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2010-12-19T10:08:00.000-08:00

Spanish Omelette

2009-09-26T09:13:00.000-07:00

I read this recipe on internet and found it too tempting so tried it immediately. I know I have been lazy in posting my recipes, but I am getting into the groove now….I have made a few changes in the original recipe with whatever I had at home and also there are some herbs which we don’t get here in India easily. The outcome was great. Here’s the recipe.

Ingredients
4 to 5 medium size potatoes, thinly sliced
3 onions medium size, thinly sliced
1 Capsicum, thinly sliced (You can use red and yellow bell pepper too)
Mixed herbs
6 Egg whites and 3 yellows
6 to 8 pods of Garlic, thinly sliced
2 tbspn. Fresh cream
Tomato Ketchup (optional, personally I like the sweet and sour taste)
Salt to taste
Chilly flakes
2 tbspn. Oil
Cheese as per your taste

Method
Heat 1 tbspn. Oil in a non stick frying pan. Add garlic, potatoes, onions, capsicum, also sprinkle some salt and mixed herbs and stir. Keep a lid and let it cook till tender. Now switch off the flame and remove the cooked veggies in a bowl for cooling.
Beat eggs and add fresh whipped cream. Mix well. Now mix the veggies to the beaten eggs and cream. Add tomato ketchup, chilly flakes and mix well, add salt to taste. Heat remaining oil in the same frying pan, spread it evenly. Add the mixture to the hot pan. Maintain a low flame. Spread some cheese on top of the mixture and cover it with a lid. Let it cook for 15 to 20 mins on a low flame.

Cut slices and serve hot!!

Eggs in brown gravy

2009-04-06T00:26:00.001-07:00

I love eggs, in any form! Here’s an egg gravy recipe which I make from my instincts, and its loved by both of us!!
Ingredients (serves 2)
4 boiled eggs (peeled and cut in half)
3 onions chopped (medium size)
2 to 3 tbspn. Beaten curd
Handful of fresh curry leaves
Oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida, turmeric powder for tempering
2 red dried chillies
Salt to taste
Method
Heat oil in pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida, once they crackle, add turmeric powder, curry leaves, dried red chilles, mix well, then add chopped onions, and fry till till nice dark brown. Switch off the flame and let it cool. Later, grind it well till a coarse paste is formed. Now, keep the same ground paste on flame again, add beaten curd, salt and red chilli powder, mix well and add boiled eggs, let it cook for half a minute.
Relish it with hot chapatis or steaming rice!

The Saucy Pasta Quiche

2009-04-06T00:18:00.000-07:00

Hey All, i have a guest blogger here, a friend, who keeps on giving me diet tips and a lot of Recipes, so I asked her to be a guest blogger for this post!! You can visit her blog at http://mindlessgossip.blogspot.com/

Here goes her guest post!! I bet you will love this yummy recipe!! :P

Hi Aditi,
First of all let me thank u for giving me the honour of being your guest Blogger :P
I wouldn’t want to disappoint u and your fans in any ways hence giving away my most favorite recipe
The Saucy Pasta Quiche

1. Prepare the pasta as mentioned by Aditi in her previous post, or you may make the pasta in plain simple tomato pulp and garlic sauce, avoiding the cheese. The texture of the Pasta shouldn’t be too watery for this dish.
2. Grease well an omelet pan and spread the pasta over it. The layer should not be too thick. You can keep the excess pasta if any for the second round.
3. Beat 4 egg whites and 1 yellow and pour it over and keep covered on a low-med flame till the side on the flame gets cooked
4. Garnish the upper liquid portion with boiled veggies (broccoli, capsimcum, etc.)
5. Cover the pan.
6. Once its brown, set the pan aside without flame so that the upper portion gets cooked on its own if required keep the flame on for some more time. But do not turn the omelet upside down.
Use a pizza cutter and enjoy this delicacy !!!
Suggested garnishing: Garlic Bread

Pasta in Tomato and Garlic sauce

2009-03-10T04:04:00.000-07:00

My friend Shuchita, mailed a recipe of Pasta arabiatta…..it sounded yummy…I tried it on a weekend…with a few changes to make it taste like the All in one pasta served in Cream Center.

The sauce

Ingredients (serves 2)

Penne pasta (about 300 gms- I used penne, you may use any type you like)

Fine puree of 4 to 5 tomatoes

Fine paste of 8 pods of garlic 1 tspn.

1 tspn. Mixed herbs

1 tspn.

Chilli flakes

Black pepper powder (for garnishing)

3 to 4 tbspn.

Tomato Ketchup

3 cubes of cheese (I used britania)

Salt to taste 1 ½ tspn.

sugar 1 tspn.

Olive oil ½ tspn.

Butter

Method

Cook the pasta till tender and soft, run cold water on it to avoid it from being sticky. Keep aside. Take oil in a pan, add butter, then add garlic paste, stir for half a minute, add sugar. We have to caramalise the garlic. After a minute, add tomato puree, mixed herbs, tomato ketchup, chopped cheese, salt to taste and mix well. Let it cook for a while till the cheese melts. Before you add cooked pasta, remove half a cup of your sauce aside. Then add pasta, mix well. Let it cook for a minute or so. After its blended well, switch off the flame. While serving, toss it up with the sauce you removed aside and some black pepper powder. Now drop it in you mouth and enjoy!! :) Shuchita’s recipe was more like the arabiatta pasta served at Pizza Hut….but I turned into this one…..:P Shichita sorry for the cheese I added to this pasta…I indulged ;)

Masala Dosa!

2009-03-10T03:19:00.000-07:00

Well friends.....I am not going to give a recipe for this one....because its too simple to post.....plus...i did not even make the dosa batter at home :P so just posting some photos....enjoy :)

It looks so beautiful....black tawa and white dosa :P

Crisp Brown Dosas ....:)

Some brown and soft ...:P

Some with Masala potato sabzi and sambar....drop some ghee sinfully in your sambar...it tastes yum!!!

Palak Paneer

2009-03-04T21:32:00.000-08:00

I don’t like Palak very much. But when I toss it with paneer I love it. I made Palak Paneer when Amit’s cousin had come to our place with his family and everyone loved it. So here’s the recipe. I am sure all of you must be making it and loving it too.
Ingredients (Serves 2)
2 bunches of spinach leaves
1 or 2 medium size onions finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
2 tbspn. Ginger garlic paste
150 gms Paneer cubes (I used amul)
Oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida, turmeric powder for tempering
½ tspn. Red chilli powder
Cream (optional)
Salt to taste
1 tspn. Sugar
Method
Cook the spinach leaves in boiling water till tender, grind it till fine paste. Keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, after they putter, add asafoetida, turmeric powder. Then add ginger garlic paste, fry till golden brown, add onion, fry still transparent, add tomatoes, cook for a while till tomatoes become tender. Now, you can either grind this mixture after cooling it or keep it as it is. I did not grind it. After cooking tomatoes for a while, I added the cooked spinach paste. Add salt, sugar and chilli powder. Cover and cook for half a minute, now add the paneer cubes. Cover the lid and cook for a minute. You may top this yummy dish with some cream, but I did not (have become cal conscious you see ;)
It tastes really delicious!!

Double Roti (Dabeli)

2009-02-24T01:21:00.001-08:00

I saw this dish on Trupti's blog and could not resist myself from making it the same day. So here it is!! I have made it like she has only with a few changes. Thanks Trupti for this one.

Ingredients (serves 3 )

2 medium size onions finely chopped

4 to 5 medium size potatoes, boiled and mashed

1 tbspn. butter

1/2 tbspn. oil (also, asafoetida &turmeric powder for tempering)

Tamarind chutney (take a handful of tamarind, add 4 to 5 dates and a handful of jiggery, add 2 cups of water, boil the mixture for till tender and jiggery is totally melted. Filter it and squeeze the juice out of the mixture totally, you may add more water if you feel. Your tamarind chutney is ready; this chutney can be stored in the deep freezer for days together.)

Dabeli masala (1 " cinamon, 1/2 tspn. cumin seeds,1 tbspn. coriander seeds, 2 dried red chillies, roast them together and grind to make a fine powder. Dabeli masala is ready.

Roasted peanuts 1 cup

Sev to garnish (very thin sev)

Pomegrante or black grapes to garnish

6 to 8 pav

Method

Take oil in a pan, add asafoetida, turmeric powder, add 2 tbspn. chopped onion out the chopped quantity, fry it till it becomes tranparent, now add mashed potatoes, salt and dabeli masala, mix well, cook it for a while, add 3 tp 4 tbspn. tamarind chutney, mix well and cook for a minute, switch off the flame. Your stuffing is ready.

Now, before serving, slit the pav in the middle, spread the tamarind chutney on both sides, spread chopped onion and roasted peanuts, then spread the stuffing on one side, close the pav, now on the sides of the pav also apply a bit of tamarind chutney and dip the pav in sev, now, fry you pav on the frying pan from both sides using butter.

While serving garnish it with pomegrante or sliced black grapes (i had none at home)

We relished this one a lot! the process might sound a bit tiring, but believe me.....the end result is yum :)

P.S. Ensure that the stuffing it hot enough when you spread inside pav to make it more deilicious!

Kothimbiriche Lonache (Coriander Herb Pickle)

2009-02-10T08:18:00.001-08:00

I was gifted “Ruchira” (Author- Mrs. Kamlabai Ogale). Its book full of traditional Maharashtrian recipes. I love making something from it once in a while. It reminds me of my grandmother stories….I had tried this one and my parents had come over to stay for some days, they loved this pickle so much, that he took it along with him while going back!! :P
Ingredients
1 bunch of Coriander fresh herbs finely chopped
4 to 5 Green Chillies (Chopped in small pieces)
4 to 5 Dry dates (Kharik) chopped in pieces
3” ginger finely chopped
2 tbspn. Jaggery
Lemon Juice (2 medium size lemons)
5 tspn. Fenugreek seeds (methi)
Salt to taste
Oil, Mustard Seeds, Cumin seeds, asafetida (hing) for tempering
Method
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida, after seeds sputter, add fenugreek seeds, and fry them till golden brown. Then, add chopped Coriander. Cover it and let it cook for a while on steam, then add chopped ginger, chopped dry dates and jiggery, fry it for a while without covering. Switch off the flame. Keep it to cool, and then add lemon juice and salt. Mix it well.
The pickle is ready! It can stay good without refrigerating for four days and if refrigerated can be relished for months together!

Crispy Eggs

2009-02-05T22:20:00.000-08:00

I learnt this recipe from my friend Darshana, she used to bring it in her tiffin and I hogged on it!! I have named it myself for the blog :P
Ingredients
4 egg whites (I have become calorie conscious, thanks to my friend Shuchita :P)
1 onion finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
2 to 3 tbspn. Fresh coriander finely chopped
Oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafetida, turmeric powder for tempering
Red chilly Powder (according to your taste)
Salt to taste
Method
Beat the egg whites slightly. Keep aside.
Take oil in a small frying pan; add cumin & mustard seeds, after they sputter, add turmeric, asafoetida and chopped onion. Fry for a few minutes, add chopped tomato, let it cook for a while, now add chopped coriander, mix well, now add salt, chilly powder, mix well again. Now, pour beaten egg whites, and cover the pan for about a minute, it should become really nice golden brown, and crisp. Now switch off the flame and fry the other side without the flame, your pan is hot enough to cook it.
The idea is to cook one side till crisp and the other side soft. It tastes really delicious, try it for sure! Serve it with hot chapatis or with brown bread in a sandwich form!

2009-02-05T21:53:00.000-08:00

Here is a Recipe for Maharashtrian food lovers…..I wanted to post it for a long time, never mind……:P
Its called Kandyachi bhaji peeth perun (Onion sabzi with gram flour)
My mother in law also calls it Jhunka for some reason I don’t know…J It tastes really good and can be made very quickly.

Ingredients (Serves 2)
4 to 5 Onions, chopped in long thin slices
3 to 4 tbspn. Gram Flour
1 tbspn. Oil
½ tspn. Asafoetida
¾ tspn. Turmeric
Mustard seeds & Cumin seeds for tempering
Red Chilly powder (according to your taste)
Salt to taste
Fresh chopped coriander for garnishing
Method
Take Oil in a pan, add mustard & cumin seeds, after they sputter, add hing, turmeric, and chopped onion, fry it without covering, let it become nice golden brown, stir fry till then. Now, add salt and chilly powder, mix well. Then, add gram flour, mix it well again, let it cook for a while, now switch off the flame and cover the pan, let the steam further cook the onions , so that the gram flour and the onions blend together.
Garnish with coriander, serve hot with chapattis. (its also a very good sabzi for tiffins)

Relief finally..

2009-02-04T04:47:00.000-08:00

The blogger I had written about has now deleted all the blogs which were originally mine...so I am relieved, but just wanted to make a point here....we should do something about this, just a couple of months ago my friend Shubha also faced the same problem with her blog, we should all do something about it!!! Its plagiarism thats going on so widely......can anyone suggest me something?

What a Copycat!!

2009-02-03T04:35:00.001-08:00

Hey People,
I came to a shocking realisation today! My own school mate, my class mate, actually my bench partner at one time had been copying my writing in my blogs!! Word to word, posts to posts, and I was really hurt because what I write is from the bottom of my heart and its about people I love to heights! Someone cant just copy it!Well all I will say is she used to copy in school, and she copies even now, can you beat that!!
For your reference, I am forwarding all of you the blog she has created, please note that some posts might be her own. But many and I mean many are from my blog!! Also, the dates can be adjusted the way you want them to! I am not angry because someone copied my writing, I am angry because its my life that I have written so lovingly about, and someone just cant snatch it away from me! Here's the link to blog that she has created,http://merinanhipari.blogspot.com/ Those who have been reading my blog, will know what I am talking about. For others, just a piece of information. Just in case you want to refer my blog It is http://readmeout-aditi.blogspot.com/ I dont need to proove anything here, just that I wanted to bring to light her character.P.S. Arshiya- I have now words for you, next time you do it, I am going to post another article here, so that everyone knows that you are nothing but a cheater.

Sev Puri

2008-12-09T02:37:00.000-08:00

In Chennai unfortunately, I couldn’t find authentic Sev Puri anywhere! No one here knows the way it is to be served actually, and at such times I miss Mumbai to the core. On one such day, I made Sev Puri at home, not better than the taste of the street Chat in Mumbai but better than what is available here!
Ingredients
boiled and mashed potatoes
4 onions finely chopped
1 packet of puris (25 to 30 nos.)
1 packet thin yellow Sev (I couldn’t find it here, so I used Haldiram, but it tastes better with the thinner sev)
Tamarind chutney (take a handful of tamarind, add 4 to 5 dates and a handful of jiggery, add 2 cups of water, boil the mixture for till tender and jiggery is totally melted. Filter it and squeeze the juice out of the mixture totally, you may add more water if you feel. Your tamarind chutney is ready; this chutney can be stored in the deep freezer for days together.)
Green Chutney (take 5 to 6 green chilies, a handful of fresh chopped coriander and 5 to 6 leaves of mint (pudina) add a little salt and water, grind it till fine. Your green chutney is ready)
Method
Place the 5 to 6 puris on a serving plate, place a spoonful of mashed potatoes, add both the chutneys in whatever amount you like, ideally it should be sweet and spicy, then spread a good amount of chopped onion, finally spread the sev evenly on all puris. Your Sev Puri is ready!
While eating, eat one puri as a whole to enjoy the taste fully.

Paneer Jugalbandi

2008-10-10T03:55:00.000-07:00

This recipe of an amazingly delicious starter, I have learnt from my sweet mom! Yesterday I prepared it and my husband couldn’t stop licking his fingers…..it tastes really superb! Plus its very easy to make!
Ingredients - serves 4
200 gms paneer cubes (I used amul)
¼ cup maida
½ tspn. Black pepper powder
2 tbspn. Saya sauce
½ tbspn. Chili sauce (optional- I did not use it)
½ tspn. Tomato sauce
2 -3 tbspn. Finely chopped fresh coriander
2 medium size capsicums chopped thin and long
4 to 6 green chillies chopped
2 tbspn. Ginger garlic coarse mixture
1 tbspn. Cornflour stock
Oil
Salt to taste

Method
Make a thick batter of maida, black pepper by adding little water, dip paneer cubes in it and deep fry. Keep aside.
Heat about a tbspn. Oil (you may use less but more tastes better) after its piping hot, add ginger garlic mixture, coriander, green chillies, capsicum and stir fry, after about 2 to 3 mins add soya sauce, tomato sauce, chilly sauce, cornflour stock, and fry for ½ a min then add fried panner. Add salt to taste. Mix well and switch the flame off. Serve hot!

Fried Rice with scrambled eggs & my homemade version of Nachos

2008-10-06T03:08:00.000-07:00

My Lunch platter
I love to The Kylie kwong show on Discovery Travel & Living! I love her way of showing how she cooks and presents the food she makes!
I saw this Fried Rice recipe on her show a couple of days back and I love it! But I had to change a few ingredients as I did not have all of it at home like Chinese cooking wine & bacon. I tried to follow her as much as I could and I made this recipe, fortunately we loved it! My husband couldn’t stop praising m for this one J So here it goes!
Ingredients
1 ½ cup Rice
8 pods Garlic
1 ½ “ Ginger
2 tbspn. Sugar
½ cup finely chopped spring onions
1 ½ tbson. Oil (she used olive oil)
Salt to taste(she used sea salt)
½ tspn. Black pepper powder
2 to 3 tbspn. Soya sauce
1 tspn. Tomato ketchup
2 to 3 eggs
Method
Cook rice separately till tender, be careful not to overcook it. Keep aside.
Smash garlic and ginger till coarse. Keep aside.
Beat the eggs slightly and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan, add beaten eggs and remove after about a min, the eggs should be tender, fluffy and vanilla white in colour, be careful not to heat them for long. Removeon paper so that oil is soaked from them.
In the same pan, add crushed Ginger and garlic. After a few seconds, add sugar and salt. Due to salt the flavours of ginger and garlic emerge stronger . We add sugar to caramelize our recipe. Add chopped spring onions, fry till onions are light brown. Add soya sauce and tomato ketchup and mix well for a min. Now add rice and scrambled eggs. Mix well and cook for about a min so that all the ingredients blend together.
Homemade Nachos
Ingredients
2 cups wheat flour
20 Coriander stems
3 Green chillies
7 to 8 pods Garlic
1” ginger
1 to 2 chopped onions
Salt to taste
Cheese , Chat Masala and tomato ketchup for garnishing.
Oil to deep fry
Method
I used Coriander stems because they are equally nutritious and healthy, instead you may use Coriander leaves. Firstly, gring coriander stems, green chillies, garlic and ginger in a mixer till a fine paste is formed. Now, take wheat flour in a bowl, add salt and thee paste we made earlier, make a fine batter by adding water in small quantities, just you make for chapattis.
Now, heat a frying pan and make rotis of the mixer we made, partially heat the rotis and remove. Now, cut them in triangular shapes and deep fry them, Garnish them with Chopped onions, chat masala, cheese and tomato Ketchup, serve hot!

I am tagged

2008-10-03T03:52:00.000-07:00

Bhawana tagged me for 7 facts abt me.
It was nice to know more about you dear!!
The rules of the meme are:
(a) List these rules on your blog.
(b) Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog.
(c) Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
Here are 7 facts about me!
1. I am very sensitive and emotional, I can’t stand strong when my loved ones are in pain, that’s something I want to improve upon!
2. I am a good listener.
3. I love shopping for clothes and footwear!! I can do it anytime in a day or night!!
4. I need motivation and encouragement from my family and friends all the time otherwise I feel low.
5. I love to watch films and sing songs, I am singing everyday at home while cooking, cleaning or doing anything!!
6. I love to ride my scooty, I feel it’s fun to ride a two wheeler than a four wheeler….the breeze which touches your face while you are riding is priceless!!
7. I am an Interior designer.
I tag,
Sangeeth of http://srishkitchen.blogspot.com/
Omi of http://swallowedwithapinchofsalt.blogspot.com/
Vaidehi of http://tiv-tiv.blogspot.com/
Notyet100 of http://asankhana.blogspot.com/
Simran of http://foodiezone.blogspot.com/
Priya of http://priyaskitchen.wordpress.com/
Cham of http://spice-club.blogspot.com/

Thanks bhawana for this award!!

2008-10-03T02:44:00.000-07:00

Bhawana passed on Wylde Woman Award & Friendship Award to me and I cant be happier!! After my break of about a month or more J this was a lovely surprise!! Thanks Bhawana!!

The rules of this award are:
1.You can give it to one or one hundred or any number in between - it's up to you. Makesure you link to their site in your post.
2. Link back to this blog site tammyvitale.typepad.com/ can go visit all these wonderful men and women.

Purpose of the Award
To send love and acknowledgment to men and women, who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy. It's been a blessing and an inspiration to meet all of you through your wonderful blogs.

I would like to pass on this award to
Isha of http://ishaskitchen.blogspot.com/
Shubha of http://chutkibharpyar.blogspot.com/
Illatharasi of http://illatharasi.blogspot.com/
Rashmi of http://delhibelle.blogspot.com/
Simran of http://foodiezone.blogspot.com/
Messo of http://meesosweetandspicy.blogspot.com/

Pav Bhaaji!

2008-10-03T02:06:00.001-07:00

I am adding this recipe to my blog especially for a friend Sowmya, she is not a blogger, she wanted me to add this one to my blog! So here Sowmya….this is for you!!! Hope you are happy ;) Pav Bhaji is one of the most delicious and popular street foods in Mumbai, it’s a great substitute for a meal…..i know all of you blogger friends must have made this one, but here’s my version!!

Ingredients (Serves 6 to 7 persons)
½ kg Cauliflower
6 medium size potatoes
250 gms capsicum
250 gms Green Peas
½ kg Tomatoes
½ Kg Onion
8 to 10 pods Garlic
1” Ginger
3 to 5 tbspn. Oil
2 to 3 tbspn. Red Chilli Powder
Salt to taste
Pav Bhaji Masala (I use Everest)
Butter
Pav (Use laadi pav only, unfortunately in Chennai they aren’t available, Btw Laadi pav is a Mumbai term, it means nonsweetened Pav)
Finely chopped Coriander

Method
1. Cook green Peas, Potatoes and finely chopped Capsicum and Cauliflower in a pressure cooker till they are tender and can be smashed properly. After these vegetables are cooked and cooled, peel the skin of potatoes and smash them thoroughly, also smash the green peas, cauliflower and capsicum. Keep aside.
2. Take Tomatoes in a bowl, add water to them till they are drowned in it and boil for about 5 to 7 mins, the tomatoes should become very tender. Keep them to cool. After they cool off, remove the skin and grind them to make a fine puree. Keep aside.
3. Take 3 onions and chop them very finely, keep aside, they will be used for dressing. Take rest of the onions, cut them in big pieces and grind them to make a fine paste. Keep aside. Make a fine paste of Garlic and Ginger also (I used readymade). Keep aside.
4. Heat Oil in a pan, add Onion and ginger – garlic paste to it, stir fry till light brown, now switch the flame off. Add all the smashed vegetables with the Tomato Puree, mix well. Add 2 cups of water, you may add more if you feel it’s too solid. Stir and mix well, now add salt, red chilli powder and Pav Bhaji masala (Chilli powder and pav bhaji masala may be added more if you feel like) mix well, Switch on the flame, keep it low, let the whole mixture cook for about 20 mins, keep stirring in gaps so that it doesn’t stick.
5. Your Bhaji is ready! While serving, fry the Pav after applying butter to them on a frying pan, fry till they are crispy brown. Serve Bhaji with dressing of inely chopped Onions , finely chopped coriander and one tspn. Butter with every serving!! Now Hog!! :)

P.S. I also added some red colour to the bhaji. You may add to make it look more attractive.

Black Forest Cake (Eggless and it can be prepared without an oven)

2008-08-07T00:37:00.000-07:00

My mother makes these awesome cakes she learnt in a class, I am yet to make it myself, on our 9th month wedding anniversary she made it for us!
Ingredients (For the base sponge cake)
100gms Maida
25 Gms (1/4 cup) Cocoa Powder
½ tspn. Soda Bicarbonate
1 tspn. Baking powder
60 Gms butter (1/4 cup)
200 Gms condensed milk
100 ml soda water (1/2 cup)
1 tbspn. Ground sugar
1 tspn. Vanilla essence (powder or liquid)
Method (For the base sponge cake)
1. Sieve flour (Maida), cocoa, baking powder, and soda & keep aside.
2. Beat butter, condensed milk & sugar for about 10 mins.
3. Add soda water & dry ingredients alternately
4. Pour the butter into a greased, dusted & bottom lined cake tin.
5. Bake to 180 degrees for 25- 30 mins approximately. (If you don’t have an oven, you may preheat a tava on the flame place your cake on it and cover it with a plate, place something heavy on your plate so that pressure is not leaked out.)
Ingredients (Filling & Topping)
1 tin Frozen cherries
2 cups Rich cream

Method (Filling & Topping
1. Beat the rich cream for about 8 to 10 mins. (you may check it by holding the container of cream upside down, the cream shouldn’t drop down)
2. Slice the cake horizontally.
3. Soak the bottom layer with the canned cherry water & rum syrup.
4. Put a layer of cream on the cake.
5. Cover it with cherries and another layer of cream.
6. Sandwich with the other piece of cake and soak with the same syrup.
7. Cover the top layer with cream with cream and decorate it with chocolate curls and cherries.

Banana Sweet Sandwich (with gram lentils)

2008-08-06T00:49:00.000-07:00

I saw this amazing recipe on Aamhi Saare Khavayye, and my mom tried it the same day, it turned out great! Its very easy and effortless.
Ingredients
1 cup gram lentils
¾ cup jaggery
2 to 3 tbspn. Ghee
3 to 4 Bananas perfectly ripe

Method

Cook the gram lentils in the pressure cooker until soft. Keep aside.
Take ½ tbspn. Ghee in a pan, add the cooked gram lentils to it, stir nicely, add jiggery and mix well, it should form into a nice paste, if you keep stirring for a while the lentils get smashed and form a paste. Switch off the flame and let it cool.
Peel off the skin of the bananas, slice them horizontally into two halves, make a sandwich by stuffing the mixture of gram lentils between the banana slices. Keep aside.
Heat the remaining ghee in a frying pan, place your stuffed banana on them and fry them till nice dark brown from both sides.
It tastes awesome!! Do try it and let me know!!

Lime Mint Cooler!! For Taste & Create!!

2008-07-29T10:39:00.000-07:00

This is my entry to the Taste and create contest by Nicole of http://forfood.rezimo.com/?page_id=581

I am glad to have Simran of http://foodiezone.blogspot.com/, she has adopted Mumbai as a city to settle post marriage and her blog is a variety of tempting food and cool drinks!!! So here's one recipe of a drink I have never tried before, so i gave a shot to this one and we loved it!! It was really refreshing!!

You can visit Simran's Blog for the recipe here http://foodiezone.blogspot.com/2008/07/party-time.html

Bread Pakoras

2008-07-17T12:43:00.000-07:00

This is my entry to Rushina Munshaw's Pakora Contest!!!!
My mom and dad have come to visit me and my mom made delicious bread pakodas yesterday when we both returned from office yesterday!! Here goes the recipe.
Serves 2 to 3
Ingredients
8 to 10 bread
4 to 5 tbspn. gram flour
2 tbspn. finely chopped coriander
1 tspn. Ginger garlic paste
½ tspn. Cumin and coriander seed powder
1 tspn. Red chilly powder
¼ tspn. Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Water
Oil to deep fry

Method
Take the gram flour in a bowl. Add all the ingredients except bread to it. Mix well by adding little water to the mixture. Make it a smooth paste so that you can dip the bread in it. Now, cut the bread slices into four pieces, I cut into triangular ones, dip the whole piece into the mixture and drop it into hot oil for frying. Remove out after its golden brown.
Serve hot with Ketchup.

Kanda Pohe

2008-07-16T22:43:00.000-07:00

This is my entry to Neha of http://easyntastyrecipes.blogspot.com/, who is hosting an event called SWC Maharshtra.

Thanks for this event Neha!!

This is a typical Mahrashtrian snacks and an all time favorite in every Marathi household! On a Saturday morning I made Kanda Pohe for everyone and here is my post!
Serves 4
Ingredients
250 Gms Pohe (use the thick ones)
3 tbspn. Oil
3 to 4 finely chopped green chillies
1 medium size onion (kanda) finely chopped
5 to 6 curry leaves
1 tspn. Mustard seeds
¼ tspn. Hing
½ tspn. Turmeric powder
1 tspn. Sugar
½ lemon
Salt to taste
Finely chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut for garnishing.

Method
Lay pohe in a vessel with tiny holes in it, pour water on them slowly to thoroughly dampen them. Let the water drain from it. Keep aside. They become soft and tender in about 2 to 3 minutes.
Heat oil in a pan; add mustard seeds, after they sputter, add hing, turmeric powder, curry leaves, green chillies and onion. Stir for a while, after the onions become pink, add damp pohe. Mix properly. Add salt and sugar, mix again. It cooks within a minute. Switch the flame off. Squeeze half a lemon on it. Mix well again. They are ready!
Garnish with fresh coriander and coconut.(I did not have coconut so I used only coriander)
Serve hot!

P.S. You may add potato (batata) to this recipe too and make kanda batata pohe! Add the potato after the onion is pink and cover it with a lid for the potatoes to cook. After they are soft, add pohe and continue with the same method.

One more award!

2008-07-06T00:08:00.000-07:00

I am so delighted, thanks Messo for this friendship award!! It means a lot to me.
Messo has always been prompt to comment on every recipe I have posted, thanks for being so encouraging dear!!
I would like to pass on this award to my dear friend Laxmi (Shubha) of chutkibharpyar.blogspot.com/
We have been friends since school , even when this blogging world was unknown to us!!
Thanks for being so encouraging dear.....hope this cheers you up!!