Cabbage-Peas-Carrot Stir fry & Liebster Award

I like this combo.. It is very difficult to make children eat cabbage. If done this way, they would definitely not say NO. These three vegetables goes well with each other and gives a nice appetizing color to the usual stir fry.

Ingredients:

Shredded Cabbage 1/2 cup
Peas 1/4 cup
Carrot - Medium sized - 1
Pearl Onions Few
Curry Leaves Few
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
Urad Dhal 1/8 tsp
Salt
Oil

Preparation:

Grate Cabbage and Carrot. Chop pearl onions.

Method:

In a pan, heat oil. When hot, add mustard seeds. When they start popping up,add urad dhal, curry leaves and pearl onions. fry for a few seconds.

Now add grated cabbage. Sprinkle little water for the cabbage to cook. When it is almost done, add grated carrot, peas and salt. Fry till done.

Serves: 2
Serve with any spicy curry and rice.

Linking this recipe to Healthy Me and Healthy US event by Mharo Rajasthan's Recipes and to hearty and healthy event by vimitha of My Culinary Trial Room.

 

Now coming to the award, Manju of Manju's kitchen has sent me this Liebster award. This award goes in a chain so as to get introduced to new blogs.

Rules to follow:

1. Write 11 facts about your self.
2. Answer the 11 questions given to you.
3. Nominate 11 bloggers who has less than 200 followers and mention them in your post.
4. Create 11 new questions for them.
5. Mention who nominated you in the post.
6. Go to their blog and inform them about this award.

11 facts about myself:

1. I like reading books mostly related to history. I spend more for books and like to read reviews about them.
2. I like to be perfect and I am not. But I always try to be. 
3. I have flair for learning new languages.
4. I do not make friends so easily. But if done, I would love to maintain the relationship as long as possible. 
5. If I make a mistake, I don't hesitate to ask sorry.
6. I was a straight forward person. But with time, it changed. Now I think well before I speak so as to hurt no one. But now everyone is hurting me.. poor me..!!!
7. I would love to explore new dimensions of vegetarian cooking.
8. Love to travel a lot and read books while traveling.
9. I hate people when they say you can't do this.
10. I like to teach my son everything I know. 
11. I am shopaholic.. who is not??!! 



What made you to start blogging?

My interest in cooking and other blogs inspired me.I wanted to maintain an online diary of all my traditional and tried recipes at my kitchen.

Who is your role model in cooking?
My Mom ofcourse.

What you like in my blog?
Like your presentation. There are many unique recipes from your blog that I love to try for ex. oats laddu, quinoa pongal etc..

Name the blog which you admired a lot?
aayisrecipes.com

What are your kids or husband favorite food?
Biryani

Name the restaurant you visit more often?
Saravana Bhavan

Name one ingredient that you use more in your cooking?
Coconut


Who is your favorite chef?
Chef Damu

Do you have any fear if so what?

I fear ill health of children especially when I hear children are attacked by unknown dreadful disease, I am much disheartened.

What will be the menu for your uninvited guests?
Idli, Sambar and Chutney 

Your favorite cookbook?
Tarla Dalal's cookbooks

What is your ambition in blogging?
To try and post the traditional recipes that are mostly forgotten.

I am passing this award to eleven bloggers.

1. Biny's recipes
2. Poorni of Easy and Homely cookbook
3. Malini's Delights
4. Sinu's Menu
5. All about my world
6. Cook with fun
7.Jiya's delicacy
8. Crumpled Chillies
9. Shree of Just Cooking and Baking
10.Sharanya of Blogging
11.Gheza e shriin

My new questions for the above bloggers are:

1. What do I have to improve in my blog?
2. What made you start blogging? 
3. What was your worst recipe or cooking?
4. Which blog you visit often other than yours?
5. What is your signature recipe that your kids and husband love to have it again and again?
6. What is your favorite cuisine?
7. What is your interests other than cooking?
8. What was your first recipe or cooking?
9. What is that you cannot live without?
10. Who is your inspiration in cooking?
11. What have you achieved through blogging?

Hope to see the answers and get to know new blogs..!!

Cabbage - Peas Poriyal

I remembered this incident when I was cutting Cabbage today. One day, I think I was in schooling; my Mom had prepared some Kuzhambu and left to a relatives ‘place. My Cousin was with me and my job was to prepare Cabbage Poriyal / Fry. I knew the basics of cooking Poriyal. So I chopped Cabbage, a tough job for me that time and started cooking.

I found Cabbage took more time to cook. So I thought what about adding water. I added water, more than required and so took even more time. I was near the Stove waiting for the water to evaporate. It took more and more time and finally it was done but turned out to be very mushy. Somehow, my Cousin managed to eat that. Now, whenever I cook or when we speak about Cabbage, he remembers this incident and makes fun of me.

Here goes the recipe:

Ingredients:

Cabbage 200g

Fresh/Frozen Peas 15-20

Dried Red Chillies 2-3
Grated Coconut 5tsp
Curry leaves 5

Pearl Onions 4

Mustard Seeds ¾ tsp
Urad Dhal ½ tsp

Salt

Oil

Preparation:

Cut Cabbage into fine pieces. Chop Pearl Onions.

Method:

Heat Oil in a Pan. When hot, add Mustard Seeds. When they stop popping up, reduce flame and add Urad Dhal. Few Seconds later add Curry Leaves, Pearl Onions and Red Chillies. Fry till the Onions become translucent and Chillies turn slightly brown.

Now add Peas. Fry till they become soft and then add chopped Cabbage. Continue frying on a medium flame stirring occasionally. When it is almost done, add grated Coconut. Simmer for five more minutes till done.

Serves: 3

Serve with Rice and any Kuzhambu.

Notes:

Do not add water when cooking Cabbage. If you need to cook it faster, just sprinkle little water. Always remove the outer hard parts of Cabbage while cutting, which takes long time to cook.      

Carrot – Cabbage Poriyal

Cabbage is the only hated Vegetable at my home. It stays untouched for a longer time in Refrigerator looking for attention always. When prepared alone, none of us like it.

So I started discovering many methods to include cabbage along with other vegetables.

I grate the whole cabbage and store it in Refrigerator. Whenever and wherever possible, I try to include grated cabbage with other vegetables. This is one such recipe.

Ingredients:

Carrot -3

Grated Cabbage ½ cup

Grated Coconut 2 tsp

Pearl Onions 4

Curry Leaves 4

Dried Red Chillies 3

Mustard Seeds ¾ tsp

Split Urad Dhal ½ tsp

Salt ½ tsp

Oil

Preparation:

Grate Cabbage and Carrot.

Cut Dried Red Chillies into two halves.

Method:

Heat Oil in a pan. When hot, add Mustard Seeds. When they complete popping up, reduce flame. Now add split Urad Dhal and Dried Red Chillies. Few Seconds later add Pearl Onions.

Fry till the onions become translucent. Now add Grated Cabbage. Fry on a medium flame till the cabbage gets half cooked stirring occasionally. Now add Grated Carrot and Salt. Cook till done. Add grated Coconut. Simmer for 3-5 minutes and serve hot.

Serves: 3-4

Serve with Rice and any Kuzhambu or Vegetable Kurma.

Note: Carrot cooks faster than Cabbage and so it is added later. Grating Cabbage gives more fine pieces when compared to cutting. So I prefer grating cabbage.