Royal Pineapple Shake

The most grand festival of my city Durga puja( in this festival Mother God Durga is worshipped with traditional ritual and lots of love like a daughter who returned to her parent house after a year with her children for a vacation) is just four days away. The festive spirit is raising high and everyone is taking their last minute preparation to enjoy every bit of this festival. This year if God bless me I will share some rare moments of this event with you all. For this festive season I will make this delicious royal pineapple shake for all my guest who will visit me. This shake signifies the richness of the festival and I hope you will all love taste of this royal pineapple shake.
This glass is half filled and the rest half is filled with love,care and the feeling of oneness. Let see how my guest sip the shake that is filled with love & care and I also want to see will the taste differ.....what do you think!!!:)
My giveaway is still on and all my US friend you can still participate and make your chance to win the book.


Ingredients:

Pineapple grated   ½  cup
Creamy milk      1 glass
Saffron     2 pinch
Mixed melon seed  ¼ teaspoon
Pistachio   ¼ teaspoon chopped
Raisin  ¼ teaspoon chopped
Rose water 2 drops
Cardamom powder a pinch
Sugar  to taste

Procedure:
Boil milk with sugar and saffron. Saffron will add a rich vibrant color to this shake. As the sugar melts put off the flame then mix the cardamom powder. Let it cool down now put it in your freezer for a hour or two. You can pre pare this milk in advance then use it.In your shaker add the chilled saffron milk, grated pineapple and rose water. Give few good shake then pour in your serving glass. Garnish it with mixed melon seeds, pistachio, raisin, few sprigs of saffron. Your rich, vibrant, colorful, super delicious royal pineapple milk shake is ready .

With this post I am taking a week festive break. Catch me when I come back for some great festive shots from my town.
Wishing all my Bengali friends all over the world A Very Happy Durga Puja and my other Indian friend A Very Happy Navaratri. May Mother God bless all species in this world a blessed,peaceful,healthy and happy life.

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The Kitchen Counter Cooking School Book Review And A Giveaway

From my late teens I am reading cookbooks because I love reading cookbooks. I have special passion for them. So when I got the copy The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Finn who is also my Face book friend I take no time to finish it. After reading I found what Erica Bauermeister, author of The School for Essential Ingredients and Joy for Beginners said -“A life-changing book—entertaining, inspiring, and deeply educational” is absolutely right.  A finished copy of the book is ready for you . You can win this fabulous book!


The book was inspired when Kathleen encountered a woman at the supermarket, loading up on processed foods. Taking a leap of faith, Kathleen persuaded the woman to abandon her overpriced convenience food for fresher alternatives and gave her a few simple recipes for easy meals. She realized what the woman lacked was simply the basic knowledge and confidence to be a home cook; she had found a new calling. Le Cordon Blue graduate Kathleen decided to use her recent culinary training to help a group of nine culinary novitiates find their inner cook. Kathleen in this book The Kitchen Counter Cooking School like a true friend show the reader to create simple recipes, make healthy choices, build culinary confidence and make most of their grocery shopping.

Kathleen feels there’s a disconnect in this country when it comes to food and cooking. On one hand, there’s a culture of hero worship around celebrity chefs that fuels cooking-as-a-spectator-sport on television. At the same time, marketers worked for decades to convince people that cooking themselves isn’t worth their time, and that even simple dishes fall outside their grasp. All this explains why one woman in the book told Kathleen, “I’m ashamed to admit it, but I’ve eaten Tuna Helper while watching Gordon Ramsey.” It’s a funny line about a serious problem. The rise of convenience food and decline of home cooking are inextricably correlated to the surge of obesity and diabetes. If people think they can’t cook, they put themselves at the mercy of companies whose interests are primarily financial to feed them instead. Kathleen believes in the power of home cooking and it’s her mission to help people find their way off the couch and into the kitchen.

Some of simple delicious and awesome recipes from The Kitchen Counter Cooking School.

I enjoyed the journey of Kathleen where her simple approach and elegant delectable yet easy recipes turned those nine culinary novice into fearless home cooks. A very entertaining and inspiring book. (Not officially on sale until October 3, 2011.)

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Beetroot Salad With Mint Garlic Vinaigrette

We are living in a colorful world. Colors have healing property so sometimes it feels great to present some vibrant color in our dinner table. Beeroot is one such colorful veggies which with simple cooking gives delicious taste and visually appealing dish. Today I want to share with you all a very simple beetroot salad which is wonderfullytasty and looks awesome. This beetroot salad can be a great party dish too as it is easy, fast to cook, very healthy and extremely beautiful.


Ingredients:

Beetroot    1 boiled and peeled
Red onion   ½ sliced
Mustard powder  1/8  teaspoon

Mint Garlic Vinaigrette
Garlic              3 cloves mashed
Fresh mint leaves   1 teaspoon finely chopped
Olive oil/ vegetable oil   1 teaspoon
Rice vinegar    1/2  teaspoon
Sugar      ¼ teaspoon (optional)
Salt       to taste 

Procedure:
Make thin slices of beetroot and arrange on the serving plate. Now in bowl mix all the vinaigrette ingredients. Now pour this mixture over the beetroot . Arrange the sliced onion on the top and sprinkle mustard powder over it. Sweet beetroot with the flavor of garlic and mint and the crunchy onion with the zing of mustard powder give a delectable taste to this visually appealing salad.

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Spicy Potato with Butter Fried Onion

I do remember those young days when Mom used to mash some potato with dollops of butter and we have it with steamed rice or breads before going to school. O….ho … those golden days you don’t have to think about your waist lines, no burden of health foods, no tension of wallets just eat, study and be merry … ha-ha! I hope you too have many such childhood memories share with us in this post. You know the other day there was some leftover boiled potato in my freezer have it been few years back I would just mash it with butter, cheese and cream but now I deliberately make effort to cut short such cheesy creamy desire. I created this spicy potato with butter fried onion for dinner to remember those old days yet to check the calorie count and it so also easy and fast to cook and goes very well with bread so what more can I ask. A quick delicious recipe, you can give it try anytime.

Ingredients:

Potato    1 big boiled and crushed
Red and yellow 
bell pepper    ½ chopped
Baby corn  ½  blanched  and sliced
Tomato sauce   2 teaspoon
Chilly sauce        1 teaspoon ( optional)
Mustard sauce    1 teaspoon
Onion        2  sliced
Green chilly   1  deseeded  and finely chopped (optional)
Vegetable oil   2 teaspoon
Butter        1  teaspoon
Sugar        a pinch
Salt and pepper to taste 

Procedure:
First heat oil on a pan. Then add red and yellow bell pepper and baby corn sauté for a minute then add the crushed potato. Add salt, pepper, sugar and in a small bowl add all the sauces and add it. Put off the flame and place this spicy potato on your serving dish. Keep aside. Heat a pan then add butter and onion sauté with a small pinch of salt and chopped green chilly if using. Fry on medium flame for a minute to two until the onion are transparent. Then top the spicy potato with this butter fried onion.
This way you cut short the use of butter but still get a very subtle delicate taste. Let me know how you like it.

I want to thank my friend Chandrani Banerjee from Cuisine Delight for honoring me with this lovely awards.

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Easy Chocolate Mousse Pots

A very delicious dessert recipe from my weekend party for you all. These easy healthy mini pots are not only eye appealing but a healthy way to treat our chocolate carving. This sweet little cute mini chocolate mousse pot is so complete by itself that it doesn’t need any introduction. Enjoy this little easy, fast to make chocolate mousse pots.


Ingredients:

Greek yogurt     100 gram
Cocoa powder   1 table spoon
Fresh cream    4 table spoon
Sugar          to taste
Chocolate Oreo cookies   2 to 3 
Chocolate  chips few  
Mixed fruit jam  1 table spoon
Mint leaves      few sprigs 

Procedure:
Mix half of yogurt with cocoa powder, 2 table spoon of cream and sugar . In another bowl mix rest of the yogurt and cream. Now take small serving glass first pour the coca mix yogurt. Then above it make a layer of yogurt and cream. Above it spread little bit of mixed fruit jam. Refrigerate it for 30 minutes. When you serve place some chocolate chips and pieces of Oreo cookies. Spread little bit of jam over it. Garnish with fresh sprigs of mint. I am sure this will be a very healthy option if you want to serve it as dessert for your dinner parties and from kids to adults all will love chocolate mousse pot. The crunchy Oreo then the creamy yogurt with the jam and lastly the chocolaty creamy chilled taste is just heavenly. You are serving in small portions so for all those friends of yours who skip dessert and you brainstorm to find something for their sweet tooth, chocolate mousse pot come as soul saver.

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