Thursday, April 19, 2012

The India Modern Quilt Guild-April challenge

I have tried some more for this month.Here are my entries

Friday, April 13, 2012

MAGIC MINGLE#4 CARROT_RAISIN BURFI

This month Kalyani had announced the two magic items-Carrot and Raisins.Since it is New year I thought of making a burfi with it.
INGREDIENTS:
Carrot shredded-2cups
Milk powder-1cup
Besan-1/2cup
Raisins-1cup
Butter-1/2cup
Cardamom powder-1tsp
Sugar-21/2cups
Water-1/2cup


METHOD:
Take 1/4cup butter in a kadai,add the carrot,fry till the raw smell goes off,to that add the raisins,fry for a minute,follwed by besan till the raw smell vanishes..Switch off the gas and add milk powder,cardamom powder to it.
Tranfer this in a vessel,add the sugar and water,wait till the sugar dissolves,add the mixture and the remaining butter..
Keepit on a low flame till it leaves the sides of the pan,Transfer this to a greased plate and cut it into pieces after it is cooled.
Yummy Burfis are ready!!!!!!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

BLOG HOP WEDNESDAY_16-SPINACH DHOKLA

Thanks to Radhika for hosting this BLOG HOP WEDNESDAYS-16 and I really enjoy taking part in it continuously......This time I am paired with Nayna who has a blog named Simply Food All her recipes are good and i have tried many before we were paired.Today I tried Spinach Dhokla and it turned out very well.Something different from the usual Dhokla.
INGREDIENTS:
Besan-1cup
Rawa-1cup
Spinach(cut and boiled )-11/2cup
Tamrind paste-2tsp
Chilly powder-1tsp
Salt to taste
Sugar-1tsp
Eno salt-11/2tsp
Ajwain seeds -1tsp
Turmeric powder1/2tsp
Water-1cup
For tarka:
Mustard seeds-1tsp
Sesame seeds -2tsp
Red chilly -1
Oil-2tsp

Mix all the ingredients well and finally add the eno salt
Let the batter be like idly batter.
Now steam it by pouring it on a vessel slightly lined with oil
Steam for 15 minutes.and cool it.
Cut it in to desired shape and pour the tarka on it.
Fluffy and tasty Dhoklas are ready to serve.....
This entry alos goes to Cooking Whole foods-Spinach

I am also linking to Kiran's page
I am also linking to Roshni's kitchen:Event announcement healthy food for toddlers healthy breakfast or dinner. and also to nithu's kitchen

Friday, April 6, 2012

The India Modern Quilt Guild

 Let me first thank Veena to introduce me to this group.This is my first entry to this Quilt world.So far I have not tried any quilts eventhough my mom is an expert one in this.This is according to the April Rule that we must use Logo colour in any pattern.