cream of chicken soup to comfort the soul

After a week full of monotonous cooking weekend I am like lets eat something light today it was the same asked hubby if its okay if theres soup for dinner for which he willingly obliged had some chicken in the fridge so thought of preparing Cream of Chicken soup .Got some baguette from the market and it was a perfect combo light and hearty and some break from the monotonous regular meal.

Recipe name - Cream of Chicken Soup
Ingredient
Chicken 200gm
Onion one sliced
Oil one tap
Bay leaves one crushed
cornflour one tbsp.
Salt as per taste
pepper pinch
Cream two tbsp
 Preparation
Boil the chicken pieces in two cup of water
Once done drain and keep aside
Shred the chicken into small pieces for further use.
Keep the broth for further use .
Procedure
Heat oil in non stick wok
Add bay leaves followed by sliced onion
Keep frying till the onion turns brown
Add shredded chicken and fry for few minutes
Add  the chicken broth and let it boil for 10 mins
dissolve cornflour in half cup of water
Let it boil for 5 to 7 mins remove from flame
Whisk cream in a Separate bowl
Add to the soup garnish with pinch of pepper
Serve warm with baguette

that's all guys ,wish you all happy week ahead
Take care and happy blogging.

Curried Chicken and Spinach Soup

what you like to eat when its raining I know most of you will say soup that's what we felt like having today as its been raining here continuously since past few days

so todays dinner was soup prepared from the ingredient in the pantry paired with sesame baguette bought fresh from the bakery.

soup

Recipe Name - Curried chicken and spinach soup
Recipe source - Kitchen experiment
Ingredient
Chicken Drumstick one shredded
spinach leaves half cup shredded
onion half chopped coarsely
tomato half chopped coarsely
to temper
oil one tbsp.
mustard seeds half tsp
dried red chili one crushed
curry leaves six
powdered masala
half tsp each of red chili, turmeric and coriander powder
salt as per taste
black pepper powder pinch to season
to thicken the soup
one tbsp of cornflour dissolved in half cup of water
Procedure
heat oil in non stick ,once the oil is hot lower the flame and add the temper ingredients
once they start spluttering add chopped onion and keep frying till the onions turn brown
once the onions are brown add the powdered masala,salt and chopped tomatoes
keep stirring till the tomatoes become mushy ,add shredded spinach followed by chicken
cover and cook for 15 mins ,add cornflour solution and two cup of water
let it simmer on low flame for 10 mins
serve warm sprinkled with black pepper with some baguette slices on the side

Cauliflower Potato Soup and Dhona Pata Chicken from Sandeepas Space

Tried this simple cauliflower and potato soup few days back,simple and easy to prepare i guess nothing can beeasy and comforting than this specially in this harsh winters which we are facing.
Recipe Name Cauliflower and Potato Soup
Recipe Style Cooking

,heat one tsp of oil in non stick wok,add chopped cauliflower,potato,onion and salt and pepper,keep frying till the veggies are tender and mushy ,run through the blender to make puree,strain the liquid and boil in the same wok,add one tsp of milk,water as required ,and season with basil,chive or rosemary before serving.I had this garnished with cherry tomato and basil leaves.

Have tried lotz of recipes with Panch Phoran,but this one is awesome,recipe is adapted from Sandeepas post of Dhona Pata Chicken ,try this recipe from her space and i bet you guys will be amazed what magic panch phoran can add to dishes,and together with dhania chicken really tasted yummy,...;-) \

Thanks a ton Sandeepa for sharing this recipe,..;-) i guess this sums all for todays post cee u all soon,..tk cre nd happy bloggin...

Something warm and comforting - Chicken Soup with Brussel Sprouts perfect for Winters

These days our meal at night is replaced by bowl of warm soup, so when Neha asked me to prepare soup for dinner I prepared  'Chicken Soup with Brussel sprout

Ingredient needed

Shredded chicken one cup approx 200gm

chicken stock 300ml

Brussel sprout two

Onion two chopped

Garli clove three chopped

tomato one chopped

dried red chili two

Cinnamon stick half inch

Black cardamom two

Olive oil one tsp

Salt as per taste

Goan Curry powder one tbsp

Blanched almond to garnish

Procedure

Heat oil in non stick wok’

Add cinnamon sticks,followed by black cardamom and dried red chili

Add chopped Onions followed by garlic cloves,

keep stirring till the onions are done add tomatoes and fry further for two minutes

add brussel sprout followed by goan curry powder and mix well

sprinkle salt followed by boiled shredded chicken

add chicken stock and let it simmer for some time,

once done remove from flame and garnish with blanched almonds.

Warm ,Comforting and Healthy what can be better than this specially in winters,..:-) happy week ahead frens cee u all soon,..:-)

Healthy paya soup and Vegetable idli,..enjoy,..

 

Have heard lot about Paya Soup ,so one cold evening thought of giving it a try,Paya soup is good for health  specially if taken during winters

recipe source from here 

another recipe of Paya soup which looks interesting is this one

Shaheen of mallu spice too has shared paya soup and also medicinal benefits,..next time i prepare i gonna try her version,..:-)

Healthy Paya Soup is off for SWC soup event started by Lakshmi of Cooking Station and this month hosted by Neha of Tasty recipes .

Sharmila and Indrani both posted Vegetable idli together,..inspired from both of them i tried making vegetable idli 

with readymade idli batter which is readily available in Delhi market,i just had carrots in my fridge so its better to call them Carrot Idli.

These healthy idlis

are off for MBP  kids food  event hosted by Trupti and started by Cofee of the Spice Cafe.

 I keep gifting things to myself and it is always something related to kitchen ya i was not like this before ,i used to indulge more on clothes,accessories,shoes,bags but now i am always on lookout for good cook books,utensils,..and the list goes on,..this 14th feb i bought these two books for myself,i really liked the first book a lotz as it gives detailed description for baking all kind of Bread,other book is meant specially for garnishing and i got garnishing tools with the book,..:-)

Thats all friends,..will be back soon,..happy weekend nd bloggin,..:-) and ya thanks a ton for sending such yummy entries for the event Cook and  Create with Luv for LUV...i will be back with the round up soon,..:-)

Some winter warmer and white treats and a warm welcome to yr 2009

Wish all the readers of Asankhana

belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,.....:-),..i know this post is coming after quiet a long time,...but then i was really busy since past few days....reason being have started working since 26th of this month ,Advays winter break is on so i hardly get any time for blogging,..:-( and ya 25th was my birthday so was busy planning party for Christmas eve.,..24th midnight my younger sis surprised me with

BLUEBERRY Cake one of my favourite and 25th was spent with family and friends,hubby surprised me with bouquet of flowers and black forest cake ,this yrs birthday was special for me as after 8yrs i celebrated my birthday with my parents and sister ,for five yrs since yr 2000 i was busy with my dental studies ,..so birthday was spent with friends at hostel and once i completed my studies my location directly changed from Bangalore to Singapore by getting married,..:-) so after a real long time there was celebration at home on 25th,..with both my parents ,hubby parents ,sister and other relatives around..

prepared Makhana Kheer on Christmas eve recipe of which is already blogged here,...

till christmas weather was fine,but since past few days theres dip in temperature,intense fog,hardly any sunlight and ya theres cold breeze too..ya frens its real winters now in Dehi with long cold nights

presenting some winter warmers for this season,..

Adrak wali Chai is my hot favourite ,to beat away winter blues i can drink 8 to 10 cups daily,recipe of tea i have already blogged here and ya one thing more i am facing winters after 8 yrs so u guys can imagine,..:-(

Cream of broccoli soup recipe is adapted from here , the only difference is that i didnt add riccota cheese and chicken broth and ya before serving i garnished with stir fried mushroom,...

for Cream of tomato and Mushroom soup saute chopped garlic cloves,tomatoes and mushroom ,run through blender ,strain the mixture and transfer to the same sauce pan ,add milk salt and freshly crushed pepper ,..let it simmer for few minutes ,,.once done transfer to serving bowl and serve garnished with chives and fresh cream,..for Cream of Onion,capsicum and carrot soup follow the same procedure as above ,before serving garnish with italina herbs and few drops of cream.

After the winter treat I present before you all some treats in colour white for the FIC White event hosted by kitchen flavour this month and started by Sunshinemom,..

The first one is talmakhana kheer ,which is sweet pudding made of lotus seeds and milk,..do taste this once ,..this for sure tastes divine,

The second one is white butter for which I was craving from a long long time,..specially when I was in Singapore,…I have asked Lakshmi so many times how to prepare ,..but every time there was some disaster so this time when there was enough cream in fridge I tried again and lo,..creamy white butter was ready,..this was tutorial for me too,…heres the detailed recipe ,keep the vessel with cream in hot water for some time,..once the cream softens add one tsp of curd and keep aside for a day,after a day the cream will look like set curd,with help of blender churn the set curd and thats all,..Fresh Cream is ready,remove the liquid and and collect white butter in different vessel.

..i enjoyed white butter with aloo parantha and ,...u guys can guess,...how i must have felt,..cant pen down,..it was awesome,..

The third one to go is cottage cheese dosai with sambhar and chutney,…

for the filling things needed are-crushed cottage cheese one cup,finelly chopped onion one,green chilli chopped one,salt half tsp,crushed black pepper a pinch and chat masala half tsp,mix everything together and keep aside for the dosai batter I followed the recipe from Sowmyas blog here,sambhar recipe was taken from lakshmis blog and chutney fromhere..

The fourth one is Dahi Wada with dry fruits filling ,recipe of Dahi Wada is already blogged here ,this time i tried dahi wada with dryfruits filling,procedure is same as blogged already i used cellophane paper to shape the wadas,after flattening the wada,make depression and place half tsp of chopped dryfruits ,cover with the mix and make depression in the centre as shown in pic 4 now slowly slide the wada in already hot oil,lower the flame,..i have shallow fried the wada,..once done and brown from both sides remove from flame and soak in water for some time ,..squeeze out the excess water and keep aside,..before serving place the wadas in curd,garnish with red chilli powder,cumin powder,and salt.

when i saw Srivallis Best of Year 2008 Event

i was really elated because this is such a perfect way to share our previous posts with fellow bloggers and also to catch up with interesting posts which we missed reading ,i am sure everyone must be feeling the same way ;-) coming back to the post i started with food blogging since MARCH 2008 not sure whether my posts will be read or not,..whether i will be followed or not just like fellow bloggers Asha,Sia,Nupur and ya my dear friend Lakshmi who was my sole inspiration,...still i plunged into blogging as i was suffering frm depression of not getting job i had ample free time that time,,,specially because of Advays long afternon nap,,... ,....Lakshmis swc event caught my attention ,..initially i thought i will just mail her recipes but when i saw her blog and from her blog other food bloggers blog i was really inspired to start with my own blog,,..the day itself i clicked pic of Chicken biryani which i had prepared but the pic was too hazy to be published so i omitted the pic and published the post without the pic,...first comment was from my sis which added to my zeal,..and thus the journey started ,..with frequent tips from Lakshmi Asankhana was shaped,..i still remember how much i used to drill her with questions,..how to do this and that,..but she is patience queen,...never tired of my questions always ready to help,..now back here in Delhi i really miss her but i know though she is in Singapore she is just one call away,...thats the magic of isd facility,..;-) my second post was of Jaldi Aloo and this was the first comment which i got from fellow blogger ie Lakshmi and thus we started interacting,..and now though we are far are friendship is tsill on,..:-) this is the magic of blogging which keeps us connected though we r far,..."

Hi, Got to know you thro IWIS. You have a nice blog here. Do upload pics of your asankhana, it gives your readers a kind of 'good' feeling. Do visit our IWIS cooking station blog at http://testtasteofmysore.blogspot.com and if possible send some kashmiri khana. You can blog it in your blog and send the details to me. I will blog it again in IWIS blog and link it back to your blog. Have a good day.,...." by Lakshmi ,..

this was my short and sweet story about what inspired me to start blogging,...i am sure everyone must be having one ,after all there is reason behind everything,one driving force which pushes us towards our goal or aim,...i just shared mine,,..wht about ur,..?

coming to my favourite posts or meal from Asan khana hmm there are so many,,...let me think,...:-)

here i am with

Bengali Meal of green mango curry ,tomato and green mango chutney,alloo posto and misti pulao

Onam sadya

Mangalorean Meal of Chicken Sukka and Gashi

Dhaba style matar paneer with masala curd ,salad typical up style thali

Mysore oota for Srivallis Best of year 2008 event i know there are many more,...;-)

Adrak wali chai along with Cream of Broccoli soup,cream of tomato and mushroom soup and cream of onion capsicum and carrot are on their way for Truptis

Winter treat event

Talmakhana kheer along with white butter,Dahi wada and cottage cheese dosai make their way to FIC WHITE event hosted by Kitchen Flavour and started by Sunshinemom,

Talmakhana kheer also goes to Purvas Christmas feast event,...
thats all frens,..its 1st day of yr enjoy,..have a blast,..wish u and ur family members,,...Happy new yr again,..:-)tata  ceeu soon,...

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Dinner of Onam sadya dishes with pics of palawan beach

Clothes-packed

books-packed

now busy clearing almirahs,..

dont know what i am talking about na :-),,,friends i am moving back to India forever on 15th of october,so since past few days i have been really busy doing packing and other things,

after spending two yr three months in Singapore which is worlds safest place,going back to Delhi ncr gives me goosebumps specially after the recent bomb blast which took place in delhi markets,but then this is something which has no solution,,,for few days after the blasts i was really depressed,but i know the more i think ,the more depressed i gonna be,..and i think a lot when i am not doing anything,..best way is to keep myself busy so that i dont think negative things,..:-) ,after tiring myself by doing packing whole day,..cooking is something which i look forward to destress myself ,ya ,cooking acts like therapy for me specially these days when i am busy with packing and all..all i want is hot dal chawal with subji,..one such tiring day i felt like trying Onam sadya dishes

,and trust me what a meal it was ,i tried sothi which is lightly spiced coconut soup

ingredients for sothi -

onion chopped one

green chilli sliced two

curry leaves few

salt to taste

oil to cook

half cup thickcoconut milk

four cup thin coconut milk

tomato one chopped

pinch of turmeric powder

pinch of cumin powder

one teaspoon each of fenugreek and mustard seed

half tsp each of cumin and fennel seeds

crushed dried red chilli two

procedure

heat oil in wok

fry fenugreek,mustard,cumin and fennel seeds along with red chilli,

further add chopped onions,green chillies and curry leaves,frytill onions turn translucent

add thin coconut milk,chopped tomatoes,cumin and turmeric powder followed by salt

boil for 10 to 15 minutes

add thick coconut milk and boil further for five minutes.

serve hot .

which is ,potato podimas -spiced mashed potato

from Sukanyas blog and tomato rasam, injithair -ginger in curd

,dryfruit kesari here,i am not good in preparing halwa ,..so asked hubby to prepare for which he agreed,to enjoy the meal in traditional way had on banana leaf,i was not sure whether i would get banana leaf in the nearby grocery shop,..but when hubby returned with banana leaves i was realy happy,..

from

have captured some pics of southernmost point of Asia when we went sentosa last pic,..enjoy the pics,.i will be regularly posting pics of some of my favourite places in Singapore in my forthcoming posts,..Palawan beach of Sentosa resort is one of them,,,

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Sothi goes to WYF-salad,starter,soup

 event of easycrafts  

this whole post of Onam sadya dishes

goes to Festive Food Event

started by Priti and Purva,theme for this month being Onam Celebration

hosted by me.

Ruth of Ruths kitchen experiment is hosting Sensational Sides event

for the Monthly Mingle Theme started by Meeta ,potato podimas goes to her event.

CREAM OF ONION SOUP WITH CROSTINI FOR WHB AND HAND EMBROIDERY ON KURTA

This weekend i couldnt go out anywhere because of continuous rain since last two days,.hubby was on call yesterday so i kept myself busy doing embroidery on plain kurta

for more pics click here,,.it was quiet relaxing with music of rain drops on the window..took break just to prepare tea,..dinner was light one of soup with crostini,

ingredient for cream of onion soup with chives

onion chopped three

potato one chopped

one litre vegetable or chicken stock

one tablespoon fresh cream

chives one tbsp

salt and pepper according to taste

procedure

heat oil in sauce pan add chopped onions followed by potatoes and cook till onions change colour.

add stock and bring to boil,reduce the heat ,cover and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes till potatoes are tender.

process the soup in blender till smooth,return to the pan add salt,pepper cream and chives and heat without boiling.

before serving add more chives ,serve hot with crostini.

for crostini

procedure is same as given here

for topping i used parmesan cheese,sliced yellow capsicum,salt ,pepper and english parsley.

Parsley are of two type curly and flat leaf type ,curly leaf is used for farnishing and the flat leaf type is stronger then curly leaf type because of the essential oil known as apiol,another type of parsley is grown as root vegetable as with hamburg root parsley.

Parsley is widely used as a companion plant in gardens. Like many other umbellifers, it attracts predatory insects, including wasps and predatory flies to gardens, which then tend to protect plants nearby. They are especially useful for protecting tomato plants, for example the wasps that kill tomato hornworms also eat nectar from parsley. While parsley is biennial, not blooming until its second year, even in its first year it is reputed to help cover up the strong scent of the tomato plant, reducing pest attraction.

Culinary use

In parts of Europe, and particularly in West Asia, many foods are served with chopped parsley sprinkled on top. The fresh flavor of parsley goes extremely well with fish. Parsley is a key ingredient in several West Asian salads, e.g., tabbouleh which is the national dish of Lebanon. In Southern and Central Europe, parsley is part of bouquet garni, a bundle of fresh herbs used to flavor stocks, soups, and sauces. Additionally, parsley is often used as a garnish. Persillade is mixture of chopped garlic and chopped parsley. Gremolata is a mixture of parsley, garlic, and lemon zest.

Medicinal use

• Tea may be used as an enema. Chinese and German herbologists recommend parsley tea to help control high blood pressure, and the Cherokees used it as a tonic to strengthen the bladder. It is also often used as an emmenagogue.
  
• Parsley also appears to increase diuresis by inhibiting the Na+/K+-ATPase pump in the kidney, thereby enhancing sodium and water excretion while increasing potassium reabsorption.^[2] It is also valued as an aquaretic.
  
• When crushed and rubbed on the skin, parsley can reduce itching in mosquito bites.^{[citation needed]}
  
• When chewed, parsley can freshen bad breath. source from here

source from here for preservation of parsley

Preservation of Parsley

When freshly cut keep the tips in a bottle of water. If kept for too long they may even begin to sprout roots.

Keep the fresh leaves in a plastic bag or jar in the refrigerator or wrapped in a slightly moistened paper towels.

Parsley may be preserved by drying. Place cut leaves into a paper bag and hang in a cool, dry place. Alternatively preheat an oven to 120ºC, turn off and place the leaves on a baking sheet for 15 Minutes. This method tends to preserve the flavour and colour best.

Parsley may be frozen in ice cubes or the sprigs may be wrapped in foil packets and frozen. Parsley butter also freezes well.

hindi name -ajmood/ kannada name - achu mooda / malyalam kothambeluri

CROSTINI with topping of parmesan cheese,capsicum and fresh parsley

goes to WEEKEND HERB BLOGGING EVENT

HOSTED BY SRIVALLI AND STARTED BY KALYN .

How was ur weekend frens/???