CASHEW BADAM HALWA ...........AND A BREAK!!!!!!!!!

Dear friends ,

I am leaving to my mom's place ....will miss all ur yummy delights.......take care..HAPPY NAVARATHIRI to all my friends............

I am extending the date of MY FIRST COOKED FOOD EVENT till october 15 .


INGREDIENTS :

Cashew -- 2 cups
Milk----1/2 litre
Badam -- 2 cups
Sugar as your requirement
Unsalted butter

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Soak cashew and badam in water for 1 hour .
2) Grind them .
3) Boil milk and sugar .
4) When it starts boiling add grinded paste to it .Stir it continuously without any lumps .
5) Add butter and stir it properly till it comes to proper consistency.

Yummy halwa is ready.

Sending this to sanghi's FIL -- MILK .

My other entries are :

Badam Puri
Semiya sago payasam
Pal kolukkattai
Guava milkshake
Apple Milkshake
Bottlegourd payasam
Bottlegourd Halwa
Oats healthy drink
Oats delight
Apple payasam and Apple halwa
Aval payasam
Sweet Bonda

MOONG DAL PARATHA AND SPECIAL LUNCHES FOR GUESTS

INGREDIENTS :

Wheat flour -- 1 cup
Salt to taste
Moong dal -- 1 cup
Jeera -- -3 tbsps

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Pressure cook dal with a spoon of oil and turmeric powder for 2 whistles.When the pressure is released , mix jeera to it with little salt.
2) Stuff it between two small chapathi . Finally tawa fry them .

Serve hot with kurma .


Entries for Rak's Cooking for Guests .




Quick and simple dinner , Rice , Cabbage Dal , Brinjal Pakoda , Vadagams , Ginger pachadi , Potato Poriyal , Curd and Ladoo.


Traditional Tamil Vegetarian Guest Special Lunch





This thali includes RICE , SAMBAR , RASAM , VADAI , CURD , PANIYARAM , PORIYAL , PICKLE , FRUITS AND KHEER

ALOO PARATHA , CHILLI PANEER GRAVY AND AWARDS

INGREDIENTS :

Aloo -- 200 gms
Chilli powder -- 3 tsps.
Turmeric powder -- 1 tsp.
Pepper Jeera powder -- 3 tbsps
Salt to taste

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Make soft dough of wheat flour .
2) Peel the skin , and pressure cook potato for 5 whistles .
3) Then mash potato with other ingredients .
4) Roll small balls of dough into chapathi and stuff it with aloo . Roll to paratha and then tawa fry them.

Serve hot with kurma .

PANEER IN THICK TOMATO GRAVY :

INGREDIENTS :

Paneer -- 200 gms
Tomato -- 1
Onion - -1
Chilli powder - -1 tsp
Turmeric powder- -- 1tsp
Salt to taste
Garam masala powder -- 1 tsp

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Grind all the ingredients with little water .
2) Heat oil . Once hot , add the masala and then add panner.
3) Cook till it forms thick gravy .


ENTRIES FOR Think Spice :Red Chillies an event by Sunita and currently hosted by Lakshmi.

RED CHILLI CHUTNEY AND KULAMBU MILAGAI PODI
RED CHILLI CHUTNEY
GONGURA PICKLE

AWARDS :


SANGHI has passed me this memorable award........am feeling excited to receive this precious gift from her . Thank you dear .



MRS.MENAGASATHIA and PRIYARAJ has passed me this yummy award .


PRIYARAJ has passed me this wonderful award .


MRS.MENAGASATHIA has passed me this encouraging award .



Padma , Vani and SANGHI has passed me this cute award .

Rules :

I must thank the person who tagged me .
I must list 10 honest things about myself.
I must put a copy of honest scrap logo in my blog.
I must tag 7 other bloggers .
I must inform them about the tag and the requirements also.

1) Cooking and Crafts are my passion .
2) Am god fearing .
3) Friendly , fun loving and wish to have a good ,long relationship with all my friends .
4) Interested in collecting antiques .
5) Love to have sarees in variety of colours.
6) Crazy of diary milk.
7) Would like to travel and visit many places.

I am tagging all my friends.
Thank you for all the friends who have passed these wonderful awards .

SUNDAY SPECIAL LUNCH

We had ALOO PARATHA , MOONG DAL PARATHA , FISH CURRY AND FRIED FISH .

PEAS PULAO

INGREDIENTS :

Peas -- 1 cup
Rice -- 1 cup
Cinnamon stick -- 3
Cloves -- 2
Biriyani leaves -- 2
Green chillies -- 2 split
Jeera -- 2 tsps
Salt to taste
Onion -- 1
Ginger - -garlic paste -- 1 tsp

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Heat ghee in a cooker . Add Jeera , Cloves , Cinnamon , Onion , Biriyani leaves . Saute till onion becomes tender .
2) Then add peas , salt and rice with 1 1/2 cup of water for 3 whistles .

Serve hot with kurma .

Sending this to Chaitra's Rice Feast


My other entries are :

• MUSHROOM BIRIYANI

CAULIFLOWER MANCHURIAN

INGREDIENTS :

Cauliflower -- 1 small flower
Corn flour - 1/4 cup
Maida -- 1/4 cup
Chilli powder--2 tbsps
Salt to taste
Garam masala -- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder -- 1 tsp
Onion -- 1
Tomato -- 1
Green chillies--3

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Make batter with corn flour,maida,chilli powder,turmeric powder , salt and garam masala powder.
2) Dip in the washed florets and deep fry them.
3) For gravy , heat oil . Add chopped onion and saute till tender.
4)Then add chillies and tomato . Saute till it forms thick gravy .
5) Finally add fried florets to the mixture .

Serve hot with rice or roti . This goes to Viki Xavier's Sidedishes For Chapathi.

PANEER CASHEW MASALA

INGREDIENTS :

Onion -- 1
Tomato -- 1
Paneer -- 2oo gms
Cashews --- 15 pieces
Curry leaves
Chilli powder -- 2 tsp
Turmeric powder -- 1 tsp
Garam masala -- 1 tsp
Jeera -- 1 tsp

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Grind tomato,onion,cashews,chilli powder and turmeric powder .
2) Mariante paneer pieces with chilli powder,turmeric powder and salt for 20 minutes .
3) Heat oil . Once hot add a spoon of Jeera and curry leaves . When it splutters , add grinded masala ,salt and little water.
4) Then,add paneer pieces and cover with a lid in slow flame till the oil separates .

This goes to Viki Xavier's Sidedishes For Chapathi.

CABBAGE SOUP

INGREDIENTS:

Cabbage -- 1 cups chopped
Onion -- 1
Tomato -- 1
Ginger-garlic paste -- 1 tsp
Pepper - Jeera powder -- 2 tsps
Salt to taste

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Boil cabbage with sufficent water .
2) When it becomes tender , add grinded onion , tomato and ginger garlic paste .
3) Add a cup of water and salt.
4) Add pepper - jeera powder before serving .

This goes to Soup ‘N Juice Event hosted by Sireesha



MY OTHER ENTRIES ARE :

BEETROOT SOUP:




TOMATO SOUP:



MIXED VEGGIE SOUP :

BADAM PURI

I learnt this recipe from my marathi friend .

INGREDIENTS:

Badam powder -- 1 1/2 cup
Maida --- 1 cup
Wheat flour-- 1 cup
Milk -- as per requirement
Sugar - 3 cup

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Make sugar syrup and keep aside .
2) Make soft dough with other ingredients .
3)Make small balls of the dough and roll it to puri 's .
4) Apply a spoon of ghee over each puri .
5) Stack 3 puri's and roll it . Then cut into small pieces and deep fry them till golden brown .
6) Then leave them in sugar syrup for 1 hour .

Serve with puri with sugar syrup .