Instant Rava Dosai and Instant Oats Drink - Blogging Marathon #10

I m really happy to be part of this Blogging Marathon Again. I was around till BM #6, after that Vacations and stuff it took me some time to settle down. Hats off to Srivalli for putting in so much of effort to make this Big Success!!!! This Time for the BM i have taken up the Theme : Cooking from a Ready Mix. Till Date, the  ready-mix item i have used would be Gulab Jamun Mix, Dosa Batter and Noodles. So, Lets get down and check out Instant Food availabe in the market and see how good are they!!!

I have planned to Cover Ready Mix for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, Sweets and Chat. So For the Day 1 of the Blogging Marathon, I tried Gits Instant Rava Dosai and Tiger Brands Instant Oats.

Ingredients

Gits Instant Rava Dosa Mix

520 ml Water

Method

Even though the package contains the necessary instructions, i m giving it again. 

• Cut open the Pack and take the given powder/mix into a Wide Bowl. 
• Stir in 520ml of Water, about  1 and less than 1/4 Cup of Water.  Mix Well, without any lumps and let the batter sit for 10 minutes.
• Heat a Tawa, Spread 2 drops of oil on it, Wipe it well with a tissue. Take a Laddle of batter and pour it from inside to outside rapidly. The batter sets in fast, and you can see small holes appear on top of the dosa. 

• Drizzle some gingely oil around and let it cook for  a minute. when  the sides are brown, flip it gently to the other side and Cook until crisp.
• Repeat the same procedure for the remaining batter. You will get approximately 8-10 Dosa's.
• Serve hot with Chutney of your Choice.

Instant Oats 

Yeah, Oats itself is instant cooking, then what is this instant oats???? This Comes with all the Garnishing!!! Jungle Oatso Easy, Apple and Cinnamon Flavor. Was it Delicious??? Oh yeah, it was, the Smell of Cinnamon and taste of Apple it was really Good!!!!

Ingredients

1 Packet of Jungle Oatso Easy

100ml Milk(optional)

100ml Water 

2 tsp of Sugar (optional)

Method

• Boil Milk and Water Together. 
• Empty the Oats into a Bowl and Stir in the Milk-water mixture. Mix Well.

• Let it sit for 2 minutes. Add Sugar and Mix Well. 
• Garnish with a sprinkle of Cinnamon and some nuts (purely optional) 
• Enjoy your Healthy Cup!!!

Loved both the Instant Mix. I was really happy to see the Rava Dosai come so well. Definitely will go for it, when i really dont have the time and energy to make from the scratch.  The Oats Mix was also very good. The plus about this is, you can have it on the go, carry it in your Bag and Stir it @ Office, All you need is a Cup and Hot Water!!!

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#10

Lemon Curd

If you are person who likes citrus flavor, then you might also like this lemon curd. It is a rich, creamy, velvety and shining thick sauce made with lemons, eggs and sugar.



A week before, I got a weight watchers cook smart baking book from a local library and inspired by lemon curd sponges recipe from it. Instead of going for a store bought lemon curd, I searched on the web and got a simple recipe from joy of baking.



It took only 15 minutes for me to prepare this classic Britain recipe and I loved it, prepared the lemon curd sponges and enjoyed the remaining lemon curd with bread toast.



Basic Information:

Preparation Time: < 10minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Makes: 1 cup

Ingredients:



Large eggs - 2 nos

Granulated sugar - 1/2 cup

Fresh lemon juice -  1/4 cup (Juice from 1 and 1/2 lemons)

Unsalted butter - 2 tablespoons

Lemon zest - from one lemon/ a teaspoon



Method:



1) Bring all the ingredients to room temperature.

2) In a steel bowl, add eggs, sugar and lemon juice and whisk well.

  

 

  

3) Using a double boiler method(Simmer a saucepan of water on stove and place the steel bowl above of it), heat the mixture and keep stirring to avoid curdling of egg till you get a thick sauce. It will take about 10 minutes.

4) When it became thick, remove from heat and add butter and lemon zest. Keep stirring till the butter melts.

5) Take a cling wrap and cover the lemon curd in such a way that the wrap should touch the surface of the lemon curd. It will avoid the skin forming on the top.

6) Allow it to cool. It will become thicker when it cools down.

7) Store in a air tight container and keep in refrigerator for a week.

Stay tuned for the lemon curd sponges. :-)

Vegetable Puffs & Egg Puffs

To begin with, sorry for the sudden absence from this space. I am so elated by the considerate inquiries from my blog buddies. It was totally an unplanned break but things are fine at my end. Thank you very much everyone for your love!
Do you remember the after-school snacks you had in your childhood. Ah! those are cherished memories aren't they? Well, anything involving food is a cherished