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My first trial Kurma Curry;)

Cooking never been my passion. But somehow recently i realise, cooking has been passion rather than a torture;)Is it because i’m getting fedup of eating out many years or just tht following the saying that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach:)

hmm..so here is my first trial of Kurma curry.Since this is my hubby’s favorite, i thought of give it a try;)

Ingredients as follows:

Eggs 4 nos/500g chicken /mutton/vegetables

Coconut milk – ½ cup

Ghee 150 g

cinnamon,star anise,clove,cardamon,fennel and cumin,(fry food 10g)

Green chillies 4-6 nos

Kurma curry powder(Babas brand)

Onions 50g

curry leaves 2g
Tomatoes 200g

Ginger 50g

Garlic 60g
water 700ml

salt 16g

Cooking Method

Pour 150g of ghee into heated wok

Then fry cinnamon, star anise,clove,cardamon,fennel and cumin (fry food) into wok

Add 50g of onion rings,2g of curry leaves,200g tomatoes(cut into 4) and followed by blended 50g ginger and 60g garlic

Add 500g of chicken/mutton/vegetables and stir for 1 minute. Then add 65g of Babas kurma curry powder,250g of potatoes,700ml of water and 16g of salt and cook covered for 15 minutes or until the meat becomes tender.

Then add 50g of coconut and 20g of cashew nuts,blended with 200ml of water and allow it to cook for 2 minutes. (Grated coconut can be replaced with full cream milk or yogurt.)

Decorate Babas kurma curry with 5g of coriander leaves.Babas kurma curry is now ready to be served.

Enjoy!!!

Want to chill out;)here it goes…

hmm…let me tell you a simple way to chill out:)But you must spare 15 min with me..

Lemon,Lime And Soda with Citrus Ice Cubes

Preparation Time:15 min+freezing time

Makes 2*375ml glasses,8 ice cubes

Ingredients

1 lemon

1 lime

2 1/2 tablespoons leon juice

2/3 cup (170 ml) lime juice cordial

2 1/2 cups(625ml) soda water,chilled

step 1: using sharp knife, remove th epeel and white pitch frm the lemon n lime.On a chopping board, cut between the membranes to release the segments. Place a lemon an lime segment in each hole of an ice cube tray and cover with water. Freeze for 2-3 hrs or overnight until firm.

step 2:combine th elemon juice,lime juice cordial and soda water

step 3 our into long,chilled glasses with the ice cubes

Note- nutrition:Protein 0.5 g;fat 0 g;carbohydrate 40g;dietery fibre 1.5g;cholesterol 0 g; 715kj(170 cal)

Hope u will enjoy try this recipe:) 

Pizza anyone?

Since pizza is my family’s favorite, i thought of baking it myself. The venture began on Saturday. After watching Jemie Olivers programme on Tv, i got confidence in trying out the pizza recipe.Let me share the recipe with you..

First of all for the pizza base, you must have the following items:

1 kilogram all purpose flour or strong bread flour
1 tsp (30 grams) sugar
1tsp (30 grams) salt
1 tsp dried yeast
500 milliliters) water
2 tablespoons olive oil

Step 1

Put the flour onto a work surface or use a bowl, if you are short of space. Using your fingers, make a big well in the middle of the flour. Add the sugar, salt and yeast then pour in the water and olive oil. Using a fork, make circular movements from the center moving outwards, slowly bringing in more of the flour until all the yeast mixture is soaked up. This should be starting to look like dough now so you can start to work and knead it until it is smooth. This should take around 4 minutes. Roll out to a sausage shape and divide into 8 or 10 balls, depending on how large you want the pizzas to be. Flour the surface and roll each pizza out to about the thickness of 3 beer coasters (1/3 of an inch). They don’t have to be perfectly round, they should look home-made. Place each pizza on a lightly oiled and floured piece of tin foil. Flour the top of the pizza, placing another on top of it. Flour that and repeat this until all the pizzas are stacked together. These can be frozen for a couple of months, placed in the fridge for 10 hours, or cooked straight away. Lightly top with your chosen topping (the simpler the better) and bake directly on the oven bars for 10 minutes at your oven’s highest temperature.

Step 2

Toppings:
Tomato:
8 plum tomatoes
Sprinkle dried oregano
Drizzle olive oil
For enough to cover eight bases, chop and de-seed plum tomatoes, dry with kitchen paper, sprinkle with a little dried oregano and a drizzle of olive oil.
Various topping ingredients:
Sliced mozzarella
Rocket (Arugula)
Parmesan
Olives
Sun-dried tomatoes
Artichoke hearts
Prosciutto
Panchetta

Chiken, Prawns, squid, anchovies etc.
Any interesting cheeses – use your imagination
 (modified from Jamie Oliver’s recipe).

The pizza turned out to be good and tasty too. Imagine, my hubby manage to finish 2 regular size pizzas..and now he asking when i’m going baking it again;) Check the pics here