Dinner of Onam sadya dishes with pics of palawan beach

Clothes-packed

books-packed

now busy clearing almirahs,..

dont know what i am talking about na :-),,,friends i am moving back to India forever on 15th of october,so since past few days i have been really busy doing packing and other things,

after spending two yr three months in Singapore which is worlds safest place,going back to Delhi ncr gives me goosebumps specially after the recent bomb blast which took place in delhi markets,but then this is something which has no solution,,,for few days after the blasts i was really depressed,but i know the more i think ,the more depressed i gonna be,..and i think a lot when i am not doing anything,..best way is to keep myself busy so that i dont think negative things,..:-) ,after tiring myself by doing packing whole day,..cooking is something which i look forward to destress myself ,ya ,cooking acts like therapy for me specially these days when i am busy with packing and all..all i want is hot dal chawal with subji,..one such tiring day i felt like trying Onam sadya dishes

,and trust me what a meal it was ,i tried sothi which is lightly spiced coconut soup

ingredients for sothi -

onion chopped one

green chilli sliced two

curry leaves few

salt to taste

oil to cook

half cup thickcoconut milk

four cup thin coconut milk

tomato one chopped

pinch of turmeric powder

pinch of cumin powder

one teaspoon each of fenugreek and mustard seed

half tsp each of cumin and fennel seeds

crushed dried red chilli two

procedure

heat oil in wok

fry fenugreek,mustard,cumin and fennel seeds along with red chilli,

further add chopped onions,green chillies and curry leaves,frytill onions turn translucent

add thin coconut milk,chopped tomatoes,cumin and turmeric powder followed by salt

boil for 10 to 15 minutes

add thick coconut milk and boil further for five minutes.

serve hot .

which is ,potato podimas -spiced mashed potato

from Sukanyas blog and tomato rasam, injithair -ginger in curd

,dryfruit kesari here,i am not good in preparing halwa ,..so asked hubby to prepare for which he agreed,to enjoy the meal in traditional way had on banana leaf,i was not sure whether i would get banana leaf in the nearby grocery shop,..but when hubby returned with banana leaves i was realy happy,..

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have captured some pics of southernmost point of Asia when we went sentosa last pic,..enjoy the pics,.i will be regularly posting pics of some of my favourite places in Singapore in my forthcoming posts,..Palawan beach of Sentosa resort is one of them,,,

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Sothi goes to WYF-salad,starter,soup

 event of easycrafts  

this whole post of Onam sadya dishes

goes to Festive Food Event

started by Priti and Purva,theme for this month being Onam Celebration

hosted by me.

Ruth of Ruths kitchen experiment is hosting Sensational Sides event

for the Monthly Mingle Theme started by Meeta ,potato podimas goes to her event.