hey people,

Finally am back after a looong time....I had such a bad week..gawwdd....a hopeless interview...a bad train journey and to top it all red swollen eyes ( oh!!!! dont ask..was down wid conjunctivitis) and it was horrid..i looked like a gunda from one of those movies where the gunda has bloody red eyes.. i dreaded to look into the mirror for a couple of days..
The funny part was the whole family was down with this dreadful disease which ultimately had me and my brother walking wearing our favorite shades at home. Apart from the house clothes we looked like Spy Kids..
So i have not been cooking too much these days ..sorry about that..i tried but really could not manage the shades in my kitchen...lol..and everytime i entered the kitchen my mom would totally freak out scream "Ashu ...ur spreading the virus around"..

The whole situation was so gross!!! anyways my eyes is gettin better and hopefully i shud be able to get on track soon am waiting to cook something really amazin..till then bye take care..love you guys loads

Disasters

hey guys todays blog is not going to be about food so sorry for that ,just random thoughts gushing through my mind that i had to put in words and i though blogging would be the best option..when you have so much to tell and no one who can understand or can share it this is the best way out..am sure that most of you would agree on this..when i say not may people can understand it does not mean that no friends neither does it mean no happiness and all those crap..

Its just that sometimes you feel things !!! you can feel the gush of emotions passing through every vein in the body but you just cannot let it out because they "belong" to you and not many would understand it the way you want them to...

Recently I promised myself to let go of the litter in my mind..I was crammed with too many things and i did not want to let go of any of those though they were disturbing , hurtful sometimes it was not even anything relevant to my life but still I JUST COULD NOT LET IT GO and it polluted my mind..I was waiting for things to work out , well actually the phrase "hope against hopen" is the most appropriate expression that i could use...I was waiting and waiting for the tunnel to end to see the sight of light ...but it never did ...I had to break out, I had to accept things that i did not want to but i Did..and I tried to start thinking like a twenty three year old and not like a forty year old...I still could not find what i wanted but it did something good too..made me realize that i could fight alone and all by myself and I did and am really proud of that..I did survive something that i thought i would not get through..here i am now a new me...a new aswathy....I did fight and I did loose but i still won in a way...I won myself back...A much lighter me, a much sensible me..and I am proud of that...

So guys i dont know if any of you have felt the way i have but if you have ,just know that...neither do you have the right to hurt anyone and nor does anyone have the right to hurt you...whatever it is live it out , face it, accept it and move on..live you life the way you want to..fight and survive...

for my sister...

My sister is my greatest inspiration. To me she is Miss Perfect . I always wanted to be like her..she is intelligent,pretty and smart and super talented , as a matter of fact she was the biggest reason for my entry into cooking. As a child, I wanted to do everything she used to . I wanted to ride her bicycle,wear her clothes,speak the way she spoke ,hoping that I could become like her in a teeny weeny way. I was in class four when My sister made the best eggs ever..there was something different in it..I still have not found out what the reason was but it was the tastiest scrambled eggs i had ever tasted...that inspired me..he he he..well in my spree to become like her i decided to make eggs...My first Cooking expedition...I went to the kitchen, took an egg ...and bam i tried breaking it with a rolling pin and plop went my beautiful egg on to the floor..and the rest was history..

"Arch" was always my inspiration , if there is anyone in the world i want to be like thats my sister..This recipe is for her..She loves prawns and i hope she'd like it...I am waiting to cook her this when she comes home.. SO here goes my favorite Prawn Roast,

500 gms prawns
2 medium onions finely chopped
2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tomato
2tsp of kashmiri red chilli powder
3 slit green chillies
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
i tsp of pepper powder
1/2 cup of coconut cream
1/2 cup of coconut finely chopped
oil
curry leaves
salt to taste
juice of half lime..

method:

This recipe has 3 major steps...

step 1: marinate the prawns with a spoon of chilli powder,turmeric ,salt to taste and lime juice and keep it aside

after half an hour fry the marinated prawns till brown.and keep it aside

step2:
* heat oil in a pan and fry the coconut peices and fry till brown and to this add the green chilliis and ginger garlic paste and fry till brown
*add in the finely chopped onions and fry well.(add a little salt this will help the onions brown faster)
*add in the chopped tomatoes and cook till soft
*add in the rest of the red chilli powder,1 tsp of pepper , a little turmeric powder and cook well till oil seperates from the masala
*once the oil seperates add the coconut cream and boil

step 3:

mix the fried prawns to the masala and cook till the gravy becomes thick and roasted..garnish with curry leaves...and serve

"Arch"this is for you and all who love spicy,hot,fiery sea food....

day one..

hey!!!this is aswathy,a normal girl from a normal family who loves to cook and to eat...which is a fact that none of my friends would deny..i love the art of cooking..i love everything about it..the cookware,the cutlery,the aromatic flavours..everything and the best part comes after i finish cookin and i get a final verdict from the people i serve ...This blog is to all my frnds who have loved my food and specially to my mom who thinks that i am the best cook ever

To begin with I would like to start with my personal favorite which would be an easy 3minute chocolate mug cake... u guys must try it..its aswesome and for all those who cannot cook..this could be ur best begining..its simple and yummy..the soft spongy texture just melts in the mouth and the slight bitterness of chocolate tingles ...and every time i scoop one little bite of the mushy cake..it makes me forget everything in the whole wide world

the recepie is not complicated and this is dedicated to my friend apoorva who has just began cookin by herself so gurl this is for u....

all u need is
4 tbsp of flour
4tbsp of sugar
1 egg 2tbsp of oil
1tsp of baking powder
1tbsp of dark cocoa and
2 tbsp of milk

all u need to do is mix everything into a coffee mug and keep it in the microwave for 2 mnts or more or less dependin on the microwave and there u have the best chocolate mug cake...ever...serve with yummm chocolate icecream or just scoop it like that...

yummmmmmmmm