Announcing Veggie/Fruit A Month Event

Announcing Veggie/Fruit A Month Event - Lemon

Days fly by so fast!! Really!! It feels just like yesterday that I hooked up for this wonderful event (Veggie/Fruit A Month ) chartered by our dearest Priya of Mharo Rajasthan's Recipe. A huge thank you to you Priya for including me. :)

Lemon is the star of the month. Lemon refers to both an evergreen tree and its yellow fruit. Lemon has n number of uses from the simple everyday lemon juice (lemonade) to a lemon marmalade. Pickled lemons are also a very popular Moroccan delicacy.

Now coming back to the event there are some rules for this event -

"Lemon" has to be the star ingredient in the dish.
Prepare a vegetarian recipe (eggs are allowed)
It has to be a brand new recipe folks, No archives please (breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert - the word is anything :)).
Use of the logo is mandatory to help spread the word about the event.
Link your post to this announcement and to Priya's main event page.
Non bloggers are as always welcome just send your name, recipe and a picture and you are in.

Please send me your entries between Feb 01st to Feb 29th to gopikanambiar@gmail.com with 'Lemon' as the subject. And do include the following details -
Your Name
Name of the blog
Recipe Name
Recipe URL
Photograph of your dish. Please make sure the picture is not large.

The event round up will be posted by March first week. I am sure you guys had fun at the last event held @ Raji's - Vegetarian Tastebuds.

Cant wait to see you guys come up with slurpy delicious Lemony recipes :) Welcome to my our event :)

Hummus

How can I even dream of having a Pita bread without this yummy creamy dip --> Hummus of course. :) Like many other cuisines, Mediterranean was also introduced to me by my hubby dear. He loves Hummus and now, me too :D And thats how I ended trying to make it at home. Ingredients Yogurt - 1/4 C Garbanzo Beans / Chick Peas - 2 C Tahini (Sesame Seed Paste) - 1/2 C Lemon Juice - 1/2 C Garlic cloves - 3 Salt - 1/2 t Citric acid - 1/4 t Water - 2 T Mint Leaves - a few For garnishing Parsley - 2 T Cayenne Pepper or Paprika - 1 t Olive Oil - 1/4 C Method In a food processor, add the garbonzo beans, garlic, lemon juice and salt, blend until smooth. Next add yogurt, tahini, water, citric acid and mint leaves. Spread the hummus in a plate and garnish with parsley, cayenne pepper and olive oil. Serve with pita bread.

Broccoli Parantha/Paratha - Broccoli Flat Bread

I am sure a lot of you guys out there would have tried this. I tried it for the first time today and it came out fine. :D I was so hungry and I wanted to try a new recipe. I went through the fridge and found broccoli hidden behind the pile of carrots. And as I thought of different dishes that I could try with Broccoli, I jumped on the Paratha option. I did not have the patience to dig for a recipe. So tried my own. And hey gals. It tasted good :) Ingredients For the dough Wheat flour – 1 C Water/Milk – ½ C Salt – to taste Broccoli Filling Broccoli, chopped – 1 C Onion, chopped – ½ Cumin seeds - ½ t Green chilli, chopped - 1 Cilantro, chopped – 1 bunch Garam masala powder – ½ t Amchoor powder - ½ t Salt – to taste Oil – 2 T Method For the dough Mix flour, salt and water/milk to make soft dough. Cover it with a damp cloth. Keep it aside for 5 to 10 mins. Filling Heat a pan with oil. When hot, add cumin seeds. Once the seeds splutter, ad...

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