Vacation Time

Dear Friends,

I am going on a vacation, so will take a break from blogging
Will be missing to see all your delicious entries.

Please keep posting innovative recipes, Once i am back will try all of them out one by one.


Happy Blogging to everyone!!!

Papdi Chat

For Papdi:

All purpose flour/Maida - 1/2 cup
Rava/semolina flour - 3 tsp
Salt - to taste
Water - required

Make a soft dough out the above mentioned ingredients, just finally add 1 tsp of oil at the last to kneed everything together. Close the kneeded doughed and keep it aside for 1/2 an hour.

After 1/2 an hour, make rotis of it, pierce the roti all over and diagonally cut them into pieces.

Then fry these pieces in medium flame and keep it aside.



For chat:

• Potato - 1 boiled


• White channa - 1/2 cup boiled with salt.

Green chutney

• Mint leaves - 1/2 bunch


• Corriander leaves - 1/2 bunch


• Green chillies - 2

Roast and grind following ingredients:

• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp


• Corriander seeds - 1 tsp


• Tamarind - 1/4 tsp

Roast the above ingredients and keep it aside.

Mix these roasted ingredients with corriander leaves, mint leaves and green chilles and ground it to a fine paste.
Sweet chutney:

• Tamarind paste - 3 tsp


• Jaggery - 1/2 tsp


• Chilli powder - 1/4 tsp


• Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp

Make a thick paste of tamarind paste.
Now add some water to the paste to it and boil with jaggery, chilli powder and cumin powder on the stove top
Once it reaches thick consistency, remove it from flame and keep it aside



Final touch:
Dice the boiled potato to small cubes.
Mix them with boiled channa.
Add required amount of green and sweet chutney to it. Mix well
Now add the 1/2 amount of the fried papdi's to it and set it aside for 15 min.



When serving, add 2 tsp of finely blended curd on top of it, sprinkle some chat masala,pepper powder, with few fried padi's.

I am sending this recipe for Lucknow Cuisine contest hosted by my friend Lavi of Home cook Recipes.

Sree Rama Navami 2009

"Sree Ram Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama"

Rama Navami is celebrated today April 3rd 2009. Celebrations begin with a prayer to the Sun early in the morning. At midday, when Lord Rama is supposed to have been born, a special prayer is performed.


Just chanting the name of Lord Rama will bring joy and prosperity in your life. Seventh avatar of Lord vishnu is “Ram Avatar”. This avatar was taken my lord vishnu to show the human being, how an ideal husband, king, Brother over all a human should be.

So follow the foot Prints of Rama prosper in your life. Lead your life as a Ideal human being.
The syllable 'ra' comes from the eight-lettered mantra of Narayana and the syllable 'ma' comes from the five lettered mantra of Siva.

Thus the word Rama combines in itself the life-giving letters of the two most important mantras of the Hindu religion.

Rama Navami at my place:

Morning prayers by chanting "Sri Rama Jayam" 101 times in front of lord rama.

Mid afternoon offered Milk and sweet for the lord and Performed Deep arthana.

Evening prayers with deep arthana chanting Sri rama 101 times

For Prashadh i prepared karkandu/sweet candy pongal

Ingredients:

Raw rice/Pachai arisi - 1 cup
Moong dal - 5 tsp [Optional]
Ghee - 5 tsp
Dry fruits/nuts mixed - 5 tsp
Milk - 1 cup
Cardamom - 4 powdered
sweet candy/Karkandu - 1 cup [powdered]

Method:

~Dry roast moong dal just for 2 min and keep it aside.

~Wash the rice and keep it aside.

~now boil water thick bottom vessel then add rice and dal.

~Rice and moong dal should be very well cooked, should reach semi solid consistency.

~now add the powdered sweet candy and 2tsp ghee mix well, keep the flame in sim.
~then add cardamom and mix well.

~In a separate pan, heat the ghee - add the all the dry fruits and nuts once they turn golden brown add to the rice mixture.

~sweet candy pongal ready.

Offer it to the almighty with full heart and thank him for all support he is providing us through out our life.

I pray lord rama on his birth day keep this world in peace and shower prosperity to all living creatures.

"Sree Ram Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama"

April 2009 - Tamil calender

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Kadalai Mittai / Peanut Jaggery balls

Ingredients:
Fried groundnut - 2 cups

Powdered jaggery - 1 cup
Method :
~Heat 3/4 cup of water in a kadai, once the water boils.
~Add the powdered jaggery to it.
~Make a thick consistency of the jaggery.
~Try pouring a pinch of boiling jaggery mixture in water, it should be form a small ball shape.

~This is the correct consistency of jaggery mixture.
~Keep the flame in lower medim, add the fried groundnut to jaggery and mix well and switch of the gas.
~Once it cools down slightly, make balls out of the mixture

~Store in air tight container, you can use it for a month's time

Serves a real good protein rich snack.

MCC Contest 2009 Results

Dear Friends,

Glad to announce the result of the MCC contest, Hope we have done some justice on it.
I believe everyone will be happy will this. Announcing the winners doesn't mean that others are loosers, this contest was a kinda of knowledge sharing session with a little essence of encouraging the bloggers with best clicks, i took help of my friends and family members to sort out the results. Congratulations winners.

First Place for spicesetc

Picture courtesy by Mahima of Indian Vegetarian Kitchen

Second Place - Decided to share among two
This is Pic by Kaipunyam

Picture courtesy by Tina Mary Toms of Kaipunyam

This pic by recipes24seven

Picture courtesy by Mangalabhat of Recipes24seven

Third Prize - Decided to share among three

This pic by Vishnu cooks

Picture courtesy by Priya Sriram of Priya's Sourashtrian Kitchen

This pic by Willo - o - the - wisp

Picture courtesy by Varsha Vipins of Will- o - the wisp

This pic by Priya Easy n Tasty

Picture courtesy by Priyasuresh of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Here are the awards for the winners, kindly pick the awards for here:
Award for first place - Mahima of Indian Vegetarian Kitchen

Award for second place

• Tina Mary Toms of Kaipunyam


• Mangalabhat of Recipes24seven

Award for third place

• Priya Sriram of Priya's Sourashtrian Kitchen


• Varsha Vipins of Varshaspaceblog


• Priyasuresh of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes
  

I wish share this award to all the friends who participated in the event and for sharing great imaginative pics and ideas

http://dapurnegeridongeng.blogspot.com/

http://www.preetyskitchen.blogspot.com/

http://poornimastastytreats.blogspot.com/

http://kaleidoscope-articlegallery.blogspot.com/

http://khanekeshaukeen.blogspot.com/

http://saikitchen.blogspot.com/

http://plantainleaf.blogspot.com/

http://vibaas-world.blogspot.com/

http://kitchenflavours.blogspot.com/

http://welcome-wetheindian.blogspot.com/

http://fusion-rg.blogspot.com/

http://purvasdaawat.blogspot.com/

http://kedaihamburg.blogspot.com/

http://kitchenflavours.blogspot.com/

http://sindhura-bayleaf.blogspot.com/

http://therecipehunter.blogspot.com/

http://tiffinroom.blogspot.com/

http://foodieshope.blogspot.com/

http://anediblesymphony.blogspot.com/

http://homecookreceipes.blogspot.com/

http://indiankhanna.blogspot.com/

http://priyasfeast.blogspot.com/

http://saffronapron.blogspot.com/

http://www.swap-swapi.blospot.com/

http://madhusfoodjournal.blogspot.com/

http://food.sidkhullar.com/

http://simplysara07.blogspot.com/

http://sanghi-tastybites.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-best-food-clicks.html

Hope i didn't miss anyone, sorry if i had and please do let me know.

MCC Contest - 2009 Roundup

My Dear friends,

First of all I would like to thank all my blogger friends for participating in this event, and making it a great success. I am really glad to share with you this magnificient clicks sent by everyone. From bottom of my heart i would say that all the clicks were awesome, I learnt many tips from this event and by which i feel more satisfied by hosting this event.

I really got this idea, just to know more about photography and way to show off our pics in a real good way. Even though i got very less tips in words from you all, the photos sent by everyone speaks a lot more practically. I thank everyone who sent me your lovely entries. Presenting the round up, hope you all love it. I received around 140 entries, that was a real big amount for which i never expected. I will announce the results and share the awards in few days. Hard to decide upon, If you guys wish to vote on any specific photo, Please mention in your comments. Thank you so much once again.


Clicks by Food is Love

Clicks by Preety's Kitchen

Clicks by Tasty Treats

Clicks by Madhu's cooking gallery

Clicks by Khaane Ke Shaukeen

Clicks by - Sai Kitchen

Clicks by Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Expert thought on Photography : Daylite are always prefect for taking pictures

Clicks by plantain Leaf

Clicks by Delectable Vegetarian Recipes

Clicks by Yummy food

Clicks by Pooja's Blog

Clicks by kaipunyam

Clicks by Fusion

Click by Purva's Daawat

Clicks by - Priya's Sourashtrian Kitchen

Clicks by - Indian Vegetarian Kitchen

Clicks by - Kedai Hamburg

Clicks by - Yummy Food

Clicks by - Spicy & Tangy.....Sweet & Yummy !!!!

Clicks by Recipes24seven

Clicks by - Bay Leaf

Clicks by - Food Fascination

Clicks by - Cooking with swapna

Expert thought on Photography : More lightings will make the photo to look good.
Click by -
Foodie's Hope

Clicks by - An Edible Symphony

Expert thought on Photography : Always try and click in natural light, without the flash.
Learn to use your macro (close-up) function.
Click by - HomeCookRecipes

Expert thought on Photography : Look at many popular food blogger's photograph's. Try Learning about Food Styling and Food Photography. Use Picasa-3 to edit the photo's.

Click by - Indian Khanna

Click by - Priya Feast

Clicks by - Saffron Apron

Expert thought on Photography : Choose lighting carefully. Think on simple terms and try to be creative in a simple way:)

Clicks by - Will - 0 - the - Wisp

Clicks by - Madhu's Food Journal

Clicks by - Chef at Large

Expert thought on Photography : Good camera (SLR), no flash, macro mode (or Lens in the case of an SLR) Clicks by - SARA's Corner

Expert thought on Photography : Check out for colours before clicking. Clicks by - Sanghi's Food Delights

Please do write to me if i missed anyone's entry :)