Strawberry Mousse (eggless)

Strawberries are a delicious fruit and anything you make with them turns out delicious too!  The pink color is so pleasant and lovely to look at, it's almost therapeutic! This is an absolute favorite, it is so soft, smooth and creamy, you can't go wrong with this dessert. Since this is an eggless version, it is extremely easy to put together. You can serve this at dinner parties and this can be made well in advance and kept in the fridge.

Check my Egg free Strawberry Mousse Cake recipe if you want to layer a cake with mousse. I also made strawberry mousse to add it to my edible chocolate cups.

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Coriander Thogayal Recipe / Kothamalli Thovaiyal Recipe

Coriander thovayal is a hot favorite in our home. Actually any thovaiyal is okay for us. There is never a day when we run out of thovayal since this is very healthy and tastes great with rice. This is very easy and simple to make. 
Check out the pudina thuvaiyal and karuveppilai thuvaiyal.

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Murungai Keerai Poriyal / Drumstick leaves Stir Fry

Drumstick leaves are so rich in iron and calcium that it is very healthy to have it often. It also tastes good too. This is my mum's favorite and since we have a drumstick tree in our house, this is made very often. Removing the leaves from the stalk is quite a tiresome job but to make it easy, roll the drumstick leaves in a newspaper and leave it in the fridge overnight. You will find that the leaves shed by themselves and beyond that it is easy to clean. 

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Vendakkai Poriyal Recipe / Lady's Finger (Okra / Bhindi )Stir fry Recipe

Ladies finger / vendakkai is a healthy vegetable . It is high in fibre and low in calories and has a truck load of health benefits. This is a favorite in our home and gets done many times a week, in different forms. This recipe is the simplest way of making okra. many don't make this vegetable sInce they feel it gets very sticky, but if you cook right then there is no stickiness.

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Liebster Award

I am new to the blogging world and when I was thinking how to connect with the other bloggers, Aara from Sweets and Spices chose me for this award! And within 2 days Tanya from easy and simple foods gave me this award. 

Libster award is a kind of E-award given by one blogger to another. As a token of love, appreciation, affection.

I am happy to receive this award and get connected with all the other lovely bloggers!

As the name suggests this award helps discover new blogs and connect with others. Also this award is given for those blogs with less than 300 members. 

I thank Aara and Tanya for choosing me!

What do u need to do when u receive the award?

1. Pass the award to others by nominating about 5-10 new bloggers who has less than 300 followers.
2. Add the award logo in your blog post.
3. Thank the blogger who nominated you for the award.
4. Answer the questions asked by the blogger.
5. Frame 10 questions for your nominees.  
6. Notify your nominees by sending them a comment.

So my questions were :

1) What did u understand with the concept of blogging?

Blog is actually a truncation of web log. It is an online journal where one's thoughts, ideas are recorded.

2) What are the things that changed after you started blogging?

My already hectic life became more hectic!

3) If you are a food blogger do ur family and friends support your efforts?

Oh yes, my husband and my parents are extremely supportive.

4) How is your blog different from other blogs you came across?

I aspire to make my blog more simple to navigate.

5) Do you have virtual friends? How does it feel when u interact with them?

I have only 1 friend so far. That's you Aara! It's lovely interacting with you.

6) What is your new year resolutions and why?

I never make new year resolution since i hardly keep them!

7) One thing you can change about yourself?

Be less of a perfectionist. 

8) One thing you always fantasy about u can have?

So far i am satisfied with what i have.

9) 5 things you love the most

• Jesus
• My husband
• My children
• My parents
• Driving and blogging

10) Blogging is a different World!! What if u were not a blogger? and what if u have to quit blogging anytime???

If I were not a blogger, i would continue my life as a wife and mum.

So here are my nominees -

Jeni from Cook N Munch  -- http://gifjen.blogspot.in/
Shree from Kitchen in a window
Uma from 100 recipes
Rani from Rani's Gourmet
Vidya from Vidya's Indian Kitchen
Nimmy from Nimmy's Kitchen
Bhawna from Welcome to my Rasoi
Sruthy from Foodaura

So here are my questions for my nominees - 

1. Which is your favorite dish?

2. How did you start blogging?

3. What was your motivation to start blogging?

4. Who inspires you, in terms of cooking?

5. Which food can you never give up?

6. Who is your best critic?

7. Do you prefer cooking or baking?

8. Which is your favorite cookery show?

9. What is the one ingredient in baking that you always have at hand?

10. When did you start cooking?

Thanks again Aara and Tanya for choosing me. Spread the love!

If any of my nominees are not interested in this, please let me know.

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Peerkangai Kootu Recipe / Ridge Gourd Kootu Recipe

This is a vegetable that I have mostly ignored my whole life! But I have lately come to find out that this is a very healthy vegetable with loads of health benefits. Do google it if your interested. 

It is also easy to make and tastes great with rice. Today we made it n our house and I'm sharing it with you all.
You can make this kootu with kadalai paruppu or moong dal. My mum makes it with kadalai paruppu but I prefer to use moong dal.

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Avarakkai Masala / Broad Beans Masala

Today we made avarakkai in our home. This is a healthy vegetable which goes well as a side dish with rice. It is very easy  and different to make. We make a ground paste of  onion, tomato, pepper, garlic and ginger and add it as a masala. If you want, you can add more of this paste so get a more rich and deep flavour. We also make a simple avarakkai poriyal which tastes great with rasam rice.

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Idli Upma Recipe

Idli Upma is a simple and easy breakfast dish, usually made using left over idli's or idli that have turned out hard. It makes the boring idli interesting and desirable! I am not a fan of idli, only because I've had so much of it so any day I would prefer the idli upma over plain idli, whether it's made of fresh idli or left over hard idli's.

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Banana Cake

I am fond of banana cakes. So is everybody else in my family. It s extremely easy to put together and makes use of over ripe bananas. This is one recipe that gets done very frequently by me, mostly to use up bananas that no one wants to eat, since it's become all black. But those over ripe black skin bananas are the ones that make a banana bake extremely delicious! There are plenty of things to bake with over ripe banana. And I keep trying different recipes of banana cakes, muffins, banana breads etc. Check out the other banana recipes too.

For this cake, there was a request for banana cake from my family. It was my father's birthday and since my parent's don't prefer cream cake, they wanted this one. I was only too glad to oblige since I love banana cakes! This time there were no over ripe bananas at home so I went hunting for them. I am sure the fruit vendor thought I was some weird woman to pick up black skinned, over ripe bananas when he was giving me some good looking bananas! But who cares what he thinks, I got to eat a delicious banana cake out of those 'bad looking' bananas! My family loved it too and it got over that same night.

I always add walnuts to my cakes. It makes the cake taste more good and crunchy also it helps to sneak some nuts into my daughter! You can leave it out ans still get a delicious cake. The only addition I made to the original recipe is I added a tsp of cinnamon powder which took the flavor to a whole new level. I also didn't do the topping.

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How to make Ganache

Ganache is the silky soft chocolate cream you find on cakes as a filling or as a frosting. It is what makes a chocolate cake more sinful and delicious, making you want to lick it off!

It is basically made by mixing cream with chocolate. It is very simple to make once you know the basics and ratio of chocolate to cream. Generally, the higher the cocoa butter in the chocolate ( the darker it is), the less cream you will need. So for dark chocolate ganache the ratio will be 2:1 - twice as much chocolate to cream. For milk chocolate - 2.5:1 (chocolate to cream), for white chocolate 3.5:1 ratio is used. It also depends on the type of chocolate you are using. Generally ganache is made with dark / semi sweet or bittersweet chocolate but you can make it with milk chocolate too. 

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