Food is our mood

Its so strange that its been 1 year i had updated this blog. We do everything for food and we forget how we love it to mention.

BADNEY KAAYI ENGAAYI/stuffed brinjal

I had thought this was a typical south Indian dish until i found it on net the other day the same dish called as Baingan bharta. Brinjal has been my favourite dish since my childhood, and that was the reason my Dad had planted many Brinjal plants in garden.

Its easy to prepare and very tasty dish which can be eaten with rice as well as with chapathi and roti. Its famous and ideal with Akki (rice) roti in the northern part of karnataka. Badney kaayi yengaayi / stuffed brinjal / baingan bharta is of two types as i know. One is of red coloured which is eaten with rice and the other is green coloured eaten with chapathi and roti.

As of me i like the both.

I had prepared today red coloured badney kaayi engaayi, which i like with rice as well as with chapathies.

The word engayi means 'oil dipped', which indicates that the chief ingredient of the recipe is oil apart from the brinjal. The brinjals used is the violet coloured smaller ones however, any type of brinjals can be used.

Ingredients:

1)8-10 small violet coloured brinjals -cut nicely in a circular way to the whole of brinjal(should not be cut into small pieces).

2)Red chillies -10-12 numbers.

3)Coriander-4tsp.

4)Jeera-1/2tsp.

5)Menthya(Fenugreek seeds)-1/2tsp.

6)Urad daal-2tsp

7)Toor daal-1tsp

8)Rice-1tsp

9)Tamarind-as per taste

10)Jaggery-as per taste

11)Salt-as per taste

12)Onion-1onion finely cut

13)coconut paste

Procedure-

1)Fry chillies, coriander, cumin seeds, toor daal, urad daal, fenugreek seeds and rice as per mentioned quantity separately and grind together with tamarind juice, jaggery salt and coconut paste.

2)Fill the above ingredients inside brinjals.

3)Take a pan or cooker.

4)Put oil, onions and stuffed brinjals carefully that the masala doesn't come out.

5)Deep fry it until it turns golden brown colour.

6)Ok... Now its yummy to taste ! And ready to serve.

hingu menasu ....

This is a typical malnadu recipe,easy to make very delicious and can be kept for many days.
Its nice to eat with plain rice and with curd rice.
Main ingredient in this is green chilly and asafoetida.
INGREDIENTS:-
1)Green chillies-10 to 20 (Or as per requirement)
2)Asafoetida-1 tsp ( as per taste)
3)salt -As per taste.
4)oil-5 to 6 tsp.
5)Mustard-2 tsp.
6)Lemon juice-optional.

PROCEDURE -
1)Put oil in the thava.
2)Add mustard.
3)Green chillies cut finely should be added and asafoetida(hingu) and fry nicely.
4)Add salt to it during fry.
5)Lemon juice is squeesed as optional after it is removed from the flame.
6) ready to serve !

DaHi VADA!!!

A plate of simple single dahi Vada fills stomach!

Its so tasty ,colourfull and yet more it fills mind and stomach with full of satisfaction.

I had prepared today Rava idli morning for breakfast,it was quick easy and delightfull through MTR rava IDli MIX!

As a combination to it we ordered 2 plates of our usual vada from the hotel with chutni and sambar.The same old complaint of power ..no power since 2 days.And as a result the chutni and sambar for vada was not so tasty.When 2 vada's were left my hubby suggested to make dahi vada for afternoon and henceforth i kept dipping the 2 left over vada's in curd and went to work.

When i returned home after 3 hours,the vada was completly soft and had absorbed curd.

Now i started experimenting my dahi vada!

INGREDIENTS :- i took

1.Dahi 1 cup

2.2 Vada

3.sugar-4tsp

4.salt -1/4 tsp salt

5.ground nut -1/4 cup

6.coriander leaves-finely chopped

7.For seasonning-oil,mustard1 tsp, urad dal 1 tsp,bengal gram 1 tsp,curry leaves 8 to 10.

8.Green chillies-2 finely cut

procedure i followed-

1.Kept vada in dahi for 3 hrs.

2.added sugar and salt to the dahi.

3.Added finely chopped coriander leaves and fried green chillies.

4.seasonning done with above mentioned ingredients.

5.sprinkled the fried groud nuts !

It was so tasty to eat that i was hardly able to have my lunch after having this !

SOUTH INDIAN VEGETABLE PULav..!:)

Time again i yearn to eat it.There are endless ways to prepare it.
For children its rich in vegetables and Vitamins..! And for youths its rich in spicey..!
And for old its rich in rejunavatives..! ha ha ha ..totally it can be administred irrespective of any dosage and age to any body..!
There are several varieties of making pulav &this is my simple kind of a pulav...u will love it.
ingredients-
1)various vegetables chopped-carrot,beans,onion,green chillies(7-8),cauli flower(cleaned)
2)green peas soaked over night with water
3)garlic-4 to 5
4)ginger-1 inch peice
5)coconut grated-1 / 2 cup
6)cinnamon-2 inch peice
7)ghas ghas(poppy seeds)-2 tsp
8)coriander leaves-finely cut
9)oil-3 tsp
10)cashew nuts-8 -10
11)Rice-1 Big cup
12)salt as per taste

Procedure-
1)put 1 tsp oil to the frying pan and fry the rice for 5 mins and keep aside.
2)grind coconut,ghas-ghas,green chillies 5,ginger,garlic,cinnimom in the mixer and make paste &keep aside.
3)keep the cooker in the flame&put oil.
4)fry onion,green chillies .Add vegetables and fry little untill brown.
5)later add the boiling water as per required for rice approximately 2 cup water for 1 cup rice.
6)Leave for 5 mins.
7)Add rice ,and the masala paste .
8)add salt at last & close the lid.
9)off the flame after 2whistles.
10)mean while fry the cashew in oil or ghee.
11)after the steam is over garnish with coriander leaves &cashew .
12)serve hot..its delicious.

GOBI MANCHoori:-)

its a crazy recipe,and youngsters are madly behind it..!
its a chinese food basically.its hot spicey and always tasty!!!!

ingredients-

1)corn flour-1 cup
2)maida -1 and 1/2 cup
3)chilly powder-1 tsp
4)ajino motto-2 pinch
5)salt to taste
6)cooking soda-1 pinch
7)onion chopped -2 whole
8)green chillies-5 to 6
9)coriander leaves finely cut
10)tomato sause-1 small cup
11)soya sause-1/2 cup
12)chilly sause-5 tsp
13)1 whole Goobi small-washed&cut into small peices.
14)oil -to fry
15)ginger finely chopped-1 inch
16)garlic finely chopped-6 -8

procedure-

1)mix the maida flour with corn flour with water adding chilly powder,ajinomoto ,soda&salt as per taste.
2)Keep the prepared dough aside.
3)heat oil in the frying pan.
4)when the oil is heated dip the peices of goobi into the dough and fry in the oil &keep aside the fried goobi.
5)preparation of the gravey-prepare the gravey in a thava by putting oil,ginger,garlic,onion,tomato sause,chilly sause,and then soya sause and little salt and ajino moto.Mix well .
6)put the fried gobi into the gravey.garnish with coriander leaves.
7)&now the Goobi manchoori is ready to serve hot...!

donmenasinkaayi bajji:)CAPSICUM RAITHA

who doesnt like it..!its tasty simple easy recipe...
ingredients:
1)capscicum-1 whole chopped
2)coconut grated-1 cup
3)green cillies-2
4)Thick curd-1 cup
5)salt as per taste.

procedure-
1)fry the chopped capscicum .
2)put the coconut and green chillies to mixer .
3)after the coconut is grinded add the capscicum and grind once for few seconds.
4)add salt to taste.
5)add curd &seasonning done .
6)ready to serve tasty..!