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Hi everyone :)!! Today am here with an delicious pasta recipe being shared by a very gud buddy of mine from school :)…We friends call her Poo her name is +poo magal  🙂 Thanks to poomagal for sharing this delicious recipe :)..  Poo is an very modest and very kind hearted person and glad to find her as a friend and we are still in touch  🙂 :). Thank you poo for this delicious and innovative pasta recipe 🙂

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Introduction

Hi !! Here is an simple and delicious recipe to make this yummy pasta . Smoking eggplant gives this pasta an lovely flavor and increases the taste of this delicious pasta 🙂 . This is a flavorful pasta recipe .

Ingredients

Pudhina – 1/2 cup
Cheese cube – 2
Garlic gloves – 5 
Egg plant – 5 of medium size 
Olive oil-  2 to 3 tsp
Onions – 1 medium size- chop them finely
Pasta- 1 1/2 cups
Water -4 cups

 Method 

• In low flame grill the egg plant till its colour changes.Let them to cool. Peel the skin and cut them into cubes.

• In a mixer, blend egg palnt cubes, cheese cubes, garlic gloves and pudhina till smooth.

• In large vessel boil water and add 3 tsp of salt. Add pasta. Don’t over cook them. Drain the pasta when it turns into opaque cream color.

• Mean while in a pan, add oil.Saute the onions and add the paste. Add water if sauce is thick. Add pepper and salt as per your taste.When raw smell goes away add the pasta.

• Turn off the heat.Mix well .Now ready its to serve.

Here is another delicious recipe from +Aishwarya Srinivasan  for my  event “Come on – Lets Cook Buddies” .. Lets Move on to the tip and the recipe she has got for us today..

Cooking Tips

While coconut products such as creams and milks have health benefits, the fat content is usually high so opt for tomato bases rather than creamy curries or use low-fat yogurt as a substitute.

Introduction 

Aviyal  is mainly prepare in  Kerala as well as Tamilnadu. Adai Aviyal is the famous recipe in Udupi Cusines. It is must for Onum festival. It is a thick mixture of vegetables, curd and coconut seasoned with coconut oil and curry leaves. Vegetables commonly used in Traditional aviyal are  plantain, pumpkin, carrots, beans, brinjal, cucumber, chow chow, drum sticks, snake gourd and avarai. Carrots, beans etc. are recent introduction, while the Keralan Avial includes bitter gourd also. Some people prefer to skip curd or substitute it with raw mango or tamarind pulp. This dish can be made into a semi-solid side dish.

Today I made Aviyal with the available vegetables in my place.

Ingredients

Carrot – 1 medium size
Beans – 6
Peas – 1/4 cup
Brinjal – 3 small size
Drum sticks – 5
Pumpkin – 1/2 cup
Potato – 1 large
Boiled Plantain – 1/2
Water – 1/2 cup
Salt to taste.
Oil – 1/4 tsp
Cilantro for garnishing.
Sour curd – 1/2 cup

For grinding

Shredded Coconut – 1/4 cup
Chilli – 3
Cumin Seed – 1/4 tsp

For seasoning


Coconut oil – 1/4 tsp
Mustard seed – 1/8 tsp
Urad dal – 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves – 1 string

Method of Preparation

•  Grind coconut, chilli and cumin into a fine paste and keep it aside.
•  Add oil in a pan, add mustard seed , urad dal and curry leaves, fry till urad dal turn slightly brown and keep it aside.
• Chop all the vegetables into equal size. Add, oil in a pan. Add carrot, beans, potato and drum sticks, fry them for few minutes.

• Then add Brinjal, peas and pumpkin and Cook them by adding water and salt.

•  Once it is cooked, add plantain, grinded paste and seasoning to that and mix well. Switch off the flame. Add cilantro.

•  Once it is completely cooled add sour curd to that.
•  Serve with Adai or Cooked Rice.

Note

We need to boil for few minutes, after adding the coconut mixture. Boiling coconut will produce bad cholesterol to your body. That’s why I skipped that step.

Here i am with yet another entry for my event been shared by +bini basheer  🙂 Let see the delicious snack she has got to share with us today 🙂

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Introduction 

             Here comes my last dish for this really enthusiastic contest…PANEER FRITTERS…This is one of my personal favorites…A really delicious healthy choice for an energetic snack time….
             I have the habit of making paneer at home…I never use to buy paneer from shop…Hope u all food lovers are familiar with making paneer at home..So i am not going to that…Letz straight away come to ingredients and procedure…

Ingredients

Paneer – 2 large tea cups (Your choice…I took two cups)
Oil – 7 Tablespoon (large)


For Batter

Chickpea flour –  3/4 cup
All purpose flour/ Maida – 1/2 cup
Corn flour – 1/4 cup
Baking powder – 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp
Garam masala  –  1/4 tsp
Baking powder – 1/4 tsp
Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp (small)
Chilli powder – 1 tsp (small)
Asafoetida powder – 1/8 tsp
Ginger – garlic paste – 1 tsp
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp (chopped)
Sodium bi carbonate/baking soda – 1 pinch
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Water – accordingly for a thick batter

Method

• Mix all the ingredients for batter to make a thick batter.
• Heat the oil in a deep bottomed pan/kadai..
• Dip the paneer cubes in the prepared batter and deep fry the paneer cubes till all sides of paneer cubes turn golden brown..
•  Delicious paneer fritters are ready to serve …Can be served with tomato sauce,chilli sauce or any other dips or as such…I use to try with dips and without dips each time when i prepare this snack…Taste is simply awesome in both cases…You food lovers also try this delicious snack…..

Here i am with another delicious entry being shared for my event Come on – Lets cook buddies by +Sneha Jain . Lets move on to today’s Delicious recipe by sneha 🙂

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Introduction

 It is a popular North Indian breakfast recipe & is quite filling & satiating. I am gonna give it a different taste by using cabbage instead of cauliflower & make it little fat using raw banana & create a melting sensation to the taste buds by adding cheese..! thus making it an international flavor..

Ingredients 

2 cups chopped Cabbage
1 cup boiled raw banana (smashed)
3 Green Chilly (finely chopped)
½ tsp pav bhaaji masala
1 tsp chilly powder
2 pinch turmeric powder
½ tspn Cumin powder
¼ tspn dry ginger powder
 2 tbsp chopped coriander
 Few drops Lemon
3 cubes Grated Cheese
 2 tspn oil
Salt to taste

For Dough 

 2 cups whole-wheat flour
1  cup Milk (Use more as needed)
1 tsp Ghee
Salt to taste
Ghee / Oil for frying

• First make the dough & rest it for 30 mins.
• Knead all the ingredient under ”dough” & make it as chappati dough.

Stuffing

• Heat oil in a wok & first add green chilly, then raw banana & lastly cabbage . Fry for 5 mins.
• Add the other ingredients except cheese & cook for about 2-3 mins.
• Stuffing is ready.

Now lets make the wraps or parathas

• Make lemon sized balls & roll like a chapati, but a little thicker.
• Spread 2-3 tsp of stuffing evenly on one chappati & Top with grated cheese(approx one cube). Cover it with another rolled chappati. Make sure the edges are sealed.

• Heat a flat tava (griddle) on medium heat, once hot put this wrap on it. Cook for about a minute & then flip.
•  While the other side is cooking, apply some ghee/oil on the side facing up. Again flip & cook the side with ghee/oil till its well done & golden in color.(can use a wooden press to cook evenly)
•  Repeat the process for other side too. Once both sides are well cooked remove from griddle.
• Yummy cheeeesy wraps are ready. Serve hot with Green Chutney/Sweet chutney/Sauce/Curd

If you want to avoid fats, here by the Cheese, you can make the wrap as follows:

• Make large lemon sized balls out of the dough.
• Roll to a small chapathi & place 2-3 tsp of stuffing.
• Wrap it again by folding it into square shape or balls as shown
•  Dust it with flour & roll to thick chappatis & fry as above.

Variations

• You can use water too instead of milk for dough
• You Can make the wraps by using only cabbage or raw banana separately.

Hi friends and participants of event Come on – Lets Cook buddies 🙂 Sorry for delaying as you all know i had so many probs going on with my lappy and lost most my pics so am redoing all the recipes and will finish posting the event entries first and then will post the round up :). I really appreciate all your patience and support you been giving :). Lets move on to today’s entry … Its Bini basheer again with us to share an delicious drink recipe with us … With out further ado Over ti Bini 🙂

Introduction

   Here comes my dish….ITZ SHARJAH SHAKE…Itz  really a  tasty shake…A really tasty drink to beat this unbearable summer season..The recipe is very simple…..Itz a very energetic drink….U guys just try it out when u get time…or after reaching from job…Itz an easy way to chill ur stomach..So here comes the recipe for my favorite energetic drink….

Ingredients

   Frozen milk – 1/2  litre (better if you buy 1/2 litre cover milk and freeze it…It will be easy for to       smash into small chunks it before you grind it in a blender)
  Banana (small) – 2
  Nutella  –  2 tablespoon
  Cashew nuts  – 10
  Peanut – 10
  Sugar – 4 tbsp (If needed, add more)
  Dates – 1 (chopped after removing seed)
 Cadbuary dairy milk – A small piece (Optional, I added..I am really crazy about chocolates)
  Cardamom powder – a small pinch
  Boost/Horlicks – A pinch (optional as Nutella is the best choice)
  Peanut candy/chikki – a small piece (chopped) – optional. I added

Garnish
Garnish is completely your choice..I garnished this chill chill drink with
 Cherry – 1
 Cashew nut (crushed) – 3 ( You can crush and mix it with the drink…It will add more taste when we have the drink)
 Ice cubes (crushed) – 1

Method

• Smash and Crush the frozen milk into chunks with a chapatti roller (starting from the sides of the cover containing milk)
• Grind the crushed frozen milk with all the ingredients numbered 2 to 11 in a blender for 1 to 2 minutes..Don’t over grind it…It will loose it’s thick paste texture
• Garnish it with cherry, crushed ice cube and chopped cashew nuts..

          Yummy healthy SHARJAH SHAKE is ready…The very important point when one makes this delicious drink is to avoid water totally while grinding….Consume as soon as u make it…As time passes, it will loose it’s chillness…An easy recipe to entertain your guests…So You guys try it out.

Hi friends !! Am back with another delicious recipe shared by +Aishwarya Srinivasan  for my event “Come on – lets Cook Buddies” . This an delicious and yummy  recipe which aishwarya is going to share with us today . Lets Move on to the recipe without any further ado

Here is aishwarya going to start with a cooking tip and to the recipe 🙂

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Cooking Tips


 For adding richness to a dish, try using skimmed milk, cashew nut paste or poppy seed paste instead of the regular coconut milk or cream.

Introduction

 This rice is authentic to Tamil Nadu, and is also a Hindu Temple food. It is a combination of rice, dal and various vegetables cooked with freshly prepared  spice powder and tangy gravy. It is also called as Sambar Rice.

Ingredients

Rice – 1 cup
Toor dal – 1/2 cup
Mixed Vegetables – 2 cups (I used Carrot, Beans, Peas, Brinjal, Drum sticks, Pumpkin, Potato, chow chow, yam, capsicum)
Boiled Peanut and Chenna – 1/2 cup
Oil – 1/2 tsp
Mustard Seed – 1/8 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 string
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
Hing – 1/4 tsp
Tamarind Paste – 1 tsp
Cilantro for garnishing
Sesame oil – 1 tbsp
Ghee – 1 tbsp 

Spice Powder 

Urad Dhal – 1 tsp
Channa Dhal – 1 tsp 
Black Pepper – 1 tsp
Coriander Seeds – 2 tsp
Fenugreek Seeds – 1/4 tsp
Red Chilies – 4
Coconut grated – 1/2 cup

Dry roast all ingredients except coconut. Grind them with little oil and coconut.

Method of Preparation

•  Cook rice and dal in pressure cooker. It should be well cooked. Mash it with spatula.
• Cook all the vegetables and keep it aside.
•  In a pan, Add little oil, mustard seed. hing, and curry leaves.
• Add cooked vegetables and boiled peanut and chenna along with its water.
•  Add tamarind paste, salt, turmeric and ground spice powder. cook them for 5 to 10 minutes.
•  Add cooked toor dal. Mix it well. Sambar is ready.
•  Now mix sambar with rice.
• Add sesame oil and ghee. mix it well. Garnish with cilantro.
• Serve hot with papad or raita.

Variation

You can also make sambar rice without adding coconut.

Thats an very healthy and delicious  rice isn’t it ?! 🙂 thanks for sharing this yummy recipe here +Aishwarya Srinivasan  🙂

Hi friends !! Here I am with another delicious entry from a new participant for my event “Come On – Lets Cook Buddies” . Today we are here with +Bini Basheer  an Non- blogger and a fb fan of my page to share an healthy and delicious recipe with us 🙂 Thank you for sharing you recipe bini and being a part of this event 🙂 Lets know more about bini 🙂

Hi Bini !! Tell my readers some interesting things about you ?

My name is Bini Basheer. I am from Kerala. I am working in Kerala State Electricity Board..I have got my mom and dad at my home. My marriage is almost fixed…I came to know about this event through FB.


Glad to know about you Bini 🙂

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Introduction 

This is one of my favorite vegetarian dish as it is very easy to prepare…A very common dish to keralites..The basic ingredient is an inevitable one in Indian kitchen…RED SPINACH…So the name of this dish is “RED SPINACH THORAN “….Ofcourse, u can try this using green spinach too…So letz start…

Ingredients

Red spinach/chuvanna cheera – 1 bunch ( finely chopped)
Coconut (grated) – 1 cup (tea cup)
Garlic – 2 pods (chopped)
Green chilly – 2 (chopped)
Shallots/cheriya ulli/chuvannulli  – 2 pods (chopped)
Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp (small)
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp (small)
Mustard seeds – 3/4 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 stalk
Red chilly/vattalmulaku – 1 no
Black gram dal/uzhunnu parippu – 3/4 tsp
Oil – 2 tsp
Salt – for taste

Method of preparation 

•  Wash the leaves well..Drain it and chop well.
• Grind ingredients two to six in a grinder and keep it aside.
•  Heat oil in a kadai and put mustard seeds..let it splutter
•  add red chilli, curry leaves and saute for 2- 3 seconds
•  Add black gram dal and saute well for few seconds
•  Add the grinded mixture and saute well till it becomes light brown.
•  Now add chopped spinach leaves and mix well.
•  Add salt and stir well.

•  Cover the kadai with a lid and cook for some minutes in low flame..
•  Off the flame and serve with hot rice.

Here am with another recipe which was shared by by my dear +Sneha Jain  :)..Thank you for the delicious and yummy ..all timefav pani puri recipe for us +Sneha Jain .Lets move on to this delicious street food recipe . Golgappas / puri for pani puri was already shared by sneha in a separate post as an separate entry  . Now here is the recipe of pani and stuffing for golgappas 🙂 Let s move on to the recipe ..

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Introduction

The complete dish comprises of a crisp hollow semolina puri filled with sprouts or hot ragada, boiled raw banana/ channa & spring onion leaves (instead of potato) stuffing, tamarind chutney and chilled mint flavored water.

Ingredients 

1/2 cup Tamarind  Pulp 
2 cups Water
 2 tblsp roasted Cumin Seed Powder
1/2 cup Coriander Leaves 
 4 Green Chilly  
1 cup Mint Leaves 
 1 tbspn Black Salt 
Few drops lemon juice
1 tspn Paani puri masala
 2 tblsp crushed Jaggary 
Salt to taste

Method Of  Preparation

•  Grind coriander, mint leaves and green chillies to make a fine paste.
•  Mix all the ingredients of the paani along with the green paste.  Adjust the spices and tanginess according to taste. 
• Strain through a wire strainer to remove any rough bits.
• Keep in the refrigerator for 2 -3 hrs before serving.

To Make The  Raw Banana Stuffing


1 boiled Raw banana 
1/4 cup Boiled Moong 
1/4 Boiled Channa
1 tspn paani puri masala
Salt to taste
1 tsp Chilly Powder

Method Of  Preparation

•  In a bowl smash boiled raw banana, add all the other ingredients or can keep raw banana separately & moong/channa together mixing the masala’s 50-50.

Enjoy homemade pani puri or golgappa or puchkas

Here i am with yet another recipe being shared for my event 🙂 So happy to post all the yummy recipes which non – blogger’s  have dedicated to this event and where working sharing interesting recipes here 🙂 Lets move on to today’s recipe . Today’s recipe is being shared my dear +Sneha Jain. This is an delicious and yummy dessert . Thank you +Sneha Jain  for sharing this yummy delicacy . 

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Introduction

 As the name goes, we gonna make Greeeeen Halwa ! Go Green ! We shall use bottle gourd & make a healthy halwa. This is a different way to use this vegetable. I am not adding Khoya, milk maid which are processed foods. Shall use the natural & always available things yet make tasty & healthy one.

Ingredients

 2 cups grated bottle gourd
 1 cup Warm Milk
 4 tbsp Ghee
  ½ cup sugar
  2 pinch Cardamom powder
  2 tsp Ghee roasted dry fruits (almonds & cashews)
  Green food color (optional, not used here)

Method of Preparation

•  Peel the bottle gourd & grate it.
•  Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan, add the grated bottlegourd & sauté for 20 mins. Keep stirring in-between (until the raw flavor completely cooked & its becomes much tender)
• Now add warm milk & add food color if needed.
• Cook for about ½ an hour, stirring in-between till all the milk is absorbed and halwa becomes dry.
• Then add sugar & mix well. Cook for about 5 mins.
•  Add roasted nuts & cardamom powder, mix & serve hot.

Tips

• Always use heavy bottom pan, otherwise halwa will stick to the bottom of the pan and it will burn.
•  Keep stirring in between while making halwa.

Here i am with yet another entry for my event “Come On – Lets Cook Buddies” . This is shared shared by +Aishwarya Srinivasan  . Thanks for this different and delicious entry +Aishwarya Srinivasan . Am so happy to share and try all the recipe sent by our non- blogger friends.  So nice to explore so many yummy recipe 🙂 thanks for the great support blogger’s and my non blogger participants. So lets move on to today’s recipe .

Here is +Aishwarya Srinivasan  to share her recipe and will start with an interesting tip which will be be useful for many of us 🙂

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Cooking Tips

If you put few cloves in the nuts(cashew,badam) jar they will stay fresh for longer time.

Introduction

Banana Bites (Wrap) is very healthy and kids friendly recipe. It is perfect for breakfast. Since I don’t have tortilla , I prepared this recipe using chappathi.  Fruit Hot dog and Fruit Sushi for Vegetarians.

Ingredients

Banana – 1 medium size
Flour Tortilla – 1 medium size or Chappathi (Indian flat bread)
Peanut Butter (or) Almond Butter (or) Nutella (refridgerate for 30 mins )

Method of Preparation 

•  Make a chappathi and let it cool completely.
• Spread Nutella over the chappathi. ( Nutella acts as glue).
• Place the banana at one edge. Wrap it (tight) and then seal the other edge using some extra nutella.

•  Cut it into pieces and Serve. 

Variation


For even better taste, use tortilla and peanut butter for this recipe.