When we moved into this house, I invited a few of my cousins home for dinner. I wanted to make something easy but different & tasty.
I have been trying to feed my daughter healthy food as far as I can try & persuade her to do so...So, I had got this Britannia whole wheat crackers which she had rejected for the very salty & buttery chaska maska.
I came up with a plan....anyways it was the start of the Mango season, you saw raw mangoes everywhere. I got a few raw mangoes and some corn on the cob. grated the mangoes, de-husked the corn & out came the golden corn kernels. I mixed them up with a little bit of olive oil, salt, Oregano seasoning & tabasco sauce. And then bought 2 packets of the crackers, arranged them on the plate, topped the cracker up with this raw mango-corn salad. Needless to say that this recipe was a hit with my cousins. They gorged on the starter and also it was super-duper healthy.
I came up with recipe from the Monaco toppings (biscuits) that were so famous sometime ago..
Friday, December 16, 2011
Easy, Fast Food
I am proud to say my cooking is making waves in the office these days. My collegues want to follow my style of cooking.... From the time my daughter started full day school, I have been struggling to cook and pack her something nutritious and a substancial meal in itself. Packing 2 boxes and keeping it ready by 7.45am is no joke. And one day all of a sudden my husband says - "I want a packed lunch too"...I was a lil worried thinking about cooking for him & my daughter. If I slogged a little in the morning I could pack lunch for me tooo....So, I told him I wud. So, I started making these different varieties of rices for lunch with 3 main bases - pudina-green chilly, Tomato-onion & Garam Masala-chilli powder. It has been more than a month and it has been a sail.
As I have bin taking the same stuff to office, when i share it with collegues, they appreciate it and ask for the recipe. When i tell them, they are like - "thats it?? it seems way too easy!" I will make it at home too...
One day, I told the recipe of Tomato Rice to my collegue, who is in a nuclear family. She went home and made it. The next day she came to tell me - " I cooked it last nite for my husband in 15 minutes and he asked me when did Tomato rice become a fast food??" - This was the real compliment for the cook in me. But, not many know that I adapted to this style because of my husband's eating habits! ;-). The other day, I was cribbing to my husband about getting up at 5.30am & cooking saying it was so difficult to finish everything on time and he told me - "But you managed!!" - This was the highest order of praise coming from my dearest hubby!!!
As I have bin taking the same stuff to office, when i share it with collegues, they appreciate it and ask for the recipe. When i tell them, they are like - "thats it?? it seems way too easy!" I will make it at home too...
One day, I told the recipe of Tomato Rice to my collegue, who is in a nuclear family. She went home and made it. The next day she came to tell me - " I cooked it last nite for my husband in 15 minutes and he asked me when did Tomato rice become a fast food??" - This was the real compliment for the cook in me. But, not many know that I adapted to this style because of my husband's eating habits! ;-). The other day, I was cribbing to my husband about getting up at 5.30am & cooking saying it was so difficult to finish everything on time and he told me - "But you managed!!" - This was the highest order of praise coming from my dearest hubby!!!
Friday, July 8, 2011
Pizza from Scratch!
I am talking about those ancient days when you did not have Pizza Hut, Pizza Corner, US Pizza & Papa Johns in every gullys of bangalore and you did not even get the pizza base in super markets and also they were days when people did not eat out that much. In our home we had this monthly ritual where the whole family would go out on one sunday afternoon for a family meal and that too north indian. There were no Chinese outlets like now when they have sprung up like mushrooms (the same one they use to make so many of their dishes) in all of the city.
So one fine summer mornng the 3 of us decided to make a pizza from scratch. We had got hold of a recipe in one of the magazines.
So, we went to just one super mart that was available in our area during those days - bought yeast.
RS took the initiative of dissolving the yeast in the warm water.
And S as usual took to chopping tomatoes. I chopped onions and capsicums. Then the yeast had dissolved by this time but it was stinking up the whole kitchen and her dining area.
We could not tolerate the stench but had to continue with the pizza. We made the dough with the yeast but promised ourselves that we wont make it again!
RS rolled the dough and made it big enough to fit into the pressure cooker ( she got to roll the pizza as she was an expert at making rotis :-)). We got some sand from a house construction sight poured it into the cooker. Put the pizza on a plate and spread some tomato sauce on it. Next went the veggies and some more sauce and finally the cheese which was also bought from the one and only super market.
We waited for more than 45 minutes for the pizza to get cooked and ate it with relish. That was one delicious Pizza and we savoured every bite of it. didnt we ladies??
So one fine summer mornng the 3 of us decided to make a pizza from scratch. We had got hold of a recipe in one of the magazines.
So, we went to just one super mart that was available in our area during those days - bought yeast.
RS took the initiative of dissolving the yeast in the warm water.
And S as usual took to chopping tomatoes. I chopped onions and capsicums. Then the yeast had dissolved by this time but it was stinking up the whole kitchen and her dining area.
We could not tolerate the stench but had to continue with the pizza. We made the dough with the yeast but promised ourselves that we wont make it again!
RS rolled the dough and made it big enough to fit into the pressure cooker ( she got to roll the pizza as she was an expert at making rotis :-)). We got some sand from a house construction sight poured it into the cooker. Put the pizza on a plate and spread some tomato sauce on it. Next went the veggies and some more sauce and finally the cheese which was also bought from the one and only super market.
We waited for more than 45 minutes for the pizza to get cooked and ate it with relish. That was one delicious Pizza and we savoured every bite of it. didnt we ladies??
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