Friday, December 17, 2010

desirable women

She was walking alone. in front of her, dusty path grew longer. what am i doing? no answers are happening right now. after all why should i bother about answers. she thought. the only thing now she could understand was after all she was walking and she had to. her feet dragged her weighty body. her shadow grew and then shortened within her. and she kept on walking.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Fried Ripe Bananas

It's traditional, easy to cook, and yummy!

All you need is about 2-4 Ripe Bananas, cut into thin slices, 1 cup of Rice and Maida, about 150 gm of Sugar ,and enough coconut oil to fry the bananas.


Make a thick batter with the Maida and Sugar. Heat the coconut oil in a pan and fry the bananas until it becomes brown.

You have your mouth-watering fried Bananas!

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Red Hot Onion Chutney

I secretly envy my son Sriduth on a lot of counts, but NOT on the Breakfast that he has! One of the reasons is this Onion Chutney.

Here’s how.

Good big onions. Ground four of them to a paste and add two teaspoonfuls of red chilly powder and salt to taste. Now, heat a frying pan and pour two table spoons of cooking oil into it. Wait till it gets really hot. Now, stir fry the onion-chilly paste in it and add curry leaves.

Serve hot with anything, World Cup Football included! Bread, Rice, Good ole’ South Indian Idlies, Dosa, Noodles. As for Sriduth, he can keep on having his cereals.

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Stir Fried Mushrooms With Spicy Masala

An unforgettable childhood experience
Munnar, a hill station in Kerala. The 1970s...

Cool December morning. Sitting on the trunk of a fallen tree, with legs on either side, I spotted the mushrooms. Hundreds of them; hiding behind the trunk of the tree. sparkling like stars in the soft black soil.

So today evening we are going to have mushrooms stir fried with spicy masala, with a little help from my mother.

The ingredients
Garllic: 4 pieces.
Green chilly: 4
Onion: 1 finely chopped
Back pepper powder 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder 2 teaspoons
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
Salt 1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves 1 bunch
Coriander leaves 1 bunch
Chopped tomato 1 tomato
Mushrooms 300 gms

Wash mushrooms in water laced with turmeric powder and salt , to ensure that it is good and fresh [ do you know that bad ones will turn the water bluish black?] .

Heat a pan add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil. Wait till it gets hot. Add coarsely crushed garlic, green chillies and chopped onion. Fry till you smell the aroma of the browned spices. Then add turmeric powder, coriander powder and pepper powder. toss in the chopped tomato and fry till it turns to a fine paste. then add mushrooms , salt, curry leaves and coriander leaves.

Mix well so that the mushrooms are nicely covered in the Masala paste. Cover the pan and cook for 10 minutes.

This Mushroom curry goes well with rice, bread, chapattis and more. Try this and let's talk about it.