Long break followed by a short break

Everyday I started something is missing in my life and finally I came to know I didnt blogged for such a long time.:)..I feel little guilty for the uninformed break from the blogging..This time I am going to take a short break.Probably 1-2 weeks.There are so many reason to say why I didnt blogged..Tight shedule at work,camera got repaired,furnishing our home.. so trying to get lot ideas from browsing hgtv.com,Shopping a lot ..:)Guest at home etc..etc..But the actual reason is my laziness and poor time management..Last but not least working mom Bloggers please throw some tips in my blog for time management..

Glad I have seen selected in the food blog roll for Finest foodie Friday(FFF).I am so happy they mention a lot about my blog.Its a really a honor for me to get this.Please check the link to read about my blog.

http://www.foodieblogroll.com/finestfoodiesfriday/finest-foodies-friday-picks-for-august-14-2009



Catch you gals sooner!!

Panner Butter Masala and an Award

Panner butter masala is an exoctic dish for me when I was in my hometown..We rarely go to the near by restaurant in our home town where we get this dish..After coming here to USA this is the common dish in most Indian restaurant..we usually have this ofen..Not only this panner butter masala..After coming to USA which I used to thought exoctic and unaffordable in India became much more common here in USA..

You Need

1.Panner-300 gms(cubed and fried)
2.Onion-2 (medium minced)
3.Tomato-2(medium Pureed)
4.Cashews-2 tbsp
5.chilli powder-1 +1/2 tsp
6.coriander powder-2 tsp
7.red color- a pinch
8.Garam masala powder- a pinch
9.Kasthoori methi-for garnishing
10.cumin powder-1/2 tsp
11.Salt
12.coriander leaves-for garnishing
13.oil-1 tbsp
14.Butter-1+1/2 tbsp

Method

Heat the oil and butter in the Kadai add the minced onion fry until the raw smell goes off.

Add the tomato puree and fry it for few min..

Add all the powders and salt and add water and panner and close the lid and cook it 5-7 mnts.

Grind the cashews with 1/4 cup of water to get milk like consistency add it to the masala and let it simmer for few mnts until you get desired consistency..

Garnish it with kasthoori methi and coriander leaves..

Enjoy!!

Three beautiful friends of mine passed this wonderful award to me Ann,Hema,ShamaThanks a lot..I love this award and it also gave me such a good chance to tell seven things about me..



Rules are :
1. You must thank the person who has given you the award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who has nominated you for the award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.About Me
5. Nominate 7 other Kreativ Bloggers. (Which is not fair, I want to give to all my friends!)
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on which of the blogs to let them know they have been nominated

I love to pass this award to

Sangeetha
Malar
Usha
Sangi
Ramya
Prathiba
Nithya Praveen
For a change, I asked my hubby Senthil to tell something about me he said

1.I am Positive thinker.Yes its true I always think positive..Even some thing is happening negative and I used find the positive things in it..

2.I am go getter..Means If I want one thing I will go any extreme to get it..

3.I am a tech Savi..I love tech talking..Even we both talk hours and hours of technical things..

4.I Just turned into environment saver..Go green..

5.I am an excellent cook..Yes thats true..I am ready to try new recepies..Try to make the recepies more tasty everytime..

6.I am an energetic person...

7.I love helping people..Yes thats true.If somebody needs any help I will be the first one to help them..

According to me...

1.I am an 100% dual mind..Absolute gemini character..I will be Happy and suddendly with an hour or so I feel depressed for no reason..

2.I love Perfumes,dresses,sun glass..I love Indian dresses almost 75% of the closet in our bedroom is mine and the 25% is for my hubby..

3.I love spicy food..Hot Pickles are my favorite..I love to mix it with plain rice have it with chips ..My favorite comfort food..

4.I am an economical person,but that doesnt mean I am stingy..I will think twice/thrice before buying anything..I didnt like to stuff everything inside my home which I barely use..I always have a calculator running inside my mind..

5.I love contemporary style in interior designing..Simple and sleek straight lines..earthy colors..I didnt like much traditional/country style designing..

6.I love uniqueness in everything..Food,Dress,anything you name it...if its different from the regular stuff..I just love it..

7.I am an very emotional person..Even the movies can make me cry..Recent movie which Made me cry was 'Marley and me' climax..You gals wont beleive it..One day my hubby causally started singing an old emotional song..(he is neither an bad singer nor an good singer..)I started crying..He was shocked and asked why are you crying because of my song..I said yes...He burst into laughs..

See you Gals!!

Mushroom Masala Idiyappam

I am back..Sorry gals for not actively involved in blogging...I went to a new company ..new project...Its hard for me to allocate timming..but soon will catch up with you all..So I came here with the an unique recepie..Mushroom idiyappam(thin rice noodles/string hoppers).This is more like an mushroom rice I have used idiyappam instead..Mushroom is my favorite I sometimes feel it taste like a mutton..Sometimes I just boiled it and eat ..My favorite flavor in idiyappam is just tadka with mustard,urad dhal,'uruka millagai'(pickled chillies)...it will taste awesome..
In summer my mom will prepare this along with vadams..I love summer in India.my favorite items in summer are tender green mango and these vadams..I just love the tender magoes soaked in salt water..okay I started drooling by writing this itself...Letz get back to our mushroom idiyappam..

You need

Idiyappam/sevai dried-1/2 pack
onion-1 big(finely chpped)
tomato-2 medium(finely chopped)
green chillies-3-4(finely chopped)
chilli powder-1 tsp
turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
garam masala powder-1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves
Mushroom-1 pkg
Salt-to taste

For Tempering

oil-2 tbsp
cinnamon-1 stick
Fennel seeds-1/2 tsp
anistar-2
Elachi-2


Method

Cooked the Idiyappam/sevai according to the package direction.

In a kadai add the oil and add the items for tempering and add onion fry until it is nicely golden brown add the tomato and fry it very well to make it like a paste.

Add all the powders and green chillies,mushrooms fry it for few mnts in a medium flame.

Add salt and add the idiyappam and close the lid for few mnts.Finally Garnish it with coriander leaves..

Viola...Enjoy!!

Adai Dosa(Lentils thick dosai) and bbq party snaps

Adai Dosai is one of my hubby favorite.I never made it like the exact way he like.My mom she is the expert in this..Her adai used to be awesome taste,crispy and light..you wont feel heavy after eating..Then I called my mom asked the secrets behind it..She said everything like the quanity and soaking and grinding technique.

My mom used to make this only on weekends..When I was a kid me and my brother will wait in the kitchen with the empty plate for the first adai..Eventhough I am the smaller kid my mom used to give the first one to my brother only.. not only one time almost every time.I am always a looser in this...Sometimes I will ask why?..sometimes never.. Sometimes I used to cry for this...After we became a grown up my brother started commenting what I used to do..he itself started giving me the first adai..Then after my marriage I said this to my hubby sorry complain this to my hubby...and my sweet hubby asked this to my mom..my mom just smiled and she didnt replied anything..Yes its a silly story ..Ha..ha..

Most of the people like to have this with aviyal,but I dont like it bcoz adai itself a heavy dish on top of that aviyal makes me feel so heavy...I love to eat it alone..So that you will taste just the adai taste not the chutey/aviyal taste.


you need

Par boiled rice-1 cup
raw rice-1/2 cup
channa dhal-1/2 cup
toor dhal,moong dhal,ura dhal-little bit of evrything to make it into-1/4 cup
Red chillies-5-7(depends on your spice level and spiceniness of your chillies)
salt-as per taste

For Tempering

oil-1tbsp
mustard seeds-1 tsp
urad dhal-1 tsp
onion-1 (medium finely chopped/you can also use shallots for better taste)
curry leaves

Method

Soak the rice and dry chillies together and soak all the dhal seperately for just 45 minutes to i hour.

Grind the rice and dry chillies almost like a rava cosistency and grind the dhal seperately little larger than the rava consistency.

Mix both the batter with some salt.

In a kadai add the tempering items in the order and then add it to the batter.Batter should be thicker then the dosa batter...but dont make it too thick the your adai will be so heavy..

In tava pour batter and make dosa..

Viola..Enjoy..

My Three year old son Adarsh waiting for his chicken



My hubby Senthil a grill pro


chicken on the grill


Corn on the grill,it was so tasty just like the one we used to get it in chennai beach.


Kids in the hawaii costumes..(yes I am behind them)


Kids pool

Strawberry Margaritta and Stuffed mushroom

Last week lot of things came in between,so I couldnt able to do blogging.Hope you are all doing good.Last week I celebrated my birthday,I turned 26(yeah I am pretty young).It was great.Strawberry margaritta and stuffed mushroom are nothing to do with my birthday.These are in my draft for so long time.

In my life I always came across this circumstance like, if there is any good thing is happening to me soon I will face some bad thing.Same If there is any bad thing happening to me,soon I will face some good thing.So instead of worring for the bad thing that happened, I started enjoying it because I know soon, something good going to happen.Ok I dont want you gals to get bore with my stupid philosophy.Letz get back to the margaritta.

I am huge fan of margaritta.I love any margaritta my favorite is lemon lime..I love sour taste.But I tried this strawberry margaritta for the first time I love it.Something to go along with it we had this stuffed mushroom its vegetarian.




For Margaritta You need

Strawberry Margaritta Mix-3 cups
Tequilla-1 cup
crushed ice-1 cup
margaritta salt-to rim the edges(optional)
Fresh strawberries-for garnishing

Method

Mix the strawberry margaritta mix,tequilla and crushed ice in a cocktail shaker.Give it really a good shake.

Rim the edges with fresh strawberries and immerse it in the margaritta salt.

Pour the mix in the glass,add the fresh strawberry in the glass


For Stuffed Mushroom you need

Medium sized Mushroom-8
onion-1(small)
Garlic-2pods
Green chillies-3(small)
potatao-1(medium boiled and mashed)
oil-1 tbsp
cheese-1/2 cup

Method

Gring the onion,garlic and green chillies to a paste.

Remove the stalk from the mushroom and chop it finely

In a wok add some oil and fry the grinded mixture until the raw smell goes off.Add the potato and the stalk of the mushroom.Fry it for few mnts.Stuff mixture is ready

In a oven plate arrange the mushroom and stuff all with the stuff mixture and top all with some cheese of your choice.

Place it in a preheated oven at 375 degree.Bake it until the cheese turns little browm.

Viola its ready!!

Enjoy!!

Four Lovely gals Pooja, Pavithra, sailaja,Shubha pass this wonderful award to me



Thanks a lot gals..I feel so honored..Thanks again.

Barbequed Chicken drumsticks

We just bought these brinkmann four burner gas grill.


Oh my god it was awesome.The chicken grilled in a gas grill was totally different than the oven method,because of the open fire.My hubby dear marinated and grilled the chicken.I have to admit that He did an awesome job.He made it like a pro.This is one of our dish in our barbeque party.But at that time I couldnt find time to take pictures.But my hubby dear made it again for me..its so nice of him..He also promised me that he is going to make it every weekend until the summer..It doesnt have any fat involved so its an guilt free dish..

You need

Chicken legs-1 lb(cleaned all skin removed)
shan tandoori masala-1/2 Packet(use less if you like it mild)
yogurt-1/2 cup
lime juice-from 1+1/2 limes
Ginger garlic paste-1+1/2 tbsp


Method

Mix all the ingredients together and marinate the chicken for over night.

Heat the gas grill to 400 degree place the chicken and close the lid.

After few mnts turn and cook in the other side..until both the sides are nicely browned and cooked fully

Garnish it and enjoy!!

You can also add some onion and peppers coated with the remaining mixture and grill it and have it with your chicken.

I am sending this recepie for The potluck-Chicken hosted by viki

Vermicelli vada(Semiya vadai)

I guess I have already mentioned that my hubby is a huge snack fan.Whenever I make him pakoras he will be so happy..When my hubby was a kid he used to love Bajji(deep fried snack),so one day he was crying to his mom to make bajji..but his uncle was thier it seeems he didnt like kids behaving cranky like this .So what he did you know.. he made almost 50 bajji asking my hubby to eat all that..My hubby dear ate all that..So after that you all know ,he never asked his mom bajji in near future...
I tried the same way with my son who used to love choclate like anything..I almost gave 10 chocolates at the same time...He ate all that..After an hour he came to me again and asked can I some chocolates mommmy...I thought oh my god these chocolates and kids are inseperable..
To make this Snack little healthy I added some spinach..Ok girls I can hear you are all saying.. What is a point in making healthy in a deep fried snack..ha..ha..

You need

Semiya-1 cup
Spinach-2 handfull(finely chopped)
Rice flour-2 tbsp
Onion-1/2 (finely chopped)
Green chillies-2(finely chopped)
Ginger-small piece

Method

Boil the semiya and then drain and wash it off with cold water and keep it aside.

Add the rice flour and the remaining item no need to add any water.rice flour will act as an binding agent and give crispiness to the vada.

Heat the oil and and make the vada using batter and deep fry it.

Enjoy!!