Dish It out - Brinjal N Garlic Event Announcement

         Wishing U all a Very Happy N Prosperous New Year. May this year brings You all Happiness,wealth n good health. May God shower all his Blessings to U n Your Family n makes all your dreams n desire come true. Happy 2012  :)

I am so glad and excited to guest host Vardhini's very Popular event, Dish It Out for the month of January 2012. Thank you Vardhini for giving me the opportunity to host your event. My choice of Ingredients - Brinjal and Garlic. Both are my favorite vegs and i love the combo too. You can use any variety of brinjal-purple Brinjal/Egg Plant/Green Brinjal and garlic in any form,paste/powder/fresh/flakes.

Some Health Benefits of Brinjal N Eating Brinjal

Eggplant or Brinjal, is a very low calorie vegetable and has healthy nutrition profile; good news for weight watchers! The veggie is popularly known as aubergine in the western world.
Botanically, it belongs to solanaceae family and named as Solanum melongena. This perennial plant is native to Indian subcontinent and now grown in many tropical and semitropical regions. Eggplant / brinjal decreases the cholesterol level in the blood. It is a low carb vegetable and it is also conducive to the production of energy and stamina to rebuild the body. Professional dieticians like to use eggplants to prepare planned food.

• Take brinjal in a mashed form or as a soup and add some garlic and asafetida to it. It will help you get rid of flatulence and adjust the wind humor of the body.
• Brinjal can also be eaten after being roasted directly on fire. Just peel off the skin, mash it and add some salt in it for flavor and eat it. It will help cure phlegm, congestion and reduce the formation of gas.
• In order to increase appetite and digestion, take soup made of mashed brinjal and tomato, along with some salt and pepper.
• In case you are unable to fall asleep easily, eat a soft brinjal (along with some honey) after baking it directly over fire. If taken regularly, it may also cure insomnia.
• In order to cure enlarged spleen caused due to malaria, eat soft baked brinjal along with raw sugar on empty stomach, preferably in the morning.

Some Health Benefits of Garlic N Eating Garlic:

Among the medicinal herbs, garlic health benefits undoubtedly rank as the most popular herbal remedy. Many health problems can be prevented or cured by garlic.Nowadays, garlic health benefits various medical issues. Many health problems can be prevented and treated with simply a daily dose of a clove of garlic.

• Regular intake of garlic can reduce blood cholesterol and may increase HDL and LDL ratio. HDL refers to good cholesterol and LDL refers to bad cholesterol. Many studies proved that taking garlic orally is associated with lowered systolic and diastolic blood pressure. This can prevent a person against possible heart disease and stroke. 
• To prevent blood clot, one can take garlic. It can increase nitric oxide production in the blood vessels. It helps to dilate the blood vessels, and aids in fibrinolysis or dissolving of blood clotting 
• Garlic can improve a person’s immune system. It has anti-cancer components that can prevent colon cancer and stomach cancer. People with more garlic in their food intake or diet have less risk of colorectal cancer or pancreatic cancer. Garlic supplementation can also reduce the development of cancer cells among people with family history of breast, prostate and throat cancers

Now Here are the rules to participate and the event runs from Jan 1st to Jan 31st 2012.

1. Make a dish using "Brinjal and Garlic". We should be able to taste both the ingredients in the final dish.
2. Only vegetarian entries. Eggs are allowed in baking.
3. Use of logo is appreciated as it helps spread the word. Use any one.
4. Link to Vardhini's Dish it Out announcement and this announcement page is mandatory.
5. Archived entries are accepted as long as they are linked with both announcements.

6. Mail all your entry to sangeethaskitchen(at)gmail(dot)com with the following details(if the linky tool doesn't work)...

Your Name:
Blog Name:
Recipe Name:
Recipe URL:
Recipe Photo (Please limit to max 400 pixels)

Looking forward for all your wonderful n innovative recipes. I expect at least one entry from all my blogger friends, do support and encourage me by your active participation. Thank You !!

Sorry the linky tool has closed...plz do mail me your entries to the above email address.

Green Peas Cabbage Vada

        Simply i tried vada/vadai with dried green peas and little chana dal. the flavor was bit different but the taste and crispness was similar to Masal Vadai/Dal Vada.Grinding part bit difficult to me, if u have processor or Indian mixie it works easy for you. I used more cabbage n less onion to this vada and was totally different and yummy. I made this for our tea time snack and enjoyed this chill evening with hot n spicy vada n coffee. Do try this enjoy. The recipe as follows,

Potato Coriander Curry

     
  After 5 days of sickness today i am feeling good, able to cook and do all other works. Only for Blog sake , i made a curry from Schmetterling words. Yes, my H had cooked for us the previous night and told me to take complete rest. But i couldn't keep idle and also today was Blog Hop Wednesday and i have to post a recipe from my paired blogger's space.

Cauliflower Peas Kurma

       Hope everyone enjoyed your festival holidays and back to routine. In my home we all are sick and couldn't able to enjoy our holidays simply took complete rest. But still having cold and ear pain, for kids also fever comes n goes :( Giving prescribed medicines but didn't recover :_( Dunno what to do, okk let's move to today's recipe is "Cauliflower Peas Kurma", simple and tasty kurma, i made this long back along with Spring Onion Carrot Paratha. This is a mild spicy kurma which goes well with any paratha,chapathi,Puri and with Pulav also. The recipe as follows,

Masala Egg Pepper Fry

       
 This is very easy and quick stir fry. Hard boiled eggs are stir fried with onion tomato masala and lastly spiced with pepper powder. This yummy masala egg pepper fry goes well with all variety rice, pulao and biryani also. The recipe as follows..

Spicy Garlic Mozzarella Muffins ~ Breakfast Muffins!!

            Today's recipe is simple and savory breakfast muffins made with chilli, garlic,parsley and mozzarella cheese. For the first time i baked a muffin from the scratch. Once i tried blueberry muffin with muffin mix. My kids love muffins a lot, their fav was Banana Nut/chocolate muffins(to be blogged soon). But i want to try some savory muffins and i got this recipe Here. I tweaked the recipe to suit my tastebuds and was really super Hit.This was so simple and you made them in few minutes.
These savory muffins are perfect for breakfast along with some milk n fruits. I just halved the recipe and later worried. Yes, these were so addictive and i couldn't stop with one :) Try this at home, these would definitely be a great start to your day :) Now to the recipe..

Salt Crackers / Ritz Crackers

        I searched for some savory or salty crackers/cookies recipe I came across this recipe in Cupcake Project site. This is nothing but the famous Ritz Crackers recipe and I was so impressed by their picture and presentation. Also, the recipe was easy and simple and I tried it immediately. It tasted same like the store bought Ritz Crackers, except mine was less salt as I didn't brush the crackers with salty butter.

Fruit Salad With Ginger Honey Dressing ~ Winter Special

          Today's recipe is healthy fruit salad with home made ginger honey dressing. Winter is the season where we are more prone to Cold and Flu. Because of recurring infection our body loses its natural immune power. So its very important to keep our self Fit and Active. Generally I have the habit of taking one apple or at least half apple, one banana in regular basis without fail. But sometimes due to sever cold or sore throat I hate to eat fruits.

Spicy Treats Reaches 100000 Hits !!!

     Yes,Yes,Yes, Spicy Treats reaches its Golden Mark, 1Lakh Hits over this weekend. All this is because of My Wonderful Readers, Fellow Bloggers and viewers support, only you could make this and I extend my heartfelt Thanks to All My Readers and Friends. And I hope you will continue this support and encouragement in future also to reach my space 1 Million Hits :))

Spring Onion Chutney

Today's recipe is simple and tasty Spring Onion Chutney. First time I tried this chutney and turned out so yummy and makes a best combo with Idli & Dosa as well. Before going to the recipe I would like to add some more words about my previous post "Essence Dosa/Essence Roast". This is very special and popular dosa recipe in Salem(my hometown) that too in Ammapet area.

Vermicelli Paal Payasam Recipe/ Semiya Paal Payasam Recipe / Vermicelli Payasam Recipe

updated pic-6/17/13

           This is my Guest Post for Kalyani(Mom Chef) of Sizzling Tastebuds. I was so excited and delighted when Kalyani asked me to share a recipe for her guest post series. Thank you Kalyani for me giving such a wonderful opportunity. Its really more exciting to see our own recipe/post on other blog in guest post form. I feel so honored to featured on her space with a special notes. Once again thank you so much.
Keeping the festival season in mind I decided to share my family favorite sweet recipe "Vermicelli Paal Payasam".  I make this often for all special occasions. Very simple and delicious recipe too.

Essence Dosa / Essence Roast ~ My Hometown Special !!

This week I was paired with Prabha of Prabha's Cooking. She is my relative and a good friend. I tried some of her recipes and all were turned out good and even shared my comments also. For Blog hop I decided to make honey cookies from her space but I don't have cashew nuts in hand, then searched for some other recipe and at last decided to make My Hometown special recipe - Essence Dosa. I was wondering how I forgot this recipe to share in my space..My mom makes chicken essence which is our most favorite dish for dosa. I made only once in this 4 years. 

Aloo Paratha / Spicy Mashed Potato Stuffed Paratha

 Aloo/Potato is my family favorite veg :) Anything with this veg will be a hit and one such recipe is Aloo Paratha/Potato Stuffed Paratha. My kids love any kind of stuffed parathas and particularly this Aloo and Paneer stuffed Parathas. There are lots of Aloo paratha recipes and this is my style of making Aloo Paratha. Very simple and yummy recipe, these parathas are great for lunch box too. No need for any special side dishes , mango pickle n curd is the best combo. Nothing can be better than this combination. I just love these yummy parathas pickled raitha or pickle n yogurt with chaat masala. The recipe as follows..

Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti

Today's recipe is Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti, biscotti is nothing but a twice baked cake or i can say crunchy/crispy cake. For the first time i tried baking biscotti and was half satisfied with the outcome. ie. i was fully satisfied with the taste but the appearance and texture was not perfect that's all due to my oven and also i don't have sharp knife :( Within 17 minutes the first bake was done more than it to be and because of blunt knife i couldn't cut them properly and somehow i managed to take pictures with some 4-5 biscotti.  The taste was exactly like the chocolate cake in addition crunchy bites of pistachio and chocolate chips(morsels). I used  mini morsels instead of chocolate chips. And here i want to thank Vardhini for her detailed biscotti step wise pictures. Thanks dear it really helped me lot and gave me a confidence to try it. Now to the recipe...

Spring Onion Carrot Paratha

 
  I often make chapathi/paratha for our lunch along with curry or sometimes with simple pickled raitha. This time i tried this flavor rich, delicious and healthy Spring Onion Carrot Paratha. Spring onion and carrot makes an excellent combo and this paratha turned out super soft and tasty. These parathas are perfect for lunch box and also a great travel time recipe too. The recipe as follows..

Homemade Pizza (with Wheat Crust) - Veggie Lover's !

         Pizza, originated in Italy and of course one of the national food of Italy and Italian people and now it has become more popular and loved by people all over the world. Pizza is nothing but a oven baked flat disc shaped bread topped with tomato sauce ,cheese, vegs and meat also. There are some varieties of pizza like pan pizza, thin crust pizza and stuffed(crust) pizza and a wide range of toppings.
         I am also one of the lover of Pizza , particularly the one from Pizza Hut - only Veggie Lover's. My kids love pizza a lot, that too they like olives and cheese a lot. monthly once we get  pizza for them. I wanted to try Homemade pizza for long time and also i want to make it with wheat crust. After referring so many sites finally i got cleared and found a recipe which suits for me ie. with the ingredients at home. In most of the recipes they said to make the dough in bread machine or processor which i don't have. But my previous bread and bun baking efforts were all fruitful and it gave me a confidence to proceed by kneading itself. I took reference from Here and Here.I tried with whole wheat flour and store bought tomato sauce and the result was awesome, its perfect and my kids loved it. They don't have patience and as usual didn't allow me to take pictures ,5-6 pictures only i took ( DSLR helped me this time to get some good pictures). Now to the recipe...

Baked Masala Broccoli

          Broccoli is one of our favorite vegetable. My kids too love this a lot and often make Broccoli stir Fry and Oven Roasted Broccoli . For a change this time, i tried baking them with all Indian Masalas, that was also really so spicy and flavorful. We had this with Sambar and curd rice . I like to munch these crispy and masala Broccoli as such and finish the plate in one go, yep it was so yummy and healthy...Now to the recipe..

Stuffed Paniyaram / Tomato Masala Stuffed Paniyaram

 Another interesting recipe, spicy and tangy tomato stuffed Paniyarams. I have already tried and posted Musroom masala Stuffed Paniyarams, this is another successful attempt with tomato masala as stuffing. I made this for the event, LGSS - Tomato guest hosting by my blogger friend Anu. This is a simple yet very tasty kara paniyarams with tomato thokku stuffed. Very tasty and spicy paniyaram perfect for breakfast or evening tiffins. 

Ridge Gourd Chutney

             Ridge gourd chutney is very easy and quick chutney, this goes well with all kind of tiffen varieties like Idly/dosa/Rav dosa/Pongal/Chapthi and even with plain rice also. This is one of my fav chutney but i never tried with its peel, as here we couldn't get that much fresh ridge gourds :(  now to this simple recipe...

Sweet Corn Methi Paratha

     I love steamed sweet corns a lot n rarely make masala corn with the kernels but other than that i never tried any recipe with sweet corn. For the First time I tried this paratha with mashed sweet corn n fresh methi leaves combo. The parathas were too soft and tasted so good. Sweetness of corn n light bitterness from methi was balanced and paratha was too good and we had a satisfying n healthy meal with this parathas, soya tomato curry n potato podimas. Now to the sweet corn methi paratha...

Chilli Ajwain Biscuits - No Sweet !

             Today's recipe is Chili Ajwain Biscuits - No Sweet, few weeks back i saw this recipe from Priya's blog and tried it as we love savory/spicy snacks. I recreated her recipe to my taste and we all enjoyed this spicy ajwain flavored biscuits. Thank you Priya for sharing this lovely snack, friends do try this at your home and let me know how it turned out to you. Now to the recipe...