Namak paare/Dimond Cut. Happy Diwali.

Happy Diwali to all my blog readers and my friends. This year I would not be celebrating diwali and that is the main reason I have not prepared anything much. Actually I had no plan to cook anything at all, But the moment I open my FB page I see lots of different types of sweets and savoury dishes pictures and that tempted me to at least cook something savoury items and store them for later.. I know this will be very much in use once the cold weather starts and the good thing with this snacks is you can store them for more then 2 to 3 months. This namak paare goes very well with ginger tea. Have a great fun friends and enjoy your Diwali with your family and friends.

Ingredient's.

1/2kg maida ( all purpose flour)

1/2tsp ajwain (Caron seeds)

1/4tsp kalonji (samal fennel)

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying.

Cooking Method.

Make a firm dough with the maida, salt, ajwain and kalonji, by adding water and set it aside for atleast 30 minutes.

In mean time keep oil for heating in a deep frying pan on a medium flame.

Take a lemon size ball from a dough and roll into a disc neither to thick nor to thin.

With a sharp knife make a criss cross cuts on disc.

Fry them to golden brown and take out the namak paare onto a papper towel to remove the excess oil.

Once they are cool completely. Store them in a airtight container.

Serve with Tea.

Baby Prawn And Vegetable Masala Khichdi.. Pressure Cooker Version.

Baby Prawn And Vegetable Masala Khichdi.. I cook this masala khichdi when ever I feel low and to enlighten my mood this is food I would prefer. This particular dish has no recipe from any where, actually one day I wanted to make pulao but I end up adding all the ingredients what ever I got into my hands and that's how I innovated this masala khichdi and this is a dish which you put everything together in a pressure cooker and give 2 whistle and you have a delicious masala khichdi ready to eat... I have also tried many other ingredients but I always thought the first recipe was the best, so since then I'm stick to this recipe only and believe me it taste real good.

Ingredients.

1/4 cup of baby prawn (pre cooked)

1/2 cup mix vegetables

1/2 cup of rice

3 tbsp toor dal

1 small onion, 2 green chilli, 1 small tomato ( finely chopped)

1/2 tsp red chilli powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric

1/4 tsp coriander powder, 1/4 tsp garam masala

1 bay leave, 1 black cardamom, 2 cloves

1 cinnamon stick, 1 green cardamom, 1 star anise

1/4 tsp cumin seeds

Salt and Oil to taste

3 cups of water.

Cooking Method.

In a large mixing bowl add rice, prawns, dal and vegetables, wash them nicely and set aside.

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when oil is hot, add cumin seeds, bay leave, cinnamon, cardamom, star anise and cloves, when they splutter, add chopped onion and green chilli, fry to light brown,

Then add tomato, red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder and garam masala, fry for 1 minute, Add prawn, vegetables, dal, rice and salt. Give a good mix and add water, close the lid and cook for 2 whistle (1 in high flame and 1 in low flame) allow the pressure to go before opening the lid.

Serve hot with little ghee on top.

Egg and Cheese Sandwich.

Egg and Cheese Sandwich. Here comes the quick and easy recipe of sandwich. If you are bored of eating everyday same bread and omelette like me! Then this is the best way of making something new with same egg and bread. Just by adding cheese, iceberg lettuce and tomato sauce it will give you a whole new and lip smacking delicious sandwich. Sandwich is my regular breakfast but I try different ingredients everyday, sometime I take pictures but sometime after seeing the sandwich I just can't wait to eat.. This is one of the all time favourite sandwich in my family.

Ingredient's.

2 slices of brown bread

2 large leaves of iceberg lettuce

4 thin slices of cucumber

1/4tsp tomato sauce

1/4tsp mustard sauce

1/4tsp mayonnaise.

Ingredients To Fry The Egg.

1 egg

1 slice cheese

Pinch of black pepper powder

1/2tsp oil

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method.

In a frying pan add oil, when oil is hot break the egg into pan, sprinkle salt and black pepper, and fry the egg. 

In a mean time just toast the bread to light brown in a bread toaster.

Once the egg is cooked, Place the cheese slice onto the egg, once the cheese starts to melt, take out on to a plate. 

Take one slice of bread and place lettuce leave and apply tomato sauce, mustard sauce and mayonnaise, then place the cucumber slices, fried egg and cheese, and cover it with another bread, cut into 2 pieces

Serve hot with Juice or Tea.

Banana And Dates MilkShake.

After coming back from India 2 weeks before, I have become so lazy to do any work and after 4 years of my marriage this was my first trip to my mom's place all by myself and leaving my hubby alone at home. It was very difficult for me to go leaving him here but I did it for 23days and after that I just could not stay one more day ... This was the first time I went to stay with my patents because of that my mom kept me like a princess. I use to be awake whole night chatting with my sisters and sleep till 2 o'clock in the afternoon and no tension of what to cook or to do any work. Mom use to get tea and breakfast for me on my bed, and she use to cook all my favourite dishes everyday. and I use to feel bad for my hubby also that he has to cook everything by himself, but what to do sometime it is ok to think about ourself too. In all this pampering I dint even realise how this 23 days went...Now after 2 weeks also I'm feeling difficult to get back into my old life and if I want to get back then this is the first thing I should start writing my blog. This also took me 2 weeks to write but fine I know once I start I will not stop :)

Lets come to the recipe which I had made this long time back and posting it now..To make this Banana and dates milkshake the main reason was to finish the dates which my H had got in bulk and I was bored of eating just like that. Just to finish that dates fast I started making this Milkshake and I became a fan of it and this has become my regular milkshake when ever I have dates at home and it just need 3 ingredients to make this milkshake and the result is simply delicious.. One glass of this milkshake can keep you fill for a long time..

Ingredient's.

1 large banana

15 dates (without seeds)

1 glass of cold milk

1 scoop of vanilla ice cream (optional)

Making Of Milkshake.

In juicer jar add all the above ingredients and grind it to smooth shake.

Pour into glasses and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Serve chilled.

The Best Place To Have Dosa In Coventry(UK).

After coming to Coventry UK it was a big challenge for me to find a good place to have dosa and I don't know where all I have tried it and never liked any of them.. I had actually given up the hope of having good masala dosa here until I found this amazing place in Foleshill road call Lotus Veg Restaurant. Its located on the main road and near to grocery stores so very easy to locate.

The dosa, sambar, coconut chutney was simply awesome and they even had Gobi Manchurian in their menu. unfortunately we could not taste it because they were not having enough stock, but we got to try the Veg Manchurian and even that was very tasty and worth it.

The dosa portion was large enough for 2 person and generously filled with potato masala and served with Sambar and 3 types of chutney. Sambar tasted really good and reminded me of taste back home.

The veg Manchurian was medium portion and was very well presented. It was well coated with spices and masala and was semi dry.

They have a lot of different varieties of chat, dahi vada, masala vada etc.... I could only try 2 items and this place is going to be my favourite and I'm sure will get to eat lot more spicy items.

Only downside I could see was to wait for some time to have our orders ready even in less busy hours, but after the food arrived I felt it was worth waiting. If you are looking for a good place to have South Indian and North Indian food then you have arrived to right place though the place is small but you'll have real home taste and they even do catering for Functions and Parties..