Pakodae

My husband surprised me with the wonderful, mouth watering pakoda's one evening. 

I never had such a delicious pakoda's before ... 

However he told me this is the first and the last time for me :) 

but definitely i am going to ask once more please

after my diet as it is difficult to control the temptations.

Beautiful Bonding

I recently got married on April 13th this year, 

The most beautiful part of my life,

 and now enjoying each and every day of my new beginning.

So had a little blog break :-)

Ladyfinger as a starter

Ladyfinger (also known as bhindi or plant okra ) as a starter sounds interesting, but it tastes amazingly delicious goes very well as a starter or as a side dish. Me and my friends just can't stop munching it.

The simplest recipe ever, cut the lady finger in to a fine diamond shape slices. Deep fry them in an oil. Put the fried bhindi into the kitchen paper to remove the extra oil. Sprinkle salt, chat masala and enjoy the crispy bhindi.....mouth watering....

Flammed Dessert

Sounds different, but was very tasty

Tried at the Japanese restaurant

reminds me of Alaska .. but nevermind overall was pretty good...

so i must say worth trying....



Garlic Bread

very easy and quick.. goes very well with soup, pasta or even just like that...

I usually bring a fresh baked long bread from the bakery shop, sliced in to pieces. On each piece after speading some garlic butter, put some colorful bell peppers and then some shredded cheese, black pepper and oregano on top... grill it for 30-40 sec and thats it .. fresh garlic bread is ready in few mins at home...

Cooksister

Recently i have been to capetown, and a dessert served with evening coffee was cook sister or 'koek sisters'. In my terms its the south African syrup-coated doughnut in a shape of braided hair.. in taste it was..... sweet... very very sweet...

Chicken Drumsticks

Before the recipe, just have a look on the pics... now this is what i called as a food photography.... done by one of a well known photographer friend free of charge for me and for me only.... I cooked these chicken lollipops after more than 5 years ... it went out well..rather very well as per my non veggie friends..

 

Recipe:
Wash the chicken drumsticks and remove the fat if there is any.
And the trick to enjoy this chicken tandoori pieces more juicy and tender is to marinate it twice.
Pre-marination steps are:
Make the cuts wherever there is a flesh...a big cut of around 1 to 1.5 inch. On each drumstick i usually make 3 to 4 times these cuts. After the cuts, in a bowl take red chili powder, salt and lemon. mix it well and marinate this mixture into the cuts been made.
Marination Steps
For proper marination, take a bowl of thick curd, add grated ginger, lots of grated garlic, coriander powder, red chili powder, black pepper powder, red color (its optional) and in the end a spoon of oil. A spoon of oil helps this mixture to stick nicely on the leg pieces we have. Marinate the leg pieces very nicely into this mixture. And keep it aside for around minimum 2 hours.
Grill these chicken drumsticks or barbecue them in a nice summer day.

Once done, i actually sizzle them again with some onions, chat masala and with few drops of lemon...

Everyone enjoyed eating the drumsticks and  i literally enjoyed my cooking and especially these pics which i just keep on looking again and again... ...