Coriander-Peas Pulao
Coriander-Peas Pulao is a simple and tasty rice dish. I learnt it from my friend Krupa. This is a perfect dish for a quick lunch or dinner. Enjoy this recipe and let me know your comments. Preparation time: 40 minutes No. of servings: 4 Spice level: 2.5 out of 5 Ingredients I: Basmati rice – 1 and 1/2 cups Bay leaf – 1 Cardamom – 1 Fennel seeds -1 tsp Oil – 2 tbsp Ghee – 2 tbsp Green peas – 1/4 cup Chopped onion – 1/2 cup Tomato – 1 Chopped cilantro for garnishing Ingredients II: Coriander leaves – 1 and 1/2 cups 1″ Cinnamon stick – 1 Cloves – 3 Ginger – 3/4 inch Garlic cloves – 3 Coconut – 4 tbsp Green chillies (2″ size) – 2 Method of Preparation: Grind Ingredients II and make a...
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Seafood Paella (Traditional Spanish Recipe) and an Award
Paella is a traditional Spanish dish. But it tastes almost like Indian Biryani. The speciality of paella is its used to cook in a special paella pan which is a large, shallow, flat pan. From Wikipedia, Paella is a typical Valencian rice dish from Spain. The origin of the name paella is in the Valencian for frying pan. This word in turn derives from Latin patella and is akin to French poêle, Italian padella, Old Spanish padilla and New Mexican Spanish Paella. Paella is usually garnished with vegetables and meat or seafood. The three key ingredients are rice , saffron, and olive oil. An important part of the flavor comes from the addition of saffron and the sofrito, or the combination of tomatoes, and garlic (and sometimes peppers). if you are a vegan one can substitute vegetables instead of...
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Spicy Mutton Curry
Our first ever Recipe contest went great and we really appreciate everybody for participating in it. We are now back to regular programming with this excellent Mutton Gravy recipe from my mother-in-law’s Kitchen. If you like spicy gravies with chapathis or parathas, then you have come to the right spot. This spicy mouth watering mutton dish will make a perfect companion to different dishes like chapathis, parathas, briyani or even dosas. The trick to getting this right is in the pressure cooking process where the mutton becomes really tender and juicy. Ingredients: Mutton:500gm Onion : 2 Tomatoes : 2 Ginger& Garlic Paste : 3 tbsp Oil : 5 tbsp Cinnamon stick : 1 inch Cloves : 3 Bay leaves : 2 Fennel seeds : 1 tbsp Turmeric Powder: 1tsp Curry leaves : 6 to 8 Red Chili Powder :...
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Fortune Cooking Contest Winners Announced
The fortunes have favored 2 very lucky winners today! Before we announce the winners, we would first like to thank everyone for participating with such mouth watering wonderful recipes. Your participation has made our first ever contest a huge success! Without further adieu, the winners are: First prize – Jewelry Set ($25) from Lakshaya goes to Uma of Essence of Andhra Second prize – $20 Amazon Gift Certificate from ShanKri-la goes to Priya of 365 Days of Pure Vegetarian The winners were selected by random through randomizer.org and the lucky winners it picked are 31 (Uma) & 6 (Priya)!. Here is a screenshot of it’s pick. Congratulations Uma & Priya! Hope you enjoy your prizes as much as we enjoy giving it to you. We will be contacting you by email with your prizes. If you are like us,...
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Fortune Cooking Contest Roundup (32 Recipes Entered)
Fortune cooking – It’s been a month since we started the contest and days have been running so fast and it has come to an end now. We are so thrilled to see your encouragement and participation with wonderful entries. As this is the first contest we have hosted, we are quiet elated with your entries and look forward to announcing the results. We have received 32 recipes in total. We personally thank each and every friend who have submitted their recipe for this contest and encouraged us to continue conducting more and more interesting contests in our website. It’s a pleasure rounding up all your recipes here with the beautiful pictures and the links to your posts. The winners of the contest will be announced on June 5, 2008. Winners will be chosen by a lucky draw at...
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