EGG SUKHA*****

EGG SUKHA..

I am not writing the ingredients and proportions because they are all optional as the taste of this vegetable does not change with a little more of this or that , for those who cook at home its a simple dish which can be done at a moments notice ( the time taken for boiling the eggs is what counts)

 

Slice onion thick as seen in the picture, slice tomatoes also in the same manner , boil eggs in a separate pan , you should have hard boiled eggs.

 

Take a pan add oil, add the sliced onions and stir till they change colour but do not become brown, add finely sliced garlic cloves, stir for some more time add the tomatoes and salt stir and cook covered for sometime till the tomatoes leave a little water or become a bit soft (They don't have to be very soft again it depends on ones taste). Add capsicum (optional) and let them cook for sometime or you can directly add the red chilli powder, haldi powder and dhania-jeera powder add a little garam masala (optional).add curry leaves at this stage to retain the fresh flavour . Then add the eggs and garnish with finely chopped coriander. Dish is ready to be eaten with hot hot rotis or chapatis....

SIMPLE AND EASY THALI.....

Yesterday was in a real dilemma as to what I should prepare for lunch.

It happens many times after a series of routine meals and planning you just don't feel like cooking and still you have to ... My Hubby does not enjoy eating out much and prefers to eat home food... But I love to eat out as its a respite or you can say a little change from daily grind, which can make one feel rejuvenated and ready for the next week.

The problem was my son was busy the whole day and my hubby was not feeling well enough to drive out and go for lunch so I planned this meal and can be made within an hour... you should try it once...

In the above photograph you can see a EGG- SUKHA  made in the keralite style ( I do not know if its a typical keralite preparation but my neighbour who is a keralite makes it in this way and it is liked by my family ,so I made it  using her recipe I feel the difference in the Punjabi and this version is the use of curry leaves  ).

The second dish is moong dal where i have used the combination of whole moong and moong dal to make a filling and nutritious preparation which is tasty for all ages for kids its a very good dal full of proteins and also light on the tummy...

I will be posting the Egg sukha recipe and the dal recipes in my following posts....I do not have a good picture for the dal and so my dear blogger friends you have to wait till the next time I make this dal at home, click pictures and post the recipe so please please bear with me... I know you all are very very considerate....

GANESH CHATURTI IN PUNE....

As I had mentioned I was in Pune for Ganesh Chaturti last week end...

Let me take you through a visual tour of the pictures I took at my cousins home where I celebrated Ganeshchaturti with their family...

 I love the decoration that is done around the Ganapati Murti or Idol.

you can find lots of modak normally a sweet made with milk which is supposed to be a favorite food of Ganapati Bappa but you will see in the pictures that there are many silver modaks on the side which are normally presented by someone in the family for the Lord.

The food served is so yummy that I just love eating a lot on that day , followed by a long nap in the afternoon its so satisfying to feel full and have a nap that day (for no reason at all......)

food served was

varan bhat (dal rice)

chapati or roti

apple and pomegranate salad in yogurt

boiled potato vegetable

whole moong curry (goan style) not seen (its in the katori on the right)

Most important Ukadiche modak..

cucumber , black vatana bhaji

GANAPATI BAPPA MORYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

THALI TIME.....

My thali for the day has the following things......

CHOLE

FRENCH BEANS AND PEAS VEGETABLE

PALAK DAL

CHAPATI OR ROTI

RICE (not in the picture)
I would love all the bloggers who read this blog comment on how they felt the combination was and if they had suggestions regarding what more or less could be made to make the thali complete or whether this is good enough...
I want you to send your suggestions or comments which will be of help to other homemakers too who want to feed their family healthy nutritious meals , when we all come together as a family and help others I feel the family meals will be really something we will be proud of .. and hence I share my meals with you so please comment and tell me what you made for your dinner or lunch today..

PICWICK BISCUIT.....

Childhood normally is filled with so many things that seem very ordinary then  but become quite a special once we grow, think back on them and associate them with a person or an event....

I have a wonderful memory associated with this above PICWICK BISCUIT  which is still available in the Indian market .

This biscuit which is a wafer cream biscuit and its quite yummy to taste , It is a biscuit loved my brother and sister along with me...

My father normally got a small pack for us which was devoured up hastily as soon as it was opened.

My fathers older brother who was a bachelor visited us very often and treated us very affectionately . He loved to give us things that we all truly loved but was not very easily available to us...

These biscuits were quite expensive compared to the other biscuits but I appreciate that my father always got us a packet every month , we always got our share but still longed for more (you know how kids are, never

satisfied with what they like and have).

One day came my dear uncle on his regular visits and heard us talk about how much we love this biscuit and discussing  among ourselves  about who likes which cream flavor the best . (we were all under the age of 10),

On a ploy of going on a walk he took us along with him to our grocery shop , there he purchased for us each the Picwick biscuit packet of our choice and that too the largest packet available in India  (FAVORITE BISCUIT WITH A CREAM FILLING OF CHOICE) what more could a child's young heart ask for...

I still remember the pleasure I felt when I held the biscuit packet close to my heart ( I remember catching it very tenderly afraid that a little hard grip or hold might crush those delicate biscuit to bits).

I still remember the three of us sitting on our bed and munching on those beauties, storing away the leftovers in a proper airtight jar provided by my mom (these biscuits tend to absorb the moisture in the air and become soft and loose their taste). I can feel the longing of wanting to come home to eat those biscuits once again sitting with my siblings and laughing at each others jokes.

I will always remember my Uncle for giving us that little pleasure on that evening and my memories of him become more touching and warm.

Can any other material thing provide you with such pleasure which is so innocent and so pure and which as adults we loose out on ?? . We try to search for pleasure in wrong things and things that are complicated. So why not be a child again and experience pleasure in simple things of life , things that don't need much money just that  little soft heart beating ....

FOOD FOR THE DAY...

I spent a lovely weekend at Pune a place which is about 3 hours drive from the place I live (Mumbai).

Its Ganesh chaturti now , its a Hindu festival , for details you can read here.

I have my aunt staying in Pune whose new House I havent visited and so we felt that this was the best time for us  to visit her and also enjoy the festivities of that place.

This food thali was what I cooked the day before I left for Pune, I wanted it to be simple as I did not have much time as lots of things had to be done and things had to be packed.

Mumbai being a big metro city everything that we need to cook a certain type of meal is always available which is not so in Pune. So my aunt had her list of things that she would like to get and so I had a lot of shopping to be done and so...this above meal

white vatana tonak or wet curry vegetable 

varan or toovar dal

chapati, rice , curds etc....

I will make a separate post for the recipes as and when I get the time...

THALI

I have managed to click a lot of my day to day food thalis over the last couple of weeks and I would love to share them with you.

When I read blogs I always like to know more about what people have on their plates for their regular meals , For me regular everyday meals are not something that are rich in taste or something that are good to look at (although both the things are necessary  to make our plate a bit appetizing), But its the love with which a homemaker makes a complete meal for her family taking into account the nutritional value of the food is what is of utmost importance.

I am a homemaker and I cook 3 fresh meals everyday at home, and I know the efforts I put into planning the daily meal so as to balance the nutrition in each meal.So that there are the necessary components in every meal ( I know that its not always possible to have absolutely great and healthy meal when you plan a menu. as things which have a lot of oil are a bit tastier than the ones which are bland) . So I make such a dish probably once a fortnight or sometimes even a month , if I can slyly stretch it that much  shhhhh......

The above thali which you see is made for lunch , I have a wholesome thali for lunch for dinner I plan something that is filling but not in the thali form it can be something like dosa, paratha, or sandwiches. I am planning to share at least 4 thalis of that week with you ( I would not mind clicking pictures everyday but it so happens that many a times something is left for the last minute touch-up and enters my hubby from his work, to eat his hot afternoon meal, which he does not much appreciate waiting for , so in the rush bushhh of getting everything hot on his plate before he lands at the table after his quick wash I forget to get the camera out and click the photos and sometimes it so happens that i do click the photos but they are not appealing enough for you to look at sooo...

But I promise to be more regular BUT BUT... I WANT ALL THOSE READING THE POST TO PROMISE ME ONE THING .... PLEASE DO COMMENT , I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW YOUR REACTION... AND TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE READ MY POST .. ONLY WHEN I GET PROMISES OF COMMENTING WILL I POST (just joking... but please do comment folks..) 

SORRY!!!!

I did not even mention the items on this thali .

Roasted corn salad (my favorite)

Beetroot pachadi 

Tomato sar

gourd bhaji or vegetable with onions and tomato

rice and chapati.

LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS I SEE THAT THE THALI IS QUITE COLORFUL DO YOU ALL AGREE????

PHOOTI KADI....

This is one appetizer loved by people in Goa and I think each home has their own version of making it...

I call it a appetizer because that what people normally do drink it before their meal starts it helps to digest the heavy meals that's going to follow (that's what i think).

I love to have it with my rice and after the first part i.e either Dal or fish curry I love to end my meal by having this with rice and i love the after tangy taste that it leaves in your mouth, you feel nice and fresh.

Very simple to make

soak kokum a sour fruit found in Goa which is dried to make sol kadi (made with coconut milk) or this kokum kadi or also as a souring agent for some fish dishes.

soak about 7-8 kokums in water for about 1 hour or till the sour taste percolates into the water, add 1/2 sp asoefotida, 2 finely chopped green chillies, 2 tsp sugar for a glass of water,salt to taste and finely chopped coriander for garnish.