Tuesday, May 27, 2008

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,..

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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

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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,

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

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

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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

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procedure

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

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

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

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kesariya sandesh

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

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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,,,


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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...