Showing posts with label pepper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pepper. Show all posts
Prawn Pepper Kuzhambu A Guest Post by Menaga of Sashiga
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Writing a guest post or getting back a guest post is quite common in this immense virtual world, but getting a guest post from a close friend is more than that. Actually Menaga of Sashiga is one of my best buddy i got through this blog world, we get connected through our passion for foods and later i came to know that she is also from Pondicherry my native and for my surprise she lives also near Paris,how wonderful na. Then one fine day, i asked her fone number and started talking with her through fone. From that onwards, the bond between us is just growing on day by day. She never failed to call me and as usual we talk for hours, even everyone at home pulls me for our long conversation we have mutually with each other.
Few days back, i asked Menaga to write a guest post for me, she immediately asked me whether i need anything special, i simply replied to send me a dish that suits pectly to showcase our native Pondicherry. She said ok and send me within a day her inlaws signature dish.
Coming to to Prawn pepper kuzhambu, we make prawn kuzhambu at home often as we are the great fans of sea foods, but Menagas prawn pepper kuzhambu was completely different from mine. Seriously cant wait to make this fingerlicking kuzhambu at home. Actually this gravy goes for the famous South Indian tempering spice called vadagam, which is prepared yearly once with a variety of spices with onions. This sun dried tempering spices gives a wonderful flavour to any tamarind based gravy makes them more flavourful, obviously we used to carry them from India everytime during our visit to India. If you want to make a new variety of kuzhambu, you should give a try to this delicious Menagas Prawn pepper kuzhambu.
Ingredients
Prawn -1/2 kg
Raw banana - 2 small
Onion – 2 (sliced lenghtwise)
Tomato -2 chopped finely
Turmeric pd -1/2 tspn
Tamarind –lemon size
Garlic pods -8 nos
Bay leaves -3
Salt to taste
Oil -3 Tbspn
To grind - 1
Pepper - 2 ½ tspn
Green chillies – 7 add according to ur spice
To grind - 2
Coconut flakes – ¼ cup
Vadagam -2 tbspn
Jeera 1 tspn
Procedure:
*Soak Tamarind & extarct the pulp with 2 cups water. In tamarind water add clean &washed prawn+garlic pods+turmeric pd.
*Heat 1 tbspn oil in a kadai add the vadagam & fry it.Keep it aside.then same oil saute the coconut flakes until it gives nice brown colour.
*first grind coconut flakes,then add fried vadagam then lastly add jeera ,gives a smooth paste…
also grind the ingredients given in the grind 1.
*Heat rest of the oil in vessel add bay leaves followed by onion ,once it turns brown colour add chopped tomatoes +salt till they get mushy..
*Then add pepper &green chilli paste saute well.once raw smell goes away add tamaraind water.
*Then it boils well add chopped raw banana &cooked it.
*Finally add coconut paste until it raw smell goes away.
*Serve it hot with rice ,idli n dosa.
Hope you enjoyed thoroughly going through this peppery and fingerlicking kuzhambu by Menaga, thanks Menaga for sending me this delicious kuzhambu, am sure this kuzhambu is going to be our family favourite.
Happy Cooking!
Few days back, i asked Menaga to write a guest post for me, she immediately asked me whether i need anything special, i simply replied to send me a dish that suits pectly to showcase our native Pondicherry. She said ok and send me within a day her inlaws signature dish.
Coming to to Prawn pepper kuzhambu, we make prawn kuzhambu at home often as we are the great fans of sea foods, but Menagas prawn pepper kuzhambu was completely different from mine. Seriously cant wait to make this fingerlicking kuzhambu at home. Actually this gravy goes for the famous South Indian tempering spice called vadagam, which is prepared yearly once with a variety of spices with onions. This sun dried tempering spices gives a wonderful flavour to any tamarind based gravy makes them more flavourful, obviously we used to carry them from India everytime during our visit to India. If you want to make a new variety of kuzhambu, you should give a try to this delicious Menagas Prawn pepper kuzhambu.
Ingredients
Prawn -1/2 kg
Raw banana - 2 small
Onion – 2 (sliced lenghtwise)
Tomato -2 chopped finely
Turmeric pd -1/2 tspn
Tamarind –lemon size
Garlic pods -8 nos
Bay leaves -3
Salt to taste
Oil -3 Tbspn
To grind - 1
Pepper - 2 ½ tspn
Green chillies – 7 add according to ur spice
To grind - 2
Coconut flakes – ¼ cup
Vadagam -2 tbspn
Jeera 1 tspn
Procedure:
*Soak Tamarind & extarct the pulp with 2 cups water. In tamarind water add clean &washed prawn+garlic pods+turmeric pd.
*Heat 1 tbspn oil in a kadai add the vadagam & fry it.Keep it aside.then same oil saute the coconut flakes until it gives nice brown colour.
*first grind coconut flakes,then add fried vadagam then lastly add jeera ,gives a smooth paste…
also grind the ingredients given in the grind 1.
*Heat rest of the oil in vessel add bay leaves followed by onion ,once it turns brown colour add chopped tomatoes +salt till they get mushy..
*Then add pepper &green chilli paste saute well.once raw smell goes away add tamaraind water.
*Then it boils well add chopped raw banana &cooked it.
*Finally add coconut paste until it raw smell goes away.
*Serve it hot with rice ,idli n dosa.
Hope you enjoyed thoroughly going through this peppery and fingerlicking kuzhambu by Menaga, thanks Menaga for sending me this delicious kuzhambu, am sure this kuzhambu is going to be our family favourite.
Happy Cooking!
Easy Pepper Chicken
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Hope you guys had a wonderful diwali celebration, mine went as usual with simple festive foods and my moms sweets and savouries. An another usual day for us, by the way i watched all the diwali special programmes and planning to watch out a diwali movie this weekend,again this weekend is going to be our diwali party with friends and relatives.Am happy to share that i won third prize with 1000rs as prize money hosted at Asiya akkas Feast of Sacrifice Event. Thanks Akka,its a diwali gift for me.
Coming to this easy pepper chicken, i prepared this dish for an event which happened in FB for lil gal who have so many allergies towards the foods, she dont eat loads of foods coz of her allergy and her mom dont know how to cook for her with the limited foods she can have easily. Her aunt asked to us to make out some dishes with a list of ingredients she can eat without any problem. I choosed chicken and prepared this quick and very easy pepper chicken for the lil darling. This dish hardly needs less time to cook, you dont even need to chop onions. With a bowl of rice,this simple pepper chicken tastes awesome.Sending to 60days of Christmas hosted by Priya and Divya.
1cup Chicken pieces (boneless)
1no Green bellpepper (sliced)
1no Bayleaf
1inch Cinnamon stick
2nos Cloves
1tsp Ginger garlic paste
1/2tsp Pepper powder
Salt
Olive oil
Heat the olive oil, fry the bayleaf, cinnamon stick and cloves, add immediately the ginger garlic paste until the raw smell goes off.
Add immediately the chicken pieces, sliced bellpeppers and saute for few minutes, finally add the pepper powder, salt and cook in simmer until the chicken pieces gets well cooked with the spices.
Serve hot..
White Bean and Roasted Red Pepper Vegetable Wraps with Spinach Oh and a Little About TV
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Today on Serious Eats, Marinated Mushroom Salad, another fine entry in our No-Cook pantheon of goodness.
As a break from talking about A) how hot it is, B) how much we’re perspiring, and C) how it’s currently possible to cook tuna on the streets of NYC, I’m going to talk about D) television. Yay!
(This isn’t meant to detract from today’s recipe – a stunningly easy, very tasty no-cook red pepper and white bean wrap. I’m just feeling punchy.)
I tend not to watch a lot of TV, but it’s a good time when the mood strikes. Since we don’t get cable, we rent Netflix DVDs and take in a few episodes of one show in a single evening. It’s kind of like watching a really long, really good movie over a few nights. It’s how we discovered both Friday Night Lights and Mad Men, which we now quote constantly, to the detriment of actual original language.
Anyway, for kicks, I thought I’d compile my top ten single TV episodes, ever. In history. Of America. Readers, do you agree with any of them? What are your favorites? The comment section is wide open. I think this’ll be a good one.
(Needless to say, there are spoilers ahead. Read with caution. Oh, and try the wraps. They’re good.)
1) The Sopranos – “Long Term Parking”
I am of the opinion that this is the greatest hour of television ever made, and it’s 99% due to Drea de Matteo’s performance as Adriana La Cerva, the FBI-informant girlfriend of gangster Christopher Moltisanti. (She won an Emmy for her troubles.) There’s one scene in which she appears to be escaping from certain death, only it turns out to be a dream, and I think I stopped breathing for about 20 minutes. Sopranos fans, you know what I’m talking about.
2) Six Feet Under – “Finale”
You know how super solid shows seem to mess up their series finales? (See: Seinfeld, The Sopranos, etc.) Totally not the case with SFU. They wrapped it with a pitch-perfect montage that echoed a major plot device within the show, and made me openly weep for about four days straight.
3) Roseanne – “War and Peace”
Sullen, smart, and just trying to navigate adolescence, Darlene Conner was my hero growing up. This episode, she bails her father out of jail after he decks her aunt’s abusive boyfriend. Sara Gilbert kills it. (Other Roseanne contenders: “A Stash From the Past” and the one where Jackie and Roseanne’s dad dies, if only for this scene. Man, Laurie Metcalf is the best.)
4) The Office – “Casino Night”
Yeah, there’s the whole PB&J scene at the end, which catapults this season finale into the canon. But it’s what comes before that makes this Season 2 episode truly outstanding. Every character, from Creed to Bob Vance, have wonderful scenes. Steve Carell/Michael Scott anchors the whole shebang with the funniest imagined love triangle, evah.
5) Friday Night Lights – “The Son”
Why isn’t anyone watching this show? EVERYONE should be watching this show, if only to see Zach Gilford’s portrayal of Matt Saracen, the put-upon second-string quarterback who deals with indignity after indignity with the patience of Job. Here, Matt confronts the death of his dad with heartbreaking confusion and characteristic sacrifice.
6 & 7) The Simpsons – “HOMR”/”Treehouse of Horror IV”
Man, it’s so hard to pick just one. So here are two. The first is largely about the relationship between Lisa and Homer, which always guarantees a good plot. The second is, IMHO, the best of the show’s Halloween episodes, not least because of the hilarious Dracula parody. (“Oh, Lisa! You and your stories! ‘Dad, Bart is a vampire.’ ‘Beer kills brain cells.’ Now, lets get back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V... is.”
8) Friends – “The One With the Embryos”
While the first three seasons produced some classic television, Friends really started firing on all cylinders in Season 4. Phoebe was still a sweetheart, Ross had not yet become a shrill drip, and even Monica had moments of hilarity. This episode, in which the girls engage the boys in an all-out trivia war, is the best of the whole series. Miss Chanandler Bong agrees.
9) The Wire – “Misgivings”
A shockingly violent act committed by Chris and Snoop (the scariest henchman and henchwoman in all of television) binds Michael forever to Marlo’s organization. Really, all of Season 4 is exemplary TV, but few include such an obvious turning point for one of the major characters. Horrifying and riveting.
10) Mad Men – “Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency”
Aesthetically, it’s easy to like Mad Men. The people, clothing, and sets are all meticulously gorgeous. Emotionally, it takes a little longer to engage. I wasn’t fully in until this episode of Season 3, in which a dippy secretary runs over a bigwig’s foot with a lawnmower at the office. High stakes, personal connections, and hilarious dialogue make it the best in the series.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Community – Paintball episode
Undeclared – the one with the dolphin noises
Planet Earth – the one where the shark eats the seal in one bite
Readers, what about you?
~~~
If you would like this recipe in your stomach, you might also quite enjoy ingesting:
White Bean and Roasted Red Pepper Vegetable Wraps with Spinach
Serves 6.
Adapted from Supermarket Vegan.
1 (15-ounce) can white beans, rinsed and drained
1 (7-ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained thoroughly
1 or 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 medium-large clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
6 8-to-10 inch flour tortillas
A few handfuls baby spinach
1) Combine beans, peppers, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper in a food processor. Puree.
2) Divide the mixture amongst the tortillas (about 1/4 to 1/3 cup each). Spread, leaving a 1-inch border around the edges of each one. Add a few spinach leaves to each.
3) Roll ‘em up.
4) Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes. Serve cold.
Approximate Calories, Fat, Fiber, Protein, and Price Per Serving
218 calories, 5.5 g fat, 4.8 g fiber, 8.7 g protein, $0.76
Note: My (Tropical brand) tortillas come in at only 100 calories each. Your calculations may vary, depending on your wraps.
Calculations
1 (15-ounce) can white beans: 536 calories, 1.4 g fat, 22 g fiber, 33.3 g protein $0.89
1 (7-ounce) jar roasted red peppers: 35 calories, 0 g fat, 0 g fiber, 0 g protein, $1.39
1 or 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice: 6 calories, 0 g fat, 0.1 g fiber, 0.1 g protein, $0.50
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil: 119 calories, 13.5 g fat, 0 g fiber, 0 g protein, $0.12
1 medium-large clove garlic: 4 calories, 0 g fat, 0.1 g fiber, 0.2 g protein, $0.05
1/2 teaspoon salt: negligible calories, fat, fiber, and protein, $0.01
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste: negligible calories, fat, fiber, and protein, $0.01
6 8-to-10 inch flour tortillas: 600 calories, 18 g fat, 6 g fiber, 18 g protein, $1.07
A few handfuls baby spinach: 6 calories, 0 g fat, 0.7 g fiber, 0.3 g protein, $0.50
TOTAL: 1306 calories, 32.9 g fat, 28.9 g fiber, 51.9 g protein, $4.54
PER SERVING: 218 calories, 5.5 g fat, 4.8 g fiber, 8.7 g protein, $0.76
As a break from talking about A) how hot it is, B) how much we’re perspiring, and C) how it’s currently possible to cook tuna on the streets of NYC, I’m going to talk about D) television. Yay!
(This isn’t meant to detract from today’s recipe – a stunningly easy, very tasty no-cook red pepper and white bean wrap. I’m just feeling punchy.)
I tend not to watch a lot of TV, but it’s a good time when the mood strikes. Since we don’t get cable, we rent Netflix DVDs and take in a few episodes of one show in a single evening. It’s kind of like watching a really long, really good movie over a few nights. It’s how we discovered both Friday Night Lights and Mad Men, which we now quote constantly, to the detriment of actual original language.
Anyway, for kicks, I thought I’d compile my top ten single TV episodes, ever. In history. Of America. Readers, do you agree with any of them? What are your favorites? The comment section is wide open. I think this’ll be a good one.
(Needless to say, there are spoilers ahead. Read with caution. Oh, and try the wraps. They’re good.)
1) The Sopranos – “Long Term Parking”
I am of the opinion that this is the greatest hour of television ever made, and it’s 99% due to Drea de Matteo’s performance as Adriana La Cerva, the FBI-informant girlfriend of gangster Christopher Moltisanti. (She won an Emmy for her troubles.) There’s one scene in which she appears to be escaping from certain death, only it turns out to be a dream, and I think I stopped breathing for about 20 minutes. Sopranos fans, you know what I’m talking about.
2) Six Feet Under – “Finale”
You know how super solid shows seem to mess up their series finales? (See: Seinfeld, The Sopranos, etc.) Totally not the case with SFU. They wrapped it with a pitch-perfect montage that echoed a major plot device within the show, and made me openly weep for about four days straight.
3) Roseanne – “War and Peace”
Sullen, smart, and just trying to navigate adolescence, Darlene Conner was my hero growing up. This episode, she bails her father out of jail after he decks her aunt’s abusive boyfriend. Sara Gilbert kills it. (Other Roseanne contenders: “A Stash From the Past” and the one where Jackie and Roseanne’s dad dies, if only for this scene. Man, Laurie Metcalf is the best.)
4) The Office – “Casino Night”
Yeah, there’s the whole PB&J scene at the end, which catapults this season finale into the canon. But it’s what comes before that makes this Season 2 episode truly outstanding. Every character, from Creed to Bob Vance, have wonderful scenes. Steve Carell/Michael Scott anchors the whole shebang with the funniest imagined love triangle, evah.
5) Friday Night Lights – “The Son”
Why isn’t anyone watching this show? EVERYONE should be watching this show, if only to see Zach Gilford’s portrayal of Matt Saracen, the put-upon second-string quarterback who deals with indignity after indignity with the patience of Job. Here, Matt confronts the death of his dad with heartbreaking confusion and characteristic sacrifice.
6 & 7) The Simpsons – “HOMR”/”Treehouse of Horror IV”
Man, it’s so hard to pick just one. So here are two. The first is largely about the relationship between Lisa and Homer, which always guarantees a good plot. The second is, IMHO, the best of the show’s Halloween episodes, not least because of the hilarious Dracula parody. (“Oh, Lisa! You and your stories! ‘Dad, Bart is a vampire.’ ‘Beer kills brain cells.’ Now, lets get back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V... is.”
8) Friends – “The One With the Embryos”
While the first three seasons produced some classic television, Friends really started firing on all cylinders in Season 4. Phoebe was still a sweetheart, Ross had not yet become a shrill drip, and even Monica had moments of hilarity. This episode, in which the girls engage the boys in an all-out trivia war, is the best of the whole series. Miss Chanandler Bong agrees.
9) The Wire – “Misgivings”
A shockingly violent act committed by Chris and Snoop (the scariest henchman and henchwoman in all of television) binds Michael forever to Marlo’s organization. Really, all of Season 4 is exemplary TV, but few include such an obvious turning point for one of the major characters. Horrifying and riveting.
10) Mad Men – “Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency”
Aesthetically, it’s easy to like Mad Men. The people, clothing, and sets are all meticulously gorgeous. Emotionally, it takes a little longer to engage. I wasn’t fully in until this episode of Season 3, in which a dippy secretary runs over a bigwig’s foot with a lawnmower at the office. High stakes, personal connections, and hilarious dialogue make it the best in the series.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Community – Paintball episode
Undeclared – the one with the dolphin noises
Planet Earth – the one where the shark eats the seal in one bite
Readers, what about you?
~~~
If you would like this recipe in your stomach, you might also quite enjoy ingesting:
- Chickpea Salad
- Daikon (Jicama) Mango Slaw
- Tomato and Avocado Salsa
White Bean and Roasted Red Pepper Vegetable Wraps with Spinach
Serves 6.
Adapted from Supermarket Vegan.
1 (15-ounce) can white beans, rinsed and drained
1 (7-ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained thoroughly
1 or 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 medium-large clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
6 8-to-10 inch flour tortillas
A few handfuls baby spinach
1) Combine beans, peppers, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper in a food processor. Puree.
2) Divide the mixture amongst the tortillas (about 1/4 to 1/3 cup each). Spread, leaving a 1-inch border around the edges of each one. Add a few spinach leaves to each.
3) Roll ‘em up.
4) Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes. Serve cold.
Approximate Calories, Fat, Fiber, Protein, and Price Per Serving
218 calories, 5.5 g fat, 4.8 g fiber, 8.7 g protein, $0.76
Note: My (Tropical brand) tortillas come in at only 100 calories each. Your calculations may vary, depending on your wraps.
Calculations
1 (15-ounce) can white beans: 536 calories, 1.4 g fat, 22 g fiber, 33.3 g protein $0.89
1 (7-ounce) jar roasted red peppers: 35 calories, 0 g fat, 0 g fiber, 0 g protein, $1.39
1 or 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice: 6 calories, 0 g fat, 0.1 g fiber, 0.1 g protein, $0.50
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil: 119 calories, 13.5 g fat, 0 g fiber, 0 g protein, $0.12
1 medium-large clove garlic: 4 calories, 0 g fat, 0.1 g fiber, 0.2 g protein, $0.05
1/2 teaspoon salt: negligible calories, fat, fiber, and protein, $0.01
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste: negligible calories, fat, fiber, and protein, $0.01
6 8-to-10 inch flour tortillas: 600 calories, 18 g fat, 6 g fiber, 18 g protein, $1.07
A few handfuls baby spinach: 6 calories, 0 g fat, 0.7 g fiber, 0.3 g protein, $0.50
TOTAL: 1306 calories, 32.9 g fat, 28.9 g fiber, 51.9 g protein, $4.54
PER SERVING: 218 calories, 5.5 g fat, 4.8 g fiber, 8.7 g protein, $0.76
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