Jalebi- In all it’s Glitter & Shine

Today I decided to surprise Mr R with some hot Jalebis. The look on his face was priceless…It was drizzling in this part of the world so we enjoyed the Jalebis with some piping hot chai on our verandah..

Cabbage-Green Gram Mezhukuparati

From my Saturday lunch series…

You Need

1. Green Gram- 1 Cup

2. Chopped Cabbage- 1 Cup

3. Shallots- 4 nos

4. Green Chilly- 1 nos

5. Cumin Seeds- 1/2 tsp

6. Shredded Coconut- 1/2 Cuo

7. Turmeric Powder- 1/2 tsp

8. Curry Leaves- A handful

9. Salt to taste

Vada Pav- Jazz up Your Tea Time

These days I frequently crave for carbs and vada pav stands tall in that. One pav with the aloo vada keep my hunger monsters quite for a long time. Reuben’s sky rocketing cholesterol has greatly restricted any deep fry items in our house but then who can stop when I am eating out with my friends

Last week, Reuben was away visiting his mom in Delhi and vola ! here was my chance to devour on some lovely vada pav. My greed and gluttony overtook my senses and I ended up eating for a whole neighbourhood

Run to your nearest grocery store and pick up a pack of pav and now let’s get ready to make some vada and sauces to go with it….

A Quiet Saturday Lunch- Mr R & Me

It has been quite some time since I got a Saturday off. I have site visits on Saturdays where me and my classmates get to visit NGOs and facilities to observe how they function- something like an experiential learning. For all those who don’t know yet- I am doing my masters in counselling psychology (full-time) at Montfort College. So these days I am quite enjoying my new role as a student- an experience new in all sense. I have my hands in to everything that happens in college- Food Fest, Student’s Council, The Throw Ball (Ya ! Thats right I can throw some balls) and loads of other things. I am completely absorbing the new experiences which I thought I had missed out on earlier and I guess at my age (just 28 years) it is a once in a life time experience and I am lucky to have the college experience twice in my life at different stages in life.

The weekends has always been sacred for me and Mr R. Long time back we vowed to spend the weekends with just each other and no other commitments. We catch up on the pending house work, grocery shopping, a movie, eating out and the best of all a “complete mallu lunch”. After a long time we sat down to enjoy one today and Man ! did we enjoy it !!!

Sharing with you some of the lunch recipes…..Njoy !

PS: Will post some funny college moments soon

Avial- A Beautiful Concoction of Vegetables

You Need:

1. Assorted Vegetables- 250 gms (Carrot, Yam, Potatoes, Ashgourd, Drumstick and Raw Plantain)

2. Shredded Coconut- 1 Cup

3. Shallots- 4 nos

4. Green Chilly- 1 nos

5. Curd- 1 Cup

6. Turmeric Powder- 1/2 tsp

7. Salt to taste

8. Coconut Oil- 1 tbsp

9. Curry Leaves- a handful

10. Cumin Seeds- 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Slice/Dice the vegetables cook it with turmeric powder, salt and a cup of water.

2. While the vegetables are cooking, grind the coconut with the cumin seeds, chilly and the shallots.

3. Once the vegetable are cooked, add the ground coconut paste and the curry leaves and mix well.

4. Stir well without mashing the vegetables for around 2 minutes.

5. Beat the curd well and add to the vegetables and take off the flame after stirring for a minute.

6. After the curd is added, too much heat can curdle the dish so take off the flame after a couple of minutes.

Reviewing Claypot

 

A new eating place in my neighbourhood is something that always excites me. In the last few months HRBR layout and the neighbouring places saw the arrival of 2 new kids on the block- Claypot and Osteria, While the former offers a fine Indian dining experience, Osteria is an Italian restaurant- first of its kind in my neighbourhood.

In no mood to handle the Saturday night Bangalore traffic we decided to chuck the plan of going to Tandoor on MG Road and decided to check out the new restaurant- Claypot. Though I am not officially a huge fan of Indian fare but of the late have been dying to have some really good Biryani. The restaurant was packed and we barely managed to get a place immediately. Though the decor pleased me with its simple and tastefully done interiors however it was hard to overlook the manager who looked as if he was just up from a deep slumber and definitely did not look happy being there. One other hand that kept putting me off at this restaurant was the loud-jarring pop music. I have my reservations against playing western pop music in an Indian restaurant and you can only imagine my irritation when it was annoyingly loud. Worst of it- my request to reduce the volume was brushed off and the diners continued to be tortured with it.

Doughnuts- Inspired from Ally’s Kitchen

After going through Ally’s blog, all I could think was about the yummy doughnuts she had posted. Today, the whole day I was just lusting about those yummy sugar dusted doughnuts so I could not wait to get back home and make some for myself. I have edited Ally’s recipe to suit my taste. Also, Reuben is also a big fan of doughnut, apparently his mom used to pack it off for him to take to the hostel and he used to ration his consumption so that the doughnuts could last him the whole semester !

Reuben is still at his office dinner and little does he knows that there is some lovely doughnuts waiting for him…..or should I put it as yummy doughnuts made by the lovely wife

Chana Masala- My Entry for My Legume Love Affair

Finally my post for the “My legume Affair” event is ready- Chana Masala. This event is the brilliant concoction of the beancentric Susan of “The Well-Seasoned Cook”. Since she first hosted the event, food bloggers from around the world have been vying to host this event and from what I know, this even has been totally booked till the end of 2010. This month’s host is the lovely owner of the blog “When My Soups Came Alive”. You can visit her blog in the first week of December for a complete round up of this event.

Tomato-Poached Eggs

Back in those days when I was following the “South Beach Diet”, my breakfast options were very limited. Now what could a phoren bred mallu girl have for breakfast other than bread, puttu with pazham, idiyappam and the other carb bombs. My chance encounter with this Parsi Egg dish was a huge relief. Ever since- this dish has also found a significant place in our Sunday Brunches.

This dish is also my official entry to “Monthly Mingle Brunch Event“, hosted by Meeta of  What’s for Lunch Honey.

Reviewing Ally’s “What’s Cooking Today”

God only knows what a desperate & bored stay-at-mommy’s can do. However my dear friend and friendly neighbour- Ally decided to start a food blog. Her excuse for all this paraphilia was, “I am jobless”. People who have known me have often described me as mercilessly outspoken and hence critiquing is the last thing to do but I simply could not help writing a word or two about Ally’s food blog- What’s Cooking Today.

Should say that her blog is quite an impressive run- with some easy to cook and mouth-watering recipes. Ally is someone who knows the importance of easy and fast cooking especially when her 2 year old cute brat is running around the house, so trust me- if it is on her blog then it is easy-weezy and delicious. But I am only left longing for some more cute pictures on her blog which I know that she is pretty capable of. So hopefully my dear friend will take some glam pics of her dishes and tempt us all more

So please do check out her blog while I dash to the kitchen to try out her dunkin doughnut- yummy yummy (slurrp-slurrp)