Chinese Style Lettuce Wraps With Nutty Sauce

I just love chinese foods, whenever i taste anything different and new in this famous cuisine i will try out immediately and most of my trials through this cuisine turns out awesome and delicious..I had this no cook lettuce wraps recently at my friend's place and i have completely fallen in love with this fresh, crunchy and nutty lettuce wraps where she used carrots, cabbage leaves,beans sprouts, cucumber,roasted peanuts and cooked rice noodles tossed everything in light soya sauce, sugar and rice vinegar,rolled and served with crunchy lettuce leaves also we loved her sauce which she served along with these crunchy lettuce wraps ..I prepared both together yesterday for our dinner, needless to say that this crunchy lettuce wraps vanished within few minutes and finally i took a picture of two lettuce wraps left for me..My H loved it much and my lil ones too..Am sending this easy, quick and crunchy lettuce wraps to Vaishali's IAVW-Chinese & to CFK-Veggies & Fruits guest hosted by Lakshmi, event by Sharmi..

9nos Lettuce leaves
1no Carrot (chopped as long strips)
5nos Cabbage leaves (chopped as long strips)
1/4cup Beans sprouts
1/4nos Cucumber (chopped as long strips)
1/4cup Cooked rice noodles
3tbsp Peanuts (chopped roughly)
2tbsp Light soya sauce
1/4tsp Rice vinegar
1/2tsp Sugar

Combine together the carrots,cabbage leaves, beans sprouts, cooked rice noodles, cucumber pieces and peanuts in a large bowl also mix together the soya sauce, rice vinegar and sugar in an another bowl, add gradually the sauces to the veggies and toss gently..

Place a lettuce leaves in a plate, arrange sauced veggies over the leaves and roll them as we do to roll the spring rolls, serve immediately..u can tie the lettuce wraps either with a garlic chives or pick with a tooth pick..

Nutty Sauce:
2tbsp Dark soya sauce,
1/2tsp Ketchup
1/2tsp Chilly sauce
1/4tsp Sugar
1/4tsp Peanut butter
1tsp Chopped raw peanuts

Combine all the ingredients together in a sauce bowl and serve along with crunchy lettuce wraps...Enjoy !!

Eggless Butternut Squash & Chocolate Breakfast Bread With Almond Milk

Breakfast plays an important role for our everyday's menu...Few months back, i dont put that much interest in taking complete breakfast coz of my very quick and fast morning routines..but now i am not the one who skip my breakfast, am enjoying my breakfast either with cereals or with quick breads i usually prepare atleast twice or thrice a week..Here is one among those quick breakfast bread which i prepared with butternut squash puree, whole wheat flour, quick cooking oats, barley flour as eggless breakfast bread which suits incredibly even for a lazy sunday morning brunch..As my lil ones loves anything with chocolate, i have added almost a cup of chopped chocolate pieces instead chocolate chips which turned out this breakfast bread really delicious...Also this is the first time am preparing bakes with butternut squash, for my surprise this bread tastes marvellous, so soft and really very moist coz of the butternut squash puree..I followed very easy and simple process of baking which i usually follow to make out my quick breakfast bread..This butternut squash breakfast bread with almond milk goes directly to Meeta K 's Monthly Mingle-Brunch & the bread to CFK-Veggies & Fruits guest hosted by Lakshmi, event by Sharmi and finally to Madhuram's Whole Grain (Eggless) Baking Event-Barley....

2cups Butternut squash puree (homemade)
1cup Whole wheat pastry flour
1cup Quick Cooking oats
1/2cup Barley flour
1/2cup All purpose flour
3/4cup Chocolate pieces
1/2tsp Baking soda
1/2tsp Baking powder
1/2cup Butter (room temperature)
1/2cup Sugar
Few butternut squash seeds for garnishing

Beat together butter and sugar until they turns creamy, meanwhile combine together the whole wheat pastry flour, quick cooking oats, barley flour, all purpose flour, chocolate pieces, baking soda and baking powder together and keep aside...I prepared butternut squash puree by pressure cooking some butternut squash pieces upto three whistles and pureed it in a blender until a soft and smooth puree..Preheat the oven to 350F..

Now add the homemade butternut squash puree to the creamy butter and sugar mixture and beat until well mixed..add gradually the flours-chocolate mixture to the wet ingredients, whisk until everything get well mixed..Grease a loaf pan and line a baking sheet over the loaf pan...pour the batter over the baking sheet,sprinkle the butternut squash seeds over the batter and bake for 25-30minutes until they turns brown or the skewers inserted comes out clean..

Enjoy this breakfast bread warm or cold!

Almond Milk:
10nos Almonds
2cups Thick milk
Sugar

Heat a cup of milk and soak the almonds in this hot milk for an hour or overnite..I usually soak the almonds overnite..Blend together the soaked almonds, milk and sugar..heat this milk for few minutes(until they gets slightly warm), they tastes divine if they are served warm...

A complete breakfast!

Stuffed Spicy Potato & Barley Buns

Baking with barley flour is completely new for me, but anyhow i want to start my baking with barley flour as something savoury instead of cakes or something as sweet bakes with barley flour...Voila!!my first baking with barley flour turned out really fantastic and i was really very happy of the final result...Just loved this stuffed spicy potato and barley buns for our evening snacks, initially i want to make out something cheesy but finally i prepared this stuffed potato and barley buns with some spicy potato masala i prepared for our lunch...I combined whole wheat pastry flour and barley flour spiced with pepper powder, dry basil leaves stuffed with spicy potato masala...Even my little one loved this stuffed buns with some salad for his dinner...The flour from barley can be very well used as substitute for cake flour or else for wheat flour,the flour that produced from the whole barley is lot more nutritious than flour from pearl barley....Barley contains almost all vitamins, minerals, amino acida and fiber that our body needs...The flour i brought from organic store is from whole barley and they were really prefect to make out bakes.. These baked buns are really fantastic and delicious..Am sending this stuffed buns to Madhuram's Whole Grain (Eggless)Baking Event - Barley, BBD#24-Mixed Breads & finally to Susan's Yeastspotting...

2cups Whole wheat pastry flour
1cup Barley flour
2tbsp Active dry yeast
1tsp Sugar
1tsp Salt
1cup Luke warm water
3tbsp Olive oil
1/2tsp Pepper powder
1/2tsp Dry basil leaves
1/2cup Potato masala
2tbsp Corn meal (for dusting)

Take a bowl, add the luke warm water, dry yeast, sugar and salt, give a stir and keep aside for 5 minutes in a warm place until the yeast turns foamy...Combine together the whole wheat pastry flour, barley flour,pepper powder, basil leaves in a large bowl, add the foamy yeast,olive oil to the flour and knead as soft dough (add water if needed for kneading)..grease a bowl,place the soft dough and let them sit for 2 hours in a warm place until they double their volume...For the potato masala do check here..

After two hours, knead the dough and make out 6 medium sized balls, sprinkle the corn meal and flatten the dough as disc, place a tablespoon of potato masala, cover the masala completely with a dough, shape the dough as buns..meanwhile preheat the oven to 350F, line a baking sheet over a baking tray and arrange the buns one by one,leave sufficient space in between...Bake this stuffed buns in the middle rack for 25-30minutes until the buns turns golden brown...

Enjoy!!

Lemon Rice Sevai/Rice Noodles

Rice is a great source of complex carbohydrates, which is an important source of the fuel our bodies need.Carbohydrates are broken down to glucose, most of which is used as energy for exercise and as essential fuel for the brain..Rice is healthful for what it does not contain. Rice has no fat, no cholesterol and is sodium free. Rice is an excellent food to include in a balanced diet.

A good source of vitamins and minerals such as thiamine, niacin, iron, riboflavin, vitamin D, calcium, and fiber.Low in sugar.. Rice is gluten free. All rice is gluten free, making rice the essential choice for people with gluten free dietary requirements. Rice contains no additives or preservatives, making it an excellent inclusion in a healthy and balanced diet. Rice also contains resistant starch, which is the starch that reaches the bowel undigested. This encourages the growth of beneficial bacteria, keeping the bowel healthy..Rice is a low-sodium food for those with hypertension.While lemon contains flavonoid a compound that contains antioxidant and anti-cancer properties.The high vitamin C content of the lemon has been used for hundreds of years to ward off scurvy among sailors and travelers. There is little sodium, so the fruit is good as a flavoring for those on a low salt diet.I prepared a day back rice noodles at home, i finished some left over rice sevais as lemon rice sevai with simple tempered spices and fresh lemon juice, everyone at home like this simple lemon rice sevai especially my little one..Needless to say that am sending this easy and delicious rice sevai to Think Spice-Think Turmeric guest hosted by Sudeshna, event by Sunita and to Radhika's & Sudeshna's Food For Stages Of Life-Kids Special..

2cups Leftover cooked rice noodles
1/4tsp Mustard seeds
1/4tsp Urad dal
1/2tsp Chana dal
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
1/2tsp Turmeric powder
1tbsp Ginger (minced)
10nos Peanuts
2nos Green chillies (slit opened)
2nos Dry red chillies
5nos Curry leaves
2tbsp Fresh lemon juice
Salt
Oil

Heat enough oil and add the mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal, asafoetida powder, curryleaves and let them fry, add immeditaly the slit opened green chillies, dry red chillies, peanuts,minced ginger, curryleaves and turmeric powder and stir for few minutes in low flame until the peanuts get fried...now add the already cooked rice noodles, toss gently in low flame for few minutes, switch off the stove...finally add the lemon juice and toss well until the lemon juice get well mixed with the rice noodles...

Serve hot !

Think Spice - Think Coriander Seeds Roundup

First of all i would definitely say a big thanks to all my fellow bloggers for sending their delicious and prefect entries for this famous Think Spice event...I was quite late to post the roundup coz of few problems with my system, voila!! finally am here with the roundup with both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes with coriander seeds as main ingredients..My big thanks to Sunita who granted me this great opportunity for hosting this spice event..I really enjoyed hosting this spice event and i posted this roundup as many categories...Hope u will all enjoy all these virtual treats of droolworthy dishes...Here we go..

Rice Dishes:

1)Pomegranate Rice In Coriander Powder from Jayasri of Samayalarai-Cooking is Divine..
2)Coriander Rice from Nandini of Ushanandini's Recipes..
3)Capsicum Rice from Bhuwana of Cooking Lounge..
4)Arisi Paruppu Sadham from Priya of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes..
5)Rajma and Greens Pulav from Lata Raja of Flavours and Tastes..
6)Puliyodarai from Menaga of Sashiga..


Spice Powders & Chutneys:

1)Dhaniya Podi from Vidhya of My Receipes..
2)Dhania Podi from EC of Simple Indian Food..
3)Dhana Jiru/Coriander-Cuminseed Powder from Meera of Enjoy Indian Food..
4)Coriander Seeds Powder/Dhania Podi from Gethan of My Tasty Recipe..
5)Charu Podi/Rasam Podi from Prasu of My Culinary World...
6)Coriander Thuvaiyal from Nandini of Usha Nandini's Recipes..
7)Roasted Pepper Hummus from Graziana of Erbe In Cucina(Cooking With Herbs)..
8)Peanuts Brinjal Pachadi from Vijitha Shyam of A Foodie n Her Cooking Hat..


Gravies:

1)Kothumalli Vidhai Kuzhambu from Lata Raja of Flavours and Tastes..
2)Dhania Rassa from SE of Denufood-Delicious & Nutritious Food..
3)Vatha Kuzhambu from Vidhas of Appetizing Recipes..
4)Coriander Seed Chutney from Malarvizhi Sivasubramaniam of Malar's Cuisine
5)Chana Dal With Coconut Ground Masala from Kanchan of Kitchen Gossip..
6)Pumpkin Curry from Keerthana of Kitchen Vibes...
7)Mung Lau Dalma from Oriya Foodie of Home Cooked Oriya Food..

8)Masoor Dal Sambhar from Suma Gandlur of Veggie Platter..

9)Pathiya Kuzhambu from Cham of Spice-club..
10)Ennai Kathirikkai Kuzhambu from Menaga of Sashiga..
11)Creamy Bottlegourd Curry from Pari Vasisht of Foodelicious..
12)Varuthu Aracha Chowchow Kootu , (Dry Green Peas) Paruppu Urundal Rasam , Vazhakkai Malli Kuzhambu from Priya of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes..
13)Dal Curry With Yam from Priya Prashanth of Priyas Recipes..


Beverages:

1)Dhania Coffee from Shanthi Krishnakumar of Shanthi Krishnakumar's Cookbook..

2)Dhaniyala Kashayam from Rekha of Plantain Leaf..

3)Surasam-Ginger Dhania Juice from Kamala Bhoopathy of Cook At Ease..

4)Kokam Sarbat from Sheetal of Life Is Beautiful..

5)Coriander Seeds Tea from Raks of Rak's Kitchen...

Side Dishes:

1)Potatoes in Red Coriander Sauce from Nags of Edible Garden..
2)Stuffed Bhindi & Stuffed Brinjal from Vidhas of Appetizing Recipes..
3)Mulor Ghanto (Dry Raddish Curry) from Sayantani of A Home Maker's Diary..
4)Cajun Style Potatoes from Humaira of Humaira's Food Passion..
5)Saunfwale Aloo Baingan from Lata Raja of Flavours and Tastes..
6)Skillet Mushrooms from Cool Lassi(e) of Pan Gravy Kadai Curry..
7)Stuffed Brinjal/Eggplant from Supriya Shenai of Celebrating Little Things In Life..
8)Spicy Yam Stir-fry & Microwave Jeera Aloo from Priya of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes...


Flat Breads:

1)Methi Aloo Parantha from Malini of Khana Khazana With Malini..

Non Vegetarian Dishes:

1)Chicken Tagine With Butternut Rice & Succelent Curried Lamb Stew from Cool Lassi(e) of Pan Gravy Kadai Curry...

2)Kadai Chicken from Lissie of Salt and Spice..

3)Minangkabau Style Prawn Rendang from Sudha of Malaysian Delicacies..

4)Kolkata Style Coriander Chicken from Sumana of With Coffee & Tea.. 5)Chettinad Chicken Kuzhambu from Menaga of Sashiga..

6)Egg Onion Sandwich from Priya prashanth of Priyas Recipes..

7)Madurai Style Chicken Kuzhambu from Priya of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes...

I have left two entries from my beloved fellow bloggers Nandini & Mayuri..am extremely sorry dearies, here is ur entries..

1)Coconut-free Kurma from Nandini of Usha Nandini's Recipes..

2)Everyday Garam Masala from Mayuri of Mayuri And Ma's Cookbook...

Thanks a loads to all partcipants and Think spice event of this month goes for Turmeric as spice, hosted by Sudeshna...