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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 | Category: | 0 Foodies Review

Okra Curry
It's been a while since I made Okra curry, so I thought of making it for today's lunch.

Ingredients:
Okra chopped - 2 cups
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Green chillies - 1
Garlic - 5
Red chilly powder- tbsp
Coriander powder- 1 tbsp
Cumin powder- 1 tbsp
Garam masala - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder- 1tsp
Curry leaves- 5
Tamarind Paste- 1tbsp
Cilantro - bunch

Preparation:
Heat oil in a pan, add green chillies, chopped garlic, curry leaves, onion and fry till onion turns golden brown.
Mix the chopped tomato, and salt. let it cook for 2 mins.
Add the spices and chopped okra. Mix gently to coat the okra in all the spices.
Add some water if its too thick, and tamarind paste. Let it Cook for 10 mins.
Garnish with cilantro and serve with rice :)
Monday, October 27, 2008 | Category: | 2 Foodies Review

Vegetable Pattie
This vegetable Pattie is very simple and can be made in 25 mins with any sort of vegetables :)) In India, it's called as Vegetable Cutlet. It can be taken as a snack or as a breakfast with burger buns. I just love this with ketchup.
Ingredients:
Fresh bread slices - 2
Egg - 1 (optional)
Milk or Water- 1 tbsp
Boiled Vegetable - 2 cups (I used potatoes, peas, beans)
Cumin - 1tsp
Red Chilly powder - 1 tsp
salt
Ginger garlic paste - 1tbsp
turmeric powder - 1tsp
Fennel seeds- 1 tsp (optional)
Garam masala - 1 tbsp
Pepper powder - 1tsp

Preparation:
Mix the fresh bread pieces with egg and milk or water. Let it soak for few mins and mash it in to paste.
Add the spices(cumin, fennel seeds, red chilly, turmeric,salt,pepper powder,garam masala, ginger garlic paste) in to the boiled vegetables.
Mash it well.
Mix the mashed vegetables and mashed breads together well.
Take a spoonful and place it in hot skillet greased with oil.
After a minute turn around to other side, heat till it turns just golden yellow.

AND.... the hot patties/cutlets are ready to eat. Enjoy with Ketchup.
Saturday, October 25, 2008 | Category: | 1 Foodies Review

Chopped Onion Fry
A very quick snack to munch :)

Ingredients:
Chopped onion - 2 cups
Gram flour (Chickpea flour) - 1/2 cup
red chilly powder - 1/2 tbsp
Salt
Dry Fenugreek - 1 tsp
Cumin - 1 tbsp
Water
oil - to deep fry

Method:
Mix all the dry ingredients and bind well using little water. If it gets too water add little more flour.
Heat oil in frying pan, add a spoon full and fry till it turns golden brown.

Serve with tomato ketchup or hot salsa :)
Friday, October 24, 2008 | Category: | 1 Foodies Review

Garbanzo Curry (Chenna Curry)
This curry can be prepared using Garbanzo, Black eye or any type of beans you like. It is a very tasty and wide known curry in india, Perfect combo for any indian bread. You can also use the canned one instead dry(dry requires 7 hrs soaking). I prepared this curry using the mix of garbanzo and black eye peas.

Ingredients:
Dry Garbanzo - 2 cups
Dry Black eye peas - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 big size
Tomato - 1 medium
Red chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds- 1 tbsp
Pepper corns - 1 tbsp
Ginger - 1 " inch
Turmeric - 1 tbsp
Garam masala- 1 tbsp
Dry Fenugreek leaves- 1 tbsp(optional)
Thyme - 1 tsp(optional)
Tamarind paste - 1tbsp
Salt.
Oil

Preparation:
Soak the garbanzo and black eye peas in water for 7 hours. Cook them in 1 cup water, salt and turmeric. Keep aside.
Take one hand full of cooked beans, ginger, cumin, pepper corns, garam masala,tomato,chilly powder and ground to fine paste.
Heat oil in pan, add the chopped onion and fry to golden brown, add the ground paste and let in cook in medium heat till the raw smell fades.
Add the cooked beans in to the gravy and add water if its too thick, dry fenugreek, thyme,1 tbsp of tamarind paste and cook in low heat for 5 mins.
Serve hot with Indian bread.

Note: Before serving the curry add a tea spoon of lemon juice. It enhances the taste.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | Category: | 2 Foodies Review

Cinnamon Rolls (Kanelbulle)
Cinnamon is the very first dessert I have tasted in US, and its my no.1 favorite dessert too.
It tastes best when it served warm with a loads of cream cheese frosting.. I love 'em... Cinnamon bun is originated in Sweden and named as Kanelbulle(meaning - 'Cinnamon bun') Sweden celebrates October 4th as a cinnamon bun day.
I made the cinnamon rolls using the ready mix from a leading brand, it turned out really well. I also kept only half hour waiting time for the dough to rise.

Base Ingredients:
1/2 cup Luke warm water, 1 egg, 2 cups dough mix (contains the mix of 2 cups flour and 1/8th sugar and pinch of salt), 1 tbsp active yeast.
Extra spoon of all purpose flour for kneading.
Blend egg and water , add the dough mix and yeast till it forms a dough. Use flour for kneading and to remove stickiness from hand.

Cinnamon Topping Ingredients :
1 cup brown sugar, 1 tbsp cinnamon powder, pinch salt, 2 tbs unsalted butter.

Preparation:
kneading is the key to get soft cinnamon rolls. Knead well till it gets non sticky in hands,
transfer the dough to lightly floured surface and roll out the kneaded dough to a rectangle.
Spread 2tbsp butter and sprinkle generously the cinnamon topping on the surface, Roll up the rectangle dough in to a tight cylinder and cut in to small slices and place in a greased pan with distant from one another. Cover with foil and let it stand for 30 mins to rise. Pre-heat the oven to 400F and cook for 17 mins.
Remove from oven and coat with cream cheese frosting or with plain icing,
Cream cheese Icing Ingredients:
1/4 cup cream cheese, 3 tbsp milk, 11/2 cups white-powder sugar.
Serve warm with a hot cup of coffee :) .. Yummm Enjoy!!
Sunday, October 19, 2008 | Category: | 2 Foodies Review