easy mango curry - pickle (manga kari)

Sharing an easy pickle with you. It don't require any tempering and use few simple ingredients. It comes handy when you want an instant pickle for quick use.

It makes an excellent accompaniment for the curd rice & add twist in taste in feasts. One of my favourite. It tastes the best using coconut oil as it the important flavouring ingredient other than mango.

This is low shelf life. So refrigerate & consume within 3 days.

Ingredients :-

1. Raw Mango - 1 no (thothapuri / kilimooku mangai are the best)
2. Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp (or as per taste)
3. salt to taste
4. Coconut oil - 1.5 tbsp

Procedure :- 

• Cut the raw mango into small cubes
• Mix in salt, red chilli powder, coconut oil to it. 
• Easy simple pickle is ready to eat.

You can use other variety of raw mangoes too but Less sour ones suits best for this recipe.

You can even use the partially ripen mango as it tickles the toungue with a combination of the slight sweet taste.

Easy crispy Bread sticks for soup

crunchy soup sticks makes a good accompaniment to the soup and makes it even more interesting when you want to avoid fried bread cubes. 

If you don't have a soup stick but have few slices of bread (I use brown bread), then here is an easy way to prepare a crunchy bread stick to accompany an yummy soup you made.

In a pop up toaster, cut the breadslices vertically without getting fully detached on one side using a scissor as shown in the picture below :- 

Drop it into the toaster and toast till crispy. Have it along the hot soup. 

For packing, wrap the crispy pieces into a kitchen tissue & store in an air tight container to prevent it absorbing moisture & getting soggy.

If you don't have a pop up toaster, go ahead using your tawa, in a low flame roast the bread slice till it turns golden brown & crisp- without oil. Once done, cut lengthy strips.

A nice crispy sticks are ready to accompany  the soup.

Gold Fish (crocheted) Amigurumi

After a long time, I am back with my crochet hook in hand. Came across the goldfish pattern here many months back. Did two and gifted it to my maid's children. Now made two more for my home decorative set.

It is a very easy and quick to do project. 

All you need is crochet needle, black and orange coloured yarns, blunt eyed needles, polyfibre for stuffing.

Introducing you to the Gold couple,  Mr.Gino & Mrs. Gini . The cozy couple always seen busy engrossed in their sweet talks. 

Versatile Blogger Award

Happily received the Versatile Blogger Award from Poorni who is doing a wonderful job by presenting her yummy signature recipes through her blog Easy & Homely CookBook

It is a motivation in the blogging world when we are recognised by blogpals not just by our talent & paritcipation but by remembering them while sharing happiness.

Versatile Blogger Award is given to bloggers posting on mutliple interests.

Thank you Poorni for passing this award to me. You made my day :-) Hugs to you.

I am a :-

1. Nature Lover
2. Like books authored by Ruskin Bond, Enid Blyton,Kenneth Anderson, Jim Corbett and Indian writers on topic of my interests.
3. Daily meeting my friends in the Chat room
4. A Foodie
5. A loving daughter, wife and daughter-in-law
6. Happy & content with what I have
7. Praying for the friendship, company & guidance of the almighty always

Happiness doubles when shared. So here i am sharing my happiness by passing this lovely award to the versatile bloggers

1. Usha Srikumar from Usha Srikumar's Musings - a multi talented blogpal who is rocking with her tanjore paintings, recipes and lot more.
2. Mahi from Mahi's Kitchen - throws charm through her photo sharing, presentation, narration on various interests viz., recipes, travelogue etc
3. Sudha from Sudha out of the Box she is a new blogger but not new to the world of arts & crafts. Got amazing creativity and patience. Her creative jewellery works & decorative items are awesome!
4. Gopu Sir from VAI.GOPALAKRISHNAN who writes Tamizh Short stories, recently published his drama "Adi Shankara" which has won a prize in all India level writiing competition in the year 2007, makes spiritual postings with divine narration....
5. Leela Govind from leelas hobbies is a good cook, expert crocheteer, embroider and other art & paint works.

Dear Ushaben, Mahi, Sudha, Gopur Sir, Leela chechi ,

Congratulations! a big hug to you all

To accept the award, link back to me and Share 7 things about  yourself like you see in my post here. If you want to know how to do it, please e-mail me. My best wishes to you all.