Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Khima Egg Masala


When we were about to leave from temporary housing, we had so many stuff remaining and we didnt want to carry too many items from there to permanant one. So thats what is the inspiration behind this experiment. Quite tasty and unique :)

Khima Egg Masala
Ingredients
450g Khima
4 Tomatoes
2 Onions
3 Eggs
1 Spoon Garam Masala
1.5 Spoon Red chilli Powder
1 Spoon Turmeric Powder
1/4 Spoon Black Pepper
2-3 Cinnamon
1/4 Spoon Garlic Paste
1/4 Spoon Ginger Paste
1/2 Spoon Corriander Powder
A pinch of Jeera Powder
Corriander Leaves for Garnishing
Salt to taste
Oil

Method
  • Hard boil eggs and keep them aside.
  • In a pan heat oil and add washed and drained Khima to it.
  • Cook till it turns brown in color and oil separates out. Keep aside.
  • In same oil add black pepper, cinnamon and let it turn light brown in color.
  • Add finely chopped onion, garlic paste, ginger paste to this
  • When onion is completely cooked, add 1/2 spoon turmeric, 1 spoon red chilli powder, garam masala, corriander powder and jeera powder
  • Mix well and cook for couple of minutes
  • Let it cool down and grind the mixture in mixie.
  • In same pan in a spoonful of oil add this grinded mixture and grated tomatoes and cook till tomato is half done.
  • Mix 1/4 cup of water in it, Salt to taste and the fried keema to it. Cook till completely done and almost dry. Keep aside
  • Grate the eggs, add turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt to taste to it and keep aside.
  • While serving, add small portion of keema masala into the bowl, top it with grated egg mixture and garnish with corriander leaves.

Notes
One can actually add, cheese or paneer as well instead of egg but I thought egg would be the best one to go along this recipe flavour.

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Green Salad


When I came to US there were so many new ingredients that were easily available that I decided to try something different than I have always tried :) So here was my experiment with the first salad. I would name it Green Salad for I used Green Leaf Lettuce :)

Green Salad
Ingredients
10 leaves of Green Leaf Lettuce
1/2 Cup Grape Tomatoes
1/2 Pineapple
1/4 Cup Corn
10 Cucumber Pickels
5 Jalapenos
1/2 Spoon Oregano
2.5 Spoon Ranch Dressing
Salt to taste

Method
  • Cook the corn in boiling water or microwave in a cup of water for 5 min. Drain the water and keep aside.
  • Cut the green leaf lettuce into medium sized pieces
  • Halve the grape tomatoes and add them to leaf lettuce.
  • Add Pineapple after chopping it to small pieces
  • Halve cucumber pickle and add to it
  • Add chooped jalapenos and corn that was set aside.
  • Add Ranch Dressing, Oregano and Salt. Mix well and serve.

Notes
This was something quick, healthy and yet tasty. The ranch dressing and oregano went well together :) Need to try some other fruits, vegetables and dressings. :)

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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Valentine

Gak kerasa udah hari valentine lagi.... Harinya kafe2 mengeruk uang, penjualan mawar meningkat berkali2 lipat, omset gift store naik tajam..... Intinya semua orang berbagi kasih.Sebenarnya sejarah hari valentine awalnya sama sekali tidak berhubungan dengan percintaan. Hari valentine merujuk kepada kematian St. Valentinus yang meninggal pada tanggal 14 Februari. Hari ini pertama kali dihubungkan
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