Vanilla and Chocolate Chip Muffin

I always love to bake muffins.They are soo simple to make and can be done in a jiff..These vanilla chocolate chip muffins are definitely not for those who are health freaks :))

I took this recipe from Joyofbaking.They came out well.The yield is 12 but I got 15.

Ingredients:

Allpurpose flour - 2 cups

Sugar - 2/3 cup

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Baking Powder - 1Tbsp

Melted butter - 1/2 cup

Milk - 1 cup

Eggs slightly beaten - 2

Vanilla essence - 2 tsp

Semisweet chocolate chips - 1 cup

Method:

Preheat oven to 375 deg F and grease muffin tins with nonstick spray or line with muffin liners.

In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, stir together milk, eggs, butter, and vanilla until blended. Make a well in center of dry ingredients; add milk mixture and stir just to combine. Stir in chocolate chips .

Spoon batter into muffin cups; bake 18-20 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center of one muffin comes out clean. Remove muffin tin to wire rack; cool 5 minutes and remove from tins to finish cooling.



Serve warm.

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Paruppu Podi/Mixed Lentils Spice Powder

Paruppu Podi is a combination of mixed lentils dryroasted and ground along with dry red chillies and black pepper.Whenever my mom makes a sambar/kuzhambu which I  I don't like ,I resort to this.

Piping hot Rice + A Tsp of sesame oil/Ghee + Paruppu Podi = Delish!!!!!!!

Ingredients:

Toor Dal - 1/2 cup

Channa Dal - 1/4 cup

Dry red chillies - 6(adjust according to your spice level)

Whole Black pepper corns -3 tsp

Salt to taste

I actually doubled the above recipe,but adjusted amount of chillies and pepper corns according to my taste.

Method:

Dry Roast the dhals to a golden brown color.Then dry roast the chillies and black pepper corn seperately.


When cool,grind them to a fine powder adding the required amount of salt.

Serve with hot rice mixed with ghee or sesame oil.

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Few reposts for Nithya's FIC event

Iam sending these over to Nithya's Food in Colors(FIC)- Express your Mood for the month of July.This event was started by Sunshine mom of Tongue Ticklers


1)Spicy Fried Green Beans

2)Pulipongal

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Kreativ Blogger Award !

Iam so honoured to receive my second award from Hema at Salt to Taste.It is the Kreative blogger award,honouring favourite,creative blogs.Thanx a  lot Hema!!You made my day.

The rules for this award are :
1. You must thank the person who has given you the award.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link to the person who has nominated you for the award.

4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.

5. Nominate 7 other Kreativ Bloggers.

6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.

7. Leave a comment on which of the blogs to let them know they have been nominated.

When I saw the Rule # 4,I was like "Eeeeeek",because I really don't know whether the 7 things that Iam going to write about me are gonna be really interesting.Anyways here are 7 facts about me:

1)I was born and brought up in the famous RockFort city,Trichy in Tamilnadu

2)Iam an MCA graduate but now totally a Stay at home Mom to a Charming little prince whos gonna be 6 and expecting our second little baby boy in October.

3)Iam not that much diet-conscious and I like junk food.Iam a chocholic too,though Iam forced to control my craving due to my pregnancy :(

4)I love cooking and entertaining others.My latest passion is baking.

5)I took up violin lessons and carnatic vocal lessons for about 5 years when I was still in school.I love singing and  listening  to all sorts of music.

6)When Iam free,I love to read books,watch food channels or browse food blogs.

7)I love making new friends and blogging has helped me in making  a handful of wonderful friends.

Now comes the hard part..Nominating 7 bloggers.I want to pass this award to all,but then following the rules,nominations are

1)Viki of Viki's Kitchen

2)Preethi of Preethi's online cookbook

3)Vrindha at Sankeerthanam

4)Somoo at Home cooked Oriya food

5)Varunavi at My kitchen's aroma

6)Hari Chandana at Indin Cuisine

7)Akal at Akal's Sappadu

These blogs really deserve the award..Be sure to check them all..

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Kalyana Rasam/Marriage Rasam

Kalyana Rasam is usually served in Tamil wedding Lunch.The spice powder is freshly prepared every time the rasam is made.

Ingredients for Rasam powder:

Fry the following in 1 tsp of ghee :

Channa dal - 1tsp

Dhaniya/Coriander seeds  - 3tsp

Dry red chillies - 3

Curry leaves - a few

Asafoetida - a pinch

Grind them in to a fine powder.

Other ingredients:

Tomatoes - 1 finely chopped

Tamarind - a small marble size

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Toor dal  - 4 tbsp

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Tempering Ingredients:

Ghee - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1tsp

Curry leaves - a few

Method:

Soak the tamarind in water and extract a cup.

Boil the toor dal with extra water and strain a cup of dhal water.

In a vessel,bring to a boil the tamarind extract to which salt and turmeric powder has been added.

When the raw smell goes off,add the dhal water,mashed toor dhal and spice powder and simmer.When it frothes,add the finely chopped tomatoes,simmer for a few minutes and turn off the heat.There is no need for the tomatoes to be cooked.

Finally add the tempered ingredients into the rasam.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

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