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SORRY !!!!
My apologies to those who are checking in to see my Blog........some of the images from my blog "Viji's Odds & Ends" have disappeared......I do not know how that happened! I am trying to remove the image which is blocked and will upload new images for the recipes and other posts in due time. I had to upload the header also with a new image as the old one disappeared.
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
Viji's Kitchen
- I have started a take-away food business from home, (Chennai, India) on the 10th of November 2013
- Orders can be take-away or home delivered on request.
- Orders should be given 48 hours in advance.
- Orders must be for a minimum of 4 persons upto 30.
- Cutlets will be charged per piece, and the curry items will be charged per dish.
- Prices will be given on request (as I have not worked out the costing). I will do so as the orders come in.
- Payment method : Cash only.........on delivery.
- Given below are the items I will be catering.
CHICKEN
|
BEEF
|
MUTTON
|
PORK
|
DUCK
|
Chicken curry |
Beef steak Beef curry |
Mutton Curry |
Pork Vindaloo |
Duck Vindaloo |
Chicken
Kurma
|
Beef vindaloo
|
Mutton kurma
|
Pork Vadavam curry |
Duck roast
|
Chicken
Masala
|
Beef roast
|
Mutton Cutlets
|
Pork roast (two ways) |
Duck vadavam
curry (Pondicherry)
|
Chicken
Roast (3 ways)
|
Beef Cutlets
|
Mutton Chops
|
Pork Pepper Chops |
|
Chicken chettinad |
Beef Kurma
|
Mutton chilli
fry
|
Pork ribs
|
|
Chicken
Vindaloo
|
Beef pepper fry |
Mutton pepper fry |
||
Chicken pepper fry |
Beef Chill fry |
|||
Chicken
cutlets
|
Beef Devil fry |
TURKEY
|
SEA FOOD
|
PICKLES
|
SANDWICHES
|
RICE
|
Turkey
roast
|
Fish Tamarind curry |
Prawn pickle
|
Chicken
sandwiches
|
Fried Rice
|
Turkey vadavam curry (Pondicherry) |
Fish Molee
|
Fish Pickle
|
Cheese
sandwiches
|
Jeera Rice
|
Fish fry
|
Brinjal pickle
|
Egg sandwiches
|
Coconut rice
|
|
Fish cutlets
|
Mushroom rice |
|||
Crab chilli
fry (two ways)
|
Ghee Rice
|
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Prawn Masala
Shark fish puttu |
SPECIAL VEGETARIAN DISHES ON REQUEST
Labels:
take-away food from home.
Location:
Adambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
MUSHROOM RICE
2 packets of button mushrooms
2 cups of fine rice (basmati)
4 cloves, a small stick of cinnamon
2 onions
2 slit green chillies (Optional)
a little pepper
a little oil (I used olive oil)
METHOD :
Fry the chopped mushrooms (should not get completely dry) in a little oil sprinkle a little salt and pepper
In a little heated oil put the spices and then add the green chillies and onions. Fry until the onions are slight brown.
Wash the rice and add the fried ingredients to it. Pour 1 to one and a half cups of water ( depending on the quality of rice) and put everything into a rice cooker. When cooked remove into a serving dish and garnish with coriander leaves.
Saturday, June 08, 2013
TRAVELING SPOON
Do you know anyone traveling to India, Thailand or Vietnam this summer that wants an authentic, home-dining experience? If so, please share this post with any fellow food and travel loving friends or email me at: aashi@travelingspoon.com to get started. You can also view our launch page and signup for our newsletter here:http://launch.travelingspoon.com/
Traveling Spoon is a new company that creates meaningful travel experiences around food. We connect travelers with local, authentic food experiences - from cooking classes to market tours to home-cooked meals - in people's homes around the world.
We are passionate about food and travel and hope you can join us on our journey as we build this company. We are grateful for your support.
Love and happy eating,
Aashi Vel and Steph Lawrence, co-founders
— with Stephanie Lawrence.Traveling Spoon is a new company that creates meaningful travel experiences around food. We connect travelers with local, authentic food experiences - from cooking classes to market tours to home-cooked meals - in people's homes around the world.
We are passionate about food and travel and hope you can join us on our journey as we build this company. We are grateful for your support.
Love and happy eating,
Aashi Vel and Steph Lawrence, co-founders
Friday, April 26, 2013
IDLI POWDER
1. Urad
Dhal (Black gram without the black skin it will be white)…1 cup
2. Kadalai
Dhal (Bengal gram…..yellow)….half cup
3. Dry
red chillies………………10 to 15 depends how spicy you want it.
4. Asafoetida..(the
hard variety not pwder) …a small piece
5. Sesame
seeds………….2 tsp
6. A
few curry leave
7. Rock
Salt to taste
METHOD
Broil in all the ingredients one by one separately in a frying pan until it is golden brown
Then
broil the asafoetida, sesame seeds and the curry leaves together.
POWDER
EVERYTHING IN A MIXEE…………….should be a little coarse.
Use with idli or dosai, by adding oil or
ghee in it.
Friday, April 19, 2013
VIJI'S RASAM
INGREDIENTS
- 4 tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons of Rasam powder (if you do not have Rasam powder then alternately grind coarserly 1tsp of cummin seeds, 1 tablespoon of whole pepper, 10 cloves of garlic……but this should be added at the end and with one boil must be removed from the gas)
- A small lime size ball of tamarind (if you do not have tamarind 1 tbs of tamarind paste can be used)
- 1 cup of chopped coriander leaves
For Seasoning
- 10 cloves of crushed garlic if you are using Rasam powder (5 cloves if you are not using rasam powder)
- 1tsp mustard
- 1 tsp urad dhal (is black gram with the skin removed and broken in half)
- 1 tsp cummin seeds
- 2 dried red chillies (optional)
- 4 tbs of oil
- 1tsp of whole peper
METHOD:
Boil
the the 4 tomatoes in one and a half litres of water with the rasam powder
until the tomatoes are soft and split. (if you need less rasam then use
1 litre of water, 3 tomatoes, 1 tbs of Rasam Powder and a little less
garlic….everything else is the same)
Lower
the heat of the of the water, and on another gas keep a frying pan (kadai) and
put in the oil. When it is fairly hot,
pujt in the mustard, dhal, cummin seeds and peper. After a few seconds when the mustards
splutter add the crushed garlic when it is lightly brown, add the tomatoes from
the rasam water and smash it up into the seasoning and fry it a little
while. Then add the rasam water and 3/4
of the coriander leaves and let it boil for a minute or two.
(If you are using the alternate method when
you are adding the water add the ground mixture and coriander leaves. Stand close by and as soon as it starts
boiling take it down. In this method if
it boils the rasam will turn bitter)
Garnish
on top with the remaining coriander leaver before serving.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
TUTU
I stitched this tutu for a party which my daughter is organising for a client. She has an event management company and does customised decor for parties. You can follow "The Party Studio" on facebook. http://www.facebook.com/thepartystudio.in?fref=ts
This Tutu I learned how to make it from You Tube...from the link given below. It is very simple though it does take time. Thank you to Sarah.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
THE PARTY STUDIO
Please check out my daughter's Event Planning business.......she designs the decorations to custom orders...
http://www.facebook.com/thepartystudio.in?ref=stream
Sunday, September 02, 2012
SPINACH CORN MUSHROOM BAKE
SPINACH
CORN MUSHROOM BAKE (My version)
Ingredients
2 bunches of spinach
2 ears of corn
1 packet of mushroom
Method
Chop the spinach into
very small pieces. Remove the corn from
the cob. Chop the mushroom into small
pieces.
Cook the corn with a
little water until there is no water in the pan and the corn is dry.
Put the spinach into a
pan and put it on the gas for a few minutes until it sweats and is dry and
there is no water in it.
In a pan put a
tablespoon of butter and put the mushroom saute till the water in it
evaporates.
Add the corn and the
spinach to the mushroom and mix the three together.
White
sauce
Ingredients
3 tbsp of butter
6 tbs of flour
2 cups of milk
3 cubes of grated
cheese
topping 1 cube of grated cheese and 1 egg
Method
:
In a pan put the
butter and before it melts complete (the butter should not burn) alternate the flour and a tablespoon of milk
and stir on a very slow flame.
When it is pasty add the rest of the milk and and the grated cheese. Add
pepper and very little salt to taste. Stir till it is thick and coats the
wooden spoon. At the beginning stir
with an egg beater and then use a wooden spoon.
Add the white sauce to
the corn, spinach and mushroom mix. Mix
everything well and transfer to a glass baking dish. Add the beaten egg on the top and spread the
grated cheese. Bake in a preheated oven untill golden brown. (I baked in my microwave cum oven at 250
degrees for 20 mins. It is a 1000 watts
oven. Depends on the power of the oven)
Monday, August 27, 2012
Beetroot potato boiled egg Salad
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
"PROMISE YOURSELF
"Promise Yourself
To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.
To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you. "
― Christian D. Larson --
Saturday, July 28, 2012
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