Bicuit Ambado/Urad Dal fritters Filed under ( Amchikele Randap/Konkani food, Breakfast, Chutney, Fries and Podis, Mangalorean Recipes, MeMe, Tags )

Hey Guys How r all Ya??? M doing good…. But missing ma sweetheart :(… Each time amma or mayi prepares something the first thing wht comes to my mind is Wish Guru was here…. But no worries he will be here soon :)… after a week time I m freee today… so I thought il get my draft updated…. I kno my drafts keep crying to remove them out there :P…..



Hey all I m sorry if I neva visited ur site…. Sometimes I just went thru cudn drop a word… I guess u all understand…

I hope U all remember me…. Neva forgot me na???? I always think I shud have lozza followers I shud getta kno many ppl in blogging… nd all shud remember me… :P …. I kno all ya bloggers wish the same… I m sure it will be true :)….





Ok now to the recipe…

Biscuit Ambado is one of Amchis fav’s ….

I really donno y its called biscuit ambado… if ne one yak no lemme kno ok…

Its one of our family fav’s too.. I m not a big fan of it though… Ok I hurry up vth the recipe:

E need

Urad dal- 2 cups (soaked atleast for 5 hrs)

Green chillies – 3

Curry leaves – 10-12springs

Coconut thinly shredded or scraped – 4 tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying

Method:

Grind Dal into a semi coarse paste …. Do not add water as iy will be flow…. We need the batter thick as it shud be dropd as balls.

For the batter add chopped green chillies,curry leaves, coriander leaves, and salt… and mix well…

Now drop in the batter(small tennis ball sized) into hot oil … Fry it on mediun flame until crisp…



This taste awesome with Coconut Chutney

For chutney we need

1 cup scraped coconut, green chillies 4 (cn more according to ur taste ) a slmall piece of tamarind(a peanut size), salt to taste

Grind all these items smoothly until fine…. Now serve this chutney with Hot Ambado….

We even Season the chuytney… but for Amados we prepare the chutney without tempering.









Tastes Yum Yum when u add lozza love in it.



I m really on the tp as Sushma has passed on this award to me... Thank u Sushma :).. It really means a lot to me :)







1. Where is your cell phone: In ma pocket bcoz I have a habit rgetting it here nd there nd then give a call from ma land line so its better to be with me :P

2. Your hair: Brown

3. Your mother: Jayanthi Bhat

4. Your father: Surendra Bhat

5. Your favorite food: Amma’s cooking is always ma fav…. But apart from tht I love chineese, nd ne mushroom dishes

6. Your dream last night: sometimes I get weird dreams but I donno what was my dream last night

7. Favvorite drink: Mango Juice ne time :)

8. Your dream/goal: Will let ya know when It comes true :)

9. What room are you in: Drawing room

10. Your hobby: I love doing ne thing artistic… now I have developed a hobby of cooking

11. Your fear: Of dying… I don’t wanna die soon… :p

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years: Where my Guru wud take me is always the best place :))….

13. Where were you last night: Home

14. Something you aren’t: A back stabber….A snake Tongued person

15. Muffins: I Love them

16. Wish list item: Lemme wish some more things then il list up

17. Where did you grow up: Mangalore… Kodial… Namma Kudla

18. Last thing you did: Cut capsicums for Bajji’s

19. What are you wearing: A brown T nd a pant…

20. Your TV: For the time being its switched off

21. Your pets: I wud love to have a mans best fren at my house

22. Your friends: I have many nd now all ya bloggers r frenz aint it????

23. Your life: Is just like a dream come true..

24. Your mood: I Love to be cheerful

25. Missing someone: In my last tag I wrote I m missing ma parents now whn I m here I m missing Guru a lotsssss

26. Vehicle:Toyota Corolla nd Maruti

27. Something you’re not wearing: All my jewelleries r in Nd I guess I take them out 2c or 3c in a blue moon :P

28. Your favorite store: I loved bossini :)

29. Your favorite color: Purple Is always my Fav…

30. When was the last time you laughed: Lemme think… 5 minute…no 1 minute I guess!!

31. Last time you cried:When I left Guru nd came here alone….. I really m missing him.

32. Your best friend: My best frenz r Gem of a person :))

33 One place that I go over and over: Over nd nd over is mangalore for the time being…. :P

34One person who emails me regularly: Now FB nd orkut notifications r more :P

35. Favorite place to eat: Lozz I can mention one…



I Pass on this award to all my fellow blogger frenz... Enjoy :)

Fish Fry Filed under ( Amchikele Randap/Konkani food, Fish Variety, Fries and Podis, Vacations )

Hey Guys this is my Last post from Jeddah.... M leaving Jeddah for good.... Now I can breath well.....Fresh Oxygen :P..... But m feeling very very sad that i m moving back to India all alone :'( without my dear Guru..... But will be back to him within 2 weeks..... I cud not check all your lovely recipes nd for some time i will be giving a break for myself nd be bac soon.... :)
I have many posts lying down in my draft will try publishing them one by one....



Here is the fish fry recipe for which i used:
Pomfret fish -2 cleaned, 1 cup white rice soaked for atleast 3 hrs, red chillies 15 (use according to ur spice), Hing a pinch, bread crumbs to roll ( u can use semolina also), Coconut oil for frying, juice of 1 Lime, Haldi powder, Salt to taste.
Method - apply salt nd turmeric powder to the fish for atleast n hour.
Grind rice,chillies hing into a very fine and thick paste (without adding much water).
Apply this mixture to the marinated fish and rest it for n hour.
Heat oil ... roll the fish in bread crumbs and deep fry.

Fish fry is ready.

Tastes Yum Yum when u add lozza love in it.




C ya guys soon and thank U all for appreciating my food with ur Lovely comments.... Cya Soon

Signing of for now,

Weekend Blast!!!!! Filed under ( Chaats and Tangy food, Coolers and Juices, Fries and Podis, Snacks )

Hey foodies!!!!
U guys enjoying weekend…. M envying u all…… I m done with my weekend….Ne ways my weekend was toooooooooooooo gud y so many “o”s don’t worry I’ll tell u y….. We had a Burger Party at home where I prepared burgers nd Lemon Mint cooler…..nd all enjoyed the burger to the last bite nd cooler till the last sip…... They praised me so much…. I was on cloud 9…. All roadie freaks went to Gelato…….yum it was just melting down our mouth….. I just relished it like I never had something like tht before. Now don’t ask me whts the difference between Gelato nd Ice Cream….This cud tell u more than me. U can find gelato recipe here. Ok now after all this the real part of my weekend which made me start searching if there was cloud 10 :P. I got a beautiful surprise from my sweet hubby…. B4 u ask me wht lemme tell u I got 2 wonderful jewellery sets :P…..

Are'nt those beautiful???
Mind me i never expected it at all…. Now don’t ask me if tat was my anniversary gift… It wasn …. Ok I don’t want u guys to get bored lemme come to todays recipe….U can find my burger recipe here.
I cudn take gud pics of burgers.... I was damn hungry so i dint have tht patience :P
Lemon Mint cooler

I assure u this cooler not only is gives u a refreshed feeling but also your tongue keeps luking for the last bit of it. He he he I think i'll come down to the cooler recipe
We need :
Lemon – 3
Mint – ½ cup
Sugar – 3 tbsp
Honey – 3tbsp
Salt a pinch

Method:
Grind mint leaves.
Dissolve sugar in 4 glasses of water.
And add the ground mint, lemon juice, honey, a pinch of salt and mix well. U can add crushed ice cubes ( I used cold water instead of normal water I skipped crushed ice).
Ur cooler is ready to serve.

Tastes Yum Yum when u add lozza love in it.


Signing of

Festive Time- Do have some yummilicious food Filed under ( Amchikele Randap/Konkani food, Cook it with Rice, Festivals, Fries and Podis, Sweets and Desserts )

Hey all…..enjoying weekend…yeh…some r done with weekend like me and waiting for next one isn’t it???
My last week festive post was just lying down I couldn’t post it up bcoz I was stuck with some work….so without much a do here is my post.

By the way Happy Krishna Janmashtami, Happy Independence Day.
Suttha Punnav or Rig Upakarma is observed on the day after the Purnima or Full Moon day in Shravan month. This Day is the most auspicious day to chant the Supreme of all the mantras, the sacred Gayatri Mantra. Gayathri is the Supreme Goddess and considered as the Mother Goddess. Gayatri Mantra is the foundation and the theme for every mantra in Hinduism.
On this day, all the Hindus mainly Brahmins recite Gayathri Mantra. Any Hindu, celibate (Brahmachari), the Grihastha (householder) or the Vanaprastha (old people) have to chant Gayatri Mantra on this Day. Brahmins(men) who wear the sacred thread, Jannuve or Janeyu or Yagnopaveeta, recite the Gayathri Mantra.
The prayer of that people recite to wash away all the sins on this day is something like :-

"For the removal of all my sins and thereby to secure a divine blessing and for qualifing myself to perform the essential duties of Brahmanas as prescribed in the vedas and smritis and adopted by the really good in their conduct I put on this Yagnopavita".

While removing the old thread, the mantra recited means :-

"I throw away the broken dirty old thread, may the new one bring on long life and Brahmana's brilliance."

It is always said Suth(thread) ghalnu suth khavka(wear the thread and eat something like thread). So Shevayi is done one this day.

Source: My Dad nd Google.




For my hubby its his first Suttha Punnav after Marriage. And its Nave Parab(new festival) for us. Nave Parab is new festival (the one which comes during the first yr of marriage) which includes Ugaadi,Suttha Punnav,Deepavali. The new couple go to to the girls house during these functions and get blessings from their elders, gifts and not but least Royal food(which we missed as we weren’t there we got our gifts though ;). )
Every yr I used to enjoy the delicious lip smacking food Amma prepared…but this yr I have to cook myself. But no worries as it was a weekend I cud manage things easily….. cooked Varities of Phodis (phagil,Goint,Dudde,& kele phodi), Daali Toy,Shevayi Godshe, Rice and fried Happolu…..

I kno I m posting this late….i dint get time to post it sorry........





I kno I m posting this late….i dint get time to post it sorry L
Now to some recipes vch I haven’t shared
Kele Phodi:

Raw Banana -1 ( I used only one as I had many more things to hog ;) )
Chilli powder – 2tsp
Hing – a pinch or 2
Rice flour – for coating
Salt to taste
Method:
Roughly peel the skin of banana and cut them into 8 pcs
Then apply chilli pwdr,salt,hing and rest it for half n hr
Then roll it over rice flour and deep fry them until crisp.

U can enjoy these as a tea time snack too.



Daali toy:

The famous dish among us Konkani’s it is also known as DDT(data daali toy/Thick daali toy) ;0. jokes apart now about this I think I need not explain more as most of them myt have heard about this…I wud like to share this recipe

We need:
Yellow lentils/ toor daal – 1 cup
Green chillies -3
Red chillies -2
Curry leaves few
Salt to taste
Hing/ asafetida – 3 pinches or so
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Ghee – 1 tbsp (Amma used ghee as it gave a good aroma u can use coconut oil )

Method
First boil toor daal in enough qtty of water( atleast 4-5 whistles ) until done
Remove it in a vessel and ad green chillies, salt hing and get it a good boil( atleast for 5 minutes)
Now in a small frying pan heat ghee add mustard seeds…once they splatter add curry leaves and broken red chillies and season it over the daal.
Yummy daali toy is ready to serve.




Now after a fry nd a side dish Dessert time……
Shevayi kheeri/ vermicelli kheer

Kheer is the most easiest sweet I have ever done. No much procedures no lotzza ingredients just very simple.
Here is wht we need:
Shevayi / Vermicelli – 1 cup
Sugar – 1 cup (I used 1 cup as it was not too sweey)
Cardamom powder – 1/4th tsp
Casewnuts broken ( u can add as much as u want)
Saffron few strands
Milk – 3 cups
Ghee 2 tbsp
Method:
Heat 1 tbsp ghee and fry cashew nuts and keep aside.
Heat ghee and fry vermicelli for a minute or 2 then add milk, saffron strands and boil until vermicelli is cooked……once its cooked add sugar and keep stirring for a minute then get a bubble boil….and add fried cashew nuts and cardamom powder.
U can relish this dish hot or Cold.



I have some Janmashtami specials which I will be posting with the Ganesh Chaturthi specials…….

Tastes Yum Yum when u add lozza love in it.

These phodis r done even during Ganesh Chaturthi nd being so I must send it to purva’s event isn’t it?

I m sending this to Purva’s Festive food event hosted byt Priti nd Purva

Monsoon Magic Recipe#4- Taikile ambado Filed under ( Amchikele Randap/Konkani food, Crunchy Munchy, Fries and Podis, Mangalorean Recipes, Monsoon Magic Recipes, Starters, Tried and tasted )

Remember the Taikile khadi  and Taikile chutney I posted Last year??? Taikilo is a monsoon greens.

Here is one more dish made out of this leaf.

Taikile Ambado: Ambado in Konkani is a fried item. This is our family favourite leaf and dish too.

Here is what we need:

Taikilo washed and chopped finely-2 cups

Rice – 1 cup

2 handful of Toor dal (soak rice and toor dal for 4 hrs)

20 Kashmiri red chilies

Salt to taste

Coconut oil for frying(u can use oil of ur choice I always prefer coconut oil for frying).

Method:

Grind soaked rice, dal and red chilies into a smooth paste. Add as less water. Make a thick paste.

Now mix salt and the ground paste with chopped taikilo. Mix evenly.

Make small balls and flatten it. Keep all the ambado ready for frying.

Heat oil and fry the ambado’s till crisp.

Taikile Ambado is ready to serve.

Taste fantastic with Rice and dal or Rasam.

Tastes Yum Yum  when u add lozza love in it.

Till Later Then,

Karathe Kosambari/Karathe Kismuri/Fried bittergourd Salad Filed under ( Amchikele Randap/Konkani food, Fries and Podis, Mangalorean Recipes, Salads, Side dish )

Karathe… Bitter gourd…. Karela… how many of u like this veggie?? I m the one who likes it…. Though bitter I love its taste…
Especially the Kosambari/Kismuri made of bitter gourd is one of Mom’s n my fav (neither my hubby nor my bro like It :D). Whenever Amma made this I used to have a big plate of Kismuri more than rice…. J

I just love it

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So here is the simple yet Yummy recipe for all of U

Ø 2 medium sized bitter gourds

Ø ½ cup finely shredded coconut

Ø 2 finely  chopped onions

Ø 1 or 2 green chilly chopped

Ø Oil for frying

Ø salt

Directions

 v Wash the bitter gourd, and chop into very fine pieces.
v   Pre-soak the bitter gourd with salt, drain the water to remove the bitterness.
v Heat a heavy bottom pan, add oil and then the bitter gourd pieces. Keep stirring until it turns brown and crisp.
v Remove the bitter gourd on a kitchen towel.
v Meanwhile mix the shredded coconut along with chilly, salt, thoroughly.
v Mix the chopped onions, along with coconut mixture and roasted bitter gourd pieces.
v Serve immediately.
v Do not keep for long as if the bitter gourd loses crunchiness it will not taste good.

Note: U can even microwave the bittergourd for tht u just got to do this:

Take a microwave safe glass plate and add the chopped bitter gourd pieces. Sprinkle some salt and oil and microwave for 3 minutes. Remove the plate and toss some more oil on it . Microwave for another 2-3 minutes. Make sure the pcs are evenly roasted.

Enjoy the crunchy Kismuri

J J J J J J

Tastes Yum Yum  when u add lozza love in it.

Signing off till the next yummy recipe,

Bitter can taste Better or Best????? Filed under ( Amchikele Randap/Konkani food, Cook it with Rice, Fries and Podis, Leaves and Greens, Snacks )

Bitter Can Taste Better or can say best?????

How r all u guys???? Weekend is nearing……..So I thought get out of diet tht day??? How about something fried? Something bitter? r’nt u tired of sweet always or the same taste………I m so thought I’ll makw something better or best out of bitter…….Have u ever had drumstick leaves ambado (fritters)…..no then do try it it tastes yum nd ul never feel the bitter taste……….Amma used to make them at home(mamama used to get the leaves for us) and I used to cherish them sitting like a queen with a plate of ambado….huh I remember the time when Sud..nd I used to fight for the ambado’s telling takka/tikka kasane chada dilla nd all(y is he/she given lil more). I miss tht bro!! L but after all tht its life….we gona go far…..

Today I m gonna post ambado nd karathe phodi(karela/bittergourd) :





Mashinga palle Ambado :

Mashinga Pallo/ Drumstick leaves – 2 cups (coarsely cut with hands)

Rice-1 cup (soaked for 4 hrs or so)

Red chillies – 12-15

Salt to taste

Method: Grind rice,chillies, into a very fine and semi-thick paste.

Now in a bowl mix the leaves, salt, and the paste.

Heat oil….now make small balls nd flatten them deep fry in oil and Relish.



Karathe Phodi:

Karathe/Bitter Gourd -2 Rice - ½ cup Red chillies – 9 Salt to tasteHing a pinch

Cut roundels of karathe and apply salt and leave for n hr.(this removes the bitter taste of karathe thts wht amma used to tell me).Grind RC, Rice and hing into a thick paste(avoid adding lozza water).Now squeeze the water from karathe and apply the paste and rest for ½ n hr….Then deep fry them until crispy.



Now u can relish the bitter which is not bitter…..he he he he he he he.







Tastes Yum Yum when u add lozza love in it.







Signing of after a big Post

A Afternoon thali Filed under ( Fries and Podis, Lunch and Dinner, Mango Relish, Side dish )

Life is so busy with the lil one, She has completed 5mo this 3^rd and with that she has learnt new tricks nd I  need to keep an extra eye on the girl!!! After all she has become a big girl a 5 month old girl ;).

Sitting and browsing on net is like a dream these days. As amma is here I find a lil bit of time to browse or blog!!! But sob sob this is only for a week more as she will leave next week L L L
I apologise if I’ve missed ur posts or not commented on it!!! I m sure u all can understand me very well!!!Life is so busy with the lil one, She has completed 5mo this 3^rd and with that she has learnt new tricks nd I  need to keep an extra eye on the girl!!! After all she has become a big girl a 5 month old girl ;).

Sitting and browsing on net is like a dream these days. As amma is here I find a lil bit of time to browse or blog!!! But sob sob this is only for a week more as she will leave next week L L L
I apologise if I’ve missed ur posts or not commented on it!!! I m sure u all can understand me very well!!!

Ok without much a do lets start todays topic – fooooood

Here is a thali I prepared last week.

As Mangoes are on the go I decided to make my fav Aamras and to go with it I made poori.

Side dish was Kuvale Sasam (recipe will be posted soon)

To go with rice it was Daalitoy

Starter was Cauliflower bajo

And dessert was brownies which I will upload soon….

For Aamras

To Make Aamras i just pureed the 3 ripe alphonso mangoes and added 1/4^th cup sugar, added some Elaichi powder and Kesar.

For Poori here is what we need

Atta – 2-3 cups

Maida /Apf 2-3tbsp optional
Salt to taste
Water – as required to knead the dough[about 1 cup]

Oil – to deep fry

Method

Mix salt with atta, APF and add water and make a firm dough.
Knead the dough for a few minutes till the surface becomes smooth.
Poori dough should be firmer than chapathi dough or else it will soak up lotsa oil.
Pinch off small balls of the dough, flatten with a rolling pin and deep fry them in hot oil, till they puff up and become golden brown.

For cauliflower bajo :

15-20 cauliflower florets

1/4^th cup besan

A pinch asafoetida
1/2 tea spn chilli powder
Salt
Oil

Wash the florets well in haldi water

Now mix all ingredients with cauliflower florets and fry in hot coconut oil until golden brown or crisp.

U can make this even during Evening Coffee.

Tastes Yum Yum  when u add lozza love in it.

Keep Waiting!!!

Coming Up – Monsoon Recipes