Soya Nugeeta nd green pea pulao with bit of parenting woe

Its 5pm here ,just prepared Rajma from Chefinyou for Dinner,its tea time so i am enjoying my cup of tea ,

weather is pleasent today so with everything perfect i thought of writing down this post so peaceful na,just an hour r by 6pm Advay will be awake and i will be sitting with him for daily study session,ya guys this is the new thing which is added to my daily routine,since past one week i have been doing this or my three yr old kid wont study.

Whenever i sit with him for his daily lessons i am reminded of my parents,how difficult it would have been for them to look after me and my two younger sisters.Patience is the key thing here i know,sometimes it becomes so difficult for me but then i dont give up,because if i give up easily i know it wont be good.Sometimes i have to sit from 2 to 3 hrs continuously just to make him trace on dots,,,,:-(
Coming back to todays post these days i have limited cooking to easy and quick recipes so that by evening i am free .:-)
prepared soya nuggets pulao paired with spiced buttermilk

Recipe Name Soya nuggets Pulao
ingredint needed
Soya nuggets one cup soaked in hot water for 5 minutes and drained
one fourth cup green peas
onion two
garlic clove one (we get thicker one here)
green chili one
salt as per taste
oil to cook
rice two cup
turmeric powder half tsp
coriander powder half stp
clove two
black pepper three
black cardamom two
bay leaves one
cumin seeds one tsp
Preparation
fry the nuggets in few drops of oil and keep aside.
soak rice in water and keep aside
Procedure
heat oil in non stick wok/pressure cooker
add cumin seeds followed by clove,black pepper,cardamom and bay leaves
once they start spluttering add chopped onion ,green chili and garlic.
once onions turn mushy add salt ,turmeric powder and coriander powder.
mix well and keep stirring .
after 2 to 3 minutes add nuggets followed by green peas
keep stirring add soaked rice mix well
required amount of water and pressure cook .
Serve with curd and pickle.
this recipe is adapted from ghar ka khana - Mix vegetable Soya nugget pulao.
i have omitted the use of veggies here and done the cooking in pressure cook
Soya nuggets pulao is off for Nupurs Blog Bite event BB6 theme this month is Potluck Edition.
Thats all folks will catch up with you all soon its time to wake up Advay ;-)

Soya nuggets with green peas

What makes u happy ? For me happiness
                                    
                                     is sitting with a cup of chai and thinking about all the good things
                                    going for walk alone and enjoying the beauty called life
                                    reading something which makes me smile whole day
                                    listening to some my fav nos
                                    and so many endless things ...:-)
Talking of happiness , i felt really good when i could prepare this semidry sabji the same way my sister prepares,recipe was dictated to me on phone and the rest i had to do,,,Thanks Neha for this one

Recipe Name Soya nuggets with green pea
Recipe Source Neha ( my sis )
Ingredient
one bowl of soya nuggets
two onion chopped
one tomato chopped
one green chili chopped
green pea handful
salt as per taste
oil to cook
turmeric powder pinch
cumin seeds pinch
coriander powder half tsp
garam masala powder one tsp
Preparation
Soak nuggets in hot water for 10 to 15 mins
drain and keep aside.
Procedure
In a non stick pan heat oil and lower the flame
add cumin seeds and fry the drained nuggets and keep aside
in the same pan heat one tsp of oil and add green chili followed by onions
keep frying till the onions change their colour now add chopped tomatoes
followed by salt,turmeric powder and coriander powder
keep frying till oil is seen along the sides
add green peas and fry for two minutes
add nuggets mix well ,followed by few drops of water
cover and cook on low flame for 10 minutes
serve hot with chapati.
As this recipe is special for me as this one reminds me of the one and a half year which i spent in Delhi i am sending this one for the event Celebrating Independence Day hosted by Akilas Kitchen,..
Thats all guys ceeu all soon happy week ahead,..:-) btw what makes u guys happy

300th post with ...:-)

When i write today i feel as if its just yesterday i started this small space of mine,but this isnt true  its been almost two years and some 4 months since i started writing :-) now thats a pretty long time i knw ,
with my blog i have grown up too,met some beautiful people,made some lifelong friends and with each post i learned something thats the best part of blogging  so thanks a ton guys for inspiring me ,motivating me to keep this on ,without your support this wouldnt have been possible.
Prepared vision board today

,wrote my dinner plan for today evening which had three options tomato rasam/tomato rice or dal ,rice and fried okra..within few minutes my neighbour calls me up to tell me she has prepared tomato rasam for me,now waht do u call this mere coincidence or law of attraction ;-)

Enough of musing i guess for todays post ,had craving to eat Matar Paneer yesterday night ,didnt had cottage cheese at home so i prepared paneer at home

,have already blogged recipe of Matar Paneer here ,this one is slightly modified version of the same
,i omitted the use of garlic and green chili,
didnt fry cottage cheese before adding to the gravy
didnt add much water as wanted the gravy to semi dried,

Thats all frens,its been a long day today ,wish you all happy weekend ,cee you all soon...

Nimona - Green Pea Curry from my mothers kitchen

Pallavi asked me today to blog Ammas Nimona Recipe,which in other words is green pea curry
Recipe Name Nimona/Green Pea Curry
Recipe Style Cooking
Recipe Source my mothers recipe
Ingredient needed for two people
green pea one cup approx 100gm
potato one peeled and cubed
tomato one cubed
onion two chopped
garlic clove four chopped
ginger one inch chopped
green chili one chopped
salt as per taste
mustard oil one tbsp
refined oil one tbsp
ghee one tsp
cinnamon stick one
black cardamom two
clove four
black pepper half tsp
cumin seeds one tsp
bay leaves two
coriander power half tsp
cumin powder half tsp
red chili powder pinch
turmeric powder pinch
Preparation 1
Coarsely grind green pea on sil batta,keep aside
heat one tbsp oil in non stick wok ,add bay leave and lower the flame
fry green peas till they are half done and mushy.
Preparation 2

Make coarse paste of onion,green chili,ginger,garlic,black pepper,clove,cinnamon stick and black cardamom,mix red chili powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder,cumin powder and grama masala powder to the onion paste and keep aside.
Procedure
heat mustard oil in non stick wok
add onion paste and keep frying till oil is seen along the sides
add green pea paste and keep frying till everything is mixed well
add potato and fry till half done
add salt and return the mixture to pressure cooker,
add water as needed and finely chopped tomato
pressure cook for two whistles .

Serve hot with rice or roti.
To add extra kick to nimona ,fried wadis in oil and add to nimona before serving.
wish all the readers of Asankhana Happy Republic Day,,,:-)
enjoy the week ahead cee u all

Winter Special Breakfast of Matar Ghugni with Mooli Parantha

Yesterday while going for my evening classes I was struck in traffic for some time ,I could see work going on everywhere for the approaching common wealth games in 2010 ,there’s broadening of road, several flyovers are being built, landscaping, better signage facilities, restoration of monuments and god knows so many other things,…I am amazed at the rate the work is going on, it’s on tremendous speed but then it has to because time left for games is less than a year. While pondering over all these work going on I thought what was government doing from the past few yrs, I mean just because there’s common wealth games approaching is that the reason to improve the facilities for us the common people better known as aam aadmi or to show off others that India is indeed developing. If we were not hosting games I guess Delhi would have been the same with no beautification or makeover this is totally different story that Delhi in itself is beautiful. This is a bitter truth that we INDIANS act only when we are forced to otherwise everything is fine for us. I feel so good and happy and very proudly tell everyone that by next year Delhi wont be same but at the same time sad too that the reason behind all this is Common wealth Games not the need of the people…..;-(

Coming back to todays post I am sharing another warm breakfast for winters Hara matar Ghugni with Mooli Parantha and Curd.Matar Ghugni is staple breakfast at our place specially during winters ,on Nehas demand mother prepared this today morning for breakfast,thanks Pallavi for reminding me to mention this,.;-)

For Mooli /Radish parantha –

Preparation for the filling

Wash , Scrub and Grate Radish and keep aside. Squeeze before using.

Mix salt as per taste , pinch of red chili powder, pinch of garam masala powder and carom seeds a pinch to the grated raddish.Mix well and keep aside.

Knead the dough and keep aside.

Procedure

Divide the dough into small balls.

With the help of rolling pin shape out the small balls into thick chapattis.

Place the filling in the centre and shape into small ball.

Sprinkle few drops of oil on non stick tawa, and once the tawa is hot lower the flame and place the parantha and keep turning till it be becomes brown from both side.

Serve hot with curd and pickle ,we had with matar ghugni and curd.

For Matar Ghugni-

In gradient needed

Fresh green pea half cup ie approx 250 gm

One onion chopped

Green chili chopped one

Garlic clove chopped two

Ginger paste one tsp

Salt as per taste

Potato peeled and cubed one

Oil to cook

Coriander powder half tsp

Garam masala powder half tsp

Turmeric powder half tsp

Cumin seeds half tsp

Asafoetida a pinch

Procedure

In a non stick wok add one tsp of oil

Once oil is hot add half tsp of cumin seeds and pinch of asafetida.

Once it starts spluttering add chopped onion, garlic, ginger and green chili.

Once the onions start changing colour add chopped potato , fresh green peas and sprinkle salt as per taste ,followed by coriander powder and turmeric powder

Stir well add few drops and cover and cook on low flame.

Once done check for tenderness and sprinkle garam masala and simmer for a minute.

Serve hot with parantha, or with warm toast both ways this tastes good.

Enjoy the platter frens, this platter is off to Meets space for the Monthly Mingle event the theme for this month is Brunch,..
and to Yasmeens space where she is on with Third edition of Health nut event the theme for this month is Healing food.
Hara matar Ghugni has ginger,garlic and turmeric powder so i guess prepared with these ingredients and in less oil Ghugni is indeed healing food.

some good reasons why Turmeric should be added in our diet-
Natural antiseptic and antibacterial agent
Reduces teh risk of Childhood Leukemia
Natural Liver detoxifier
Natural Painkiller
Helps in Weight Management.

Health benefit of Ginger
Reduces pain and inflammation
Helps in Heartburn Relief
Natural treatment fro relief from cold and cough
Prevention of Diabetic Nephropathy.

Health benefits of Garlic
Helps in the prevention of cold
prevention of heart disease
prevention of hypertension
prevention of infection.

Happy week ahead ,ceeu guys soon...

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,..:-)