Friday, October 22, 2010

Chef in you - T&T Special

This Month Tried and Tested Event hosted by Priya features DK's Chef in you. T&T Event Originally stared by Zlamushka, and now taken over by Ms. Lakshmi Venkatesh of Kitchen Chronicles. DK's blog doesnt need an introduction, she has got an amazing space, with a huge collection of mouth-watering, Challenging Recipes, explained step-by-step with pictures and not to forget her amazing writing skills!!!! Love reading her post!!!

I recently tried her Raita recipes Bread Raita and Mint Raita

 Both the recipes were damn easy to make and the taste was great. A Wonderful recipe to try and break out from the routine Veggie Raita's!!!! 



Thursday, October 21, 2010

BRINJAL PIRATTAL

I have learnt this recipe from a close friend of mine.
This is one of the finest recipes of Brinjal dishes. This suits well with Sambar, mor kuzhambu and mutton kuzhambu also.


கத்தரிக்காய் பிரட்டல்:

Ingredients:

Tender brinjals-8
Turmeric powder- half sp
Chilli powder- 2 tsp
Ground tomato- half cup
Gingelly oil- 4 tbsp
Salt to taste
Chopped coriander- 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Curry leaves- a few
Chopped coriander- 2 tbsp


Grind the following to a coarse paste:

Shredded coconut- 1 tbsp, ripe tomato- half cup, small onion-8, garlic flakes-6, fennel seeds- half sp, curryleaves-15

Procedure:

Cut each brinjal into four pieces lengthwise.
Add the chilli powder, turmeric, salt and the ground paste to it and mix well.
Heat a kadai and pour the oil.
Add the ground tomatoes with the greens and fry them on slow fire until the oil floats on surface.
Add the brinjals and cook them on medium fire until they are done.
The tasty brinjal pirattal is ready now to serve!!



Mango & Fig Milkshake



I started off with Mango milkshake and I remembered I had some tasty, juicy figs that I bought from a market. So that's how I came up with Mango-Fig Milkshake. It tastes awesome.

Ingredients:
Mango - 1 chopped
Dried Figs - 3
Sugar - 2 spoons (optional)
Cold Milk - 1 and a half cups
Cardamom - a pinch

Method:
Blend all the ingredients together to a smooth and creamy mixture and enjoy!