Vineela's Cuisine

BommalaKoluvu 2012

2012-10-25T22:38:00.002-07:00

Deepavali 2011

2011-10-26T10:20:00.001-07:00

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-20T09:44:00.000-07:00

Foggy day

2011-10-12T17:50:00.000-07:00

Bommala Koluvu 2011

2011-10-02T10:15:00.000-07:00

Vinayaka Chavithi 2011

2011-09-01T18:47:00.000-07:00

Evening Walk" Quack ..Quack..."

2011-05-06T18:11:00.000-07:00

Bird's Nest Cookies - Easter Party

2011-04-14T14:23:00.000-07:00

Spring Bloom

2011-04-08T22:35:00.000-07:00

Ugadi Subhakanshalu 2011

2011-04-03T19:57:00.001-07:00

Ratha Saptami

2011-02-10T14:21:00.000-08:00

Diwali

2010-11-04T23:24:00.001-07:00

Bommala Koluvu 2010

2010-10-17T08:32:00.001-07:00

Happy Krishna Jayanthi

2010-09-02T09:51:00.000-07:00

Krishnastami

Adai

2010-06-25T11:13:00.000-07:00

Chana dal - ¾cup
Toor dal - ½ cup
Urad dal - ½ cup
Moong dal - ¼ cup
Redchilles - 10 no
Ginger - 2" piece
Idly Rice - 2 cups
Chopped Onions - ½ cup
Seasoning Ingredients: Musatard seeds,Red chilles,Urad dal,Curry leaves,chopped Onions
Coriander - chopped ¼ cup

Soak the rice and all dals separately in two different vessels for 5 hours.Soak the redchillies also.
Grind redchilles,ginger along with dals and rice into a coarse paste.It should be thick than the dosa batter.Add sufficient water to change the consistency. Add Seasoning (mustard seeds,urad dal ,Red chilles,curry leaves,chopped onions) ,salt ,chopped coriander leaves stir well into the batter.Start making adais after 1 hr .Since the seasoning is soaked in the batter it gives more taste.
Heat non stick pan and add a little bit oil to the pan.
Pour a laddle full of batter and spread in a circular motion from inside to outside.Drizzle little bit oil on both sides and roast for golden brown color.
Serve hot with any chutney.

Happy Valentines Day

2010-02-14T23:30:00.001-08:00

Happy Valentines Day.
My friend has arranged a small get together at her house.
we enjoyed a lot having a talent rounds like singing,dancing,expressing love .
I baked and frosted these yummy brownies for the evening.We had chapathi,aloo kurma,veggie biryani,chole sundal,gunthaponganalu,lemon rice,fruit salad.Enjoyed the evening with lot of fun filled with healthy environment along with lovable kids.

Chocolate Brownies for a Christmas Party

2009-12-23T10:19:00.000-08:00

My neighbour has invited us(mom and kids) for lunch at her house on the eve of christmas.Akshay,my toddler is so excited to meet all his friends.
Brownies are perfect for this occasion so went ahead to make nutty chewy brownies for the group .

Ingredients:
Barefoot Contessa Outrageous Brownie Mix - 1 pack/20.8 oz fast and easy when you have mix in hand.
Chopped walnuts - ½ cup
Chopped dried cranberries - ¼ cup
Vegetable oil - ¾ cup
Water - 1 ½ cup
Eggs - 2 no

Making:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray the pan with (Pam)cooking spray.Dust the pan with flour and coat evenly.Place wax paper and keep it aside.

Whisk all the wet ingredients in a large bowl.
Add the brownie mix and beat for 1 to 2 minutes in low speed until well combined.
Add chopped nuts and dried cranberries and fold the batter 2 to 3 times with spatula.
Pour the batter in a lined baking pan evenly.
Sprinkle with Cake Mate Nonpareil Decors and bake 30 to 35 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.
Remove the pan from the oven and allow it to cool completely.
Cut the brownies and serve.
Simple and yummy brownies are ready for the party.

Horsegram Powder/Ulava Podi /ఉలవ పొడి

2009-12-08T14:21:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:
Horsegram - 1 cup
Urad dal - 1 cup
Vamu ginjalu /Ajwain - 3 tspn
Dry ginger powder /sonti/సొంఠి - ½ tspn
Dried Red chillies 11 to 13 no
Salt to taste

Making:
Dry roast the urad dal until dal changes to light brown color.Roast horsegram in low flame until it becomes slightly change in color and add vamu ,dry ginger powder and asafoetida and trasfer to the plate.Roast red chillies and allow to cool the above ingredients.
Grind to a coarse powder by adding salt according to your taste.
Once cool store in an airtight container.
Mix horsegram powder with steamed rice along with a dollop of homemade ghee.

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½ Marathon and sweet treat Sandesh

2009-10-06T09:56:00.000-07:00

Gopi ran the Sanjose
Rock'n'Roll ½ marathon in 2hr 11mins on Sunday October4th ,2009.

Happy Independenance Day

2009-08-15T22:10:00.000-07:00

COURTESY:Youtube

Idly and Sambar

2009-06-22T11:54:00.000-07:00

Idly:
Wash and Soak 3 cups of rice and 1 cup of urad dal in two seperate bowls.
After 5 to 6 hrs grind into a fine paste and transfer to steel vessel.
Keep oven in warm for 10 minutes and switch off the oven.
Close the vessel with lid and place the vessel in oven and leave to ferment for 8hrs.
Stir in sufficient salt and now the batter is ready for dosa or idly.
Apply oil to the idly plates and pour the batter.Stack the idly plates in pressure cooker and steam for 10 minutes.

Sambar:
Vegetables - 1 cup(Cho cho,sunburst pattypan squash)
green chilli - 1no
Tomato - ½ no
Tamarind paste - 1 tspn
Boiled toor dal - 2 cups
Curry leaves - 4 or 5 leaves
Oil for seasoning.
Water for cooking.
Salt to taste
Cho Cho and Sunburstpattypan Squash Sambar:
Put oil in a pressure cooker and add mustard seeds,red chillies,curryleaves,asafoetida for seasoning.
Add chopped onions,green chillies and fry for a while.Add chopped tomato pieces and chopped vegetables .
Stir for a while and add sambar powder,turmeric,tamarind paste ,salt according to taste.Pour water and close the lid.When steam starts coming add boiled toor dal to the mixture and close the lid and put the pressure.
Switch off the stove after 3 whistles.
Allow to cool the cooker and add coriander leaves to the sambar and serve in a bowl.
Look here for one more idly recipe:
Idly with Vadaicurry
This recipe goes to EFM Theme - Breakfast Series hosted by hostess Sri of Me and My kitchen .

Strawberry Icecream(Eggless)

2009-06-05T12:18:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:
Strawberries - 2 lbs
Whole milk - 6 cups
Sugar - ¼ cup
Cinnamon pwd - ½ tspn
Vanilla essence - 1tspn
Whipped topping - 8oz container
chopped strawberries - ½ cup

Making:
Boil whole milk ,Vanilla essence ,cinnamon pwd,sugar and keep stirring continuously in medium flame until it reduces to 4 cups.
Remove from fire and leave the vessel to cool.Meanwhile ,Puree the strawberries.
Pour the chilled milk into the strawberry puree and mix well.Fold whipped topping into the strawberry puree,chopped strawberries.Transfer to the container with a lid and freeze for 3 to 4 hours .

This icecream goes to Happycook who is hosting an event called "Strawberry Feast".

Strawberry and Cherry Picking

2009-06-03T09:15:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we planned to visit farms near to our place along with our friends and their kids.We reached the farms after 1½ hours.

My kid was happy to see lot of strawberries at one place.He enjoyed running in and around fields.Strawberries are so juicy and sweet.While picking I can't resist myself tasting tiny red strawberries.Wow enjoyed the taste and picking too.
We did our lunch at near by park and again started ahead to pick cherries.
Here are the pictures of Strawberry Farms:

~~~~~ Strawberry plants ~~~~~

~~~~~ Strawberry flowers ~~~~~

~~~~~ Blackberrys{Red berries are unripe ,when they turn Black its time to pick } ~~~~~

Brentwood Region,Contra Coasta county,California :
Chan's Fruit stand Strawberries,Blackberries
2500b Walnut Blvd. Brentwood, CA 94513 (Corner of Walnut and Payne).
925-325-0640
Per pound - 1$
Maggiore Cherry Ranch
Walnut Blvd., 1/2 mile south of Balfour Road, Brentwood
925-634-4176
Picked & U-Pick Cherries: Bing, Brooks & Corral Champagne.
Per pound - 2.50 $

Wedding Anniversary - Lake Tahoe

2009-05-28T11:13:00.000-07:00

Anniversary Cake White sponge cake with strawberry filling Whipped cream frosting

Lake Tahoe from Heavenly gondola

Idly and Sambar

2009-05-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

Idly:
Wash and Soak 3 cups of rice and 1 cup of urad dal in two seperate bowls.
After 5 to 6 hrs grind into a fine paste and transfer to steel vessel.
Keep oven in warm for 10 minutes and switch off the oven.
Close the vessel with lid and place the vessel in oven and leave to ferment for 8hrs.
Stir in sufficient salt and now the batter is ready for dosa or idly.
Apply oil to the idly plates and pour the batter.Stack the idly plates in pressure cooker and steam for 10 minutes.

Sambar:
Vegetables - 1 cup(Cho cho,sunburst pattypan squash)
green chilli - 1no
Tomato - ½ no
Tamarind paste - 1 tspn
Boiled toor dal - 2 cups
Curry leaves - 4 or 5 leaves
Oil for seasoning.
Salt to taste
Cho Cho Sunburstpattypan Squash Sambar:
Put oil in a pressure cooker and add mustard seeds,red chillies,curryleaves,asafoetida for seasoning.
Add chopped onions,green chillies and fry for a while.Add chopped tomatoe and chopped vegetables .
Stir for a while and add sambar powder,turmeric,tamarind paste ,salt according to taste.Pour water and close the lid.When steam starts coming add boiled toor dal to the mixture and close the lid and put the pressure.
Switch off the stove after 3 whistles.
Allow to cool the cooker and add coriander leaves to the sambar and serve in a bowl.
Look here for one more idly recipe:
Idly with Vadaicurry
This recipe goes to EFM Theme - Breakfast Series hosted by hostess Sri of Me and My kitchen .