Hello Everyone,
I am so happy to start the Guest blogging with a wonderful person SE. For me she is my first replier ever and that is very close to me as a friend.
She is an amazing cook and has her food blog www.denufood.com. She is from Belgaum, stayed in Pune for some years and now residing in the USA. The food blog hosts number of Marathi, Goan recipes and many other varieties. I was very happy when she agreed to be the first guest to write, means so much to me. She sent me two recipes out of which I chose the spicier one.
So, enough from me..SE taking over 
SE – www.denufood.com
Thanks Deepa for having me do a guest post on Foodlyrics, very happy to write my first guest post at a blog!! Just like everyone remembers and cherishes the first moments in their lives, blogging is no different either. I am assuming every blogger remembers and cherishes those firsts during blogging, like the first post, first follower, first comment and so on, not that others are less, but you cherish those initial moments! “Why am I writing all this”, it is because FOODLYRICS was the first blog that I visited after I had started mine. I had made some sheera with banana (suji halwa) and just out of curiosity, wanted to find out if there were any posts in the blogosphere and luckily stumbled upon this sweet post from where the friendships started !!!
And there’s more at this blog other then just recipes. Read her one of the posts, Julie and Julia – A movie close to my heart a wonderful review of the movie, about friendships, goals, lots more and of course food blogging. Check it out to know more !!
So coming back to the guest post, I had this recipe in my draft and was deliberating if I should send the Recheado/Rechaido masala as a guest post since it was a Goan-Portuguese masala preparation used for fish fry. And I didn’t want to corrupt the blog with a non-veg recipe. So I used the masala to prepare skillet/sautéed potatoes instead!! So here is the recipe for one of the Goan specialties!!
Recheado Masala and Potato Recheado !!
Ingredients:
List 1)
10 – 15 red chilies
3 – 4 green cardamoms
4 – 5 cloves
2 in cinnamon
1 tsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp pepper corns
2 tsp vinegar or more
salt
List 2)
1/2 cup onions, minced
5 –6 big garlic cloves, minced
1 in ginger, minced
1 tbsp oil
Preparation Method:
1. Grind all the ingredients mentioned in the list 1) to a fine paste or (powder, then add vinegar and mix)
2. In another pan, heat oil and saute the ingredients mentioned in list 2), till lightly brown. Add the spice mix and roast a little till the raw smell of the spices disappears and paste is dark brown.
3. Cool and then grind once again to make a fine.
4. Use it as a filling for fish fry or a spice mix for vegetables !!!
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Note: One can also soak the red chillies in vinegar for few hours before grinding into paste !
Potato Racheado
2 cups potatoes, cubed
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp racheado paste
salt to taste
Method: Heat oil in a skillet, add the potatoes and the racheado masala paste. Sprinkle little water and give a occasional stir so that the potatoes are coated with masala. Cook till all the water evaporates and the potato sides a light brown. Remove and garnish with coriander leaves/cilantro. Serve it as a side !!
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Serves: 2
I really hope you all like the recipe it looks tasty and am sure it’s awesomely yummy as well. SE, thanks once again for taking out time and sending such a wonderful post with a delicious recipe. So everyone let me know what do you think for this and share your thoughts. Visit SE’s website and have a look at her wonderful recipes.
I am very sorry that I could not post a introduction of the guest blogger yesterday but from the next week I promise you for an introduction.
Rachaedo paste is one of my favorites. Goan food has its own aroma of Vinegar, Garlic, Coconut and loads of spices thrown in. Thanks Deepa for introducing us to Denufood. Nice informative post on Goan cuisine.
Wow Deepa! That’s so sweet of you!
Keep it up. Here your dish looks really tempting. 
btw, what’s a racheado paste?
there u go- kickstarted the guest blogging stuff ! I thought it can be any blog..does it have to b abt a recipe only?
hey Deepa, Thanks for giving me a chance to do the guest post !!! Looking forward to see more recipes !!!
Great start to the guest blogging series, Deepa!
SE, the racheda masala looks yummy and delicious and those potatoes look so tempting!
Great post Deepa
Congrats on starting the guest blogging deepa. Nice recipe with aloo too.
Guest post is really a wonderful idea deepa,even i had done it in SE ’s blog last week and was very excited too…Very unique recipe in potatoes sharada, never heard abt this racheaodo paste,very interesting one and would love to try it out soon as it looks spicy & mouthwatering…thanks for sharing it…Was nice reading abt you and was a nice post deepa…
oh thats great SE.love the recipe and going to try yhis soon
Wonderful start !!
Looking forward for Wednesdays !!
Loved this version of potatoes, and SE thanks for sharing cos even I try to look for vegetarian options as compared to the non-veg delicacies !
Thanks so much Ashwini, Shubha, Sonia, SE, Pj, Gita, Ruchika, Sushma, Jeya and Kanchan for your lovely replies. I am so happy that you like the guest blog idea.
Shubha – You can post anything you want..anything..about yourself, experiences, life, funny moments anything you would like to share.
All thanks to SE for such a great recipe. Wonderful clicks SE and love the masala, especially for vegetarians like me who, if not given any veg options would have never been able to taste such a nice delicacy.
Dear Deepa, congrats on your big start! That’s a great idea indeed.
Dear SE I will make this potato minus the vinegar in the masala, looks very tempting indeed.
Hey, some awards for u at my blog.. Please collect..
hey..just a quick info…this paste can be stored in fridge and is good for couple of weeks
Hi Deepa and SE, you guys are doing wonderful job. As SE said, we all do cherish the firsts, right. Nice to know bit of SE today and her recipes always fascinate me. And Deepa thats a novel idea ‘guest post on every wednesday’, Kool:)
There you go gal.. I also keep planning to start the guest-post for a long time now, but keep procastinating it out of laziness
Lovely post from SE, thanks to you both dearies!
Hey,
have some awrds to share with u.. Plz collect them from my blog..
Cheers
Jyoti
That’s a wonderful kickstart
Great post SE and thanks !
This reminds me that I should keep the promise I’ve given you, Deepa
Deepa a very good start, will send our details soon. Glad to see SE being featured here.
Hey Deepa
Congrats for thid start !!like the idea and all the best..lovely potato recipe..must try..:))
cheers
Joy Of Cooking
hey deepa congrats for ur first guest post…Its very nice post…luks realy yummy,nice recipe by Se..
Hi Deepa, first time here, found about you from SE….congrats on starting the series…nice recipe SE, will try sometime..
HI Deepa, Congrats on the guest blog. Nice to know about SE.
wow, congrats on your first guest recipe post. Seems very yummy. Never tried vinegar on aloo though.
Hi everyone,
Pari, Jyoti, Malar, Rohini, Namitha, Sadhana, Jagruti, Siddhi, Spice, Saraswathi, Pretti – Thank you so much for your replies. Glad you like the Guest blog
Jyoti – Thanks dear. And so for not collecting. Been a bit lately. I will do it today or tomorrow for sure.
Happy Weekend everyone.
Deepa I must say this is an excellent idea of having some one to post on your blog. the recipe though is nicer…just bookmarked it to try asap. will also try the paste for frying fish with our evening cuppa. thanks to both of you. awaiting more in future.
Wow.. lovely recipe from SE… looks yummy and totally tempting!.. replacing the original with potatoes!.. I love it:)… I read the post on Julie & Julia.. beautiful!!.. I too made a post on the movie, the very next minute the movie got over.. I loved the movie sooo much!!..
Wonderful start to guest blogging! Recipes are so quick n yummy!
Renuka
http://cookingyummy.blogspot.com/
Hi,
Sayantani, Devi – Thanks for your replies. Glad you like the post.
Devi – I will surely check the post in time. Bit tied up since a week or so.
Congratulations Deepa & SE for this wonderful post! SE did a fabulous job with these dishes and hopefully we see more of SE’s posts here too
Hi Deepa , so nice of you to introduce Denu!. And a great start for ur guest blogging!. Denu the potato racheado is new to me and sounds very interesting. I am a huge potato fan! Thanks for the lovely recipe.
Hey Alisa, Nandini – Thanks so much for your replies. Do visit Denufood for more such delicious recipes.