Andalusian Courgette Tortilla

Andalusia is one of the most popular and second largest community in Spain, their cuisine is very much varied depending upon the region itself. Most popular dish of Andalusian cuisine is their famous gazpacho the chilled soup which we never forget to make during summer. This cuisine is completely a Mediterranean diet based on olive oil,cereals, legumes, vegetables, fish,dried fruits,nuts and meat, there also have this great tradition of drinking wine during having food.

You may wonder why am talking about Andalusia and their cuisine,yep for this month  International Food Challenge ,a monthly event started by two wonderful food bloggers Sara and Shobana we are landing towards Spain. The host of this month Shey Divine chosed 4 incredible Andalusian dishes and i chosed this Andalusian courgetter tortillas. Usually Tortillas are flour based round shaped thin flatbread, but here tortillas means omelette. Also courgette is nothing the famous zero caloric zucchini.This tortilla suits prefectly as a side for a bowl of soup, if you like caloric food for your starter you can still enjoy this tortillas as bite sized pieces.

Announcing Only Dairy Free Event

We know that dairy free means avoiding completely milk,butter,cheese and many more dairy products from our daily meanu. Nowadays some people are allergic to dairy products and they cant tolerate it,obviously we get so many alternatives now in the market. Paneer is replaced by tofu and milk is replaced very well with soyamilk,ricemilk,almond milk or by coconut milk.Do you know that Milk and cheese have no fiber, dairy products can gives constipation to children.However most of us cant give up dairy products as they are main part of our menu.

March is going to be a Dairy free month in my space, yes am hosting Only Dairy Free event, a monthly event started by Pari, this event is running successfully since 2010.Am happy to host this event in my space though i missed hosting once.Eventhough i cant survive without a cup of milk or cheese, i do quite often dairy free foods in my kitchen. Since i want to explore more about this dairy free foods, i opted Dairy free theme for this month's event. Now am waiting eagerly to see all your innovative,delicious, very irresistible dairy free foods.Do cook dairy free dishes and dont forget to link it so that your dishes may be very helpful for many whoever want to cook dairy free dishes in future.

Rules:

Any number of fresh entries can be sent but only two recipes from archives will be accepted.

Only Dairy free entries are accepted

New and old posts should be linked with my event announcement and Pari's Giveaway Announcement.

The entries will not be accepted in case of failing to follow this rule.

Link your entries using the Inlinkz tools. Those participating in the giveaway (anyone who can provide an address in India) enter under Giveaway participation entries category else link under Non participants of the giveaway.Please enter your entry only once in one of the inlinkz tools.

Use of logo is compulsory as it helps spread the word.

In case you have a difficulty in using Inlinkz tool, mail me to Priyasuresh09@gmail.com

Cook book as a giveaway is sponsored by Tarla Dalal.
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The giveaway is shipped only in India and only to the Followers of Pari's Blog. You can follow her blog through Google Friend connect or Google plus publicly.

I cannot win the giveaway being the guest host of this month, also i will post the round up with a week after the event completion.

Eggless Cinnamon Swirl Brioche

One more baking event i have missed during my stay in India was Baking Eggless,a monthly event owned by Gayathri. For this month's Baking Eggless challenge, Gayathri chosed egg over loaded cinnamon swirl brioche from Barbara Bakes. Yes this brioche goes for 8 large eggs which i cant imagine in my baking, thank god i didnt broken my head to find out an alternative replacement for eggs. I replaced the eggs with custard powder and silken tofu, both worked wonder in this brioche and this fabulous bread turned out extremely spongy, delicious with a wonderful cinnamon flavour.

Bread making at home is an art and its definitely a stress buster,i seriously missed baking bread at home since three months and finally am enjoying baking variety of breads since a week at home. Thanks to each and every baking events going around in this virtual world. My kids are nt that much fan of cinnamon bakes, so i deduced the quantity of the ingredients than the original recipe went for. But seriously i regret for it, for my surprise my kids enjoyed thoroughly this bread with their cup of milk for their evening snacks.Thanks Gayathri, this challenge is seriously very interesting and i loved baking this fantastic brioche.

Betel Leaves Rasam/Vethallai Rasam/Vetrillai Rasam

After making some fingerlicking gravy with betel leaves, here comes an interesting Indian soup aka rasam.This betel leaves aka vethallai rasam goes for simple preparation, for this dish you doesnt need rasam powder we usually go for rasam. A grounded spice mixture is enough to make this flavourful,very delicious rasam. Actually i have tasted this rasam long back at one of my aunt's home, trust me i never want to make or taste this betel leaves rasam ever, but since ever i heard about the medicinal value of this incredible leaves, i seriously want to make this rasam. Finally i tried at home with my aunt's help and everyone at home had this fabulous dish with a simple spicy potato fry for their lunch two days back.

If you want to try something different from the usual one, you have to give a try this green rasam, this rasam will definitely help you for easy digestion.Obviously if you get betel leaves easily dont forget to give a try this fantastic dish.Today is the last thursday of the month and its time to post for Vegan Thursdays, an vegan event running twice.