Microwave Lemon Sponge Cake For MEC Kids Party Food

Yesterday tried this simple microwave cake recipe from here ,

Recipe name Microwave Lemon Sponge Cake

Preparation time 3 mins

I didnt sandwich the cake with cream and jam instead topped it with Fudge frosting and silver and colourful edible balls.

Advay liked it a lotz so this one gonna be a regular one in my kitchen

This yummy colourful cake is my first entry for MEC Kids Party Food Event hosted this month by me ,event started by Srivalli.

Send me your ideas soon frens,event is on till 30th of this month

this one is for u guys,happy blogging cee you all soon

Goan Curry Powder and two dishes

Sometimes a little something adds magic to the dish we are cooking, I experimented with this little something for two dishes and was awed by the outcome.I know u all must be curious to know what this little something is ;-) guys I am talking about Goan Curry Powder which my sis had got from Goa.I tried fish curry and egg biryani and here goes the recipe

Ingredient needed for Pomfret in goan curry

Onion two chopped coarsely

Garlic  four cloves chopped coarsely

Coconut powder two tbsp

Tamarind one small ball

Garam masala powder one tsp

Salt as per taste

Mustard oil one tbsp

Pomfret one

Red chili powder half tsp

Goan fish curry powder one tbsp

Preparation

Clean the fish and rub with salt adturmeric and keep aside

Run through the belnder onion,garlic,coconut powder and tamarind,keep aside

Procedure

Heat mustard oil in non stick wok

Add the masala paste and stir for sometime on low flames,

add goan curry powder and fry for a minute or two

Add salt ,red chili powder and keep frying till oil is seen along the sides

Add the fish pieces one by one and fry further for few minutes

Add water as per need ,lower the flame and let it simmer for few minutes

Once done,sprinkle pinch of garam masala and serve hot with rice or roti.

I tried this magic powder again while preparing egg biryani ,and this is how I prepared

Ingredient needed

Boiled egg four

Cinnamon stick one

Star anise two

Black cardamom two

Onion two chopped coarsely

Garlic clove three chopped

Red chili two crushed

Ghee one tbsp

Salt as per taste

Tomato one chopped

Oil to cook

Rice one cup

Preparation

Soak rice and keep aside

Shallow fry eggs in oil and sprinkle goan curry powder keep aside

Procedure

Heat oil in non stick wok

Add cinnamon stick, star anise and black cardamom stir fry for a minute or two

Add chopped onion,chili and garlic and further fry for few minutes

Further add tomato,goan curry powder and keep frying till oil is seen along the sides

Add soaked rice ,  amount of water to cook the rice and cover and cook

Once half done add the fried eggs and let it simmer till the rice is done.

Serve hot with curd and poppadum with had with allo curry which I will post soon,..;-)

 enjoy the feast frens,will be back soon,cee u all guys,..tk cre,..and fight the winter blues with these two winter delicacies we thoroughly enjoyed both,..;-)

Another Craving related post of Teekha Chicken curry ,tamatar dal and spiced up egg curry

Craving can make us do anything,ya i know i have talked about cravings before ;-),one such craving of eating something spicy lead me to prepare this yummy chicken curry with pepper and chillies

...word of caution this recipe is hot so if once in a blue moon if u feel like having something spicy ,enjoy this curry with plain rice or chapati,we had with tamatar wala dal,chapati and rice,

ingredient needed for Teekha Chicken Curry

chicken drumsticks four

onion two chopped

green chili three chopped

cumin seeds one tsp

garlic clove three crushed

red chili one crushed

salt as per taste

black pepper crushed one tbsp

turmeric powder a pinch

oil to cook one tbsp

Procedure

heat oil in non stick wok,add cumin seeds once they start spluttering ,

add chopped onions n keep frying till onions start changing colour

once half done add chopped garlic,green chili,red chili and fry further till chillies and onion merge together

add salt,turmeric powder and crushed pepper,keep frying till oil is seen along the sides

now add chicken drumstick and fry well to mix the ingredients

lower the flame and cover and cook,if needed add half cup of water,mix well

and simmer again for few minutes.

Serve hot with chapati or rice.

Ingredient needed for Tamatar Dal

cooked arhar dal

cumin seeds a pinch

ghee half tsp

tomato one finely chopped

green chili one chopped

asafoetida a pinch

procedure

heat ghee in non stick wok

add cumin seeds  and asafoetida once they start spluttering

add chopped tomatoes and green chili

keep frying for a minute or two till the tomatoes become tender

add prepared dal and mix well.

serve hot with chapati or rice.

another version is to pressure cook dal with tomatoes and do the tempering later once the dal is done.

I wanted to enjoy the platter dhaba style so had with pinch of salt,lemon wedges and green chillies,so for extra kick enjoy hot ,....

I keep trying different versions of Egg Curry,in this recipe i have used red chili powder and crushed black pepper to marinate the egg slices

here goes the recipe

INGREDIENT

boiled egg four

onion two chopped

tomato one chopped

cumin seeds half tsp

crushed pepper one tsp

red chili powder half tsp

oil to cook one tbsp

green chili one chopped

salt as per taste

Preparation

Slice off boiled eggs in two parts ,sprinkle crushed black pepper and red chili powder and keep aside

Procedure

heat half tsp in non stick wok and shallow fry the spices up egg slices and keep aside

heat remaining oil in the same wok,add cumin seeds once they start spluttering add chopped green chili

followed by chopped onions and keep frying till onions become tender and start changing their shape

add chopped tomatoes fry for a minute and cover and cook.

once done add half cup of water and let it simmer till the gravy starts boiling

now add spiced egg chillies in the gravy and let it simmer for few minutes.

before serving garnish with pinch of crushed pepper

enjoy hot with rice or roti.

For Plain Chapathi

ingredient needed

wheat flour 2 cup

water to knead the dough

Procedure

in a big vessel sieve the flour

slowly add water to knead the flour

dough should be not too hard nor too soft

dough shouldn't stick to the vessel in which it is kneaded

once done dough should be one mass in whole

now divide dough into equal size balls

heat the tava,once hot lower the flame

with help of rolling pin roll out each ball to the desired size

use plain flour if the dough sticks on the surface

once done place the rolled out roti on the tava

keep turning till roti starts puffing

remove from flame and serve hot with dal.

Lubna of Kitchen Flavour has shared interesting post on Roti

Spiced Egg Curry and Teekha Murgh Curry goes to Think Spice Think Pepper Event hosted by Divya of Dilse and started by Sunita of Sunitas world .

Tamatar Dal goes to My legume love affair 9th helping hosted this month by Med cooking Alaska and started by Susan of the well seasoned cook. 

Tamatar dal also goes to Sanghis blog for her Fall in love event ingredient this month being Tomatoes ,i prepared Tamatar dal for my sis Pallavi as its her favourite comfort food specially on weekdays when she comes home after work,all she needs is dal chawal and sabji .

Plain Chapati goes to JFI Wheat Event hosted by Romaspace and started by Indira of Mahanandi.  

Brunch of Scottish oat cake and Basil Omelet and Advays Mowgli look

Last weekend prepared Scottish oat cake and Basil Omelet for Sunday brunch,together with fresh water melons,wholewheat bread,mixed fruit juice and almonds whole platter was yummy and healthy

INGREDIENT needed for Scottish Oat Cakes

One cup medium of fine oatmeal

salt as per taste

pinch of baking soda

one tablespoon butter

three to four tbsp warm water

PROCEDURE

Lightly oil the griddle and keep aside

mix oatmeal,salt and soda in a bowl

add melted butter and warm water and knead to make dough

lightly knead on a surface dusted with oatmeal until it is smooth

divide the dough into equal parts

and shape out with help of rolling pin

as my mixture was slightly thick shaped the cake heart shapes

and transferred to the griddle and cooked over low heat for 4-5 minutes

other side should be cooked for 1 to 2 minutes

serve warm with juice and scrambled egg

ingredient needed for Basil Omelet

egg white of three egg

onion one chopped

salt to taste

half tsp crushed pepper

dried basil leaves more than a pinch

milk two tbsp

procedure

mix everything together

heat few drops of oil in non stick pan

spread the egg mixture

slow cook for 2 to 3 minutes

once done serve hot with wholewheat bread.

and ya before i forget  thanks a lot for the suggestions ,I finally chose Mowgli look for Advay for his dress i stitched paper leaves on his shorts

and stitched flowers too to make it look more natural :-)

this is how he looked at the function ,and ya he won third prize in fancy dress competition.,..:-)

Scottish oat cake are off for Recipe for rest of us Picnic Eats event hosted this month by Trupti of recipe center and started by Ramki of one page cook book.

Wish u all Happy International Women day frens,....:-) enjoy the weekend,.ceeu all soon,.

Dinner of Kolhapuri chicken and lunch of fried fish,..and ya theres a giveaway too,..:-)

I know its been long time since i published chicken curry in my blog ,so today thought of sharing marathi style chicken curry which i prepared for my sis fren when she had come for dinner,ya frens i am talking about much talked about hot Kolhapuri chicken

,recipe is adapted from here ,though kolhapuri chicken is considered hot mine wasnt that hot :-) still we enjoyed the meal with chapati,and onion tomato raita

It really feels good when some one else takes the charge of kitchen and thats how i felt when Pallavi told me that she will prepare food,..now that was a pleasent surprise for me,..she prepared fried fish in green chilli sauce recipe adapted from here,egg cury and plain rice.

for egg curry-shallow fry chopped two onion tomato and  four green chilli in one tsp of olive oil,once onions start changing colour add four tsp of cremicas ginger garlic sauce,keep frying till oil is seen along the side,add half cup of water let it simmer,in another non stick pan shallow fry boiled eggs and and transfer them to the prepared gravy ,serve hot with rice or chapati.

Egg curry and pizza with cottage cheese topping is  off for Aparnas kitchen who is on with FIC orange food event started by Sunshinemom  

The theme for this month click event is Cheese and Tofu  hosted by Jugalbandi and on aquadazes suggestion i am sending pizza click for the event :-)

Valentines day is round and since this day is for friends too i thought of passing some hand made goodies as valentines gift to one of u,...to take part just Cook and Create with Luv for luv,..:-) enjoy...

Thats all for now frens,..cee u all soon,..happy blogging,..:-)

Brunch of green pea fry and dinner of pizza enjoy,..:-)

Few days back i was not in mood to preapare dinner ,because Advay was down with cold and cough to cut things short i decided to go ahead with pizza,didnt want to work much on topping so for topping i used tomato onion paste,capsicum slices,garted cheese and cottage cheese flavoured with chives.

to prepare Cottage cheese flavoured with chives i mixed half tsp of chives in one cup of chopped cottage cheese ,kept them aside for 10 minutes, after 10 minutes shallow fried them in one tsp of oil,once done keep aside .

assemble everything on pizza base,and keep in preheated oven for less than 10 minutes,mine was done in 8 minutes.

Most of the times when i am alone at home i skip breakfast and go ahead with brunch ,to satisfy hunger pang i prepared for myself egg toast and fresh green peas fry

For fresh green pea fry-

heat one tsp of oil in non stick wok add half tsp of cumin seeds followed by coarsely pounded one red chili and finely choped onion keep frying till onions start changing colour,once done add salt and green peas if possible cover for some and keep checking,once green peas start chnging their shape ad dhlf tsp of garam masala powder and half tsp of lemon juice,stir for a min or two and remove from flame,serve hot.

For egg toast

i have used Dalia bread which was quiet filling,i carved out heart shape from centre of the bread,kept it aside,in non stick pan add few drops of oil,once oil becomes hot keep the carved toast on the pan and fill the centre of the bread with egg yolk,once brown from one side,change the side to toast the other side,once done remove from flame nd keep aside,.

to serve place egg toast,carved out heart and green peas enjoy platter with hot tea of cofee,..

Chitra ammas kitchen is celebrating blogversary by hosting Kitchen Masterpiece event ,while preparing green pea fry i shaped out the peas in shape of heart just for fun and clicked pic too:-) later i realised i can send this for Kitchen masterpiece event i know this doesnt look like masterpiece though...:-) heart shape egg toast goes off to her event and to Cook with luv for luv event hosted by me,..

Rachna of the gourmet launch pad is hosting Healthy Bite event Pizza and green pea fry are off for her event.

Bindiya of easy indin cooking is hosting Love is in the air event

chalo,..ceeu all soon,.me going out for dinner today,,,,maybe Papa Johns Pizza,..ya today have taken break from cookin,reason being its out third engagement anniversary,..:-)catch u all soon,,.till thn hppy bloggin,..:-)

Finally tried baking ,..thanks Cham...:-)

Therer always first time for everything be it anything,whenever i thought of baking for the first time the thought itself used to give me jitters,thought of how it gonna turn out,whether it will be liked or not by everyone ,what if it gets burnt,or is so hard that i have to throw all of it,..thinking of all these negative things i always used to think no not today ,..but today finally made up my mind,..met Lakshmi online discussed with her,..Chams plain vanilla cake recipe was on my mind since the day i had seen the recipe in her blog,..but when lakshmi gave me nod to start with her recipe i didnt think again,i didnt had baking powder and soda,in my kitchen pantry and ya vanilla esence too,..could get baking powder nd soda from the nearby shop but unfortunately vanilla essence was unavailable so i substituted vanilla esence with chopped blueberries,for unsalted butter i used home made white butter,rest all the ingredients were same,i used manual blender to beat sugar ,butter and sugar which took lot of time ,with no one to guide to ,i followed blindly Chams post and waited patiently after keeping the cake in the otg,..

after taking out i first checked with knife whether it came out clean or not,..it came out clean,.huh,..i prayed silently,.next slowly i took one thin slice from the plate and one bite and i knew my first attempt at baking was successful,..:-) after finishing off with the cake slice i thought of clicking pic for posting but my bad luck my camera battery showed off so i clicked with my cell phone thats why u see so bad pics,...:(

Advay

luvs to eat this cake so Plain cake with blueberries goes to Alka of Sindhi rasoi for her Just for u event,Plain cake with blueberries is my first entry for my own event

cook and create with luv for luv ,thats all frens cee u all soon and ya this one is for u all

enjoy..:-) and thanks Cham for posting such a nice recipe,..:-)

Dinner with leftover,,,,,nd ya i am missing toi...:-(

So many times we try to fix meal with whatever we have in excess,we tend to ingore the fridge where there is always something waiting for us to get our attention,one evening i thought of preparing something with leftover in fridge i had one fourth of cabbage,half of green capsicum, half cup of cottage cheese ,leftover chapatis ,two eggs,...with Advay running in and out of kitchen whenever i am there its too difficult to concentrate properly while cooking ;-) i thought of preparing Egg roll with cottage cheese filling and cabbage and cottage cheese salad with extra virgin olive oil dressing,as i wrote i thought of preparing but while cooking i dont know where my mind was maybe after Advay instead of Roll i prepares egg parantha with filling ,i myself dont know what name i should give to this dish ,,,any suggestions,..:-)

for the filling things needed are

cottage cheese chopped

green chilli one chopped

capsicum chopped half

green chilli sauce

salt and pepper

oil half tsp

cumin seeds a pinch



procedure

heat oil in non stick pan ad cumin seeds once they start spluttering,

add green chillies followed by capsicum,

once tender enough add chopped cottage cheese followed by green chilli sauce

add salt and pepper and remove from flame and keep aside.



for the parantha

eggs two ,beat and keep aside

left over chapatis two

lemon juice one tbsp

chat masala half tsp

onion one chopped

oil to cook



procedure

heat oil in non stick tava

once oil is hot

place leftover chapati on non stick tava and keep turning the chapati till it becomes crisp

add egg mixture on the chapati and spread evenly ,once egg sets properly on the chapati

add cooked cottage cheese mixture spread evenly followed by chopped onions ,lemon juice and chat masala.

remove from flame once done and serve hot with any side dish,we had with cabbage salad ,...

for Cabbage Salad-mix finely chopped cabbage with cottage cheese and chopped red chillies,add extra virgin olive oil with basil leaves,salt,pepper and dash of italian herbs for extra kick,..thats all frens,....Cabbage Salad is ready....:-)

Cabbage is excellent source of vitamin C,it also has amino acid Glutamine which has anti-inflammatory properties,the part of plant which is wildly eaten is cabbage head,cabbage can be consumed raw,cooked or preserved in varities of dishes.

Apart from green cabbage other cabbage available are Colewort,Drumhead,Oxheart,Red cabbage,Savoy cabbage and winter cabbgae.

Cabbage Salad goes to Weekend Herb Blogging Event

hosted by Chriesi of Almond Corner and announced by Haalo of Cook almost anything

On another note,life has become bit hectic for me,Advay has started with play school

since 2nd of this month which means i have to wake him up by 8 am which i really dont want to when i see him sleeping peacefully, all cuddeled up beneath blankets,sometime he wakes up on his own which is very seldom :-),by 9:30 i am back home after dropping him at playschool,thus i get three hours for myself when i can ,relax ,have my breakfast,and do things which i like to do,.;-),i don knw how i gonna manage my time once i start working which gonna start soon,till now i was just house wife but with work,part time course which gonna start soon,...life will be very very hectic,..and blogging is something which really relaxes me,...i just hope i will get time to blog because this is something which i dont want to leave at all,...and when i see fellow bloggers who are working,managing home,children and blogging too i know how well they must be managing their time to pursue blogging,...:-),...thats all frens,...tk care,,,will catch u all soon,..:-),...hppy bloggin,...nd ya i am missing Sailus taste of india,...:-( what about u all,...???

Parshe Pposto,Dimer bhapa,Bengali Thali and other delicacies for SWC-wEST bENGAL

Finally 90 percent of packing done,.now when i see packed bags,cartons,and empty rooms i feel so nostalgic,in another 15 days we will be leaving for Delhi,i am happy but sad too,excited but nervous too,..lookin forward for the change in my life as would be able to work there finally but i gonna miss my days in Singapore too,..when i reached here in 2006 after getting married,i was fresh graduate from dental college,who had no idea of cooking.

March 2008-i stumbled on Laksmis blog taste of mysore through orkut,she had announced SWC kashmir,then i didnt had any idea what food events are,.i clicked on the link and got some idea,..and thus Asan Khana was born,till then i didnt had any friends in Singapore,..but now after seven months i have so many friends because of blogging.

This post is specially dedicated to my Singapore blogger frens,..frens gonna miss u all lotz,..it was fun to meet and chat and know each other more,..gonna miss the foodies meet a lot,..:-(

Coming back to todays post,last month i tried lots of bengali recipe,source of recipe of parshe posto,chinir narkel naru,dimer bhapa,arhar dal malai,bhapa doi,kismisher chutney,allo bhaja,begun posto from here .

pomfret in mustard sauce from here

 i will post recipe of singapore style fish head curry in another post.

first MEAL is of

Parshe posto

which is fish cooked with posta seeds,when i saw this recipe ,i knew i had to try this,.yummy fish curry goes well with rice.

Dimer Bhapa

patience is needed for this recipe,for me steaming egg took lotz of time ,but together with parshe posto and plain rice meal was really delicious,..do try for a change,

Chinir Narkel Naru

hubby prepared this sweet,and he was really happy with the taste,it was difficult to manipulate the mix,mabe cause the mix was too soft but taste wise it was awesome.

Second one is Bengali Vegetarian thali

-which has plain rice with  Arhar dal malai,bhapa doi

,kishmiser chutney,begun posto

and allo bhaja

Third meal is

of Singapore style fish head curry

,bengali style pomfret in mustard sauce with plain rice.

previous entries for the event are Kesariya ,Cranberry ,Strawberry and Badami Sandesh.

,Moghlai parantha ,Ghee Bath ,Cholar DAL ,Bengali thali which has green mango curry,tomato and green mango chutney,allo posto and misti pulao.

Chingri Macher Malai Curry with plain nan,Narkol Bhat and Shorshe batata mach

This whole post minus Singapore style fish head curry goes to Lakshmi who is hosting SWC-West Bengal event.