Hobbies

29 février 2008

Kerala Style Cabbage Stir Fry.

Cabbage Thoran




Ingredients
1/2 cabbage thinly sliced
2 onions thinly sliced
2 tbsp dessicated coconut/ freshly grated coconut
2 green chillies (half slit)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp oil.
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urud dal seeds
1/2 glass water
Curry leaves
  Method
Mix the first six ingredients in a large bowl.
Heat oil in a skillet & add mustard seeds.
When it pops, add urud dal seeds.
When it turns light golden brown, add the cabbage.
Fry for 5 min & add water.
Cover & cook for another 5mn.
Garnish with curry leaves & serve with rice.

26 février 2008

Elton John - Can you feel the love tonight

Hungarian Goulash

Hungarian Goulash

Ingredients
1 kg diced beef
500 g sliced onions
3 garlic cloves
4 carrots, cut in coins
4 potatoes, peeled & cubed
2 tbsp tomato puree
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
1 tsp paprika ( kashmir chilli powder)
1 tsp caraway seeds ( perumjeerakam)
2 bayleaves / coriander leaves

Method
Warm the oil in a casserole.
Add bay leaves & then sliced onions.
When it turns golden brown, add diced beef.
Then add garlic, paprika, tomato puree & carrots.
Stir for a while & add water .
Simmer & cook for 1h, stirring from time to time.
When half cooked, add potatoes.
If beef is cooked thoroughly, remove from fire.
Garnish with coriander & caraway seeds.
Goes very well with pasta.

21 février 2008

Courgette-Dal Curry

Courgette - Parippu Curry

Ingredients
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
2 tbsp grated coconut
2 courgettes (Zucchini / Italian squash)
1 cup lentils (parippu)
1 garlic clove
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp salt
For seasoning
1 tbsp grated coconut
1 tsp musturd seeds
1 dried red chilli
curry leaves
Method
Grind the first three ingredients into smooth paste & keep aside.
Peel courgettes & cut into small pieces.
Cook lentils with sufficient amount of water with garlic & cumin seeds.
When lentils are medium cooked add cubed courgettes , salt & chilli powder.
When the courgettes are cooked, add ground coconut paste. Stir well.
Remove from fire & let it cool.
Heat oil in a pan. Splutter musturd seeds,curry leaves & 1 tbsp grated coconut.
When it turns golden brown add to the dal curry.
Garnish with fresh curry leaves & cumin powder .
Serve with rice.

Parippu Curry with coconut is a Kerala speciality.
You can prepare this curry without coconut paste .
Instead of  courgettes you can use  plantain / pumpkin / yam / papaya.

14 février 2008

Famous French-Italian Love Song "Ti Amo"

Umberto tozzi & Lena ka

Doodh Peda

C'est la Saint Valentin, Fête des Amoureux
Doodh Peda



Ingredients
375g condensed milk (1 tin)
100g butter
2 glasses of milk powder
A pinch of saffran / yellow colour
1/2 tsp cardomom powder
Method 

Melt butter on medium heat.
Add milk powder & condensed milk & mix well.
Stir continuosly on  medium heat.
When the mixture becomes thick add cardomom powder powder.
Remove from heat & let it cool for 15mn.
Make small balls & press in the middle with your thumb.

Legend behind St. Valentin

Roman Emperor Claudius II , banned marriage for his soldiers. But his priest Saint Valentinus denied this law & performed marriages secretly.So he was beheaded on Feb 14th, A.D 269.

Venus(Goddess of love & beauty) was extremely jealous with Psyche (Most beautiful & mortal princess) . So she ordered her son Cupid to punish her. But instead, Cupid fell deeply in love with her. In some circumstances Psyche died. Later Cupid woke up her & got married.

12 février 2008

Bollywood - Jab We Met

Aao Milo Chalo
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Film : Jab We Met Song Aao Milo ChaloFrom

07 février 2008

Alocasia clypeolata

Alocasia clypeolata

Spring Rolls for Chinese New Year

Spring Rolls

Ingredients
Spring roll wrappers
Cooked rice vermicelli
Coriander leaves & Soya sprouts

Filling
250 g minced meat
2 onions(chopped)
2 cloves of garlic + a piece of ginger (make a paste)
1 green chilli
1 tbsp masala powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
Coriander leaves
Salt to taste

Method
Heat oil in a sauce pan.
Fry onions till light golden brown.
Add ginger- garlic paste & fry again.
Then add masala,salt & minced meat.
Add some water & cook for 10 min.
Garnish with curry leaves & ground pepper.
Remove from fire & Keep aside.

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Take a wrapper & soak in luke warm water for 2mn.
Place this wet wrapper on a damp cloth..
Place the filling ( meat+soya sprouts+vermicelli) & fold it.
Repeat the process with others
Heat oil in a saucepan & deep fry the spring rolls.
Keep frying until it becomes crispy.
Serve hot with salad leaves & dipping sauce.

03 février 2008

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