Muggle Diaries

Post Title: Veg Fried Rice: Has been one of my faves in ages since my mom cooked this....finally I could vouch for *Tried & Tested* after trying it myself, I realised it is so easy to cook any first timer could also do it easily. Cooking Time: 20 - 30 mins Serves: 3 What goes Inside: 1 1/2 cups Long grain rice Cooked, drain water and set aside. 1 cup Carrots Peeled and julienned 1 cup Capsicum Julienned 1/2 cup Cabbage Julienned 1/2 cup Spring Onions Finely chopped 1 tablespoon Soy sauce 3 tablespoons White vinegar 2 teaspoons Ground black pepper 1 Fresh green chilli Chopped finely and soaked in white vinegar Salt To taste 3 tablespoons Olive oil For cooking 1 Inch Fresh ginger Julienned 1/2 Pod Fresh garlic, peeled Julienned How to put it together: Pre cook the long grain rice I used basmati rice and set aside. Take a wide bottomed cooking pot  add oil set on medium heat once the oil is heated add the julien...

We started The New Year with an absolute melt-in-the mouth Indian Delicacy " Gulab Jamun"..;)...Hope the whole year gives us sweet news and joy all thru..Anushka & AJ seem to be in love with Gulab Jamun's...the first time i did it i made it this way,i came across this awesome recipe from Sailu's Blog(A fellow blogger),but i had a bit of my own adjustments made to suit our tastebuds..). But when my lil one doesn't give me enough time i just go for the other option "MTR" my favourite and most reliable brand in making gr8 Gulab Jamun's..;) Okay...That's one fact the second fact being that i can fastforward the whole process...and the final fact being that sometimes even i am short of time and most importantly patience...like i am today,believe it or not i've been typing this post for the past whole week...;( sorry guys..i really wish i could really really write the whole in and out of loads of "gup-shup" but seriously... m...

Strawberries are a very common sight at my place since the time my daughter turned 11 months old...somehow it turns out to be her "fav" in fruits. I'd been bored of giving her strawberries in the same form and have long been wanting to try a new way of feeding it to her in a more nutritious form, and bingo what could have been better that strawberry muffins...she had loved the version of carrot & orange & wholewheat & oats muffins which was my last muffin recipe...so i tried something similar but with lil variations in the recipe. The great thing about this fruit is that it is great even for diabetics,apart from children..;) Often i've heard that strawberries are "Superstars" when it comes to "Anti-Oxidant" Power. As per studies a 1 Cup of Strawberries gives you a whopping 140 percent of your recommended daily allowance of vitamin C. Strawberries are also said to be packed with Flavonoids(2 in particular).called quercetin and...

Walnut Brownies have been my "Fav" since College...we'd get real yummy walnut brownies, and i'd load myself with them every time i'd go there...!! That's where my first love for brownies began....& the bhaiya there would even tempt me by asking shall i pour some hot chocolate sauce on this and i would never say no...!! "AJ" (Ajish my hubby) who has always been health conscious...would always say I've put on weight every single time he visited me from Dubai....& I'd say" Bhai Khate-peete ghar se hoon" so.. thoda tagdi tho lagoongi naah!!(for those who didn't follow that..in hindi means: well i belong to a well to do family who eats rich food and that's what is showing on me...!!(A rather lame or common excuse from those who are lazy enough not to exercise even for 15mins a day). Well all the laziness vanished out of me after my daughter was born...she is a complete disciplinarian to me every thing need to happen on ...

A variety of mango which many people often dislike in Karnataka when it comes to choice against the vast selection available is Baiganpalli, ...But for me when it's mango season i can just about eat any......;) The other day I happened to find the same out here in Dubai, so all excited ...I picked up 4nos, but not everybody at my place liked it so after pondering a while if I must simply use it for my daughter's morning breakfast or should I try something  new & Make sure they eat this one, obviously I went for the second choice,  & decided to have everyone eat it but without their knowledge, juice would have been a very easy choice which most of them would have guessed instantly, but easy peasy choices don't help me learn...so decided to try something new and a sudden thought struck me &  remembered having eaten this in a Mexican joint out here say about 3 years back with a colleague of mine, while we were driving back after a meeting in Abu ...