by Currylicious | Apr 11, 2012 | Nandini's Food Court
I never gave Chick Peas that much attention or respect that it deserved:) all this time until there was this weird craving of a snack once my kids got back from school. I always gave them cookies/ sandwiches/ cupcakes and was tempted to eat some myself. I decided to make something healthy for them as well as me one day and opened my pantry to find canned chickpeas!!!OKK K now what? So I opened it and made something that took me less than 5 minutes:) to prepare.
Now if you do not want to use the canned ones, you can always buy the packet of chick peas from the store and soak some overnight and pressure cook it! Well, I have 2 kids and I really need something that saves me time hence the readily available cooked ones works better for me:)
by Currylicious | Apr 10, 2012 | Recipes
Ingredients
1 large Onion
2 Tomatoes
1 tsp tomato puree
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 inch piece ginger/ 1 tsp ginger powder
3 cloves of garlic
1 tsp cayenne powder
Salt to taste
Sesame Oil(best) or if you cannot find it Canola oil is fine.
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
Curry leaves -2/3
Preparation
Chop onions, tomatoes, ginger and garlic. Heat a pan with sesame oil and add the chopped garlic, ginger and onions.
Add salt, cayenne, cumin coriander powder and saute for about 5 minutes till the onions are light brown. Add the chopped tomatoes and saute till the tomatoes also take in all the flavors of the spices and are well cooked. Then transfer to a blender and blend well till smooth.
For garnish, add sesame oil to the pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves till you hear them splutter!!!!
Transfer the blended chutney paste to the pan with garnish and mix well. Enjoy!!!
by Currylicious | Apr 9, 2012 | Nandini's Food Court
I have always been fascinated by the different ways one can present a CREPE- both savory and sweet! It is indeed one of my favorite dishes:)
Well, I made my version of Savory Crepe with a bright red tomato chutney and a green coriander chutney. The tangy flavor from the tomato chutney and the earthiness from the coriander chutney makes it a perfect dip for the crepe.
by Currylicious | Apr 6, 2012 | Nandini's Food Court
I was born in the state of Kerala in India. Kerala is in the southern part of India and is know for its beautiful backwaters and greenery! There is one another thing Kerala is well known for- Its Plaintain chips!!!!
My mom always made these crispy plantain chips that me and brother always kept munching on them. And when we had guests over, my mom would reach out to the canister of Plantain Chips and too late to realize- ALL GONE!!!
I have been craving some crispy homemade plantain chips a while now. So I decided to add my own twist to it:)
I love the idea of salt and sweet so paired up home made Crispy Salted Plantain Chips with a Mango Salsa and hot Jalapeno! Enjoy!!!
by Currylicious | Apr 5, 2012 | Nandini's Food Court
Everyone heard of scrambled eggs but my “Masala Scrambled Eggs” are to die for! Try my recipe this Easter and rediscover scrambled eggs for dinner – yes you heard it right- not for breakfast!
That’s called reinventing scrambled eggs.
Try my Masala Scrambled Eggs with any kind of bread/ Pita/ tortilla!
