Rosemary Garlic Shrimp

The month of January ends up so quickly and season of love starts. For this season I have some special recipes for you, today I am sharing with you my first Valentines recipe rosemary garlic shrimp. I hope you will like this rosemary garlic shrimp. For this recipe I use Indian scampi or small lobster you can use any big size shrimp or prawn.


Ingredients:

King prawn/jambo shrimp  3 to 4
Fresh rosemary  or dried  1 tsp
Garlic  paste  1 tsp
Olive oil  1tbsp and 1 tsp
Paprika powder  ¼ th tsp
Lemon juice  ½ tsp
Salt   to taste

Procedure:
Marinate the prawn with fresh rosemary, salt, garlic paste and paprika and 1tbsp of oil for a hour or two. This will help the prawn to incorporate all the flavors. Now heat remaining oil in a skillet and then slightly fry both side in such a way so that the prawn remain soft, juicy and well cooked. Serve it with a dash of lemon juice and fresh coriander.

Sending this to  Foodie Friday and Valentines Special

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It is not always recipes that I want to share with my readers and friends, today I want to share with you a guest article from Julia Wisniewski where she point out a serious issue-Fibromyalgia and Gluten Allergy. I hope you will find something helpful from this guest article of Julia.


                                               Fibromyalgia and Gluten Allergy
As scientists are learning more and more about chronic pain syndromes, such as fibromyalgia,
they are discovering a link between some FM symptoms and gluten allergy.

To understand the link between gluten allergy and fibromyalgia we need to outline the symptoms
of each.

Fibromyalgia Symptoms

1. Chronic Pain- this is the most common and defining symptom of FM
2. Numbness or tingling in the extremities
3. Sleep Disturbances – that can lead to the next symptom, which is,
4. Fatigue

Gluten Allergy Symptoms

1. Abdominal pain - the gluten that you are sensitive irritates the bowels and causes pain
2. Fatigue – this is due to the fact that you aren’t absorbing all of your nutrients
3. Joint Pain
4. Weight Loss

Connection
There has been research that shows that diseases of the digestive system, such as irritable
bowel syndrome or the irritation that a gluten allergy produces in the digestive tract, lead to
muscoskeletal disorders. The study linked certain digestive conditions to rheumatic diseases. All of these conditions are linked to each other, and this study proves that people with fibromyalgia should be screened for gluten allergy or even intolerance.

Conclusion
If you are experiencing some or all of these symptoms, you should talk with your doctor about
being tested for a gluten sensitivity or even Celiac Disease. Talk with her or him about slowly
taking gluten out of your diet. Keep a journal about how you feel each day without (or less)
gluten to see if the switch is helping your quality of life. If a gluten-free diet turns out to be the right choice for your lifestyle, try a gluten free bread machine or recipes for comfort foods that you can still enjoy on a restricted diet.

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Apple Oatmeal Dessert

In middle of January all over India we celebrate Makar Sankranti which is a major harvest festival. Mainly sweet dishes are made from new crops and they are distributed among the neighbours and dear ones and also a portion of it to the poor people. But in todays fast life it is not always possible to make eleborate recipes. Though my Mom still make those recipes which I will share with you in my blog Sutapas Indian Cuisine but when it comes to me I always go for something quick fast yet delicious and healthy so I make this apple oatmeal dessert and it comes out great. I want to share this easy sweet recipe with you all and I am sure you will like this.


Ingredients:

Oats  ½ cup
Milk   2 cup
Butter / diet butter ½ tsp
Sugar 2 tbsp or to taste
Cardamom powder 2 pinch
Chopped apple  ¼ cup
Fresh cream  1 tbsp(optional)
Chopped almond   2 to 3 tbsp 

Procedure
Take a sucepan and boil milk then add the sugar and let it dissolve . Then add the oats and cook for 4 to 5 minutes and then add the butter and pinch of cardamom and cream ( this is not for the weight watchers). Mix well. Add chopped apples and chopped almond. Your quick apple oatmeal dessert is ready to serve and taste.

Happy Makar Sankranti And Happy Pongal to all my Indian freinds all over the world.

With this I want to thank Jay and Chandrani for giving me two lovely awards. I feel proud to have friends like you around me, to cheer me and inspire me to create lovely recipes for you all my dear friends. I love you all a lot, you all are my precious pearls.

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Fish Croquettes With Pan Grilled Zucchini

Garlic flavored fish croquettes and pan grilled yellow zucchini with onion is a great refreshing whole meal after all those sweet treat that we are savoring for last few days. It’s time to go simple yet delicious food.This dish can be served as both lunch or dinner as this has both protein and crab neatly combined in it. I hope you will like this simple fish croquettes recipe accompanied with grilled zucchini.

Ingredients:

For fish croquettes
Meaty white fish (boiled deboned and mashed) 2 Cup
Boiled potato mash ½ cup
Garlic paste    1 tsp
Ginger paste   ¼ tsp
Egg   1
Bread slice 1 
Bread crumb   1 cup
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil for frying
For pan grilled zucchini
Large yellow zucchini   1 cut into one inch round slice
Onion 1 sliced
Olive oil/ canola oil   1tbsp
Mustard powder ½ tsp
Salt and pepper to taste 

Procedure:
Take a bowl and put the boiled mashed fish, mashed potatoes and salt and pepper and ginger and garlic paste with a bread slice. You can mix well with your hands or put it on your food processor and mix until well combined. Meanwhile beat the egg with a pinch of salt and pepper. Now take portion of the fish mixture and give them the shape of croquettes. Give each fish croquettes a generous egg wash. Now roll them in the bread crumb. Let it rest in the refrigerator for half an hour. Now bring them out and you can deep fry them or shallow fry them (this is what I have done) or you can even bake them.
Now take another cast iron skillet and heat 1 table spoon of oil over high heat. Then place the sliced zucchini and onion in the skillet to form layer. Cook carefully being sure not to burn them. Flip over every now and then to ensure even cooking. Once they begin to soften and blacken remove from skillet and season with salt pepper and mustard powder. Serve hot fish croquettes with hot grilled zucchini with some green sliced cucumber and I hope you will love the combo.

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Chocolate Stuffed Cookies for Happy New Year 2012

I hope you all have great time during Christmas, swimming in delicious cakes and cookies. Now let me add another baking delight from my treasure box for the New Year 2012. The whole credit for these chocolate stuffed cookies goes to my aunt, who helps me to bake the lime cake. She was by my side to make this wonderful delight but I must admit the first batch was a funny disaster, my aunt went to attend a phone call and brilliant me add something more and the result was broken batch of cookies. But finally she takes the charge to teach me the perfect chocolate filled cookies and you can see the result. The last batch of the cookies came out perfect and I think they knew that they are the models for the last photo shoot for 2011.They posed perfectly like a super model, now it’s your turn to give them an opportunity to walk on the ramp of your serving dish!


Ingredients:

Unsalted butter softened  1cup
Brown sugar   1cup
Granulated sugar 1cup
Vanilla extract  2tsp
Peanut butter ½ cup
Egg     2 large  
All purpose flour  2 ½ cup
Unsweetened coco powder 1cup
Baking soda 1tsp
Chopped chocolate for stuffing the cookies

Procedure
Preheat the oven to 350 F and line cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a bowl mix flour, coco powder and baking soda. Cream butter using a electric mixture at medium speed in a bowl. Now with this gradually beat granulated sugar, then brown sugar and peanut butter until everything is well blended. Then add the egg, vanilla extract and continue beating until this whole thing is well combined with each other. Then fold the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Now wrap the dough in a cling film and let it rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Next roll the dough and then cut out circles of 1.5 inch. Place the chopped chocolate and gather together the side to enclose the chocolate. Place on the cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove on a cooking rack and just enjoy.

Wishing you All A Very Happy New Year 2012.
Hope you like this video of mine.I make this video to wish you all and the flowers in this video are from my roof top garden.The theme of this video is -"One last look back - and then the best wishes for the New Year:)"



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Lime Cake for Christmas

You all know by now that I am not a person who excels in baking. Soups, salad and various other easy quick dish and Indian dishes are my forte but when its Christmas there is something magical about baking. So this year I went to my baking expert aunt, asked her to help me out to make a delicious cake but which will be super easy. She suggested me to make lime cake, this is easy for her but not for me..(haha)... it took lot of patience but worth the effort. I make this cake in her house under her supervision which I must admit one of the best cake I ever made till date. I hope you will like this lime cake too!
Ingredients:

All purpose flour  11/2 cup
Baking powder  ¼ tsp
Baking soda  ¼ tsp
Salt ½ tsp
Sugar 1  cup or to taste
Eggs   2
Lime zest ¼ cup 
Lime  juice ¼ cup
Unsalted butter softened   ½ cup
Whole milk   ½ cup
Vanilla extract  1tsp
Lime syrup:
Sugar  ¼ cup
Lime juice ¼ cup

Lime Butter Cream Frosting 
Unsalted butter  softened  ½ cup
Lime zest 1 tsp
Vanilla extract  1tsp
Salt 1/8 tsp
Lime juice 3 tbsp
Milk 2 tbsp
Powdered Sugar to taste

Garnish 
Strawberry jam 1 tbsp
Chopped almond 1 tbsp
Lime zest  1 tsp

Procedure:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a loaf pan (8 ½ by 41/4 –inch) and line the bottom by parchment paper or with waxed paper to fit the bottom only. Take flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Mix well. Keep aside. In another bowl take butter and sugar and with a stand mixture beat until fluffy for about 4 to 5 minutes. Turn the speed down to medium and then add the eggs one at a time, after adding each egg mixed for about one minute. After that add lime zest and mix well. In another bowl whisk the vanilla extract, lime juice and milk. Now come the tricky part alternatively add the flour and the wet ingredients to the large mixing bowl starting and ending up with flour mixture. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean from the cake. Remove and let cake slightly cool in a pan on a rack. After about few minutes remove the cake from the pan and put it on the rack. It should be still warm, but not hot. Now, simply whisk the sugar and the lime juice together, and slowly spoon this lime syrup on top, so it soaks into the cake. You can skip the lime butter frosting and relish the cake like this but to give this cake a more festive look I make the lime butter frosting. For that beat butter, lime zest, vanilla extract and salt at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add the powdered sugar and the lime juice and 1tbsp of milk beating at a low speed until blended and smooth. You can add more milk to get desired consistency. Now spread evenly over the cake you can also put some in a piping bag and make a design and to add more color top with strawberry jam and sprinkle some lime zest and chopped almond. Your delicious lime cake is ready to relish.

                                                   Merry Christmas!

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Beetroot Soup

Beet root is one of my favorite veggie, I love it because of its vibrant color and various health benefit. Other day I visited my friend Parsley Sage blog and saw a wonderful red color beetroot soup. I can’t resist making my version of beet root soup the very next day and telling you it comes out great. A warm comfy beetroot soup in winter evening sitting on a cozy sofa listening to my favorite songs is just….. too heavenly.

Ingredients:

Beetroot grated 1 cup
Garlic clove    1 chopped
Roasted cumin and coriander powder  ½  tsp
Butter ½  tbsp
Vegetable stock   3 cup
Sour cream  1 dollop
Fresh cilantro chopped
Corn flour ½ tsp (optional)
Sugar   a pinch
Salt and pepper  to taste

Procedure:
In a pan heat butter, add chopped garlic. Saute and then add grated beetroot. Stir and then add vegetable stock. Let it boil and cook it for 7 to 8 minutes then add salt, sugar, pepper and roasted spice mix. Mix well, if you want your soup a bit thick then mix corn flour with little water and add it to the soup and cook for another minute. Put off the flame. Serve hot with dollop of sour cream and few chopped cilantro. Your warm comfy beetroot soup is ready. The mild flavor of garlic when mingle with roasted cumin and coriander powder it taste awesome. I hope you will love this beetroot soup.

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