27 septembre 2007
Greek Meat Balls / Keftedes
Greek Meat Balls
Ingredients
2 green chillies
A piece of ginger
2 garlic cloves
2 onions
500 g hamburger meat / ground meat
2 eggs
Salt to taste
Chopped coriader leaves
Oil for frying
Method
Blend first four ingredients in a mixer & add to the ground meat.
Mix the rest of the ingredients & keep in the refrigerator for 15 mn.
Make evenly sized balls , roll in flour & deep fry till golden brown.
Serve as a starter along with pitta bread.
25 septembre 2007
Blackberry jam
Blackberry jam
Ingredients
1 bowl blackberries
3/4 bowl sugar
Juice of one lemon
1 cinnamon stick
1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
Method
Gently heat a saucepan with first four ingredients.
Simmer & let it to boil.
Stir constantly in medium heat.
Boil until setting point is reached.
Remove from heat & fill in the airtight containers.
Thanks to Kids who went for blackberrying in the near by woods to prepare this brilliant coloured jam.These thorny shrubs are found in French forests, road sides & nearby fences. Mulberry is an aggregate fruit which are red & hard when tender & black when ripen.
Famous Nursery Rhyme based on "Mulberry "
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we wash our clothes,
Wash our clothes,wash our clothes.
This is the way we wash our clothes,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we iron our clothes,
Iron our clothes, iron our clothes.
This is the way we iron our clothes,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we scrub the floor,
Scrub the floor, scrub the floor.
This is the way we scrub the floor,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we mend our clothes,
Mend our clothes, mend our clothes.
This is the way we mend our clothes,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we sweep the house,
Sweep the house, sweep the house.
This is the way we sweep the house,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we bake our bread,
Bake our bread, bake our bread.
This is the way we bake our bread,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we go to church,
go to church, go to church.
This is the way we go to church,
On a cold and frosty morning.
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
On a cold and frosty morning.
23 septembre 2007
Breizh Parade Paris 2007
Breizh Parade Paris 2007 - Cercles
Vidéo envoyée par benporkofer
la "Breizh Touch" L'esprit breton lors de la grande parade sur les Champs Elysées avec ses cercles et gavotes...Bevet Breizh
Today it's "Breizh Parade" in Paris. The people in the Brittany region of France rocked Champs Elysées with their celtic music.There were 3000 musiciens & dancers.
19 septembre 2007
Akki rotti
Akki Rotti
Ingredients
2 cups rice powder
2 tbsp dessicated coconut
2 shallots finely chopped
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 green chilli finely chopped
1 tsp salt
Chopped coriander leaves
1 1/2 cup warm water
Method
Mix all the ingredients & keep aside for 1 hour.
Make lemon sized balls.
Take a dough ball & pat it into thick rotti using some oil.
Heat a non stick pan , grease & cook the rotti.
Flip & cook the other side.
Repeat the process with other dough balls.
Serve with Veg/Non veg Curry.
15 septembre 2007
Modak- Lord Ganesha's favourite sweet
Modak 
Ingredients
2 cups rice powder
11/2 cup luke warm water
50g ghee / butter
A pinch of salt
5 tbsp fresh coconut / dessicated coconut
15 jagerry cubes
Raisins & cashews
cardomom powder
Method
Mix the first four ingredients & keep aside for 1 hour.
Gently heat jaggery & water to make a syrup.
Remove from fire & strain it.
Add coconut,raisins, cashews & keep it in medium heat.
When it becomes thick, remove from fire.
Grease the modak mould.
Take a dough ball, put it it mould & press.
Then fill in a tsp. full of coconut mix & seal it with dough.
Repeat the process with other dough balls.
Steam cook modaks for 15-20 mn.
14 septembre 2007
Ganesh Bajan
07 septembre 2007
Chole / Channa daal curry
Chole
Ingredients
500g channa / canned garbanzo beans
2 onions (chopped)
2 tomatoes (chopped)
1 tbsp coriander powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 green chillies + 1 piece of ginger (chopped)
Method
Soak channa dal overnight & pressure cook.
If you are using canned, drain the water & keep aside.
Heat oil & fry onions till light golden brown.
Add ginger -chilli paste & fry again.
Then add coriander powder, turmeric powder & salt.
Stir for a while & then add chopped tomatoes.
Add some water & cook it .
If done, add cooked channa daal .
Simmer & cook for another 5 mn.
Garnish with coriander leaves & garam masala.
Goes very well with Batura.
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05 septembre 2007
Batura
Batura
Ingredients
200g flour ( 2 glasses)
125g yogurt
10 g fresh yeast
1/2 glass luke warm water
1/2 tsp salt
Oil for frying
Method
Dilute yeast in luke warm water with 1 tsp sugar .
Set aside for 15 minuites.
Mix all the ingredients & knead well.
Cover the bowl with a damp cloth & keep aside for 1 hour.
Take a lemon sized ball & flatten it into thick disc. ( 8/10 cm discs).
Repeat the process with other dough balls.
Heat plenty of oil.
Gently slip the disc in hot oil.
When batura pops fully, splash hot oil on the top.
Turn over & fry the other side.
Remove using a slotted spoon & drain on a kitchen paper.
Ur batura is ready ! .
Serve hot with Veg / Non Veg curry .
01 septembre 2007
Ipomoea multifida
Ipomoea multifida
Ipomoea multifida / Red Morning Glory is a cardinal climber. In Kerala we do have another variety "Ipomoea quamoclit " commonly known as "narayani poovu/ minni poovu".
