Orissa Kichdi

I made simple dish for orissa cuisine…this event is hosted by Swapna as lebel of RCI: Oriya…..Congrats Swapna for hosting and wait for you beautiful round up my dear….

Ingredients:
1\2-cup rice,
1\2-cup green gram dal,
10-12 Resins,
4-5 Cashew nuts,
1 small piece of Ginger,
6 cm dry coconut part,
2-tbsp oil,
5-6 cinnamon,
1-2 cardamom,
1-long green chillie,
1-tbsp cumin seeds,
1\2-tbsp turmeric powder,
1-tbsp sugar,
3-cup water for cooking,
Salt to taste.

Method:
Step 1: Wash the dal and rice smoothly and keep it aside.

Step 2: Cut the dry coconut part in to long strip and cut cashew in to two parts.

Step 3: Finely chopped the green chillies in to round pieces and ginger small pieces.

Step 4: Heat the oil in cooker and fry the coconut pieces and cashew nut until golden brown. Keep it aside.

Step 5: Heat the oil and add the cumin seeds, cardmom and cinnamon pieces.

Step 6: After that add wash rice and dal in it. Also add 3-cup water for cooking.

Step 7: Place the chopped ginger, green chillie pieces, salt, turmeric powder, and sugar in it.Step 8: Mix well and after that add resins, fry cashew nuts and fry coconut pieces and cover the cooker with top.

Step 9: Pressure cook for three whistles. Two whistles on full flame and one in law flame so khichadi cook well.

Step 10: Place it in serving bowl.

Spaghetti Squash New Mexican with Black Beans + Lime

Cumin and chili roasted spaghetti squash ready for black beans and lime

 

This is not your typical spaghetti squash recipe. Rather than using the squash as a mere substitute for pasta with red sauce, this recipe combines strands of spaghetti squash with Southwestern-inspired ingredients such as black beans, lime juice, tomatoes and roasted corn.

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Cumin and Onion Rice

Indira of Mahanandi started Jihva for ingredients in May 2006.

This is my contribution for Jihav For Rice event hosted by Sharmi.......…This log is really very attractive keep it up Sharmi…..

Think Spice...think Cumin......This is very nice event hosted by Sunita’s…….

This is my contribution for both event……

Ingrdients:
2-cup cooks rice,
1-cup finely long chopped onion,
3-tbsp cumin seeds,
2-tbsp oil,
3 Bayleaf,
Salt to taste,
Coriander leaves for garnish.

Method:
Step 1: Heat the oil in pan and add cumin seeds and bay leaf in it.

Step 2: Add finely chopped onion in it.

Step 3: Cook until they are transparent not golden brown. Sprinkle salt to taste.

Step 4: After that add cook rice in it and mix well.

Step 5: Cook in law flame for 2 minutes only. Divide the cooked rice into two portions.
Step 6: In the first portion mix the red chilli powder so the color should be red. And the second portion is white.

Step 7: Take bowl and place the wash coriander leaves. After that place the red chilli rice in bowl and finally add white rice portion and slightly press with spoon. So your dish is ready……………..

I pass this award to…..Trupti and Sharmi.Most of all blog friends are pass Award I am randomly say to my this two my friend because all are waraded….

Gluten-Free Oatmeal-Quinoa Breakfast Brownies

Gluten-free oats and quinoa flakes make a tasty breakfast brownie.

Good morning! A brownie for breakfast? This recipe says, Yeah, Baby.

It's been bright and hot and here by Black Mesa. We've been tossing cool salad greens in olive oil and vinegar and stirring simple stir-fries. Nothing blog-worthy.

The biggest news I have to share is that we got to see a rough cut of The Canyon. Very rough. No soundtrack or color correction. It was an odd experience. The fun aspects: Yvonne Strahovski kicks ass. She engenders the character of Lori with the heart of a lion. And then there is the sly and talented Will Patton in a role unlike any you've seen him portray. I loved every minute he was on screen. The not so fun? All the lines cut and altered by a certain third actor's ego.  It was a complex stew of pride and disappoint to see the rough cut.

This whole process has been surreal. I am so proud of my husband. Even if it isn't a perfect film.

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Apple Jam

This is my contribution for Shrivali Event –MEC (Microwave Easy Cooking) Sweet.

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Make 1\2 cup

Ingredients:
11\2 cups apple, peeled and grated,
1\4 cup sugar,
4-tbsp lemon juice

Method:
Step 1: Combine the apple and sugar in a microwave safe bowl.

Step 2: Microwave on high for 2 minutes.

Step 3: Remove from the microwave, mix well and microwave on high for another 2 minutes.

Step 4: After that remove from microwave and add lemon juice and mix well.

Step 5: Again microwave for 1 minutes.
Step 6: Cool in room atmosphere.

Step 7: Sterilized the bottle on gas stove for just few second and cool at room atmosphere.

Step 8: Place the apple jam in sterilized bottle and Store refrigerated in an air-tight container.

Step 9: Spread over bread and toast. I make Jam biscuit. Spread the jam over one biscuit.

Step 10: Place oval shape cut biscuit over it and decorate with sugar.

Next coming for Jihva-Rice Event.........

Archana give me this two Award….Thanks my dear...I appreciate both of them :)

Sharmi is also give me Power of Schmooze Award...Thank you Sharmi.:)

I am little busy in my work so I really don't know about this Award...I do not know May I deserve it or not. My mom is not feeling well so I am busy in home and job….so not visit any other blogger site…But when Sharmi say me than I am really very surprised…..Thank you Sharmi and Archana.:))

The Power of Schmooze Award is for bloggers who “effortlessly weave their way in and out of the blogosphere, leaving friendly trails and smiles, happily making new friends along the way. They don’t limit their visits to only the rich and successful, but spend some time to say hello to new blogs as well. They are the ones who engage others in meaningful conversations, refusing to let it end at a mere hello - all the while fostering a sense of closeness and friendship.”

Fada Lapsi

Sweet for Independence Day…..



Lapsi or ‘Fada Lapsi’ as it is called in Western India is known as “Dalia”.
We made this sweet dish when we started some new dealing or moving into a new home, or weeding. Two different styles one is add water and jaggery and second is add milk and sugar…but I make this with water and sugar….because I like this two combination…..
Only you care the wheat and water ratio is 1:3 for perfect dish.:)

Ingredients:
1-cup broken wheat (Gehun ka fada or Lapsi Fada),
3-cup water for cooking,
1\2-cup Ghee,
1-cup sugar,
5-6 Badam (Almonds),
5-6 Kaju (Cashewnut),
10-12 kismis.
Decorate with grated dry coconut.

Method:
Step 1: Keep the water to boil simultaneously with the following Preparation.
Step 2: Heat the ghee in thick bottom pan.

Step 3: When ghee is fully warmth after that add Lapsi fada in it. So it becomes roast easily.

Step 4: Cook this Lapsi Fada in law flame.

Step 5: When Lapsi fada is cooked then ghee is appear above the fada and they start to give their fragrance and also they are golden brown in color.

Step 6: Add boil water in it slowly because when you add water then the mixture will ‘bubble’ and ‘splutter’ also.

Step 7: After that add sugar in it.

Step 8: Keep on stirring to avoid lumps and add kismis in it.

Step 9: Add kaju and badam pieces in it. Keep aside little number of nuts for garnish.

Step 10: Cook this Lapsi fada until all the liquid is dried and the fada becomes soft and fluffy.

Step 11: When Ghee apper in side of pan then turn off the flame.

Step 12: Garnish with Badam, and grated dry coconut.