Brinjal Rava Fry

For the last 2 weeks my kitchen is completely on the veggie regime and both of us are loving it for a change. There is actually so much to make in vegetarian food. So here is something new that I tried last week.Original recipe is by my colleague who bought this as side dish for lunch the other day.

Brinjal / Bhaigan or egg plant is something which is an easy to cook and highly nutritous vegetable.It is high in pottassium and calcium with apt amount of dietary fiber.

Murukku

Murukku is a very common south indian savory especially in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. In Karnataka it is referred to as " Chakli ". Most of the road side tea shops as well as bakeries provide this snack. Just like everything else , there are many varities of Murukku depending on what goes in, it can be kara, sweet, gingery, spicy and so on..but the bottomline is that it needs to be crunchy..and that " Muru" sound needs to be there while crunching into the fried snack. I'm sure that 's how this tea time snack got its name.

This recipe is from my MIL's kitchen, we made it this Onam and till then I had no idea that the complicated looking crispy snack was so easy to make.. My MIL has an idiappam maker which is about 40 years old, so using it was a breeze, Trust me, it just takes less than 30 mins to churn out some concentric beauties..

Home Made Pizza

Pizza is a synonym for time out's either with friends or family. Lazy evenings are best spend with Pizza and couple of DVD's. This weekend I tried the home made version and it came out pretty well. Pizza is surprisingly a historic dish known to men from the neolithic age. It is basically defined as flat bread with tomato toppings.

Ingredients

Gobi Manchurian

Gobi Manchurian is a very common vegetable dish in India. The good thing about this dish is that it is very adaptable and can be had in many ways, you can make it dry and have it for starters or in the evening especially if it is raining.. or have it as a curry along with noodles, or even modify it as soup..I like it best dry.
Manchuria is a region in north eastern China,I guess that is the only chinese connection this dish has. It is made to suit the indian palate and served in almost all kinds of restaurants.