Farmer's Pie:

I've been trying hard to maintain and re-create my blog but I just dont have the time. Earlier I was trying to maintain a proper recipe book where I would be writting down all my priced and tasted recipes. But Lo!, its hard to even post what I have been cooking.... Booo hoo.....!! So i have decided guys, no more talks, I would simply post every recipe I try out to my blog and wala!, I can say I have my own recipe book online............Its that simple.

When i made this recipe, I was happy at its turn-out. The food was just so light and filling that you would love to keep trying it again and again.

Ingredients-
1/2 kg chicken mince
1tsp butter
1 onion chopped
2tsp woschestire sauce
2-3 button mushrooms
1 zucchini
1 handful carrots
1 handful babycorn
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
2-3 mashed and pasted potatoes
1 Egg for basting
Little milk
Piping bag.

Method:
In a pan add a little olive oil and the butter and fry the chopped onion to light golden brown. Add the chicken mince and woschestire sauce. Mix it well. Add diced mushrooms and cover and cook for about 2-3mins. Open cover and add the diced carrots, zucchini and corn.Add salt and pepper powder.

Meanwhile boil 2-3 potatoes with milk,salt and pepper powder. Mash it to a pasty consistency for decorating to be done over the pie. Once the sauce is cooled,serve it in a baking dish and decorate layers with mashed potato mixture. Beat an egg and brush it all over the potato.

Bake for about 25mins and then serve. Healthy and nice way to relish your taste buds.

Cooking the simplest food gives me joy and happiness,as I struggle to complete my daily chores with my LO. So Im out here on the hunt and to give a try to easy and healthy recipes.So go ahead and try this dish and wait till I post my next recipe.

"Perfect Aqua Adventure- Atlantis Aquapark- Dubai.......

In the UAE, getting a holiday comes like a finding a water well in a desert..... And inspite of our 9days long declared holiday turned out to be a 4day holiday at last(as my DH works for a bank), the un-planned us, decided to dip up in water to beat the scorching heat this year......

After thinking and deciding, we planned up a trip to Atlantis second day after Eid to avoid the mad rush of people coming there!! (phew, u can imagine if I say it was still crowded)

The father and daughter make the first entry....

Once we all took a plunge it was a oodles and oodles of water all round us.... My LO was fortunate to take the plunge as well, but the heat was too much for her to bear.....

I was fortunate to click a few pics of the waterpark after which we had stored the digital away in the locker room...Nooooo ... I do not possess a waterproof camera like a few I saw using inside the waterpark....

River rides (had a great time with Huda)

The Leap of faith

Missed on this ride as I dint wear waterclothes... :((

Kids splash pool...

People planning to go out there need to definetly wear proper swim wear clothes, though people are allowed to play in normal rides with cotton stuff.... And thats where I enjoyed playing with my daughter......The waves push you around and trust me u get lost if you dont know from where u started....!!

The day ended with fun and laughter and I was really sad to head back home, but I could still feel the vibrant water even when I slept......Yes, I was ready for another splash to the waterpark again....

.....Malaysian Hangover: Chicken Pepper Satay:

Its been hardly a few months we are back from our much desired holiday to Malaysia and Singapore. But the taste of the Malaysian food and the aromatic spices still lingers near me. For those who love the usual flavour of the food cooked in coconut or sunflower oil, must say, that staying in Malaysia and experiencing the flavour with palm oil can be a dreaded experience if your not an experimenter in food delights.

Malaysian cook thier meals using the home based palm oil and let me tell u....pssst..... it does change the flavour of the meal, and if you cant take the smell then better stay away.....

But why worry, when u have oozes of oil at hand over the counter in the supermarkets all over the world. Trust me guys, this reciepe never changes the flavour even if cooked using our own sunflower or Olive oil. I live it up using olive oil for all my meals.

This reciepe was just a tricky treat to my family, and guess what it was a super duper favourite of not only my family but also my in-laws. Thought letme share this with you and let me know if you like it as well.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp rec chilly powder
6tsp peanut butter
6tsp coconut milk
yellow and red bell peppers (cut lenghtwise)
Lime
Salt to taste
Skewers for frying

In a bowl mix in the 1/2 the peanut butter, soya sauce, chilly powder, lime and water and mix well till smooth and creamy in texture. Meanwhile marinate the chicken strips with salt and set aside. Add the marinade and coat it to the chicken. Also soak the skewers in water and set aside for a while

Roast the bell peppers and peel off the skin. Cut into 1" thick strips and set aside. Finally, place a single bell pepper slice over the chicken and skewer together. Great.....!! What else, just shallow fry and see how reciepes are cooked up in minutes.

And my final product.......

Coming to the dip, in a pan put the balance of peanut butter and add water and mix. Add the coconut cream and brown sugar, salt and pinch of chilly powder and dash of lime juice. Serve along with the shallow fried chicken satay pieces.

Chicken Soy-Tom

Ever wondered how funny at times a reciepe name goes..... I say hmmm this one really has a funny name. Leaving the name aside, what we all love in food is just the taste. So come'on all why bother about the name.....! Lets dig'in the reciepe now....


Wait, wait, lets have a look at the final dish first...

Doesn't it look just yummy....?? :))
BTW,all my reciepes are tried and tested and always shared with you my friends......
So cutting my blabber short lets get straight away to the reciepe.

Ingredients for marination:
1Kg chicken pieces
1tsp black pepper powder
1tsp white pepper powder
Salt
1tsp Ajinomoto (chinese salt)
1tsp ginger paste
1tsp garlic paste

Ingredients for rest of reciepe:
2large onions (chopped)
3" ginger (sliced)
1tsp garlic cloves (chopped)
1tsp red chilly powder
1tbsp soya sauce
3tsp tomato ketchup
3tsp tomato puree
2tsp red chilly sauce
3tbsp barbeque sauce
Salt to taste
Oil for frying and cooking
8 green chillies (garnish)
Coriander leaves (garnish)

Method:
Step 1- Marinate the chicken in the first seven ingrediens for about 30minutes. Then fry the marinated chicken in hot oil. Take out and keep aside.


Step 2- Heat the same oil in a pan. Fry the onions, ginger and garlic till they turn rich golden brown in colour. Take a bowl, add red chilly powder, soya sauce, tomato ketchup, tomato puree, red chilly sauce, barbecue sauce and salt and mix well. Add this mixture to the onion and fry for 2minutes. Now add the fried chicken to the gravy and cover and cook till gravy coats the chicken well. Simmer for 10mins on low flame. Remove and serve with garnish of green chillies and coriander leaves with hot steaming rice.

Now thats pretty simple guys. No pain and all gain for this easy-to-cook reciepe.

Chatter: Word & more words

I have always trying to bog about the new developments of my LO. Just as we all mum's say, "24hrs is just not enough for us mothers!!" (phew....!) for our tasks, its simple we all multi-task our day dont we? And thats my daily routine all through the year now and I've been dying to take a damn break for now.

I drag into the kitchen every morning just to make a cup of tea for the both of us and that just brightens me up in the morning. Sipping my tea over a newspaper of news over the internet is a must for me. Try to just enjoy my time before the little Huda wakes up.

Once she's up its never ending time for chatter. I must say its at times bugging to hear the same thing repeated but all the way its fun to hear the low peaked voice saying so many new words daily. I was just thinking of blogging all the new words she just speaks now. Some of her Vocab includes:

FAMILY:
Nana (maternal Grandma), Da-da (fraternal Grandpa), Da-di (fraternal Grandma), Ta-Ya (father's elder brother- same for her aunt), Ma-Ma (calls me this), Un-kin(Uncle), If-fan( Irfan for her father) and not to forget her fav doll toy Et-chi (Betsy)

FOOD:
Aa-nion(Onion), hmm-mm(potato), Tar-in(carrot), Chi-ii(chilly), Ban-na(banana), Pa-yii(water-actually says pani which is in Hindi), Chi-chin(Chicken), Mun-nun(Mutton).

 ACTION:
Tamm(come), Schit (Sit), Chan (Stand), Ceep (Sleep), Jum (jump), Eat .

ANIMALS:
Daat(Dog), Tat(Cat), Dat (Duck), Baa-yee(Birdee),

APPLIANCES:
Fann (fan),Phon (phone), Bobile (Mobile)-one of her favourite words and is spoken off very often even during the first few seconds of waking up. Her all past time is just to speak, so I just dial the local 101 enquiry service and give my mobile to her and she's all Ga-Ga over the phone as if the other person is speaking to her.

ATTIRE:
Sue (Shoe), Sact (socks), Pann (Pant), Shatt (Shirt).

OTHER WORDS:
Ov-ee(Over), Ta-ta (bye), Bye, Tap-top (laptop).

Huda has also tried framing a few sentences but I just dont seem to understand them as of now. She does understand what we try and communicate to her. I have been successful in teaching her many parts of her body which she proudly shows with action: some of the parts she shows are- eyes,ears,head, leg,stomach,fingers, elbow,teeth, tongue, cheeks, chin,nose.

I've been enjoying watching her play and do the not-to-do stuff all the while now. Grrrr....she makes my home so messy......... booo hoooo....But its best time of my life,watching her grow and play and been scolded.  Now that she is growing I feel my time to relax may come soon.... :)

BUNS

Ramadan is over and the food coming home is finally halted.....Grrrrr.....!!! I'd been receiving food non-stop during ramadan and almost never cooked anything except grilling for iftar during my entire ramadan.

I've been thinking of posting all the new stuff I cooked during ramadan. Its been a while I dint peek into my blog and was busy just eating my way around. So lets gets going. I was invited for a Iftar party and one lady just had prepared this wonderful soft and mouth watering Bun's.

Ingredients:
2cups maida (small)
1tbsp Jeera seeds (cumin)
2tbsp sugar
1 big ripe banana
pinch of salt
1/4-1/2 tsp baking powder
1tbsp curd
1tsp ghee

In a bowl first lightly mash the sugar and banana till the sugar fully dissolves and banana is liquified. Add the jeera seeds to this and mix again. In another bowl, add the maida alongwith salt and baking powder and mix with fingers. To this add the banana-sugar concotion and start mixing till you get a smooth and soft dough. Add curd and mix again. Add little more maida if reequired. Let it settle for about 4-6hours. Give a good bash with some ghee in between and let it settle again for the remaining time.

Finally, roll into small roundals or any shape as you desire and deep fry in hot oil. Go ahead, try it and let me know if you liked it.