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Hello friends I am hosting Pari's 'Only' cooking series,please do participate in the event and make it success.The theme for this month is Legumes. Legumes are class of vegetables that includes beans and peas. Legumes are typically low in fat, contain no cholesterol, and are high in folate, potassium, iron and magnesium. They also contain beneficial fats and soluble and insoluble fiber. A good source of protein, legumes can be a healthy substitute for meat. Some of the common legumes are Adzuki beans/Red chori/Thattapayaru Black beans Black eye beans Chickpeas/Garbanzo beans/Channa Cranberry beans Cow peas/Vellakaramani/Alasanda Fava beans Green peas Lima beans Moth beans Mung beans Pinto beans Pink beans Red Kidney beans or Rajma   Here are the rules to participate in the event The event starts from 1 -30th April 2013. Any number of entries can be accepted but only 2 archives entries are accepted and needs to...

Today's recipe is simple pancake stuffed with coconut and jaggery which is popular in Goa. This pancakes resembles South Indian Surul Aapam in which finely ground rice is used as the outer layer,will share the recipe soon. When I was talking about this recipe to one of my friend came to know that there is a similar recipe available in Kerala which is called as Love Letter.I don't know the reason behind this name. Coming to the recipe,the batter with egg comes out thin,soft pancake and easy to spread comparatively without eggs. .Here goes the recipe... Ingredients For the crepe Ingredient Quantity All purpose flour 1cup Egg 1no. Milk 1/2cup Baking soda a pinch Ghee/oil to drizzle Salt 1/4tsp For the Filling Ingredient Quantity Fresh coconut(grated) 1cup Brown Sugar/Jaggery 3/4cup Cardamom powder a generous pinch Method  Take the dry ingredients,maida,salt and baking powder in a bowl and mix it well.Now beat the egg with the milk till f...

Vindaloo is a spicy Goan curry which mostly made with chicken and pork or mixed veggies.I had chicken vindaloo in restaurants with flat bread and rice. For the day 2 of Blogging Marathon #26 under the theme Goan cuisine I wanted to try the vindaloo with the eggs instead of chicken or veggies. For my surprise it turned out super delicious and spicy,tangy,aromatic curry. We enjoyed with roti and plain rice.Now to the recipe....................... Ingredients For the curry Egg 4nos. Onion(finely chopped) 2nos.(medium size) Tomato 2nos.(medium size) Green Chilly(chopped) 2nos. Coriander leaves(chopped) 2tbs Salt to taste Oil 2tbs For the Vindaloo paste  Red chilly 6-7nos. Corianderseeds/vara kothamalli 11/2tbs Cumin seeds 1tsp Cloves/lavangam 4nos. Cinnamon/pattai 1 inch piece Ginger/inji 1 inch piece Garlic/poondu 6-7 cloves Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/2tsp Vinegar 1tbs For the tempering  Cardamom/ellaki 1no. Cumin seeds 1/2tsp ...

For the final week of Blogging Marathon#26 I chose the Goan cuisine as theme and today,s recipe is going to be a flavorful cake called Baath Cake. Goan cuisine is influenced by Portuguese colonization,famous for sea food and lots of unique vegetarian dishes. The baath cake or semolina cake has a very unique flavor which is prepared during the Christmas time in Goa. This is a simple cake which doesn't need of fancy ingredients and the cake comes out fluffy and light if it soaks for altleast 8 hours or overnite. The recipe I adapted from  Priya's blog and tweaked slightly.The original recipe calls for 3 eggs but I used 2 as we don't like too much of egg flavor in cake so added an extra one tbs of butter.Here is the recipe................................   Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Semolina/rava/sooji 1cup Powdered sugar 11/2cups Coconut(grated) 2cups All purpose flour/maida 3tbs Corn flour 1tbs Butter(room temperature)/vennai 5tbs Egg 2nos....

For the final day of blogging marathon#26 under the theme pick one ingredient I made the kurma with my ingredient sweet corn.Along with sweet corn and peas I added potato,the taste was so good and paired up with rotis for dinner.Now to the recipe....................... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Sweet corn kernels 3/4cup Green peas 1/2cup Potato(cubed) 1no.(medium size) Onion(finely chopped) 1no.(medium size) Tomato(finely chopped) 2nos.(medium size) Green Chilly(chopped) 2nos. Coriander leaves(chopped) 2tbs Curry leaves(chopped) 1 sprig Ginger&garlic paste 2tsp Red chilly powder/milagai podi 1tsp Coriander powder/dhania podi 11/2tsp Garam masala powder 1/4tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/8tsp Salt 11/2tsp Oil 11/2tbs To grind Ingredient Quantity Coconut grated 1/4cup Fennel seeds/sombhu 1tsp Cinnamon/pattai 1/2 inch piece Cloves/lavangam 2nos. Poppy seeds/kasakasa 1/2tsp Cashews/mundiri 2nos. Method Grind the ingredients given to...

For the day 2 of blogging marathon#26 under the theme pick one ingredient and make 3 recipes is a tempting sweet made with corn. I have already posted a halwa made with corn flour which is known as  Karachi halwa but today's recipe is with the sweet corn kernels. I saw this recipe in a T.V cooking show competition and the measurements were not clearly mentioned.So with those ingredients I recreated the recipe according to our taste buds. The taste of the halwa is almost like the badam halwa with the flavor of saffron.As I made this one for the first time I used only one cup of corn and the output was just enough for 3 people for a serving.Now off to the recipe.............. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Sweet corn kernels 1cup Sugar 3/4cup Unsweetned khoya/mawa(grated) 1/2cup Ghee/nei 3-4tbs Milk 2-3tbs Saffron 4-5 threads Method                     ...

For the blogging marathon#26 I chose the theme pick one and make 3,the ingredient is going to be sweet corn. So today's recipe is with the sweet corn and soya nuggets which is a starter/snack which I adapted it from a T.V show.Her goes the recipe................. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Potato 2nos.(medium size) Corn kernels 1/2cup Soya nuggets 15nos.(bigger size) Onion(chopped) 2nos.(medium size) Green Chilly(chopped) 4nos. Ginger(grated) 1tsp Garlic(grated) 2tsp Coriander leaves(chopped) 2tbs Lemon juice 1tbs Garam masala powder 1/2tsp Maida/all purpose flour 4tbs Salt 11/2tsp Oil as needed for frying Method  Cook the soya nuggets in a boiling water,squeeze the excess water and pulse it in the blender to a coarse paste.Boil the potatoes and mash it. Cook the corn kernels in the microwave or boiling water and mash coarsely it,keep aside.  Heat couple of tsp of oil in pan and saute the onions and green chilly,once the onion...

For this month  ICC Srivalli has chosen an exotic sweet from Kerala which is prepared by using the banana.The original recipe is with the typical Kerala bananas called as nendrampazham but due to unavailability I made with the regular banana.The taste of the sweet is so delicious and couldn't find out it is made out of banana.Now off to the recipe... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Banana(pulp) 1cup Sugar 11/2cups Ghee 1/4cup Chopped nuts for garnishing(optional) Method  Cut the banana into roundells and pressure cook it for 2whistles.After cooling blend it in a blender to a fine smooth paste.  For every one cup add 1.5 cups of sugar is needed. Put the puree in a non stick heavy bottom pan and add the sugar,mix it well. Add the ghee with regular intervals.Mix it well till it reaches the desired consistency or leaves the side of the pan. Pazha Varatti is ready. Enjoy............................................................. .. The tas...

Every week I buy a bunch of fresh methi leaves and make dhal with 3/4 th of the bunch with the remaining leaves make either  methi chicken or aloo methi.Even though I make aloo methi for lunch or dinner often I couldn't click the picture for the blog.Yesterday I made this one in the afternoon and finally got a chance to click in the natural light. This is a simple and flavorful recipe which goes very well with rice and rotis or it can be used as a filling for sandwich or to make a roll with wraps. I keep this curry in the roti or wrap,drizzle some tomato ketchup,roll it and serve it as a roll for my son.Here is the recipe...... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Potato 2 nos.(medium size) Fresh methi leaves/fenugreek/vendhaya keerai 1/2cup(roughly chopped) Onion/vengayam 1no.(medium size) Ginger/inji(grated) 1tsp Green Chilly(chopped) 2nos. Coriander leaves(chopped) 2tbs Curry leaves(chopped) 2 sprigs Red chilly powder/milagai podi 1/2tsp Turmeric powder/man...