Thursday, January 29, 2015

Delicious and Healthy Bread Upma

I recently tried out a Bread Upma that took just 5 minutes to make.. was yummy and a perfect breakfast  when you have yesterdays bread left over. This is how I made it.
  
Quick and Yummy Bread Upma

Ingredients:
4 to 6 slices of previous day's or fresh bread.
2 cups salted  lassi or buttermilk
1 medium sized onion finely cut into vertical slices
2 green chillies finely chopped
1/2 piece ginger ground finely
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
8 to 10 curry leaves
pinch of turmeric/haldi
1 to 3 tbsps oil
salt to taste
A few coriander leaves fine chopped.

Method
Heat oil in a kadai. Lower flame and add mustard seeds, chillies, curry leaves and ginger. Allow seeds to splutter. Then add chopped onion and saute till translucent. 
In a wide bowl pour the lassi/buttermilk, add haldi to it and mix well 
Soak each slice of the bread in the buttermilk and quickly squeeze out the excess and keep aside. Add all the soaked slices to the cooked onion mixture. 
Stir well and add  a pinch of  salt to taste. Cover kadai and steam for a minute. 
Turn off flame. Serve hot, garnished with chopped coriander leaves. 



Thursday, January 15, 2015

TilGul Ghya ... !!!

Today is Makar Sankranti , a festival celebrated almost  across the  country on the same day every year, with different names like Lohri in Punjab , Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Uttarayan in Gujurat and Rajasthan. It is the day when the sun begins it's movement  away from the tropic of Capricorn and signifies that we should turn away from the darkness of delusion in our lives  and begin to enjoy a new life of brightness and joy.    Each Festival in India has a distinctive type of celebration with  food that  is specially made on that day of the year. Just as Modaks are an integral part of Ganesh  Chaturthi, Bhang and Ghevar a must at Holi, Til ( sesame) ladoos and other sweets  made of sesame seeds like Gajak and Revaris  are made ,  eaten  and served as prasad on Makar Snkranti!
The cool weather on this day  makes eating these delicacies fun !

Hope you are all having your fill of til ladoos and other goodies!