THE KITCHEN AFFAIRE

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...

Gosh! It has been so so long that I ate Vazha Koombu thoran / Banana Flower fry. Back at home, mom used to buy this once in a while and cook for us. In fact, sometimes we got it from our  homegrown Vazha (Banana Plant). :D Cool na? So last week on our weekly grocery shopping, I spotted this at the market and got my hands on it! Made sure that I explained Mr.A, how nutritious it is :) And that I know how to make this too! Imagine, I have been cooking for over an year and never thought of having this and now, out of the blue, I did? Well, not so. I should thank  Krithi  for the  Healing Foods - Banana  event which she is guest hosting with  Siri  of  Cooking with Siri . :) Thank you gals :) Only after I saw the event was I reminded of cooking this :)  Sometimes I scare Mr. A with some unheard and a lil' flop (burnt!!) dishes.. :D Well, kitchen nightmares are not just Gordan Ramsay's thing! ;P Ingredients Banana Flower...

Before I start yapping, I owe a huge apology to 3 very sweet people - Heather , Priya and Reshmi . Heather, who is my Maitri friend ; Priya and Reshmi, who are the creaters of this wonderful friendship chain called Maithri ; And the apology is for delaying to post the mystery ingredient recipe. :( Please bear with me my friends. I have been too busy. Busy is an understatement. I was in the midst of arranging a baby shower for my lovely sis n law :) Now you know why I was busy. They live in a different city and hence I had to arrange things over phone calls and all that. Anyways it is over and hey, it went well. She loved it. And BTW, I baked a Castle Cake for her. Though it dint come out as I expected, it was not that bad too :) I shall post the pics soon. So guys, do you accept my apology?? :) Now to my Maitri -- > Heather from the girly chef. Awwww!! Do you know how sweet a person she is?? :) Not only was she right on time to send my mystery ingredient, she sent me a s...

A very thoughtful event initiated by my friends Priya ( Mharo Rajasthan's Recipes ) and Reshmi ( Rasoi ). Maitri is all about food and friendship. Doesn't it ring a bell? Yes, of course. I am sure all of you have made a number of friends through this huge world of food blogging. [caption id="attachment_512" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Maitri"] [/caption] This is a chance for you to enhance this chain. Lets chip in and make more friends. :) For more details on this event, do go through this post .

[caption id="attachment_458" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Maitri"] [/caption] As I was blog  hopping last day, I came across this lovely blog -  "Mharo Rajasthan's Recipes" authored by Priya. It was there that I learned about this initiative called "Maitri". Maitri is a "friendship chain" initiated by Priya Mithrawal (  Mharo Rajasthan's Recipes  )  & Reshmi Pillai ( Rasoi  ). The basic idea behind this initiative is to make a lot of friends who are food bloggers and also to do this with an element of fun. :) This is what you do for Maitri: Interested bloggers will be matched with two other bloggers. Each of these bloggers will send one another a mystery ingredient. Using this mystery ingredient us bloggers will cook a dish and share it in respective blogs. This is the basic idea behind Maitri. Aint this fun friends? :D I am so excited!! I am yet to get a match (buddy). Once matched I ...