a child’s work”, it’s true. Once you know and work on it, you would develop a like towards making things that might be cooking or testing software.

Nowadays children get stuck to Television so much, Oh my god, save my little Aditya, who is 8 years old. To keep this guy busy I should find out a way either painting, helping me in kitchen, cycling. In cycling, he is great and even at 8pm he takes his cycle and goes around like a college guy, but to avoid this on Saturday I planned to prepare chocolate along with him. 

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp cocoa
• 3 tbsp icing sugar
• 2 tbsp milk powder
• Butter – 50g
• Pinch of salt

Method:

Melt butter and switch off the stove

Add cocoa, icing sugar, milk powder, a pinch of salt to melted butter

Stir the mixture check the consistency it should neither be too thin or too thick
Put a butter sheet on a tray and pour the mixture

Garnish with Cashewnuts and Raisins (this was done by Aditya)

Keep it in deep-freezer for an hour
Turn the chocolate to other side and leave it for one more hour
Transfer the contents into air tight container

Note: You can add more icing sugar to make sweeter.

Submitting to:

Chocolate Fest @ Srav's Culinary Concepts hosted by Sravani.

Chocolate Lover @ Daily-Cuppa hosted by Reshma.

Chocolate Mela @ Cooking for all seasons hosted by Srivalli.

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A dog's WillPower

I smiled after looking at the first photo...you will also smile.

Just scroll down and you will get to know the story of Will Power.

Here it goes....

You thought the dog is imitating the man.....

Entertaining the college kids...right?

Now have a close look at it....

So.....

Got the message???

Despite being an animal he gets respect...

 He gets warm welcome everywhere.....

He gets a pat on his shoulder...

He is STAND-ALONE

'Will Power' which can make an animal walk on TWO LEGS...!!

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Hema's Blog: TomatoChappati

Hema's Blog: TomatoChappati

http://www.simplysensationalfood.com/2012/01/tomato-chappati-blog-hop-wednesday-11th.html

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Fafda-SSF

Dear All,

Welcome to the blogging world. Its a great pleasure to say that I am participating in "Blog Hop Wednesday" started by Radhika on Tickling Palatea.

This is the second version of Blog Hop Wednesday which happens monthly once on every 2nd week of Wednesday. Earlier version used to happen once in 15 days in last year. 

Concept: In this version, every month one would be partnered with other fellow blogger and she/he can cook any number from her partner blog. On 2nd Wednesday you have to link it with partner's blog as source/courtesy and link it with Tickling Palatea. 

Rules: 

a. If one blog hop is missed also, you are not entitled to get into the other blog hop. Reason: Your partner for that month will definitely feel bad as her dish from her site did not get displayed.

b. You cannot enter in between as partners are already made for that month. But if registered then you are allowed from the following month. Click here to register.

I was partnered with Nayna Kanbar, a citizen of London who writes her posts in her own blog - simply.food. She submits her post to  City.Connect, she says "simply.food is a featured recipe author @ City Connect an online magazine which promotes everything from businesses to events, connecting people to each other in the local area and beyond."

Fafda - Chora Fari

I thank Radhika and Nayna to gave me a wonderful chance to provide an option and to partner with me respectively on this Blog Hop.

It was really tough to select one dish from her blog as it had many varieties of dishes. I had selected Fafda - a crispy snack as my partner dish and linked it here. It is also called as "chora fari", Indian tea time snack.

Ingredients: 

Fafda - B & W

• Maida - All purpose flour - 200g
• Besan - 50g
• 1 tablespoon chilli powder
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/2 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon groundnut oil (Dhara)
• 3 green chillies finely chopped
• 1/2 tablespoon freshly chopped coriander
• Water for making dough
• Groundnut oil for deep frying

Never do this: As in my house Maida and Besan is stored in refrigerator they were cold and to get to normal temperature I made a mistake of adding little rice flour which made my fafdas to become hard. 

Method:

• Put Maida, besan, chilli powder, turmeric powder, sesame seeds, chopped green chillies, salt, chopped coriander, oil and by adding water as required kindly make a dough.
• Leave the dough for sometime to get settled down.
• Make small doughs and roll them using rolling pin and cut them into desired shapes.
• Fry them in hot oil and put them into vessel which drains oil. Vessel would have small pores.
• Serve it hot with tomato ketchup or chilli sauce.

I had made into my desired shapes same like bajjis just because my son would love to eat thinking it is same. Great this idea worked out, he had 10 with tomato ketchup.

Aditya's activity: He came and prepared fafdas as rolls and round.

Do: Store these into air tight container to use them upto a month.  I made these yesterday(10thJan2012) and unfortunately I did not do that and lost the crispy-ness the today (11thJan2012).

Submitting this to:

Blog Hop Wednesday @ Tickling Palatea. 

 Black & White by Susan @ The Well-Seasoned Cook.

 Susan started this event as a weekly event and the important concept is your picture which is shared with this event should be in B & W. For more info please read her blog.

 

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MurariAnniversaryGiveaway-2012

Celebration Time:

Anniversary Giveaway

Two of my special events viz., Wedding Anniversary on Feb 14th and Blog Anniversary on Feb 23rd are in February. 

To make it special, I am presenting a giveaway - Embroidery Pillow Cover.

To win this award my dear blog readers, present your Vegetarian Curry which can range from Sambar to a gravy and much more. Anything which can be cooked in Indian Kitchen.

Rules:

• Please do send me any number of entries to the event.
• For a successful entry to the contest, each entry must include logo and it must be linked to this page. Simply linked widget can be used to link.

• Non bloggers can also send me their recipe along with its photo and a subject line "MurariAnniversaryGiveaway-2012 at Hema's Blog" to my email hemasrini(dot)2007@gmail(dot)com. It should be in the format Your name, Your Recipe Name and Picture of the recipe.

• No archived items in my contest please.
• Duration for my event is from 5th January 2012 to 29th February 2012. Winner would be announced on 1st March 2012.
• Link to this event page and usage of logo is a must as it spreads a word. 
• Like towards my page in facebook and follow through friendconnect is a must to keep in touch with all of you.

Winner, kindly acknowledge within a week with complete postal address to deliver your prize. After a week, it would go to other participant.

I request all my blog readers to make this event success.

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