ON THE ENGUAGEMENT DAY

Enguagement day :April 12 2008

One Of The Best day in my life.

The House was completly decorated with flowers and fruits........

here's the pics

Sambar

sambar is universal dish in south india ....itsmy families all time favorite dish which is almost served daily as side dish in dinner with the hot rice or in chapathis or in hot steamed idlies.....
my mother is a specialist in preparing this sambar
I advice everyone to taste this atleast once, I can bet you will love it.

Ingredients: -

tur dal (red gram,kandi pappu) - 1 cup
chopped carrots into 1” pieces - 1/4 cup
green chillis - 3
baby onions whole - 4-5
tomato cut into 4 pieces - 2
chopped coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
curry leaves - 10
thick tamarind paste - 1 tsp
water - 4-5 cups
salt to taste
asafoetida(hing,inguva) - 1/4 tsp
METHOD:-

1. Soak the dal for 15 minutes and drain. Add 2 cups of water and pressure cook it and once it is cooked cool it and grind it or smash it thoroughly.
2. Now cool all the vegetables in 2 cups of water for about 7- 8 minutes after the pressure is reached.
3. Once its cooked add dal paste, tamarind paste turmeric pwd, green chillis, curry leaves, coriander leaves and salt and let it cook for 12-15 minutes on medium heat.
4. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Add 2 whole red chillis and 1/4 tsp asafoetida and remove from fire and add to the boiling sambar. Stir for 2-3 minutes. Remove from fire and serve with hot rice or idlies

ABOUT ME

Hi....Iam Preethi varma This is my first blog which marks my entry into the beautiful world of bloggers. off late i've been reading a lot of blogs on indian food but was'nt sure as to how to start my own blog but one day i found in google the procedure to start a blog of my own. so after reading many indian food blogs even i decided to start my own food blog and today finally i succedded in starting one...am not a great cook but i njoy food...especially north indian and non veg food...i learnt cooking very recently as iam getting married to a wonderful person varma from a beautiful family on dec 7 and going to singapore after marriage and i've decided to start cooking tasty stuff and not trouble my husband.

I enjoy cooking and grew up watching and eating my grandmothers mothers and my darling vadinas receipes ....they all helped me in leaning cooking and special thanks to my sis sabitha who has given me an idea to start a blog and i was much inspired by her and thanks to all fellow bloggers who have given sum wonderful recipes in their blogs...have njoyed a lot reading them and will b tryin them out soon...

ganapathi