simple dish of chicken curry and rice,..in between jalebi nd to end with strawberry shrikhand with comic strip

since past few days i had been preparing chicken curry in various ways ,..somehow had forgotten the traditional way we used to prepare before...so today before going to gym,..i asked my hubby to prepare chicken curry..,..it had been long time,..since he had cooked chicken curry in his own traditional way,..he readily agreed,,.when i got married..i didn't know how to cook chicken ,..hubby thought me the way he used to cook,..after that i started experimenting ,..with different kind of recipes,..
today when i reached home i was really hungry,..chicken curry looked good,..couldn't resist myself,..rice had to be cooked,,,.prepared plain rice...tasted great with rice,.this curry reminds me of the thick chicken curry we get in dhaba..



recipe is very simple
heat oil
add cumin seeds
add chopped onion,ginger,garlic and green chilli
once onion starts changing colour add tomato puree,,followed by salt nd chicken masala
once you see oil along the sides add chicken,.keep frying till brown from both sides
now add water and cover nd cook for few minutes
enjoy with rice or chapati..



and now sommething sweet for the swc gujarat event

yesterday prepared jalebi for the first time,..recipe goes here...jalebi is my favourite sweet..back here i used to crave a lot,.but now after tryin out the recipe..can prepare anytime,..\\










prepare strawberry shrikhand,,after dinner yeterday..had already seived the curd and kept in fridge so it didnt take much time..mixed finely chopped starwberry...and kept in fridge for some time before serving





to read the strip click here

hilda to tilda (her daughter) tilda,..hope u have packed ur bag,.we are going back home,,ur dad must be missing us,..and we are gng to give him surprise oky,..i knw he must hve missed my cooking,..

tilda hmm so soon,,i wann stay here,,its so nice here with mountains and all,,and my vacationis still not over....

hilda hmm oky,..btw ur grandma has gone to church today for the weekly meeting...so what u wann to hve for dinner..me thinking to make baked brinjal in ginger sauce,..

tilda thinks omg hve to think of something fast or grandma will again fall sick,,..umm ut what..nd wht she wants toprepare,..must have picked from the cook ook she was reading last night,..

tilda mama,,u remember the pizza shop,..the one where u used to go when u were kid,...granny told me before leaving to wait for her there,..she wanted to give you surprise treat,..thats why she didnt tell u

hilda ohh really so nice of her..ya even i can revive old memories,..thats a good idea,..lets hurry or we will be late...

kerala porata,urulakizhangu kari and kesariya sandesh and yes another strip..

yesterday prepared for the first time,..kerala porotta for the first time,,,have never added egg in porotta dough,,so was really excited,,how it will taste...and how it will look ya another experiment but it came out real well,,and with the spicy potato curry( urulakizhangu) ya that too malayali style...both tasted great,..


recipe for porotta

ingredients

all purpose flour 4 cups
half tsp salt
baking powder apinch
sugar one tsp
egg beaten one
oil to cook

procedure

mix all the ingredients to make dough,use water to mix



cover with damp cloth and keep for 3-4 hours
shape each dough into orange size balls,coat with oil and keep for an hour
oil a board,beat each dough ball,..stretching and folding it for 10 minutes,keep applying oil at every stage,





finally roll out roti shape,..after repeated folding,.







place on hot tava,cook till brown from both sides
enjoy with curry of your choice



sending ths porotta for roti mela

urulakizhangu kari

prepared for the first time,,tasted great with the porotta,..

ingredients

two potatoes
one tsp mustard seeds
chopped coconut
salt to taste
ginger chopped
curry leaves
onion chopped one
oil to cook

for paste

ground to fine paste

onion one
garlic clove three'
one tsp each of red chilli,coriander and turmeric
pepper seeds one tsp
cloves 6
cinnamom stick one cm crushed
fennel seeds one tsp

ground all these together,keep aside



procedure

peel and chop potatoes
heat oil,add mustard seeds, followed by onion,ginger and curry leaves




when coconut turns brown add salt spice paste and water,..bring to boil



now add onion and potaoes
fry,..for a while..
cover and cook



kesariya sandesh

for the recipe click'> here,..instead of cranberry i used edible colour,saffron and elaichi owder








daughter with her grandmother

for the strip cick herehttp://ttp://www.stripcreator.com/comics/notyet100/433131

tilda grandma i really liked the brinjal curry which u prepared yesterday,..why didnt u teach mom such recipes,..?

grandma hilda knows all of my recipes,.what does she prepare at home?

same scene of daughter and grandma

tilda she prepares recipes which i am sure u would be hearing for the first time,..ask her to cook today and u will understand and please i will hav the left over brinjal curry,..i just love it,..

grandma hmm oky will ask hilda to cook today,..ya sure come willmake parantha for u...


the next day..

grandma tilda u were right,.i dont knw what she had prepared,..but since last night i am not feeling well,..have passed motion 10 times,..can understand ur condition,..

tilda shall i tell you a secret,thats the reason father sent mother for the holidays,..and i insisted that u cook forme

vangi batata bhaji and vagharelo bhaat,..with another strip

This is the post which i really didnt want to publish,..but then thought..what is done ,.is done,..and other bloggers should know that this combo didnt rocked together...so that they don make the mistake which i made,...ya i am talking about the post of vagha relo bhat and baingan,..on which i did the cartoon strip too..the recipe goes here of vaghaa relo bhaat and of vangi batata bhaji here,.please dont prepare these two dishes together...u can prepare either of them but not together,,,

i am sending these two for swc gujarat

and now the strip for the comic event

please click here for strip


in office boss and dan,..

boss u didnt get your lunch today ?i saw you eating in the canteen,..

dan ya,..my wife has gone to her hometown for few days,..thats why,..


boss ohh okey..why dont you come home for dinner today...i know u must be missing your wifes cooking,..what say...

dan if its oky with you i dont mind coming,...d

next day dave asks dan...about the dinner

dave how was dinner at boss place yesterday,..?u must have enjoyed home made food,..

dan huh,..don ask,..just like my wife ,his wife likes to experiment with cooking,..she made burnt eggplant...which i had to eat unwillingly,..don ever accept dinner invitation fromhim...

CHICKEN biryani

this recipe i am sending for fortune cooking event,i have chosen gemini sign,..which is zodiac sign of my hubby,.i have chosen chicken under the nonveg section,..before writing about the recipe of chicken biryani

some traits about gemini

Being a dual signBeing a dual sign has (of course) both an up and a down-side. You are vitally interested in what's new and fashionable, though you have a healthy skepticism which allows you to see both sides of the image. You are a party animal, but like to sit back and analyse, or send up the whole procedure.

You multiply the effects of other people's energy, but can become deflated if you are out of the limelight for any length of time. Your sharp wit and excellent powers of observation make you a good raconteur, although you have a tendency to exaggerate which can cause trouble with your relationships.

You really have little faith in yourself, which you mask with ironic wit or sarcasm, but in truth you can use your flexible mind to better yourself in a surprising number of ways. You spend more time talking than eating.

A mutable (changeable) sign, you are chameleon-like in your ability to blend in with your environment, yet you stand out like a beacon when you become the life of the party, with your witty remarks and seemingly limitless knowledge about all and sundry.

You love zooming around, running right left and centre. As a source of information you are unparalleled and you love to keep in touch with your friends, neighbours and indeed anyone who is on your wavelength.

being married since two yrs,,..i never knew anyone with gemini sign,..so it was bit difficult for me to understand my hubby,..being dual sign,..u cant predict...when there mood will change..but they are back to normal soon,..but now i after staying with himsince two yrs i can understand him,.,..he is quiet understanding,mature,.ya looses his cool at times,..but that even i do,...back in my family most of them are leos,..my friends were cancerians,pisces,and aries,..so person with gemini sign was totally something new for me,..

ingredients

chicken 300 gm

onion three chopped

green chilli chopped three

ginger garlic paste one tsp

curd one cup

soaked rice two cup

saffron soaked in milk for 10 minutes one tablespoon

salt to taste

lemon juice

chopped almond and raisins

biryani masala one tsp

oil to cook

procedure

heat oil in wok

add chopped onions and fry till brown ,now add chopped green chillies,ginger garlic paste

keep frying




now add curd,..followed by chicken,keep frying till chicken changes colour to brown,add salt


now add ,..chopped almonds,raisin and lemon juice,..and cover and cook





remove from heat and mix the biryani masala





before serving spoon rice over chicken mixture,sprinkle saffron and milk,,,



we had with onion raita it was delicious


biryani masala


ingredients


cinnamon stiick broken into pieces
green cardamom three
brown cardamom three
whole cloves 5
mace half teaspoon
black pepper hal teaspoon
fennel seeds half teaspoon
bay leaves two crushed
grated nutmeg


procedure




in a pan on low flame dry raost each ingredient separately
each ingredient will take 4 minutes

keep in air tight container
before using grind to powder



now for the strip for create comic event

for the strip click here


dan asks dave about his fiance in office loo

dan -congrats dave,heard u got engaged,.wht does your fiance do,.just hope she is woking lady??

dave-thank dan,.ya she is is working since two yrs,..and will continue after marraige..but why u asked whether she works or not?


dan-huh,.u dont know these days women who stay at home keep experimenting with recipes,..i feel my kitchen has turned into some lab,.but good for u cause ur fiance works,..

dave-ohh that ways,..ya that is there,..infact when she will be back from work she will be tired to do any experiments,..so i guess,.our kitchen will stay like kitchen,..

after fewdays,..

dave-dan u were right,..yesterday she prepared some brinjal..with curd,..which was hopeless,..and whni asked her she told she saw in some blog nd wanted to give a try,..now i understand wht u meant ,..

dan-dave this is just starting..wait and watch what all happen next,..just like me,..u will becomeused to,..

Cranberry Sandesh

the bengali lunch post has already four dishes,..and thats why is quiet long..so i thought to write about this one in new post,.evening after dinner,..i felt bengali food is not complete without sweetdish,..be it misti doi,rosagulla or evergreen sandesh,..before trying i asked my hubby..whether he will wait...for the sweet ..or wants to sleep,..he told he will wait...btw he liked all the bengali dishes i had prepared today..i was bit scared...cause the gujarati dish which i had prepared was not liked.but guess every day is not sunday,..it was past 11

...,..and i had to prepare chena too,..this was the first time,,,i prepared sandesh today,..so i kept the milk for boiling,and started washing off dishes,.whenever i cook ,i wash the dishes first...that way i feel relaxed...by the time i had washed dinner dishes...milk was boiling,..maybe 600ml of milk ,,,sorry guys i am not sure about the quantity,..i added lime juice to curdle the milk,..two teaspoon of lime juice was enough.



..i powdered three teaspoon of sugar in grinder,kept it aside...and made paste of cranberry,..hmm i guess handfull will be enough.





..,..by this time...milk was fully curdled,..i strained the curdled milk by keeping cloth on top of the stariner,...so finally i got the cottage cheese or chena,,with help of spoon i squeezed out excess water...



everything ready...i mashed the cottage cheese to soft consistency in a mixing bowl...added grounded sugar,..followed by paste of cranberry..mixed all three together...while mixing thought of making heart shape



,..i know my shapes are not that perfect...really enjoyed..doing this,,



,by the time i finished..hubby had put advay to sleep,.pics were clicked by my hubby...kept in freezer for 10 minutes..as he wanted to have them that way....and the taste..don ask...i was reminded of my college days,..back here in singapore,..forget about bengali shops...there are hardly any sweet shops,..



in bangalore.where i did my graduation...i used to be regular visitor of kanthi sweets,..and kc das,..felt really happy ,,,as the taste was really great,,,have saved few for tomorrow,,this was my first try for sandesh ,..so really happy...i was bit scared cause cranberry sandesh,,sounds...out of the world,..,.but after eating i forgot everything...