28 novembre 2007
Sundal
Chickpea Stir Fry
Ingredients
500g Chick peas / canned garbanzo beans
2 onions (chopped)
2 tbsp grated coconut / dessicated coconut
1 tsp musturd seeds
1 dried chilli
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
Curry leaves
Salt to taste
Method
Soak chick peas overnight & pressure cook it.
If you are using canned chickpeas, remove the decant water.
Heat oil in a pan. Splutter musturd seeds.
Add curry leaves a red chilli.
Fry chopped onions till light golden brown.
Add chilli powder, tumeric powder,coconut & salt.
Add some water & cook for a few minuites.
They add cooked chickpeas & stir fry for 5 min.
Garnish with curry leaves & cumin powder.
Bollywood - Kyon Ki
Film :Kyon Ki(2005)
Actors :Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor & Rimi Sen
Song : Dil ke badle
23 novembre 2007
Norwegian Apple Cake
Norwegian Apple Cake 
Ingredients
100g butter
10dl liquid cream (15%)
200g sugar
180g flour
2 eggs
3 tsp baking powder
a pinch of salt
for topping
2 apples (peel,core & cut into thin slices)
25g sugar
1 tsp cinnamon powder
Raisins & chopped walnuts (optional)
Method
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Cream together the butter, sugar & salt .
Add beaten eggs.
Sieve the flour and baking powder together and fold into the cake mixture.
Heat first two ingredients on medium heat & add to the mixture.
Pour the batter into the greased cake pan.
Arrange apple slices on the top & sprinkle (sugar+ cinnamon) mix.
Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes.
Serve with tea.
19 novembre 2007
Couleur d'automne
16 novembre 2007
Moroccan Fassoulia
Fassoulia
Ingredients
500 g french beans (chopped)
2 tomatoes (chopped)
2 onions (chopped)
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
Curry leaves
Method
Heat oil in a pan.
Fry onions till light golden brown .
Add chopped beans & fry again.
Fry for 5 min.
Add salt,chilli powder & turmeric powder.
Add choped tomatoes & some water.
Cook for about 8 min.
Garnish with cumin powder & curry leaves.
Serve with rice.
13 novembre 2007
Pizza-Paratha
Pizza-Paratha
Ingredients
500 g flour
250 ml water
1 tsp salt
Oil /ghee
For filling
2 tbsp tomato purée
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 greenchilli (chopped)
Basil leaves (chopped)
Method
Mix first three ingredients & knead well.
Cover the bowl with a damp cloth & keep aside for 1 hour.
Mix the ingredients of the filling & keep aside.
Spray some more flour & knead it again .
Make evenly sized balls.
Take a lemon sized ball & flatten it using a roller.
Leave 2/3 cm border & spread uniformly the tomato paste.
Fold into a semi circle & roll out again.
Fold again into quarter of a circle.
Roll out into triangle shape.
Heat a non stick pan & spread oil on it .
Cook the triangle paratha .
When it puff up put some oil / ghee .
Flip & cook the other side.
Serve hot with Veg / Non Veg curry .
08 novembre 2007
Badusha
Balushahi / Badusha
Ingredients
50 g butter
125 g curd
1/2 tsp baking powder
250g flour
250 ml water
250 g sugar
1/2 vanilla essence / 2 cloves
Oil for frying
Chopped nuts ( Almonds/ Pistachio )
Method
Mix first four ingredients & keep aside for 15 mn.
Make small balls & flatten inthe middle using your thumb.
Make sugar syrup of thread consistency. (water+sugar+essence)
Heat oil in a pan & fry balushahi.
Cook both sides until golden brown.
Using a fork remove it & dip in sugar syrup.
Then place them on a serving plate.
Decorate it with chopped nuts. 
Diwali - Fête de la lumière.
Deepavali - the festival of lights is celebrated all over India.
Deepavali is derived from two sanskrit words Deepa (light) & Avali (row).
There are so many stories behind "Deepavali".
Lord Indra told Sree Krishna the evils of the demon King Narakasura.ie He kidnapped beautiful girls to serve him. So Lord Krishna & his wife Sathyabhama decided to kill Narakasura. To celebrate their King's victory the people of Dwaraka (Kingdom)prepared several sweets. Freed young girls lit lamps to celebrate their liberty.
Lord Rama's return to Ayodya (Kingdom) with his wife Sita & brother Lakshmana, after his 14 years of exile.People greeted their King by litting lamps and bursting crackers.
05 novembre 2007
Banana Cake
Banana Cake
Ingredients
135 g butter
100g sugar
225g flour
2 eggs
3 ripe bananas
2 tbsp honey
a pinch of salt
1 tsp cinnamon powder
2 tsp baking powder
Raisins & chopped walnuts
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Cream together the butter, sugar & salt .
Add beaten eggs.
Sieve the flour and baking powder together and fold into the cake mixture.
Add mashed bananas, honey & cinnamon powder.
Pour the batter into the greased cake pan and place in the oven.
Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
Serve with tea.
