Round up of SHOWCASE- Fun in the Sun - June

The month is coming to an end and it is time to post event round ups. The event Showcase had the same theme FUN in the SUN for the past two months. Today am posting the round up for the month of June.  Received 76 delicious entries. Find the round up below.

S.no	Blog Name	Recipe
1	Anisha's Platter	Chicken Tangri Kebab
2	Aromatic Cooking	Pine apple juice with ginger
3	Cook Ezee	Bluberry banana Smoothie
4	Cook Ezee	Strawberry Milkshake
5	Cook eat burrp	Breakfast muffins with bread
6	Cook eat burrp	Gobhi muthai
7	Cuisine Delights	Mango Juice
8	Cuisine Delights	Mango Kulfi
9	Delectable n Delicious	Cucumber Mint Cooler
10	Delectable n Delicious	Refreshing Pine apple juice
11	Delectable n Delicious	Cold Coffee
12	Delectable n Delicious	Fruit Custard with Jelly
13	Erivum Puliyum	Cherry Lassi
14	Erivum Puliyum	Dates Pannacotta
15	EZ cook book	Fried Ice cream
16	EZ cook book	Citrus mint cooler
17	EZ cook book	Dry fruits milk shake
18	EZ cook book	Mango sago Pudding
19	Food Mazaa	Mango Lychee delight
20	Food Mazaa	Mixed Vegetable Salad
21	Food Mazaa	Mango crepes with coconut sauce
22	Food Lovers	Jack fruit milkshake
23	Food Lovers	Jack fruit kulfi
24	Food frenzy	Watermelon cooler
25	Food frenzy	Solkadhi
26	Global Creations	Strawberry dates Lassi
27	Global Creations	Bluberry Pumpkin seed parfait
28	Global Creations	Leftover fruit shake with dates
29	Indian Khana	Pear and Orange juice
30	Jiya's delicacy	Lemonade with coriander
31	Jiya's delicacy	Butter milk/ Neer more
32	Kachuss Delights	Gulab jamun ice cream
33	Kavitha's Kitchen	Cucumber Tomato Salad
34	Kavitha's Kitchen	Pineapple Cucumber Salad
35	Kavitha's Kitchen	Cranberry lemonade
36	Krithi's Kitchen	Cucumber raitha
37	Kitchen Gossip	Mint Lemonade
38	Maayeka	Aam panna
39	Meg's delicious adventures	Mango Salsa
40	Meg's delicious adventures	Mango Mastani
41	Meg's delicious adventures	Aam panna
42	Merry Tummy	Palak paneer paratha
43	Merry Tummy	Mumbai pav bhaji pulao
44	Merry Tummy	Paneer tandoori tikka
45	Merry Tummy	Paneer pudhina tikki
46	Merry Tummy	Chocolate sandesh
47	My spicy kitchen	Mango Corn Salad
48	My spicy kitchen	Melon Salad
49	My mom's Recipes	Mango Salsa
50	My mom's Recipes	Barbequed lamb steaks with roasted corn and vegetables
51	my Veggie delights	Strawberry mint shooter
52	Nirmala's Kitchen	Green peas Vada
53	Pinch of salt	Solkadi
54	Priya's Versatile recipes	Peach lemon cooler
55	Pure vegetarian bites	Water melon mint granita
56	Recipe world	Apricot drink
57	Recipe world	minced fruit lemonade
58	Recipe world	Apple strawberry drink
59	Samayalarai	Quinoa and maggie noodles burgers
60	Sanoli's  Kitchen	Water melon agua fresca
61	Sanoli's  Kitchen	Fizzy mango watermelon juice
62	Sanoli's  Kitchen	All purpose salad
63	Sanoli's  Kitchen	Paneer pudding
64	Sanoli's  Kitchen	Refreshing jeera lemonade
65	Sanoli's  Kitchen	Banana mango smoothie
66	Seduce your taste buds	Iced lemon tea
67	Shweta in the kitchen	Grilled vegetables lettuce salad
68	Shweta in the kitchen	Aam panna
69	Shweta in the kitchen	Strawberry lemonade
70	Shweta in the kitchen	Strawberry banana smoothie
71	Spicy Foood	Baby Pizzas
72	Sizzling tastebuds	Chickoo dates smoothie
73	Tangy minds	Mango cupcake with double real fruits
74	Tickling palates	Eggless strawberry Ice cream
75	Tickling palates	Mango Julius
76	The turmeric kitchen	Chaula kheeri

Thanks again for sending all your entries to the event. 

See you in the next round up. 

Event Announcement- Guest hosting ONLY Series- From the Royal Kitchens

I am really happy to announce the event I will be guest hosting for the month of August. It is the Only Series started by Pari of Foodelicious. First I would like to thank Pari for giving me the opportunity to host the event. 

The theme for this month is Only Recipes from the Royal kitchens.  As the name suggests the recipe can be from any country or any cuisine but should be fit for the royal. Can be from Nawabs, Rajput cuisine, Awadhi cuisine or even from Scotland, British or any other country. These are the recipes passed on from generation to generation by the kings and queens. These dishes are rich with exotic blend of spices. You can post the most authentic recipes or even the recipe you have tweaked and given your personal touch as long as it fits the theme. 

As a part of the event, there will be a cook book give away sponsored by www.tarladalal.com. Punjabi Subzis is the cook book for this give away. The give away is only available for the followers of Pari's Blog.

Rules for the events are as follows

1. The event runs from the August 1st- 31st, 2012
2. Both Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian recipes are accepted.
3. The post has to be linked to the event announcement page and Pari's page.
4. Any number of new entries are allowed as long as it fits the theme.
5. Limit your archived entries to two, But please re- post it with providing the required link.
6. Use Linky tools to link your entries. One is for the entries from India and the other for recipes from other countries. Link your entries suitably, only once.
7. In case of trouble linking up, do mail me at c.divyaprakash@gmail.com with the following details,Your name, blog name, recipe name, recipe URL and pic of size 300- 350 K.
8. Please note that the giveaway is for Indian entries only, as the book can be shipped only in India. However those who can provide an address in India to ship the book can link their entries under Indian entries.
9. To be eligible for the giveaway, you must follow Pari's blog. 
10. Usage of logo is optional, but recommended as it helps spread the word.

Looking forward for lot of delicious entries. Ready for the Royal feast.

Strawberry Ice cream

After posting the blueberry ice cream, I was looking for another simple and easy method of making ice creams which does not require the use of ice cream maker.

Last week, it was strawberry week at home and I made strawberry muffins, strawberry pancakes, strawberry Popsicle, this strawberry ice cream and with the left over made some smoothies.

Coming to the recipe, it requires only three ingredients and 4 hours to make this ice cream. Very easy and no cooking required to make this.

What are the ingredients needed?

Strawberry (Pureed) , 1 cup

Condensed milk, 1/2 cup

Whipped topping, 1/2 cup

How it is made?

1. In a bowl, combine the pureed strawberries, condensed milk, whipped topping gently.
2. Transfer them to a freezer safe container and freeze for 3-4 hours.
3. Once they are set, serve and enjoy.

Note:

• You can substitute the strawberry puree with other fruit of your choice too.
• Take care not to over mix while mixing, as it may break the air in the whipped topping and ice cream will become flat, not creamy.
• For some variations you can add some chopped fruits and nuts to the ice cream too.

Linking this to Fun in the sun

Baking Partners- New Baking Group Announcement

Baking a homemade bread, cake or cookies will give the best outcome. However in order to achieve the best results, a  perfect recipe and  right techniques are required.

We are a small group of home baker friends, who love and want to learn more about the nook and corners of baking.  We are planning to try out recipes from books/magazines and cooking shows.  Every member gets a chance to present their choice of recipe and share important points with the rest of the group.

Main purpose of this group is to learn the techniques, critic the procedure if there are ways to improve, and to eat a delicious food.

Rules are simple, we will choose one recipe  and send it out to the group by 16th of every month and  the reveal date will be 15th of the next month . On that day we will  blog about it. A linky tool will be open during that time and each member can link their post.

First month we are going to do a recipe, 2nd and 3rd month will be a theme and the 4th month we will be back at  a recipe. By doing in between recipes, we will able to learn more.

All enthusiastic bloggers interested in baking are welcome, please email me   at favoriterecipes12@gmail.com.

We will appreciate the use of logo or worded link that will help to spread the word.  A bunch of thanks to Tina for designing this beautiful logo

If you   want to make it a gluten or vegan free diet, you can do those modifications also.

Baking Partners are

Reeni (Cinnamonspiceandeverythingnice)

Julie Erivum Puliyumm

Tina  ( Pinay in Texas Cooking Corner)

Priya (Priya's Versatile Recipes)  

Suja ( Kitchen Corner Try It)

Archana  ( Tangy Minds)

Reshmi  ( EasY Cook)

Prathibha ( Cook Ezee)   

Priya R ( Cook Like Priya)

Vidhya (  A Portion to Share)

Usha Rao ( My Spicy Kitchen)

Divya Prakash( Divya’s Culinary Journey)

Swasthi Blank ( Swasthi The Health Freak)

Sanoli Ghosh ( Sanoli’s Kitchen)

Swathi ( Zesty South Indian Kitchen) 

Soya chunks mixed vegetable dry curry

I really had no idea how much soya chunks will attract my kids. I made this dry curry with soya chunks and mixed vegetable, to go with chappathis for dinner. As soon as I cooked them, transferred them to a bowl and was taking some pictures of them to post along with the recipe, both kids couldn't resist, they started eating right from the bowl. So making them eat today's dinner was easy. 

What are the ingredients needed?

Soya chunks, 1 cup

Onion, 1 no.

Bell pepper, 1 no.

Mixed vegetable- chopped (carrot, beans, peas, corn), 1 1/2 cup

Shredded cabbage, 1 cup

Ginger garlic paste

Chilli powder, 1 tsp

Coriander powder, 2 tsp

Oil, 2- 3 tsp

Fennel seeds, 1 tsp

Kasoori methi leaves, 1 tbs

Salt to taste

How it is made?

1. Cook soya chunks as per the package instructions and squeeze out the excess water and set it aside.
2. Chop the onions and bell pepper.
3. Heat the oil in a skillet and add the fennel seeds and fry for a minute or two, then add the chopped onions, bell pepper and saute for 2- 3 minutes.
4. Then add the ginger garlic paste, chilli power, coriander powder , mix well.
5. Then add the shredded cabbage, mixed vegetables, soya chunks and add salt to taste, mix well.
6. In a low flame, cover and cook till its done.
7. Then add the kasoori methi leaves, mix them and then let it sit for sometime and then serve.

This goes to the blogging marathon under the theme, "Dry vegetable sautes" . To check what the other marathoners are doing click here.

Also linking this to Kalyani's Kitchen chronicles - Only Vegan hosted by Vardhini.

Beans Poriyal/ Beans Stir fry

Today's recipe is Beans Poriyal, a simple stir fried green beans. Though at home, we all love beans, I don't make it very often. The reason is I really don't have very good knife skills (partly lazy to cut too), so have to rely completely on hubby to chop this. But recently when we went to grocery store, these beans were really fresh  and couldn't resist the urge to buy it.    It was sitting in the fridge for about a week, Hubby is so busy these days, so had to chop myself and make it. Chopping is the most complicated part in this recipe, rest is super easy. :)

Once my grandma visited us when we were in India and I made her this poriyal. She really loved it. She is a good cook and loves good food. Even now whenever I talk to her, she will definitely mention about the poriyal. It is like , "Vasishtar vaayaal bramhma rishi". Though I am still a novice cook, I am proud and glad that she loved it and still she remembers it. It means a lot to me.

Coming to the recipe,

What are the ingredients needed?

Beans, 1 lb

Onion, half
Green chillies, 2- 3 nos.

Oil, 1 tbs

Mustard seeds, 1/2 tsp

Channa dhal/ kadala paruppu, 2 tsp

Grated coconut, 1/4 cup

Curry leaves, 1 sprig

How it is made?

1. Chop the beans and chop half onion and set aside.
2. Heat oil in a skillet, add mustard seeds and when they crack, add channa dhal, onions  and curry leaves and saute till onions turn translucent.
3. Then add the beans, salt to taste then sprinkle some water and in a low flame cover and cook till its done.
4. Finally, add the grated coconut , mix well and serve.

Linking this to the blogging marathon under the theme Dry sautes. To check what the other marathoners are doing click here. 

Broccoli Stir Fry

Broccoli is one of Thaara's favorite vegetable. So at least once in a week, this veggie will be on the menu. Today's recipe is Broccoli stir fry. It is a simple stir fry goes well with rice and sambhar. 

What are the ingredients needed?

Broccoli florets(cleaned ), 4 cups

Onion (small) , 1 no

Oil, 1 Tbs

Cumin seeds, 1 tsp

Red chillies, 3-4 nos

Ginger garlic paste, 1 tsp

Salt, taste.

How it is made?

1. Heat the oil and add cumin seeds and red chillies and then add onions and saute till onions turn translucent. 
2. Then add the ginger garlic paste and add the broccoli florets, salt to taste. Mix well.
3. If needed, sprinkle some water and cover and cook in low flame till its done. Take care not to overcook it.

Note:

• I sometimes use frozen broccoli, so let that thaw completely and remove all excess water and then start cooking, also do not add water to cook. Otherwise its going to be very mushy.
• Cover and cook the broccoli in low flame, it will cook on its own steam. Only if needed, sprinkle some water.

This is off to the blogging marathon under the theme, Dry sautes. To check what the other marathoners are doing click here

Vegetable Biryani

Recently when I visited my neighbor Geetha's house, she gave me her Vegetable biryani  to taste and I immediately got hooked to it. I usually prepare it differently. So when I was thinking about different rice dishes, this thing immediately came to my mind. So called her up and got the recipe and tried it. Though it did not taste like hers, it did taste very good. So am going to stick with this recipe. 

It is a wholesome one pot meal perfect for packing lunch. 

What are the ingredients needed?

To grind to a paste

Fennel seeds, 1 tsp

Ginger- 1"- 2'' long

Garlic, 4-5 cloves

Mint leaves, a handful

Coconut, 2 Tbs

Coriander powder, 2 tsp

Cloves, 2-3 nos.

Cinnamon,1 small piece

Red chillies, 2-3 nos.

Other ingredients needed

Basmati rice, 2 cups

Mixed vegetables, 2 cups (carrots, beans, peas or any veggies of your choice)

Oil, 1 Tbs

Ghee, 1 Tbs

Cinnamon, 1 small piece

Cloves, 2- 3 nos

Cardamom, 4-5 nos.

Cashew, 5-6 nos.

Onion, 1 no

Tomato, 1 large

Green chillies, 2 nos.

Coconut milk, 1.5 cups
Water, 1.5 cups

Salt to taste

Cilantro, handful

How it is made?

1. Soak Basmati for 15- 20 minutes. Drain well and keep it aside.
2. Grind fennel seeds, ginger, garlic, mint leaves, coconut,fennel seeds, cinnamon, cloves, red chillies into a paste.
3. Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker and add cinnamon, cloves, cashew any fry them for a minute or two then add the onions, green chillies and saute them till onions turn translucent.
4. Then add the chopped tomatoes and ground paste to this and cook till tomatoes turn mushy. 
5. Then add the chopped vegetables and add coconut milk and water, bring it to boil then add the soaked basmati rice, salt to taste and add handful of cilantro on top, close the pressure cooker and pressure cook.
6. When it whistles, reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes and turn off the heat.
7. Let the pressure release, then fluff it up and serve with raitha.

This goes to the Blogging marathon under the theme Biryani/ Pulaos and to check what the other marathoners are doing click here