Cabbage Channa Subzi / முட்டைகோஸ் கொண்டைகடலை பொரியல்

A delicious looking, tasting dish with a touch of protein using cabbage and kabuli chana.

Ingridients :-

1. Cabbage - 1 cup (finely shredded)
2. Kabuli channa - 1/2 cup (soaked overnight)
3. Oil - 1 tbsp
4. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
5. Grated coconut - 2 tbsp
6. salt to taste
7. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
8. Green chilli- 1 or 2 nos. (coarsely ground or very finely chopped)

Procedure :-

• Pressure cook kabuli channa adding salt.
• In a wok, add the grated coconut & roast it till it turns golden colour
• Transfer it to a plate or bowl
• Pour a tbsp of oil, add mustard seeds
• After they pops up, add the green chilli, shredded cabbage, turmeric powder, salt.
• Add a tbsp of water
• In a thali or a shallow plate, pour some water and keep it over the kadai covering the cabbage.
• This will help it cook in its juice and prevent it getting burnt
• Occassionally stir in between
• Once the cabbage is cooked, add the boiled channa (draining water) and the roasted coconut and mix well, let it cook for a minute.
• Delicious cabbage, channa subzi ready to relished with roti / rice

Gift from Jessica

I received the gift sent by Jessica (http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.in) on whose Blog Hop I was selected on a lucky draw http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.in/2012/01/hop-winners.html 

She had packed them so nicely, my joy knew no bounds when I received it.

Thank you Jessica :-)

sharing with you the photos of the lovely stamps she had sent me

Revival of a Boquet

We received a lovely boquet on a special day from our dear friends. It brought such a nice smile in the morning hours as it arrived unexpectedly. 

When it started losing its life after two days, I didn't want to throw it. So it was left on the table for a week. 

Suddenly an idea struck me. I left it dry completely for a fortnight. Removed the dried flowers and retained the stems and leaves.

Planning to add few more decorative flowers and things to it. But I could not resist sharing it with you, hence here I am sharing with you the revived boquet  (I know I cannot bring life into it, but made my level best to revive it in my way) which painted using acrylic colours.

Before revival :

After :

Just like that clicks

Sharing with you few shots clicked just like that when their beauty captured my heart.

A lone tree branch extending into the infinity .....

Bushes on the branch!!! I was reminded of the fairy tale characters,the gnomes and the pixies.... who knows, some little naughty eyes may be taking a bird's eye view of what's happening down! ;-)

A sunrise shot taken the day before we shifted from our previous house.

The couples sat on a cable and was enjoying the the swing when the breeze made the cable swing to & fro. The way they tried to balance themselves on it was a fun to watch. Learnt that these are called 'Drongos'.