Kitchen Samraj!

Melon and grape salad with strawberry custard dressing

2013-05-15T17:25:00.001+04:00

Made this yummy yummy salad today for Mother's Day competition in my son's school. This salad was surely a crowd pleaser especially with the kids in the school. Served them in ice cream cones and small sweet biscuits and woooosh it vanished within minutes,. Just a innovative touch to our regular fruit custard. Did not pour the dressing on top coz I served in individual cups and for easy to eat.

Arabian Crown Pizza- Chicken

2013-05-09T09:39:00.000+04:00

Making homemade Pizza after a long time. When Priya Suresh posted pizza in the home bakers challenge there was a lot of flavours going in my mind Indian , Italian, etc., After a long dilemma concluded in this pizza combined Arabian Pizza and crown pizza inspired from Pizza hut and made this delicious pizza. Being in gulf got access to many Arabic spices and I love the Bahraini masala, such a

Little Soldiers / Soft boiled eggs with Asparagus

2013-04-18T18:08:00.000+04:00

Being In and Out from the blogger world back with an easy but delicious recipe. Little soldiers! does the name amuse you it is simple soft boiled eggs with crunchy asparagus. Wanted to make this recipe right from the time I saw this in Nigella Lawson's cookery show (long long back!) but never had the oppurtunity to do. Made them during last weekend along with some toasts, sausages, hash browns

Homemade ghee

2013-02-19T12:39:00.000+04:00

Even when I write this post I can feel the aroma of homemade ghee and the speciality of this ghee is it is made from the famous Uthukuli butter. When we went for vacation my hubby bought a kilo of butter directly from Uthukuli. The ghee made from this butter is very aromatic and has a nice golden yellow color rather than the butter available in Khadi craft store which gives a white colored

Squid vada / kanava meen vadai

2012-09-03T17:06:00.001+04:00

Have you ever tried vadas with squid? If not then give a try you will not be disappointed. It's super yummy and when you fry them the aroma of seafood just fills the air. This is my mother's recipe. This is her creation. She gets great ideas n also innovative ones to.    You can make them for parties as starters, make Manchurian or make kofta gravy just let your imagination run wild

Mee Goreng - Malaysian Fried Noodles

2012-07-03T14:00:00.000+04:00

After a long time with my fav dish Mee Goreng, The word itself brings me memories of my childhood days where my grandmother would prepare this super delicious noodles in Singapore. MeeGoreng is a favorite Street Hawker Dish. It is a treat to the eyes to see them prepare this dish. This recipe calls for MEE which is fresh yellow egg noodles. Ive seen fresh noodles readily available in the market

Hyderabadi Mutton Biryani- Kachi Style

2012-02-23T12:18:00.000+04:00

The first thing that comes across your mind when you hear the name Biryani is none other than the world famous Hyderabadi Biryani. The aroma from the saffron is a treat to our noses whereas the beautiful Biryani is a treat to our eyes and when you eat the succulent pieces of meat it is a sure treat to our whole body. Each grain in the biryani is seperate n the mutton is so soft that it

Visit to Doha Food Festival 2012

2012-02-12T16:17:00.000+04:00

Went to Doha Food Festival on Thursday and was simply amazed by the vareity of food that was displayed from all around the world. Many 5*star hotels had stalls there n they had a wide vareity like japanese, italian, malaysian, south american, indian, chinese.etc.,.,., The food costed relatively cheap from 5riyals to 15riyals. Lets take a tour of the food festival Family Roast Dosai from

Ras Malai with Milk Powder & Low fat version

2012-02-02T14:38:00.000+04:00

Blogging after a long time! wow!! love that beautiful feeling I get when I blog. Hope to blog frequently!!. Now coming to the recipe!! If I would tell you that you can prepare Rasmalai in 20 minutes would you believe me?? You have to. Because today Iam going to share that recipe with you. Went to a relatives house sometime ago for dinner. I was served soft n delicious Rasmalais. When I told

After a very long time n My new co- author

2012-01-25T04:23:00.000+04:00

Hi friends. good to post really after a very long time. Am now going to introduce my co-author who also will be contributing to this blog, Yasmin Shahul. She is none other than my dearest sister. So from now on we will be posting recipies in turns. Hope all my blogger friends will give the same support for both of us like you all did before. will post very soon

My little Princess

2011-06-13T15:40:00.000+04:00

Hai friends!! After really a very long time. Sharing my happiness with you all A new member has come to our family " My little princess" Thats de reason for suddenly vanishing from the blogging world. just couldnt blog for the past 8 months with my pregnancy. Hope to return soon to the blogging world. See you all !Bye!!

A long break!!!!

2010-11-07T15:53:00.000+04:00

Hai friends due to some unavoidable circumstances wasnt able to blog for a month. And wouldnt be able to blog till the end of December. Apologies for not posting the event roundups. will surely post them once I actively blog again. Bye friends!! C u on new year, hope you will give me the same support when I start blogging again.

Healing Foods- China Grass/ Agar- Agar Event Announcement

2010-10-07T15:20:00.001+04:00

Once again Iam here with an event announcement, Healing foods food event is being guest hosted in Kitchen Samraj this month. Healing Foods event is a wonderful event started by Siri of Siri's Corner. Check out her blog for more delicious delicacy's. This month Ive chosen Agar- Agar or China Grass Agar-agar is a gelatinous substance derived from red algae.They are mainly used as an ingredient

Mutton Biryani

2010-09-30T13:27:00.000+04:00

Biryani is an all time favorite dish for all of us. No festival gets complete without biryani. In our side they are served with Dalcha, sour pachidi, sweet pachidi, fried chicken, raita, boiled egg n kheer. Before marriage I thought making biryani is difficult one. But to tell the truth it is really, you need to work hard for getting the perfect recipe for the perfect biryani, but no need to

Umm ali & Muhallebi

2010-09-29T23:09:00.000+04:00

What could be more delightful than a tasty n divine dessert, Yes Iam speaking about the two famous dessert Muhallebi n Umm Ali. Each Arabic Country has it own version of Muhallebi n UmmAli so its like a common dessert to all the Arqab world. Umm Ali is a simple yet delicious dessert made with puff pasrty n milk. In olden days they were made with bread n milk. I made this dessert with croissants

Khubz- Arabi/ Arabic Flat bread

2010-09-29T19:08:00.000+04:00

Khubz is the most common staple food in the Arab world. They are made with all purpose flour or with wheat flour. They are served with roasted chicken , hummus, baba ganoush, mouttabal, etc. They make a very simple meal in our house with home made shawarma, hummus, garlic dip n fatoush. The khubz is baked in a very hot oven, n by following this recipe from Arabic Bites I got a perfect Khubz

Hummus & Garlic Dip

2010-09-29T15:32:00.001+04:00

Hi friends! I know I suddenly vanished from the blogging world, my laptop was not working n had no way to post all the delicasies I made last week, borrowed my friends laptop, so would be posting recipes in clusters. This post was to be posted on Friday were I made a full fledged Arabic Dinner last thursday. With no further delay Iam going to the post, Hummus n Garlic dip. Regarding hummus I

Kataif- Cheese/ Arabic Pancakes with Cheese

2010-09-23T11:27:00.000+04:00

Kataif is a type of Arabic Pancake which is cooked on one side stuffed with cheese or nuts, deep fried n soaked in sugar syrup n served. They can also be stuffed with cream n served with sugar syrup, known as Kataif bil Kashta. These pancakes can be made at home and as told cooked only on one side so that they can be stuffed n pinch them well to keep the stuff intact. Since living in Gulf Kataif

MW Zebra Cake

2010-09-21T23:27:00.000+04:00

Made this cake for a special celebration last week, was down with cold n fever n didnt make anuthing elaborate. Then thought why not make a cake in MW. Went through lots of recipes n didnt settle down for anything. Then suddenly an idea stuck me,. why not make Zebra Cake n MW. Took a recipe for cake from one of my cookbook made a few alterations n made this cake, Voila! In 10minutes I made the

Coconut Barfi/ Thengai Barfi

2010-09-21T14:53:00.000+04:00

Thengai or Coconut Barfi is a sure hit sweet in our home but Ive never succeeded in making a perfect one. Then one day I looked into this recipe in Kamala Boopathy's blog http://www.cookatease.com/. She gave picture by picture instructions which made me easy to do. Today I not only got perfect barfi's but also a tasty one. Usually I donot like sweets with coconut, but this is the only exception

Chicken Masala Indianised Spring Roll- Global Kadai

2010-09-21T11:11:00.001+04:00

This is the Indianised version of the Spring Rolls. I used Chicken mince n made a spicy masala, n used them as filling for Spring Rolls. I usually make this filling for making Murtaba or Stuffed Parotta but omitted the egg here. You can use this filling to make samosas n sandwhiches too. Didnt have enough time to decorate them, too the photograph in a hurry. Sending them to Global Kadai hosted

Mixed Beans Curry

2010-09-20T21:48:00.000+04:00

Got a packet of Mixed beans from the Indian Grocery, n thought why not make a simple curry for chappati. Didnt go for any elaborate masala, just added some aromatic spices, indeed it was a semi dry gravy. Was delicious n went along with Beets Chappati. Sending them to CWS- Nigella Seeds guest hosted by Umm Mymoonah event by Priya and to Visual Treat event by Sanyukta and to ONLY- Low Oil/ Low

Nigella Flavored Beet Chappati

2010-09-20T17:06:00.000+04:00

Again server down n wasnt able to blog for two days! thank god the problem is over, Today is a special chappati made for my junior who always makes a big fuss when it comes to eating vegetables. Always have to try to new ways to make him eat veggies, Bought some beets this week n was thinking as what to do, then thought why not try making Chappati. Grated beet, added flour spiced with nigella n

Maaladdu

2010-09-16T15:34:00.001+04:00

This laddu has always been my favorite right from my young age, Every time during Diwali our neighbours would make them a whole lot of goodies n share with us n I will always looking out for these maaladdus. i love that powdery texture unlike other ladddus that are soft. My hubby has always been asking me to make them who is a great fan of laddus. Made them for Eid, actually I made them first

Our Eid Menu

2010-09-16T12:50:00.000+04:00

Hello friends!! Hope all is fine! Had a good holiday n now Im back blogging. Made few delicacy's for Eid n will be posting one by one. Today I m Sharing you our Eid breakfast n lunch menu. Eid Breakfast Menu: There is no stead fast menu for Eid n I prepare what my hubby n jr likes. Have posted a few dishes already n the dishes Ive missed out will be posted soon. A) Idli B) Vadai C) Idli