Thursday 7 March 2013

Spicy Potato recipe..

Spicy potatoes are a great dish to serve for appetizer, snack or side dish.

Recipe will serve 4


Ingredients:


3 medium red potatoes
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
1 teaspoon crushed coriander seed
1 teaspoon crushed fennel seed
8 to 10 fenugreek seeds
1 teaspoon shredded ginger
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 green chilis, seeded and sliced long ways
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro


Method:


Peel off some skin in stripes from the potatoes; leave some of the skin to provide color.
Cut the potatoes into bite size cubes.

In a pot, boil about four cups of water; add one teaspoon of salt and the cubed potatoes. make sure there is enough water in pot so potatoes are soaked. Boil the potatoes till they are tender but not mushy.

After potatoes are cooked, drain the water and set aside.

Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium high heat. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if it cracks right away oil is ready.

Add cumin seed, and as cumin seeds crack add coriander, fennel seed, fenugreek seed and shredded ginger, stir fry for half a minute.

Add potatoes and Stir-fry on medium high heat till they are light golden brown.

Add salt, black pepper and green chili and roast another two to three minutes. Turn off the heat and add lemon juice and cilantro and mix. Serve hot.

Adjust salt, lemon, and pepper to your taste.




A light recipe to enjoy.. :)



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Recipezzz--Mutton Kanti

Hey everyone..
Here i present to you a recipe to relish....:)

INGREDIENTS:


Mutton-- 1/2 kg (boneless and cubed)
Onion-- 2 medium size (cut into rings)
Yogurt-- 5 tbsp
Garam Masala-- 1 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste-- 1 tbsp
Tomatoes-- 2 large
Green chillies-- 5-6

Turmeric Powder-- 1/2 tsp
Chilly Powder-- 2 tsp
Coriander Powder-- 2 tsp
Cumin seeds-- 1 tsp
Cardamom-- 2 no
Cloves-- 2 no
Cinnamon stick-- 2 inch piece
Coriander leaves-- 1/2 cups chopped
Salt-- as per tatse
oil for frying
soya sauce--4 tbsp

METHOD:


Wash mutton pieces and drain well.

Marinate the meat with yogurt, ginger garlic paste and half the quantity of each spices .

Refrigerate it in a container with lid for over night.

Bring the meat to room temperatute.

Take meat cubes one by one and shallow fry them in oil.

In another kadaai, take some oil and add onion rings, tomato cubes and all the spices and saute .

Now add fried meat cubes and green chillies and soya sauce.

Add some water and cover with lid till the water gets absorbed.

Garnish with corriander and serve hot with naan.





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Crochet Balls

An easy peezy tutorial to make beautiful crochet balls.
It wont take much of your time really.



you will need:-


1) worsted weight yarn
2) crochet hook
3) polyfil for stuffing

Abbrevations Used:

sc: single crochet
inc: (increment stitch) 2 sc in one stitch
dec: (decrement stitch) 1 sc over two stitches through the front loops only
r: Round

Time Required:

15 mins

Lets Begin:

Make a magic ring.
R1: 10 sc into ring
R2: inc in each stitch around. You will have 20 stitches now.
R3: inc 1, sc 1. Repeat for the whole round. you will get 30 stitches.
R4 to 9: 1 sn stitch in each stitch.
R10: dec, sn stitch 1. Your stitches will be reduced to 20 again.
R11: dec, sn stitch. You will have 13 stitches.
R12: 1 sn, dec around.
Stuff with polyfil
R16: dec around.



DIY 1 Minute Tiny Tissue Paper Flowers (easy)

You are going to love this. Yes! Today I'm going to show you how I make tiny tissue paper flowers in 1 minute.




You will need:


Tissue paper
Scissor
Glue (if needed)


Lets Get Started:


1. Take a square toilet paper. Fold it in Half. And again fold that into half.
2. Cut out your flower shape.
3. Twist the only edge you will find. (refer picture)
4. Try to open the flower a bit with the help of your fingers.
5 That's it. Make as many as you want.
6. Using glue to paste them where ever you want to.



The only thing that is missing is the fragrance maybe not unless you are using perfumed paper!
Bye!

Crochet Bookmark

Lovely Crochet bookmark.. :)



Its quiet simple and easy to make...

Here is a free tutorial to make this beautiful crochet bookmark..

1) Make a crochet flower... You can check my post on how to make a crochet flower or just simply visit Crochet flowers


2) Now starting with a slip knot make a chain as long as the length of your book!
3) On this chain make a double stitch line( I'm assuming you know how to do double crochet stitch.. )


4) On one end join a fringe of yarn..
like this...

 

 5) On the another end attach the flower you made.. :)

and your bookmark is ready..
really adorable... :)

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few more bookmark patterns you would love..