Just musing

Yesterday I read two very nice article in TOI (The Times of India) sunday supplement.The first article I read about Women's awakening towards themselves....The article title's goes like this " MID LIFE AWAKENING FOR WOMEN" These days women who spend their bee-age in serving family, kids, husband, managing all household things.....now they want themselves a career, a job which can truly define them, a woman who asked her husband a job for her 40th Birthday gift.Well I like this article very much..it touches me deeply, though m really not in my mid-age..lol but this thing really does matter for me as a homemaker.And here are some lines I took from the article itself..."As natural creators and lifelong multi-taskers,women are better equipped to deal with reinventing their life" The  word RE-INVENTING feels like totally new of yourself. Well I thank Vinita Dawra Nangia for this alarming article.

Second article I read about the increasing popularity of Indian food blogs these days...well I recently started my food blog so this particular article came like an inspirational to me...to get going.The article title goes like this,"INDIA'S SAUCY FOODIES". People all over from India making everyone's mouth watering by their only-see-don't-taste food blogs....this is really interesting and adventurous....again I thank Ismat Tahseen for this article.  

Falafel

Falafel....sound interesting isn't it...well this snack is interesting too...Basically Falafel is famous in Middle Eastern countries as a local snack served with pita bread and some other serving just like a burger. In Egypt McDonald's has their special version of a falafel sandwich which is named as Mcfalafel.....

Now here is my tried falafel........

Falafel 

Ingredients:

1 cup chick pea (soaked overnight in water and boiled properly or pressure cooked)

1 large onion chopped

2 cloves of garlic chopped

1 green chili chopped

1 spoon of chopped coriander

3 spoon of chopped parsley 

2 spoons of all purpose flour (maida)

salt as per taste

Half table spoon cumin powder

Method: 

• Take a boiled chick pea in a grinder and add onion,garlic,green chili, grind it but not finely.
• Now add coriander, parsley, maida, salt, cumin powder in to a grind ed mixture
• Make small patties or balls out of it 
• Deep fry in oil until golden brown and serve hot with chutney.

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Pista Kulfi Delight

During summers this particular tidbit servings are always there in my refrigerator, I just love every bite of it and its very easy to make.... 

Pista Kulfi Delight

Cooking  level: Easy

Category:Dessert

Preparation time:15 min 

Ingredients:

Milkmaid Condense milk 1L pack

Toned milk 1 n half L

Dry fruits as per your choice

Method:

• First of all boil the toned milk 
• Add full cane of condensed milk in it
• Stir well and add dry fruits in it
• After cooling down, pour it in to kulfi molds and keep it in refrigerator for setting up to 7-8 hrs.

That's it........enjoy ur Kulfi

Pista Kulfi Delight

During summers this particular tidbit servings are always there in my refrigerator, I just love every bite of it and its very easy to make.... 

Pista Kulfi Delight

Cooking  level: Easy

Category:Dessert

Preparation time:15 min 

Ingredients:

Milkmaid Condense milk 1L pack

Toned milk 1 n half L

Dry fruits as per your choice

Method:

• First of all boil the toned milk 
• Add full cane of condensed milk in it
• Stir well and add dry fruits in it
• After cooling down, pour it in to kulfi molds and keep it in refrigerator for setting up to 7-8 hrs.

That's it........enjoy ur Kulfi

Turning in to Foodie - Snacks-1

No doubt these days I'm in love with cooking and eating food...and that's why my blog have partially turned in to a food blog...last to last week my breakfast marathon got hit.....so I decided why not to nourish my new passion for food all over again...well this time it's not a marathon but I'll try my best to post daily...this time I will be posting some of my all time favorite snacks, party snacks, small eats,tidbit...etc...etc...etc..I love snacks more than a meal.

So here is my first snack post........

Chane ki daal k Pakore with raw mango chutney

Cooking  level: Easy

Category:evening snack, party snack

Preparation time:15 min 

Ingredients: for pakoras

Chana daal : 1 cup  pre-soaked in water for half n hour before cooking (If you have less time then you can microwave daal in water for 1 min and keep it for 10-15 min aside.)

1 Onion chopped

1 or2 Green chilies chopped

Salt as per taste

Oil for deep frying

Method :

• First of all grand chana ki daal in a grander but not very fine, keep the consistency lil thick.
• Add chopped onions, green chiilies, salt and mix well.
• Now heat the deep fry pan add oil in it (health conscious can use olive oil)
• Add slowly small parts of the mix in to the oil same like you make besan ka pakoras, fry it till golden brown.
• serve hot with chutney or tomato sauce.

Ingredients: for Raw mango chutney

1 Raw mango medium size

200gms of coriander leaves

1 green chili

1 big tomato

Black-salt half table spoon

Roasted cumin powder-1 spoon

Method:

• Peel the raw mango, cut it in to small pieces, discard the seed 
• Take a grander put the mango pieces in along with coriander leaves,green chili, toamato.
• Grand it till fine.
• Add black-salt and cumin powder and mix well.

 You can also serve these pakoras with curd , chutney, red chili powder, salt and cumin powder sprinkled over it

Turning in to Foodie - Snacks-1

No doubt these days I'm in love with cooking and eating food...and that's why my blog have partially turned in to a food blog...last to last week my breakfast marathon got hit.....so I decided why not to nourish my new passion for food all over again...well this time it's not a marathon but I'll try my best to post daily...this time I will be posting some of my all time favorite snacks, party snacks, small eats,tidbit...etc...etc...etc..I love snacks more than a meal.

So here is my first snack post........

Chane ki daal k Pakore with raw mango chutney

Cooking  level: Easy

Category:evening snack, party snack

Preparation time:15 min 

Ingredients: for pakoras

Chana daal : 1 cup  pre-soaked in water for half n hour before cooking (If you have less time then you can microwave daal in water for 1 min and keep it for 10-15 min aside.)

1 Onion chopped

1 or2 Green chilies chopped

Salt as per taste

Oil for deep frying

Method :

• First of all grand chana ki daal in a grander but not very fine, keep the consistency lil thick.
• Add chopped onions, green chiilies, salt and mix well.
• Now heat the deep fry pan add oil in it (health conscious can use olive oil)
• Add slowly small parts of the mix in to the oil same like you make besan ka pakoras, fry it till golden brown.
• serve hot with chutney or tomato sauce.

Ingredients: for Raw mango chutney

1 Raw mango medium size

200gms of coriander leaves

1 green chili

1 big tomato

Black-salt half table spoon

Roasted cumin powder-1 spoon

Method:

• Peel the raw mango, cut it in to small pieces, discard the seed 
• Take a grander put the mango pieces in along with coriander leaves,green chili, toamato.
• Grand it till fine.
• Add black-salt and cumin powder and mix well.

 You can also serve these pakoras with curd , chutney, red chili powder, salt and cumin powder sprinkled over it

Everyday Breakfast Week-Day 7

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Ahan! today is the last day of my marathon week of breakfast and m feeling so glad to say that I have completed it successfully...it's a "I would like to thanks" moment for so definitely my thanks goes to everyone who likes and appreciated my blog...you guyz boosted up my confidence and feeling great today...big smile :)

So here I 'm with my 7th day breakfast recipe....before reveling it..I would like to give the credits of this recipe to my lovely, charming sister-in-law (Renu bhabi) who is like a elder sister to me...she makes yummy! breakfasts and I have learnt this particular recipe from her only. 

Today's Menu

Malai Bread Pizza

Ingredients:

Malai / milk' butter 1 cup

Sooji / rava / semolina 3/4th of the cup

2 Bread slices brown/ white

1 Onion cut in to small pieces 

1 Tomato cut in to small pieces 

1 small green capsicum cut in to pieces

salt to taste

butter/ oil for roasting

Method:

• Take malai in to a bowl and add rava, onion, tomato, capsicum pieces in it.
• Mix well and also add salt, keep it aside for 5 minutes.
• after 5 minutes take a bread slice and apply this paste over it nicely.
• Now heat a pan add a little bit of butter and keep a ready bread slice on it.
• first roast the bread slice nicely from base, after that reverse it to the other side.
• Roast it till it turns golden brown.
• Your malai bread pizza is ready to serve.

P.S: you can serve it with some juice or tender coconut water.  

Tender Coconut water

Everyday Breakfast Week-Day 7

Ahan! today is the last day of my marathon week of breakfast and m feeling so glad to say that I have completed it successfully...it's a "I would like to thanks" moment for so definitely my thanks goes to everyone who likes and appreciated my blog...you guyz boosted up my confidence and feeling great today...big smile :)

So here I 'm with my 7th day breakfast recipe....before reveling it..I would like to give the credits of this recipe to my lovely, charming sister-in-law (Renu bhabi) who is like a elder sister to me...she makes yummy! breakfasts and I have learnt this particular recipe from her only. 

Today's Menu

Malai Bread Pizza

Ingredients:

Malai / milk' butter 1 cup

Sooji / rava / semolina 3/4th of the cup

2 Bread slices brown/ white

1 Onion cut in to small pieces 

1 Tomato cut in to small pieces 

1 small green capsicum cut in to pieces

salt to taste

butter/ oil for roasting

Method:

• Take malai in to a bowl and add rava, onion, tomato, capsicum pieces in it.
• Mix well and also add salt, keep it aside for 5 minutes.
• after 5 minutes take a bread slice and apply this paste over it nicely.
• Now heat a pan add a little bit of butter and keep a ready bread slice on it.
• first roast the bread slice nicely from base, after that reverse it to the other side.
• Roast it till it turns golden brown.
• Your malai bread pizza is ready to serve.

P.S: you can serve it with some juice or tender coconut water.  

Tender Coconut water

Everyday Breakfast Week-Day 6

Since, Yesterday evening my net connection was not working.....that is the reason why m posting this late today...anyways...here is my day 6th breakfast

Today's menu:

Jave /namkeen seviyan  

Ingredients: 

Seviyan 1 pack
Onion cut in to small pieces
Ajwain/ carom seeds half spoon
salt as per tatse
Green chili cut in to pieces 1 spoon
Turmeric powder  half spoon

Method:

• Heat a non-stick stew pan and roast 2 cups of seviyan in it till golden brown...take it out and keep aside.
• Now add some oil in the pan put some carom seeds in it.
• add green chilies and onion in it and let them fry till onion becomes transparent.
• Now add roasted seviyan in it , mix well
• Add 3 cup measure of water in it and also add turmeric powder mix well and lid the pan.
• After 8-5 min water will soaked up and namkeen sevayin are ready to serve.

Serve it with juice

P.S: well this is my way to make it you can also add some more veggis in it. 

Everyday Breakfast Week-Day 6

Since, Yesterday evening my net connection was not working.....that is the reason why m posting this late today...anyways...here is my day 6th breakfast

Today's menu:

Jave /namkeen seviyan  

Ingredients: 

Seviyan 1 pack
Onion cut in to small pieces
Ajwain/ carom seeds half spoon
salt as per tatse
Green chili cut in to pieces 1 spoon
Turmeric powder  half spoon

Method:

• Heat a non-stick stew pan and roast 2 cups of seviyan in it till golden brown...take it out and keep aside.
• Now add some oil in the pan put some carom seeds in it.
• add green chilies and onion in it and let them fry till onion becomes transparent.
• Now add roasted seviyan in it , mix well
• Add 3 cup measure of water in it and also add turmeric powder mix well and lid the pan.
• After 8-5 min water will soaked up and namkeen sevayin are ready to serve.

Serve it with juice

P.S: well this is my way to make it you can also add some more veggis in it. 

Everyday Breakfast Week-Day 5

In my collage days my mom use to give me this in breakfast during summers...another favorite of mine

Today's Menu

Lachha Paratha with dahi

Ingredients:

Wheat flour one n half cup

Salt 1/2 table spoon

Ajwain / carom seeds small quantity

Water for kneading

Method:

• At first add salt and ajwain in wheat flour and knead it in to a dough with the help of a water.
• Now take some of the dough in hand and make small balls.
• Roll out the balls in to chapati shap.
• Apply some ghee (clarified butter) on it and sprinkle some of a wheat flour over it.
• Now roll it from the edge in to a roll shape and apply some ghee on it again roll it back in to a circle.
• Again roll it out in to a paratha using roll pin.
• Heat tawa, put the paratha on the tawa.
• Roast well from both sides by applying little bit of ghee.
• serve it hot with curd

Everyday Breakfast Week-Day 5

In my collage days my mom use to give me this in breakfast during summers...another favorite of mine

Today's Menu

Lachha Paratha with dahi

Ingredients:

Wheat flour one n half cup

Salt 1/2 table spoon

Ajwain / carom seeds small quantity

Water for kneading

Method:

• At first add salt and ajwain in wheat flour and knead it in to a dough with the help of a water.
• Now take some of the dough in hand and make small balls.
• Roll out the balls in to chapati shap.
• Apply some ghee (clarified butter) on it and sprinkle some of a wheat flour over it.
• Now roll it from the edge in to a roll shape and apply some ghee on it again roll it back in to a circle.
• Again roll it out in to a paratha using roll pin.
• Heat tawa, put the paratha on the tawa.
• Roast well from both sides by applying little bit of ghee.
• serve it hot with curd

Everyday Breakfast Week-Day 4

In today's menu there's something my favorite......

Today's Menu 

Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Butter-milk 

Ingredients: for Sandwich

Brown bread 4 slices

processed cheese slices-2 or cubes-1 

Capsicum cut in to pieces

Onion cut in to pieces

Black pepper powder

Ingredients: for Butter-milk

Fresh curd

Black salt

Roasted cumin powder

Method:

• Take a bread slice...on this either place one processed cheese slice over or if you are using cheese cube then shred it over.
• Put some capsicum and onion pieces on it.

• Sprinkle black pepper powder.
• Shred some more cheese and place another bread slice.
• Put it in the grill sandwich toaster....your sandwich will ready in  minutes.

Method: for butter-milk

• Take fresh curd in a blender.
• Add some black salt as per your taste.
• Blend it properly by adding little amount of chilled water.
• Pour it in a glass and sprinkle some roasted cumin powder over it...your butter milk is ready.