healthy food for fasting - Chaitra Navratri

Navratri is over ,I like festivals as they add glitz to our normal monotonous days, we prepare good food ,dress up ,deck up our home and in other words add colours to our black and white life. If you have been following my blog you must be knowing what I prepared for the fasting on first day, for the Ashthami fast didn't feel like cooking the whole meal
For breakfast had fried faux nut and chai /tea

 so instead just had fried potato topped with beaten curd and green tea for dinner .

For Lunch
I had got coconut flavoured yogurt which is readily available in the supermarkets here ,just whisked it with the help of spoon and topped it with dried cranberries and blueberries.

Last post I had written a small poem on Ramnavami Festival
 I know my writing is pretty bad so sharing it again here

You are out of reach
And Transcendence
And during festivals
Its sheer joy for us .
As we get to celebrate
The divinity around us.
So thanks for such
Beautiful days
When we are
Engulfed in
Sweet madness
To fast, feast
And celebrate
As it adds
 new meaning
To a normal day.

Sharing the pic of Sukha Kala Chana ,Poori and Halwa

Linking this post to

#therecipeoftheweek event hosted by A mummy too
The weekly story week 11 hosted by colours décor.
Recipe of Sukha Kala Chana blogged here
Recipe of Sooji Halwa blogged here
Recipe of phalahar alloo blogged here
That's all friends, take care and happy blogging .

Quinoa Salad

I had read about quinoa a lot ,drooled looking at the pictures in various food blogs and magazines but never tried cooking it at home so one noon while shopping for the grocery when I saw searched for quinoa I had no excuse, bought it and today after so many days when I felt hunger pangs and as there was no leftover in fridge I thought of cooking quinoa and thus I did ,had some cherries in fridge so thought of preparing salad with the same .

Recipe Name – quinoa salad
Ingredient
Quinoa half cup
Cherries six
Baked almond four
Pinch of black salt
Prepration
Cook half cup of quinoa in one cup of water ,keep aside.
Dice the cherries keep aside.
coarsely chop the almonds keep aside.
Procedure
In a mixing bowl toss everything together
Relish J

since past few months I am maintaing a journal ,so today wrote this quote which I pinned on pinterest.

that's all guys wish you all happy day ahead
take care and happy blogging.

Baked Samosa Salvation Guaranteed,...;-)

Its been so long since i had real good Samosas,by real good Samosas  i mean the one prepared at home in Kadai ,but today when i prepared Samosas in my kitchen i didnt go for the usual deep fried one instead i tried Baked Samosa

which i had seen twice in blogosphere at Arundathi and Lakshmis space,i followed her recipe for kneading the dough ,for potato mixture recipe is mine.

Recipe Name Baked Samosa

Recipe source Food Blog

Recipe Style Baking 

Baking temperature 190 degree centigrade

Baking time 25 mins 

Preparation

Knead the dough as per the recipe here and keep aside

Ingredient needed for Potato filling

Boiled potatoes peeled and mashed three

onion chopped one

green chili one

cumin seeds half tsp

green peas handful

salt as per taste

turmeric powder a pinch

oil to cook

coriander powder half tsp

amchur powder half tsp

Procedure

Heat oil in nonstick wok

lower the flame and add cumin seeds

once it starts spluttering add chopped onions and green chili

keep frying till onions start changing their colour

add mashed potato followed by salt ,turmeric powder,coriander powder.

Mix well and add green peas followed by amchur powder .

Let it simmer for a minute or two and remove from flame.

Divide the dough into equal parts

roll out with help of rolling pins and with help of bowl shape out circle shape

with help of knife divide the circle into two equal shape

fold from both the sides to make a cone

fill in the mixture and seal by pressing the edges together

preheat the oven to 190 degree centigrade

and bake the samosas for approx 20-25mins.

Serve them hot with green coriander chutney and ketchup.

 Thanks a ton friends for sending such yummy delicacies for the event,i will be dng the round up soon,..:-)tk cre and enjoy the week ahead ,..