May 30, 2013

Peas Briyani

     Nowadays it like hurry-burry days for me. Very hectic work at office and in home as well. Feeling hard to manage both the ends. At anytime i will give my 2nd "I'm on Break" post :( (Here the 1st) Meantime, i dont want to stay away from my blog, so thought of doing a post today which is my all time Friday lunch time recipe, can be prepared in a very minimal time. This was my long time drafted recipe sitting idle in my box. So, thought of publishing it finally today. You know its my 250th post... YYYYyYiiiippppeeee !!!!! HHHHHHuuurrrrraaaaaaaayyyyyyy !!!!!!!!!!!


ALL YOU NEED:
Soaked Peas 1/2 cup
Chopped Onion 2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato 1 No.
Green Chilly 4 Nos.
Basmathi Rice 1 Cup
Ginger Garlic Paste 2 spoons
Mustard 1 spoon
Water 1 3/4 cup
Ghee 3 spoons
Salt Pinch

METHOD:
     Heat 3 spoons of ghee in a pressure cooker. Add mustard, once done add chopped onion and green chillies, do a sauting by adding pinch of salt. Add chopped tomato, ginger garlic paste, do fine sauting until ghee oozes out. Now add on soaked peas, do a sauting for 2 minutes. Now pour 1 cup of water, close the cooker partially for 3 minutes. Now add rice, pour remaining 3/4 cup of water, adjust with salt and give a hard stir. Again partially close the cooker, once the water comes to boil, do a stir and close it completely and place the whistle and keep the flame in simmer for 10 minutes. Once done, serve hot with sutiable raitha.

Image Source: GOOGLE

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 25, 2013

Carrot Sandwich

     As i said in my previous post, i am a big fan of my canteen's Carrot Sandwich. Finally a couple of weeks back tried the sandwich at home since i got bored of regular Bread Omelet version. To my surprise, my husband who doesnt like sandwich, he was enjoying at most and asked me to prepare it for the next day too. I was soooooooo happy that even he loves the sandwich. Since he doesnt like sanwich, will prepare this once in a while though am a big sandwich lover. But i should say this Carrot Sandwich is my savior and it got a special place in my heart too :P So, here comes my heart touched sandwich for your views.


ALL YOU NEED:
Bread Slices 4 Nos.
Carrot Poriyal 1 Cup
Butter/Ghee/Oil 2 spoons


METHOD:
     Pre-heat the toaster. Meantime, take couple of bread slices, grease it with butter/ghee/oil on outer side of the bread slices. Place 2 spoons of Carrot poriyal on the inner part of bread(Ungreased portion of Bread) and cover it with another bread slice. Even here, greased portion should be placed outside. Place it in toaster until its get cooked. Now serve hot !

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 22, 2013

Onion Pakoda II

     Just to maintain my diet plan (Funny!), am a choosy eater when comes to junk foods. But if it is this traditional tea time muncher, i'll forget the meaning for DIET and my instant mindvoice will be "DIET??!! What do you mean by that ??!!" he he he... Jokes apart :P I am a die ardent fan of this muncher. Love to taste it all time wither during my tea time or with any meal, u dont believe even i have tasted it with roti sometime. From this you can easily guess my craziness towards this pakoda. Just a year back, i have taste only the store bought pakodas but now i started preparing at home which i can make it ready within 15 mins of time. So, just thought of showcasing it for your review. Here comesssss...............



     Heat oil for deep frying. Meantime, take a wide pan, add Besan flour, rice flour, chilly powder, ginger garlic paste, chopped curry leaf, salt and sprinkle some water and make it a pakoda dough consistency. Mixture should not be watery, its should be very loose to deep fry it. Once the oil gets heated, just take handful of mixture and spread it across the oil. Let it get deep fried for a while, do a stir inbetween until it become crispy.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 18, 2013

Carrot Poriyal

     Though am not a lover of all sweet veggies like Carrot, Beetroot etc. i use to try this veggie just to feed my kid. Now coming to the recipe, You'll be surprised, if i reveal this recipe source. Yes, i looted this recipe from my canteen's Bread Sandwich which cost just Rs.7 where the taste is worth for Rs.100 :) Noone can beat this spicy taste. It taste like a nextar during all my hungry mornings. Now, its been 3 yrs since i taste this sandwich :( badly am missing it too. So, just to break my feel, thought why not i should try it at home !! Somehow, recollected the ingredients using taste bud(!) and tried at my home. To be frank, i couldnt come up with that exact taste but somehow i got that taste here and there and everyone enjoyed having with this sandwich at home.


ALL YOU NEED:
Carrot 1/4 cups
Chopped Onion 2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato 1 Nos.
Coriander Leaf 3 Twigs
Green chilly 3 Nos.
Mint Leaf Handful
Curry Leaf 2 Twigs
Mustard 1 spoon
Garlic 5 Cloves
Salt To Taste
Oil 1 spoon


METHOD:
     Heat a spoon of oil in pan. Add mustard, once splutters, add chopped onion, chopped tomato, chopped green chilly, smashed garlic, mint leaf, coriander leaf, curry leaf, pinch of salt and tumeric powder, do fine sauting until raw smell goes off. Now add the grated carrots, do sauting and adjust with salt. Close the pan with lid, cover it until it gets cooked and do a stir inbetween just to avoid burns, once the carrot is cooked, add pepper powder on top of it, give a gentle stir. Now its tasting time :)

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 15, 2013

Simple Tomato Rice

     By default, on all my weekend, will be in confused mental state on what to be prepared for my Breakfast and Lunch time. If its my lazy weekend and my lil one was away from me, OMG ! totally will become a mental for sure :) The main my savior or remedy will be this easy, breezy, comforting rice bowl. Actually its a looted recipe from my H - grand ma's recipe. Noone can beat her taste including me. Mostly she use to prepare this for our breakfast but i loved to try this for my lunch time with a combo of onion raitha and Onion Pakoda. Even tried it on a weekend and here comes the procedure along with the clicks.


ALL YOU NEED:
Basmathi Rice 2 Cups
Chopped Onion 2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato 3 Nos.
Coriander Leaf 3 Twigs
Green chilly 5 Nos.
Fennel Seeds 1 spoon
Curry Leaf 1 Twig
Mint Leaf Handful
Cinnamon 1 inch
Mustard 1 spoon
Ginger 1 1/2 inch
Garlic 1 Bulb
Cloves 5 Nos.
Ghee 2 spoons
Salt To Taste
Oil 1 spoon


METHOD:
     Heat a spoon of oil and 2 spoons of ghee in a pressure pan. Once done, add mustard, when it splutters, add chopped onion, green chilly, cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds, chopped garlic, chopped ginger, curry leaf, corainder leaf, mint leaf, do fine sauting by adding pinch of salt. Now add on turmeric powder, tomato, saute it again until oil oozes out. Now add the soaked rice and add 2 1/2 cups of water, adjust with salt. Now, partially close the pan, once rice comes to boil, let be in full flame for 3 mins. Now, close the pan completely, put on the weight. Keep the flame in simmer for 10 mins. Once done, serve hot with onion raitha.

Note: Can also add some bean or vegetables along with rice, if needed.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 10, 2013

Channa Masala II

     Love Love channa masala all time. Always will like to have it alone rather than tasting it along with Poori or Rotis. My first tasted and tried version was my mother's all time punchy version (Here it is). This version II or 2.0 was my friend's version which i recently came to know during our chit-chat session. I felt it was very easy method and want to try it on a day. Thankfully, was on my diet week and planned to make some side-dish for my rotis. So prepared it and here you go..........

ALL YOU NEED:
Boiled Channa Dhall 2 Cups
Channa Masala 1 spoon
Butter 1 spoon
Tumeric Powder Pinch
Coriander Leaf 2 Twigs
Lemon Juice 1 spoon
Salt To Taste

To Roast & Grind:
Diced Onion 2 Nos.
Diced Tomato 1 Nos.
Ginger 1 inch
Garlic 8 or 9 Nos.
Cloves 4 Nos.
Cinnamon Pinch
Butter 1 spoon

METHOD:
     Heat a spoon of butter in a pan. Once done, saute all the ingredients under "To Roast & Grind" until raw smell goes off. Let it cool down for a while. Now heat a spoon of butter in another pan, add 1 1/2 cup of boiled channa dhall and do a sauting by adding channa masala, turmeric powder and salt. Now grind the roasted mixture along with remaining 1/2 cup of boiled channa dhall. Pour it into the pan, give a hard stir. Adjust with salt. Let it boil it until raw smell of the added powders goes off. Once done, garnish with leamoin juice, chopped coriander leaf and serve hot with Roti.

Note: Grinded the channa dhall just to add thickness to the gravy

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 7, 2013

Egg Frankie

     I am a big fan of Frankies. During our weekend evening, we use to visit a play area, where we can see all kinds of shops like Kulfi, Chaats, Traditional snack shop with bhajji, Bonda, Soup, Frankie House etc. etc. There we can spot both veg and non-veg frankies in many varieties and our default order will be a Egg Frankie along with some soups. Once our order was done, will keep on standing to watch the preparation. Sales guy will have all the ingredients pre-prepared, he'll just add one by one and within 5 mins time, our order will be ready. Oh that's simple, so thought of trying at home and ends up now to share it for your views....



METHOD:
     Take a wide bowl, add a cup of maida, required salt and 2 spoons of butter, mix well. Gradually add water and make it as a fine dough. Close the bowl, let it sit for a while. Break the egg. Add pinch of salt, garam masala and pepper powder, mix well and keep it ready. Now heat a tawa, grease it with a spoon of butter. Now take out the maida dough and make it as small balls and press it each ball in a roti shape. Now grease one side of roti with the egg mixture. Be careful you should not disturn the roti shape as it is in dough form. Add pinch of pepper powder and Garam masala powder over the egg mixture. Toss it in tawa for 3 mins each. Now add some 2 spoons of egg bhurji, add on some chopped onion and chopped coriander leaf. Wrap it and pin it up with cloves in the middle. Its time to serve !

❝❡angeetha ηambi❞

May 3, 2013

Black eyed bean sundal

     That was a funny week. Oops ! Sorry ! DIET WEEK :P Planned to be in Self-ban for me and Compulsory ban for my H(!) by not having Rice items in any form Idly, Dosai, Steamed rice etc. etc. (even didnt used Rice flour) completely for 5 days. Somehow managed to run 4 days successfully but was totally blank what to prepare for our Day 5 breakfast also got bit bored of having chapathi, roti, sandwich, toast etc. which was my saviour during all 4 days. Browsed ! Browsed !! and Browsed!!! Nothing worked out :( Suddenly this dish got flashed in my mind. Was bit sceptical b'cos, am sure, my H will not like this, even me. But what to do BAN is BAN, somehow controlled my taste bud and tried it by adding some flavored ingredients and ended up my Day 5 breakfast finally with this healthy and tasty sundal. Here it is for your reviews :)


ALL YOU NEED:
Black-eyed Bean 250 gms
Chopped Onion 1 No.
Green Chilly 2 Nos.
Coriander Leaf 1 Twig
Smashed Ginger 1/2 inch
Smashed Garlic 4 Nos.
Curry Leaf 1 Twig
Urad Dhall 1 spoon
Mustard 1 spoon
Salt To Taste
Oil 1 drop

METHOD:
     Soak black-eyed bean overnight. Pressure cooker it for 4 whistles by adding pinch of salt. Once done, drain the excess water. Heat a spoon drop of oil (DIET here :P) in a pan. Add mustard, once splutters, add on Urad dhall, once it turns into color, add chopped onion, chopped green chilly, curry leaf, corainder leaf, smashed ginger, smashed garlic and picnh of salt.. Once raw smell goes off, add the pressure cooked bean, adjust with salt and do fine sauting until it coats with the garnished items. Thats it !

Note: Can also add grated coconut before you put off the flame which gives rich flavor and taste.

❝❡angeetha ηambi❞

May 30, 2013

Peas Briyani

     Nowadays it like hurry-burry days for me. Very hectic work at office and in home as well. Feeling hard to manage both the ends. At anytime i will give my 2nd "I'm on Break" post :( (Here the 1st) Meantime, i dont want to stay away from my blog, so thought of doing a post today which is my all time Friday lunch time recipe, can be prepared in a very minimal time. This was my long time drafted recipe sitting idle in my box. So, thought of publishing it finally today. You know its my 250th post... YYYYyYiiiippppeeee !!!!! HHHHHHuuurrrrraaaaaaaayyyyyyy !!!!!!!!!!!


ALL YOU NEED:
Soaked Peas 1/2 cup
Chopped Onion 2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato 1 No.
Green Chilly 4 Nos.
Basmathi Rice 1 Cup
Ginger Garlic Paste 2 spoons
Mustard 1 spoon
Water 1 3/4 cup
Ghee 3 spoons
Salt Pinch

METHOD:
     Heat 3 spoons of ghee in a pressure cooker. Add mustard, once done add chopped onion and green chillies, do a sauting by adding pinch of salt. Add chopped tomato, ginger garlic paste, do fine sauting until ghee oozes out. Now add on soaked peas, do a sauting for 2 minutes. Now pour 1 cup of water, close the cooker partially for 3 minutes. Now add rice, pour remaining 3/4 cup of water, adjust with salt and give a hard stir. Again partially close the cooker, once the water comes to boil, do a stir and close it completely and place the whistle and keep the flame in simmer for 10 minutes. Once done, serve hot with sutiable raitha.

Image Source: GOOGLE

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 25, 2013

Carrot Sandwich

     As i said in my previous post, i am a big fan of my canteen's Carrot Sandwich. Finally a couple of weeks back tried the sandwich at home since i got bored of regular Bread Omelet version. To my surprise, my husband who doesnt like sandwich, he was enjoying at most and asked me to prepare it for the next day too. I was soooooooo happy that even he loves the sandwich. Since he doesnt like sanwich, will prepare this once in a while though am a big sandwich lover. But i should say this Carrot Sandwich is my savior and it got a special place in my heart too :P So, here comes my heart touched sandwich for your views.


ALL YOU NEED:
Bread Slices 4 Nos.
Carrot Poriyal 1 Cup
Butter/Ghee/Oil 2 spoons


METHOD:
     Pre-heat the toaster. Meantime, take couple of bread slices, grease it with butter/ghee/oil on outer side of the bread slices. Place 2 spoons of Carrot poriyal on the inner part of bread(Ungreased portion of Bread) and cover it with another bread slice. Even here, greased portion should be placed outside. Place it in toaster until its get cooked. Now serve hot !

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 22, 2013

Onion Pakoda II

     Just to maintain my diet plan (Funny!), am a choosy eater when comes to junk foods. But if it is this traditional tea time muncher, i'll forget the meaning for DIET and my instant mindvoice will be "DIET??!! What do you mean by that ??!!" he he he... Jokes apart :P I am a die ardent fan of this muncher. Love to taste it all time wither during my tea time or with any meal, u dont believe even i have tasted it with roti sometime. From this you can easily guess my craziness towards this pakoda. Just a year back, i have taste only the store bought pakodas but now i started preparing at home which i can make it ready within 15 mins of time. So, just thought of showcasing it for your review. Here comesssss...............



     Heat oil for deep frying. Meantime, take a wide pan, add Besan flour, rice flour, chilly powder, ginger garlic paste, chopped curry leaf, salt and sprinkle some water and make it a pakoda dough consistency. Mixture should not be watery, its should be very loose to deep fry it. Once the oil gets heated, just take handful of mixture and spread it across the oil. Let it get deep fried for a while, do a stir inbetween until it become crispy.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 18, 2013

Carrot Poriyal

     Though am not a lover of all sweet veggies like Carrot, Beetroot etc. i use to try this veggie just to feed my kid. Now coming to the recipe, You'll be surprised, if i reveal this recipe source. Yes, i looted this recipe from my canteen's Bread Sandwich which cost just Rs.7 where the taste is worth for Rs.100 :) Noone can beat this spicy taste. It taste like a nextar during all my hungry mornings. Now, its been 3 yrs since i taste this sandwich :( badly am missing it too. So, just to break my feel, thought why not i should try it at home !! Somehow, recollected the ingredients using taste bud(!) and tried at my home. To be frank, i couldnt come up with that exact taste but somehow i got that taste here and there and everyone enjoyed having with this sandwich at home.


ALL YOU NEED:
Carrot 1/4 cups
Chopped Onion 2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato 1 Nos.
Coriander Leaf 3 Twigs
Green chilly 3 Nos.
Mint Leaf Handful
Curry Leaf 2 Twigs
Mustard 1 spoon
Garlic 5 Cloves
Salt To Taste
Oil 1 spoon


METHOD:
     Heat a spoon of oil in pan. Add mustard, once splutters, add chopped onion, chopped tomato, chopped green chilly, smashed garlic, mint leaf, coriander leaf, curry leaf, pinch of salt and tumeric powder, do fine sauting until raw smell goes off. Now add the grated carrots, do sauting and adjust with salt. Close the pan with lid, cover it until it gets cooked and do a stir inbetween just to avoid burns, once the carrot is cooked, add pepper powder on top of it, give a gentle stir. Now its tasting time :)

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 15, 2013

Simple Tomato Rice

     By default, on all my weekend, will be in confused mental state on what to be prepared for my Breakfast and Lunch time. If its my lazy weekend and my lil one was away from me, OMG ! totally will become a mental for sure :) The main my savior or remedy will be this easy, breezy, comforting rice bowl. Actually its a looted recipe from my H - grand ma's recipe. Noone can beat her taste including me. Mostly she use to prepare this for our breakfast but i loved to try this for my lunch time with a combo of onion raitha and Onion Pakoda. Even tried it on a weekend and here comes the procedure along with the clicks.


ALL YOU NEED:
Basmathi Rice 2 Cups
Chopped Onion 2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato 3 Nos.
Coriander Leaf 3 Twigs
Green chilly 5 Nos.
Fennel Seeds 1 spoon
Curry Leaf 1 Twig
Mint Leaf Handful
Cinnamon 1 inch
Mustard 1 spoon
Ginger 1 1/2 inch
Garlic 1 Bulb
Cloves 5 Nos.
Ghee 2 spoons
Salt To Taste
Oil 1 spoon


METHOD:
     Heat a spoon of oil and 2 spoons of ghee in a pressure pan. Once done, add mustard, when it splutters, add chopped onion, green chilly, cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds, chopped garlic, chopped ginger, curry leaf, corainder leaf, mint leaf, do fine sauting by adding pinch of salt. Now add on turmeric powder, tomato, saute it again until oil oozes out. Now add the soaked rice and add 2 1/2 cups of water, adjust with salt. Now, partially close the pan, once rice comes to boil, let be in full flame for 3 mins. Now, close the pan completely, put on the weight. Keep the flame in simmer for 10 mins. Once done, serve hot with onion raitha.

Note: Can also add some bean or vegetables along with rice, if needed.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 10, 2013

Channa Masala II

     Love Love channa masala all time. Always will like to have it alone rather than tasting it along with Poori or Rotis. My first tasted and tried version was my mother's all time punchy version (Here it is). This version II or 2.0 was my friend's version which i recently came to know during our chit-chat session. I felt it was very easy method and want to try it on a day. Thankfully, was on my diet week and planned to make some side-dish for my rotis. So prepared it and here you go..........

ALL YOU NEED:
Boiled Channa Dhall 2 Cups
Channa Masala 1 spoon
Butter 1 spoon
Tumeric Powder Pinch
Coriander Leaf 2 Twigs
Lemon Juice 1 spoon
Salt To Taste

To Roast & Grind:
Diced Onion 2 Nos.
Diced Tomato 1 Nos.
Ginger 1 inch
Garlic 8 or 9 Nos.
Cloves 4 Nos.
Cinnamon Pinch
Butter 1 spoon

METHOD:
     Heat a spoon of butter in a pan. Once done, saute all the ingredients under "To Roast & Grind" until raw smell goes off. Let it cool down for a while. Now heat a spoon of butter in another pan, add 1 1/2 cup of boiled channa dhall and do a sauting by adding channa masala, turmeric powder and salt. Now grind the roasted mixture along with remaining 1/2 cup of boiled channa dhall. Pour it into the pan, give a hard stir. Adjust with salt. Let it boil it until raw smell of the added powders goes off. Once done, garnish with leamoin juice, chopped coriander leaf and serve hot with Roti.

Note: Grinded the channa dhall just to add thickness to the gravy

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

May 7, 2013

Egg Frankie

     I am a big fan of Frankies. During our weekend evening, we use to visit a play area, where we can see all kinds of shops like Kulfi, Chaats, Traditional snack shop with bhajji, Bonda, Soup, Frankie House etc. etc. There we can spot both veg and non-veg frankies in many varieties and our default order will be a Egg Frankie along with some soups. Once our order was done, will keep on standing to watch the preparation. Sales guy will have all the ingredients pre-prepared, he'll just add one by one and within 5 mins time, our order will be ready. Oh that's simple, so thought of trying at home and ends up now to share it for your views....



METHOD:
     Take a wide bowl, add a cup of maida, required salt and 2 spoons of butter, mix well. Gradually add water and make it as a fine dough. Close the bowl, let it sit for a while. Break the egg. Add pinch of salt, garam masala and pepper powder, mix well and keep it ready. Now heat a tawa, grease it with a spoon of butter. Now take out the maida dough and make it as small balls and press it each ball in a roti shape. Now grease one side of roti with the egg mixture. Be careful you should not disturn the roti shape as it is in dough form. Add pinch of pepper powder and Garam masala powder over the egg mixture. Toss it in tawa for 3 mins each. Now add some 2 spoons of egg bhurji, add on some chopped onion and chopped coriander leaf. Wrap it and pin it up with cloves in the middle. Its time to serve !

❝❡angeetha ηambi❞

May 3, 2013

Black eyed bean sundal

     That was a funny week. Oops ! Sorry ! DIET WEEK :P Planned to be in Self-ban for me and Compulsory ban for my H(!) by not having Rice items in any form Idly, Dosai, Steamed rice etc. etc. (even didnt used Rice flour) completely for 5 days. Somehow managed to run 4 days successfully but was totally blank what to prepare for our Day 5 breakfast also got bit bored of having chapathi, roti, sandwich, toast etc. which was my saviour during all 4 days. Browsed ! Browsed !! and Browsed!!! Nothing worked out :( Suddenly this dish got flashed in my mind. Was bit sceptical b'cos, am sure, my H will not like this, even me. But what to do BAN is BAN, somehow controlled my taste bud and tried it by adding some flavored ingredients and ended up my Day 5 breakfast finally with this healthy and tasty sundal. Here it is for your reviews :)


ALL YOU NEED:
Black-eyed Bean 250 gms
Chopped Onion 1 No.
Green Chilly 2 Nos.
Coriander Leaf 1 Twig
Smashed Ginger 1/2 inch
Smashed Garlic 4 Nos.
Curry Leaf 1 Twig
Urad Dhall 1 spoon
Mustard 1 spoon
Salt To Taste
Oil 1 drop

METHOD:
     Soak black-eyed bean overnight. Pressure cooker it for 4 whistles by adding pinch of salt. Once done, drain the excess water. Heat a spoon drop of oil (DIET here :P) in a pan. Add mustard, once splutters, add on Urad dhall, once it turns into color, add chopped onion, chopped green chilly, curry leaf, corainder leaf, smashed ginger, smashed garlic and picnh of salt.. Once raw smell goes off, add the pressure cooked bean, adjust with salt and do fine sauting until it coats with the garnished items. Thats it !

Note: Can also add grated coconut before you put off the flame which gives rich flavor and taste.

❝❡angeetha ηambi❞