Awards Time

February  was raining Awards @ Enveetu Kitchen!!!! I should apologize first for not able to acknowledge and post them as soon I received them. First it was me not feeling well, then it was my Kiddo, later got busy with Blogging Marathon,it was something or the other!!!!!

Thanks a ton to all my blogger friends, who visit me, take time to read my post, encourage me with their comments. It feels so good, to read comments, the moment i see one in my page, my face lights up like a CFL (energy-saving!!!) :) :)

The Foodie of Vegetarian Tastebuds, Krithika of Krithi’s Kitchen, have shared

 Meena of Chettinad thru Mina, Deepti of Panchamrutham have shared 

these Awards with me. Thank you Gals, I m so Delighted to get these awards, so sweet of you to remember me in your celebrations!!!!

Here is what we can do to share and keep the loop going
1. Thank and Link Back to the Blogger Who Awarded You With The Award
2. Share 7 Things About Yourself
3. Award 15 Recently Discovered Great Blogger
4. Contact The Bloggers and Inform Them of The Award

7 things about me

First, 7 things about me!!!

1. I Talk a lot!!!!! yes, i m not that good in Writing!!!! but can talk for hours!!! Partly, bcoz of my profession too!!!! 
2. Teaching Is my First Love!!!! I Love my Profession (though not working currently), definitely brings loads of satisfaction and lotzzz of confidence in me!!!!
3. Quiet a Boss!!! Can get things done!!! My Last employer, used this well, made me the Event Organizer of the Department
4.  Love Music, Ilayaraja is my Favorite
5. Loves to Read!!! Anything is Welcome!!!
6.  Emotional, at times!!!!
7. Loves Window Shopping!!!! Love Chennai Pondy Bazaar and Ranganathan Street!!!!

Now comes the toughest part of Sharing these Awards with some of my  blogger friends, i would love to share them with every one of you, out there supporting me!!!! Since, it says i should name recently discovered Blogger friends, so, here i go & name them!!!!

Reva of Kaarasaaram

Veena Krishnakumar

Smitha joga Smithaspicy flavors

Gayathri of Gayathri Cookspot

Srividhya Balaji of Appetizing Recipes

Rekha of Plantain Leaf

Archana of Mad Scientist Kitchen

shanavi of Kitchen Secrets

Harini of tamalapaku

Rujuta of World According to Rujuta

Priya Mahadevan of Priya is now Serving

Akila of Akila's Kitchen

Suja of Kitchen Corner

Aloo Paratha

Parathas are the tastiest Punjabi food that I always like to eat. Especially aloo paratha is my favorite. I usually make this for dinner or a heavy brunch during the weekends.

Ingredients:

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For Potato Filling:

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3 medium size Red Skin Potatoes

1 Green Chili chopped

1/4 inch Ginger grated

1/4 cup Cilantro chopped

1/4 tsp Chili powder

1/4 tsp Cumin powder

1/2 tsp Amchur/Dry Mango powder (if you don't have amchur powder you can use 1/2 tsp Lemon Juice)

1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder

Salt to taste

Dough:

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2 1/2 cups Chapati Flour/Atta

1 tsp Oil

Water as needed (probably you will need 2 cups)

Salt to taste

1/2 stick Butter as needed

Method:

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1. Boil the potatoes in a pressure cooker with water for 3 whistles. Allow it to cool. Remove the pressure and peel the skin off the potatoes and mash the potatoes and make sure you don't have lumps. If you are not sure how to mash it, you can use a grater to grate it.

2. In a bowl add all the filling ingredients including the potatoes and mix well and keep aside.

3. In a bowl add Atta, oil and salt and mix well. Now add around 1 3/4 cup of water and knead the dough. Add more water if needed to make a soft dough. (it should be little sticky). Apply oil and let it rest for about 10 mins.

4. Meanwhile heat the tava on the stove.

5. Make a big lemon size ball of the dough and flaten it with hand on the corners.

6. Stuff about 2 tbsp of the potato filling and completely cover/seal with the dough and make a ball again.

7. Gently press down to a flat round shape with hands and dip in flour as needed and with a roller pin roll it gently to a chapati shape without applying any pressure.

8. When the tava is hot place the paratha on the stove and cook if for a min or until the dough turns pale on the upper side.

9. Flip it to other side and cook until brown spots appear, flip again and apply butter over the top and flip again quickly and apply butter to the second side and serve hot with masala yogurt and pickle.

Tomato Chopps / Tomato Curry | Indian Curry Recipes

Tomato chops is a easy and delicious curry with a tangy-sweetness from tomatoes and a mild heat from the masala. It is perfect for rice and roti alike and also a creamy spread for breads. It was the one traditional curry made in my home and when we were kids we used to call this as chapeese (kiddie language transformation). This is a simple preparation which gets ready in under 30 mins.