LEMONY LEMON RICE WITH TANGY GRILLED TOMATO CHUTNEY AND SWEET GULABI LASSI....

Lemon rice reminds me of college days,..i remember in between classes we used to ask our batchmates what they have got from their home for lunch and lemon rice was the most frequent one,..in their tiffin,..as our hostel food was not good,..food got by our localite friends was boon for us...i prepared lemon rice for the first time,..here in singapore and enjoyed with frequently prepared grilled tomato chutney and papad.

recipe for lemon rice

ingredient

rice 300gm

oil to cook

salt to taste

one tsp each of mustard and urad seeds

juice of half lemon

half tsp of turmeric pwder

coriander leaves and curry leaves to garnish

procedure

cook rice with turmeric and salt,drain and mix lemon juice ,

for tempering

in another vessel heat half tsp of oil

add mustard seeds and once they start spluttering

add urad dal and curry leaves,

pour the contents over lemon rice.

Before serving garnish with coriander and curry leaves,..

another variation of lemon rice is to add peanuts and chanadal if u guys knw any other variation of lemon rice do share,,,.:-)

Grilled tomato chutney is frequently prepared at our home,it goes well parantha,khichdi and tehari as a side dish along with curd,salad and papad.

Ingredients for grilled tomato chutney

tomato two wash and dry and keep aside

green chilli one

garlic clove one peel and keep aside

salt to taste

few drops of mustard oil

coriander leaves to garnish

and if u want chutney to be more hot red chilli powder can be added ,i didnt add...

procedure

On a stove grill place the tomatoes and garlic cloves

keep roatating the tomatoes to avoid burning

once done remove the blackish layer of the tomatoes and keep aside

in a serving bowl mash the tomatoes along with grilled garlic,add chopped green chilli,salt and few drops of oil

before serving garnish with coriander leaves.

I TRIED LASSI WITH ROSE PETALS ,mixed curd,milk,icecubes,sugar,cardmom pod one and petals of two rose,blended in mixer and delicious GULABI LASSI WAS READY,Before serving garnish with rose petals.

LEMON RICE GOES TO EC FOR AFAM LEMON

ndWYF COLOUR EVENT

and also to SHEETAL FOR SWC KARNATAKA EVENT

STARTED BY LAKSHMI

GRILLED TOMATO CHUTNEY GOES TO SIG WHO IS HOSTING GRILL IT EVENT

STARTED BY MEETA,

TO SUNSHINEMOM FOR FOOD IN COLOUR EVENT

THEME FOR THE MONTH BEING RED AND

TO EC FOR WYF COLOUR THEME E VENT FOR COLOUR RED INGREDIENT TOMATO.

GULABI LASSI GOES TO SRILEKHA who is hosting ICECREAM AND MILKSHAKE EVENT

FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND TO EC FOR COLOUR WHITE INGREDIENT MILK FOR WYF EVENT.

MY BLOGGER FRENS HAVE PASSED ME MORE AWARDS,..THANKS FRENS WILL BE PASSING THEM SOON,..HAPPY BLOGGIN,..CEEYA SOON,..AND U GUYS MUST BE WONDERING WHTS TRICOLOUR FONT DOING IN MY POST THATS CAUSE I AM HIGH WITH INDEPENDENCE DAY FEVER ,,,ITS GONNA BE OUR 61st independence day doesnt that sound great...:-)

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL FRENS IN ADVANCE...:-) ENJOY.....

MANGO KULFI WITH CRANBERRIES TO BEAT THE HEAT AND SOME COOLERS TO QUENCH UR THIRST

Back in India,..monsoon has already arrived but here in Singapore,.its the same weather with sudden rain showers when it becomes too hot..one hot summer afternoon i felt like having kulfi,,.i got the recipe from here,,..thanks to lakshmi for suggesting me this recipe,..i followed the same recipe

,..instead of adding dryfruits and saffron i added chopped cranberries,..thus the name mango kulfi with cranberries,..thanks Namratha for sharing this yummy recipe,,,will prepare soon again,,,,;-)

AFTER AASONDI I TRIED SUNFLOWER SEEDS AGAIN ,FOR THIS ENERGY BOOSTER DRINK,..BADAM MILK WITH MELON SEEDS...

INGREDIENTS

60gm melon seeds

one litre milk

pinch of saffron strands

one tablespoon of chopped almond

two cardamom pounds grounded

pinch of balck pepper

one tablespoon of poppy seeds

sugar four tbsp

procedure

soak the melon seeds with poppy seeds for 15 minutes,drain and blend in a blender

soak saffron strands in a tsp of milk and keep aside

boil milk and add chopped almonds,grounded cardamom powder,pepper powder and sugar

now add poppy almond mixture,and saffron infused water to the milk.

let it simmer for a minute or two,..remove from flame.

serve chilled

MANGO KULFI WITH CRANBERRIES

goes to ICECREAM AND MILKSHAKE EVENT

HOSTED BY SRILEKHA OF SRISHKITCHEN I AM REPOSTING STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE,MANGO MAHARAJA

AND BANANA FRAPPE FOR THE EVENT

i am sending mango kulfi with cranberries to theme independence day hosted by creative pooja under the colour orange,and badam milk with melon seeds for the colour white.

and to ec who is hosting wyf colour in food event for the colour orange ingredient mango,badam milk with melon seeds for the colour white ingredient milk,strawberry smoothie for colour pink ingredient starwberry,mango maharajah for colour yellow ingredient mango and banana frappe for colour light brown ingredient banana.

happy bloggin frens,..will be back with more.,,