SPICY MINI PRAWNS FRY

This is the fabulous dish thats just perfect as an appetizers or a snack. I adopted this recipe from one of my hubbies friend 'ANIL'. Hez expert in cooking specially preparing non veg items. We offen have a gettogether on weekends at our home or their home. So his recipe will be there for sure :). He prepares the recipe with raw medium prawns or shrimps. But I taught of giving a try on mini cooked prawns which also tasted delicious. The real flavour comes when its cooked and fryed in Coconut oil.

INGREDIENTS.

1 LB Cooked mini prawns.

1 1/2 Cup Chopped Shallots.

2 tbsp Chilli Powder.

1 tsp Turmeric Powder.

1 tsp Hing.

2 tbsp Lemon juice.

1 tsp Grounded Pepper.

Few Curry leaves.

3 tbs Coconut oil.

Salt to taste.

METHOD.

Marinate prawns with chilli pd, turmeric pd, hing, lemon juice, pepper and salt. Let it sit for half an hour.

In a kadai, add 3 tbs of oil and fry the shallots. Once its half cooked add the curry leaf and marinated prawns. Mix well under low flame to uniformly incorporate everything.

Fry nearly for 15 to 20 min till they are slighty crispy. At the time of removing from flame, drizzle extra coconut oil on the top.

Serve hot.

AWARDS.

MALAR has given me ''360 FOODIE AWARD''. Thanks again for this award malar.

SUDESHANA has given me ''PERFECT BLEND OF FRIENDSHIP AWARD'' , ''KREATIV BLOGGER'' , ''GREAT BUDDY AWARD'' , ''I'M A CHOCOHOLIC'' , ''BUTTERFLY AWARD'' , ''GOOD JOB''. Thanks so much dear. Its indeed a huge award for me. Thanks again.

VIDHAS has given me ''360 FOODIE AWARD'' , ''KREATIV BLOGGER''. Thanks vidhas.

Enjoy!!

TONS OF AWARDS.

Past 2 days I have been showering with awards. I m really honoured and glad to receive new awards from u all. Thanks friends for considering me for this glorious treat.

MALAR GANDHI , PRIYA , YASMEEN , UMA , JAISHREE , N33MA , has passed me ''KREATIVE BLOG AWARD''. Thank u soo much for sharing this lovely award.

7 things I say more often

1. I call my daughter's pet name 'Dumma' everytime.

2. Nooo smera.

3. Oh.

4. Awesome.

5. yy?

6. Good girl.

7.Onnu podo ( malayalam word). hehehe ..me and my hubby offen use this just for fun.

7 things I did Before

1. Learning Carnatic Music.

2. Learning Veena.

3. Enjoying having food prepared by my mom,granny,aunty and uncle.

4. Enjoying with my school friends.

5. Travelling by local trains in mumbai.

6. Wasted my time watching hindi serials.

7. Fighting with my brother.

7 things I do now

1. Blogging.

2. Make my home look beautiful.

3. Chatting with my parents, inlaws, my brother and friends.

4. Spending time in Smera's preschool.

5. Browsing net.

6. Keeps songs or rhymes in youtube.

7. Lots of shopping also online shopping. :)

7 things I want to do

1. Getting early in the morning.

2. Start my exercise and yoga.

3. Like to continue my Music or Veena and mainly also my blog.

4. Going to a All India World Tour.

5. Reunion with my school friends.

6. Built my dreamhouse and to keep small fountain outside.

7. Lastly I want my little gal 'Smera' to become a good person with all good qualities.

7 things that attract me about the opposite sex

1. Reliable.

2. Intelligent.

3. Caring.

4. Straight forward.

5. Jolly type.

6. Lovable.

7. Adjust with me which I like the most :).

7 favorite food

1. Patravodo ( konkani food)

2. Banana Halwa.

3. Dairy milk chocolate with nuts.

4. Chicken Wings.

5. Anything prepared with Prawns.

6. Malaysian and Thai cuisine.

7. Last but not the least, food prepared by my mom and my motherinlaw.(perfect)

PRIYA , YASMEEN , UMA , N33MA , PURVA passed me ''GREAT BUDDY AWARD''.



I would like to share these 2 awards to-

HAPPY COOK.

SUJATHA.

ASHA.

JZ.

ANDHRA FLAVOURS.

LAVANYA.

MADHAVI.

UMA , JAISHREE , N33MA has passed me ''PERFECT BLEND OF FRIENDSHIP''.

UMA , JAISHREE , N33MA has passed me ''HARDWORKING BLOGGER AWARD''.

UMA , PURVA , KITCHEN FLAVOUR has passed me ''360 FOODIE AWARD ''. This award has been created by RAMYA.

JAISHREE has passed me ''GOOD JOB AWARD'' AND ''GOOD JOB AWARD '' ''BUTTERFLY AWARD.''

JAISHREE , N33MA has passed me ''INSPIRATIONAL AWARD''

Special thanks to each and everyone of u who bestowed me with wonderful awards!

Enjoy!!

BASIL TOMATO ROLLS

This is the recipe that I adopted from my best, charming and creative person ''RANJI''. It was something which I never could think of doing it. But when I saw ranji's blog I was very much inspired to try this recipe. Finally I made it. Those rolls were too tasty when I had my first bite hot hot. Thanks for sharing such a delicious rolls ranji.

INGREDIENTS

2 tsp-Active dry yeast.

3 1/2 cups- All purpose flour.

1 1/2 cups- Warm water.

1 tsp- Sugar.

1/2 tsp- Salt.

2 tbsp- Oil.

FOR FILLING

Basil tomato Pasta sauce.

Cheddar cheese to sprinkle on top.

METHOD

In a small glass bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water and let it rest for 10 mins. In a large bowl, sift flour,sugar and salt. Make a well in the center and pour the yeast water and oil in it.Using a wooden spoon mix in enough flour to make a smooth paste and then use the rest to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface,knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 mins. Place in a greased bowl ,turning onesto grease top. Cover and let it rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hr.

Then punch the dough down,turn onto a lightly floured surface and divide it into 9-12 pieces. Shape each piece into a ball and place them 3inch apart on a greased baking sheet.

Make an indentation in the center of each ball.

Add the filling in the middle.

Sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Cover and let it rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 mins.

Preheat oven to 375 deg F and bake for 25-30 mins or until golden brown. Let it cool on a wire rack. Serve warm.

Enjoy!!

A BIG HAI TO ALL AND SOME AWARDS

Hey friends. Hope all are doing gud. Finally am back to the wonderful blogging world. My new home is set now. Also nice spending time at smera's new school. Now all would have wondering how I spend my time there? Its a unique school which I have experienced. Its mainly the parents participation preschool. Nothing but being along with them, we can observe our kids learning style and can develop useful strategies working along with them. I really enjoy being with other kids and also with new parents so as Smera too.

Now back to my blog, I am also grateful to my wonderful friends for having considered me, to present with newly awards even during my short break periods. I thank each and everyone for all your love and support. I truly appreciate.

Here are the awards I received from my pals-

YASMEEN AND SUDESHANA has given me ''CHOCOHOLIC AWARD''

RAMYA VIJAYKUMAR AND ARUNDHUTI has given me ''HARD WORKING FOOD BLOGGER AWARD''

SUDESHNA has given me'' BUTTERFLY AWARD'' AND ''GOOD JOB''


SHAMA NAGARAJAN has given me ''INSPIRATION AWARD''


Thanks a lot for this tonne of love.

I would like to pass all these awards to

AMMUMMA (KHAYALS) , RANJI , CHAM , UMA , VANDANA , JAISHREE , CURRY LEAF , BHARATHY , SIREESHA , PRITI.

Sidely dont forget to check my GRANDMA'S [KHAYALS] new article.

Enjoy.

PURAN POLI AND A SHORT BREAK

Marathi sweet ''Puran poli'' is one of our families favourite sweet. This is perfect for all the occasion. Believe me friends it has got lots of work but tastes heavenlly when its done with patience. My way of making puran poli is entirly different from others. I prepare them adding moong dal with sugar instead of channa dal and jaggery and for the extra taste I fry the stuffing in ghee. I really cannot prepare this all by myself. My hubby is expert in filling the stuff and roll them perfectly into equal same size. So what I do is before rajesh returns from office, I prepare the stuffing and the dough. Later filling and rolling is his job. Thus we prepare together and have a nice time at the final stage.

I am so happy to post this recipe and glad that I participate in ''DIWALI EVENT'' before taking a short break.

INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING STUFFING.

1 cup moong dal.

1 or 3/4 cup Sugar.

1 tbs Cardamom powder.

1/2 Cup Ghee.

INGRIDENTS FOR MAKING DOUGH.

1 1/2 cup Maida.

2 tbs Ghee.

Water as per required.

Salt to taste.

METHOD.

Cook moong dal in cooker till its well cooked. I add less water to cook so that theres no excess water to be drained. The dal should be dry enough and mashed well. Keep aside.

Heat pan and add ghee. Add mashed dal and fry it in ghee for few sec. Then add sugar and mix well. Keep on stirring occasionly till its becomes in the form of dough. At the time of removing from stove add cardomom powder. Let it cool for while. Later divide them equally into small balls.

Meanwhile mix all the ingredients for making dough. Make it very soft adding few ghee at the end. Divide the dough into equally small balls.

With greased palms, take one portion of dough and flatten it into a disc of the size of the palm. Place a ball of moong dal stuffing in the centre and fold the disc from all sides to cover the paste completely.

Carefully reroll the dough into full sized thin chappathi. Make sure the stuffing does not come out.

Preheat a frying pan on a medium heat. Add 1 tsp ghee and place the puran poli. When its slight brown apply little more ghee and continue flipping the poli frequently. Cook until both the sides are slight brown.

Serve with a touch of ghee on its side.

I am sending this recipe to ''FESTIVE FOOD: DIWALI CELEBRATION'' HOSTED BY PRITI

Also sending to ''EVENT OF THE MONTH: SATISFY YOUT SWEET TOOTH'' HOSTED BY SUDESHNA




Also sending this to ''JFI - FESTIVAL TREATS ''HOSTED BY SRIVALLI.



Also sending to ''YUMMY FESTIVAL FEAST - DIWALI'' HOSTED BY PALLAVI.



AWARDS TIME.

My friend ''SUDESHNA'' has pleasured me giving ''BUTTERFLY AWARD'' AND ''GOOD JOB AWARD''. Thanks a lot for remembering me sudeshna. I will cherish it forever.

TAKING SHORT BREAK.

Friends , We are shifting our apartment to new place in 2 weeks. So will not be blogging for few days. Will truly miss all ur wonderful recipe :( .The main thing that struck my mind is cleaning the current resident , packing all the stuff's bla bla bla. One happy news is my daughter 'SMERA' will start going to preschool this oct end. Yeah at the time of shifting.

So will return to the lovly blogging world once I am settled. Till then miss you all a lot and also the events. If possible do miss me too guys :)

I WISH U ALL ''ADVANCED HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS DIWALI'' AND ''HAPPY HALLOWEEN''.

ENJOY !!