Coconut Rava Kheer

Ingredients

• Rawa/Semolina/Sooji - 1 cup
• Coconut - 1/2 cup (grated)
• Jaggery - 1/4 kg
• Milk - 2 cup
• Water - 3 cup
• Cashews - 10 to 12
• Raisins - 10 to 15
• Cardamom - 6 to 8 (crushed)
• Ghee - 4 tsp
• Saffron - few

Method

• In Kadai, add 1 tsp ghee and fry the rawa for few minutes and keep aside.
• In the same, add 1 tsp again and fry the grated coconut for 1 to 2 minutes.
• In a big vessel, start boiling the water.
• Add the rawa little by little and stir well.
• Add the jaggery and stir till the jaggery melts.
• Meanwhile, in a small pan, add the ghee and fry the raisins and cashews and keep aside.
• After the jagerry melts, add the milk and check for the sweetness. (if the sweet is less, you can add some sugar or jaggery).
• Now add the fried coconut and the fried cashews, raisins and the crushed cardamom.
• Allow to boil for 5 minutes and decorate with saffron and serve hot.

 

This goes to the following beautiful events
My Event - Dish Name Starts with C
Celebrate Seets - Kheer by umm mymoonah and Nivedita
CFK - Festive food s by Suma and Sharmi
ONLY - Festiive food by Preeti and Pari

Coconut Rice (Thengai Sadam)

Ingredients

• Boiled Rice - 3 cups
• Fresh Grated Coconut - 1.5 cup
• Urud dhal/Ulutham Paruppu - 2  tsp
• Channa dhal/Kadalai Paruppu - 2 tsp
• Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Coconut oil - 3 tsp
• Red Chilli - 3 to 4
• Green chilli - 2 (chopped nicely)
• Cashews - 7 to 8
• Very finely chopped ginger - 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves - a handful
• Coriander leaves - few for garnishing
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Salt as per taste

Method

• In a Kadai, add coconut oil.
• When the oil gets heated up, add the mustard seeds, channa dhal, urud dhall, cumin seeds, curry leaves, red chillies, cashews, finely chopped ginger one by one and fry for few minutes.
• Add the green chillies and the coconut and saute for some more minutes. (may be around 3 to 4 minutes) (take care that coconut not get burnt)
• Now add the salt, asafotida, sugar and then the boiled rice and mix well. (Adding little sugar, enhances the taste, since we are not adding the coconut milk in this version of coconut rice)
• Garnish with Coriander leaves and serve hot.

 This recipe goes to the events

 Dish Name Starts with C : DNSW C
and

Complete my Thali - Rice by Priya and Jagruthi

Pepper Tofu

Ingredients

• Tofu - 250 gms
• Pepper - 2 tsp ( or as per taste)
• Onion - 2 big (Chopped nicely)
• Tomato - 1 (small) (Optional)
• Green chilli - 3 (Chopped nicely)
• Salt - as per taste
• Curry leaves - handful
• Oil - 3 tsp
• Fennel - 1/4 tsp
• Cloves - 4
• Cinnamon stick - 1 (crushed nicely)
• Coriander leaves - for garnishing

Method

• In a kadai, add oil, fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon stick.
• When the seeds starts spluttering, add the onion, green chillies, curry leaves and fry until light brown.
• Add the tomato and saute well.
• Now add the Tofu cubes and cook well with the oil itself.
• Add the salt and pepper and again cook.
• Check for the seasoning and switch off the stove.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

This recipe goes to the beautiful event - Tasty Tofu Treats by PJ

Carrot Halwa

Ingredients

• Carrot - 2 – grated
• Milk - 1.5 cups
• Condensed Milk – 05.cup
• Sugar - as required
• Ghee - 1/4 cup
• Cardamom - 5 to 6 (crushed)
• Cashewnuts – 10
• Raisins - 10

Method

• In a pan, add the milk and allow to boil.
• Now add the grated carrot until it gets cooked.
• Now add the Condensed milk.
• Check for the sugar and add if you need more.
• When it becomes thick, add the cardamom and mix well.
• Meanwhile, in another pan, add the ghee and heat it.
• Fry the raisins and cashews in the ghee.
• Transfer the ghee content together with the fried nuts to the halwa and mix well.
• Garnish with some more cashews, raisins and serve hot.
  
  

This recipe goes to the following beautiful events
1. My Event: Dish Name Starts with C
2. ONLY' Festive Event by Preeti and Paari
3. Food Palette Series by Akheela
4. CFK - Festive Food by Suma and Sharmi

Award Time

Today, 2 of our lovely blogger friends sent me the Award. I am so happy to get this award from Mina Joshi of Authentic Vegetarian Recipes and Harini of Tamalapaku. Both have a wonderful blog and very new and variety recipes to try out. Please do visit their blog for all nice recipes. 


Thank You Mina and Harini for sharing this award with me.

Here are the rules of the award:

1. Accept the award. Post it on your blog with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

2. Pay it forward to 15 other bloggers.  Please don't leave it general and just invite all your blogger friends to collect the Award.  It's always nice to be nominated so please do the favour and nominate 15 bloggers to share the Award with. 

3. Contact those blog owners and let them know they’ve been chosen.

It was hard picking 15 bloggers to share this Award with.  I  would like to share this honor with the following 15 (please visit their blogs as they are all fantastic) :

1. Chaitrali of I-am-not-a-chef
2. Vrinda of Sankeerthanam
3. Paaka Shaale of Paaka Shaale
4. Preethi Sriram of Preethi's Culinary
5. Sonu of Palate Corner
6. Cool blogger of Gourmets kitchenette
7. Mahi of Mahi's Kitchen
8. Rachana of Veggie Fare
9. Suja of Kitchen corner
10. Kavya of Kavya's Kitchen
11. Sara of Sara's Corner
12. Khaugiri of Khaugiri
13. Sameena of My Culinary Creations
14. Ushnish of Cooking and Recipes
15. Roshan of Roshan's Cucina

Dish Name Starts With: B - Event Round-Up

Hi my lovely friends and fellow bloggers....


Thanks... Thanks... and Thanks.... for making this event again a grand success.


I got 83 awesome recipes from the lovely bloggers, 1 recipe from non-blogger and included 6 recipes of mine....


I will be sending the Thank you card individually to all.


If by mistake i have left any of your special recipe, plz inform me to my mail id - events.akilaskitchen@gmail.com. I will add it as soon as possible.


Here comes the awaiting ROUND-UP



Break Fast/Rice Varieties/Salads/Starters

Bread Rolls Name: Nidhya Blog Name: Aaha-Oho	Bread Upma         Name: Preethi Ram Blog Name: Preethi's Culinary
Bell Pepper Masala Rice Name: Nidhya Blog Name: Aaha-Oho	Bulgur wheat salad  with vegetable(Tabbouleh) Name: Akheela Blog Name: Torviewtoronto
Beetroot,rocket and feta cheese bruschetta Name: Sonal Agarwal Blog Name: palate corner	Bread Upma Name: Supriya Blog Name: Celebrating Little Things In Life
Beet Appetizer Salad Name: Megha Blog Name: Live to eat	Bottle gourd dosai Name: Kurinji Blog Name: Kurinji Kadambam
Broccolli Rice Name: Sonal Agarwal Blog Name: palate corner	Bulgar Pilavi Name: Reshmi Blog Name: A Feast to Eye and Stomach
Bread Masala Name: Sameena Blog Name: My Culinary Creatiion	Bhelpuri with chickpeas  Name: Suneetha Blog Name:  Suneetha's Kitchen
Beetroot Pulav Name: Jay Blog Name: Tasty Appetite	Bread Roll Name:  Meenakshi Blog Name: Ponderings of a Working Mom
Baked Vegetables in White Sauce Name: Chaitrali Blog Name: I-m-not-a-chef	Baby Corn Salsa Name: Roshan Blog Name: Roshan's Cucina

Non-Blogger Recipe

	Ingredients Left over idli/dosa batter 1 cup Salt 2 tsp Maida 1 tablespoon Atta 1 tablespoon Beetroot 2 in number Oil
Method 1.Peel and cut the beetroots and boil in pressure cooker in  a 2 cups of water. 2. Take the water in which  beetroot was cooked and use the boiled beetroot for  making curry..we need only  the pink beetroot water. 3.Now to the idli/dosa batter  add maida, atta, and the  beetroot water and mix well without lumps. 4. Now make dosa or small pancakes with this batter..kids  who does not like beetroot will love this recipe as the pink color is appealing to them.	Sent by: Neeraja Vella Dish Name: Beetroot Dosa

Side Dishes/Curry/Gravy

Baigan Bharta Name: Nidhya Blog Name: Aaha-Oho	Brinjal Curry Name: Preethi Ram Blog Name: Preethi's Culinary
Beetroot Poriyal Name: Preethi Ram Blog Name: Preethi's Culinary	Baigan Bartha Name: Preethi Ram Blog Name: Preethi's Culinary
Brinjal Deep Fry Name: Rumana Rawat Blog Name: Spice Ur Senses	Beetroot Curry Name: Tanvi Blog Name: Sinfully Spicy
Bottlegourd Kootu Name: Nandhini Blog Name:  Nandhini's food page	Basil Pepper curry Name: Priya Blog Name: Ellaichi
Bruschetta Name: Supriya Blog Name: Celebrating Little Things In Life	Banana Stir Fry Name: Supriya Blog Name: Celebrating Little Things In Life
Bitter Gourd Sabzi Name: Supriya Blog Name: Celebrating Little Things In Life	Bhindi Do Pyaza Name: Supriya Blog Name: Celebrating Little Things In Life
Black Bean Sabzi Name: Supriya Blog Name: Celebrating Little Things In Life	Bean Sabzi Name: Supriya Blog Name: Celebrating Little Things In Life
Baigan Bhartha Name: Supriya Blog Name: Celebrating Little Things In Life	Bhindi Fry  Name: Pavani Srikanth  Blog Name: Food Lovers
Brinjal Raitha Name: PJ Blog Name: Seduce your Tastebuds	Baked Cauliflower with white sauce Name: Santosh Bangar Blog Name: Santosh's Kitchen
Baigan Bharta with Peas Name: Santosh Bangar Blog Name: Santosh's Kitchen	Bell pepper Chutney Name: Amritha Blog Name: Ak's Vegetarian Recipe World
Beans Carrot Stir fry Name: Padhu Blog Name: Welcome to Padhu's kitchen	Brinjal Masala Name: Nivedita Blog Name: Nivedita's Kitchen
Bhindi Do Pyaza Name: Priya Blog Name: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes	Beets root Oats Kootu Name: Priya Blog Name: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes
Bhindi Pachadi Name: Priya Blog Name: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes	Beets root Watermelon White Rinds Kurma Name: Priya Blog Name: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes
Beetroot Kichadi Name: Soumya Blog Name: Soumya's Kitchen	Bhindi Masala Name: Sreevalli Blog Name: Ammaji Reicpes
Beet Stalk Poriyal Name: Denny Blog Name: Oh Taste n See	Beetroot Poriyal Name: Sameena Blog Name: My Culinary Creatiions
Brinjal Raitha Name: Hema Blog Name: Chef Hema	Blitva Name: Bala Blog Name: A Life Journey Together

Desserts/Snacks/Soups/Cakes

Banana Mango Madness Name: Preethi Ram Blog Name: Preethi's Culinary	Banana Apple Madness Name: Preethi Ram Blog Name: Preethi's Culinary
Besan Ladoo Name: Preethi Ram Blog Name: Preethi's Culinary	Blueberry sourcream cake Name: Umm Mymoonah Blog Name: Taste Of PearlCity
Bottle gourd Halwa Name: Supriya Blog Name: Celebrating Little Things In Life	Beet and Paneer Cutlet Name: Nandhini Blog Name:  Nandhini's food page
Banana cake with chocolate chips Name: Fajeeda Blog Name: Faji's Hotpot	Broken wheat Payasam Name: Fajeeda Blog Name: Faji's Hotpot
Blackcurrant Raspberry Milkshake Name: Amritha Blog Name: Ak's Vegetarian Recipe World	Beet root Soup Name: Hema Blog Name: Chef Hema
Beetroot Vadai Name: Varshini Blog Name: If not wat next?	Besan Ka Ladoo Name: Sonal Agarwal Blog Name: palate corner
Beet root Fingers Name: Nivedita Blog Name: Nivedita's Kitchen	Bread and Fruit bars(M/W grilled) Name: Nivedita Blog Name: Nivedita's Kitchen
Banana Orange walnut Name : Swathi Blog Name: Zesty South Indian Kitchen	Barley & Spring Onion Biscuits Name: Priya Blog Name: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes
Basboosa/Babousa - Arabic Dessert Name: Priya Blog Name: Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes	Butter Cream Cake Name: Reshmi Blog Name: A Feast to Eye and Stomach
Basic Butter Cream Cup Cake Name: Reshmi Blog Name: A Feast to Eye and Stomach	Braided Bread Name: Reshmi Blog Name: A Feast to Eye and Stomach
Banana Cake Name: Reshmi Blog Name: A Feast to Eye and Stomach	Butterfly Happy Birthday Cake Name: Sridevi Blog Name: Jiboomba
Beet Rava Ladoo Name: Umm Mymoonah Blog Name: Taste Of PearlCity	Badam Ladoo Name: Lalitha Blog Name: Indianspicemagic
Bread Bits Name: Lalitha Blog Name: Indianspicemagic	Banana Kheer Name: Suma Gandlur Blog Name: Veggie Platter
Butter cookies Name: Sameena Blog Name: My Culinary Creatiions	Banana Milkshake Name: Sameena Blog Name: My Culinary Creation
Beetroot  and Choclate steamed Cake Name: Suneetha Blog Name:  Suneetha's Kitchen	Badam Strawberry Kulfi Name: Suneetha Blog Name:  Suneetha's Kitchen
Banana Kesari Name: Suneetha Blog Name:  Suneetha's Kitchen	Black Grape Ice-cream Name: Suneetha Blog Name:  Suneetha's Kitchen
Badam Oats Koya Laddu Name: Sangeetha Blog Name: Sangi's Food World	Bread and Vegetable Stir Fry Name: Sangeetha Blog Name: Sangi's Food World
Beetroot Halwa Name: Jay Blog Name: Tasty Appetite	Beetroot Vada Name: Jay Blog Name: Tasty Appetite

My Entries to the Event

Beetroot Halwa Category: Dessert	Blue Berry Milkshake Category: Dessert
Bisibelabath Category: Rice Variety	Beetroot Poriyal Category: Side Dish
Brinjal Munchurian Category: Side Dish	Babycorn Mushroom Masala Category: Side Dish