Brown rice,green veg curry and brinjal fry!

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

Brown rice and green veg curry is nothing but Bhooga Chaawar aur Sai bhaji. A traditional Sindhi dish. A wonderful combo for a hungry stomach.

Brown Rice(Bhooga chawar) :

Long grain rice : 200 gm

Onion - 2 big, long, thin slices

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Cloves - 3

Bay leaf - 1

Red chilly powder - 2 tbsp

Sugar - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil - 1 to 2 tbsp

Warm water to cook the rice.

Wash the rice and keep aside to remove all the water from it.

Heat oil in a cooker, add bay leaf, cumin seeds and cloves. Then put onions and fry for a minute. Add sugar and keep on frying till the onions turn dark brown but not burnt. Now add Chilly powder and salt with rice. Fry for a minute so that all gets mixed well. Now add warm water till the rice is just covered. Close the lid and give 2 whistles.

Brown rice is ready. Garnish with Fried onions(optional).

Coming to Sai bhaji, click here for old post., Still giving the details again as this post is going for an event.

Green Veg Curry(Sai Bhaji)  :

Palak(Spinach) - 1 bunch
Methi leaves(Fenugreek leaves) - 1/2 bunchSabbasgi (Dill leaves) - 1/4 bunch(Optional)

(While making for this post, I did not had dill leaves and brinjal, so you can not see in the photo)
Brinjal - 1 medium (cut into cubes), its optional.
Potato - 1 medium(cut into cubes)
Tomato - 2 big(cut in to cubes)
Carrot - 1 medium(cut into cubes)
Channa dal - 1/2 cup (Soaked in water at least for an hour)
Salt to taste
Chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Haldi - 1/2 tsp
For tempering,
Oil - 1 tbsp(Ghee will taste better)
Mustard seeds - 1tsp
Ginger Crushed - 1tsp
Mix all the ingredients for bhaji in a cooker and make 4 whistles. When cooker is cool, remove the lid, churn it with churner or with blender. Adjust the taste for salt.Give bhagar with mustard seeds and crushed ginger in a oil.Sai Bhaji is ready to serve.
(You will enjoy the same in  Alka's  Sindhi Traditional Food also. (Being Sindhi, our preparations are almost the same!) This is just for your information. I am not in to any copy cat thing!! I am a regular follower of her blog, as I love to learn more of Sindhi Cuisine. She got a lovely blog about All Sindhi Recipes.)
Next is
Brinjal fry :
Brinjal - 1 big, cut in to round, medium thin slices.
Salt to taste
Red chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Curry powder - 1 tsp
Oil to shallow fry
Mix the powders with salt. Rub this powder to all the brinjal slices. Keep it for 5 minutes.
Heat tawa or frying pan. Put the slices on the pan and shallow fry by turning the slices often for 10 minutes. 
Brinjal fry is also ready to serve.
Arrange every thing in the plate and enjoy with your family on Sunday afternoon.

Sending this to Pari's  THE COMBO EVENT 

Keep Smiling,

An Award from Nithu!

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

Award from Nithu Bala  of Nithu's Kitchen. She has a lovely blog which I follow regularly. 

Thank you so much Nithu. I am honored to receive the award.

This award also comes with two rules, they are,

1. Thank the person who sent you the award.

2. Pass the award to your blogger friends. 
As this award has been already passed to many of my friends,  I would love to pass this award to

Sandhya Hariharan

shanthi

SE

Aruna Manikandan

Jagruti

Sushma Mallya

and

PJ

And thank you so much for sharing this "Thank You" award to me!

This award is for my all blogger friends who support  and appreciate each others work.

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Coleslaw to keep you cool

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

One of my favorite salad. Whenever we used to go to Pizza out lets, this one was a must for me. And it is regular in my house.

Fresh cabbage - 1 medium, washed and shredded

Carrot - 1 big, washed and cut into small cubes or grated

Boiled potato - 1 medium cubed, it is optional, but I prefer to add as it blends well with mayonnaise and cabbage.

 Mayonnaise - 1/4 cup ( I have taken more qty as I love it!, you can reduce the qty)

Yogurt - 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

White pepper powder - 1 tsp

Mix all the above ingredients in a salad bowl and serve with : 

French fries

Fried chicken

Pizza

Chapati

Bread

Plain boiled pasta with herbs

Sandwich

What else???

Eat just like that!!!

Very refreshing salad.

Sending this to  Sudeshna's

• Carnival of Salads
   

                                       

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Beetroot Halwa (Sending my Heart to My Valentine!!!)

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

Valentine's Day! A day of love!!!

I am missing my husband for this day, as we always celebrated together. Last time, he bought  3 roses, one for me, two for our daughters. This year we are far from him, but still very near in our heart. Hoping that,  next year we will celebrate together this day!

This beautiful red heart is for him!

A very simple sweet, my husband loves it! And me too!So thought of making it on this day of love!

Beet Halwa:

Beet root - 2 big

Sugar - 3/4 cup of grated beetroot

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Cinammon powder - 1 tsp

Ghee - 1/4 cup

Fresh cream or milk powder - 2 tbsp

Crushed almonds - 8 to 10

Split almonds - 10 to 12 for decoration

Peel and grate the beet. Measure the quantity. Take 3/4th cup sugar of measured beet.

Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a thick bottomed (must) kadai. Add beet into it and keep on frying till it looks dry or the water is almost gone from the beet. Add one more tsp ghee mix well. Now add sugar and mix it well. Fry it without leaving for 3 to 4 minutes.(if you are adding milk powder,add it now) Add crushed almonds. Once it starts leaving the sides of kadai, add cardamom powder and fresh cream(if you are not adding milk powder). Add Cinammon powder.

Put some more ghee if you feel its very dry. Mix well and transfer it to a plate. Give desired shape and serve it with garnished almonds.

Even though it is not everyone's favorite in my family, but me and my husband loves it~! And this is dedicated to him and only him! (Am I getting more bollywood!!! No! Missing him!)
So I thought of sending this to the event(breaking the rules of the event!):

This heart is going to 

FAMILY'S FAVOURITE FOOD EVENT -- VALENTINE'S DAY S..

held by Shama Nagarajan. 

AND

This is going to 

Priya 's  Announcing Hearts For St Valentine's Day Event

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Maha Shiva Rathri Feast

Tried and tasted by Nivedita
Hi All,
Wishing every one a very Happy Maha Shiva Rathri
I am not fasting, but love to have these on this day!

Enjoy with me!

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Tomato and carrot soup

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

A simple soup for the soul suffering from cold and cough!!!

This is my elder daughter's favorite!

Tomatoes - 3 big or 8 to 10 small(as in photo)

Carrot - 1 big

Onion - 1 small

Ginger - 1/2" 

Bay leaf - 1

Keep all the above ingredients in a cooker and give 3 whistles. When cool, open the lid. discard the ginger and bay leaf. 

Put the boiled tomato and carrot in a blender for 30 seconds and sieve it to remove the tomato seeds. Keep it aside.

For soup powder,

Dry ginger powder -1/2 tsp

Roasted jeera powder - 1tsp

White pepper powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Sugar - 1 tbsp

Butter - 2 tsp 

Butter - 1 tsp to garnish

Heat butter in a kadai, add the tomato and carrot puree. Boil it. When the first boil starts, add all the powders. Boil for 3 more minutes. Garnish with butter and serve hot!

This is going participate in Event Announcement held by Usha of Veg Inspirations.

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Fruit and cream, makes you scream!!!

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

I know, being on my raw food diet, it is not the time to have this on my diet plan!

But I got the reason! My kids! They both love it. But, after some time,my younger daughter will start eating only ice cream and transferring all the fruits to her sister!!!(She loves to eat fruits, but, she will not touch when there is ice cream!!! )

Do this need any recipe to write down??

Apple - 1, washed, peeled and cubed

Orange - 1, washed, peeled and cubed

Banana - 2 small, peeled and cubed

Grapes - 1 small bunch, washed

And any other fruit of your choice

Chocolate - 1 bar, grated

Ready Ice cream - butter scotch is best for this, but you can choose any flavor you like.

(I will not suggest the ice cream to make at home, as t I am sending this for no cook event)

Salt - 1/4 pinch

Mix all the fruits and salt. Keep it on one side of a bowl. Take a scoop of ice cream and place it on the other side. Sprinkle the grated chocolate on the ice cream.

Serve chilled, without mixing. 

Enjoy the fruit and cream!

I am sending this to PJ's The 'no cook' event!

Keep Smiling,