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AM Tagged!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Meme)

Hooray!!! Hooray!!! Am tagged by Mythreyee for the Meme..........Am soooo thankful to her... i will sure post the meme as soon as possible...am very busy these days and so cant post regularly!!!

Thanks Mythreyee for Tagging me in this Meme - Three things.


THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME:

1. Darkness
2. Horror Movies
3. rides

THREE PEOPLE WHO MAKE ME LAUGH:

1. Telugu actor Rajendraprasad`s comedy
2. Jhonylever comedy
3. Bean comedy

THREE THINGS I LOVE:

1. Nature
2. My Family!!! softtoys
3. Baby`s smile,walk,sleep

THREE THINGS I HATE:

1. cunning thoughts
2. Over dominating
3. Wars and Strikes

THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND

1. Why i cant stick to single decision
2. Why Japanese made their language soooooooo complicated!!!
3. History!!! am very poor in social studies :(

THREE THINGS ON MY DESK

1. Laptop
2. mobile camera
3. water bottle

THREE THINGS I AM DOING RIGHT NOW:

1. TYPING
2. Shivering(its vry cold here)
3. eating pumpkin seeds;)

THREE THINGS WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE:

1. Visit Paris!!!!!!
2. make theertha yatra
3. do some good things (help the poor,donating blood.....)

THREE THINGS I CAN DO:

1. Can Cook
2. Can entertain
3. Can imitate good things

THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO:

1. Shobharaj,Vani jayaram voice
2. Shubha mudgal voice....
3. Any indian instrumnetal

THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER LISTEN TO:

1. Overreacting dialogues
2. Discouraging Words
3. Superstitions

THREE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN

1. stick to my own decisions
2. more cuisines
3. craft work

THREE FAVORITE FOODS

1. alu fry
2. veg fried rice
3. Besan Laddoo

THREE BEVERAGES I DRINK A LOT

1. Orange Juice
2. Water
3. Diet coke

THREE FAVORITE BOOK/TV SHOW I READ/WATCH AS A KID

1. chandamama stories
2. Dennis
3. Tom & Jerry and Donald Duck


Three blogger friends am tagging:

1. Vaishali Kamath of "Happy Burp"
2. Bhargavi of "Cool Pepper"
3. Pavani of "Cook`s Hideout"

MY NEW YEAR CHOCLATE CAKE

Chocolate cake

I wish all my fellow bloggers a very Happy New Year

Well we had a small get together for the new year party ...and i made this moist Choclate Cake .I got this recipe from Priya of daily girl blog..A very very big thnx to Priya.I made a little change of baking this cake in a COOKER!!! yes ...and am proud to say that am successful in making a moist choclate cake (Eggless,Butterless).It took 40 minutes to bake and believe me its really Tasty!!!

you can get the original recipe details here:
http://dailygirlblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/moist-chocolate-cake.html

Preparing Cake in a Cooker:

Take the prepared batter in a steel bowl.heat the cooker pan and put the cooker stand (usually we get tht with cooker ).Put the batter bowl on the stand .Close the lid .Sim the flame and wait for 30-35 minutes.**Should not open the lid and should not put the whistle**
Enjoy Cooking!!!:)
I tried from this site:
http://www.webindia123.com/cookery/cakes/hints.htm

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Merry Christmas!!!

Really amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing Pool Shot - video powered by Metacafe

chapati with peanut capsicum

Ingredients:
Capsicum/green bell pepper - 6-7(cut into small pieces)
onion - 1 (finely chopped)
peanuts - 1/2cup
sesame seeds -1/2 cup
shredded coconut - 1/4 cup
turmeric - pinch
chilli powder - 2 tbsp
coriander powder - 2tbsp
salt as required
oil - 2 tbsp
Method:
Heat oil ,add onion and fry till transparent .Add capsicum and fry till soft and take out ,in the meanwhile grind peanuts,sesame seeds,coconut to a fine paste .add some water if necessary .heat oil add the paste and fry till the oil leaves the edges.add turmeric,chill powder,coriander powder .fry for a minute add the fried capsicum pieces and salt and cook for 5 minutes and turnoff the stove.Can enjoy with chapati and rice.

Palakova

Palakova is a wonderful and a traditional rich sweet which is made up of milk , sugar and ghee ...
The ingredients seems to be simple ...but we have to work hard ...should keep on stirring stirring stirring.............................till it forms a thick solid kinda structure...anywayz chk out my version of kova...

Boil 2 litres of milk .keep stirring so tht no top layers r formed ..when the milk becomes half(it takes 1hr)add 1 cup sugar and keep on stirring till u find bubbles Nowadd 4tbsp of ghee and stir till u get soft solid lk structure....turn off the stove .

Grease plate with ghee and spread the kova on plate.make ur
desired shape when warm or u can store in the solid form .

Enjoy with some pakoda ...tastes gr8 as a evening snack:)

incredible machine - #SONIC FOREVER

incredible machine,un believable video made in japan ......

murukku

Ingredients:

rice flour - 3 cups
ajwain(vomu)/jeera - 1 tsp
salt - as required
green chilles - 3
water to make dough
murukku press
oil for frying..

method:
Heat oil , grind the green chillies with 1 cup of water..filter the water .Use this water to make the dough.Mix rice flour,ajwain,salt .make dough with the help of chilli water.Seive for 10 mins so the the dough is mixed properly...now take murukku press ,fill handfull of dough and press in shape of circles on a plate.deep fry these circles ,cool them and store in air tight containers...

**u can add chilli powder instead of green chillies.

Besan laddoo

Ingredients:
besan (gram flour) - 2 cups
sugar - 1 cup
ghee - 1/4 cup
elachi powder - 1 tsp
nuts to decorate

Heat ghee and fry besan till we get a nice aroma then add sugar and fry for few more minutes (3-4 min).Turn off the stove .Make laddoos when it is warm and decorate with ur favourite nuts.
u will get approx. 15 laddoos of small size.

This is the easiest laddoo ,it can be made very quickly and has a rich taste.

Scenic beauty

Hello Friends!!!
I have created a blog for presenting all the sceneries of Japan and many other places....So please do visit my site and enjoy the pleasant,beautiful and eye catching sceneries.

http://scenicbeauty.blogspot.com/

Samosa!!!

Yummy Samosa with ketchup.

Samosa stuffed with alumasala ...ready to fry.

Alu masala...Stuffing

I love samosa`s and they need no introduction....but when came abroad i missed alot not only samosa`s but all the sweets,chats all the junk foods ...And so i tried samosa`s at home and tht was a big disaster!!!!So while i was searching all my favourite blogs i found the samosa recipe from Manpasand blog...i just followed her recipe blindly and to all my surprise it was a Blockbuster hit...me and my husband loved them alot ...

U can find the original recipe at http://manpasand.blogspot.com/2006/09/samosa.html

SuperfastPoha Laddoo

1 cup poha(beaten rice),1/2 cup jaggery grated ,1/2 cup coconut shredded

Grind poha,jaggery,cocount to fine powder.

Make laddoos of ur desired size.It`s done!!!!

Sorry!!!

Sorry all...

i haven`t posted any recipes from the past 15 days as i was busy in preparing for my exam...Now in the next coming week am gonna rock u with yummy delicious and nutritious dishes.....

Paneer butter masala

Thnx to Sudhav of SAMAYAL blog.I found the recipe intresting and tried ..it came out well.

For the original recipe
http://mysamayal.blogspot.com/2006/06/paneer-butter-masala_14.html

Puffy Poori`s:

Ingredients:

atta -11/2 cup

rava - 1/4 cup

warm water for dough

chilli powder - 1tsp

thick curd -1 tsp

salt as required

Mix the dough and keep aside for 30 min.Make even size balls and roll with the help of oil and deep fry.Puffy poori`s are ready!!!

Intresting snacks(spl`y for kids)

Ingredients:

1 cup rice flour
1/4 cup besan( chickpea flour)
1/4 tsp butter
1/2 tsp asafoetida
1/2 tsp ajwain(vaamu)
1-2 tsps chilli powder salt to taste
oil for deep frying

Method:
Heat the oil for deep frying .
Mix all the flours and the powders.
Cut the butter into small pieces and rub into the mixture with your fingers.
Add water to make a soft dough.
Now make them to a known shapes like numbers,alphabets,appams...u can make wht ever u can ...its upto ur imagination .
Deep fry till golden brown.
Leave to drain and cool on absorbent paper towels. Store in air-tight tins when cool and enjoy!
**A very good snack for toddlers to learn ....

Rava idli

Rava idli

Y`day i was searching all blogs for my dinner dish which can be made in a very less time and i found Rava idli on veggiedelight.I saw the picture of tht rava idli..it was Tempting & mouthwatering...and i decided to make them and tried and am Successful...HOORAY!!!!!! i recieved loads of compliments from my husband...
Special thnx to Jayasree of veggie delight .For the original recipe chk out jayasree blog : http://veggiedelight.blogspot.com/2006/09/rava-idli_14.html

Anywayz here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
Sooji (Rava) - 2 Cups
Oil/Ghee - 5 Tbs
Green Chillies - 5/6
Thick Curd/Yogurt - 2
CupsOnion - 1 (Cut into small pieces)
Baking Soda - 1/2 Spn
Salt
Coriander leaves
Curry leaves

To Season:
Mustard - 1/4 T.Spn
Urad Dal - 1/2 T.Spn
Bengal Gram - 1 T.Spn
Broken Cashew nuts - 10/12

Procedure
1. Fry the sooji for 2 minutes and mix with curd without forming any lumps
2. Heat oil and add the seasonings.
3. When the mustard splutters, add onion and fry for 2-3 minutes
4. Add this to the rava batter along with salt, baking soda and finely chopped green chillies. Also add the corriander leaves. Mix well.
5. Grease the idli plates with oil and spread the grated carrot and/or cocunut on the plate.
6. Pour the batter over this and steam cook for about 7-10 minutesServe hot with a side dish of your choice.

My choice of side dish Chickpea powder chutney/dhalia powder (putnala pappu chutney)

1 cup chickpea powder
1 tsp chilli powder
salt
coconut milk or water as required
For seasoning
mustard,chana dal, urad dal - 1tsp
red chillies,green chillies

Mix all the above and the chutney should be with enough consistency

Note: i tried making dosa with the above batter and it came out well..u can also give a try...

Rava idli,rava attu with putnala pappu chutney

Refreshing Strawberry Shake

Simple strawberry shake
All u need is
6-7 starwbwerries
1 cup milk
2 spoons sugar
2-3 drops of vanilla essence
Grind all the above......Tht`s all.......add an ice cube and serve chilled.. can be enjoyed with pasta.

colorful dinner pasta with paneer tottillas

Pasta with paneer tortillas

paneer sabzi u need 1 cup paneer ,1/2 cup onion,1/4 cup tomatoes,1 tbsp butter,1 tsp chilli pwdr,1 pinch turmeric,1 tsp coriander pwdr,1 pinch sugar and salt as required.Heat butter ,add onion and saute for few seconds and add tomatoes and fry,add the dry pwdrs and fry till it turns golden color.Now add paneer and fry for 2 minutes till it becomes thick gravy.




For paneer totillas u need Flour tortillas -2,paneer sabzi - 1cup


put the sabzi on the tortilla and just roll .Paneer tortillas are ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now we will make pasta...




Boil 2 cups pasta and keep aside.Heat butter add frozen veggies(corn,carrot,green peas) and fry for a minute.Now add pasta sauce,chilli sauce and tomato ketchup .mix properly and add pasta ,cover the lid and cook for a minute and switch off the stove....Pasta is ready!!!!!