Thanks to
Marx Foods for the palm leaf plates. I haven't seen anything like this around here, until I find this in Marx food website. I love these plates! They are made of palm leaves from forest floor, hand-stretched, flattened and heat-pressed in to different shapes. They look Authentic too.
I remember having the food served on those plates when I was in India :) these plates are extremely
earth friendly for the below reasons, more than that they look pretty cool and won't get soggy unless soaked.
Its very light, extremely durable, bio-degradable and compostable. They are made of a leaf. No trees are cut, leaves are harvested from the Forest floor :) isn't Awesome?
My DH friends are coming to Detroit from India tonight...and I'm hosting a dinner party! as you know its an Indian tradition to serve food on a banana leaf :) umm.. I'm thinking of serving it on a Palm Leaf plates.
Have you seen these plates or used them before?
Friday, May 14, 2010 |
Category:
Go Green,
Palm plates
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I love this Smoothie! It was so rich and creamy. I got a bunch of berries and avocado's from farmers market this weekend, All I could think of, is mixing them together! and the combo worked really well.
Adding berries gave extra taste to the creamy smoothie.
Ingredients:
Avocado - 2
Berries- 3
Milk- 1/2 cup
Honey- 1tbsp
Preparation:
Blend the avocado chunks, honey, milk and ice cubes together in a blender.
Before serving add the chopped berries.
Enjoy the rich and creamy smoothie.. Yummy.
Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
Category:
Avocado,
Milk Shake
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Moringa oleifera or Drumstick tree. Drumstick leaves has unique taste, flavor and very nutritious. It does not require much effort to cook, other than removing those tiny leaves from its stems. A simple saute will taste awesome! This is used as a holistic medicine for diabetes. It's also an excellent source of
Vit A, C, iron and calcium.
I was so happy to get this fresh in local store.
Ingredients:
Drumstick leaves - 2 cups
Oil- 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds- 1tsp
Urad Dal - 1tsp
Salt
Pepper
Preparation:
Heat the oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds and
urad dal.
Mix the leaves and give it a stir. If needed add a 1tbsp of water.
Add salt and pepper, cover and cook for 5
mins.
Serve as a side for any rice dish or just as a salad
I planned to serve this as a side for my main dish, but, the aroma was so tempting and... I ended up having it as a salad!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
Category:
Drumstick leaves,
Sauteed
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This cake is for my Friend : Happy Birthday to
Sumo and Advanced Happy Mothers day to all readers!
Thanks to B
etty crocker recipe! This devilish chocolate cake is super simple and sinfully
yumm with a rich and creamy milk chocolate frosting from Betty
crocker. I never did frosting on my cakes before, the ready made frosting from Betty looks delicious and simple to give a try.
Added one ripen banana to the cake flour and it turned out super soft and fluffy! not sure if I like my cake to be that soft! but the chocolate frosting made this cake to be in my 'W.A.N.T.E.D' list.
Topped it with pecans and white chocolate chips to make this more ...guilty!
Please let me know if you have any easy, no-messy frosting recipe, I would love to give a try.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010 |
Category: |
Super simple, delicious and flavorful cake. You can add any flavored coffee if you want, I prefer original taste.
Ingredients:
Flour - 2 cups
Granulates Sugar - 1 cup
Baking Soda - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 pinch
Large Eggs - 2
Banana Mashed - 1/2 cup
Brewed Coffee (cold) - 3tbsp
Melted Butter- 1/2 stick
Milk- 1/4 cup
Chopped pecans- 1/4cup
Preparation:
Pre-heat the oven to 345F.
Mix the Banana, melted butter, milk, eggs, and coffee.
Slowly shift the flour, salt and baking soda altogether in to the wet mixture.
Gently fold the chopped Pecans in the mixture.
Pour the mixture in a greased cake pan and bake for 45 mins or the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let it cool for 10 mins before slicing.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
Category:
Banana Cake,
Coffee Cake,
Loaf
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Paniyaram is made of rice-lentil batter or idli batter
using the mold. One of the famous traditional South-Indian breakfast item, with sweet and spicy version.
I made the Spicy one by adding onion, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ginger, chilies and curry leaves. Below pic is the traditional utensil, which is used to prepare
Paniyaram.
Ingredients:
Idli batter - 2 cups
Mustard seeds - 1tsp
Cumin Seeds- 1tsp
Onions chopped - 3 tbsp
Red or green chilies- 2 count
Ginger grated - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Preparation:
Heat a tsp of oil in a pan; add mustard seeds, cumin seeds.
Add the chilies, onion and curry leaves. Fry till the onion turns golden brown. Let it cool.
Mix the fried onion mixture in to the Batter, add salt and mix well without adding water. Batter has to be in pancake mixture consistency.
Heat the
Paniyaram utensil at low-medium heat, add a drop of butter or oil in each holes. Pour a spoon full of batter in to it, let it cook for 2 minutes.
Use chopstick or metal skewer to push one side of the
Paniyaram, this will make the
Paniyaram to turn upside down. Cook 1-2 mins or till its cooked.
Serve Warm with any type of Chutney.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 |
Category:
Breakfast,
Paniyaram
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