Carrot rice

Diposting oleh adiba
Jumat, 25 Mei 2012
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Summer is at its peak here. Nothing seams to be interesting in this climate than the curd rice for me and my son. this carrot rice is my son's favorite.




Ingredients:

  • 2 cup's of Basmati Rice (soaked in water for about 20 minutes)
  • 2 carrot 
  • 1 tbsp of oil
  • 1/2 tsp of mustard 
  • 1 tsp of split urad dal 
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves 

Ingredients for Masala powder:

  • 1/2 cup channa dal
  • 1/2 cup dry red chillies
  • 1/4 cup urad dal
  • 1/4 cup dhania / corriander seeds
  • 1/4 cup dessicated dry coconut / kopparai thengaai
  • 1 tbsp cumin
  • 1/4 tsp fenugreek
  • 1 inch cinnamon
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 tbsp khasa-khasa / poppy seeds
  • 2 sprigs of curry leaves
  • 1/2 tsp hing


Summer Lunch with Carrot rice and chilled cut fruits Mango and Pappaya

Method:

  1. Dry roast the ingredients in medium flame one by one. start with chana dal, urad dal, dhania. then dry roast cumin, fenugreek, cinnamon and cloves, khasa-khasa. following roast the dry coconut in slow flame. then roast the dry red chillies, curry leaves and hing separately.

  2. Cool the roasted ingredients. using your mixie, make them into a fine powder.

  3. Store the masala powder in an air tight jar. use it within a month, as it has dry coconut or store in your fridge.

  4. Soak the basmati rice for about 20 minutes in sufficient water, drain the water and cook basmati rice with 1 and half cup's of water. i used my microwave and cooked in 1 and half cup's of water for about 12 minutes at 900w. rice and water ratio is 1 : 1 and 1/2. you can cook the rice on stove top with the same ratio. cool the cooked basmati rice in a wide bowl. mix 1 tsp of sesame oil to the rice and give a soft stir with a fork, so that the grains separate.

  5. Peel the skin of the carrot. wash them and soak in hot water for about 10 -15 minutes. this is to help grating the carrot smoothly. after 15 minutes of soaking, grate the carrot's and set aside.

  6. Heat a pan, add oil, when its heated, add mustard and let it splutter. then add urad dal and curry leaves. now add the masala powder and salt to the oil and roast the masala powder for just a few seconds in slow flame. then add salt and mix well along with the masala.

  7. Add the cooked basmati rice and mix with the masala's. then add the grated carrot and mix slowly, so that you do not break the rice grains. remove from flame and transfer to the serving bowl.





Notes:

1. The masala powder can also be used to prepare capsicum rice and cabbage rice.

2. Use a pinch of turmeric powder, that makes the difference in color of the rice.




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Guest post by Sharmis Passions | Musk melon juice

Diposting oleh adiba
Senin, 14 Mei 2012
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Blogging introduced me a Good friend Sharmilee of Sharmi's Passions. We shared our numbers to speak on oven 3 years back. You can see her baking passion now. Whenever i give a break in blogging, she gives me a call and ask me to blog regularly. you believe it or not, i just go and blog breaking the gap. and the first comment will be from sharmi! That way i am blessed to have a good blogging friend. She always give me the key to break my laziness or my suffocation at times. On one of our casual talk's, i asked her for guest post, she immediately agreed and send me the full edited post in just a week time. I wish i get at least quarter of her energy and passion towards sharing recipe! oh, i just love her pictures. look at this gorgeous peach color juice, so lovely! Thank You Sharmi for being here!!!


Musk Melon Juice



Musk Melon also known as Kirni pazham in tamil. it is said to be a thirst quencher. people have this juice in summer. such a popular juice in tamil nadu in summer season. Over to Sharmi now...


I got to know Lavi when I was desperately seeking advice for my oven purchase. I am greatly thankful to her for guiding me to get the right oven. Days passed by, and we spoke over phone....we discussed over food, blogging, photography and about family too. A day came when we had chance to meet too....:)

She never failed to motivate me right from the beginning and as a new blogger the extra push was much needed.

When she approached me for a guest post I couldn't wait to do it and she asked for any beverage recipe. I left the choice to her.....A week later she came back with the choice of musk melon juice and here is the post for you :)

She always appreciates my drinks/beverages pics and that put me an extra responsibility of doing justice to the click for her guest post too. Hope you like it Lavi!

Musk Melon Juice

Musk Melon Juice Recipe - Ingredients
  • Musk Melon - 1 
  • Lime Juice - 1 tbsp
  • Sugar - 2 to 3 tbsp
  • Honey - 1 tsp(optional)

Musk Melon Juice
Method

First cut the fruit into 2 halves. Then scrap the center seed part and discard it. Then scoop out the flesh part.

Musk Melon Juice - Step1Add sugar, honey and lemon juice and blend it to a smooth mixture. If you find it too thick add little water.
Musk Melon Juice - Step2

Musk Melon Juice
My Notes:
  • Serve it immediately after making the juice.
  • You can skip lemon juice and add just honey and sugar for making the juice.
Musk Melon Juice

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Eggless date cake

Diposting oleh adiba
Senin, 07 Mei 2012
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I know many of you might have tried out this date cake from shilpa's blog. i am joining you lately. When Nupur mentioned about the date cake in her last post, i could not resist to lay my hands on it. it was so easy to prepare, no tricky stuff's. and the outcome of the cake is just amazing. I shared the cake with my neighbors and friends. almost everyone wanted to go in for a second slice, after hearing its name"Eggless Date Cake". 


I tell you what, if you serve this cake topped with ice cream, then this will be the winning dessert. before clicking pictures, i took a warm slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and enjoyed it to the core. to my surprise this resembled much like an chocolate cake only in its look's. i used both seedless brown and dark dates. when my hubby and another friend tasted and told it tasted like adhirasam, i was surprised, yes it tastes like adhirasam. 


if i had to give a name, i would call it as Eggless non sticky date cake. the cake was moist and was just perfect!



I just followed shilpa's recipe. 
Referred sharmi's blog for step wise pictures.
Yields about 8 slices.

Ingredients:

  • Dates - 18 ( brown or black seedless)
  • Milk - 3/4 cup
  • Sugar - 3/4 cup
  • Maida / All Purpose flour - 1 cup
  • Oil - 1/2 cup ( i used sunflower oil)
  • Baking soda - 1 tsp
  • Cashews and Badam - 5 each (chopped)

Method:

  1. Bring the milk to boil. remove the milk from flame. after 5 or 10 minutes, when the milk is still warm, add in the dates. let the dates soak in milk for about 1 hour. you can also leave it soak overnight in your fridge.

  2. Transfer the soaked dates along with milk into your mixie jar, add sugar and blend well into a smooth paste. add oil and blend again. pour the mix into a large mixing bowl.

  3. Sieve the maida flour along with baking soda twice so that the baking soda mixes evenly with the flour.

  4. Now add the sieved flour to the mixing bowl, which has grounded date-milk mix. add the flour gradually and keep mixing with a spatula or a wooden spoon. make sure you do not create any lumps. the finally add in the chopped nut's and give a mix with spatula.

  5. Line in your baking tray or a round tin with butter paper. grease the butter paper with little butter and add 1/2 tsp of flour to dust the greased. pour in the cake batter to the baking tin.

  6. Pre-heat your oven to 180C / 350F for 10 minutes. put the baking tin into the oven and bake for about 35-45 minutes, till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

  7. Once the cake is done, let it cool for 5-10 minutes and slice it and serve with vanilla ice cream.


Notes:

  1. I turned over enthusiastic while preparing the cake batter and totally forgot to line in my baking tin. end result, the cake sticked to the tin. so line in your baking tin with butter paper.

  2. You can use olive oil and brown sugar in place of oil and sugar to make the cake more healthier.




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Cold chocolate coffee

Diposting oleh adiba
Rabu, 02 Mei 2012
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I am not a coffee person till last year. I started taking coffee while i prepare filter coffee for my domestic helper. who can resist filter coffee? I  do not know to prepare coffee during my hostel days. my friends help me out with decoction and mixing. 



I remember once i had to tell on how to make filter coffee in my class 11 for english viva. when i told, "mix coffee powder with hot milk", everyone in the class started to laugh. When my English teacher started to yell at me, i was just blinking, as i thought that i told the right one. but when the other girl started to tell, i realized, oh there are so many steps in it. which i finished in just one step. sorry to bore you with my memories. 



So with this hot climate, i wanted to have cold coffee. i looked many sites, finally this chocolate coffee attracted me. chocolate y coffee is what i arrived at. 


To prepare chocolate sauce:


Ingredients:


  • Dark chocolate - 25 gms / 1/4 cup
  • Butter - 1/2 tbsp
  • Sugar / brown sugar - 3 tsp
  • Salt - a small pinch
  • Honey / Corn syrup - 1 tsp
  • Milk - 3 tbsp

Method:

  1. To prepare chocolate syrup, it should be cooked using double boiling technique. so never cook chocolate in direct heat as it may burn the chocolate. 

  2. For double boiling, take a wide vessel filled half with water. boil the water. take another medium sized bowl that could sit inside the wide vessel. 

  3. Put the dark chocolate, sugar and milk to the medium sized bowl sitting over the boiling water on a wide vessel. reduce the flame to low and start stirring with a wooden spoon till the chocolate melts and blends well with milk.

  4. Once the chocolate had melted, add honey and butter. keep stirring and in less than 2 minutes the chocolate sauce get thicker. on cooling it may get still thicker, so take it off, while the sauce starts thickening.

  5. The chocolate sauce will be looking shiny and you can feel it getting thickening. remove it at that point.

I prepared the chocolate syrup a while back and totally forgot.  here is when i prepared last.

To prepare cold chocolate coffee

Ingredients:
  • Chilled milk - 1 tall glass (boiled and chilled)
  • Instant coffee powder - 2 tsp  (or)
  • Filter Coffee decoction - 2 tbsp
  • Cocoa powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Sugar - 2 or 3 tsp
  • Chocolate syrup - 1 tsp

Method:

  1. Take a serving glass and drizzle the chocolate syrup into it to create patterns. tilt the glass so that syrup flows and the patterns get set.

  2. In your mixie jar, add milk, sugar, coffee powder or decoction, cocoa powder and blend well.

  3. Now pour the cold coffee into the chocolate syrup drizzled glass and serve chilled.




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