Round up for "My Favorite dish"

Happy Dussehra friends. I wish everyone a wonderful year ahead.

At last I'm here with the round up for "My Favorite Dish". I want to thank each & every one of them for showering me with their dishes . As I checked one by one I felt that they were my favorite dishes too..

So here it goes.... 

Sadhana of Sensibleveg sent in healthy & yummy "Badam kheer" or almond milk pudding.

Muskaan of A2z healthy vegetarian cuisine sent in a quick & healthy "10-minute channa chaat"- guilt free snack.

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Jyothi valaboju of Shadruchulu sent a “ Samosa chat “ which can be made with left over samosa’s.Dish looks innovative & irresistible too.

Shaista of Mixcalculations sent a “Fried rice"which is simple to make and delicious in taste.

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      Deepali jain of Confusion cook sent “Eggless black forest cake" which she made for her hubby’s birthday.

      Avika j chawla of Variety is the spice of your life sent in “Forever biryani” which looks colorful & tempting too. 

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Archana of the Mad scientist's kitchen sent “Boiled peanuts" as her favorite dish. In my words this is my favorite dish or snack too.

       Amina of Amina creations sent in “Corn vegetable rice“.This recipe takes less cooking time & easy to make.

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Khushi of a Girl's diary sent in three delicious dishes to this event. tangy “Mango rice”, crunchy “Chatpata namkin samosa”& a easy “Paneer hariyali kebab”.

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      Chandrani banerjee of Cuisine delights has sent “Vegetable fried rice” & Spicy egg kurma.Those 2 dishes look tasteful & colorful .

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   Deepika anand of Yummy in the tummy sent in “ Puli avul” recipe which is yummy & easy to make. 

   Rudra of Mom's corner sent in “Veggie cheese rolls” made with some left over bread rolls.They look delicious.  

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      Pradnya of Pumpkin farm sent in “Cheese burstpizza”which she was inspired by chicago style deep pan pizza.

   Pinky of Pinks recipe diary sent in mumbai’s famous street food “ Vada pav ”. 

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      Pranati of Delicious recipes 4m pranati's kitchen has sent in yummy oriya recipes in which one of them is “Chatu besara a mushroom gravy with mustard paste” & “Nadia bara tarkari “ a coconut vada curry.

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      Kalyani of Mom chef sent in crisp “ Dal vada  / aama vadai / paruppu vadai”, “Quick tomato chutney with no garlic & onion” & “Kadalai paruppu sundal”.

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 Uma shankar of Jaya's recipes sent yummy & tangy "Puli pongal" made of broken rice.

 Sobha shyam of Good food  sent crisp "Paniyaram" or which we even call as ponganalu. 

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                      Shilpa dubey of Yummilicious food sent in a yummy snack "cheese corn balls recipe" & crisp "soya granules cutlets recipe" or soya granules fritters.

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         Amy of Food corner sent quick, easy & healthy "Carrot rice" which was made in Sri Lankan style. 

        Reva of Kaarasaaram "Flavorful poondhu puli kuzhambhu" made in chettinad style. 

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       Sudha sabarish of Sabdha's kitchen sent in a comforting food "sago/javarisi idly".

      Sumedha of Sumee's culinary bites sent "Kala chana usli" which is also distributed as prasad in temple. For a note i love to have this when it’s warm :)

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        Soujanya of Souju’s home sent in a creamy "Capsicum in sesame/peanut sauce" & "Potato-jackfruit seeds curry" goes with rice & roti.

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      Ramya of Ramya's recipe sent creamy “Paneer butter masala/paneer makhani”, veggie “Fried rice” & a perfect winter dish “ Hot and sour veggie soup”. 

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        Jabeen of Jabeen's corner showered with all the below recipes.     

       She sent a healthy " Carrot Milk shake" & yummy "Egg/Caramel pudding".

        Here as you see "Puran Poli/stuffed sweet bread" & "Thayir vadai" which are my favorite too.

        In this picture you see delicious "Adai/Savory crepes" & "Pazham Pori/Banana Fritters"

       In this pic we have a savory or a time pass snack "Kadali Pakoda/Peanut Pakoras" & "Paruppu urundai kuzhamb".

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                       Nupur mehra of  uk-rasoi has sent in greeny “paneer bhurji with spinach”,” sookhi daal amritsari” & healthy “sprouted kala chana chat”.

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      And at last coming to my favorite dish I had many in my mind so sorted it to one dish i.e; is Chakkara pongali.When ever I'm in India I ask my mom to make it for me without any occasion.

         Hope you all enjoyed with this delicious round up &catch you all soon.

        

Sweet Pongal

Dussehra is represented as festival of Shakti. It's just not becoz she destroyed mahishasura, but it's also celebrated for our well being, good health & prosperity.

It's believed that sharad rutu cools down the earth and as it gets colder, different viral diseases could spread around & trouble people. So for a protection from all those bad forces we celebrate navratri for 9 days. Every Day Amman will go on a procession or uregimpu on streets of the city ensuring people that she is there to protect us. 

In my house for navratri we recite "Lalitha sahasranamam" for all 9 days and will offer prasad to Amman. According to Lalitha sahasranamam it's said that we should offer "Rice cooked with Jaggery "or " Gudanna " to Amman. 

We even offer different prasads like vada pappu, Pulagam, Boorelu, Pulihora or some sweets which consist of moong dal, besan & jaggery.

Ingredients
1 Cup Rice
1/2 Cup channa dal or senga pappu 
1&1/2 Cup jaggery
4 Tbs water
1 Tsp cardamon powder
2 Tbs ghee
1 Tbs cashew
21/2 Cups of milk

Pressure cook rice and channa dal with milk for 2 whistles. Switch of heat and allow the cooker to cool down. 
Heat a wide bottom pan add jaggery & water to it.Allow jaggery to melt in water and switch of heat. 
Now add the cooked rice & dal to jaggery and switch on heat. Keep stirring them so that they don't stick to the bottom. Once they all mix together well add cardamon powder & switch of heat. 
Heat a small pan with ghee & once it melts add cashew and fry them till they turn light brown. 
Add cashew to pan and the sweet pongal is ready.

Note:
1. You can replace jaggery with sugar.
2. Add more milk for a smooth pongal.

Aviyal/Avial

At last my roaming marathon is over and now I will sit back and relax for next 1 month at least. My cousin visited us from India and we were very busy covering all the places near us.It's fun to roam around but kind of stressful too. 

So coming to my post this is my first post for "Blog Hop Wednesday ". I was paired with Kaveri of Palakkad Chamayal. As I opened the blog I saw " Aviyal " recipe which is a long due. Check out the original post from here.

Ingredients

1 cup Yogurt

1/2 cup grated carrot 

1 Drumstick cut in equal size

4 Bhindi's cut in equal size

6 Beans cut in equal size

1/2 Cup Pumpkin Pieces

Grind

1 cup grated coconut

11/2 Tbs Jeera

3 Green chilli's

Salt

Seasoning

1 Tbs coconut oil / butter

1/2 Tsp mustard 

1/2 Tsp Urad dal

1/2 Tsp Channa dal

1 Red Chilli

Curry leaves 

Hing 

Boil all veggies with little salt. Just take care that they don't be sticky.Allow them to cool for some time. Meanwhile grind coconut, Jeera & chilli's to smooth paste. 

Mix veggies with yogurt & coconut mixture. Add salt. (Please check as we added a little to the boiled veggies)

In a pan heat oil/butter then add the dals once they are done or turned light brown. Then add mustard & Red chilli's to oil . Once mustard starts jumping add curry leaves & hing.Switch off heat and add season to aviyal.

Serve with rice, roti & poori too.

 

Note : 

1. You can ignore jeera while grinding. (My MIL adds jeera & I like the taste)

2. Add as many veggies you want. I added what ever is available in my fridge.

Outcome

There are no comments for aviyal it's always a star. We love it :)

Yogurt Strawberry Parfait

A simple dish goes well for a time pass snack , dessert or as dinner for some one like me :) This tastes so good that you will keep digging it non-stop & guess what it's all fat free & less in calories.There is no need of cooking all you have to do is lay all ingredients one after other as you like.  

Ingredients

1 Cup chopped Strawberries 

2 Vanilla flavored Activia Yogut ( Fat free)

1 Tbs chopped almonds

4 Tbs honey rolled granola

Take a glass or a cup. First add little strawberries to it.Then layer them up with little yogurt.On that add a layer of granola & almonds.

Now repeat all the above steps till glass is full. Add few fruit pieces on top of granola & the parfait is ready.

Serve it chill.

Note

1. Replace strawberries with your favorite fruit. 

2. You can use any yogurt based on your taste.

3. If you like chocolate add some on top & it tastes awsome.

4. Arrange the parfait as you like.

Dal

- Nimmakaya Pesara Pappu | Tangy Lemon Dal

- Keerai Kootu

- Dalma {Orissa Dish}

- Katte Masoor Dal

- Palakura Pesara Pappu | Spinach Moong Dal Fry

- Parippu Curry | Moong Dal Curry

- Gongura Pappu / Pulichakeerai Dal

- Pindi Miriyam with Potato | Bangaladumpa Pindi Miriyam

Ragi Rava Ladoo

Ragi or Finger millet grains are known for their nutritional benefits like good dietary fiber, cooling agent for your body, reduces cholesterol levels & many more.

Even with all those health benefits I never liked them becoz they never tasted good Or say no taste at all.I still remember my mom  running behind me to finish the one big glass of ragi malt mixed with yogurt.

Anyways now I want to experiment new ways of cooking these healthy grains & that's how the ladoo was made. 

 

Ingredients

1/2 Cup ragi 

1/4 Cup coconut pieces

3/4 Cup grated jaggery 

1/2 cup sliced almonds & raisins 

1 Tbs elachi powder 

1 Tsp butter

*** Ragi grains are hard to grind as they are. So you need to sun dry them or just dry fry for few seconds in a hot pan and grind them.

Heat a pan and add ragi grains to it. Dry fry them for few secs. Coarse grind Ragi grains to get a rava texture. Now heat a pan with 1 tsp of butter. and fry ragi rava for 5mins or till the nice aroma comes out of it. Switch off pan and allow it to cool. 

*** I used fresh coconut as it has the wetly texture which blends all the ingredients together. 

Grind coconut and keep aside.

Now mix all the ingredients in a  bowl together. ( No need to add milk or butter to make balls)

As the coconut is fresh you will be able to roll nice ladoos as shown. 

Out Come: They are very tasty with all those almonds, raisins, elachi & jaggery. I love to call it a healthy bite.

Mexican Tomato Rice

Mexican tomato rice is a little different version of Indian Tomato rice.This tangy rice is a yummy dish which can be prepared with less effort & spices.

I did some changes to the recipe which can be good to Indian taste buds & served it with peanut chutney & curd :)

Ingredients

2 Cups of rice

1 Cup onions chopped

4 Garlic cloves finely chopped 

2 Red chillis sliced

2 Cups of tomatoes diced 

2 Tsp cumincoriander powder

1 Tsp garlic chilli powder

Cilantro for garnish 

1 Tsp olive oil

1 Tsp jeera

Salt 

Seasoning

2 Tsp Olive oil

1 Tsp Mustard 

Heat a pan with oil add jeera to it. Fry till they start jumping & add rice to pan. Do a lite fry of rice. Cook rice with 4 cups of water ( Varies with rice) & once it is done cool it.

Now heat a pan with oil add garlic and chillis. Fry them till garlic is done or turns brown.Then mix onion to pan and fry it till they turned transparent.Add tomatoes to pan along with salt and allow them to cook with a closed lid. 

Once tomatoes are done add cumincoriander , chilli powder to pan. Cook them for 10mins & switch of heat.
Mix tomato mixture carefully to rice without breaking it & garnish with cilantro. 

Serve with Tortilla chips or Indian chutney  or with curd.

 

Note:

1. I used sona masuri rice.You can replace it with basmati rice if you want. 

2. Replace green chillis with jalapenos for more spiciness.