The Sunday Brunch with me !!

So, after a Saturday night long partying Sunday is definitely a boring day to get up and cook.Isnt it Ladies? Let me make your work easy today by suggesting you some easy to go Sunday brunch dishes.

I am wise enough to think about you ladies to make your work little easier and club up your breakfast + Lunch into Brunch. So let’s talk about some Sunday brunch dishes today that will be filling for your family and something different that they would love to eat.

  

 Ragi Idli Dosa ( Healthy dish to offer) 

 How Do I begin ?

 

Pick up ragi flour from market and soak some urad daal over night and grind it in morning.Just add the grinded urad daal batter with Ragi flour,add some salt and your idli/dosa batter is ready to make.To make some dosas,you would make the batter slightly thin by adding water and for idlis you can keep the batter thick.Add the batter in idli maker and allow it to steam for idlis and for dosas ,you can make dosas on non stick pan. Serve with tomato chutney for better taste.

Vegetable Pan Cake 

How Do I begin? 

This dish is again a heavy brunch and something that's easy to make and everyone would love to eat. In a bowl take some rice flour,add all possible veggies like cabbage,onions,green chillies,garlic,coriander,carrots,etc. Add turmeric powder,salt and pepper to taste.Mix it well by adding water making it a thick paste.In a pan,put some oil and spread the batter into thick pancakes. Allow it to make crispy brown and serve with ketchup.

 Egg Sesame Toast

Sounds something interesting isn't it? Well its yummy too..

How Do I Begin ?   

In a bowl,take 2 eggs,break them and mix the egg yolk and egg white properly,add some salt to taste.Chop some vegetables like onion,garlic,coriander,tomatoes,green chillies.Now,In a pan put some butter add add two slices of bread,allow them to roast from one side. One the top side(Unroasted side),take one tablespoon of egg batter and apply it on bread.Add the cut veggies and some sesame seeds on the same.Now make it upside down on the pan and allow the second side to roast well.Your sandwich is read to eat :)

So,these three simple brunch dishes are definitely filling and equally tasty too !! Do let me know how was your Sunday brunch ;-)

Interesting Indian Foodie Facts !!

Today while sharing this article with my readers..A thought just came in,why not share some knowledge with you guys...Something interesting...Some facts that many of you may not know,while people who know can also continue to read my article

Fact No 1: Indian Food is incomplete without having six flavors in it

World wide Indian food is meant to be famous for its spices and flavors.But did you all know that every Indian famous dish is made of six different flavors and spices like sweet, salty, bitter, sour, astringent and spicy. To add that zing in the Indian dish you will find these flavors in every Indian authentic dish.Out of these generally one or two flavors generally stand out
Next time you taste a dish I am sure you will think on this !!

 Fact No 2 : Origin Of Indian Restaurant

This is definitely something interesting to know.I am sure all of us are curious to know where did Indian restaurants had their origin?Well,Indian restaurants originated in USA in 1960 and now you will be surprised to know there are more than 1,00,000 Indian restaurants in USA. Indian Food is loved and praised amongst Americans.

 

Fact No 3 : Origin Of Chicken Tikka Masala

You will be surprised to know this fact. Most of us favorite dish Chicken Tikka Masala,being a most favorite dish in India is actually not originated in India. It is originated in Glasgow,Scotland. Originated in Scotland and most loved in India.

Fact No 4 : Origin of Staple Indian Food

 

Our everyday eatables that is used by Indians almost every single day like tomatoes,potatoes and chillies are not originated in India. You will be surprised to know these staple food are got to India by Portuguese people.So next time you eat this,thank Portuguese to have given such good food that's a Staple for Indian families today.

 

 

 

  Fact No 5 : Be a proud Indian for the spices produced

 

India is proudly called as 'Land of Spices' across the world. There is not a single country in complete world that produces as many spices as India produces. These spices are exported to various countries from India. India is extremely famous for its spice and unique flavors that no other country can produce. No wonder Indian food is so tasty!!

Fruits had never been so yummier . .

Ladies, Today I am planning to refresh you all with some fruits in the platter !!

Have you ever wondered having fruits everyday without getting bored of them. Of-course for people who are fruit lovers,they consume fruits everyday.But what about those who don't like the taste of fruit? May be the smell of a specific fruit? May be the look of fruit or Could be even color of a fruit? I have also seen friend around me literally feeling 'yewww' with just the sight of fruits.

Well,as doctors and all nutritionist highly recommend consumption of fruits on everyday basis for good health and for providing all essential nutrients in the body..

Ok,Let me ask you this way..How many of us have fruits in innovative ways ? We either eat it completely or maximum cut in pieces and consume it...Or could maximum consume it with some sugar topping on it...

Let me today make your mood little colorful and get you a step closer to get tempted to fruits :) Here are some fruit bites , easy to make at home and trust me they taste awesome !!

1. Fruit-O-Cream

A simple dessert easy to make at home is less than 30mins. Take all the available fruits at home(Banana,strawberry,chickoo,orange,berries,mango if available) and cut them in small pieces. Take some ice-cream and blend it with blender. In a glass make a lowest layer of some fresh strawberries and add some available fresh fruit Jam.On top of it add some melted ice-cream(blended earlier) above this layer add other cut fruits and again a layer of fruits.On the Top layer add a scoop of ice-cream and some fresh berries.You can further decorate this dessert with fruit squash if available at home and this amazing chilled dessert is ready for you !!

2. Fruit Cone

 

This one is again a simple yet stylish dish that your loved ones and specially your kids would have.

This simple dessert can again be made with fresh cut fruits simply served inside a cone and tossed with some Tutty fruity. Take a waffle cone available in market.To make something different,fill this cone with freshly cut fruits and add some tutty fruits available. Garnish with yummier fruit squash and if needed some icecream. This fruit cone minus the icecream also tastes really refreshing.

 

Quick Bites for Evening !!

Are your children complaining about same boring food in tiffin everyday and cribbing on variety? Are you bored of cooking something that's time consuming...Well , I am all here with all of you there to make your life a step easy :)

Lets make some simple easy to go recipes today that are easy to make and yet yummy and tasty for your kids and family members !!

1. Monaco Sevpuri

Have you ever wondered easy available Monaco biscuits can make a quick bite for you for the evening...Well they actually can...These set of crispy biscuits are easily available at every home and kids love them too. Lets make something innovative with Monaco biscuits for your kids today

What you Need : 

• Pack of Monaco biscuits           
• Mashed potatoes
• Onion
• Tomatoes
• Ketchup(Chilly & Plain)
• Sev
• Salt & Chat masala to taste
• Coriander

How to Begin :

Just begin placing the biscuits on the plate and top them up with some potatoes,onion,tomatoes and add both tomato ketchup and chilly ketchup again this is something which is easily available.Top it up with some Sev,Salt & Chat masala and coriander for garnishing

When to Hog :

Best Evening Snack for Kids,Yummy recipe for Kids and Best serve for your family

 

2. Get CCD special Spinach Corn Cheese Sandwich right to your Home :)

All of us are regular visitors of famous coffee shop Cafe Coffee Day and many of us must have already tried Spinach Corn Cheese Sandwich..Have you ever tried making this at home..I am sure many of us are lazy to do this thinking that this would take lot of time for preparation.Guys,you would be surprised to know that this doesn't require more than 25-30mins to make. Next time,try making this at home and surprise your partner or give this to your kid who is a cheese lover but not a spinach lover

What you Need :

• Spinach - Chopped
• Garlic finely chopped
• Onion finely chopped
• Corn boiled
• Cheese grated
• Sale to Taste
• Red Chilli powder
• 2 bread slices
• Butter to roast

How to Begin :

In a frying fan add some onions,garlic and spinach and Salt.Allow the complete spinach to cook well and drain out all the water in pan.Add boiled corn to it,Little red chilli powder just to add some spice.Keep this cooked veggies aside.Take two slices of bread.Apply some butter and add the ready cooked veggies of palak and corns.Add lot of grated cheese and cover it with other slice of bread and shallow fry it on a pan or grill it in a griller.Allow the cheese to melt and Enjoy your sandwich.


When to Hog :

When you are Hungry,For dinner,When you have less time and want to eat something different.

Design Your Plate !!

Lets talk something interesting and useful today !! Designing your plate..Well,Let me ask all of you all there..How would you prefer having your lunch today? A plate messed up with Food or a plate neatly decorated with food. I am sure all of us would answer the second option that i mentioned here.

<<-  Plate 1

Plate 2->>













Now That you have seen the above two images,from which plate would you prefer to eat? Plate 2 would get major votes,isn't it? Why is that so ? The food served is the same. Plate is almost the same...But biggest difference comes in PRESENTATION of you plate. It means the way you present your food is very important..

Let me start here by giving you some simple presentation ideas and techniques which are basic and easy to do :-

1)Geometric Sandwiches :

What you need : Ready made stencil cutters available in market for bread and other sandwich material used everyday. Look at the picture in the right. This is a simple sandwich that you can make for your kid in various shape and just added with some ketchup and salad and cut in different shape. The shape looks so attractive that your kid will eat this instantly.




  2) Flag Sandwich for your Kid :

What you need : Three slices of bread at a time along with some Ketchup and green chutney and cheese slice.To make it more healthier you may add some butter.On each slice you can apply ketchup,butter & cheese,chutney respectively.Keep it one above the another and cut in rectangular pieces.We teach our kids about independence day and our national flag.Wont your Kid be excited to have a sandwich which exactly looks like a Indian Flag.Something very interesting to carry in tiffin for kids too.





My focus here is to make your work easy with less time and come up with something interesting everyday...I will share some more quickies with you...Keep blogging with me :)

Enjoy Food : Fall in Love !

Enjoy your food and fall in Love,well this time not with a person..Dont think I am giving you all a 'gyaan' on falling in Love.Yes,But I am surely going to give you all a gyaan on falling in Love with the food you eat. This is the first success line towards your reach to cooking or making an attempt to cook.

Well,I am sure all of us here who are reading this blog would have visited all new restaurants and tried out something new to eat every-time you visit.A simple reason behind this is you want to try something new,you want to eat something different,you are bored eating everyday food. Have you ever thought why have you got bored eating the same stuffs again? Well,non of us have thought so deeply....Here is the answer..You have not fallen in Love with the food you eat..!! You are eating only for the sake of it..You eat for energy,you eat for survival,you eat to enjoy the company around you..But how many of us fall in Love with the food we eat?

Just imagine a scenario where you order a dish in restaurant and give some time for yourself and actually taste it slowly and tactfully. Enjoy every bite that you eat.Smell it well,enjoy the fragrance of the food you eat..How would you feel? Wont it be an amazing and different experience all together..Well,yes it is !! Try it once..You will actually fall in love with the food item with the  look of the food item,the way it is cooked for you,the way it is served for you,the way it simple is meant for you,just you !! Your next immediate thought would be what could be the ingrediants to this? What all must have added that gave this food item such beautiful aroma and taste? What could be the magic mantra for this ? Once you start thinking this..You are going one step ahead to reach your goal to start cooking and Love it all.

Here is my experience that I would love to share it with everyone.When I was in school,or college or rather when I use to hangout with my friends during my college days ,I had this weird habit of tasting the food and even before ordering the food I would ask the restaurant manager what would be the ingredients in the food item I am ordering..I would ask them to alter it for me..Modify it if required and trust me this developed a different level of interest in me to try these stuffs at home too.of-course this interest developed with time.Today when I visit restaurants with my family or friends I continue the same habit.I happen to ask managers the ingredients before ordering. I realised I AM FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE FOOD even before tasting it. The excitement of tasting or eating the food increases if you fall in love with what you eat...





It ultimately goes the same way..Love what you do !! Similarly Love what you eat should be mantra in Life !!

Love to eat ? OR Eat to Love ?

The title would have confused you isn't it? Yes, but have we ever asked this question to ourselves? Ok Let me ask this question to everyone who is reading this blog right now. So, All of us are foodie here but would you love to eat ? or you Eat because you are in Love ?

Both the things are possible in most of our cases...Yes many people just love to eat...Today people in all the age group,be it a toddler or a school going kid or may it be a young college going guy or a office goer or a old person ,90% of people love to eat.Yes,literally eat,eat and eat !! and of-course a ready made food..Who would not love to have a hot served food in front of them and just eat it without even thinking about it twice..
Foodies like us would definitely love to eat..Yes,that includes me too. I was and I am always surrounded with people are equal food lovers..This is what inspired me to write this..But what if someone restricts us not to eat a certain kind of food and specially the one we love. None of us would wish to have a day in Life when we will have any restrictions on eating food.

None of us would want to have a day like this lady in the picture who would just keep looking at the plate. Here's an idea guys !! Eat everything you love,but EAT LIMITED !! A simple tip isn't it? Easy to follow too. I am sure we all can follow a simple tip like this where we are tasting and eating everything we love but in limited quantities to avoid any kind of future problems.

Coming next,How many of us Eat only because we love someone,could it be our mom's,our friends,our boyfriend's!! And yes, I know hoe difficult it is to say 'No' to a food that you don't want to eat just because you don't want to hurt that person and you love them more than the food. Well, most of us who are in this situation either over eat because our partner is eating and so we have to accompany them or others have to eat because there is no option when the food is served either at your home or at relatives home. There is a simple solution to this,ask the person serving you to decrease the quantity of serve they make! Enjoy every bite of food that you eat and you will enjoy the food for sure...

Be Like a lady in this picture who is Enjoying every Bit of the food.

Nothing can make you sad in Life if you start enjoying food...Its a best stress-buster !!!

Invitation to my Kookery House !!

So, after booking a show for this weekend,are you also ready to know something on 'Kookery House'
Well , I am sure all of you who are reading this blog must be excited to know about whats 'Kookery House' all about. So, I am sure , now you all must be thinking ,is this a cookery platform or eatable platform or something else. Anymore guesses??

Ok 'Kookery House' is all about my creation,innovation and my love for Food & cooking.This blog will majorly be focusing on food,cooking and nutrition.  I would want to teach A,B,C of cooking to every girl who is planning to get married.Every boy who is planning to stay away for job or studies,every man who wants to cook for his wife and every women who wants to make her children happy.

Don't think its going to be about mixing and grinding and chewing of ingredients that Apurva is teaching you all about,its not about ingredients only that I am going to make you learn.But there are many things that you will explore with me as you read my lines.

So for all you working ladies there , are you really tired today after a days work and want to learn and explore more with me,this can be a right place. A husband who is planning to cook something for his wife but thinking on recipes to make. A mom are you really tired of making tiffin for your kid. Just take a deep breadth and follow me. My simple funda would be here to make your life simple, yes very simple !

Let me share some of my experiences of learning A,B,C's of cooking and kitchen. Well,for me cooking was never inborn and its not meant to be for you ladies,mind it ! Its something that I explored and I loved it and yes I am loving it even today to an extend that I thought to sharing my experiences with you all just to tell you all that cooking is not a rocket science but it should neither be a forceful act.Isn't it?

All of us must have experienced this ,Moms shouting at us for helping her in kitchen and moreover learning some cooking and serving everyone. Whats the reason? As a girl we should be knowing this and why? To serve our prospective family. Ohh Bullshit !! This is what I use to think and I must have fought with my mother innumerable times for this. But today I guess I give all my credit to my mom (Aruna Shukla) to make me a trainer in this field and an inspiration.

Well,I am a human resource professional career wise but cooking came naturally to me. I still remember those days of school when i use to help mom in kitchen and make Maggi for dad and sister.Ohh that use to be biggest achievement of those times.Serving a tea to a guest and hearing a Waah Waah ! was a roller coaster excitement for me. Its been a journey of learning from me from making a tea to a full fledged food. Ohh Woow !! I am proud to be a learner even today...I love to be a teacher for those who ask my recipes and take my tips...I love to be a mentor for my sister..I love to be praised by my husband for loving me and my food equally and I love to hear those wows from my family who are proud to have a working daughter in law who is equally a good cook !