PATTANI KUZHAMBU I SOUTH INDIAN GREEN PEAS GRAVY

February 1, 2015, 3:39 am

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Green peas are very nutritious as well as tasty. It's my most favorite peas, and love to have it any form. I used to make green peas paratha, kachori. Gravies with green peas will suit well for chapathi or Poori. I have prepared South Indian style gravy for the rice.

Category	Gravy
Cuisine	South Indian
Preparation Time	20 Minutes
Cooking Time	25 Minutes
Servings	4-5

Source – My Own

INGREDIENTS

To saute and grind

Oil – 2 Tsp

Cumin seeds – 2 Tsp

Black peppercorns – 2 Tsp

Shallots – ½ Cup

Garlic – 5-6 Big pod

Tomatoes – 2, chopped

To Gravy

Oil – 1 Tbsp

Fenugreek seeds – ¼ Tsp

Mustard seeds – 1 Tsp

Urad dal – 1 Tsp

Shallots – ¼ Cup, chopped

Curry leaves – Few

Fresh/frozen green peas – 2 Cups

Turmeric powder – ¼ Tsp

Kuzhambu chilli powder – 2-3 Tsp

Salt – To taste

Water – To require

METHOD

Heat oil in a pan; add cumin and peppercorn wait till roast.
Add shallots and garlic. Saute till turns transparent.

Then add tomatoes, saute till mushy and switch off the flame.
Cool it completely and grind into a smooth paste with a little water.

Heat oil in a pan; add fenugreek, mustard and urad dal wait for sputter.
Add chopped shallots and curry leaves, saute it till translucent.

Now add green peas stir it once and then add turmeric, kuzhambu chili powder and salt and mix it well.
Saute it for 2 minutes and then add the ground paste and mix it well.

Add require water to the gravy and keep it on high flame till boiling.
And then cook it on a low temperature till the peas get cooked.

Switch off the flame and serve hot with rice…

NOTE

You can use soaked dry green peas instead of fresh peas.
Add little tamarind water to get tangy kuzhambu.

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March 8, 2015, 4:46 am

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Dates and nuts balls are so energetic and nutritious, Which is good for before you doing any workouts. I simply blend all the ingredients and shape into small balls. It tastes so good and added palm sugar and cocoa powder will give your unique taste. The energy ball contains so many health benefits from dates, walnut and almonds. Flaxseed, which gives you Omega 3 Fatty acids. Its apt recipe for who hates dates and nuts or poor eater. The cocoa powder flavor enhances the taste and as well as health.

A Taiwan-based ASUS has extended its India footprint with the launch of the new ZenFone smartphone series, which is included of three models, the ZenFone 4, 5 and 6. Few days back ASUS team had contacted me to share my thoughts on their newly launched Zenfone 5. So, I must accept it certainly got my attention with its good looks, user friendly interface and fast Intel processor.

I am so glad to share the recipe and my experience with a lovely, smartphone ASUS Zenfone 5. For the past few months, I am using a smartphone only because my camera got technical issues. So its so apt and helpful for me. It has so many options for still photographs, and its ease our work even more. As a food blogger more than the technical aspects, I was more interest to discover its camera, video and other features that would benefit me.

Category	Snacks
Cuisine	-
Preparation Time	2 Minutes
Cooking Time	NIL
Yields	10-12

Source – My Own

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INGREDIENTS

Dates, deseeded – 8-10

Palm sugar – 2 Tbsp (Optional)

Cocoa powder – ½ Tbsp + To roll (Optional)

Walnut – 4-5

Almonds – 10-12

Flax seed – 1 Tbsp

METHOD

Blend all the ingredients into coarse powder and transfer into a plate.

Take a 1 Tbsp of powder and shape into balls and roll it with cocoa powder.
Serve it or store it in an airtight container for a week.

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SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE EAT OUTS IN COIMBATORE

March 13, 2015, 1:26 am

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Indian cuisine has so many varieties of its regional cuisines. The Indian dishes are always so fulfil the platter and it differs from region to regional. In this category, South Indian cuisines in Coimbatore are so special and have huge varieties of foods all over the region. If I talk about South Indian food, idli and dosa only first comes to mind. Not this alone, here are so many varieties from pongal, sambhar, appam, puttu, adai and so on… One of most popular cuisine is South Indian and I must say I love it much. South Indian foods are spicy and aromatic in both vegetarian and non-vegetarian. I love to have South Indian Thali in Coimbatore, which contains rice, sambhar, rasam, poriyal, aviyal, varuval, vadai, pickle and last but not least favorite South Indian paal payasam or Paruppu payasam.

When we were in Coimbatore, we used to have so many South Indian cuisine restaurants. In this, my favorites are Annapoorna, Geetha and Aryaas restaurants. I visited Non-veg restaurants also with my friends to Anjappar Chettinad, Rayappas, Dindigul Venu Biryani restaurants. Coimbatore is a nice place for foodies like us… So don’t forget to taste South Indian foods over there when you visit Coimbatore.

Now we will look at the best South Indian Cuisine Restaurants in Coimbatore…

I hope Annapoorna Hotel needs no introduction who are visit or knows Coimbatore. They are having so many branches around Coimbatore. Very popular and trustworthy place to have all South Indian foods. I must recommend to taste ven pongal, vadai and sambhar combination and finish it with filter coffee which is most favorite coffee in Coimbatore. They provide good service and worth to spend and taste your favorite foods.

Geetha restaurant located on the Bharathi park road, in metupalayam road. It's one of our favorite restaurants, can get so many South Indian foods, especially Tuticorin parotta and masala dosa are popular in the restaurant. The rates also worth and tastes will be so good. We tried parotta, paniyaram and masala dosa over there. Specially, I recommend to try out tuticorin parotta.

Anjappar Chettinad Restaurant is one of popular Non-veg restaurant which located in bharathiar road in Gandhipuram. The place for unique dishes and ambience and service is good. You can get so many meats and seafoods from Chettinad taste.

Dindigul Venu Biryani Restaurant is quite popular in Coimbatore, which is located in 7^th cross street, cross cut road, Gandhi Puram. Here, Biryani is very popular and tasty which will be prepared in South Indian style using seeraga samba rice not with basmati rice. Worth of money and taste also too good.

I hope the details will tempt you to enjoy South Indian Cuisine in Coimbatore. Enjoy every bite of your food…

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KAJU KATLI WITH #MY ASUS ZENFONE 5

April 1, 2015, 4:04 am

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Hi friends, first I get apologize from all my friends and readers to not blogging for a few days. I missed blogging a lot and I couldn’t get time to cook or post on my site. Soon, I come to routine posts and now I come up with happy news to share with all my friends, readers, and followers that, very soon, am going to enter into a new phase of my life with my loved one. We wish to get all of your blessings in our new life. Thank you all my friends, readers and followers who support me all the way and forever.

Coming to the recipe, I have prepared the Kaju katli. It's very easy to prepare and delicious sweet for any occasions. If your kids hate nuts, its best option to feed them. I also have it the same manner, because I won’t have nuts in raw form.

The ASUS Zenfone 5 is really friendly and easy to browse all my favorite recipes in a quick time. I do not need happy to browse, I just keep ready the ingredients on the table and browse the recipe for the procedure. The Asus is very needy for food bloggers like me and I used the mobile to check my dashboard and comments publish. There are so many cooking recipes apps, I just go through all the apps via Asus Zenfone 5 and utilize it. It has a wide screen so it's easy to access the browser. I entirely love the Asus Zenfone 5, in my next post I will become up with a video of Asus Zenfone 5.

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Category	Sweet
Cuisine	North Indian
Preparation Time	5 Minutes
Cooking Time	20 Minutes
Yields	20-25

INGREDIENTS

Cashew nuts – 2 Cups

Sugar – 1 Cup

Water – ½ Cup

Ghee - 2 Tsp, to grease

Milk - 2 Tsp (Optional)

METHOD

Grind the cashew nuts in a dry mixie jar. Be careful while grinding the nuts, just grind it in pulse mode for 3-5 seconds. Scrape down the sides and then pulse it for another 2-3 seconds and keep it aside.
Add sugar and water into a non-stick pan, keep it on low flame and wait for dissolving it completely till you get the single thread consistency.
It's time to add the cashew powder, add and keep stirring it continuously on the low flame.
It starts thicken and scrapes down the sides and bottom to form a single mass and then wet your hand and take small amount dough and roll it if its form like a ball and its correct consistency.
Switch off the flame and transfer into a greased plate.
When the mixture is bearable heat, knead it well with greased hands. If it's too dry add little ghee or milk and then knead. Be careful not to burn your hands.
Keep the dough in butter paper, laid butter paper underneath and above the dough and roll it with a rolling pin.
Gently remove the butter paper on the top and cut it with a sharp knife.
Keep it in a refrigerator for 20 minutes before remove the pieces.
Store it in an airtight container and keep it in a refrigerator.

NOTE

Do not grind the cashew which is cold, it will give you sticky paste. So grind it when it is at room temperature.
Use pulse mode to grind into dry powder, it may look grainy no worries about it, it's fine for the recipe. If you still grind, the nut release oil and it becomes a paste.
Knead the dough is important to get smooth katli.
Keep it in refrigeration because it contains milk, so shelf life is low while keep it at room temperature.
You can add cardamom powder or saffron color to the sweet or can use silver warq.

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STRAWBERRY POMEGRANATE KHEER I FRUIT DESSERTS I PAYASAM RECIPES

April 14, 2015, 8:49 am

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இனிய தமிழ்ப்புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்!!!

Hi friends, hope you all celebrating Tamil new year and Vishu. I have prepared a simple yet flavorful Kheer for the Tamil new year. Strawberry and pomegranate combination tastes very well. It has fruitful flavors, nutty taste with coconut flavor. Let’s check out the recipe,

Category	Dessert
Cuisine	-
Preparation Time	10 Minutes
Cooking Time	20 Minutes
Servings	3-4

INGREDIENTS

To Grind I

Coconut – ¼ Cup

Cashew nuts – 15

Almonds – 5

To Grind II

Strawberry – 4-5 Big

Pomegranate seeds – ½ Cup

Semolina/Rava – ¼ Cup

Vermicelli/Semiya – ½ Cup

Sugar – ¼ Cup

Boiled milk – 1 Cup

METHOD

Grind the cashew nuts, almonds and coconut with little water into a smooth puree and keep it aside.
Grind strawberries and pomegranate into a smooth puree and extract the juice and keep it aside.
Boil water, add semolina and vermicelli cook it on medium flame till cooked well.
Now add coconut and nut paste mix it well and keep the flame on low level for 2 minutes.
Now add sugar and boiled milk let it cook for 5 minutes on low flame.
Finally pour the fruit juice and let it cook for 2 minutes and switch off the flame.
Garnish with pomegranates and strawberries and serve it hot or cold.

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LACHHA PARATHA WITH #MY ASUS ZENFONE 5

April 19, 2015, 5:13 am

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Paratha is all time favorite, so I used to make different types of paratha. In my home, everyone loves the paratha and its filling too. Lachha paratha is one of our favorites for the layered texture. It goes well with any type of kurma or chutneys too. It gives crispy layers which is so tasty and I would love to taste the crispy layers much... Now let’s check out the recipe with a video tutorial of how to roll the lachha paratha…

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So, this time I thought of using MyAsusZenFone 5 for video shooting and the experience was so good. The ZenFone 5 has an 8MP rear camera with 1080p video recording capability and a 2MP front-facing camera with 720p video recording. I clicked the tutorial of lachha paratha as well as the final photographs with the ZenFone 5. I am quite new to shoot the video but somehow I managed to give the best look of procedure. Thanks to Asus team to give greater opportunity, I recommend to my friends to own the mobile and access all of the wonderful features.

Category	Breakfast
Cuisine	-
Preparation Time	10 Minutes
Cooking Time	20 Minutes
Servings	3-4

INGREDIENTS

Whole wheat flour – 2 Cup

Salt – To taste

Water – To knead

Oil or Ghee – 3 Tbsp

METHOD

Take a wide mixing bowl, add flour, salt and water knead into smooth dough and cover with damp cloth and keep it aside for 30 minutes.
Divide the dough into equal portions and keep it aside.
Roll it into thin circle using rolling pin, and 1 Tsp of oil or ghee and spread it completely.
Turn over the roll and apply on other side to and now drape the roll like saree. (See the Video)

Roll it and press it with your hands into circle.
Heat tawa and cook it on both side till turns slight crispy.
Serve it hot with kurma...

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January 19, 2015, 11:30 pm

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Top 5 South Indian Food Restaurants in Delhi

Can you believe that Indian Cuisines holds an important place among top 10 most liked foods by the international tourists whenever they are on holidays in India? It’s true as per the information based on a survey conducted by hotels.com.

India is known for its different types of regional cuisines. Out of the various regional cuisines, South India foods are extremely popular, In India as well as in other parts of the world. Due to any damn good reason, if you are in Delhi and searching for authentic South Indian Foods then you must certainly go to these places. The terrific South Indian foods served by these restaurants will leave you mesmerized and overwhelmed for a long time!

Saravana Bhavan- Cannaught Place

It is one of the best South Indian restaurants in Delhi, serving genuine South Indian dishes. Apart from some excellent foods, the most stunning thing is the presentation part of it. It serves only vegetarian foods. Go for mini idlis with Sambhar and ghee, uttapams, Ghee roast dosa, Onion Rava Masala Dosa, Sambhar Vada- for which it is much famous.

Carnatic Café- New Friends Colony-New Delhi

Your next destination can be Carnatic Café. People say that it serves the best South Indian Dishes in Delhi. I am sure it’s crispy dosas with tasty chutneys; uttapams will force you to visit this place again and again! It’s known more for its food rather than its look. The place is small with a humble ambience but with terrific foods. You will find different, different types of tasty and lip- smacking dosas here.

Andhra Bhavan – Ashoka Road - Cannaught Place

If you want your choices to be wider, then you can also include the name of Andhra Bhavan in your list as it is equally famous and widely appreciated for its South Indian Cuisines in Delhi. South Indian Foods are generally costly in Delhi, but Andhra Bhavan is an exception.

Dakshin- Sheraton- New Delhi

Famous for its opulent and wealthy establishment, cozy and warm atmosphere- it is an excellent place for a fine dining experience. For those who like South Indian dishes- It’s like a paradise! It is one of those few restaurants serving genuine South Indian dishes in Delhi. For sure it is expensive but a must go for those who like great foods!

Naivedyam- Hauz Khas Village-New Delhi

If you want to taste real South India Foods in Delhi in the midst of typical Southey Ambience then for sure go to this place. Good thing is that most of its foods are pocket-friendly and they are amazing at the same time! Services and ambience wise too it is great!

These were the top 5 South India Food Restaurants of Delhi. Suppose if someone is not in a position to visit these places due to any reason but still want to have South Indian Foods then what? No worries! Thanks to some websites who have come out with a brilliant idea of online food ordering facility! No hassles, No travelling- still you can enjoy the true flavor of South India Cuisines sitting at your home!

If you want to try, they are here for you. Please click on the links given below. They have become extremely popular in some recent months with their splendid services and skyrocketing delivery system!

Check them out-

Justeat.in (Jus eat Coupons)
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For coupons and offers for South Indian food visit CouponzGuru.com.

Good thing is that they are offering great discounts!

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ALOO RASEDAR CURRY I POTATO CURRY IN UTTAR PRADESH STYLE I NO ONION NO GARLIC POTATO GRAVY I NORTH INDIAN POTATO GRAVY

January 21, 2015, 9:22 am

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Aloo is an unbeatable combination to any recipe from rice to roti to snacks. You can make 1000s of recipes with it. The potato occupies every Indian pantry. I love to prepare different cuisines with it. So, today I have prepared aloo rasedar, which is Uttar Pradesh cuisine. It is thin curry with flavorful Indian spices. It goes well with poori, roti, kulcha and luchi. I served the curry with luchi, will post the recipe of luchi soon.

The rasedar is very flavorful and delicious. No onion No garlic, curry. Suitable for fasting day. I usually make poori kizhangu for poori, aloo mutter curry and now the rasedar also in my menu to try out often. Now let’s check out the recipe,

Category	Gravy
Cuisine	Uttar Pradesh
Preparation Time	20 Minutes
Cooking Time	20 Minutes
Servings	2-3

Source –Veg recipes of India

INGREDIENTS

Aloo – 2 Big, boiled and crumbled

Oil – 2 Tbsp

Fennel seeds – ¼ Tsp

Turmeric powder – ¼ Tsp

Red chilli powder – 1 Tsp

Coriander powder – 1 Tsp

Roasted cumin powder– ½ Tsp

Black pepper powder– ½ Tsp

Hing – ¼ Tsp

Tomatoes – 2, finely chopped

Salt – To taste

Water – To require

Chat masala – ¼ Tsp

Garam masala powder – ¼ Tsp

Coriander leaves – Few

METHOD

Heat oil in pan; add fennel seeds, turmeric, red chili, coriander powder, roasted cumin, black pepper powder, and hing saute it for 20-30 seconds on low flame. Careful, not to burn the spices.

Add tomatoes and saute till it mushy and oil oozes out of the masala.

Add crumbled potato mix it once and then add required water mix it once and allow boiling for 5-7 minutes on medium flame.

Add salt and Chaat masala mix it well.
When the gravy starts thickening, (it should be slightly thin consistency while cool, it gets thicken) add garam masala and coriander leaves, let it boil for 1 minute and switch off the flame.

Serve it with Poori or Luchi.

NOTE

Don’t mash the potato, just crumbled and add it.
Spices will give you unique taste, so never miss any spices.
Add garam masala at the last stage, so that it retains the fresh flavor.
If you wish to add fresh green peas to the gravy.

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January 27, 2015, 6:19 am

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Luchi is a Bengali cuisine, white in color with golden spots and so soft in texture. You can call it as maida poori. Usually, poori will prepare with atta, salt and water. Luchi will prepare with maida, ghee, salt and water. The ghee gives very soft texture even it cools. I prepared Luchi with Aloo rasedhar which is Uttar Pradesh cuisine. The combo was a great hit at my home. Even I don’t know how many luchis were going into my tummy J. It was so addictive, I just sprinkle sugar over the luchi and then roll and enjoyed it… Yummmmyyyyyy…

Luchi will go well with chole masala too and its similar to bhatura. Bhatura is a bit different which it needs some milk and raising agent. I must say the kids will empty the plate in a minute and ask two luchis extra. The luchi will be quite smaller than a poori, and I use easy techniques to make a circle. Am very bad on roll the dough into perfect a circle. So I prefer the way, roll medium sized balls into a thin sheet and then cut with any round lids or cookie cutter. It’s so easy and quick method and give perfect circles. Yes! Now check out the recipe,

Category	Breakfast
Cuisine	Bengali
Preparation Time	40 Minutes
Cooking Time	20 Minutes
Servings	2-3

INGREDIENTS

Maida – 2 Cup

Ghee – 2-3 Tbsp

Salt – To taste

Water – To require to knead

METHOD

Take a wide bowl, add flour, ghee, salt and mix it well with hands till crumbles.

Now add water little by little and knead into a smooth dough. It should not be too tight or too loose.
Cover the dough with a damp cloth for 20-30 minutes.

Now divide the dough into equal balls.
Meanwhile, heat oil for deep fry on medium-high flame.
Dust with flour or apply oil on the board and roll the ball into a thin sheet.
Cut into circles using the lid or cutter and keep it in a separate dry plate.

Take the extra dough, roll and use it for further use.
Drop small balls of dough into the hot oil, if it will rise immediately then it's ready to fry.
Gently drop the luchi into hot oil and press over the luchi it will puff up nicely.
Turn it for 2-3 seconds and take it out from the oil and keep it on absorbent paper.
Serve it hot with Aloo rasedhar or Chole masala…

NOTE

If you want a vegan version, add oil instead of ghee to the flour.
Oil temperature is important if the temperature is very low will not puff up and absorb oil.

Check out other poori recipes,

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செட்டிநாடு கருவேப்பிலை பூண்டு குழம்பு I CHETTINAD CURRY LEAVES GRAVY

January 30, 2015, 4:53 am

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Curry leaves are not only flavorful, which has lots of health benefits. We always keep stocking dry curry leaves in our pantry. I just love the aroma of the leaves and I can enjoy it in any dishes. I usually make curry leaves chutney for idli or dosa.

Recently, I have tried Chettinad curry leaves kuzhambu which suits for hot rice, idli and dosa. Especially I love the gravy much with garlic flavor. The method similar to make puli kuzhambu, yet adding freshly ground spices gives you a unique taste of the curry. I tried this recipe for Shhh secretly cooking challenge which is a brainchild of Priya aks. This month my pair is +Janani k , she gave me curry leaves and coriander leaves. So, I chosen curry leaves to try out the authentic gravy. Now check out the recipe,

Category	Gravy
Cuisine	Chettinad
Preparation Time	20 Minutes
Cooking Time	20 Minutes
Servings	3-4

INGREDIENTS

To roast and grind

Dry red chillies – 5-6

Coriander seeds – 1 Tbsp

Black peppercorns –2 Tsp

Cumin seeds – 2 Tsp

Toor dal – 2 Tsp

Raw rice – 2 Tsp

Curry leaves – 1 Cup, tightly packed

Coconut, scraped – 1 Tbsp

Tamarind – Lemon size ball

Rice, washed water – To require

Sesame oil – 2 Tbsp

Fenugreek seeds – 1 Tsp

Mustard seeds – 1 Tsp

Urad dal – 1 Tsp

Cumin seeds – ½ Tsp

Shallots – ¼ Cup

Garlic – ¼ Cup

Tomatoes – 2, chopped

Turmeric powder – ¼ Tsp

Salt – To taste

METHOD

Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water and keep it aside.
Dry roast red chillies, coriander seeds, cumin, pepper, toor dal and rice till golden brown and keep it aside.

Add 1 Tsp oil in a pan, add curry leaves, saute it till the aroma comes and add scraped coconut saute it for a few minutes and switch off the flame. Cool it completely and grind into a smooth paste with little water.

Heat sesame oil in a pan; add fenugreek, mustard, Urad dal and cumin seeds wait for sputter.
Add shallots and garlic, saute till transparent and the raw smell goes off.

Now add tomatoes, turmeric, salt and saute till the oil separates. Meanwhile extract the tamarind water and keep it ready.

Pour tamarind water to the mixture and allow boiling and then add curry leaves paste and mix it well.

Keep the flame on low-medium and allow cooking till the oil oozes out of the gravy.
Switch off the flame.

Serve it hot with hot rice.

NOTE

Garlic is optional;
Adjust spice level according to your taste.
When it completely cools, store it in an airtight container and keep it refrigeration up to one week.

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PATTANI KUZHAMBU I SOUTH INDIAN GREEN PEAS GRAVY

February 1, 2015, 3:39 am

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Category	Gravy
Cuisine	South Indian
Preparation Time	20 Minutes
Cooking Time	25 Minutes
Servings	4-5

Source – My Own

INGREDIENTS

To saute and grind

Oil – 2 Tsp

Cumin seeds – 2 Tsp

Black peppercorns – 2 Tsp

Shallots – ½ Cup

Garlic – 5-6 Big pod

Tomatoes – 2, chopped

To Gravy

Oil – 1 Tbsp

Fenugreek seeds – ¼ Tsp

Mustard seeds – 1 Tsp

Urad dal – 1 Tsp

Shallots – ¼ Cup, chopped

Curry leaves – Few

Fresh/frozen green peas – 2 Cups

Turmeric powder – ¼ Tsp

Kuzhambu chilli powder – 2-3 Tsp

Salt – To taste

Water – To require

METHOD

Heat oil in a pan; add cumin and peppercorn wait till roast.
Add shallots and garlic. Saute till turns transparent.

Then add tomatoes, saute till mushy and switch off the flame.
Cool it completely and grind into a smooth paste with a little water.

Heat oil in a pan; add fenugreek, mustard and urad dal wait for sputter.
Add chopped shallots and curry leaves, saute it till translucent.

Now add green peas stir it once and then add turmeric, kuzhambu chili powder and salt and mix it well.
Saute it for 2 minutes and then add the ground paste and mix it well.

Add require water to the gravy and keep it on high flame till boiling.
And then cook it on a low temperature till the peas get cooked.

Switch off the flame and serve hot with rice…

NOTE

You can use soaked dry green peas instead of fresh peas.
Add little tamarind water to get tangy kuzhambu.

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CHILLI POTATOES I CHINESE POTATO RECIPES

February 3, 2015, 6:48 am

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Potatoes are all time favorite for all age group people. Still, I never heard “No” from anyone to the magical. I love all dishes of the potato and my most favorite is simple potato roast with dal rice. At the same time, Chinese cuisine is also all time favorite and I mostly prefer no-MSG foods. When we order in the restaurants, there are no guarantees for MSG not in use. But nowadays making restaurant style food in our kitchen is ease and we can get all the ingredients in the market.

Nowadays the kids are so smart, they identify the foods by look itself, they said whether it's homemade or restaurants one… My aunty experiences the situation regularly by her’s sons. She used to ask me the ideas for the kids’ food. Because they love my cooking and keep on telling to their mom to learn more from Akka (me)….:) What more I need… The chili potatoes are the kid’s favorite with vegetable fried rice. Let’s check out the recipe,

Category	SIDE DISH
Cuisine	Chinese
Preparation Time	20 Minutes
Cooking Time	20 Minutes
Servings	3-4

Source – My Own

INGREDIENTS

Potatoes – 2 Big

Oil – 2 Tbsp + To shallow fry

Ginger – 1 Tbsp, finely chopped

Garlic – 1 Tbsp, finely chopped

Green chili – 1, finely chopped

Onion – ¼ Cup, finely chopped

Tomato puree – 3 Tbsp

Red chili sauce – 1 Tsp

Soy sauce – ½ Tsp

Black Pepper powder – 1 Tsp

Salt – To taste

Corn starch – 1 Tbsp

Water – ¼ Cup

METHOD

Wash and peel the potatoes and cut into fingers and put in immersed cold water for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, chop all the ingredients and keep it ready.

Wipe the potatoes in a clean cloth and shallow fry the potatoes till turns outer crispy on medium flame. If you wish, you can deep fry the potatoes till golden brown and keep it aside.
Pour water to the corn starch and mix it well and keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan; add chopped ginger, garlic and green chilies and saute it for a minute.
Add onion saute it till turns translucent.
Add tomato puree, red chili sauce and soy sauce, stir it well on medium flame for 2 minutes or the raw smell goes off.

Now add black pepper powder and salt mix it and add the shallow fried potatoes to the gravy.

Now mix it once the cornstarch, water, and pour it in the gravy mixture and keep the flame on medium.
Stir it well and now the gravy boils and gets thicken.
Switch off the flame when the sauce coats well the potatoes and spread coriander leaves.

Serve it hot with vegetable fried rice.

NOTE

You can use tomato ketchup instead of tomato puree.
Add colored capsicums to the gravy to get color and extra flavor.
If you wish deep fry the potatoes instead of shallow fry. But make sure that you drain the potatoes before frying to avoid oil absorption.

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BEST PIZZA DELIVERY JOINTS IN CHENNAI

February 6, 2015, 2:25 am

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I would love to taste various cuisines. One among the cuisine is Italian, especially pasta and pizza. I used to make a different recipe of pasta, but pizza at home is very occasional. I made pizza at home only once and I love thin crust and less cheesy pizza, but in my place takeaway pizzas are very rare. Recently, I went to Chennai to my sister’s house and we relished very much and after full of travel and shopping we were drained. So, no mood to cook, or even go to the restaurant nearby.

Then, we decided to order takeaway food from outside. Hence, we choose to order online food and opted for pizza. My sister told me that there are many best pizza delivery joints in Chennai. We got confused where to order and choose the best may be very difficult.

Veg Extravaganza Pizza

Country Special Pizza

There are many benefits on order pizza through online,

Online pizza orders are very easy and save time from traffic, stand in a queue or wait for the order in a restaurant too.
At times, when we visit restaurants we should wait to get our seats and then have to order what we want. It’s really a waste of time, and surely we lose interest to eat, isn’t it? So it will be tension-free to order through online.
You can take good time to select and order by browsing through the menu and the picture in detail. In the restaurant, we just go through the names and order quickly as attendant waits near the table to take the order. But through online, we can order relaxed and pick our most favorite pizza, right?
In the menu itself, they specify the size and servings, so we can add quantity according to our needs but in the restaurant we may order less or more.
When we order takeaway foods, the foods are delivered at our doorsteps for free and we have lots of time and fun memories in our home by chatting or other entertains with TV or Music.
Not only choosing our favorite pizza, it help us to save money through deals and offers.

Finally, we go through domino’s and went for a colorful veg extravaganza and county special pizza, desserts and choice of dressings. Our pizza home delivery happened within half an hour. Finally, we go through domino’s and went for a colorful veg extravaganza and county special pizza, desserts and choice of dressings. Our takeaway arrived in an hour and food was packaged nicely in boxes and both pizzas were still warm when the delivery man handed them to us.

So, what next? enjoy your favorite pizzas through online order!!! Happy Eat!!!

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October 19, 2015, 2:36 am

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The best method of shopping provided by the online stores is online shopping in which people feel more comfortable shopping from their home and feel convenient by buying the required product without wasting the time and energy. The online grocery madurai is one of the leading online store which is accessed by all the people every week. The online shopping is the best one in which customer need not go here and there for searching the store. They need not to stand for a long time to pay their bills and they need not bargain the price of the product, they need not to carry their heavy luggages for long distance. The online grocery stores will provide all the user-required products which are arranged in the proper place. Retail shops will take too much of time for completing the shopping but in online shopping it is done quickly and payment can be done easily by online transaction or customer can pay during the delivery of the product.

Advantages of online supermarkets

There are many advantages when the person purchases the products through online supermarket madurai. People can save the time by online shopping. By sitting in the home itself people can buy the required products without going to the retail stores. By using the internet the products can be ordered by a click so that user can save the time and they can spend their valuable time with their friends and families. When people purchase in the retail shops they will be caught hold by the unwanted things like chips and other things. And they forced to buy the product because of its attraction. And they felt to buy so that it will increase his budget. But in case of online shopping the required products are displayed so that user will purchase the correct required product so that they will save the money. While shopping in the online supermarkets will offer some coupons which are available in minimum number. These coupons will help the customer to buy the products at cheaper rates. If the customer is regularly visited and purchasing the product then the online store will offer some offers and discounts to the customer.

Disadvantages of physical stores

Nowadays people prefer to buy the essential; items like grocery items, food items through online shopping because it has more benefits. Most of the people avoid physical shopping because it doesn’t have benefits which were provided by the online shopping. The physical stores will not provide a large number of collections because due to the small space. The physical stores will not offer discounts and price reduction. The customer needs to spend more time for completing the shopping. To pay the bill user need to stand in a long queue. After the purchasing they need to search for the vehicle for carrying their products to their homes. They must load and reload the product. The customer can do shopping in a limited period of time it will not be open for 24 hours.

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