lassi with rabdi for Mahashivratri

Today is Mahashivratri

 day dedicated for the worship of Lord Shiva

 I started the day with a bowl of roasted lotus seeds and chai had to eat something to start the day went to Shiva temple with a friend to pray and did Jal Abhishek

 and for dinner I am planning to prepare  Kuttu Paratha ,alloo bhaji and chach.
As its too hot here in Singapore I thought of preparing Lassi today noon time  had some rabdi in the freeze which I had prepared few days back so thought of topping the lassi with the rabdi and I am so glad I did this lassi with rabdi reminded me of the lassi which we get in our hometown tall kulhad with thick lassi topped with rabdi ya guys during festival I am nostalgic and I try to create the food which we used to have during our childhood days...

recipe name Lassi with Rabdi 
ingredient 
curd one cup
ice cubes
sugar half tsp
rabdi one tsp ( recipe of rabdi blogged here )
saffron pinch
chopped pistachio half tsp

procedure
churn yogurt ,sugar and ice cubes in a blender
top it with rabdi ,saffron strand and chopped pistachio
indulge and feel blissed :-)
other lassi recipes blogged on Asan Khana
Malai wala Lassi
Gulabi Lassi
Kulhad wala Lassi
Phalahar /Fasting recipes are blogged here 

wish all the readers of Asan Khana happy Festival ,
take care and happy blogging

Kulhad wali Lassi for Navratri Fasting

Wish all the Readers of Asan Khana Happy Chaitra Navratri,Gudi Padawa and Ugadi.

Today is the first day of Chaitra Navratri  ,starting from today for nine days hindu goddess Durga,Lakshmi and Saraswati are worshipped.Ninth day is celebrated as Ram Navratri .

 As its quite hot here i didnt prepare the usual delicacies which are prepared for fasting instead prepared this refreshing drink ,

one sip and i was in my hometown ,the smell,the taste everything reminded me of  home and the narrow street where we used to go for the Lassi,this one wasnt creamy and thick ,but the taste was similar to the one sold in the narrow street famous for Kulhad wali Lassi,and ya guys this kulhad is from my home town :-)

Recipe Name - Kulhad wali Lassi 

Ingredient

half cup curd

ice cubes four 

sugar as per taste 

rose water one fourth tsp 

cardamom one crushed 

chopped pistachio one tsp to garnish

Procedure 

blend all the ingredients in a mixer except pistachio.

garnish with chopped pistachio

Other lassi recipe blogged

Malai wala Lassi

Gulabi Lassi

for phalahar/fasting recipes for Vasant Navratri /Chaitra Navratri check here 

read this interesting article about Importance of Nandana Ugadi,read here 

Thats all friends take care and happy blogging ,

wish you all Happy Festival again.

Teekha kori rotti or bari chutney thande raitha or lassi ke sath.

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Since past few days our meal was just salad and fruits, so today thought of preparing something spicy for lunch, further there were guests coming home for lunch, which was another reason for me to prepare a spread, I wanted to try something regional, so browsed through the net for the recipes and finally zeroed in for Kori Roti recipe which is taken from here,

traditionally eaten with roti in Managlore which is crisp rice flake preparation, but we enjoyed spicy curry with cranberry flavoured fried rice,onion tomato raita and bari chutney.

For Cranberry flavoured rice- prepare rice the usual way or leftover rice can be used to,heat oil in a nonstick wok,add pinch of cumin seeds, handful of chopped onions, half of chopped green chili,pinch of salt, keep frying till the onions start changing colour, I fried till the onions were brown ,now add cooked rice ,mix well followed by pinch of pink colour and dried cranberries. Mix well and serve warm with curry of your choice

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Bari chutney – Anita of Mad tea party has described in this post what BARI is,only difference is she calls them wadi,and her wadis are from Amritsar :-)

Sharmila of Kichu KHON has shared in this post how to prepare Bori also known as Mungaudi.

This is how I  prepared chutney

Mix togeter one or two spiced bari, coriander leaves chopped ,garlic 3 cloves, salt  as per taste,run through the blender, Chutney is ready.

onion tomato raita- beat curd ,mix chopped onion and tomato.add pinch of salt and red chili powder.

These days my morning cup of tea is replaced by glass of Lassi,I keep experimenting with different ingredients which I can add in curd and run through the blender,but one thing which remains most of the time same is Malai wali lassi.

This lassi reminds me of a small market in my hometown where this kind of Lassi was sold in large kulhad topped with malai and so thick that we needed spoon to finish it off,I tried to recreate the same at home,but couldn’t prepare that thick which we get in the market .

This is how I did,- add almonds,sugar, kewra water essence to curd and run through the blender,once done transfer to the serving glass and top it with fresh malai.

Malai wali lassi is ready to be indulged,..enjoy,..

event entry

BARI CHUTNEY goes to my friend SOWMYAS EVENT Swc cooking with green event started by lakshmi of cooking station.

MALAI WALI LASSI  goes to Pritis space where she is on with Festive food SUMMER TREAT.

 Bari chutney,malai wala lassi,onion tomato raita and cranberry fried rice goes to 15 minute cooking event hosted by Mahima.

Take care friends ,..ceeu all soon,..;-