Roundup of Healing Foods - Beetroot event

Hello friends,


Hope you all enjoyed roundup of Only Series - Low Oil/Low Cal event. If not, please check it right now :)


Here, I am with the roundup of another event that my blog hosted. It is Healing Foods - Beetroot. I would like to thank Siri for letting me host this wonderful event. Please check her past hosts and their roundups here.

Honestly, I do not cook much with Beetroot. But, this event has presented me with so many delicious and wonderful recipes which I am going to try all and enjoy. I received 43 entries and I was amazed because I was not sure based on the veggie I chose. But, dear bloggers, you are all wonderful. I am sure you all will be surprised by some amazing creations that some of our fellow bloggers have done. 


Without further delay, here I present the roundup. 


Note: If I have missed someone's entry, please do understand that it was not intentional. Please leave either a comment here or send me an email to let me know.

Urvashi from Indian Culinary Adventures sent Beetroot pulav

Swetha from Our Cherished World sent Beetroot Curry

Roshan from roshans cucina sent Beetroot pachadi

Sanyukta from Create Sanyukta sent Beetroot Chutney, Beetroot Lentil Curry/Dal/Rasam, Beetroot Lentil Stirfry,  Beetroot Carrot Halwa

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal from Mharo Rajasthan's Recipes sent Paneer aur Chukandar Ki Pattiyon ki Sabzi (Indian Cottage Cheese in Beetroot Greens' Gravy), Beetroot Lollipops

Tanvi from Sinfully Spicy sent Beet Root Curry/Chukander ki Sabzi

sonal agarwal from palate corner sent Beetroot,rocket and feta cheese bruschetta

Akheela from Torviewtoronto sent Beetroot curry

Priya from Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes sent Beets & Oats Kootu, Spicy & Cheesy Stuffed Beets Swirl Bread, Beets & Watermelon White Rinds Kurma

Meena from Chettinad Cook sent Beetroot Chappati

Supriya from Queen of my kitchen sent Beetroot Halwa, Beetroot Koshimbir

Niloufer Riyaz from Kitchen Samraj sent Flavoured Beet Chappati

Megha from Live To Eat sent Beet Appetizer Salad

Nandini from Nandini's Food Page sent Beets and Paneer Cutlet

Suneetha from Suneetha's kitchen sent Beetroot  and Choclate steamed Cake

Aipi from USMasala sent Vegetable chop

Jaleela Kamal from Samaiyal Attakaasangka sent Sprot moong dhal beetroot idly, beetroot halva, Simple Beetroot Poriyal

Rachana from Veggi Fare sent Beet-Carrot-Tomato Tikka

Umm Mymoonah from Taste Of Pearl City sent Beet falafel lollies

Nithu Bala from Nithu's Kitchen sent Beetroot, Apple & Kiwi Soup, Beetroot & Colocasia Kofta Briyani

Hema from Chef Hema sent Beetroot Soup

Nivedita from Nivedita's Kitchen sent Beetroot Fingers, A queen of blood meets rice and white milk!! accid..., Beetroot Salad

Akila from Learning to cook sent Vegetable Briyani, Beetroot Poriyal

Denny from Oh Taste n See sent Beet stalks poriyal

Varshini Kannan from If not, wat next? !! :) sent Beetroot Vadai

Jayasri from Samayal Arai sent Beetrot Pulav, Fiery Red Pakoras, Tomato Beetroot  Rice

Umm Mymoonah from Taste Of Pearl City sent Beet Nigella Dosai

Rachana from Sizzle N Spice sent Beetroot Chutney

That's all for now, take care till next post.

Round-up of Only Series : Low Oil/Low Calorie Event

Hello friends,


I apologize that I am not being regular on the blog for past 2-3 weeks due to all the things going on in my personal life. Thanks for your concerns and wishes. My friend's husband feels good now, back home and recovering. My husband and both sons are well and healthy. 


I am super excited today as I have my cousin and her family (husband and 4 year old daughter) visiting us today and will spend few days with us. I haven't seen her in 9 years, so, cannot contain my excitement. Honestly, I am more eager to meet her princess. 


Now, coming to the roundup, that this post is all about, firstly, I would like to thank Pari once again for giving me opportunity to host the very first franchise of her event (if I can call it franchise) :)

I don't know if you guys are ready to believe, but I received whooping 99 entries for this events (counting mine, of course). That is a blast and the max entries I have received for an event. I want to send a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig thank you to all my blogger friends, who participated in the event. I want to mention a special blogger Hari Chandana from Indian Cuisine who sent maximum number of entries, 15 to be exact. 


Now, without further delay, here is the mouth watering, delicious yet, healthy with less oil and less calories. Isn't that we always look for? So this round-up is dream come true guys, so go through each and every recipe and bookmark them if you like and try it out. I am sure you will love them. I myself have most of these bookmarked :)


Note: If I have missed someone's entry, please do understand that it was not intentional. Please leave either a comment here or send me an email to let me know.

# 1: Sowjanya from Ruchikacooks sent Brown rice rottis (Snack/Breakfast)

# 2: Kalva from Curry In Kadai sent Broad Beans ~ Chikkudukaya Tomato Curry With Lima Beans

# 3 – 5: Sonal Agarwal from palate corner sent chatpata chana and summer chickpea and feta salad, broccolli rice, vegetable sandwhich

# 6 – 11: Sanyukta from Create Sanyukta sent Beetroot Chutney, Zucchini Chutney, Sprouted Moth Beans Stir Fry, Hara Chana Tikki, Black eye Beans in Yoghurt Sauce, Beetroot Carrot Halwa

# 12: Priya Srinivasan from Enveetu Kitchen sent Dates Peda (25 calories per peda)

# 13: Aliena Varghese from What's cooking today sent Even better banana muffins

# 14 – 18: Pari from Foodelicious sent Buckwheat and Barley Crispies with Cucumber Dip, No Oil Chana Masala, Low Oil Multi Flour Bottle Gourd Koftas In Red Curry, Yellow Lentils Seekh Kabab, Baked Crispy Lentil Fingers

# 19: Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal from Mharo Rajasthan's Recipes sent Paneer aur Chukandar Ki Pattiyon ki Sabzi (Indian Cottage Cheese in Beetroot Greens' Gravy)

# 20 – 22: Denny from Oh Taste n See sent Baked Bittergourd Crisps, Baked stuffed Okra, Steamed Banana Pudding Cake in Chocolate Sauce

# 23: Vidhya from My Receipes sent Adai Kozhakattai

# 24 – 25: Priya from Elaichii sent Basil Pepper Curry, Sweet Potato Fries

# 26 – 27: Satyasree from Super Yummy Recipes sent Tempting Corn Chat in Crispy Cups, No Onion No Garlic Chole

# 28 – 29: Tanvi from Sinfully Spicy sent Baked Potato Nests, Hara Baingan Bharta/Spicy Mashed Roasted Eggplant

# 30: Umm Mymoonah from Taste Of Pearl City sent Watermelon Slush Puppies

# 31 – 33: Santosh Bangar from Santosh's Kitchen sent GHAT PAT EASY POHA, rajma and pulav, KHANDVI

# 34 – 35: Akila from Learning-to-cook sent Colourful dosa, Cornflakes Chat

# 36 – 37: Priya Srinivasan from A Healthier Me sent Zucchini Kadalaiparuppu Kootu/Zucchini Chana Dal, Multi Vegetable Kootu

# 38 – 40: Amritha from AK's Vegetarian Recipe World sent Methi Roti, Quinoa Uppma, Sprouted green gram salad

# 41: PJ from Seduce Your Tastebuds sent Chapathi wrap with Chinese-style Vegetables

# 42: Niloufer Riyaz from Kitchen Samraj sent Nigella Flavoured Beet Chappati, Mixed Beans Curry

# 44: Megha from Live To Eat sent Beet Appetizer Salad

# 45 – 46: Amritha from AK's Vegetarian Recipe World sent 5 Dhal Subzi, Avial in Jiffy

# 47 – 48: Krishnaveni Mahesh from Krishnaveni's Kitchen sent Drumstick Leaf - Oat Burger, Cranberry - Sweet Potato Biscuits

# 49 – 53: Nithu Bala from Nithu's Kitchen sent Plantain Fry, Apple & Sweet Potato Cutlet, Colocassia Roast, Horsegram Rasam (Kollu Rasam), Bottlegourd Adai (Sorakkai Adai)

# 54 – 56: Nivedita from Nivedita's Kitchen sent Pea Nut Gojju, Rajma Roti (Kidney beans flat bread), Khaman Dhokla

# 57: Rachana from Veggi Fare sent Beet-Carrot-Tomato Tikka

# 58: Preeti from Khaugiri sent Handvo

# 59: Hema from Chef Hema sent Beetroot Soup

# 60: Padhu from Welcome to padhuskitchen sent Mixed Vegetable Raita

# 61: Roshan from roshan's cucina sent Baby corn salsa

# 62: Deepa from Hamaree Rasoi sent Cone Shaped Idlis/ Steamed Rice Cakes

# 63 – 69: Priya from Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes sent Khaman Dhokla, Beets & Oats Kootu, Watermelon & Chickpeas Kootu, Barley & Spring Onion Biscuits, Cabbage Tamarind Chutney (oil Free), Fattoush -Arabic Veggies & Flatbread Salad, Sprouted Chickpeas Bread

# 70: Supriya from Queen of my kitchen sent Dudhi Muthia

# 71: Neha from Home Made Food sent Garlic eggplant

# 72: P.Gayathri Raani from Gayathri's Cook Spot sent Diet Rolls

# 73 – 87: Hari Chandana from Indian Cuisine sent Puffed Rice Mixture, Oats Peanut Laddu, Kandi Pachadi, Sweet Corn Chat Mixture, Ragi Sunnundalu, Spicy Peanut and Coconut Powder, Roasted Gram Laddu, Ragi Mudda, Jowar Coconut Laddu, Toor Dal Powder, Atukulu Pappu Bellam, Bellam Kobbari Vundalu, Ridge Gourd Tomato Chutney, Jonna Rotte, Steamed Date Rolls

# 88: Shabitha Karthikeyan from From My Home Kitchen sent Uppu Kozhukattai/Indian Savory Dumpling

# 89: Reshmi Ahmed from A Feast to the eyes and stomach sent Watermelon in a Glass

# 90: Lalitha from Indianspicemagic sent Rice Puttu

# 91: Aipi from US Masala sent Baked falafel Pita sandwich

# 92 – 96: Indrani from Recipe Junction sent Peas Pulao with Curry leaves, Combo menu : Balti Dhal with spring onion and tomato & Balti potatoes with aubergine, Palong Shak-er Dalna(bengali spinach, peas and potato Curry), Dahi Bhindi, Gujrati Potato, Broccoli n Brinjal Curry

# 97: Nidhya from Aaha Oho sent Baked Samosa

# 98 – 99: Sangeetha from Sangi's food world sent Bread and vegetables stir fry, Stir fried okra and sweet corn salad

Now, as per rules, I need to announce the winner of this event, who will be receiving a cookbook from Pari, sponsored by www.tarladalal.com. Please read the details here.

So, I used random.org and here it is.

The lucky winner is # 34, which happens to be Akila's Colourful dosa. Congratulations Akila, I will be contacting you soon 


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

Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday Event - 28th September 2010 (Volume 9)

Hello friends,

This is the ninth 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, 28th September 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 28th September 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.

Tadke Wala Chana Dal - तडके वाला चना दाल (Tempered Split Chickpea Dal)

Hello friends,


First of all I apologize to all the bloggers whom I follow, as I haven't been able to visit any blogs in past 1 week, so please don't think I am ignoring anyone. I also would like to apologize my readers as I haven't been posting as often as I used to in last few weeks due to few reasons. 


One you already know from my last post that my friend's husband was sick and we wanted to help them in any way we could. Thanks to all your wishes, doctors finally doctors diagnosed that he had Collitis (so, the good part is not the diagnosis, but the fact that they figured out finally what was causing all the pain in his stomach), so now, he got discharged as of last evening from the hospital and is on this path of successful recovery. 


Second reason was that since last Saturday my older one Aryan got cold and then since Tuesday evening, my little one (who turned one yesterday) had his very first cold and due to which a light grade fever. Older one is thankfully a lot better and little one will take may be one more day to get little better.


Yesterday was my little one - Atharv's first birthday. We did not do anything much due to his sickness. He, being himself was of course acting all normal, just running nose and light fever, but was refusing anything to eat or drink, so I just made some traditional Rice Pudding (which thankfully he did eat a few spoonfuls as he loves it). We had baked a small pound cake the previous evening (cake mix), so we cut that. Wanted to go to temple, but then unfortunately, the temple that was the closest to us was closed and we didn't want to take the sick baby too far. I didn't want to make something lavish in the evening as kids were refusing to eat everything anyways. So, finally, while I went to buy something, N ordered pizza and we enjoyed that with the cake for dinner. 


Anyways, that was kind of a gist of my last few days. Now, coming to today's recipe, I had made it on a small get-together on Saturday. I love chana dal that is made in East India reception parties (Specially in my hometown) to go along with pulav and pooris. So, here is kind of my twist on it as I like to have tadka (tempering) on any dal.


Tadke Wala Chana Dal - तडके वाला चना दाल (Tempered Split Chickpea Dal)

Ingredients
Chana Dal (Split Chick Peas) - 1 cup, washed and drained
Grated Coconut - 1/4 cup
Oil - 1 tsp
Whole Garam Masala
Dalchini (Cinnamon stick) - 1 inch piece
Badi Ilaichi (Black Cardamom) - 2
Laung (Cloves) - 4-5
Tej Patta (Dry Bay Leaves) - 2
Dry Masala Powders
Lal Mirch (Red Chili) Powder - 1 tsp
Haldi (Turmeric Powder) - 1 tsp
Salt - as per taste
For Tempering

Ginger - 1 inch piece grated or thinly sliced (based on your preference)

Garlic - 4-5 big cloves, minced or finely chopped (based on your preference)

Onion - 1, finely chopped

Tomato - 1, finely chopped

Dry Red Chillies - 2-3, broken in 1 inch pieces

Jeera (Cumin Seeds) - 1 tsp

Rai (Mustard Seeds) - 1 tsp

Ghee (Clarified Butter) - 1 tbsp (Feel free to use any oil or butter)
Cilantro - finely chopped for garnishing

Preparation

• Take a heavy bottomed cooker. Cooker is best as it takes a while to cook chana dal.
• Take oil in it and let it be hot.
• Add all under "Whole Garam Masala" to it and fry till nice aroma comes.
• Add drained dal to it along with dry masalas and stir fry just for 2 min.
• Add grated coconut and mix for another min.
• Add about 5 cups of water and close the lid and cook for about 20 min. or till dal is well cooked (not mushy, but just well cooked). Take it out in a serving bowl.
• Once the dal is cooked, let's prepare the tempering.
• Take a non-stick pan and add ghee to it.
• Once the ghee is hot, add both the seeds and dry red chili pieces from the "For Tempering" section.
• Once the seeds start spluttering, add ginger and garlic to it and fry fry for about a min, do not let garlic burn.
• Add finely chopped onion to it and fry till onions are translucent.
• Add chopped tomato and fry for 2-3 min. don't let your tomatoes turn mushy.
• Now, add the tempering in the serving bowl and sprinkle cilantro on the top and immediately close the lid. This is to let the tempering flavors get in well :). I wanted to take the picture with tadka on top, but my husband had mixed it already before I could say no ;)

Serving
Serve it hot with either any kind of pulao or nice warm pooris.


I am sending this to Susan's MLLA # 27.

That's all for now, take care till post.