Ruby Splash

Yet another drink..just put it in the wine glasses for some fun.It reminds me of Ruby in a ring..so the name:))

Simple and easy to prepare

Ingredients
Strawberry squash
Ginger lemon Squash
Ice
Water
Salt -sugar


Put all the ingredients in the blender.Serve chilled :)

Cheers
Ash

Lawn Teaser

Yet another one of my favorite drinks..Named it lawn teaser because the color reminds me of a fresh green lawn

Kiwi Crush
Lemon Juice
7up/Sprite
Ice cubes
Salt and Sugar
Lemon wedge for decoration

Mix all ingredients in a blender and serve in a glass.Decorate with a Lime Wedge and serve chilled

Cheers
Ash

Blue Lagoon

It was a long weekend and my Didi and Jijaji had come over..I decided to make this suave looking drink for the evening.Its on the lines of Martini but its non alcoholic cousin

Ingredients
Blue Curacao Syrup
Tender Coconut Water
Coconut cream
Mint leaves
Water
Ice
Tinge of lemon
Green grapes(instead of the olives)
Sugar
Salt


Mix all the ingredients except the grapes in the blender.
Take a martini glass and put the blended mocktail.Add 1 grape to each glass..Serve chilled


Chef's Tips
1)Before you pour the drink in the glass, put lot of salt in a tray/plate.Wet the upper rim of the glass in water.Now turn the glass upside down and put salt on the upper most edge by dipping the glass in the salt
2)Never put Ice in this type of drinks.Just crush it and blend it well.
3)Its better if you chill the martini glasses too
4)Traditionally ,Martini consists of Olives.We are putting grapes instead to give it a chic look and the taste goes very well too

Cheers!!
Ash

Quick Moong dal Rasam

I saw this lovely Dal Sandwich recipe on Sindhi Rasoi yesterday, and surprisingly, I just wished to have the dal.. like a thin soup or rasam..
So, took 1/4 cup of moong dal, and boiled it in water with a pinch of turmeric and salt. Boiled till it was done..
Then heated some ghee for tempering, added to it 1/3 tsp of our home made mixture of red chilli and garam masala. When it gave a nice aroma, added a nice tsp full of coriander powder. Poured this into the dal, added water (as I wanted it thin and watery) and Amchur / dry mango powder to the dal as per taste and simmered it.
Didn't look great, since I didn't garnish it, so didn't take a pic! But tastes yummm
Very quick and simple too..
-Naina

More Awards!

Thanks a lot to Devi, for passing on these awards to us!!

Thanks a ton for this..





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So, we'd like to share this (Kreativ Blogger) award with

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Faiza Ali's Kitchen

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Viki's Kitchen

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And the other 2 awards (Thank You and smart Food Blogger) with these 7 and

Bombay Foodie

Desi Soccer Mom

The Chef and her Kitchen

Thanks a ton again Devi for this!!

And here's 7 things people don't know about us (i.e. Ash, Monica, Naina, Kanchan, Palak ,Suzie and Akki ):

We are a group of office friends!
We're from different departments, but on the same floor!
We are all from Mumbai (born and staying here!)
We're all different girls with different personalities, but yet so alike!
We've all got silly nick names for each other
We've got code names for others too!!
We love to get together for lunches / snacks and laugh our heads off!

Enjoy!!

Cream dip

Mom in law made some veg hot dog roll yesterday, trying to replicate something she'd tasted a while ago...

I'd bought the hot dog rolls from the market, we have cheese and hot sauce at home. No one at home is fond of mustard sauce, so that's ruled out.
She make the veg kebabs of gram flour, methi (fenugreek) leaves and lots of spices for seasoning, and deep fried them.. something like Muthiya
What was missing was the mayonnaise... and being a Tuesday (veg day), I couldn't attempt the egg version..
So, made do with whatever I had... (sorry.. forgot to take pics!)
Took a 4 tbsps of fresh cream (really thick), added to it a tbsp of olive oil, a tsp of milk powder (all that was there with me), and whipped it up with a fork! It became nice and creamy. I had to add a little milk as it was too thick. Then added salt to taste, some ground pepper and some crushed dried mint leaves for flavor. In the end, added 2-3 drops of vinegar and mixed it all up. Didn't whip it too hard, cos may be the vinegar could curdle the milk.. not sure..
Using this in the hot dog sandwich made up for the mayonnaise! Yippee.
(Btw - Didn't add sugar, as my hubby hates it in dips, and didn't dare make a dip with hung curd, as he may not like it!)

She then put the sauces (cream dip and hot sauce) in the bread, then the muthiya, and topped it with cheese, and heated it in the microwave for 30 secs, for the cheese to melt and taste lovely!

-Naina

Spinach Soup

Always wanted to try this out, so saw a few recipes, and taking clues from them all, came up with this...

I used:
1 1/2 bunches of roughly chopped palak leaves
1 large sliced onion (used white onion, since I had it with me)
1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
4-5 pepper corns
1 tsp butter
3 cups water
1/2 cup milk
Salt to taste

Heat butter in a pan and add peppers. Then add onion and cook untill light gold. Then add the ginger garlic paste, salt and spinach, and cover and cook for say 5 mins, untill done.

After cooling, blend in a mixie with some water. Take a vessel and pour this mixture, remaining water and milk, and bring to boil. Let it simmer for 2 minutes, and serve hot.
I added a few lemon drops to my bowl, and my mom in law added some tomato chilli sauce to hers! Either way, it tasted good. You could add cream, sugar, or croutons! Very healthy too

-Naina