Baby corn-mint soup

Ingredients
1 cup peas fresh or frozen (Boiled and pureed)
1-2 garlic cloves finely sliced
2-3 baby corn sliced
1-2 mint sprig
2 tsp butter
salt to taste
1/2 tsp pepper powder




Preparation

Heat a pan. To this add butter and garlic to saute well.Add corn slices and saute for 2-3 minutes.Add the peas puree and bring to boil. If the mixture is thick, add some water to bring a soup like consistency. Add salt and pepper.
Add chopped mint leaves and bring to boil.
If you wish you can add fresh cream to garnish.(optional)
Serve hot.

Crispy Baby-corn stir fry..


This recipe is the same as Mushroom stir fry. My kids are big fan of baby corn and mushrooms. These two are a must have in my fridge. I use both mushrooms and babycorn as toppings on dosas.
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Hand-made edible sweet rakhis and a lovely Onam Sadhya!!

Little Diya (2 yrs) and Jai (6 Yrs) were curiuos to eat up the rakhis....

Ingredients

2 or 3 store bought pedas or sweet khoya
1 pkt Gems (candy)
1 pkt sweet mouth freshining Jeera candies
1 pkt gummy stretchy candies
some pumpkin seeds
4-5 Cherries



Preparation
Lay the stretchy candies for making the strap. Make flat shapes of the pedas and decorate as you wish.
I felt happy making them for my kids, but could not post them in time as my net was down



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Our Neighbours had invited us for a wonderful Onam Meal....

Varalakshmi Vratham with Oats Halwa

On the occation of Varalakshmi Pooja today, I made oats halwa, sago payasam and many more...

Ingredients

1 cup oats
1/2 cup sugar
2 cup water
4-6 tsp Ghee
2-3 cardamoms powdered
Cashew nuts and risins fried in ghee
amonds to garnish
3 tbsp khoya/mawa (optional)

Preparation

In a non-stick pan heat 2-3 tsp ghee and fry oats on low heat till they just change colour.
To this add water and sugar. Stir continously. Also add cardamom powder and the remaining ghee. Stir until the mixture leaves sides of the pan. If you want to make the halwa more rich, add khoya to it. Remove from fire and add dryfruits. Serve warm.


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and my Neivedyam was something like this...