About Me

Hey all

I m Priya Srinivasan, i live in Sharjah, UAE.

I m a Teacher/Lecturer by Profession, but at present i stay @home to look after my 3 year old Energy bundle named Narasimhan.

Teaching is my passion. Hope to join work soon after my kid starts his school.

Cooking is another art which i love. I m a Happy Person in the Kitchen.

I Believe there is no hard and fast rules in cooking.

U can add little bit of ur imagination too.

Talking about my Favourites, I love Music, i m a great fan of Ilayaraja. I love to hear others too, any good music, i jus love it.

Before marriage i didnt have any big interest in movies. Jus love watching hindi/english movies with my college friends.

Its my husband who introduced me to good movies. Some of them are Erin Brockovich, America's Sweetheart, Mamma mia, Devil Wears Prada, Notting Hill, Pretty Woman, Monalisa Smile, Roman Holiday, Sound of Music Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mr. & Mrs. Iyer, 15 Park Avenue, Manichitrathazh, Bharatham, Swathi Nakshthram, Mani Rathnam movies, Balachander movies......

Now-a-days i m watching BEE MOVIE thrice a day, oh yeah, my son watches it everyday!!!! now i started remembering all the dialoges, v can jus mute the volume and go dubbing. :)

Sweet Potato Fry

My hubby love all the Kizangu varieties (Tuberous plants). Sweet potatoes, in my home, we normally pressure cook them with little salt. eat them as such (ofcourse we peel the skin). we love it. My chithi(mom's sister), used to make it often for us. After coming to my in-law's place i learned how to make podimass with it.This Sweet Potato fry was tried just like that to see whether it tastes great like the normal potato fry. And know what?  it did, really did. Try it for yourself.

Ingredients

Sweet Potatoes - 3 to 4 Medium sized.

Chilli powder - 1 tbsp (u can increase this, if u want it more spicy!!!!!!)

Salt to taste

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Tempering

Canola oil - 2 tbsp

mustard seeds - 1 tsp

chana dal - 1 1/2 tsp

hing - a pinch

curry leaves

Method

• Cook Sweet potatoes in a pan of water till fork tender. When the water starts boiling, Switch it off and Keep the vessel closed for 10 minutes. This way you will get fork tender Sweet Potatoes.Drain the excess water,
• Heat oil in a Non-stick pan, splutter mustard seeds, add chana dal, hing, turmeric, curry leaves.Saute till chana dal turns brown.
• Add cooked sweet potatoes and saute.

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• Add Red chili powder and Salt and mix well. Cook in slow flame, till potatoes are roasted.
• Do not Mix the potatoes often, this might make them mushy. Instead try giving a stir by tossing the pan.
• Serve Warm  with any Kalandha saadam (Mixed Rice), it tastes great.

Sending this recipe to Lakshmi Venkatesh's Think Spice - Think Red Chillies Event and Sunita's World Think Spice Event and to  Srivalli's Spice your life - Kids Delight Event

Condensed Milk Rava Kesari

It was Moolam Nakshatram yesterday, Saraswathi Aavaganam (Saraswathi pooja starts fm this day). Planned to do Rava Kesari and Muparuppu Vadai. I have always tried rava kesari with sugar, thought of using Condensed milk this time.

The Kesari came out great. My son Naras  who normally doesnt like anything swwweeett actually had a small cup of kesari. I have successfully passed in this  :)  :)

Sending this post to SriValli's Kids Delight

Ingredients

Semolina/Sooji/Rava - 3/4 cup

Condensed milk - 1/2 tin (400gms full tin)

milk - 1/2 cup

water - 1 cup

Ghee - 4-5 tbsp

yellow color - a pinch

Garnishing

Roasted Cashew nuts &; Raisins

Method

Take a deep-pan Roast semolina in ghee till it changes color(turns golden brown, watch and dont turn it black!!!!!!!!!!). Keep the flame low,  Add Milk and water,  add yellow color and rava allow the mixture to boil,and let rava get cooked, add milkmaid. Stir Occassionally, add ghee. When the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan, take it off the flame.

Garnish with cashew nuts and raisins.

Update

My Son doesnt like anything which taste more Sweet!!! (Opp. to my in-laws, they jus love to have a Sweet dish even every day!!!!) so i have made the Kesari mild in sweet. if you want more sweet, pls increase the amount of condensed milk

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