Favourite Recipe Event - Curries &Gravies on a plate

I am always attracted to curries or gravy types in our Indian cuisine.  Even when we dine out, I always read out gravy options available on the menu card.  So is here the favourite recipe event, originally run by Swathi Iyer  with the theme curries and gravies on a plate.  Heartfelt thanks to Swathi for letting me  host this event.

The event rules are as follows:

• A linky will be open from 1st of the August to 31st August. 
•  At least  one new recipes and  two recipes from the achieves.
•  Please update the post with logo or worded link. 
• Recipe can be  gluten or vegan free.
• Just add an note to describe why that dish has become your favourite one.  If you had already posted such favourite curry/gravy on your blog before, just make a revisit and tweak it a little bit by changing ingredients and repost for this event
  
• You have to link this announcement post in the recipes; using logo is welcome but not mandatory. 
• Non-bloggers can also welcome, send me full recipe with a photograph to this e-mail, arthyshama7@gmail.com 
• Please follow Tasty food recipes through GFC and Facebook

Bloggers can link their recipes using the linky tool.  Bloggers who find it difficult or find some problem to link can also send (along with non-bloggers) to my mail with following details:

Your Name

Recipe Name

Recipe Details

Pic of the Dish

Recipe must be linked to http://savaadhjevana.blogspot.in/2013/08/favourite-recipe-event-curries-on-plate.html     and to /http://www.zestysouthindiankitchen.com/p/host-lineup-fr-event.html) .

Coco-carrot milkshake

      A sudden travel due to my father-in-law's upcoming bypass surgery rattled my world.  He was a regular walker and on top of that, an authentic vegetarian too!  Only God knows why such healthy body has to face an terrible operation!  Though  people casually say to each other, 'Come on, bypass surgery has nowadays become an common option, many do so', the pain you feel when your dear ones had to face is very infinite.  But, all thanks to Almighty, surgery went fine and he has shifted to ICU.  Will get back to my place soon after he discharges from hospital.  These times, I really feel to stick to chennai, most importantly to my family.  But, neverthless, shama had to work at hydi and varsha must school somewhere there.  She is really enjoying herself at her grandma's residance.  Playing with (cousin)brother, picking and dropping him to school, sleeping with uncle & aunty she really has an nice time here.

   And yes, coming back to our blog, you all know am an member of Potluck party, cyber style.  For july month's challenge, I was paired with Jagruti mam.  I had to redo the yummy milkshake she made.  But very sorry that I was not able to make up to the time.  So here it is coco-carrot milkshake from my part.

Butterfly choco cupcakes - Celebration time

    One evening my hubby told me the news of his promotion... he was double-promoted to Chief manager!  I was sooo happy and though I assumed myself on an casual form, I decided to make something special for him the other day.  My hubby likes to have all sorts of desserts, he is an cupcake-aholic guy.  I still remember the day i made five to six muffins and he ate all of it (without even giving to varsha!!)

The next moment, all I could think was chocolate, of course celebration means chocolate!!!  And in one such book, I have already mentioned as '100 Best delecious chocolate' I read about this cupcake.  Though this cup-cake required icing to be made, I went ahead and made them.  Fortunately, shame luved these cupcakes, he called them most delecious ones, he ever had!!

Kollu dosai/ Horsegram flavoured dosa

    This is my second post with respect to kollu/Horsegram.  The very idea was given by my aunty when I asked her how to incorporate horsegram in our regular cooking.  The basic principle is replacing half the quantity of rice used with horsegram, for example if you are using four cups of rice, two cups of rice can be replaced by horsegram.  Similarly, kollu idly can also be prepared.

The difference between regular dosa batter and kollu dosa is that kollu dosa batter gets fermented quickly than former one. So preparing them on small batches are advisable.

Ingredients required

• 1 cup raw rice
• 1 cup idly rice
• 2 cup kollu/horsegram 
• Handful of chana dal
• 1/2 cup of urad dal
• 2 tsp of methi seeds/venthayam
• Salt, as required

Soak the abovesaid ingredients in water for about three to four hours.  Grind them into fine paste and leave to ferment for six hours, till bubbles are seen on top and little rising of batter is observed. 

Mix in salt, and pour an ladle over pre-heated tawa, drizzling in oil over the sides.  Serve hot with side-dish of your choice. 

Low-fat/Low-calorie kofta curry

   This week I brought green plantains/vazhakkai from super-market.  Bored of making fry or usual poriyal, I tried out this kofta curry.  The result was fabulous.  To top that, the normally added cream is replaced by beaten curd and provides much healthier version from shahi kofta curry.

Let us follow the recipe now.

Ingredients required

To make kofta

• 1/2 cup steamed and grated vazhakkai
• 1/2 cup paneer, crumbled
• 1/4 cup of steamed and grated carrot
• 1/4 cup of finely chopped capsicum
• 1 Bread slice, slightly crumbled
• 2 tbspn of finely chopped spring onions green part
• 1/2 tsp ginger powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 1/2 tsp peppercorn powder