OUR DAY OUT

I just found this picture out from 2 summers back. Just thought of posting this picture to commemorate on the beautiful memories. Back in 2009 summer one day, Mamu & I head out to Central Island to spend our beautiful summer Saturday in peace. The plan was very a very simple and stressless one. All we did after reaching Central island, first we chose our spot a shade close to the lake and away from the crowd. We laid down our blanket and both of us lazied around on it for a while. The Mamu went and put the Corn and steak for bbq with some lemon wedges. We had marinated the Corn and steak from home. The corn was marinated with salt, pepper a little paprika and lime jucie. The steak was marinated in simple steak spices. While the corn and beef were bbqing, we were just laying down on our blanket, breathing the fresh air, enjoying the view of the lake and at the same time soaking in the beautiful sun. It was a simple and very lazy and relaxed day. Sometimes, it is important to just get out and spend a very simple, stressless and a fun day.

Cheesy Toast

Staying up late night by myself and making snacks for my ownself. I do eat but no one believes that ;)

Desi Style

This was our Dinner Menu--The Desi Style

CHICKEN JALFREZI

Ingredients:

2 cloves garlic (lasan) chopped
750 gms skinless chicken thigh fillets, cut in half
3 tsp ground turmeric
1 onion (pyaj) finely grated
1teaspoon red chilli (lal mirch) powder
1teaspoon salt (namak)
500 gms chopped tomatoes (tamatar)
30 gms ghee
3tsp ground cumin (jeera)
3 tsp ground coriander
2 tblsp grated fresh ginger (adrak)
30 gms fresh coriander leaves roughly chopped
oil (tel) for cooking

Directions:

• Heat up about 2 tblsp oil in a deep frying pot and fry the onion and garlic for 2 minutes over high flame heat.
• Mix in the chicken, turmeric, chili powder and salt. Fry gently for 5-10 minutes or until golden
• Turn the chicken frequently.
• Mix in the tomatoes, cover and stir fry over medium heat up for 20 minutes. Uncover and simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) for 10 minutes to let all the excess liquid evaporate and the sauce thicken.
• Mix in the ghee or oil, cumin, ground coriander, ginger and fresh coriander and simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) for 5-7 minutes or until the fat separates out from the thick sauce.
• Serve the chicken pieces with the gravy.

DAAL

Ingredients:

1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
1 tsp Cumin Seed Powder (Jeera)
2 Green Chilli (Hari mirch)
2 Dry Red Chily (Saboot Lal Mirchi)
1 tsp chopped Ginger (Adrak)
2 Bay Leaf (Tej Patta)
10 gms Mixed Spices (onion seeds,fenugreek seeds,aniseeds,cuminseeds and mustard seeds) 2 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)
1 tsp Sugar
Salt to taste

Directions:

• Wash the dal and cook the dal in a sauteuse with the turmeric, salt and the sugar over a medium flame.
• Add half of the ginger to the dal along with the cumin powder.
• When the dal is cooked and thick remove from the fire.
• Heat the ghee in a pan and add the mixed spices,(a little of onion seeds, fenugreek seeds , aniseeds, cumin seeds and mustard seeds all mixed together).
• When the mustard seeds crackle add the bay leaf, remaining chopped ginger , slit green chilliesand the broken red chillies. fry for 2 minutes and pour over the dal.mix thoroughly. serve hot.

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Aloo Veggie

No recipe

Healthy Meal

As it is the summer season there will be lots of Green Mango Salad during this time. With the Green Mango Salad today we have a healty Avocado Chicken Sandwich. Meals like these are filling plus healthy. The weight watchers can be a little relaxed now. I have enjoyed the Green Mango Salad and the healthy Avocado Chicken Sandwich with it a lot.

My Birthday Surprise

Reaching 26 was fun. I got sweet surprises from my parents and my hubby. My dearest popped champagne for me at 12am. With the champagne he got me this amazing cheesecake and a Hello Kitty marshmallow candy. Mamu still from time to time thinks that I am a little girl. All over it was a sweet surprise.

Mama Haleem

I am fortunate enough to enojoy the genuine Mama Haleem. Mamu makes amazing haleem at home :D