Rasam podi (powder)

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Rasam is most popular & mostly eaten southIndian dish. I make it daily with homemade rasam powder. Aroma & its taste makes this dish special always.

Ingredients :

1. Toor dal - 1 cup
2. Channa dal - 1/4 cup
3. Cumin seeds (jeera) - 3/4 cup
4. Pepper corns - 3/4 cup
5. Corriander seeds - 1/2 cup
6. Fenugreek seeds (Methi seeds ) - 1 tbsp
7. Raw rice - 1 tbsp
8. Hing - 1/4 tsp

Directions to cook :

£ Roast all the ingredients seperately without adding oil.

£ Combine & grind all the roasted ingredients together to fine powder.

Store it in the air-tight container for longer use.

Wow !!! Its my award time :)

Thanks priya for tagging me this award. I am really honoured to receive this from you.

Requirements:

1. I must thank the person who gave me the award and list their blog and link it.
2. I must list 10 honest things about myself.
3. I must put a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on my blog.
4. I must select at least 7 other worthy bloggers & list their links
5. I must notify the bloggers of the award and hopefully they will follow the above three requirements also.

Honest things about myself :

1. Nature loving person
2. Simplicity
3. Very sensitive
4. Like to play with my son
5. Try to cook something different everytime. Fortunately, whatever I cook it taste different everytime.
6. Love pet animals
7. Like to travel a lot
8. Like to try modern outfit (which will not suits me always)
9. Like to chitchat with my friends
10. Love to sleep for long.

I would like to tag this award to these lovely bloggers.

Home cooked oriya food, Sangeetha, Priyameena, Ganga, Tresa Augustine, Sarah naveen, Tina noble.

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Marble cake

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I like gardening. I planted lotz of flower seeds & this is my first flower in my garden for this season. I am excited to see this cute looking tiny sunflower especially during my morning hrs. With this excitment, I made this cake which taste both vanilla & chocolatish in every single bite. Simple to bake, yet taste yummy :)

Ingredients :

1. 50 gms dark cooking chocolate, chopped
2. 175 gms softened butter
3. 200 gms sugar
4. 3 eggs, lightly beaten
5. 1/3 cup milk
6. 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
7. 175 gms self-raising flour
8. 1/2 tsp baking powder
9. Icing sugar, for dusting

Directions to bake :

£ Preheat the oven to 180 C. Lightly grease the baking pan & line the base with non-stick backing paper.

£ Melt the chocola in a bowl over hot water and keep warm. Cream the butter and sugar until soft and fulffy.

£ Add the eggs little at a time until well combined. Add milk, vanilla essence and stir until combined.

£ Stir in the sifted flour and baking powder. Remove half of the mixture and stir in th emelted chocolate until well combined.

£ Drop spoonfuls of the cake mixture into the prepared tin, alternating between mixtures and starting with the light mixture. Bake for 60 to 75 min or until cooked through. Once cool, dust some icing sugar & serve with tea.

Happy baking :)

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Potato fry

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Potato fry is my comfort dish. It taste great with rice & rotis as well. Very simple to make yet taste yummy :)

Ingredients :

1. Potato - 250 gms
2. Chilly powder - 2 tsp (as per ur spice level)
3. Oil - 2 tsp
4. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
5. Salt to taste

Directions to cook :

£ Peel off the potato skin & chop them into small cubes. Keep aside.

£ Heat oil in the heavy bottomed pan, add the chopped potatos & fry them till half cooked.

£ Add turmeric powder, chilly powder & salt. Fry them without adding any water till golden brown in color.

Serve with rice.

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