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Hey guys..

How are you doing? It’s been a long time the Foodlyrics kitchen has been active. Like I
have mentioned earlier been busy with work and I hardly get time (silly excuses). I have been following all your blogs..well mostly all of them as and when I can. I so missed this part and I wish I can get back to it again.

After a lot of thought Girish and I have decided to begin a new journey together (again) in this amazing world of culinary delight. We plan to post recipes and photos. It’s a small beginning and we truly hope we can make it large. We would need all your love and support for our new venture. We will try our best to visit your blogs and reply.

There are few things in store, beginning with a new look to Foodlyrics which is long due (and will take some more time). A couple of recipes that are waiting to go live, loads of clicks and lots of love .

It’s a great feeling to back, but as of now we will be posting recipes mainly on weekends and holidays. I will try my best to visit all your blogs and reply to everyone as much as possible. Thanks to Google reader that I have the feeds & and the links to your wonderful blogs.

Girish has been very active in the kitchen since our wedding and mainly after we moved to Pune. He is a big time foodie and I am glad that he is so interested in cooking as well.

A line or two from Girish,

Hello Everyone, I know many of you from the blogs and the delicious food that you cook. I happen to sit besides Deepa and get hungry looking at the tasty recipes. I wasn’t a great cook or interested in this part of the food process till recent times. Thanks to Deepa, her simply and easy cooking methods, Masterchef Australia because of whom the cook in me is alive

I am glad that I am a part of this awesome experience…especially with Deepa which makes it double fun. Can’t wait to post, surf and reply on your wonderful recipes.

Mushroom Chili

Sometimes we cook a dish at the last moment. On Sundays we generally plan the dinner menu well n advance. BUT then the inevitable thing happens. Girish says, “let’s eat something different, am pretty bored eating this.” I know he would be having what’s going to be cooked for dinner, but “something different” has to be there…Always.

We started thinking of what can be cooked as “something different” . Finally we landed on Mushroom chili. I had bookmarked a few in the past and after browsing through further I found this to be best and easiest recipe.

http://cookingwithlena.blogspot.in/2011/01/easy-to-cook-chilli-mushroom.html
Thanks for sharing this recipe, it’s perfect & simple to understand and cook.

I haven’t followed the recipe to the point. Adding and removing bits accordingly.
The best part of this was most of the ingredients were readily available. Sent Girish to fetch fresh mushrooms and began cooking. Within a matter of half an hour this awesome tasty dish was ready. A perfect beginning to our dinner.

Ingredients

Capsicum – 1 ½ thinly cut strips
Onion – 1 big, thinly sliced
Mushrooms – 8 to 10 pieces cut into halves (thoroughly cleaned)
Garlic – 5-6 pods thinly chopped
Green chili – 1 deseeded & roughly chopped
Soya sauce – 1 ½ tbsp
Green chili sauce – 1 tbsp
Tomato Sauce – 3 tbsp
Corn flour – 1 tbsp
Water – ½ cup
Olive oil – 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Recipe

In a wok or khadhai, heat oil.
Add garlic and green chili and sauté for 3-4 minutes on medium flame
Add onions and capsicum, sauté for 5 minutes on medium flame
Add soya, green chili & tomato sauce and mix thoroughly and keep stirring for 2-3 minutes. Meanwhile, mix the cornflour in a half a cup of water and stir it so that no lumps are formed. Keep it aside
Add mushroom and salt, mix well
Stir the cornflour mixture properly and pour it in the wok
Mix properly and let it simmer on low flame till the gravy thickens & the mushrooms are entirely coated with the gravy
Serves – 2/3 as a starter
Tips – This is a wonderful starter, side dish and can be served with rice and noodles

Tips – This is a wonderful starter, side dish and can be served with rice and noodles
You can use cubes paneer/ tofu (healthy ehh) instead of mushrooms took cook a tasty Paneer chili

It had been a long time I had Chinese food. Pretty bored to go out and have as well. Going out in the Pune traffic in the evening for dinner is a killer thing. The rickshaws are pathetic and the traffic takes a toll on you, by the time you end up in the hotel you are so dead tired that you totally are out of mood to eat. My choice – prepare it myself !!

So here we go this is my take on my favorite Chinese food.

Ingredients –

Basmati Rice – 1 cup
Oil – 2 tablespoon
Garlic paste – 1 teaspoon
Green chili paste – 1 teaspoon
Ginger paste – ½ teaspoon
Cabbage (shredded) – ½ cup
Carrot (finely chopped) – ¼ cup
French beans (finely chopped) –
Onion (sliced and separate every layer) -1/3 cup
Salt – to taste
Vinegar – ½ teaspoon
Dark Soya sauce – 2 teaspoon
Spring onion (finely chopped) – ½ cup

Procedure –

Wash the rice thoroughly and soak it in 3 cups of water for 25- 30 minutes. In a big pan boil 8 cups of water along with 2 teaspoons of oil. Drain the soaked rice and gently pour it in the boiling water. Cook 100% on high flame without the lid. Once done, drain the rice in a colander and let it stand for 2 hours. Transfer in a bowl later and apply 2 tablespoons of oil and salt to it.
In a heavy bottomed pan heat oil. Add garlic paste, green chili paste, ginger paste and sauté.
Add the cabbage, carrot, French beans and onion. Add salt according to the vegetable quantity added. Sauté until its little cooked and not completely.
Add the ready rice, vinegar, and soya sauce and sauté for 4-5 minutes.
In the end add spring onion and mix gently.
Serve hot.

Tips –

You may add capsicum if you like.

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