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September 7th 2014

This year I celebrated yet another Onam, and this time it is perfectly virtual or electronic ... in all sense ..

Onam happens to be on a Sunday one my favourite day of the week , started with sunday mass and sunday brunch of usual chappathis and peas curry. Spoke to parents and sisters (both made it home ) and grandma they are 6000 miles away from me, by the time I spoke to them they have finished there Onam Sadhya same as above pic, with our own plantain leaf from garden. I have a time difference of 4.5 hrs with them and it is very good evening over there and they are getting ready to sunday church.

I did n't cook anything special for Onam this year as it is not worth doing it for one person..

Thousands of miles away from the homeland affected my spells of nostalgia to prepare a few Onam special dishes at home. Relatives back there in the land of King Mahabali purchased the readymade Ona-sadhyas (meals) to captivate TV programmes. Times have changed and my cooking habits too.. Simple gestures of affection are enough to brighten up and enliven even an ordinary day. Thanks to all my school and college friends who wished me Onam along with theirs family.

Wishing you a wonder full Onam where ever you are in the globe :)

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Onion Bhaji

Serves 1

Cooking Time : 30min

Vegetarian Recipe

Ingredients:-

•          50g gram flour/Maida

•          20g rice flour/Corn Flour

•          ½ tsp turmeric

•          1 tsp cumin seeds,

•          1 tsp medium Chili powder

•          Fresh /Dried Coriander

•          Asafoetida Powder/Kayam a pinch

•          Salt a pinch

•          One big Onion

•          One small potato

•          Water to make batter

•          Oil, to cook

Method of Cooking

In a bowl, mix all the batter ingredients together except oil and make a thick batter with water.  Batter should not be too watery. It should be medium thick. Add sliced onions, chopped potatoes and mix well. Keep aside this batter for 15 minutes.

Heat oil in a frying pan. Drop teaspoons of the batter (3/4 portions depending upon the size of pan) and fry till

golden color on both the sides.

Drain and place on kitchen towel to absorb excess oil.

Serve hot as an evening snack with Tomato ketchup or Mint chutney.

Enjoy #Onion Bhaji /  #Ulli Bhaji /  #Onion Pakoras / #Onion Fritters

Carrot lemonade

Prep time

45 mins

Total time 

45 mins

 

Serves: 3 cups

Ingredients

• 1KG carrots, cut into chunks
• 2 cups water
• 2 lemons juiced
• 1 Tablespoon sugar
• ½ cup ice (optional)

1. In a pan /pressure cooker boil the carrots in the water and simmer for about 30 minutes.
2. Remove the carrots and let cool. Save the water.
3. Once cooled add the carrots, and lemon juice and sugar to your high powered blender/mixi and blend until smooth. Add about ½ to 1 cup of the water.
4. Blend.
5. Add ice
6. Blend

         

This post and contents belong to mum, she gave me this drink in my last holidays and it was really good and continued to make it back in UK on weekends , basically it is my saturday alternative for evening tea if I am at home. With the hope of you will also try this I am sharing her recipe.

Please consider drinking carrot juice which gives the body Vitamin A, B Vitamins, Vitamin E and many minerals. It is  good for  prenatal health, eyesight, bones and teeth, liver and nails, skin and hair as well as helping in cancer prevention.

Carrot juice reduce the risks of many different types of cancer including skin and breast cancer. The cancer-fighting properties of carrot juice are often thought to be excellent due to the high amounts of beta carotene. Beta carotene changes to Vitamin A in the body. 

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