I had a bunch of grapes in my fridge for a long time and decided to prepare juice out of it. This recipe is nothing special, just a basic.
Ingredients:
Grapes - a bunch (app. 1/2 lb)
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Direction:
1. Wash the grapes.
2. Blend it with sugar (do not add water)
3. Filter it to remove the skin.
4. Serve it cold with a couple of ice cubes on it.
It goes to 15 minute cooking by Mahimaa and RD for Summer hosted by AnuSriram.
When I saw Lima beans curry at Usha's blog, I knew it was a must-try. So I gave it a try today and turned out great. I have replaced lima with Soy beans (edamame), nonetheless to say it has tons of proteins! :D Also adjusted the amount of ingredients according to my taste.
Ingredients:
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Onion - 1/2
Tomato - 1
Coriander powder(dhaniya) - 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder(jeera) - 1/2 tsp
Soy beans - 1 1/2 cups (I used frozen)
Salt
Oil
Chopped cilantro - 2 tbsp
To Grind:
Green chillies -2
Ginger - 1 small piece
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Cinnamon - 1
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Direction:
1. Chop onion and tomato finely. Grind the ingredients given under "to grind" to a smooth paste with a little water.
2. In a pan, heat oil and add mustard and cumin seeds.
3. When they start to splutter, add chopped onion and fry till it becomes golden brown. Add chopped tomato and fry till is becomes soft.
4. Add the soy beans with cumin powder, coriander powder and salt. Cook covered till it becomes soft.
5. Now add the ground paste and cook for 5 more minutes covered. Add a little water if required.
6. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve with roti/rice.
This curry goes to WYF:Sidedish hosted by EC.
I guess Tulip Festival is going on at Skagit valley now. I miss that beautiful sight of uniform, colorful flowers. I thought I could share a picture with my friends who haven't visited this wonderful valley.
Btw, this picture was clicked by Sriram. I just love this queen orange tulip standing head up among her yellow subjects!! :D
Thanks dears and have a wonderful weekend! :)
என் நண்பர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் இனிய புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள். இந்த வருடம் அனைவருக்கும் நற்செய்திகளுடன் மகிழ்ச்சியாகவும் ஆரோக்கியமாகவும் அமைய இறைவனிடம் பிரார்த்திக்கிறேன்.
So for all my blogging friends and visitors, I pray to God for good health and happiness in this auspicious day of the new year. Have a blasting new year friends! :)
As for today's post, I wanted to start this new year with a sweet, so went for a simple one, Rava Kesari (Semolina Sweet).
Ingredients:
Rava (Semolina) - 1 cup
Sugar - 1.5 cups
Water - 3 cups
Ghee - 2 or 3 tsp
Cashew nuts - 5 or 6
Raisins - 10
Grated almonds - 1 tsp
Cardomom powder - a pinch
Direction:
1. In a tsp of ghee, fry rava till it turns golden color and keep aside.
2. In a tsp of ghee, fry cashew nuts and add to the rava.
3. In a large pan, boil water and add rava (with cashews) slowly while stirring the water continuously.
4. After a couple of minutes, add sugar and cardomom. Keep stirring continuouly until it becomes thick and consistent in nature.
5. Garnish with raisins, almonds. If desired, add a pinch of saffron strands.
Its baking time!! :D I never had the guts to bake cakes ever. But managed to bake before just for Sriram's Birthday. So again, when I came across a lot of blogs with wonderful cakes around, I really was inspired to bake again. So I gathered up all my courage to try again. And, here it goes, my successful (hopefully) story of baking a chocolate cake.
Ingredients:
Sugar - 2 cups
Direction:
1. In a mixing bowl, mix sugar, shortening & coco and beat well with a fork till they become a nice mixture.
This chocolate-water cake is on its way to For the Love of Chocolate event hosted by Poornima.
After having a delicious mango lassi from Saravana Bhavan, I wanted to try it myself. :D So bought these two gorgeous mangoes for the first time and tried it. So you can give me the verdict if it was a success after looking at the lassi pictures. :)
Ingredients:
Mango - 1 (or) Mango puree - 1 cup
Yogurt - 2 cups
Sugar - 1/2 cup (I like it sweeter :D )
Cardamam - a pinch
Direction:
1. Skin the mango and cut into small cubes.
2. Blend all the ingredients together in a blender/mixer. If you want you can add some ice cubes and blend too.
3. Serve it with a couple of ice cubes on top of it. Whip cream would sound great too. :)
Mango lassi is my entry to RD FOR SUMMER event hosted by AnuSriram.
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