Receipes

Friday, 11 October 2013

Aspri Spirits showcases the finest wines from South Africa

Aspri Spirits showcased authentic South African wines from esteemed brands like Nederburg and J.C. Le Roux. Jacobus Wilhelm Pienaar, wine maker from Nederburg, was in New Delhi to host the wine tasting where a private tasting of the wines was conducted as they were paired with select dishes to appreciate the goodness of these eloquent wines.  





Nederburg is South Africa’s leading and one of the most decorated names in the wine industry. The brand is a winner of several international and domestic awards. They were recently judged “The Most Successful Producer” at the SA Trophy Wine Show. The winery itself was an inaugural winner of the International Wine Tourism Award for Cape Town, presented by the Great Wine Capitals Global Network. At the event, Jacobus Wilhelm Pienaar gladly answered queries about the history of the wines, their qualities, the creation process and many such aspects.

Aspri Spirits also presented the wine Le Domaine from J.C. Le Roux. The wine brand is South Africa's first and one of the leading cellars who have devoted their efforts to the art of making sparkling wine. J.C. Le Roux is acclaimed for its passion, craftsmanship and expertise to make the finest vintage Méthode Cap Classiques in the time honored French style, and fun loving sparkling wines to suit every palate.

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Cornitos launches yet another mouth watering flavor “Tikka masala”

Cornitos, the flagship brand of GreenDot Health Foods Ltd launches yet another flavor Tikka masala to its exciting range of nacho crisps. The 100% corn snack is made up of tandoori tikka with the tinge of freshly ground Spices and Herbs.

The all new - Tikka Masala


Its good taste rejuvenates the mood and keeps a momentum throughout the day. Tikka masala is spicy and sizzles the taste buds with its exotic flavor. An apt snack for the evening, movie and party time etc. Snacks are that part of the diet which cannot be skipped and consuming healthy snack is an imperative task.  Tikka masala is a blend of scrumptious flavor and healthy ingredients.


Tikka masala is different from the regular flavor and adds a different experience. It can be consumed as a healthy snack and can be sprinkled over the favorite grub.

Price:-
A)     60g Pouch pack- INR 35
B)      50g Can – INR 50

GreenDot Health Foods Ltd. is a part of the well known ‘Globe Capacitors’ Group of Companies. 

Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Stuffed Idli

During my visit to Lucknow, I chanced upon my relative's age old receipe of making idlis.

While i was served it with garlic chutney, I prefer mine with the usual coconut chutney.

This is one of the simplest things you can make, when there is a sudden news of guests coming over.

Preparation Time : 4 mins
Cooking time : 4 mins

* as per microwave cooking. Cooking on gas can take upto 8 minutes
Ingredients:
  • Finely chopped vegetables (carrot,beans, capsicum, mushroom and baby corn)
  • Finely chopped garlic
  • Finely chopped fresh curry leaves
  • Mustard seeds
  • Chana daal - 2tbsp
  • Urad Dhuli daal - 2 tbsp
  • Suji - 250 gms
  • Curd - 2 cups
  • Eno - 2 sachets
Procedure:
  1. Mix suji with curd and leave for 5 minutes
  2. Heat olive oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, garlic, curry leaves. When golden brown, add vegetables and stir until cooked
  3. Add 1/4th cup water to the suji-dahi mixture and the cooked mixture of vegetables
  4. Add salt to the batter
  5. Take a cup of batter separately and add 1/2 sachet Eno in it
  6. Mix and put the mixture in moulds as quickly as possible (remember the fizz of the Eno will make the idlis fluffy so do not add eno to entire mixture at one and do not delay after adding eno)\
  7. Cook for 4 minutes and serve it with coconut or tomato chutney. It can also be consumed with Sambhar.

  

Hope you can handle the sudden guests next time, a little more smoothly ;)
Idlis are ready to be served! You can garnish it with finely chopped coriand

Friday, 19 July 2013

Shatabdi wala cutlet :P

So here I am..in Shatabdi..yet AGAIN! :):)

I must mention that these visits back home (yes that is what I STILL call it) are so nostalgic but no matter how much I love them, the fact that I have to wake up at 4 kind of kills the feel (buy never mind, it lasts only till the time I am served 'Upma Cutlets' in the train.

Believe it or not, when I wake up at 4, to catch my train, just thinking about the cutlets going to be served makes it all worth it :P

I have tried these at a lot of places but just cannot get the same taste. I know a lot of you might think, what is so great about such unhealthy cutlets (considering the fact that they are served in TRAINS-oh yes WE earn soooo well, we travel ONLY in flights - point I shall elucidate later in the post) for now lets talk about THE cutlets.

Let me try and put the ingredients what I THINK are in it

- Rawa
- mashed vegetables (let us count on potatoes too please)
- NO chillies
- salt and black pepper
-fennel
 And then there  is a layer covering the mix, which i feel has to be made from rice flour dough

For me the USP has to be the lack of spices. Yes, you read it correctly.
I feel the fact that there are no spices, you can actually feel the original taste of the 2-3 key ingredients. Considering this is breakfast (lets forget stuffed aloo parathas with Lassi for a day - please please please) i think its Perfect! But it time, they should start serving atleast 4!!!!! How I Love them :D

Shall post detailed recipe once i get it perfect.

Now let us talk about the flight stuff. yesssss! So what if i at times LIKE a train journey? Pammi aunty has no business pointing out , ' Haye ni Mrs. Puri (my MOM) kudi vaaste flight nai karayi? Haye BECHARI!!!

[oh my god, Mrs. puri, you did Not get a flight booked for your daughter??? Awww poor girl]

Yea. Whatever. Fine.

The moment i reach back Delhi I shall try and make these AGAIN(considering i had a detailed conversation about these 'Oh So Special' cutlets with an aunty seated nearby and she had a LOT to talk about a LOT of stuff).

Oh god...she has still some more stuff to talkni about. Let me get back to her.

SEE YOU SOON. Bye!!

Evernote Food 2.0



Evernote has an application, Evernote Food, that acts as a perfect travel accomplice for a foodie. While it was earlier just an app for chronicling your meals and food you love, it has evolved to a new avatar, Evernote Food 2.0, that also helps you find great new restaurants, documenting how to make cherished family recipes, places you could discover, capture, apart from giving a way to share your life’s most memorable moments in food.

Check out the Video.

Sunday, 9 June 2013

Saffola Masala Oats Chaat (Peppy Tomato)

So in continuation to my last post, here is recipe of a dish I tried making post getting the Saffola Masala Oats goodie bag.

This is a 5 min quick healthy chaat.

Yes you read - HEALTHY! Remember healthy can be unbelievably tasty!! The Other Side ;)

Ingredients:

  • 1 packet Saffola Masala Oats - Peppy Tomato
  • Chopped vegetables 
    • 4 spoons - capsicum
    • 4 spoons - beans
  • 1/4th cup peas
  • Tomato sauce
  • Salt
  • Basil
  • Black Pepper
  • Garlic - chopped, 1/2 spoon
  • Chilly Flakes
  • Oregano
  • Gram Flour 4 tablespoon

Recipe:
  • Mix 1 packet Saffola Masala Oats Peppy Tomato with gram flour and water to make a dough
  • Make a chapatti from that dough
  • Put some olive oil in a pan and cook the oats chappati (it has to be thicker than usual chappatis, sort of a pancake)
  • Toss and Turn until golden brown
  • Simultaneously heat 2 tablespoon of oil . Add Garlic and chilly flakes to it and in a pan and saute all vegetables
  • Once cooked add basil, oregano and black pepper as per taste 
  • Break the chappati into pieces (try equal pieces, though i cut it randomly :P )
  • Mix chappati and vegetables in a separate bowl (be careful of not breaking the pieces)
  • Add tomato sauce and SERVE 

Saffola Masala Oats - Chaat

Hope you like it :)

I shall keep experimenting and posting recipes. STAY TUNED !


The Other Side - By Saffola Masala Oats


Right when my boredom clock started clicking, I got a call, invite and a cab…and yayyyy I was at the Saffola Masala Oats – The Other Side.

The Invite


An event that people realize - healthy CAN be tasty. Not that I had doubts (being an ardent oats lover) but a double check never kills anyone!

So for starters- the venue looked nice and the people were good. I instantly connected with a few peeps which was a good start. One nice lady sitting next to me offered me some Nachos and dip. Though I acknowledge her sweetness, I did not like the nachos served there so much. Nonetheless, the drinks were nice but somehow I missed on having the Almond Oats shake – which I heard was very nice.

The event kick started and VIKAS KHANNA arrived *blush blush*

He looked as amazing as ever and chit chatted with the audience to engage with everyone and I must say , he did a damn good job. I am a Punjabi myself hence connected with every pun he intended :P

I was lucky to get a chance to participate in the cooking contest organized. (the question I was asked – how many times a pineapple grows on one tree in one season? Answer- ONE) I almost screamed the answer and did not even wait for the mic to arrive for I in no case could have missed the chance *evil grin*. Nonetheless, I had a time of my life when I stood there at the “masterchef-type’ setup. We were given 20 mins to cook something innovative out of the ingredients available. (I shall post the receipe soon and also a few
innovative receipes one can cook from saffola masala oats)

The Set Up



After this a similar contest was organized and this time those 6 people had to cook something from saffola masala oats. Overall it went well, while I could not decipher why the first contest contestants could NOT use those oats. Anyway oats pizza was the highlight of contest number 2. Later all the 12 participants were given a chopping board signed by VK.

All this ended and we proceeded towards food counters. Food was good. Menu had an oatilicilous surprise – litchi jelly with oats custard which was pretty decent.

We were given a oats goodie basket and a book by Vikas Khanna. All in all it was a well executed event post which I believe a little more that healthy CAN be tasty as well :)

The Goodies


Stay tuned for some healthy and tasty oats receipes.

Takecare :)
Lovely Event