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Saturday, January 21, 2012

MoongDal-Balls

1/21/2012 10:24:00 PM Blogging Marathon, Sweets 9 comments

Sweet made out of Moong Dal. This is my recipe for BM 12 6th day.

After a long research on internet on Moong Dal Sweet I got this recipe.

Ingredients:

Moong Dal - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Cardmom Powder - 2 tsp
Milk - 3 tsp (i have used more and it has become halwa :))
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Nuts (almond, cashewnuts) - roasted few

Method:

Roast the nuts and keep it aside

Add moong dal, sugar and cardamom powder fry them for sometime in medium flame

Add ghee to the mixture

Fry for some more time, add nuts and little milk to get the consistency

Once you feel ghee coming out from sides put it on to the greased plate

Cut once it is cool

Info: After adding milk wait till it becomes thick, else it would turn out to be halwa instead of balls.

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

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

GreenGramDalFruitsSalad

1/20/2012 04:52:00 PM Blogging Marathon, Dhal, Fruit Salad, Green Gram Dhal, Green Gram Dhal with fruits, Promises 12 comments

Green Gram Dal - Fruits Salad:

Today is an ultimate day. So many things to complete it today. As there is a saying "Things which have a deadline apart from that day itself is called important things, but on the deadline day it would be urgent thing".

a. Tax - Today was the last date to submit all papers for Tax.

b. Children - As Aditya has not picked up with his heath still and my little son, Aadya is not at all sleeping properly tough time to manage to sleep and early in the morning rush for a breakfast.

c. I ended getting up late today but i thought i can cook sundal from green gram dal in the morning and soaked it overnight. :(. You know what thanks to office admin who has kept microwave in office. This was done using the same.

So, ended up with fruits + green gram salad, it turned out to be good, healthy and delicious. This is my 5th day recipe in blogging marathon.

Ingredients:

Green Gram Dal - 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Sugar to taste
Some fruits

Method:

Cook green gram dal in a microwave with milk (i know it is preheated but don't what's it is 195C or so on).

I tried it out for 2 minutes and again increased to 2 minutes, finally to one more minute. As I have burnt two small boxes I doesn't want to take any chance with microwave. I have used a melamine cookware, which was available in office.

It was half cooked for 5 minutes, so i added sugar and kept it for one more minute.

Finally added fruits (musked melon, papaya and yellakik banana/banana which is small; yellakki means cardamom)

Today is my 5th day without lunch in the afternoon and staying only on cookies and today it is salads. Reason I have put on more weight and want to reduce.

Comments:

While i was preparing this, one of my friend came and said you should use a sprouted one, because non-sprouted one might increase gastric. :)

I gave to my friend and found out, she gave a comment usually green gram salad is had with vegetables. :)

My comment: It was good to eat and I feel filly after eating a box full of this.

Let me implement the first comment from next time.

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

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

Promises:

I am feeling so good today that I could keep up my promise atleast for few.

Promise to a colleague: My colleague asked me to come in saree today, i promised her "yes" yesterday. If you would have read my earlier comments you will definitely think how is this managed. I came in dress to office and changed into saree in rest room, because our office has a big space for us to get ready in our ground floor rest room. :) looks funny but at times could be managed.
Promise to my blogging marathon group/readers: Definitely I will come with a post on "Seven Delicious Dal".
Promise to my Christmas-NewYearEvent prize winner, Archana Toshniwal.: Unfortunately I don't know which courier to use to send gifts to people in remote places. I tried with DTDC and sent the consignment in 1st week of jan but it couldn't reach the person and came back to me only yesterday. Today again I have sent with Professional Couriers. Hope so it will reach her and she will feel happy.
Promise to myself to file up tax: Atlast I could complete it today.
Promise to my hubby: Will shop bedsheets for him, completed.

Hence, I told today is an ultimate day.

MasoorDal-MysoreDal

1/19/2012 10:51:00 AM Blogging Marathon, Dhal, Masoor Dal, Mysore Dal, Red colored dal, Red Lenthils, Spice your Life 16 comments

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

Dal-Palak

1/18/2012 10:28:00 AM Blogging Marathon, Curry, Dal Palak, Dal-Palak, Dhal, Gravy, Kandi Pappu, Togari Bele, Tuvaram Paruppu 18 comments

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:

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

Poriyal Podi-urad dhal

1/17/2012 09:39:00 AM Blogging Marathon, Curry Powder, MLLA Series, Seven Days of Delicious Dals, Spice your Life, Sweet Heat Chilli Challenge, Urad dhal 12 comments

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:

Roast urad dhal till reddish brown or a kind of aroma comes out
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
Roast ground nut seeds
Remember, roast everything separately

Curry Powder/Poriyal Podi

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.

Tomato Rice (direct)

1/16/2012 12:45:00 PM Breakfast, Lets Cook with Rice, Rice, Tomato Rice, Tomato Rice without gojju, Weekend Herb Blogging 8 comments

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:

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

Aamvada-channadhal

1/16/2012 11:02:00 AM Aamvada, Blogging Marathon, Channa Dal, Dal, Dal Vada, Dhal, MLLA Series, Savory, Snacks, Spice your Life, Sweet Heat Chilli Challenge, Vada, Walk through the memory lane 15 comments

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

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.

Chocolate-Cashew&Raisins

1/16/2012 09:43:00 AM Children Activity, Chocolate, Chocolate Fest, Chocolate Lover, Chocolate Mela, Daily-Cuppa, Home Made Chocolate, How to make chocolate, Srav's Culinary Concepts 5 comments

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: