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Q - QUESADILLAS

Thank you so much guys for having pateninly waited for the recipe ....

It is Q for QUESADILLAS......quite simple and easy to make ...We had been for lunch last week to S and G 's place.Both of them are great cooks ..It was G who prepared all this ...Expreince from his bachelor's cooking he did a excellent job ..too good ...from quesadillas to burrito ...they where pefect ..the top among all was this simple one ....So thought i could share with you guys the simple way ...

Raw Material Required

2 pkts - tortillas
1 pkt mexican cheese (combined cheese)

Preparation Style

Place the tortillas in the skillet.Sprinkle the cheese on one side that too only half the portion.Then close the tortillas and sim on the gas .Place the plate on the tortillas and over the plate place the cooker .Allow it to cook for 2-3 mts .You could see the cheese melt .Then turn on to the next side and keep the tortillas on the skillet for 1 mts.With the help of the pizza cutter cut the quesadillas and serve it hot ....

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Fried Banana

This Dessert is my own version of the dessert that i used to have in the restaurant named "King And I".It is one of the famous Thai Restaurant here at St Louis.The food was excellent and above all the dessert.They served an excellent dessert "Fried Banana".Never had it before.Wondered how fried bananas would taste..Wow!!!too good ...I made some last night ...Very simple and easy to prepare ..I was excellent ...Thought i could share it with all of you ...
So here how it goes ...

Raw Materials Required

2 Riped Banana
1 1/2 -Corn Flour
Salt as per taste
Ice Cream (Store bought - any flour)(i used Pistachio Almond)
Wafer Any Flour (i used strawberry wafer)
Oil for deep frying

Preparation Style

Mix the corn flour and salt together like the Bhaji Mavu.Cut the banana and dip it in the corn mavu and deep fry it in oil .Fry it until it is golden brown .Place it on the plate along with the ice cream .Serve it hot .

Hot banana and Cold Ice cream ...Too good ....Enjoy Maaadiii!!!!!

Pasta As A Simple Lunch

It was already 12.30 y'day afternoon and i had to prepare something lunch .I was alone at home and feeling very hungry .Since i was cleaning my home i could not cook anything for my self .Time is running and i was deadly hungry .Just ran thru the pantry and i found that i had pasta shells in hand and pasta sauce.As they are very simple and easy to make i decided to have them .But no cheese with me ..Its ok ....Cheese is not so important for me ..that is fine ...I can eat with out cheese ...It was so very simple and easy to make that i decided to share it with all of you .So here how it goes....

Raw Materials Required

3 handful of pasta shells (large one ).
1/2 cup- pasta sauce (store bought)
1/2 onion (chopped)
1/2 capsicum (chopped)
1 tsp pepper
3 ts olive oil

Preparation Style

In a small bowl boil the paste until they change to white color .Then drain the water and keep the pasta aside.Then in the same bowl pour the oil and add onions to it .Saute them and add the green capsicum to it .Just allow it cook for 5 mts .Then add the pasta sauce to it .Allow it to boil and add the shells to it .Then add pepper and stir them well .Serve it hot ....

I did not use any kind of cheese .Just simple and tasty ..Was great ..We can also add orange , red or yellow capsicum to it ...

This would be my entry for "N" Simple Cooking and also Nupur "Letter - P" from One Hot Stove .

Vazhakai Cutlet and Rose Milk

Cutlet any time of the year ..No problem ..But esp during spring time ...Very very apt ..We used to always prepare aloo cutlets or vegetable cutlets....This time i decided to make something different from the usual ...Raw Banana Cutlet ..'Vazhakai "...Quite simple recipe .To go along with this I actually wanted to make strawberry milkshake , but i did not have strawberry at home ...So wht to do ????...Then thought why cant i prepare rose milk ...something similar ...
This would be my entry for Meeta's Monthly Mingle
This cutlet has got few variations from the normal one .So here how it goes

Raw Materials Required
2 Raw Banana
1/2 Carrot Grated
1/3 Cup Green Peas
1/2 Cup Small Red Onion
1 tsp Chilli Powder
1 tsp Gram masala
Salt as per taste
Little Kotmali

Preparation Style
Boil the banana's in cooker and peel the skin .Smash the banana and add the onion,grated carrot , peas and all the masala's together .Add Salt and kotamali and mix it together and make small cutlets out of them .Then place them in the tava and allow it to cook .Turn both the sides until they reach dark brown color by adding few dops of oil .Serve it hot with pudhina chutney.

Rose Milk is very simple and easy to make .I just used 4 tsp of Rooh Afza and blended it with 2 glass of milk and added 2 tsp of sugar.

Hot Hot Cutlets and Cool Rose Milk ...Spring time at our place ....
Last week i had shared my new rose bud arrival at our place .This week it has taken life by few more additions ....Enjoy your spring .....

Mango Lemon Sevai

Sevai (Rice sticks or Rice Noodles)...Wow!!!! I would be waiting for my mom to hand over a plate full of lemon sevai after i used to come back from office in India .It used to be my best choice in tiffin varieties .Mom used to make lemon sevai most of the time , but i decided to add some flavor to it by adding "Dry Mango "..to it...Sound different right...Don't worry guys it really taste good ...Yeah for the first time i made this recipe it came out quite well .

But before i share my simple recipe for mango sevai , just wanted to share few Secret on Mangoes....My friend deepa had come across few valuable information on Mangoes and she wanted me to share it with all my blog friends.She has collected these information from few sites To here how to goes ….


"Mango (English),Aam (Hindi),Maam Pazham (Tamil) , are named as the King of Fruits .

Mangoes are native to southeastern Asia or India where they have been grown for more than 4,000 years.Mango trees are evergreens that will grow to 60 feet tall. The mango tree will fruit 4 to 6 years after planting.Mango is the world's most consumed fruit and is the number one selling fruit in the world.

India is the major mango producer of the world. India grows more mangoes than all its other fruits combined.There more than 1,000 different varieties of mangoes throughout the world.

Goodness And Well Being:

Eating mango is a healthy way to achieve your goal of five fruits and vegetables a day. Doctors recommend a minimum of 5 servings a day of fruit and vegetables to maintain good health. Just half a mango counts as one serving.

Vitamins & Minerals:

Mangoes are a rich source of Vitamin A, and have good amounts of Vitamins B and C. It also has calcium, iron, potassium and a little protein in mangoes.

Weight Reduction:

With an average calorie count of only 95 for a medium sized mango, it's no wonder smart slimmers choose mangoes. A ripe mango contains water, but little carbohydrates and no fat.

Fiber Source:

Mangoes are also high in fiber, and contain a small amount of carbohydrates, which the body converts to energy.

Antioxidants:

Dietitians recommend that we should eat large amounts of antioxidant vitamins - and mangoes are a succulent source of these.

Heart Disease:

Mangoes have more carotenoids than most other fruits - and that helps toward off colds and reduces the risk of cancer and heart disease. "

Thks to my friend deepa who has pooled in some on these info and given it to us.Now comes to my part on the recipe ...

Raw Materials Required

1 pkt Sevai (Ready to eat-rice noodles)

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urdh dal

4-5 green chilli

4-5 red chilli

Few curry leaves

2 lemons

½ cup – dry mangoes sliced

Preparation style

Cook the Rice Sevai in boiling water and keep it separately. Then in a kadai add few drop of oil , add mustard seeds to it and allow it to break .Then add urdh dal , green and red chilli and curry leaves to it .Allow to aroma to spread and then add the cooked rice sevai to it and mix it well .Then add salt to it and add the dry mango pieces and mix it well .Remove it from the gas.After 5 mts add the lemon extract ( from 2 lemons) and mix it well .

Serve after 10 mts so that the lemon would mix well with the mango …..Mango Lemon Sevai ready !!!!Enjoy Maadi Everybody
This is my entry for the AFAM contest hosted by myself for the month of MAY

Mini Onion Uttapam with Chayote Squash and Pudhina Chutney

Wow !!! Onion Uttapam last night with Pudhina Chutney and Chayote Squash Chutney .Too good.Chayote Squase is often called as Bangalore Katirika in india .We can make kootu or sambhar out of this veggie. But my Mother in law thought me how to make chayote squash chutney. It was very delicious .She used to make chayote squash chutney almost once a week at her place back in chennai. I had some left over dosa batter,and got to prepare something quick because i was getting late for dinner.So I thought instead of plain dosa why not onion uttapam?. I had 1Chayote Squash left in the fridge , so decided to make that chutney too .Came out quite well and thought i can share it with all you guys .

Raw Materials -Onion Uttapam

2 Cups of Dosa Batter
1 onion
2 green chilli

Preparation Style

Cut the onions and green chillis and mix it well with dosa batter .Then pour small amount of batter in the hot tava and let them cook.Pour oil in the sides of the batter and allow it to crisp on both the sides. Take out the uttapam from the tava when the dosa turn golden brown and gets crispy.

Raw Materials - Chayote Squash

1 -Chayote Squash
3 tsp - channa dal
1 1/2 tsp- dhanya
3 red chilli
little hing
4 Big pieces of coconut
Salt as per taste

Preparation style

Wash and cut the chayote squash into pieces.Dry fry the squash for abt 10-15 mts unless you see the squash is semi cooked.In a separate pan dry fry the channa dal , dhanya , red chilli together until the channa dal turn golden brown.Let the veggie and the dry masala cool down for 10 mts .Blend together the veggie , dry masala along with coconut , hing and salt .Blend until you get a smooth paste by adding little water. Chutney Ready!!!!

Raw Materials for Pudhina (Green) Chutney

1 bunch pudhina
1/2 bunch kotamali
4-5 big pieces of coconut
small lemon size puli(tamarind)
3-4 green chilli
salt as per taste

Praparation style

Wash the pudhina leaves and dry fry then in a skillet until they loose all the water out of them . Then blend all the mentioned ingredients together including the pudhina .Blend it well until you get a smooth paste by adding little water . Chutney Ready!!!!

Enjoy Madi!!!!!

This is my entry for Nupur A-Zof Indian Vegetables on One Hot Stove . This week the letter starts with "O" and my entries would be as Onion Uttapam

Mooli Paratha

Mooli is considered as one of the main ingredients in Punjabi cuisine .They have mooli salad , mooli chapati too .I have lived in Lucknow (UP-India) for quite a few years , i love to make mooli paratha .I made last night Mulli Paratha along with capsicum and carrot fry.In North India mostly people would like to have paratha with a cup of plain yogurt. Some People do not like mulli , but i love them .I thought i could share with all you guys.

Raw Material Required

1 Large White Radish
2 Cup White Flour
1 tsp - red chilli powder
salt as per taste

Preparation Style

In a small bowl grate the radish .In another bowl add all the materials including the grated radish with little water .When adding water we should be very careful as mooli it self would leave some water .Make a thick chapati dough .Make few big rolls (bigger than chapati) and roll it into a big round .Add the white flour when rolling the dough and place it in the hot tava .See to that the paratha is cooked evenly.Spread a bit a ghee on both the side of the paratha and allow them to cook evenly .Serve it hot with pickle or any curry of your choice.

Enjoy Madi!!!!!

Capsicum And Carrot Fry

I love capsicum ..That too with chapati or paratha ..Wow man ..too good .I made some y'day night to go along with mulli paratha .I thought i could share it with all you guys ...Hope you like them

Raw Materials required

2 Full Capsicum
1 Carrot
1 Onion
1tsp Jeera
1tsp Sombhu
1/2 tsp haldi
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp gram masala
1/2 tsp dhanya powder
Little oil
Salt as per taste

Preparation Style

Cut the capsicum and carrot into small pieces and wash them .Then in a small pan add few drops of oil ,add jeera and sombhu and allow the flavor to fly .Then add onion and fry them until you get the golden color .Then add the vegge's and toss them .Add all the masala and salt and allow them to cook for 5 mts. Serve them hot

Just wanted to share a thought on cooking the capsicum .We should always cook them only for 5 mts to 7 mts and not more than that .If we over cook the vegge then taste would be little bit blunt .

Enjoy Maadi !!!!!!