Turai aur Adrakh/Hari Mirch Ki Sabzi - तुरई और अदरख/हरी मिर्च की सब्जी (Ridge Gourd and Ginger/Green Chili Curry)

Hello friends,

Here I am with another bookmarked recipe from a dear friend of mine Kiran who has a wonderful blog called Sumadhura.

I had bookmarked this amazing recipe when she had posted it in July 2010. I love ridge gourd and was glad to know one more preparation of it. I prepared it last week and was so happy that I tried it. Turai aur Adrakh/Hari Mirch Ki Sabzi - तुरई और अदरख/हरी मिर्च की सब्जी (Ridge Gourd and Ginger/Green Chili Curry) is a sure keeper and now will be make frequently in our house.

Thanks Kiran for such wonderful recipe. I have many more bookmarked from yours that I need to try out :)

This goes to Aipi and my Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday - Volume 19 and Hearth and Soul Hop - Volume 25 events.

That's all for now. Take care till next post.

Layer Paratha - Layered Indian Flat Bread

Hello Friends,


Firstly, I would like to remind all my readers (bloggers and non bloggers) about the event going on in my blog and to participate in it :)


Cooking with Whole Foods (CWF) - Quinoa, it ends on December 10th 2010.

Feels so nice to write another recipe after a long break. Last post was a tried and tasted one, so wasn't a recipe from me :)


This is one of my dear Manju didi's (my oldest SIL) recipe and everyone in my family just drools over it and want to eat it all the time, if available. My older son is I guess the biggest fan of her bua (atta) and so is this paratha of hers. He cannot do without both of these.


Anyways, this time I tried and mastered it (I guess) :) A very simple recipe actually.


Layer Masala Paratha - Layer मसाला पराठा (Indian Spiced Layered Flat Bread)

Ingredients
Whole Wheat Flour - 2 cups (this will usually make 4 parathas, depending on which size you want)
Water - to mix the dough
Ghee (Clarified Butter) or Butter - to help spread the masala on the paratha
Masala Spread
Lal Mirch (Red Chili) Powder - 1 tbsp
Chat Masala (This is a masala you get in Indian store) - 1 tbsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Preparation

• Add water slowly to the wheat flour and knead it to a nice flat bread kind of dough. Keep it covered for couple of minutes before making parathas.
• Mix Masala Spread in a cup. I usually mix a big batch so that I don't have to mix it every time. Though it hardly takes 30 seconds, but lazy that I am :)
• Now, take a nice big ball from the prepared dough and roll it with the help of rolling pin into a circular shape of desired size (Usually parathas are about anywhere from 5-7 inches in diameter, but you can always make the size that you want). Another note here is that you don't have to roll them out very thin, if you cannot or if you don't want to.
• Now, spread about 1/4 or 1/2 tsp of ghee on your rolled out paratha (like in the picture).
• Sprinkle mixed masala (as much or as little as you want) on the ghee spread paratha.
• Now, slowly with the help of one finger, mix masala with ghee and spread it across the paratha (like in the picture).
• Now, cut the paratha in as many pieces as you want. Remember, more pieces, means more layers, but then more pieces also mean more work... lol
• Once cutting them in pieces, start stacking pieces of parathas on top of each other (as shows in picture).
• Once all the pieces are in one stack, press them together into a flat piece and then dust it with little wheat flour and roll it out in desired shape. Now, here as I cut my pieces in square shape, my end result paratha was in square shapre. But, go with your imagination here.
• Now, place the paratha on a hot griddle and cook (roast) both sides with liberal amount of ghee or butter till they are nice golden.
• As I serve it to kids, I like to cut them in triangles, but just server as it is.

Note: Masala spread can have more masalas if you want and feel free to change their proportions as you like. Feel free to cut as many pieces to make as many layers. My SIL sometimes goes to as many as 32 or even more layers, but she really has lot of patience...lol. This can be a total customizable paratha based on how you like it. 
Serving
My family just loves it hot out of tawa with a dollop of butter and a bowl of plain yogurt. But, eat it any way you like your parathas, but honestly, there is no need of any curries or anything with it. My son, loves to separate layers while eating and love those crispy pieces. 


I am sending this to Joy of cooking's Complete my thali: Roti-Bhakhri-Poli-Thepla-Puri-Rotla event which is guest hosted this month by Akheela.

That's all for now. Take care till next post.

Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday Event - 30th November 2010 (Volume 18)

Hello friends,

This is the 16th volume of Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday Event. You can find recipes for all other volumes here. where we all with link the blog posts where we posted a recipe that we had Bookmarked from another blog or book or magazine or simply from a TV show written on a blank paper. It would be great to know when you bookmarked it (date), if you would like to share it, not mandatory.

Remember, you will have to post that recipe on Tuesday, 30th November 2010 and no archived or past recipes are allowed to be entered in this event. You can make that recipe any date or time, but it has be posted on Tuesday. Hope that is clear :)

Important Note: The recipe has to be from another source (blog, magazine, friend, noted from somewhere in your diary etc.) and importantly as this is a vegetarian blog, it has to be a vegetarian recipe, no kind of meat allowed. Eggs are allowed, but only in baking.

Please use the logo displayed below in your post and link it with this post or the original announcement post of this event.

Once you have posted your recipe on your blog, simply link it using "Mr. Linky" below. Linking will open only after 12 am on 30th November 2010 (India Time) and will stay open till end of the day (US Pacific Time).

Hoping to see lots of recipes as I know all of us have bookmarked recipe, blogger or non-blogger. If you are a non-blogger, please feel free to send me the recipe with pic and the source of your bookmark.

That's all for now. Take care till next post.

Sanja - A Semolina Savory Pudding with Buttermilk - From Sayali's Blog

Hello friends,


It is so nice to post a real recipe after about 6 weeks' break of not posting anything.


I also wanted to share and brag about a giveaway that I won, lol. It was organized by Food Lovers and I happen to win it. Thanks dear for such wonderful gift. We are all loving it :)

Today, I have an unusual upma (Savory Semolina Pudding) recipe which involves adding buttermilk in the recipe instead of plain water. She says, Sanja is a marathi word and she learnt it herself from her mother in law. Please do visit her blog for this delicious recipe and many more like this from her.

This is a recipe I had bookmarked from Sayali's Blog since May 2010, i.e., when she had posted it. I loved it right away, so thought of making it today. It had a very different taste from regular upma in a good way. Loved the slight tangy taste of buttermilk in it. Loved the color and everything about it. 


This goes towards Aipi and my event of Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday - Volume 17

This also goes towards Hearth and Soul Hop - Volume 24.

That's all for now. Take care till next post.

Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday Event - 23rd November 2010 (Volume 17)

Hello friends,

This is the 16th volume of Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday Event. You can find recipes for all other volumes here. where we all with link the blog posts where we posted a recipe that we had Bookmarked from another blog or book or magazine or simply from a TV show written on a blank paper. It would be great to know when you bookmarked it (date), if you would like to share it, not mandatory.

Remember, you will have to post that recipe on Tuesday, 23rd November 2010 and no archived or past recipes are allowed to be entered in this event. You can make that recipe any date or time, but it has be posted on Tuesday. Hope that is clear :)

Important Note: The recipe has to be from another source (blog, magazine, friend, noted from somewhere in your diary etc.) and importantly as this is a vegetarian blog, it has to be a vegetarian recipe, no kind of meat allowed. Eggs are allowed, but only in baking.

Please use the logo displayed below in your post and link it with this post or the original announcement post of this event.

Once you have posted your recipe on your blog, simply link it using "Mr. Linky" below. Linking will open only after 12 am on 23rd November 2010 (India Time) and will stay open till end of the day (US Pacific Time).

Hoping to see lots of recipes as I know all of us have bookmarked recipe, blogger or non-blogger. If you are a non-blogger, please feel free to send me the recipe with pic and the source of your bookmark.

That's all for now. Take care till next post.

Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday Event - 16th November 2010 (Volume 16)

Hello friends,

This is the 16th volume of Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday Event. You can find recipes for all other volumes here. where we all with link the blog posts where we posted a recipe that we had Bookmarked from another blog or book or magazine or simply from a TV show written on a blank paper. It would be great to know when you bookmarked it (date), if you would like to share it, not mandatory.

Remember, you will have to post that recipe on Tuesday, 16th November 2010 and no archived or past recipes are allowed to be entered in this event. You can make that recipe any date or time, but it has be posted on Tuesday. Hope that is clear :)

Important Note: The recipe has to be from another source (blog, magazine, friend, noted from somewhere in your diary etc.) and importantly as this is a vegetarian blog, it has to be a vegetarian recipe, no kind of meat allowed. Eggs are allowed, but only in baking.

Please use the logo displayed below in your post and link it with this post or the original announcement post of this event.

Once you have posted your recipe on your blog, simply link it using "Mr. Linky" below. Linking will open only after 12 am on 16th November 2010 (India Time) and will stay open till end of the day (US Pacific Time).

Hoping to see lots of recipes as I know all of us have bookmarked recipe, blogger or non-blogger. If you are a non-blogger, please feel free to send me the recipe with pic and the source of your bookmark.

That's all for now. Take care till next post.

Roundup of Veggie/Fruit A Month - Apple Event and I am back !!!

Hello friends,


I missed you all and my virtual world a lot during my trip as I hardly used computer and enjoyed. I had lots of fun and couldn't believe how the time just flew and now we are back.


Thanks to all your good wishes and love. We are back home, safe and healthy !!!


I also want to thank everyone who participated in my event Veggie / Fruit A Month with APPLE as a star ingredient. 

Here is the much awaited roundup. I love the fact that this event encourages people to try new recipes rather than sending archived ones. I am sorry to say as I was on vacation, I couldn't try or post anything for this event.

Jay from Tasty Appetite sent Apple Juice

Denny from Oh Taste N See sent Blueberry Apple Coffee Cake, Applesauce Cake, Apple Rabdi

Janet from The Taste Space sent Apple Strudel

Suma Gandlur from Veggieplatter sent Microwave Apple Banana Carrot Halwa

Sudha from Malaysian Delicacies sent Apple N Raisin Strudel

Shobana from Shobhana's Cooking Journal sent Cinnamon flavoured apple icecream

Krishnaveni from Krishnaveni's Kitchen sent Applesauce Cake

Thanks once again for participating. Please do visit, this month's event in this series hosted by Richa with star ingredient as GREEN PEAS.

Please do not forget to participate in my other event which I am guest hosting, Cooking with Whole Foods (CWF) - Quinoa. It ends on December 10th 2010.

That's all for now. Take care till next post.