Friday, February 11, 2011

Colorfull Birthday Cake for Cherrish Quinn

Happy Birthday, Cherrish


Ini orderan dari Mom's nya Cherrish, Angela. Duh Angela ini cantik deh, Cherrish nya jg imutt,lucu..gemesin deh.


Hitungannya orderan dadakan yang tadinya mau ditolak tp di selipin di pesanan laen soalnya mepet bgt waktunya. Padahal Angel uda nanya da lama..


Mommy Angel bilang pengen warnanya rame deh, ceria, colorfull. Ada boneka Winnie the pooh kesukaan nya Cherrish. ada hello kitty and tiger.






Comment nya : Ren thank you ya..sesuai sama request. Design nya OK.Anak gue ampe nunjuk2 terus dia kira itu boneka asli kali..hahahaha.


Makasih ya Bu...sering-sering pesen yakk..hehehehhe

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Paruppu Boli With Chana dal and Sugar filling

During my childhood days, I knew only Uppittu. Back then, this made it appearance very few times in a year.  Being in a joint family, each one had access to a limited supply of these delicacy. Later, attending weddings in Chennai, introduced Boli/Poli to me. Needless to say, was hooked to those soft bolis. I started pestering amma to learn. Amma learnt it from my aunt in Chennai and thus I could enjoy them at home too. And blogging has introduced me to umpteen varieties of bolis. Post marriage, I came to know that this is a masterpiece of my MIL and I am sharing her recipe here and I have been following the same. Earlier I had posted a boli with a different filling. Here its the traditional version.





You need

For the filling
  • Chana dal/Kadala paruppu - 1 cup
  • Sugar - 1 cup
  • Cardamom powder - 1/2 tspn
  • Ghee - 1 tblspn

For the dough
  • Maida/All purpose flour - 2 cup
  • Butter/Oil - 1 tblspn
  • Turmeric - a pinch
  • Water to knead
  •  Oil or ghee to roast the boli
  •  Powdered sugar - 1/2 cup (Optional)

Method


 Mix maida, butter and turmeric in a bowl. Make sure the butter coats all the flour and this will ensure soft boli. Add water little by little and knead to get a soft dough. The dough should be firm too. Leave the dough for atleast an hour .

Pressure cook chana dal with enough water till it is soft. Drain and mash the dal. Grind the dal along with the ,sugar in a mixer grinder to get a soft paste. There should not be any granules of dal, since it will make it difficult while rolling later.

Heat a kadai. Add a teaspoon of ghee. Tip in the ground dal paste. Keep stirring till it turns dry and it should be soft too. Don't cook long, that it turns hard and lumpy.

Pinch a lemon sized dough. Roll it to 2 inch size. Keep a tablespoon of the filling. Fold the edges and cover the filling. Keep the filled edges facing down and dust it with the flour and roll like a chappathi.

Heat a tawa. When it is medium hot, place the rolled boli and cook both sides till you can see brown specs. Drizzle little oil or ghee along the edges while cooking. Remove from tawa and sprinkle little powdered sugar and fold. Enjoy munching the sweet and soft bolis. It has a shelf life of 3 days.
 
 
  

 
 
 

Cheesy Peas Quesidillas

Its the Second day of the Mini-Marathon and i m racing against time to finish my post!!! i m totally down with Cold and Throat Infection. Have some guests for Dinner, but still trying to finish this post. Quesidilla is actually a Mexican Food, made primarily of Cheese, folded in a Tortilla!!!! We can Vary the stuffing inside and make quite a lot of Varieties. The Original Recipe is from Tarla Dalal's Fun Food for Children, I have modified the stuffing a bit according to my Kid's taste.
Ingredients
1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 Cup Plain Flour
2 tsp oil
Salt to taste

To be Mixed into a Filling
1/4 Cup Peas, Cooked
1/4 Cup Shredded Mozarella Cheese
Salt and Pepper to Taste

Method
Take Wheat flour, Plain flour in a large bowl, add Salt and oil and make a soft dough adding enough water. Knead the dough well. Divide into 6 portions.  Roll out into thin rounds and cook lightly on a tava and Keep aside.
Mix everything given under "Filling" in a separate bowl. Divide the filling into 3 equal portions.  Spread one portion of the filling on a tortilla. Cover with another tortilla  and Cook on a Tava using little butter on each side until golden brown in Colour.  Serve Hot with Tomato Ketchup.
Note: The Original Recipe Called for Chilli Sauce in the Filling, Since i m making it for my Kid, i have used Pepper. And also it was Baked Beans in the Original recipe, i didnt have any beans handy, so i replaced it with Peas. Go ahead, be Creative, change the filling and Surprise your kid!!!!
Sending this to MLLA-32 hosted by Sandhya's Kitchen, Event by Susan