Healing Food - Ginger and Garlic Event Announcement and Giveaway!!!

Hi Friends,


This month I am hosting Healing Foods event started by Siri of Cooking with Siri who has wonderful recipes at her space. The theme picked is Ginger Garlic. I would like to thank Siri for giving the opportunity for hosting the event.


As you all know Ginger and Garlic has so much health benefits. Ginger is good for digestion and its also good for memory power. Its also good for Upset Stomach read this and also cure joint pain read this. Garlic is good for cholestrol and post natal period too.


So, hope to receive delicious entries.


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Rules for the event

1. Any number of fresh entries can be sent. Archived entries to be reposted, else will not be accepted. You can prepare any vegetarian dish using any of the above or both in one dish from now till 28th Feb 2011.
2. Eggs are not allowed.
3. Use of logo is appreciated.
4. The entry should be linked back to this event announcement and Siri's Event Page.
5. Format of entry
- Name
- Recipe name
- Recipe link
- Pic resized to 300 pixel
6. Non bloggiers can also participate, by sending their recipes  by email to simplysara07@gmail.com with or without photograph.


Now coming to the Giveaways

1. Cooking At Home With Pedatha

Awarded Best Vegetarian Cookbook in the World 2006, this book documents the culinary legacy of an illustrious Indian grandmother for posterity.
2. Sukham Ayu
Winner of Best Health & Nutrition Book in the World 2009 – Second Place, this beautiful book has been researched at KARE, an idyllic Ayurvedic research & rejeuvenation establishment near Pune.




2 lucky winner will win one the following award-winning books as a give-away.

You can also subscribe for my recipes, follow me or join me on FB.


So start preparing your dishes and mail me at simplysara07@gmail.com subject Healing Foods. Specify in mail which one is used or both are used.

Hope you enjoy the participation @ Sara's Corner. If you have any questions, pls mail me or leave a comment.


Looking forward for your support and participation in the event.

Cheers,
Saraswathi

Eggless Choco Fruit and Walnut Cake

It been raining since 4days continuously and its very boring.

After long time I am posting baking recipe, my previous one was Cruncy Pina Cookie. Baking is one of my new focus, I love baking if its success and this recipe is one of it.

Ingredients
APF/Maida - 1.5 cups
Condensed Milk(Lowfat) - 1/2 tin
Choco powder -  1 tspn(unsweetned, I added for colour optional)
Mixed fruits and walnut - 1/2 cup
Baking Soda - 1 tspn
Baking Powder - 1 tspn
Vanilla essence - few drops(optional)
Warm Milk and Warm water - 1/2 cup + as required
Sugar if required
Vinegar - 1 tspn

Preparation Method
Seive APF, soda, chocopowder and Baking powder. Add fruits and nuts and mix.
Take a wide bowl, mix condensed milk and milk. slowly add the dry ingredients and mix in one direction slowly.
If the batter is too thick, add little warm water, vinegar and mix without lumps.
Pour in the small rectangle baking dish. Grease the dish, I had greased with olive oil.
Pre heat the oven at 200 C.

Bake for 30- 40 mins. Take a tooth pick or fork and check if it comes out clean or bake for few more minutes.

Choco Fruit and Walnut cake is ready. Enjoy it with Coffee/Tea.

I cut into small squares wrapped it in aluminium foil and rolled it colour paper like chocolates for my son.

Crispy Oats Cabbage Onion Pakoda

I just love deep fried snacks, I prepared this last week for my friends a sidedish for Bisibelebath. My friend is very health consicious so I quickly added oats to it. They just loved it.

Ingredients
Cabbage  1/2 no(Chopped lengthwise)
Onion - 1 no(Sliced lenghtwise)
Oats - 2 tspns
Kadalai Maav/Chickpea flour/Besan -  3 to 4 tspns
Corn flour - 2 tspns
Red chlli powder -  1/4 tspn (As per your taste)
Curry leaves - few
Salt
Water to sprinkle
Oil for deep frying

Preparation Method
In a wide bowl, put cabbage, onion, oats and slight mix.
Add all other ingredients and sprinkle little water and mix well. It should not be watery.
Heat oil in a kadai/wok, when its hot. Deep fry till brown both sides and take out on tissue to remove excess oil. It will take more time for cabbage to cook, so be patient.
Allow it to cool and store it in air tight container.

Enjoy it with hot variety rice Bisibelebath/Pulav/Sambar Rice/Rasam Rice/Coffee/Tea time.

Notes - Adding Oats is Optional, you can prepare without oats too.
Do not store, when its warm or hot it will become soggy.

This recipe is going off to

CWF Oats by Priya and Kiran.
Deep Fried Snacks by Radikha.

Celebrate Sweets Sugarless Event Roundup!!!

Dear Friends,

Hope you all had great Pongal and Sankranthi. I had wonderful festival with my family and friends.

After the successful roundup of Only Greens Event , now its my turn for Celebrate Sweets  Sugarless roundup. I would like to thank Nivedita for giving an opportunity to guest host her event. I received 42 entries. Thank you for the support and participation. Do leave a comment or mail me to know incase I have missed any of your entry, which is not intentional. Will update it. 

Jaggery

Oats Paniyaram by Umm

Thirattupaal by Nivedita

Maadli or Maaldi by Nivedita

Laapsi by Sheetal

Moong Sabu Kheer by Sravani

Steamed Sweet Dumpling by Nivedita

Sesame Seeds Poli by Nivedita

Biscuit Poli by Nivedita

Dry Fruit Sweet Paniyaram by Kurinji

Aval Sweet Pongal by Kurinji

Coconut Laddu by Kurinji

Wheat Flour Sweet Paniyaram by Kurinji

Sweet Pongal by Kurinji

Kozhukattai by Sangeetha

Sesame Brittle by Sangeetha

Suzhiyam by Sangeetha

Barley Sweet Pongal by Priya

Chikki by Supriya

Colostrum Milk Pudding by Supriya

Panchkadayi by Supriya

Sweet Chana dal Khichidi by Supriya

Sweet Moong dal Khichidi by Supriya

Nei Urundai by Jaleela

Appam by Saraswathi

Condensed Milk

Yogurt Dessert by Akheela

Rabri by Pavani

Milk Coconut Laddu by Ambreens

Eggless Vanilla Cake by Harini Jaya

Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge by Priya

Apple Milk Dessert by Saraswathi

Xyliton

Sugarfree Badam Halwa by Sadhana

Dates

Sugarless Date Cookies by Harini Jaya

Mascarpone Olive oil Anise cookies by Swathi

Sugarless Banana Walnut Bread by Harini Jaya

Bread Dates Laddu by Harini Jaya

Honey, Dates and Oats Paniyaram by Gayathri

Carrot Dates Halwa by Nivedita

Molasses

Eggless Sugarless Chocolate Cake by Priya

Candy Sugar

Kalkandu Pongal by Revathi 

Sugarless

Sugarfree and Butterfree Fruit and Nut Cake by Jagruthi

Dates Walnut Eggless and Sugarless by Santosh

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Cheers,

Saraswathi

Happy Pongal and Paruppu Vadai/Dal Vada Recipe!!!

Wish you and your family a very Happy and Prosperous Pongal and Sankranthiya Subhashayagalu. Pongaloo Pongal!!!

For Sakkarai Pongal recipe click here

To know more about this festival click here

To know about dishes prepared on this day click here

Today I prepared Pasi Paruppu Payasam and Paruppu/Dal Vadai for the Bhogi Festival which is the first day of Pongal. This recipe is pending is very long time in my drafts.

Paruppu Vadai/Dal Vada is prepared on all auspicious ocassions without onion and garlic.

Here goes the recipe

Ingredients

Kadalai Paruppu/Channa Dal  3 cups

Dry Red Chilli 2 nos(as per your taste)

Inji/Ginger a small piece

Asafotida/Hing 1/4 tspn

Curry leaves/Coriander leaves  few chopped

Salt

Little water

Oil for deep frying

Optional

Paasi Paruppu/Moong dal  2 tspns(soaked separately)

Grated coconut  2 tspns

Preparation Method

Soak kadalai paruppu for 4 to 5 hours in water.

Then add coarsely with salt, red chilli, ginger in mixie or blender without adding much water to paste.

Transfer it to wide bowl, add rest of the ingredients and mix well.

Heat a kadai with oil take small balls, flatten in on hand and drop in oil slowly.

Deep fry them till brown.

Paruppu Vadai is ready to serve. You can serve hot or cold. I like it cold it tastes great.

This recipe alongwith my Pongal recipe is going to Pongal Feast Event by Kurinji and Deep Fried Snacks by Radhika.

Notes : Adding Paasi paruppu/Moong dal makes crispier and coconut gives nice flavour.