Kiwi smoothie

Last week I had bought lots of kiwis from the grocery store. And they had become ripe and I wanted to use them before they went bad. So, made this smoothie coz smoothies are simple and easy to make and the best way of tempting kids to consume fruits.KIWI SMOOTHIE

Ingredients:
2 ripe bananas,
2 kiwi,2 cups of cold milk and
2 tbsp of honey.
Method:Place all the ingredients into a food processor or blender and blitz until smooth and creamy.Serve chilled .

Note:
Sugar can also be used instead of honey.Tastes best when served chilled.Its award time again...I am very delighted to receive these bunch of award from my blogger friend Suhaina who blogs at My Singapore Kitchen... Thanks a ton Suhaina for these awards.






There is rule for these awards that we have to indicate 5 recipes which we like the most from our blogs. So, here it goes , my favourite 5.

First on my list comes Black Forest cake
Strawberry Cheesecake

Shakshouka

Sesame Naans

Achari gosht

Pazham pori /Ripe Plantain fritters

Pazham pori -a very popular snack of Kerala,India. This popular snack reminds me of my summer holidays when we used to visit our grandmother and aunts in Kerala and we were pampered with yummy treats and snacks.As a child I would eagerly wait for tea time to taste this yummy snack which my grand mother or my aunts would make. Its easy to prepare and tastes very yummy.

PAZHAM PORI

Ingredients:
2 ripe plantains,
1 cup of maida /all purpose flour,
2 tbsp of rice flour,
3-4 tbsp of sugar,
1/4 tsp of baking soda,
a pinch of salt and
oil for frying.

Method:
Cut the plantains into half and then with each half cut 3-4 thin slices lengthwise. In a bowl, make a batter with all purpose flour, rice flour, baking soda, sugar and salt. Heat oil in a frying pan, dip the plantains in the batter and coat hem with it, deep fry 2-3 pieces at a time until crisp and golden brown. Remove and place the fritters on a paper towel to drain excess oil. Serve hot as a snack with tea/coffee.

And now its award time :) :) I am delighted to receive these awards from friends.

Sunitha and Namitha of Collaborative Curry have passed this lovely 'beautiful blogger' award. Thank you so much dearies for the award. I love your blog and the yummy and authentic Kerala cuisines you post.


I would love to pass this award to few of my blogger friends.

Duchess of Rose Tea Cottage,
Vinolia of Akal's Saappadu,
Shabeena of Shab's Cuisine ,
Ally of What's Cooking today ,
Dolly of Curry and beyond ,
Viki of Viki's kitchen and
Ayesha of Life Today.

And Devi of Devi's blog and Renuka of Love of Cooking have nominated me for this 'Kreative blogger' award. Thank you Devi and Renuka for thinking of me :)

Rules for accepting this award:


1) Thank the person giving the award
2) Copy the award to your blog
3) Place a link to their blog
4) Name 7 things people don't know about you
5) Nominate 7 bloggers
6) Place a link to those bloggers
7) Leave a comment letting those bloggers know about the award

I had already posted the 7 things about me before. You can see it here.

I am nominating the below bloggers for his award.
Siddhi of Cooked Dil Se ,
Priya john of These are a few of my favorite things ,
Asha of ASRA ASHAON KA ,
Malar of Malar's cuisine ,
Saju Sharfu of The Novice kitchen ,
Ushnish Ghosh of Cooking and recipes and
Kanchan of Kitchen gossip.

Stir fried Tuna with spices/ Tuna chikkiyathu

A few weeks back, I saw a tuna recipe on my friend Shab's blog- Shab's Cuisine. And I just loved the Indian way of using Tuna with all the spices in it.. Though I am not a big fan of Tuna..I wanted to try her version, because it looked spicy and yeah..another reason was that I wanted to finish the Tuna cans I had for month ;-) And when I tried her recipe, it turned out very tasty and spicy and Iam sure going to make it again and again. Thanks Shabs for this yummy recipe..I cooked it accordingly, only used vegetable oil instead of coconut. One can refer Shabs recipe here.

STIR FRIED TUNA

Ingredients:
3 tsp vegetable oil,
1 finely chopped onion,
1 finely chopped small tomato,
370 grams of canned tuna/ 2 small cans,
1/3 cup grated coconut,
1tbsp of red chilli powder,
1/2 tsp black pepper powder,
1/4 tsp garam masala powder,
few curry leaves and
salt to taste

Method:
Heat the oil in a pan and add the curry leaves and chopped onions. Saute till the onions turn light brown in color. Add the chilli powder, then the chopped tomatoes and some pepper powder. Cover and cook on low flame till the tomatoes become soft and the masala becomes thick. Drain the tuna and add it to the pan and mix it well to blend the masala with it. Cook for 10 minutes or until all the water evaporates and it becomes dry. Add the grated coconut and mix again and lastly add the garam masala and cook for few more minutes. Can be served with roti and can also be used as a filling for sandwiches as I did.

My friend Asha Latha of ASRA ASHAON KA and Malar of Kitchen Tantra has passed me this cute 'Cheer-leading blog' award. Thanks Asha and Malar for this lovely gift.

Back to blogging with loads of awards from friends :-)

Hi dear friends,
I am back to blogging(finally) Phew!!! This blogging world is so wonderful and addictive and what makes it wonderful is the beautiful bond one shares with the good friends we makes through the journey of blogging. I just wanted a small break from blogging during the month of Ramadan, but I that small break turned into a very long break of more than 2 months :-( I was finding it so hard to get back..everyday I would tell myself that I am posting a recipe today no matter what happens...but, then I kept postponing it each day for weeks and months. But what matters for me now is that I am back finally and I want to thank all my friends out there, who showered on me so many awards,even when I was away from here and YES !! these ''awards'' have forced me to come back and start again. Thank you friends for all these awards and for all the appreciations that keeps me going and brings a smile on my face :-)

Now coming to the awards, Priya darshini of Priya's feast have passed this beautiful and colourful award. Thanks priya for this beautiful award.


Babli of Khana masala has passed these awards to me.I would like to thank babli for these lovely award and for being so sweet :-)





And I would like to convey tons of thanks to my new friend Asha latha of Asra ashaaon ka for passing me these beautiful awards. I am very delighted to get these awards dear. Thanks again.






And the last but not the least ;) is a sweet thank you from Priya Prashanth of Priya's recipes. Thank you Priya for this colourful and beautiful thank you.

Sambousik al dajaj /Chicken pies and awards

CHICKEN PIES

Ingredients:

For the dough:
1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast,
1/4 cup warm water,
3 cups of all purpose flour,
4 tbsp of corn flour,
1 tsp salt,
3 tbsp melted butter,
1 beaten egg and
3/4 cups of water.

For the filling:
1 cup shredded cabbage,
1 cup finely chopped green beans,
2 chicken breasts- boiled and shredded,
1 green pepper-diced,
1 onion-finely chopped,
2 cloves of garlic- crushed,
3 tbsp of vegetable oil,
1 tsp of white pepper powder,
1 tsp of salt and
2 egg yolks for brushing.

Method:
In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast in the warm water.Add melted butter and beaten egg to this yeast mixture. In another big bowl, take all purpose flour, corn flour and salt and mix well.Now add the above yeast mixture to it and add the remaining water gradually and knead for 5-8 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic. Cover the dough with a damp cloth and set aside in a warm place for at least 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.
In the mean time, start making the filling.Heat the oil in pan and stir fry all the vegetables- Beans, cabbage pepper, onion and garlic until they become tender. Now add the cooked and shredded chicken and season with white pepper and salt and stir for 2-3 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Preheat the oven to 200 C/400 F. Divide the dough into 30 small equal balls. Roll out each ball on a lightly floured surface, into 4 inch circles. Place a tablespoon of the filling in the center of each circle and brush the sides with egg yolk and cover each circle with another circle of the dough. Pinch the edges together with a fork to seal and brush the top of each circle with egg yolk.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until light brown. Arrange in a serving dish and serve hot.

Source: This recipe is adapted from 'Middle eastern Cookbook' by Maria Kalife

It has been raining awards in our food blogging world. And even I was showered with so many awards. Thanks my dear friend for all the awards and appreciation you guys give me , which forces me to come here and post new recipes. I have been very busy during this month of Ramadhan and finding it hard to post frequently and I am missing so many Yummy and delicious posts. I am finding it hard to take out some time to see those yummy posts and to comment on them. But I promise that I will be back on the track soon after Ramadhan.

First of all I would love to thank the Fall in love(FIL) lady Sanghi for this lovely Gold friend award on her 100th post.. Thanks dear Sanghi..I will always cherish this award and this award will always stay close to my heart.

And Dear Priya of Priya's Easy and Tasty Recipes (I just love her blog so much.She is never out of recipes to post everyday and to participate in all the events with 2-3 yummy and unique recipes) She has passed these lovely awards- 360° foodie award, Yum yum blog award and giant bear hug award. Thank you so much Priya. I am a huge fan of your blog. And to receive these from you means a lot to me.
And my sweet friends Sarah Naveen , Ayesha Priya and Rekha Shoban have also Passed these three awards to me. Thanks my sweet buddies for these awards.



And Rebecca of Chow and Chatter has given me this Friend award. Thanks dear , I love your friendship and will always cherish it.


And Last but not least Vidhas of Appetizing recipes has passed this scrumptious blog Award. Thanks dear for this award. You made my day.

Award and Tag

My sweet friends Priya prashanth and Sarah Naveen, Arti Agarwal and Parita have showered on me this award. Thank you dearies for encouraging me by giving this lovely award.

Requirements:-

1. I must thank the person who gave me the award and list their blog and link it
2. I must list 10 honest things about myself
3. I must put a copy of Honest Scrap logo on my blog
4. I must select atleast 7 other worthy bloggers and list their links
5. I must notify the bloggers of the award and hopefully they will follow the above three requirements also.

Honest things about me:- hmmmm....

1.I love cooking for my husband.
2. I love traveling.
3. I am very fond of babies.
4.I am very very sensitive.
5.I love reading.
6. I am very talkative and I don't like it :(
7.I love spending time with my son.
8.I am a chocoholic.
9.I love giving gifts and surprises to my dear ones.
10.I am crazy about collecting recipes.

And the Honest bloggers are:-
Shabs, Rebecca, Ann , Tina, Swapna, Muneeba and Viki .

And now coming to the tag :-
Shab's of Shab's cuisine and Priya of Priya's recipes have tagged me. Thanks sweeties :)

The Rules:1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share the ABCs of you.
4. Tag 4 people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
5. Let the 4 tagged people know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so that there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag.The Tag:

1. A – Available/Single? Happily married :)

2. B – Best friend? My husband and my mother

3. C – Cake or Pie? Cake anytime.

4. D – Drink of choice? Milkshakes.

5. E – Essential item you use every day? My computer , my phone, my apron...

6. F – Favorite color? Baby pink and deep red.

7. G – Gummy Bears Or Worms? neither.

8. H – Hometown?Bangalore.

9. I – Indulgence? Chocolates.

10. J – January or February? why not November?

11. K – Kids & their names? 2 year old Son -Ammar

12. L – Life is incomplete without? Family and Love.

13. M – Marriage date? 27th April 2005.

14. N – Number of siblings? Younger twin brothers.

15. O – Oranges or Apples? Oranges.

16. P – Phobias/Fears? Lizards and cockroaches.

17. Q – Quote for today? Nothing is impossible if one tries to do it, because even the word 'impossible' is 'i' 'm' 'possible'.

18. R – Reason to smile?My husband and my baby.

19. S – Season? Spring

20. T – Tag 4 People? why here?

21. U – Unknown fact about me? hmmmm....don't know.

22. V – Vegetable you don't like? Karela (Bitter gourd)

23. W – Worst habit? Not being diet conscious.

24. X – X-rays you've had? Many

25. Y – Your favorite food? Biryani.

26. Z – Zodiac sign? Scorpio.

I would like to pass the above tag to:
Arti Agarwal,
Smitha,
Humaira and
Sabah.

Tabbouleh/ Parsley and cracked wheat salad

TABBOULEH

Ingredients:
4 cups finely chopped parsley,
1/3 cup finely chopped fresh mint,
4 firm tomatoes- De-seeded and chopped,
4 tbsp fine burghul/bulgur,
1 small onion-finely chopped,
1/2 cup lemon juice,
1/2 cup olive oil,
1/4 tsp black pepper powder,
1 tsp salt and
Romaine lettuce for garnishing.

Method:
In a small bowl, mix the chopped onion with salt and black pepper powder and keep aside.Rinse the the burgul and drain in a fine strainer to remove excess water and transfer into a large bowl.
Add the finely chopped parsley and finely chopped mint leaves to the bowl, add tomatoes, lemon juice, seasoned onions and olive oil. Season again to taste if necessery.
Place some lettuce leaves on a serving dish/ plate and transfer the salad to this serving dish.
Serve with barbecued meat/chicken or serve on its own :)

Source: From the book 'Middle eastern cookbook' by Maria Khalife

And Hurry!!! Another award from sweet Priyaraj of EnSamiyal and Babli of Khana Masala . They have given me this Scrumptious blog award. Thanks Priya and Babli.

It is the Scrumptious Blog Award -a blog award given to sites who:

Inspire you

Encourage you

May give Fabulous information

A great read

Has Scrumptious recipes

Any other reasons you can think of that make them Scrumptious!

The rules are:

Put the logo on your blog or post.

Nominate at least 7 blogs

Let them know that they have received this Scrumptious award by commenting on their blog.

Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from.
I would like to nominate this award to my following blogger friends:

Ayesha of http://ayshadileen.blogspot.com/
Shab's of http://shabscuisine.blogspot.com/
Yasmeen of http://yasmeen-healthnut.blogspot.com/
Duchess of http://roseteacottage.blogspot.com/
Priyaprashanth of http://recipes-priya.blogspot.com/
Parita of http://paritaskitchen.blogspot.com/
Simran of http://foodiezone.blogspot.com/

Kindly accept this award and pass it to your friends.

Awards

AWARDS

I have received this Butterfly award from Duchess of rose tea cottage. She has the most beautiful blog I have ever come across.Thanks a lot duchess.


And Sangi of Simply delicious and Ayesha of Life today have passed this award to me. Thanks dearies for this Fabulous blog award. It encourages me to do more and better every time.
And I have again been nominated for these 3 awards by Pinky of ESHO BOSHO AAHARE . Thanks Dear Pinky for the awards.

Strawberry and watermelon cooler

STRAWBERRY AND WATERMELON COOLER

Ingredients:
1 cup watermelon (only the red part),
1 cup of strawberry,
1 tsp of sugar and
few ice cubes.

Method:
Put all the above ingredients in a blender and blend till smooth. Serve chilled.

I would like to take these opportunity to thanks my friends Padma of Padma's recipe and Ganga of My favourite foods who have passed me these lovely awards and tagged me :) Thanks guys . I am really honoured and happy too ;-)



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Now the answers to those questions...

1.what is your current obsession?
Blogging and applying Henna.

2. What are you wearing today?
Salwar kameez

3. What’s for dinner?
Biryani and raita.

4. What’s the last thing you bought?
Handbag

5. What are you listening to right now?
Nothing really.

6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
They both are sweet and talented friends and they have lovely blogs with wonderful recipe :)

7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
In India.

8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
Cotton clothes and a bottle of cold water.

9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
On an Europe tour.

10. Which language do you want to learn?
Spanish and french.

11. Who do you want to meet right now?
My parents..It been almost 2 years :(

12. What is your favorite colour?
Baby pink.

13. What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own closet?
My wedding dress

14. What is your dream job?
hmmmm.....nothing.

15. What’s your favourite magazine?
Food magazines.

16. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
Shopping....... shopping and........only shopping.

17. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?
Too much makeup and very tight fitting clothes.

18. Who are your style icons?
None.

19. Describe your personal style?
Simple and natural.

21. What are your favourite movies?
I don't like watching movies.

22. Give us three styling tips that always work for you:
Be natural as much as possible, dress according to comfort and try to use matching handbag/purse and sandals :)

23. Coffee or tea?
Neither coffee nor tea.

24. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?
I just try to think of all the good thing GOD has given me and thank him for that. And just seeing the cute and innocent smile at my son's face cheers me up.

25. What is the meaning of your name?
Victorious, successful , and winner

26. Which other blogs you love visiting?
All food blog.

27. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?
Rasmalai.

28. Favorite Season?
Fall.

29.Which is your dream destination?
Switzerland.

30. Who inspired you to start a blog?
My Hubby.

My question: Which is your favorite international cuisine ?

The rules are:
Respond and rework – answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, and add one more question of your own. Then tag eight or ten other people.

I want to pass these awards and tags to these people. Please accept these awards .

Shaista Tabrez of Mixcalculations
Katy of Food for hungry soul,
Rebecca of chow and chatter,
Sangi of simply delicious,
Shabs Shab's cuisine,
Shanti of Shanti krishnakumar's cookbook
Urmi of khana masala,
Pooja of My experience of cooking,
Paritha of Paritha's world and
Carrie of cooking with Carrie.

My first Award :D

Sangi of SIMPLY DELICIOUS , Shanthi of Shanthi's krishnakumar's cookbook , Ayesha of Life today and Arti Agarwal of Breakfast to Dinner have nominated me for this lovely Kreativ Blogger award, which is my 1st award. I thank you all for appreciating my work and for encouraging me to do much better next time. This award will always be special and close to my heart :)

The Kreative Blogger Award comes with some rules:-

1. You must thank the person who has given you the award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link the person who has nominated you for the award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate 7 other Kreativ bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs to let them know they have been nominated.

Now for the seven things that you might find interesting about me :-

1. I am 23 years old, happily married from 4 1/2 years :) and mother of a 2 year old. And I love to cook for my husband and my son.

2. I am very very talkative. People around me never get bored ;) Or should I say they get bored of my talking so much ;-) I don't make friends easily :( But, I must admit that I have made many friends here :)

3. I am half Keralite and half Bangalorean. But, I am born and brought up in Bangalore.

4. I am crazy about collecting recipes. I started collecting recipes from age 14. Whenever i used to see recipes in newspaper or any magazine, I used to write the recipe in my book and stick the picture of that recipe to my book. Thus, I have many books like this and lost many more when moving from US to UK :(

5. I am not a big foodie .I eat everything except KARELA .But, I love cooking very very much. Right now I have this craze about learning international cuisines :)

6.I like learning new languages. Right now I know to speak and understand these- Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada, Arabic, English(US and UK) and very little bit of Tamil.

7. I love traveling and sight seeing. I have visited many states in US, while living there. And my dream destination is Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Italy, Paris and the list goes on...But, I miss my INDIA very much :( No place in the world can be more beautiful than your homeland.

Wish I had an option of nominating all my friend here. Because I really love so many blogs. But I can nominate only 7. So..my nominations for this award:

1.Akal of Akal's saappadu
2.Lubna of Yummy food
3.Divya Vikram of Dil se
4.Suchitra of Simple Indian food
5.Humaira of Humaira's food passion
6. Divya Kudua of Easy cooking
7 .Noor of Ya Salam Cooking