Tried and Tasted on Tuesday's (3T's) : Oct 26th 2010

Dear Friends , today I am sharing with you a recipe that I tried from one of our very active and innovative blogger friend's blog.She is none other than Priya Suresh.She needs no special introduction from me,I love the creativity and simplicity in her recipes and would love to try all the vegetarian recipes in her blog.

The recipe I am posting here today is one wonderful result of her creativity...............

Sprouted Chickpeas and Tomato Rasam from Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes by Priya Suresh.

I followed the entire recipe as is from her blog except that I used Sprouted Black Chickpeas instead of Sprouted White Chickpeas and it tasted very delicious.Instead of having with rice, I made it a little more thick and we enjoyed this as a soup.We enjoyed every spoon of it.Thank you Priya for sharing this delicious and healthy recipe with us.

Visit Priya's blog for the recipe I posted today and for many other delicious dishes she has shared with us .Will be back with more delicious recipes soon.

Tried and Tasted on Tuesday's (3T's) : Oct 19th 2010

Today is Tuesday and it is time to post a delicious and yummy recipe that I had tried from a fellow blogger or a friend or from someone in the virtual world.In my family we all love to eat chutney as a side dish for rice and dal or rotis or any breakfast/appetiser dish or even as a spread for sandwich.

One such chutney we enjoy is the combination of mango and coconut.I make this chutney very often at home.This time when I made it, I wanted to try making it in a different way than the regular chutney I make.Googling for a simple and deicious chutney with the combination of Mango and Coconut I came across this unique recipe that I had never tried before.Many might make this chutney but to me this was completely a new one.

Here is the person and the website from which I tried this recipe---------------

Pacha Manga Chammanthi/Raw Mango Chutney from Edible Garden by Nags.

I followed her recipe as is without making any changes to it.The mango I used was nice and sour so I did not add any tamarind to it.Generally,I add cilantro leaves instead of curry leaves while grinding the chutney and use curry leaves along with the seasoning ingredients.I never used shallots and ginger while making the chutney before.The addition of ginger and shallots had given a very wonderful and unique flavor to the dish.We all loved this chutney and will definitely make it again.Thank you Nags for sharing this yummilicious recipe with us.

 

Dear friends,visit Nags website for the recipe of the dish I tried today and many more delicious recipes she has shared with us.Will be back with more tried and tasted recipes next Tuesday.Keep visiting Sumadhura for delicious and healthy recipes.I am not posting very regularly now but hope to post regularly soon.

Tried and Tasted on Tuesday's (3T's) : Oct 12th 2010

Dear Friends, today I am sharing with you all a cilantro chutney recipe that I tried a few days ago from one of the websites that I came across while googling for a recipe that was differnt from the usual one I make. I ended up making this delicious chutney with a few changes and I should say it was a very delicious and yummy chutney that sure would win the hearts of everyone.It goes well as a side with idly,dosa,upma or any Indian snack or appetizer and will definitely make a wonderful sandwich spread.

This recipes author is Bhakti Satalkar and it is posted in the website http://www.buzzle.com/ under the name Coriander Chutney .

Coriander/Cilantro Chutney Recipe :

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Ingredients :

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•Coriander 1 bunch

•Small Onion (chopped) ¼

•Grated Coconut ¼ cup

•Ginger  ½"

•Garlic 1cloves

•Spicy Green Chili 2

•Cumin Seed ½ teaspoon

•Lemon Juice 1 tablespoon

•Salt as per taste

•Sugar ½ teaspoon

Preparation :

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•Roast cumin seeds in a heavy bottom pan, till the seeds are fragrant.Make sure, you do not burn the seeds.Let the spices cool down a little before you blend.

•In a blender, add coriander, cumin seeds, onion, coconut, ginger,garlic, green chili, lemon juice,sugar and salt ,blend till smooth.

•Add a little water if needed to make the chutney smooth and a little less thick in consistency.

•Delicious CIlantro Chutney is ready to be served with idly,dosa or as a sandwich spread.

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 I posted the recipe only to show the changes I made.If you want you can just follow the original recipe shared in the link above.

Tried and Tasted on Tuesday's (3T's) : Oct 5th 2010

Dear Friends, It's Tuesday and I am posting one more delicious recipe that I tried and tasted this week from one of our wonderful blogger friends recipes.This recipe I tried is from Nithu's Kitchen,Nithu is well know among many bloggers around.She presents us with traditional as well as modern and innovative recipes.She also does a Guest Post every Monday,introducing and familiarising us with the blogger friends in the blogosphere.

Coming to today's recipe-------------

Kollu Rasam from Nithu's Kitchen by Nithu Bala 

I followed the whole recipe according to her directions except that I used unsprouted Kollu(lentils/horsegram) .The taste was very delicious and we all enjoyed every sip of it.Next time I will try it with sprouted kollu.Thank you Nithu for sharing this delicious and healthy recipe with us.

Please visit her website for the recipe I tried today and many unique and innovative recipes that she has in store for us.Will be back next Tuesday with more tried and tasted recipes.

This recipe goes to Bookmarked on Tuesday's Event hosted by Priya Mitharwal.

This recipe goes to Hearth n Soul Blog Hop started by Girlichef.

Winner Announcement : $50 CSN Giveaway

Hello Friends,

Thank you for participating in this $50 CSN Giveaway.I am thankful to CSN for letting me promote their stores through my blog.

These are the members who have participated in the CSN Giveaway.Some of them did not comply to all the rules, but still I wanted to give everyone a fair chance.This is how I chose the winner-------

If you said you are a follower of SUMADHURA you got 1 entry and for every additional rule that you have complied with you got additional entries.The participants were allocated a number in the order I received their comments for this Giveaway.

Mandatory Rules for this Giveaway : Follow(F) + Subscribe(S) + Promote Giveaway(P)

1.Priya Mitharwal (F + P)

2.Sanyukta Gour (F + P)

3.Carol Sue (F + S + P)

4.Ragini Miranda (F + P)

5.Ramya Viayakumar (F + S + P)

6.Reshmi (F + P )

7.Shabitha Karthikeyan (F + S + P)

8.Heather (F + S + P)

9.Karen (F + S + P)

10.Priya(elaichii) (F)

11.Soumya (F + S)

12.Lindsey (F + P)

13.Nithu Bala (F + S + P)

14.ShriAnnaLakshmi (F)

15.Swapna (F + S + P)

16.Matt4melis (F + S + P)

Level 1 :
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All 16 participants were in the raffle for being a follower and no.10 got picked randomly by my little one.

Level 2 :
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All participants who satisfied atleast 2 rules were in the raffle including Level 1winner(10). Number 14 got eliminated as they followed only 1 rule.The winner of this Level was no.12 ,again randomly picked by my little one.

Final Level :
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Only participants who satisified all the 3 rules were in the raffle including Level 2 winner(12).Rest of the members who did not satisfy all the 3 rules were eliminated. The final winner picked by my son was no.9 Karen from food according to Karen.

Congratulations ! Karen for winning this $50 CSN Giveaway.Soon a member from CSN will contact you. 

Veggie/Fruit A Month : OKRA Event RoundUp (Sept 1st - Sept 30th 2010)

Dear friends, thank you all for sending in your delicious entries for this event with OKRA as the Vegetable of the September Month.I thank Priya Mitharwal from MharoRajasthansRecipes for letting me host this event that she had started in order to encourage the importance of veggies and fruits in our daily meals.

Let us take a look at the delicious recipes that our friends from the blogosphere have shared with us.I am posting them in the order I received---------

1) Bhindi Sambhariya by Priya from Elaichii

2) Okra Pachidi with Coconut Milk by Niloufer Riyaz from Kitchen Samraj

3) Lady's Finger(Okra) Poriyal by Nidhya from Aaha Oho

4) Bhindi Do Pyaza by Priya from Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

5) Bhindi Pachadi by Priya from Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

6) Paneer Bharvan Bhindi by Aipi from USMasala

7) Roasted Stuffed Okra by Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) from Creative Sanyukta

8) Grilled Garlic and Green Lady Finger by Nivedita from Nivedita's Kitchen

9) Gujarati Style-Yogurt based Sweet n Spicy Kadhi by Ragini Miranda from Happy Helathy Fun Cooking

10) Bharwan Bhindi by Shanthi from Shanthis Thaligai

11) Vendaikkai Puli Kootu by Denny from Oh Taste n See

12) Baked Stuffed Okra by Denny from Oh Taste n See

13) Stuffed Okra with Coconut and Coriander by Jagruti from Joy of Cooking

14) Bhindi Fry by Swetha from Our Cherished World

15) Bindi/Okra Stir Fry by Pushpa from SimpleHomeFood

16) Okra with Coconut by Akheela from TorviewToronto

17) Dahi Bhindi by Indrani from Recipe Junction

18) Capsicum Tomato Bhindi by Santosh Bangar from Santosh's Kitchen

19) Baked Okra by Gayathri Raani from Gayathri's Cook Spot

20) Stir Fried Okra and Sweet Corn Salad  by Sangeetha from Sangi's Kitchen

21) Okra Masala by Vineela from VineelaSiva

22) Okra flavored with Tamarind by me(Kiran)

Once again thank you friends for sending your delicious entries for the event.

Mustard Flavored Green Chilly / Raiwala Marcha

I knew about stuffed dried chillies but I never tasted fresh chillies pickled in mustard until I met my Gujarati neighbour Janvi.One day she shared with me a bottle of homemade pickled green chillies.She told me that these chillies can be used as a side dish to any meal.She said that these chillies are a must in their meals and they have them even with snacks. Being a chilly lover I was very excited to taste these mustard flavored green chillies.They tasted very delicious and went very well with rotis,daal and rice.These pickled chillies are sure to make a meal more inviting and spike up the taste buds.

Main Ingredients :

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Green Chillies...........................1lb(thick and long)

Turmeric Powder.....................2 tsp

Salt..........................................1/4 cup(to taste)

Seasoning Ingredients :

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Mustard Oil..............................2tbsp

Powdered Jaggery....................2tsp

SplitYellow Mustard.................1/4cup

Lemon Juice..............................2tbsp

Preparation :

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Wash the chillies and pat them dry with a clean towel.Leave the tips on and slit the chillies from the top(do not let it break into 2 pieces and also the tip of the chilly is intact) .

Now take the salt and turmeric in a bowl and mix them together and start stuffing the slit chillies.In this manner stuff all the chillies with this powder mix and keep them in a bowl and let them rest 4 to 5 hours.In between shake the stuffed chillies in the bowl every 1 hour.

After resting ,you might see that the chillies are leaving some liquid in the bowl(if there is more liquid drain it) or sometimes the chillies might seem to look just wet.Now remove the chillies and air dry them on a paper the whole night.

Next day , place a pan on the stove on low flame,once the oil is warm , switch off the stove and add the split mustard seeds and jaggery.Let the jaggery melt in the warm oil.Once the oil is luke warm, add the air dried stuffed green chillies to the oil and coat the chillies with the oil.

Immediately transfer the chillies to sterile bottles and add lemon juice them.After adding the lemon juice close the lid of the bottle and shake it up and down so that the oil and the lemon juice blend in well and flavor the chillies.

Let the bottle of chillies rest on the counter for 24 hrs and use it from the following day.You can see the juices retaining in the bottom of the bottle.Shake the bottle to blend in the flavors.After 24 hrs you can refrigerate the chillies for long term use.

These Raiwala Marcha is so easy to prepare and delicious to taste.

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1)Make sure to do this when kids are not around so that they are safe from the spice of the chilly.

2)If making in large quantities it would be nice to have some help,so that when one is slitting the chilly other one can stuff it.

3)My friend particularly insisted on using mustard oil (Dabur Company is best she says) for seasoning the chillies.

4)Adding little jaggery gives a hint of sweetness to the chilly spice.

5)If you don't like the hotness of the chillies,remove the seeds before stuffing.

6)If turmeric and salt powder remains after stuffing use it later in other dishes.

This goes to Flavors of Gujarat hosted by Nayna .

Tried and Tasted on Tuesday's (3T's) : Sept 28th 2010

It's time to share the tried and tasted recipes of the day.Today I am sharing with you all 2 delicious recipes that I have tried from 2 wonderful bloggers.The outcome of both the dishes was very flavorful and we all enjoyed tasting them.

Here are the dishes without any delay---------------

1) Mixed Vegetable Fried Rice from Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes by Priya Suresh.

I followed her recipe as is and it tasted very delicious.I used the frozen mixed veggies that I had available and also added red capsicum as per her suggestion in the recipe.We enjoyed this rice with a drizzle of lemon juice and some sweet-potato chips as a side.Thank you Priya for sharing this delicious recipe with us.

2) Cashew-Tomato Chutney from Foodelicious by Pari. 

This is totally a very new way of making tomato chutney for me.I liked the addition of cashews and coconut to this chutney.It has given additonal richness and flavor to the dish.We enjoyed this chutney as a side dish for idly's.Thank you Pari for sharing this delicious chutney recipe with us. 

Friends,visit these bloggers for the recipes I posted here and for many more such delicious dishes they have in store for us in their blogs.Will be back with more tried and tasted recipes next week. 

These recipes go to the Bookmarked on Tuesday's Event hosted by Priya Mitharwal.

These recipes go to Hearth and Soul Blog Hop Vol.16 hosted by Girlichef.

Tasty and Healthy Juices on Thursdays : Juice Recipe # 21

Hello friends, today I am sharing with you a new juice recipe that I tried a few days ago.It was a great hit and wanted to share it with all my blog visitors.It is a combination of 4 wonderful and delicious fruits.

Juice Recipe # 21:

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We need the following ingredients for making this juice----------------

Pineapple....................1(ripe)
Red Grapes................1bunch(small)

Oranges.....................3(med.)

Red Plum...................1(big)

Preparation :

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Rinse the fruits under cold water.Clean the pineapple by trimming the outer layer and cut it into long pieces.Peel the oranges and deseed the plum.Now juice the oranges followed by grapes followed by plum followed by pineapple.Stir the collected juice in the bowl with a ladle so that the juices blend in and serve the juice immediately.

This yielded 2 large glasses of juice.The juice was reddish-yellow in color.

Note:

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1) The juice was very delicious but as my pineapple was very ripe, I ended up having more pulp than juice.I will soon let you know what I did with the delicious pulp.

2) As always, do check if the ingredients used in the juices are okay for you ,before you make these juices.

3) In a juicer always try to juice the soft fruit followed by hard fruits so that you can get the maxium juice out of the soft fruits.

4) A food that is healthy for one person may or may not be healthy for an other person.Always check with your doctor before you try these raw juices.