You would have heard about the famous cheese chilli toast... especially at the Mumbai roadsides shops. I was introduced to these by my mom first, she makes them at home. They make a great breakfast for the weekend or even a good evening snack option. Its cheesy, crunchy and juicy in the mouth. Yummm. . I cant wait to share the recipe with you.
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We love to have Pavbhaji at any chat corner or north indian restaurant. It is always served with lots of butter, chopped onions for extra crunchiness and lemon wedges. My husband loves it to the core, so I thought let me try making it at home this time. My mom has made it a few times and turned out good, so I took her recipe as the base. Here we go...
Ingredients: Potato - 2 Carrot - 2 Green Peas - 1/2 cup Cauliflower florets - 1/2 cup (optional) Green Capsicum - 1 small Tomato chopped - 2 Onions finely chopped - 2 Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp Pavbhaji masala - 1 1/2 tsp Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp Turmeric - 1 pinch Jeera - 1/2 tsp Oil - 2 tbsp Butter - 2 tbsp Pav - 8 Salt Chopped Coriander leaves to garnish Lemon wedges on the side We love all kinds of fruits and like the adventure of trying new fruits now and then. We are currently loving the Mangoes, Lychees and Peaches this season. I had some peaches lying in my fridge, almost ripe enough. It was a bit sour to eat it as is, milkshake was the only option I could think of. I thought to put in my creativity a little bit and make a delicious dessert for both of us... A cold dessert to sccop into, for this summer. And then I made my own Peach delight recipe... you can say it's kind of a sorbet, a slightly different version of the Peach Melba. But you can even serve it hot/warm too.
Pongal is a South Indian Rice Dish made for morning breakfast usually. I get tempted to have pongal in any of the South Indian famous restaurants... It tastes so heavenly when they serve it hot with a dollop of ghee, with white chutney and sambar. I love to have Pongal at any time of the day... but not the Karnataka style one. It is like porridge and you have to drink it... and the worse part is that they serve it with raitha. Eeeks!!
I make Pongal at home almost every week, because it's easy, tasty and heavy for weekend breakfast. So that my husband doesnt complain when lunch takes time. :) You would have read a lot of Pongal or Venpongal recipies... this one is especially for the working women who want to do stuff faster and avoid using lots of vessels for cooking. You need only one pressure cooker!! That's why i call it One pot Recipe. My Hubby likes anything and everything in the Indo-Chinese cuisine... fried rice, koithio, chowmien, manchurian, chilly garlic, kimchi and wat not. I can imagine the amount of vinegar, soya sauce and ajinomoto going into our tiny stomach :( So its always better to make the same at home, where you know what goes into the dish and our stomach ;)
Eating out nowadays has become a nightmare with so much of risk... unclean environment, polluted water, adulterated and cheap ingredients, substitutes, unhealthy oil and what not!! So let's replicate the indo-chinese dishes at home. I have tried the manchurian varieties a long back, they involve a lot of time!! Now I'm trying the Chilli Paneer Recipe with less oil.. NO DEEP FRYING!! My hubby loves roti and naan so much that he orders them by default in any restaurant we go!!
But I've never tried making them at home, I meant the traditional tandoori way! I would rather make way with chapathis and phulkas everytime. We don't have a microwave at home yet, may be that's also a reason for not trying. :) I decided to give it a try, after remembering my mom making naan with a pan - she took all pains to do new stuffs for us without much gadgets those days!! Cakes, Spring rolls, naan, pizza, and much more without a oven... so let's give it a try the same way. Most of the Naan recipes online are made using yeast, but i did not have them in stock. So tried my own version with baking powder. Idiyappam is a very famous traditional food item from Tamil Nadu and Kerala (South India). Especially it's very famous in our Chettinad.
Chettinad is a part of Southern Tamil Nadu with Karaikkudi as the capital. It is known for it's specialty cooking recipes.. you can find this name added to many dishes in restaurant menu cards, like Chettinad Chicken, Chettinad Kara Kozhambu, etc. Some of the famous Chettinad items are: Sweets like Paal Paniyaram, Athirasam, Kavuniarisi, Aadi Koozh (Kummayam), Idiyappam, Aappam, Kuzhi Paniyaram, Vella Paniyaram, Therakkal and lots more. My taste buds are tempted by just writing them here. You should visit chettinad sometime to experience it's cuisine. The best way is to attend a Chettinad marriage function, you will be served food like a King!! The tradition of serving the guests with unlimited delicacies and absolute kindness. . They will serve you until you stop them on your own :) You can find all the varities mentioned served in a marriage feast! Get to experience it soon!! Chettinad is also known for it's culture, heritage and architectural designs using Marbles and Burma Teak. We would be starting a Vintage page soon with designs inspired from India and include Chettinad designs for you to inspire. We like pancakes a lot.. the original ones which are rich, soft and fluffy, served for continental breakfast in most posh restaurants. When I'm writing this, I could remember the hot pancakes served with maple syrup in a HongKong restaurant we stayed during our HM trip ;) The breakfast buffet spread was just awesome.. you will need half a day to taste each of the item there. Muffins, Croissants, Muesli, Yogurt in flavors, fruit spread, salads, Meats, Roasted Beans, Noodle and egg stations to customize your food. I still remember we had atleast 3 eggs with different toppings each day :P. I hope Sandy sees this post and takes me to another abroad trip just to enjoy such food!! Some of the photos we clicked two years back..
Summer is on a high spree!! My hubby doesnt drink anything cold normally, afraid of catching a bad cold! But now... he wants to drink something cold even during the nights!! Heights of Summer!!
Lemons are a quick refreshing option for this heat.. that too with Mint... absolute cooling drink. But where do we have the time to squeeze lemons, clean mint leaves and grind them?? So here is an option to make quick refreshing drink in a jiffy!! This saves time and also saves lemons for you... everytime you leave a half lemon in your fridge, you forget about it and it dries up. |
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