Suji Ka Halwa (Rawa Sweet)

Suji Ka Halwa is one of the very famous deserts in north India, and my hubby's favorite too. He loves to eat sweet's. Last sunday he just told me to prepare suji ka halwa. This was my first attempt to cook suji ka halwa, i leart how to cook halwa from my SIL (Sister In-Law). I followed the same steps and guess what, it was tasty the way my husband use to eat in his home. I am always in a learning process to cook north indian dishes.Before my marriage,i had never thought that i have to learn all this. Cooking was not at all my cup of tea, nowadays i always think what to cook next..

Ingredient's
1 cup rawa
1/2cup milk
4tbsp ghee
Sugar as per the taste 5tbsp dry fruits (Almond, Cashew and Rinsin)

Cooking Method
Heat a broad pan, add 3tbsp ghee and rawa. Keep stirring continuously till it becomes golden brown, Then remove from the pan and set a side to cool it down. Clean the same pan from kitchen towel, and add 1tbsp ghee and 3tbsp dry fruits, sauté for few sec, add milk, roasted rawa, and sugar keep stirring continuously till the rawa is soften.
Granish with left over dry fruits and Serve warm or cold.

Prawn Gravy

Ingredient's

1 bowl cleaned prawn
1/2 bowl cut potato and bean
1 onion, 2 green chillies, 1 tomato, 3 tbsp coriander leafs (chopped)
2tbsp curd, 1tbsp lemon juice
1tbsp red chilli powder, 1/2tbsp turmeric, 1/2tbsp coriander powder, 1/2tbsp garam masala
1/2tbsp mustard seeds
1tbsp ginger garlic paste
3 garlic cloves finely chopped
Salt to taste
Oil 4tbsp.

Cooking Method
Marinate the prawn with lemon juice, 1/2tbsp chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala, and binch of salt, set it aside for 20 to 30 minutes.
In a deep frying pan add oil, mustard seeds, and garlic cloves, when splutter, add onion and ginger garlic paste, saute onion for 2 minutes. Then add the potato and bean with a binch of salt, cook till they are soften.
Add green chillies, 1/2tbsp redchillies powder and turmeric powder, tomato, cook for 1 minute
Now add marinated prawn, curd, 1cup of water. add salt if req, mix all together gentely and add coriander leafs from top, cover the lid and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
Serve hot with Roti and Rice.

My Second Awards

Awards Time, Awards Time...

This is my second Award, as usual i woke up in the morning and saw my blog. There was lot of awards waiting for me on Pavithra Srihari's blog.... She is a very adorable having unique and healthy recipe's on her blog. I am very honored to receive this awards from her... Many Thanks to Pavithra Srihari of Binge On Veg.

I would like to share this awards with my blogger friends. Yummy O Yummy of Yummy Team, Jay of Tasty appetite, Gita Jaishankar of Gitas kitchen, Kairali Sister of Cookingwithkairalisisters, Sathya Sridhar of Samayalcorner, Suhaina of Mysingaporekitchen. 

Palak Dal (Spinach Leafs)

Spinach is thought to be native to Southwest Asia and unknown to the Greeks and Romans. First cultivated by the Persians, it is now cultivated throughout the world, with the exception of the tropics. Although grown in China for centuries. Spinach leafs known for high Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium and its Vitamin Content. Definitely a good choice to add to your menu. and it is very good for health... and it is again a easy to cook dish..

Ingredient's

2 bunch of palak 

1cup toor dal 

1 small onion 

2 tomato 

2 green chilly 

1tbs turmeric 

Salt.

For tempering

1/2tbs cumin/jeera 

1/2tbs mustard seeds.

Cooking Method

Cut the onion,chilly,tomato in to small picese 

Take a pressure cooker and add chopped palak,dal,cut vegetable,turmeric,salt and 2cup of water and boil it for 20minutes in a medium flam 

In a small frying pan add 2tbs oil and add cinnamon and mustard seeds saute till it become's brown 

After the dal is boiled, add the tempering in to dal and cover the lid and cook it for 5minutes.

Black Chickpeas Simple Snacks

Ingredient's
1 small bowl of black channa
1 onion, 2 green chillies (chopped)
2tbsp chopped coriander leafs
2tbsp lemon juice
1/2tbsp musturd seeds
1tbsp oil

How to Prepare
Soak the channa for 4 to 5hours. Boil channa with salt and water, after the channa is boiled remove the water, and set channa aside. In a big mixing bowl add chopped onion, chilli, coriandre leafs, lemon juice and salt. In a small frying pan add oil, musturd, when splutter. Add it in to the onion bowl. Then add boiled channa. Mix all together well..
Serve with Tea or Drinks.