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Thursday, April 8, 2010

CHOCOLATE RICE BARS

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It's already past midnight but my son is asking to bake something since he was staying late for the soccer match and manage to cook this bar in a jiffy. The result is quite pleasing and my son gives a thumb up! Besides chocolate rice you could use chocolate chip instead.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

SAMBAL CHICKEN

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Hello everyone, how do you do? Hope everything are fine...

Another chicken dish to go along with tomato rice if not it's a great dip with bread, naan or prata. This dish does not use curry powder at all but used blended dry chili which is the most important ingredient along with chopped tomatoes thus resulting an attractive red color. Do adjust the chili used according to your taste.

INGREDIENTS

500g (1 lb) chicken pieces
2 cardamoms
1 stick cinnamon
2 tomatoes chopped
2 big onion sliced
3 tablespoons chili paste
1 tablespoon ginger and garlic paste
3 tablespoons oil
coriander leaf for garnish
salt and lemon juice to marinate
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

METHOD

1. Marinate the chicken with salt, lemon juice and turmeric.

2. Heat the oil, fry cardamom, cinnamon followed by onion until fragrant.

3. Add in ginger, garlic and tomato, fry until soft. Now add the chili paste, stir until the oil floats on top.

4. Pour the chicken pieces, stir and cover the pot.

5. Water could be added if you want more gravy, once chicken is soft remove from heat, sprinkle the coriander leaves. Enjoy.....

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Sunday, April 4, 2010

SPICY FRIED RICE

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This is one of popular breakfast dishes, it is so versatile that any vegetable, meat or seafood could be added and the spice level is up to individual taste. Normally leftover rice is being used for making fried rice the following day if not freshly cooked one could be used. Added bird's eye chili for extra hot flavor and sprinkled fried anchovies on top. For vegetarian version kindly omit the prawn and fish ball.

INGREDIENTS

5 cups cooked rice
1 carrot cut into small
1/2 cup green peas
1/2 cup whole kernel corn
salt to taste
15 prawn shell removed
3 tablespoons oil
10 fish balls cut into halves

BLEND
12 red bird's eye chili
5 red chili
8 shallots
4 cloves garlic

METHOD

1. Heat the oil, fry the blended ingredients and salt until fragrant.

2. Add in carrot, peas and corn, sprinkle some water and stir for a few minutes.

3. Now pour in prawn and fish ball, stir until the color changes.

4. Add rice, stir until well mixed. Add more salt if required.

5. Serve hot.


Friday, April 2, 2010

OAT PANCAKE AND MORE AWARD


Hello everyone...

Pancake is quite simple to prepare but it is time consuming if you were to cook for large families since you have to fry it one by one. Pancake could be taken with sweet topping either with honey or maple syrup and another one eaten with hot spicy gravy which is what I have prepared today. We ate this with sambar and chutney. We truly enjoyed our simple and healthy meal.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup rolled oat (grind)
1/2 cup whole wheat flour (atta)
2 cups water
2 green chili chopped
2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves
salt to taste
olive oil for greasing

METHOD

1. Combine together oat, flour, green chili, coriander leaves and salt in a mixing bowl.

2. Gradually add water, stir until well mixed. Keep for 30 minutes.

3. Heat a non stick pan, add one teaspoon oil then pour a ladleful of batter, same method when you cook dosa, when bubble appears on top flip and cook the other side.

4. Continue the process until the batter is used up.

5. Serve hot with your favorite gravy. Enjoy!

AWARD

My blogger friends, Suhaina  and Pavithra of bingeonveg have passed me the following awards. Really thankful to both of them for their kind thought and let us be inspired in blogging by getting this award. Both of them have a wonderful space with great recipes, do visit them.

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Another blogger pal, Lady Boheme has given me this award. Thanks so much dear for sharing this with me. Hope we will continue to visit each other.


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My blogger friend, Kerull has sent the following award. Thanks so much for sharing dear...

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To all my dear friends, this is for you too, I would be happy if you could post them in your blog..

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

SPICY MUFFIN AND AWARD AGAIN..

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Had enough sweet muffin and cookies now trying my hand on hot and spicy one. It seems my children love this changes. Isn't that sweet? From now on would gradually cut down using sugar from our diet. The muffin turns out so soft and delicious, gone in one sitting! Extremely overjoyed since they love this and keep asking to bake it again. I'm using carrot and hot dog but other vegetables or seafood could be added too.

INGREDIENTS

2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1/2 cup hot dog sliced
1/2 cup melted butter
1 and 1/4 cups milk
1 potato mashed
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon soda bicarbonate
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 tomato chopped for topping
coriander leaves

METHOD

1. Preheat oven @ 180 C. Sift flour, baking powder and soda bicarbonate.

2. Microwave carrot, hot dog and onion on high for 1 minute.

3. Combine together flour, salt and chili powder.

4. In a separate bowl, mix potato with milk then add butter, combine using the whisk.

5. Gradually add wet ingredients with the dry one together with coriander leaves, stir until just combined.

6. Pour batter into muffin pan and top with chopped tomato. Bake for 15 minutes.

7. Cool on muffin pan for 5 minutes, transfer into wire rack to cool.

8. Serve hot.

AWARD

My blogger pal, Idda Hashim has given the following award. Thanks so much for sharing this with me hope our friendship would last forever.

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My friend, Priya Raj had shared these award. Really appreciate your thought, sweetie. For all bloggers this is also for you, hope these would give us great boost and encouragement.

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