Masala Chitranna & Recipes from blog buddies:

Masala Chitranna

Chitranna or more familiarly known as Lime Rice is a quick and easy meal. Plain Lime Rice can become boring at times so my mom used to jazz it up a bit with veggies, same tasty goodness but more colourful and filling.

You will need:

1 cup Rice
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Urad dal
½ tsp Chana dal
6-8 green chillies
4-5 cloves of Garlic
Few curry leaves
1 large onion thinly sliced
1 cup green beans (French cut)
1 cup Carrots (French cut)
¼ tsp Turmeric powder
2 Tbsps Oil
Salt to taste
1 tsp Lime juice
Chopped coriander

Cook the rice and keep aside. Boil the beans and carrot, drain and keep aside.Heat oil in a pan. Add the mustard seeds. Add the urad dal, chana dal and curry leaves. Saute for a minute and add the slit green chillies. Add the sliced onions and when they are half done add the chopped garlic. (Note: The finer the garlic is chopped the stronger the flavour, so cut garlic as per your preference) Saute till onions are soft. Add the turmeric powder and sauté for 2 minutes. Lastly add the boiled veggies and fry for a minute. Turn off heat and add the cooked rice, salt and lime juice. Mix well and garnish with chopped coriander.

Other bloggers’ recipes

When I started my food blog I was instantly bombarded with so many other food blogs, because one link lead to another and then another…so it was a host of recipes all along. Everything looked so good that I wanted to try them all(call me over ambitious/greedy..hehe) I finally had time to try other recipes and it sure was a break from deciding what to make for lunch/dinner. Blogger buddies’ recipes did all the deciding for me!

Tomato Puris

I tried Suma’s Tomato Puris…simply delicious…loved the colour.

I couldn't resist taking pictures while the puris were still getting done, I feared they would flat out on me as soon as I plated them!!

We had ours with Chole, Suma suggests an Eggplant accompaniment which I'm gonna try soon.

Unniyapams

This is Annita’s Unniyapams. When I was studying in a residential school in Ooty, we were served Unniyapams occasionally. Unniyapam is a Kerala specialty. I was craving for some last night and I googled and found her recipe. I didn't use the baking soda and sesame seeds. I also substituted the coconut bits with grated coconut.I must say the first bite was pure nostalgia!

Shahi Bell Peppers

I also tried Asha’s Shahi Bell Pepper, but forgot to take a pic…I guess I was too eager to eat!! :)

Thanks for the wonderful recipes ladies!! I still have a long list of “to try” recipes, all bookmarked neatly, I believe I will get to each one of them some day soon :)

Have a great weekend !!! :)