Blog Breaking,Meme's And An Award

Sorry friends for my uninformed disappearance and poor response in blogsphere for the past 4days.I am very sad to say that I am going to take a long blog breaking for apporoximately one year from now! I stopped cooking for a while.But I'll try to visit ur blogs and comment ur recipes!! Miss you guys so badely..

Last week I was Tagged by Uma...Thank u dear..It was really fun!!!!

1) LAST MOVIE U SAW IN A THEATRE?
Prom Night

2) WHAT BOOK ARE U READING??
Oops!

3) FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?
Chess,Carrom

4) FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?
Womens Era,Aval vikatan

5) FAVOURITE SMELLS?
Paint,Chicken Kurma,Smell before rain,Jasmin Flower(malligai Poo)

6) FAVOURITE SOUNDS?
Good songs,Wave

7) WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
Without friends..

8) WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN U WAKE?
Hmm..what to cook special for 'K'!!!!

9) FAVOURITE FASTFOOD PLACE?
Panda express,Taco Bell,Carls Junior

10) FUTURE CHILDS NAME?
Ha…ha…Hasini…(if horoscope matches)

11) FINISH THIS STATEMENT—’IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I’D’
Buy sareeeeeeee,No more stay in US,Settle in our native town...

12) DO U DRIVE FAST?
Yep!got speeding ticket once:(((

13) DO U SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
What!!!!!!

14) STORMS–COOL OR SCARY?
Scary..

15) WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
Maruti 800

16) FAVOURITE DRINK?
Mango Lassi,Maza

17) FINISH THIS STATEMENT-IF I HAD THE TIME I WOULD…
Watch more movies!!!(I am a movie addict)

18) DO YOU EAT THE STEMS ON BROCCOLI?
Nooooooo

19) IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY OTHER COLOUR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE?
No…I like my own

20) NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS U HAVE LIVED IN?
Namakkal,channai,Los angeles

21) FAVOURITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Basket ball

22) ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
Good friend who reminds my sister

23) WHATS UNDER YOUR BED?
Playing cards

24) WOULD U LIKE TO BE BORN AS YOURSELF AGAIN??
Yep

25) MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
100% Night owl..

26) OVER EASY OR SUNNY SIDE UP?
Easy always

27) FAVOURITE PLACE TO RELAX?
Ofcourse my home in native place

28) FAVOURITE PIE?
Apple

29) FAVOURITE ICECREAM FLAVOUR?
vanilla

30) OF ALL THE PEOPLE U HAVE TAGGED, WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST?
No idea..

Coming to the second one,I was tagged again by divya a Meme called Top ten pics...

Turning Older!!!!!!

Yes!It was my birthday on Saturday(26th)!!!Had a thought of baking cake!but hubby dear surprised me with my favorite black forest cake.And he decorated our living room with full of ballons and color papers!Had a great time with my hubby,gone to temple,heavy lunch buffet and the day ended up with a nice movie. Surely I can say this birthday is one of my unforgetable birthday in my life.Here is my birthday cake.

Ahhh forgot to celebrate that My Bittergourd With Eggs has won the best creative recipe award.Thanks so much to each and every one of you who voted for me!I was really flattered.... And I should tell Thank u to pooja for hosting such a nice event.

Happy Cooking and Blogging.Miss uuuuu allllllllllllllllll.Hope to ciao soon....

Award and Cabbage Kofta Gravy

Wow! “Yummy Blog” award for my blog!!!!! My dear friend, Roopa has sent me this beautiful award. This came as a real but very pleasant surprise to me. I am truly overwhelmed on getting another award!Thank you so much Roopa.You made me feel so special.

"Yummy blog award is the award given to the blog with most yummy recipes/photos”

As per the rules I should also quote my favorite yummy-licious dessert(s) that I have ever prepared/eaten.Here we go with my favorite yummy-licious dessert(s):

Bhadusha-My all time favorite
Cheesecake
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts(Original Glazed)

I would actually like to pass this on to every single blogger who regularly visit my blog and patiently comment on almost every post of mine. But I was restricted to choose only four blogs.OMG it’s so hard for me to pick and pass the award to few yummy blogs when you have lot here.

I am choosing a four here and I let them to give this award to our remaining friends.

Cham of Spice-club
Uma of Essence Of Andhra
Pooja of My Creative Ideas
Kalai of Samaithu Parakalam

Congrats girls on your well deserved awards :-)

Rules for the ‘Yummy Blog’ award Reciver:

· The person who receives the award should display the "Yummy Blog !" logo on their blog and also the meaning of the award which is "Yummy blog award is the award given to the blog with most yummy recipes/photos".

· The receiver should also quote their favorite yummy-licious :) dessert(s) that they have ever prepared/eaten. Don’t restrict yourself to any dessert, chocolate bars also welcome.

· Also the receiver should pass on the award to four other bloggers whose blog they find "yummy" and let them know about the rules.

Cabbage Kofta Gravy:

INGREDIENTS:

(For Koftas)

Finely chopped cabbage - 3/4cup
Boiled channa dal - 1/4cup
Chopped green chili - 2
Cumin seeds - 1tsp
Besan flour - 2tsp
Salt

(For Gravy)

Finely chopped onion - 1
Ginger,garlic paste - 1tsp
Turmeric powder - 1tsp
Chili,cumin,corrainder powder - 1tsp(each)
Yogurt - 1/2cup
Cashew nuts - 5Corriander leaves(for garnishing)

METHOD:

Boil the cabbage till it became soft.Add boiled channa dal and just cook for 5 mins.Remove from the flame and drain water in a muslin cloth.After drained add cumin seeds,chili,salt,besan flour and mix well.Form a wet dough and make small balls.Heat oil in the pan,fry the koftas and drain them.

For gravy heat little bit of oil in the pan add cumin seeds,onions and fry till onions turn into brown.Now add turmeric powder and ginger,garlic paste and mix well.Pour some drained water form cabbage,channa dal mix.Now add all the masala and cook for 5 more mins.Let it cook till the oil comes out , add curd and cook for 2-5 mins.

Fry the cashew in a separate pan and grind into a fine powder.Now add this powder to the gravy for thickening it.Once it starts thick add the fried koftas and garnish with corriander.Serve hot with rice/roti...Enjoy.