Join me in the celebration with MEC - Kids Party Food

 24th April 2008 i celebrated with Dahi Wada and Posta Halwa

 24th April 2009 i was on with Cranberry muffins

 this  April  2010 i thought of involving you all too for the jubilation

 friends i invite you all to join me in the food event Microwave Easy Cooking - Kids Party Food  

 Whole April i will be busy planning for Advays birthday so thats why the theme is Kids Party Food and ya  

 Special thanks to Srivalli for giving me the opportunity to host this month edition 

 

To join me in this event heres what you have to do

Cook any delicacy which suits the theme Kids Party Food in Microwave  and post in you blog  from now till 30th of April 2010.
Recipe category can be anything starter,cake,drink,cookies whatever suits the theme.

Both veg and non veg recipes are included

Only Microwave cooked recipes will be excepted ,food processor can be used for grinding

Please link your post to this post and to Srivallis Announcement post

Older entries are expected but they have to be reposted and linked to this post and to Srivallis post

Multiple entries are welcome

Dont worry if you dont have a blog,just mail me the recipe with click and i will include in the roundup

Please mail me at stillnotyet100@gmail.com with the following info

Subject -MEC Kids Party Food

name 

link of the post

picture of the dish

Last date to send in your entries is 30th of April 2010

thats all friends cee you all soon,..;-) hppy blogging,..

  

Holi festival delights Namkin and Mathri from my moms kitchen

Its almost holi time ,everyday there is some festive cooking going on in our kitchen,from past two days Mathris and Namkins is being fried ,..so todays post gonna be Holi Special post ;-)

First recipe is of

Recipe name NAMKIN

Recipe source my mother

Preparation time 15mins

Cooking time 30 mins (depends on the quantity)

Recipe category snack

Ingredient

one kg all purpose flour

water to knead the dough

salt as per taste

asafoetida pinch

carom seeds two tbsp

Preparation

Mix three to four tbsp of refined oil in the flour 

mix to the consistency that ball can be made of the dough by hand

add salt,asafoetida and carom seeds

slowly add water and knead smooth dough

keep aside.

Procedure

with the help of rolling pin and pastry board roll out the dough 

pierce through the rolled out dough with help of fork

cut in one direction with help of knife

and then in opposite direction 

heat oil in wok

once oil is hot lower the flame 

and fry the nimkis till brown in colour

they can be shaped out in diferent shapes too with the help of cookie cutter .

Second recipe is of Mathri

for mathri dough diffrence is addition of chickpea flour and red chili powder while kneading the dough.

 rest all steps remain the same,..

Event entry

Srivalli is on with Kids delight event and the theme this month is Wholesome Snacks so the mathri and nimki are off for her event

Priya is on with Hearts for St.Valentines event heart shape nimkis are off for her event

and to my own event Lets celebrate with colours  

thats all frens,,,enjoy cee u all soon till thn happy blogging,..:-)

Veggies stuffed mushroom for Global Kadai

Today while bloghopping i saw the recipe of stuffed mushroom ,inspired i thought of giving it a try,had mushrooms in refrigerator,its just that i prepared it in paniyaram pan,These stuffed mushrooms are for Sumis event Stuffed Mushroom for Global Kadai

Thanks Cilantro for the lovely event Global Kadai and Sumi for hosting this  event,

Here goes my version of Stuffed Mushroom

Recipe Name Stuffed Mushroom

Recipe source own experiment:-)

Recipe category snack /appetiser/

Preparation time 10-15 mins

Cooking time 5 mins

Paniyaram recipe

Ingredient

Mushroom one packet washed cleaned and scooped from the centre

For the filling

Green peas handful

oil to cook

grated carrot one

grated capsicum one

cottage cheese 100gm

salt and pepper

brown bread two

cheese spread one tbsp

Procedure

In a mixing bowl mix carrot,capsicum,bread,salt and pepper

with help of spoon fill in this filling in the mushroom

top it with cubed cottage cheese

keep aside

heat oil in panirayam pan

once hot lower the flame

top each stuffed mushroom with cheese spread 

and slowly place the stuffed mushroom in the pan 

keep turning and remove from the pan once brown from all sides

this will take hardly 5 mins

enjoy hot,..:-)

tk cre frens and happy blogging,..;-)

One Pot Meal Spiced veggies with couscous

I got introduced to Couscous through food blogs,so reluctantly i picked the box of couscous  during my last grocery shopping,saw the recipe of spiced vegetable couscous in one of the cookbooks,so thought of giving this a try

Recipe Name - Vegetable Couscous

Recipe Source - Cookbook

Cuisine moroccan

Preparation time 15 mins

Cooking time 30 mins

Ingredient for Vegetable Couscous

400gm chickpeas(boiled and drained)

green pepper one sliced

carrot one sliced

cauliflower 200gm

onion chopped one

tomato chopped one

garlic cloves crushed two

salt as per taste

pepper half tsp

turmeric half tsp

one tsp each of coriander and cumin 

oil two tbsp

For the couscous

salt half tsp

one cup couscous

butter one tbsp

Procedure for veggies

heat oil in non stick wok

fry onion and garlic till soft

followed by turmeric,coriander and cumin

keep stirring for few minutes

now add the chopped veggies fry for a minute

add enough water to cover the veggies halfway

bring to boil,lower the heat and let it simmer for few minutes

once the veggies re half done add chickpeas and cook for further 10 mins

season with salt and pepper.

Procedure for couscous

to cook the couscous boil water in saucepan

add salt and half tsp of oil

remove from the heat and mix couscous

keep stirring

allow to swell for 2 minutes,add butter and heat through gently

stirring to separate the grains

For serving

Serve cooked veggies on couscous garnuished with coriander leaves.

Event entry 

This platter is off for Semi homemade event at lazzat and to

MLLA 20 hosted this month by Rachel and started by Susan of the well seasoned cook. 

Enjoy the platter frens, ceeu all soon ,.week was not that good very heavy one hoping for something better this week,..till thn take care happy bloggin,...

Delhis street food Palak Papdi Chaat recreated at home

Everytime i crave to eat Palak Papdi Chaat i cant go to Prince Chaat shop at GK m block market ,so today when i felt like eating this chaat,i thought of giving this recipe a try,and i am so glad i tried this out today,here goes the recipe of Palak Papdi Chaat recreated at home,

For Chaat

Tamarind Jaggery chutney

Coriander chutney

salt

red chili powder

cumin powder

bhujia

boiled potato

papdi

curd

For Palak Papdi

Palak leaves washed and dried

gram flour three tbsp

water

refined oil four tbsp

salt as per taste

red chili powder half tsp

cumin powder half tsp

amchur powder half tsp

Procedure

mix gramflour with water and salt,red chili powder,amchur powder and cumin powder.

heat oil in wok

lower the flame and dip the dried palak leaves in the besan batter and fry till brown from both sides

drain and keep aside

To Assemble

In a serving dish place the palak papdis

top them with curd,boiled potatoes,papdis,coriander and tamarind chutney,bhujia,red chili powder,cumin powder.

As this was the first time i tried this at home this is what i learnt

- batter should have been more watery

- papdis should be served warm,as they loose their crispiness if serving time is prolonged.

Papdis can be served hot with tea or coffee also

 The above platter is off for Paris event at Foodelicious The Combo event

 and the palak papdi chaat goes to my own event at asankhana Lets Celebrate with Colours

 that all guys enjoy the platter cee u all soon,..;-)

street food karela papdi chaat

Karela Chaat is one of my favourite street food form my hometown,yesterday mother prepared karela papdis ,

Ingredient needed 

all purpose flour 

water 

Procedure

to prepare karela papdi knead dough ,roll out poori shape from maida dough,in the centre make vertical lines with help of knife,seal from both the edges.In a non stick wok,heat oil and once oil is hot lower the flame and fry the papdis till crisp.

another recipe for fried karelas can be seen here

Ingredient needed for Chat

Karela papdi

Tamarind Jaggery chutney

Coriander chutney

curd

Bhujia

chopped onion

boiled potato or boiled chickpea

red chili powder

cumin powder

salt

To assemble

In a serving dish place papdis,followed by boiled potatoes,tamarind chutney,coriander chutney,bhujia,onion,red chili powder,salt and cumin powder.

 

 Karela Papdi chaat is favourite street food of all of us at home so this goes to Favourite Food Event  and my second entry for Lets Celebrate with Colours Holi Event.

enjoy the chaat guys ,cee u all soon,..hppy blogging,..

Happening week with trip to Surajkund mela , Khan Chachas kabab roll ,Moong dal halwa from Priyas kitchen and MNIK

Last week was pretty hectic,but i am happy that this week there is not much to do,so i can slow down a bit,its  cold here again today with no sunshine ,talking of last week went to two awesome places first being Surajkund mela

 and other being Khan Chacha Shop at Khan Market 

,Surajkund Mela was fun had gone last year too,this year theme was Rajasthan State,but due to bad weather couldnt give much time there as soon as we reached it started raining there:-( felt bad for advay too he had to sit on his buggy with towel on his head,

Talking of Khan Chacha ,this one was my first visit to the Khan Chacha Kabas Corner,i have never been to the old shop,so everything was new for me,had heard lotz about Khan Chacha from my sis,so when i read in news paper that this place is open again in new avatar i had to go with Neha ,and though we had to wait quiet long for the kabab roll,it was worth it,every bite of it,..:-) will go again there soon,..

Neha prepared Moong Dal Halwa

from Priyas space,which was yum,;-)  thanks priya for sharing the recipe,this hearty Moong Dal Halwa is off for Priyas Valentines Event  , to Srivallis space for Kids Delight Event  as advay loved the halwa, to MLLA 20 started by Susan and hosted this month by Rachel of the crispy cook and to my own event Lets Celebrate with colours .
talking of movies saw My Name is Khan last week ,nice movie worth watching with real good performance by Shahrukh and Kajol,dont miss this one guys,..;-) i guess thats all frens,..will cee u soon,..

Lets Celebrate with Colours Holi Event

lLast year i forgot but this year i had promised myself that it wont be the same,i am talking about my blogversary frens,which falls somewhere on 9th of March,so this year on 9th of March my blog Asankhana will be two year old.Long way i have come and long way to go to,..:-)and this wouldnt have been possible without your support friends,so thanks a ton guys,

to celebrate blogversary and Holi Festiva l i am on with food event

lets celebrate with colours

after all its Holi :-) u guys can send me anything be it something which u prepared on holi,or traditional holi dishes likes Ghujia,Mathri,Malpua,anything which is related to holi or prepared keeping the spirit of Holi in mind.

Sharing some of traditional recipes link prepared on holi

Sweet dish and drink

Recipe of Ghujia with pictorial ,

another one with gujiya mould

pastry filled with coconut,dryfruit and nuts

Recipe of Malpua here with rabdi

and anothe one with pineapple here

Recipe of Thandai here 

Another one here

Recipe of Rabdi with jalebi here

Savory

Mathri and Nimki here

 kachori with subji

Chat items like

Alu dahi pori 

allo tikiya

allo tikiya chat

Papdi chat 

Pani poori chat

Dahi Vada andhra style

dahi wade

All the above links are from food blog,more info on holi and holi recipes can be seen here.

So guys join me in celebration of Spring Festival Holi +Blogversary by joing me in the Festive Event Lets play with colours

prepare something fresh and festive   and mail me you entries at stillnotyet100@gmail.com,

subject will be lets play with colours

link back to the event announcement post

and ya pic of any size will do

event is on from today to 10th of March 2010

thats all frens happy feasting ,cooking and celebration cee u all soon..:-)

Round up of Its time to Jingle again Christmas Event

Hello Frens,thanks a ton for Participating in Its time to Jingle Event and making it a great success,i am really sorry for the delay,was busy with my exam so thanks for bearing with me,coming back to the roundup,i got to see so many varities of cakes,cookies,and other christmas goodies .

 and to begin with we have

1. 
   
   Glutenfree Eggless Oat and Almond Cookies from A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine,which looks so christmasy perfect with  red and green cherries and Eggless Gluten free Oat and almond ginger bread cookies they looks so perfect
2. 
   
    Laura of Little chef and i and has joined in the event with Frosted Crescents and decked up christmas tree
3. 
   
    Renu of Renus Kitchen has shared recipe of Eggless Oatmeal Walnut Cookies and Spice Persimmon Cake
4. 
   
    Aquadaze of Served with love has shared Snowman Cake which looks perfect for the season
5. 
   
    Cham of Spice club has added colours to the festival with delights like Dryfruits and Nuts Ball and Chocolate Balls
6. 
   
    Christmas is incomplete without fruit and nut cake and we have eggless one here from Divyas Space,and another one shaped like Christmas tree
7. 
   
    Talking of Fruit Cake there is another one with frosting from Rias Space
8. 
   
     Bindiya of in love with food has joined in the event with christmasy Christmas Date and Chocolate Cake
9. 
   
     Bangalore Baker has sent lotz of cookies for the event there is Chocolate chip cookies, Ginger spice cookies ,Coconut  Macroons,Cranberry white chocolate chip bars.
10. 
    
     Simi of its all about food has sent yummylicious Swiss rolls  and thy look so yummy...
11. 
    
     Sweatha of tasty curry leaf has added jingles to the event with two yummy entries Sugarplums for Christmas and Bon Bon Cookies
12. 
    
     Divya of dilse has sent merry looking Christmas Fruit Cake
13. 
    
    Radhika of Soup and Dessert has joined with Snowy White Coconut Cake
14. 
    
     Sheba of Fork,boot and Palette has sent colourful Christmas Cookies which look so cute
15. 
    
     Swathi of Kitchenswathi has sent Plum Cake for the event which is one of the christmas delight
16. 
    
     Kokila has sent Festive looking Fruit and nut Cake another traditional christams cake
17. 
    
     For Pomegranate lovers theres Pomegranate Shortcake from Nishas Kitchen
18. 
    
     Sowjanya of Ruchikacooks has sent yummlycious Apple and Date Cake 
19. 
    
     For Fruit and Nut Cake lovers theres another one to try from Romas Kitchen
20. 
    
     thers Vanilla and Chocolate Muffins to try from Lavis Space
21. 
    
    Lotz of snow and decked up tree thats what Split personality has sent
22. 
    
    Kavya of Kavya Kitchen has added zing to the event with this lovely christmas decoration and awesome looking Ginger Bread Cookies 
23. 
    
    Nithi of 4th Sense Samayal has shared some lovely clicks and beautiful Christmas Kolam
24. 
    
    Shama of Easy 2 Cook Recipes has sent christmas feast pic
25. 
    
    Priya of Easy and tasty recipes has sent varities of cakes and cookies many thanks priya ,for cake lovers theres

 Christmasy condensed milk and dry fruit cake, chunky apple chocolate yogurt cake,chocolate yule log cake,french king cake and

 Crunchy cornmeal cookies.

26.Sayantani of Homemakers Dairy has joined in with Christmas Rich Fruit and Nut Cake 

27. Cilantro of Cilantro Recipes has sent decked up Fruit Cake and Christmas tree pic 

28. Pari of Foodelicious has sent aromatic Coffee less coffee cake

29. Homecooked has sent simple and elegant looking christmas cake 

Entry from my space- Eggless Christmas Cake

                              Christmas tree pic 

Thanks a ton again friends for making the event a great,enjoy the delicacies will be back soon,..:-)

take care and happy blogging.

Kumbh memories with til gud ladoo

Wish all the readers of Asan Khana Happy Vasant Panchmi,
during our childhood days we used to accompany our Dadi for the sacred bath also known as nahan to Sangam on the  auspicious days during Kumbh Mela, now when i see sites like this i am filled with mixed reactions,i remember we used to have guests every year during winters for the Kumbh Snan,it was fun camping in tents riverside,playing in sands,having tea at midnight,watching ramlila,krishna lila and so many other activities.Now the simple tents are replaced by luxurious tents with all kind of facilities,i mean so fast things change,i guess some years ahead when i go to Sangam for camping ,i gonna be both shocked and sad ,shocked because what memories i have of the place they would be changed and sad because everything would be commercialised to attract tourists.Have a look at the facilities and you guys will know what i am talking about.

Coming back to today's post i gonna share recipe of Til ladoo prepared by my mother in law
Recipe Name TIL Ladoo
Recipe Style Cooking
Ingredient
Til one cup
Gud half cup
Procedure
Dry roast the sesame seeds till they start changing their colour ,keep aside
heat jaggery with water in a vessel on medium flame
Once jaggery reaches required consistency remove from flame and mix roasted sesame seeds
to make laddoos,take water in a bowl,moisten hand with this before making each ladoo this will prevent the mixture from sticking to the hand,shape into laddoo shape,this has to be done very quickly as the mixture hardens very soon.
From blogosphere
Aayis recipe sesame laddoo
Easy and tasty recipe til ke laddoo
you tube video for laddoo
Taste of mysore chigali undi/black sesame laddoo
Namus kitchen tila undo.
Event entry
Til Gud Laddoo is off to Priyas Space for Cooking with Seed event theme this month being Sesame Seed.
Enjoy the week ahead frens,cee u all soon,.;-)

Sankranti special comfort food - Khichdi

Wish all the Readers of Asan Khana Happy Makar Sankranti ,Pongal,Khichdi,Bhogali Bihu and Uttarayan

As it is a ritual to  prepare Khichdi for lunch ,Prepared this simple Khichdi with rice and chilke wali urad dal.

ingredient needed

Chilke wali Urad dal 50gm

Rice 50gm

salt as per taste

turmeric powder a pinch

ghee pne tsp

ginger grated half tsp

pinch of asafoetida

Procedure

heat ghee in pressure cooker

lower the flame and add asafoetida and ginger

followed by rice and urad dal

fry for a minute or two

add salt,turmeric and water and pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles.

Serve hot with curd,pickle and Chokha.

Khichdi is off for MLLA 19TH Helping hosted by Easy Craft and started by Susan of well Seasoned Cook.

Enjoy the festival frens,cee u all soon :-)

Spicy Panchmel Dal with Hot Tomato Rasam

I tried tomato rasam from Premas space, tangy and hot at the same time I guess this is the best thing for winters, Prema has linked varities of rasams in her post do hop in at her space if you guys are rasam lover like me,these days our dinner is soup most of the time,so I keep looking for recipes on blogosphere which I can try,...:-)

Panchmel Dal/Panchratan Dal/Mixed Dal

,.\ Coming back to todays  post, I gonna share recipe of Panchmel dal also known as mixed dal.Mixed dal is readily available in market or it can be prepared at home by mixing 5 kinds of lentils which are moong dal,masoor dal,toovar dal,chana dal and dhuli urad dal. To prepare mixed dal,  pressure cook it the same way normal lentil or toor dalalso known as arhar is  prepared with salt ,turmeric and enough water to cook the dal, once done prepare tempering,heat ghee in non stick pan, add cumin seeds, followed by  chopped onion,green chili and tomatoes once mushy add coriander powder ,red chili powder and garam masala,mix well till oil is seen along the sides,add chopped coriander leaves and temper the dal with this mixture.Bit spicy panchmel dal with baingan bharta and chapati was perfect for us.

From blogosphere

Recipe of Panchratan dal at Ghar ka khana

And at Kailas Kitchen

Panchmel dal is off  for MLLA 19TH helping hosted by Easy Crafts and started by Susan of well seasoned cook.Enjoy the week end frens, its damn cold out here, tk cre cee u all soon,..

Saal 2009 Ki Baat Kuch Khatti Meethi Yaado Ke Saath

Lets take a look behind

and see what we can find

last year has  gone for everyone

fast with time ,......

years may come,years may come

years may go,quickly go

some go fast very fast

some go slow oh so slow

some are good very good

some are sad very sad

for each one for what comes

lets be glad just be glad

These lines are from a song which we used to sing in school during our english singing classes,maybe i missed some lines in between or maybe some words too,i just luv this song though simple in words its so true isnt it,..;-)coming back to todays post,...

Its not easy to pen down about yr 2009, because yr 2009 is I guess the best year of my life till now, I guess I shared everything in blogosphere be it anything my joy – sorrow, up-down, celebration-devastation, festivals, marriage ceremony of my sis and so many other things and ya the best thing which happened in yr 2009 is that it changed my attitude towards Delhi when I reached here last yr in 2008 I was all confused how I goona settle down here but now after spending almost more than a year I am in luv with this place and then why wont I be I guess it’s the best place to stay inspite of all the shortcomings after all I feel as if I belong here, be it anything food, market, weather time just flies here  that’s the magic of this place ya I do miss hubby at times but then I know that this time which I am spending with my sisters, parents these moments they are priceless.and the best way to enjoy these moments is to enjoy each and every second so that when I move back to Singapore and miss them all I have to do is thinks about the moments spent with them that’s all I know I am being senti but that’s how its gonna be  after all I got to stay with them after some eight yrs .:-), ya I didn’t give time to the other part of me I e notyet100hub,maybe next yr I won’t be this busy, Srivalli has asked us to jot down Best of Year 2009 its gonna be difficult to choose best of the posts from yr 2009 archive because almost all of my post have some memories in them and all of them are precious for me, still if I had to choose few from them I Guess they gonna be these,…

Learnt Baking from Blogosphere thanks to Cham too,My first bake

Holi Festival Delicacies Festival POST

A tear and A smile Simple Musings

Saatu Bhari Bhowri Chokhe ke Saath Rural food

Something sweet Lotus seed pudding Sweet dish

Coconut Icecream with Mango Sauce Ice cream

My first bread Loaf Wholewheat Walnut Bread

Experience with Chocolates Hand made chocolates

This whole post goes to Srivalli who is hosting Best of Year 2009 Event 

Thats all frens,..ceeu guys next week enjoy the weekend and happy bloggin,...:-)

Dal Ka Dulha Chokhe ke sath,...

Its not that everyday i crave to eat something which is earthy, rustic and and comforts me to the core but meal of Dal Ka Dulha with alloo chokha is something for which i can go for any day,one pot meal of Daal Ka Dulha together with Choka,Grilled tomato chutney,curd,papad and some pickle,

thats all i need when i feel like eating some comfort food,Dal ka Dulha is something like Dal Dhokli or maybe u can say plain version of Dal Dhokali,i never knew that there was something called Dal Dhokali ;-)all thanks to the Blogosphere i got introduced to so many new regional dishes

Ingredient needed

Cooked Arhar Dal

kneaded dough

For tempering

Ghee

Cumin seeds

Procedure

Roll out small poori

shape them in the form of inverted triangle

slowly slide them in cooked dal

and pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles

temper with ghee and cumin seeds

Serve hot with Chokha ,pickle and curd .

Chokha recipe is blogged here

Info from the Web

Also known as Dal Pitha,Dal Pithori


From Shails Blog -

Pictorial of Preparataion can be seen

Charche Chauke Ke has two versions

Simple one


Bhara Hua Dal Ka Dulha

Srivalli of Cooking For all Seasons is on with My Legume Love Affair 18th helping


started by susan of the well seasoned cook,Dal ka Dulha goes to her event.

Enjoy the platter frens,cee u all soon:-) and ya dont forget to join in the Jingle Event ...







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Its Time to Jingle Again,...:-) Christmas Event

I can still remember how every Christmas there would be gathering of cousins, neighbours  ,relatives and family members at our home, reason being very simple 25^th December being my birthday, then with time as I grew up celebrations were limited to elaborate dinner at home, though at Christmas there was no decoration of Christmas tree or Xmas tree I always wanted to decorate one ,last year got one and decorated for the first time, this year Neha and Advay decorated the tree ,still lotz to be done,while clicking pics today thought of this event so here I am with another Event at Asan Khana titled Its time to Jingle Again,

all you guys have to do is send me whatever you guys prepare for Christmas  ,Christmas Cakes ,Cookies, Goodies which u guys prepare ,Christmas tree Decoration ,or simple memories, Last year my Christmas was terrific one,this  year I guess its gonna be good one too ; -) so guys what are you waiting Lets Jingle up the season with Goodies,…and  end the year on good note

Send me the link of your Christmas Post ,that’s all you have to do and join me in the event.
Mail me ur JINGLE posts on stillnotyet100@gmail.com

Round up will be published by 15th of Jan 2010

 So what are you waiting for lets Jingle up guys,.:-)

quick fix meal - rice with veggies

Bowl of leftover rice,few veggies ,dash of salt and pepper,pinch of dried chives and few drops of olive oil thats how i prepared this Veggie fried rice,these days i am not giving much time to cooking because of my exams,:-( thats the sad part thats why my posts are flooded since past few days with quick fix meal specially when i am alone  in the kitchen cant help ....

Coming to this recipeof Veggie Rice

Ingredient needed

Leftover rice one bowl

mushroom 3-4 chopped

brussel sprout two chopped

cabbage chopped handful

olive oil half tsp

salt and pepper as per taste

dried chives a pinch

procedure

heat oil in non stick wok

lower the flame

add the veggies followed by salt and pepper

stir fry till the veggies are tender

add left over rice,mix well,followed by addition of chives

Serve hot .

These days while studying i like to munch on these

Nimkis prepared by my mother with Chai specially evening time ,

Easy Craft of simple indian food is on with WYF -Tea time snack,Nimki with tea goes to her event

 Enjoy the week frens btw whats ur favourite tea time snack,..??

Its festival time again,,...

Once the 8th month of the year starts ,its festival time in India,theres celebration all over in the country,i guess this is something which binds all the Indians together,the spirit of togetherness,after celebrating and fasting in the   holy month of Shravan,its  time to celebrate Rakshabandhan which marks the end of Sawan month,after Rakshabandhan its   time to celebrate Gokulashtami there was double celebration this year as independence day was just after Shri Krishna Janmashtami

,in my last yrs post of Janmashtami i had mentioned about rain,ya it did rain this year too,and my parents had got Krishna toys

depicting various stages of Lord Krishnas childhood,

so after a long long time we decorated Jhankis

and relived our childhood memories.23rd of august was Hartalika teej ,which is celebrated by women in honour of Goddess Parvati,if we celebrate Teej ,same day Swarna Gowri Vrata is celebrated by women in Karnataka.Ganesha festival is on and so is Ramadan.Come september and it will be time to celebrate Navratri and Eid Al Fitr .

If there is celebration all over India theres celebration of festivals in Blogosphere too

 Join Priti and Purva who are on with Ganesha Chaturthi and Krishna Janmashtami Celebrations

and Yasmeen and Lubna who are on with Ramadan Special Joy From Fasting to Feasting Season 2

the pics above are off for Purvas event Janmashtami Celebration
do check out festival dishes here

Enjoy the festivals fren ,cee u all soon tk cre,....

Round up of Shadi Ki Thali Food Event

 I wanted to do this special post about various functions of traditional UTTAR Pradesh Shadi ,but due to lack of time and my busy schedule i couldnt go ahead with the planned way,so i thought why not include in the round up .Many thanks FRIENDS for sending entries for the event Shadi Ki Thali and making it a great success.

To start with the round up

first entry is of

Easy Cafts who has sent typical menu of the Muhurtham Lunch of the Tamil Brahmin Community

which has Arachi Vitta Sambhar,Beans Paruppu Usli,Paruppu Vadai and so many other delicacies.

Rekha of Plaintain leaf has sent two yummy entries

Her first entry is Ariselu traditional sweet of Andhra Pradesh

Her second entry is Andhra Pelli Bhojanam  which has so many tempting delicacies ,pic itself is making me hungary Rekha

She has also shared recipe of Muddapappu

Shama of Easy2cook recipes has sent Wedding Feast  prepared during Meenakshi Kalyanam in Madurai,

She has also sent beautiful Rangoli Pic

wedding feast includes Rice,Sambhar,Rasam,Payasam,Vadai,Panirayam,Curd,Appalam and Pickle.

Purva of Purvas Dawat has joined in the celebration with gujarati Patra alu wadi prepared during Gujarati Wedding.

Thanks a ton friends for sending such yummy delicacies,..:-)

My entries for the event

I Started the celebration on a sweet note with lotus seed pudding and invitation card

inviting u all :-) which was followed by

Traditional Shadi sweets prepared during marraige ceremony

Mehndi Pics

Breakfast Platter of Alo bari sabji with Kachodi

and finally brief summary of the different ceremonies performed in north indian wedding i guess some of the ceremonies must be common with all religion only diference being in the name

First ceremony to start with is Tilak Ceremony which is hosted by Grooms family ,brides family are the guest,Tilak is performed by brides brother .

Second ceremony is Mehndi Ceremony at brides place,in earlier days it was just application of heena to the bride ,but now with time trends have changed Mehndi is celebrated like a mini get together where friends and relatives are invited for dinner at brides place to join the celebration.

Third Day ie Shadi day morning starts with Haldi ceremony during which turmeric paste is applied to Bride by her family and friends.There are other small rituals in between and by the time they are over its time to receive the Baratis.

Once the baratis reach brides place,

Groom is given special welcome by brides father and brother at a special mandap prepared specially for this purpose.Function is known as Dwarchar. 

Dwarchar is followed by exchange of garland ceremony known as Jayamala.

After exchange of garland ceremony most sacred ritual starts known as Kanyadan  

Which is followed by Sindoordan and Vidai.

VIDAI means official departure of the bride from her parents house.Thus Marraige Celebrations end on a sad note for the brides family.

I guess this completes the roundup friends,thanks a ton again for sending such yummy entries,today is Shri Krishna Ashthami,wish all the readers of Asan Khana Happy Janmashthami.Cee u guys soon,...hope u all r  doing good,.....