HAPPY DEEPAVALI WISHES TO U ALL

Hi friends, for the past 4 days i was very busy in preparing sweets and savouries for deepavli and couldnt post any recipe. Managing two kids and doing all these things really made me very busy.
Now we all have come into a festive mood and ready to welcome the festival .
My daughter put mehndhi in both hands and i decorated the house with thoranams.


I made murruku,ribbon pakoda, mullu murruku, and coming to sweets,i made kajukatli,coconut burfi and nei(ghee) urundai.
 
Will meet u all soon with some interesting posts .
WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY DEEPAVALI .

CAULIFLOWER MANCHURIAN RECIPE - SEMI GRAVY

As mentioned in my previous post, i am posting the cauliflower manchurian  gravy recipe, which i made as a side for Fried rice. Check out my cauliflower dry manchurian and Gobi 65 recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

CAULIFLOWER	1 MEDIUM FLOWER
ONION	2 BIG NOS.
GARLIC	4 PODS
GINGER	1/2 INCH
GREEN CHILLI	3 NOS.
CAPSICUM	1/2 NO.
CORNFLOUR	2 TBLSP
MAIDA	1 TBLSP
REDCHILLI POWDER	1/2 TSP
TOMATO SAUCE	1 TSP
SOYA SAUCE	1/2 TSP
PEPPER POWDER	1/2 TSP
OIL	FOR FRYING

METHOD:

• Cut the cauliflower into big florets and immerse it into boiling water. Keep it inside for 2 mins. Drain the water and pat dry in a kitchen towel. In a bowl add one tblsp of corn flour , maida , redchilli powder and required salt and make it as a thin batter by adding water to it.
• In a pan, add oil required  for frying . dip the cauliflower florets in the batter and fry it in the oil and drain the excess oil using kitchen towel. Keep it aside.
• Chop the onions, garlic,ginger,green chillies very finely. Cut the capsicum into cubes.
• In a pan, add 2 tblsp of oil and add the finely chopped onion, green chilli ,ginger one by one  and saute for few minutes, till it becomes golden brown. When it is done, add the cubed capsicum and saute for few minutes and add the tomato sauce and soya sauce and pepper powder.
• Add little bit of salt and remember the sauce contains salt and also we have added salt in the cauliflower.
• Now add  the fried cauliflower to it and coat it nicely with the masala.
• If you want to serve this as dry manchurian just stop with this step.

If you want a semi gravy type then follow the next step.

• Now mix the another tblsp of corn flour in 1/2 cup of water and add to the cauliflower . Mix it nicely.Keep it in a medium flame for 2 to 3 mins . Switch off the stove. Garnish with the green part of spring onion . Enjoy with Fried rice.

VEGETABLE FRIED RICE RECIPE

Vegetable Rice is a common dish in my home,which i make once a week,since my hubby likes it very much. But always make raitha for that. Very rarely i make cauliflower manchurian for this. Though we all like the manchurian, since it is deep fried we avoid making this often. After a long time i made both the vegetable rice and cauliflower manchurian. Here is the recipe of Baby Corn Manchurian .

GREEN MOONG DAL SUBZI RECIPE

Everyone has their own way of cooking this green gram sabzi. I too make in a different way, but after tasting this dal in my friends place, almost a year back, i decided to make this in that way since we all like that . And another important thing is it is very simple and easy to make . Enjoy this green moong dal subzi with roti or jeera pulao.

Carrot paneer Paratha recipe| Paratha recipe with video

Carrot paneer paratha, a popular Indian flat bread stuffed with paneer. I have added carrot also to make it healthier. Normally i make rotis  for dinner .But when I attempted to make paratha first time ,we all like it and now a days i make paratas twice a week.
The stuffing of panner and carrot in parata i learnt from my friend .But she makes it in a different way. I altered the recipe to suit the taste of my family. Try out this easy Paneer paratha at home.
Check out my other paratha recipes.
The recipe is updated with video.

PUDINA PULAO RECIPE | MINT PULAO RECIPE

Pudina pulao| Mint puloa is a very easy dish ,which i normally make when i am so lazy to cook anything. It is so easy to make and will taste heaven when served hot with raita and papad. Check out my collection of biryani| pulao and rice varieties.

RAVA KESARI RECIPE | SOOJI KESARI RECIPE

RAVA KESARI RECIPE

Rava kesari is an all time favourite for all my family members,especially my daughter.  Rava kesari is a popular Indian sweet and its quite easy to make too. This time i made this for my friend who is fond of my kesari and wanted it on her wedding anniversary. They all enjoyed it. So with my heart filled with happiness i am posting this recipe . Also check out

• Sooji ka halwa
• Pineapple kesari

AVIAL | AVIYAL RECIPE | SOUTH INDIAN RECIPES

Avial | Aviyal | அவியல்  in Tamil is a traditional south Indian  recipe and is prepared in many ways . The combination of vegetables used also differs and so one can use their comfortable choice while selecting the vegetables. Aviyal recipe updated with Video
I learnt this from my mom who is an expert in making avial. Generally aviyal is served with coconut rice , lemon rice or any south indian rice varieties and also with adai too. We make this compulsorily on festivals like kannu pongal and aadi perukku .

Mor kuzhambu recipe | South Indian gravy

Mor kuzhambu recipe with video

Mor kulambhu is a traditional south Indian yogurt based gravy . It tastes heaven with hot rice and parrupu usli. Mor kuzhambhu is a creamy yogurt gravy , which is loved by all our family members. It tastes good with Yam fry and Seppankizhanghu fry. 

ENTRY TO COOKING FOR GUESTS EVENT

First i thank raji of raks kitchen who is a good friend of mine and a great inspiration for me to start a blog, for hosting this event considering my request. I hope the round up useful to all of us .
Here comes my entry:

The menu includes TOMATO SOUP, PANEER BUTTER MASALA,YELLOW DAL,VEGETABLE BIRYANI, CURD RICE,CHAPATIS AND ONION RAITHA.
I cooked this menu for my relatives , whom i met after a long time in a restaurent here.I invited them for dinner and made this. Since i bought MTR instant badam kheer to serve for dessert i didnt include it in the menu.
They all enjoyed and especially the children enjoyed it a lot. We all had a nice time with them.