January 29, 2015

Nuttie Chocolate Fudge

     Recently i saw this recipe in a very famous TV channel which looks so easy with basic ingredients. Immediately that dish started calling to try at home. Will i deny a recipe call that too being a food blogger ???!! NEVER, checked my fridge and luckily got all the ingredients. Eventhough am happy about, i got all ingredients, i was bit worried about the outcome. Started preparing, OMG ! to my surprise it came out soooo perfectly and here comes for your views.


ALL YOU NEED:
Chocolate Chips 1 cup
Condensed Milk 1/4 cup
Unsalted Butter 1/4 cup
Mixed Nuts 1/2 cup

METHOD:
     Take a microwave safe bowl, add chocolate chips and place it microwave for 2 to 3 mins. If you are not owing microwave, you can melt it by double boiler method i.e. heat a water in idly pan, keep the chocolate chip bowl on top of it. Make sure it should not touch the bottom of idly pan. Keep stirring, you can see its starts melting down. Let it sit for a while. Now take a nonstick pan, heat the butter. Once it starts melting down, pour the melted chocolate, condensed milk and chopped nuts. Put off the flame. Keep stir for 2 mins. Now take a wide bowl, grease with some butter, pour the fudge mixture, spread evenly. All done, refrigerate for 1 hour. If you need you can garnish with some fine chopped nuts on top of it. If you don't like chewy consistency, freeze it for 30 mins. Even i followed the Freeze technique.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 25, 2015

Dahi Dhokla Chaat

     Nowadays am a big fan of Dhokla recipe. Me started preparing atleast weekly once for our evening snack. Since its become my frequent preparation, last week was bit bored on having with usual mint and tamarind chutney. So just thought, why i shouldn't try my all favorite Dahi chaat ??!! Yay ! so tried it finally and posted here for your views. You can also check my other Dahi Chaat versions HERE.


ALL YOU NEED:
Dhokla 6 Pieces
Red chilly powder Pinch
Tamarind Chutney 2 spoons
Coriander Leaf 1 1/2 spoon
Chopped Onion 2 spoons
Grated Carrot 1 1/2 spoon
Chaat Masala Pinch
Curd 3/4 cup
Sugar 1 spoon


METHOD:
     Take a wide bowl, arrange Dhokla cubes. Once done, add chopped onion, chopped tomato and pour the curd which is mixed with the sugar. Again pour the tamarind chutney on top of it. Once done, add grated carrot and chopped coriander leaf. On top of it add chilly powder and chaat masala. Make sure, you pour the curd just few minuted before you start serving. If you add long time before your serving time, all the added dahi and tamarind chutney gets absorbed by dhokla.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 21, 2015

Carrot Raitha

     Whenever i see this recipe in my cobloggers space, directly it will take me to my childhood days. Yes, during my schooling and college time, my mom use to prepare this time on all weekends, just as a free time muncher. Am a big big lover of this recipe especially to the added fried urad dhall. Yum ! literally mouthwatering here :P In this 6 years of my marriage life never tried this recipe at home. Suddenly this came to my mind last week and here comes for your views.


ALL YOU NEED:
Grated Carrot 1 cup
Thick Curd 3/4 cup
Salt To Taste

To Temper:
Green Chilly 1 No.
Urad Dhall 1 spoon
Mustard` 1/4 spoon
Oil 1 spoon


METHOD:
     Take a wide bowl, add grated carrot, thick curd and required salt. Stir well. If it is very thick add required water. I like to have it in thick consistency so, i didn't add water. Once done, heat a spoon of oil in a pan, add mustard, once it starts cracks, add urad dhall, when it turns golden brown, add chopped green chilly. If you like, can also add chopped coriander leaf in the oil. Let it get cool. Now, mix the tempered items with the curd. Give a stir. All Done !

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 14, 2015

Kalkandu/Sugar Candy Pongal

     Before going to today's recipe, i would like to wish all my friends, co-bloggers, viewers and family on this auspicious "Tamilnadu Thanksgiving day  to Sun god, Farmers and Family"
                                       "இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் "


     If this is Pongal festival, i would like to do a post related to this festival. Any guess ???!!! Yes, you guessed it right, obviously its a Pongal dish using "Sugar Candy or Kalkandu". Since i got a pack full of Sugar candy, i decided to empty it as soon as possible. When i was searching this i got a dish called "Kalkandu Rice". Suddenly flashed an idea and decided to make Kalkandu Pongal instead of Kalkandu rice. Now, its show time for your comments/feedback.

ALL YOU NEED:
Raw Rice 1 cup
Moong Dhall 1/4 cup
Sugar Candy/Kalkandu` 1 cup
Ghee 1/2 cup
Cashews 10 Nos.
Raisins 10 Nos.
Cardamom 2 Nos.
Salt Pinch
Milk 1/2 cup
Water 3 cups


METHOD:
     Soak raw rice and Moong dhall for 30 mins in water. Drain it. Now take pressure cooker, add soaked raw rice and moong dhall. Pour 1/2 cup of milk, 3 cups of water, a tsp of ghee and 1 broken cardamom (u can also add 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder, instead of whole one) Cook it for 4 whistles. Meantime, heat a pan with less than quater cup of water, when it boils, add a cup of sugar candy and cardamom again, and stir it until all the sugar candy melts. Put off the flame. Make sure you do this syrup in medium flame. Once the pressure gets released, mash it well. If you see the full grains, add warm milk to bring it to pongal consistency. Now pour the sugar syrup, keep stir well by adding ghee. Once done, add ghee fried, raisins and cashews. Mix well. All done, its serving time.

Note: If you feel, melting down the sugarcandy it cumbersome process, you can powder the sugar candy and start mixing with the boiled rice mixture.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 10, 2015

Pasta Briyani

     As i stated in my previous post. I can proudly say, am a "P A S T A" lover now :P From this post you can understand my recent craze towards Pasta. Yes, last week me tried an unbelievable dish using Pasta. Any guess ???!!! Yeah, its "B R I Y A N I" time using Pasta. OMG ! it was a super dooper hit for our dinner. Can't wait to share it with you all ! So, Here you go.....


ALL YOU NEED:
Pasta 1 cup
Chopped Onion 2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato 1 No.
Ginger Garlic Paste 1 spoon
Turmeric Powder Pinch
Coriander Leaf 1/2 cup
Mixed Veggies 1 cup
Green Chilly 2 Nos.
Cardomon 2 Nos.
Cinnamon 1/2 inch
Bay Leaf 1 No.
Mint Leaf 1/2 cup
Mustard 1 spoon
Cloves` 4 Nos.
Ghee 4 tsps
Salt To Taste

METHOD:
     Cook pasta (i used kids pasta) in hot water along with a spoon of olive oil and salt. Drain the excess water and set aside. Heat 4 tsps of ghee, add mustard, now add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf. Its time add green chilly and chopped onion, saute it by adding pinch of salt and tumeric powder. Once it becomes translucent, add ginger garlic paste, after 5 mins sauting, add coriander leaf, mint leaf, veggies and chopped tomato. Saute well until oil oozes out. Once the raw smell goes off and veggies are cooked, add cooked pasta, do a quick mix in medium flame. All done. Serve hot with raitha.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 6, 2015

Pasta in White Sauce

     Recently me become a crazy fan of paneer ad pasta dishes. So, started trying/googling new versions in it. In that way, its my long time thinking to try white sauce at home. During my early cooking days, thought "White Sauce" can be made only in star hotels. But now i can see many bloggers started using white sauce in their dishes, It forced me to try this at home finally.


ALL YOU NEED:
Pasta 1 cup
Italian Seasoning 1/2 tsp
Pepper Powder 1/2 tsp
Grated Cheese 1 tbsp
Veggies 1 cup
Butter 1 tbsp
Maida 2 tblsp
Milk 1 1/2 cup
Salt To Taste

METHOD:
     Cook pasta (i used kids pasta) in hot water along with a spoon of olive oil and salt. Drain the excess water and set aside. Heat a spoon of butter in a pan, add the veggies (used capsicum, beans and carrot), saute it by adding salt and pepper powder. Since i added beans, i kept in flame until it gets cooked. If you are using only capsicum and carrot, just sauting is enough. Once cooked, transfer it to a plate, Now in the same, melt another spoon of butter, now add maida, saute well until it reaches sand consistency. Now add milk slowly, keep stirring and make sure there should not be any lumps. When it reaches thick consistency, add pepper powder, italian seasoning and salt. Now its time to add sauted veggies and cheese. Stir well. Adjust with salt. All done.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 1, 2015

Mutton Varuval

     Before going to my post, i want to wish all my visitors and cobloggers a "VERY VERY HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEAR 2015". Hope this new year brings all your dreams comes true ! Now going to my post.....

     Actually Me and Mutton dishes are like "Dog and Cat", a very good enemies. Whereas my husband and Mutton dishes are like "Mom and son", a very good lovers. With this single liners, you can very well understand my situation. Yes, i somehow managed forced me to try this dish at home ONLY b'cos of husband. As am not a big lover of mutton dishes, i dont feel like trying complicated version so just ended up with basic recipe as ended my anecdote of this post ;)


ALL YOU NEED:
Mutton 1/2 kg
Chopped Onion 2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato 1 No.
Garam Masala Powder 1/2 spoon
Ginger Garlic Paste 1 spoon
Chilly Powder 3/4 spoon
Coriander Powder 1 spoon
Coriander Leaf To garnish
Cumin Powder 1/2 spoon
Green Chilly 1 No.
Fennel Seeds 1/2 spoon
Cumin Seeds 1/4 spoon
Cinnamon 1/2 inch
Cardomon 2 Nos.
Mustard 1/2 spoon
Cloves 5 Nos.
Salt To Taste
Oil 2 spoons

METHOD:
     Take cleaned and washed mutton in a wide bowl, add chilly powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, ginger garlic paste and salt. Mix well. Let it sit for 30 mins. Once done, heat spoon of oil in a cooker, add chopped onion and cinnamon, saute well, now add chopped tomato, once it half cooked, add the mutton, mix well with the onion mixture fro 3 mins. Now add a cup of water and close the cooker lid. Cook it for 15 whistles.

    Now heat another spoon of oil in a pan, add mustard, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, coves, cinnamon and pour the cooked mutton. Let it be in flame, until the excess water gets absorbed. When all the water gets absorbed, adjust with salt and add slited green chilly and curry leaf, saute it for 5 mins and as a final note, add coriander leaf and put off the flame.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 29, 2015

Nuttie Chocolate Fudge

     Recently i saw this recipe in a very famous TV channel which looks so easy with basic ingredients. Immediately that dish started calling to try at home. Will i deny a recipe call that too being a food blogger ???!! NEVER, checked my fridge and luckily got all the ingredients. Eventhough am happy about, i got all ingredients, i was bit worried about the outcome. Started preparing, OMG ! to my surprise it came out soooo perfectly and here comes for your views.


ALL YOU NEED:
Chocolate Chips 1 cup
Condensed Milk 1/4 cup
Unsalted Butter 1/4 cup
Mixed Nuts 1/2 cup

METHOD:
     Take a microwave safe bowl, add chocolate chips and place it microwave for 2 to 3 mins. If you are not owing microwave, you can melt it by double boiler method i.e. heat a water in idly pan, keep the chocolate chip bowl on top of it. Make sure it should not touch the bottom of idly pan. Keep stirring, you can see its starts melting down. Let it sit for a while. Now take a nonstick pan, heat the butter. Once it starts melting down, pour the melted chocolate, condensed milk and chopped nuts. Put off the flame. Keep stir for 2 mins. Now take a wide bowl, grease with some butter, pour the fudge mixture, spread evenly. All done, refrigerate for 1 hour. If you need you can garnish with some fine chopped nuts on top of it. If you don't like chewy consistency, freeze it for 30 mins. Even i followed the Freeze technique.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 25, 2015

Dahi Dhokla Chaat

     Nowadays am a big fan of Dhokla recipe. Me started preparing atleast weekly once for our evening snack. Since its become my frequent preparation, last week was bit bored on having with usual mint and tamarind chutney. So just thought, why i shouldn't try my all favorite Dahi chaat ??!! Yay ! so tried it finally and posted here for your views. You can also check my other Dahi Chaat versions HERE.


ALL YOU NEED:
Dhokla 6 Pieces
Red chilly powder Pinch
Tamarind Chutney 2 spoons
Coriander Leaf 1 1/2 spoon
Chopped Onion 2 spoons
Grated Carrot 1 1/2 spoon
Chaat Masala Pinch
Curd 3/4 cup
Sugar 1 spoon


METHOD:
     Take a wide bowl, arrange Dhokla cubes. Once done, add chopped onion, chopped tomato and pour the curd which is mixed with the sugar. Again pour the tamarind chutney on top of it. Once done, add grated carrot and chopped coriander leaf. On top of it add chilly powder and chaat masala. Make sure, you pour the curd just few minuted before you start serving. If you add long time before your serving time, all the added dahi and tamarind chutney gets absorbed by dhokla.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 21, 2015

Carrot Raitha

     Whenever i see this recipe in my cobloggers space, directly it will take me to my childhood days. Yes, during my schooling and college time, my mom use to prepare this time on all weekends, just as a free time muncher. Am a big big lover of this recipe especially to the added fried urad dhall. Yum ! literally mouthwatering here :P In this 6 years of my marriage life never tried this recipe at home. Suddenly this came to my mind last week and here comes for your views.


ALL YOU NEED:
Grated Carrot 1 cup
Thick Curd 3/4 cup
Salt To Taste

To Temper:
Green Chilly 1 No.
Urad Dhall 1 spoon
Mustard` 1/4 spoon
Oil 1 spoon


METHOD:
     Take a wide bowl, add grated carrot, thick curd and required salt. Stir well. If it is very thick add required water. I like to have it in thick consistency so, i didn't add water. Once done, heat a spoon of oil in a pan, add mustard, once it starts cracks, add urad dhall, when it turns golden brown, add chopped green chilly. If you like, can also add chopped coriander leaf in the oil. Let it get cool. Now, mix the tempered items with the curd. Give a stir. All Done !

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 14, 2015

Kalkandu/Sugar Candy Pongal

     Before going to today's recipe, i would like to wish all my friends, co-bloggers, viewers and family on this auspicious "Tamilnadu Thanksgiving day  to Sun god, Farmers and Family"
                                       "இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் "


     If this is Pongal festival, i would like to do a post related to this festival. Any guess ???!!! Yes, you guessed it right, obviously its a Pongal dish using "Sugar Candy or Kalkandu". Since i got a pack full of Sugar candy, i decided to empty it as soon as possible. When i was searching this i got a dish called "Kalkandu Rice". Suddenly flashed an idea and decided to make Kalkandu Pongal instead of Kalkandu rice. Now, its show time for your comments/feedback.

ALL YOU NEED:
Raw Rice 1 cup
Moong Dhall 1/4 cup
Sugar Candy/Kalkandu` 1 cup
Ghee 1/2 cup
Cashews 10 Nos.
Raisins 10 Nos.
Cardamom 2 Nos.
Salt Pinch
Milk 1/2 cup
Water 3 cups


METHOD:
     Soak raw rice and Moong dhall for 30 mins in water. Drain it. Now take pressure cooker, add soaked raw rice and moong dhall. Pour 1/2 cup of milk, 3 cups of water, a tsp of ghee and 1 broken cardamom (u can also add 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder, instead of whole one) Cook it for 4 whistles. Meantime, heat a pan with less than quater cup of water, when it boils, add a cup of sugar candy and cardamom again, and stir it until all the sugar candy melts. Put off the flame. Make sure you do this syrup in medium flame. Once the pressure gets released, mash it well. If you see the full grains, add warm milk to bring it to pongal consistency. Now pour the sugar syrup, keep stir well by adding ghee. Once done, add ghee fried, raisins and cashews. Mix well. All done, its serving time.

Note: If you feel, melting down the sugarcandy it cumbersome process, you can powder the sugar candy and start mixing with the boiled rice mixture.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 10, 2015

Pasta Briyani

     As i stated in my previous post. I can proudly say, am a "P A S T A" lover now :P From this post you can understand my recent craze towards Pasta. Yes, last week me tried an unbelievable dish using Pasta. Any guess ???!!! Yeah, its "B R I Y A N I" time using Pasta. OMG ! it was a super dooper hit for our dinner. Can't wait to share it with you all ! So, Here you go.....


ALL YOU NEED:
Pasta 1 cup
Chopped Onion 2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato 1 No.
Ginger Garlic Paste 1 spoon
Turmeric Powder Pinch
Coriander Leaf 1/2 cup
Mixed Veggies 1 cup
Green Chilly 2 Nos.
Cardomon 2 Nos.
Cinnamon 1/2 inch
Bay Leaf 1 No.
Mint Leaf 1/2 cup
Mustard 1 spoon
Cloves` 4 Nos.
Ghee 4 tsps
Salt To Taste

METHOD:
     Cook pasta (i used kids pasta) in hot water along with a spoon of olive oil and salt. Drain the excess water and set aside. Heat 4 tsps of ghee, add mustard, now add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf. Its time add green chilly and chopped onion, saute it by adding pinch of salt and tumeric powder. Once it becomes translucent, add ginger garlic paste, after 5 mins sauting, add coriander leaf, mint leaf, veggies and chopped tomato. Saute well until oil oozes out. Once the raw smell goes off and veggies are cooked, add cooked pasta, do a quick mix in medium flame. All done. Serve hot with raitha.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 6, 2015

Pasta in White Sauce

     Recently me become a crazy fan of paneer ad pasta dishes. So, started trying/googling new versions in it. In that way, its my long time thinking to try white sauce at home. During my early cooking days, thought "White Sauce" can be made only in star hotels. But now i can see many bloggers started using white sauce in their dishes, It forced me to try this at home finally.


ALL YOU NEED:
Pasta 1 cup
Italian Seasoning 1/2 tsp
Pepper Powder 1/2 tsp
Grated Cheese 1 tbsp
Veggies 1 cup
Butter 1 tbsp
Maida 2 tblsp
Milk 1 1/2 cup
Salt To Taste

METHOD:
     Cook pasta (i used kids pasta) in hot water along with a spoon of olive oil and salt. Drain the excess water and set aside. Heat a spoon of butter in a pan, add the veggies (used capsicum, beans and carrot), saute it by adding salt and pepper powder. Since i added beans, i kept in flame until it gets cooked. If you are using only capsicum and carrot, just sauting is enough. Once cooked, transfer it to a plate, Now in the same, melt another spoon of butter, now add maida, saute well until it reaches sand consistency. Now add milk slowly, keep stirring and make sure there should not be any lumps. When it reaches thick consistency, add pepper powder, italian seasoning and salt. Now its time to add sauted veggies and cheese. Stir well. Adjust with salt. All done.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 1, 2015

Mutton Varuval

     Before going to my post, i want to wish all my visitors and cobloggers a "VERY VERY HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEAR 2015". Hope this new year brings all your dreams comes true ! Now going to my post.....

     Actually Me and Mutton dishes are like "Dog and Cat", a very good enemies. Whereas my husband and Mutton dishes are like "Mom and son", a very good lovers. With this single liners, you can very well understand my situation. Yes, i somehow managed forced me to try this dish at home ONLY b'cos of husband. As am not a big lover of mutton dishes, i dont feel like trying complicated version so just ended up with basic recipe as ended my anecdote of this post ;)


ALL YOU NEED:
Mutton 1/2 kg
Chopped Onion 2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato 1 No.
Garam Masala Powder 1/2 spoon
Ginger Garlic Paste 1 spoon
Chilly Powder 3/4 spoon
Coriander Powder 1 spoon
Coriander Leaf To garnish
Cumin Powder 1/2 spoon
Green Chilly 1 No.
Fennel Seeds 1/2 spoon
Cumin Seeds 1/4 spoon
Cinnamon 1/2 inch
Cardomon 2 Nos.
Mustard 1/2 spoon
Cloves 5 Nos.
Salt To Taste
Oil 2 spoons

METHOD:
     Take cleaned and washed mutton in a wide bowl, add chilly powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, ginger garlic paste and salt. Mix well. Let it sit for 30 mins. Once done, heat spoon of oil in a cooker, add chopped onion and cinnamon, saute well, now add chopped tomato, once it half cooked, add the mutton, mix well with the onion mixture fro 3 mins. Now add a cup of water and close the cooker lid. Cook it for 15 whistles.

    Now heat another spoon of oil in a pan, add mustard, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, coves, cinnamon and pour the cooked mutton. Let it be in flame, until the excess water gets absorbed. When all the water gets absorbed, adjust with salt and add slited green chilly and curry leaf, saute it for 5 mins and as a final note, add coriander leaf and put off the flame.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬