Horse gram Soup / Rasam & an Award

Horse gram - what comes to your mind when you hear this???!!!!. :) Blink blink.. I know its the gram that is used to feed horses. When it can make horse so powerful.. wont it do good to us too. :):)

Lets get the horse power.. :) Say cheers with a cup of healthy horse gram soup today. :)


Ingredients:

Horse Gram - 1/2 cup
Garlic - 6 flakes
Big onion - 1
Salt - for taste
Curry leaves - few
Tamarind - small lemon sized
Coconut - 2 tblsp

Grind together(masala):

Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin - 1/2 tsp
Pepper - 1/4 tsp
Red chillies - 4
Asafoetida - a pinch
Black gram - 1/2 tsp
Bengal gram - 1/2 tsp





Method:

Dry roast the horse gram and then pressure cook till soft and keep it aside. Now in a pan take few spoons of oil and fry the masala items for few min. Then grind them finely along with 1 1/2 tblsp of cooked horse gram and coconut.

In a pan take a spoon of oil and crackle mustard and fry along with red chillies, garlic and chopped onion. Now add the ground paste to it and fry till good smell comes from it. Add the remaining cooked horse gram, tamarind extract, jaggery and salt to it and allow it to boil for a while. Finally garnish with curry leaves.

Horse gram soup or rasam is ready to serve. :) Serve it hot with steamed rice and chips or just have it as a hot soup. Happy making. :)





Now for the award:

I should really thank my sweet blogger friends for nominating me for the award. Its absolutely nice of you to encourage me so much.

Thanks a million to Gheeth of En samayal arayil , Ammu of Ammuvin samayal kuripugal and Sushma Mallya of Authentic Food delights.

Thanks to Dhanyaa Rajeesh of Amma's adukkal for passing the cretive blogger award.



And my best buddy Parita of Parita's world has passed me the ABC tag :) Thank you dear.

So here it goes

The Rules:

1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share the ABCs of you.
4. Tag 4 people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
5. Let the 4 tagged people know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so that there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag.

The Tag:

1. A – Available/Single? Single

2. B – Best friend? Loads

3. C – Cake or Pie? Cake

4. D – Drink of choice? Mango Complan

5. E – Essential item you use every day? PC and Mobile

6. F – Favorite color? Aqua Blue and Red

7. G – Gummy Bears Or Worms? Gummy Bears

8. H – Hometown? Salem - Tamil Nadu

9. I – Indulgence? Many - Shakes, Candies, ice creams, chaats etc. the list goes on.

10. J – January or February? Y not March :(

11. K – Kids & their names? Ha ha, yet to get married. But have loads of names in mind.

12. L – Life is incomplete without? Love and affection

13. M – Marriage date? Not Applicable

14. N – Number of siblings? 1 elder sis

15. O – Oranges or Apples? Oranges

16. P – Phobias/Fears? Route phobia combined with darkness phobia.. I often get lost :):(

17. Q – Quote for today? Whatever happens, life has to go on (courtesy vaaranam aayiram movie)

18. R – Reason to smile? I really don't need one. I keep smiling.. :):):)

19. S – Season? Rainy season in Chennai. If at all it comes. :)

.20. T – Tag 3 People? Right here????

21. U – Unknown fact about me? Its really unknown

22. V – Vegetable you don't like? Brinjal

23. W – Worst habit? Very naughty. Not sure if it is harmful.

24. X – X-rays you've had? Too many..

25. Y – Your favorite food? Everything I make. I have no choice.

26. Z – Zodiac sign? Pisces.

I am passing this tag and awards to Vedha, Sandhya, Supri and Abhi.

Written by: Nithya
post your queries to fourthsensesamayal@gmail.com

Kreativ Blogger Award :)

Parita of Parita's Kitchen ,Jyoti of panchpakwan and Suchithra of SimpleIndianFood have nominated me for this lovely kreative blogger award. I am really excited and happy about it. Thanks a lot for the encouragement. It really drives me to do more. :) I love your blog and happy that you like mine too.

The Kreativ Blogger award comes with some rules:-
1. You must thank the person who has given you the award.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link to the person who has nominated you for the award.

4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.

5. Nominate 7 other Kreativ Bloggers.

6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.

7. Leave a comment on which of the blogs to let them know they have been nominated

Now for the seven things that you MIGHT find interesting about me :-

1. I am extremely talkative and enthusiastic. I never shut my mouth to ppl who I know. Blah blah blah blah... Absolutely witty most of the time. :) I guess I have inherited this quality from my dad, who is an advocate. :)

2. I never liked cooking before I started this blog. Never felt kitchen was an aspiring place. But then things have changed so much in so less time. Now all I can say is 'I love Cooking' :)

3. I don't have a long term plan or long term passion at all. This might sound bad.. But then who knows how long we would live.. So I just enjoy doing what I like at the moment. :)

4. I love music and learnt classical music for 10 years. I just cant live without music. Its the only thing that keeps me going. I enjoy singing film songs when I cook. :) It makes it all the more interesting. My audience are the ppl next door and around.. Hope I don't trouble them much.. ha ha ha..

5. My passion varies and are of wide range. It all depends on my mood. I loved tailoring earlier, then came pencil drawing, then it was mehandi, then music, sudden entry was cooking and now the latest is paper art. I am not sure what I would finally land up in. :)

6. Little things can excite me so much. I get extremely happy when I fly a kite, when I eat an ice cream, When a rose blooms in my plant, when someone says I look nice, when my favorite contestant wins a show, when my friends send me a morning wish, when I watch my favorite sentimental movie, when I hug my mom, when I argue with my dad, getting little gifts from friends and so on.......... Life is filled with little surprises and happiness. I don't demand more :)

7. Hey did you all know... I am just 23 and a single just out of college. :) Looking forward to learn cooking and to get a person who can eat all what I make. ;)

Okay thats about me.

Now for the nominations that I would want to make: -

I really want to pass it to all.. But then it made me feel special when I was named. So inturn let me make few ppl feel special too.. :)

1. Aparna of My diverse kitchen
2. Ria of Ria's Kitchen
3. Dhanya of Dhanya's dazzling delights.
4. DoggyBloggy(sorry for not knowing your real name :( ) of ChezWhat?
5. Preethi of Preethi's Online cookbook
6. Mangala Bhat of Recipes 24x7
7. Sangi of Simply Delicious

Kindly accept the award from my blog and pass it on to ppl and make them feel special too :)

Written by: Nithya
post your queries to fourthsensesamayal@gmail.com

Pearl Millet (Kambu/Bajra) Koozh and an Award

Kambu Koozh is an extremely healthy dish famous in South India. Kambu is rich in Vitamin B6, folic acid, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium and zinc. This koozh helps in reducing the body heat. When a simple dish can do it all, what more do we need for a healthy life??? :) Happy making :)

I will be on a vacation for the next 10 days :) But going to miss my blog and fellow bloggers a lot.. :(

Anyways will try to be back with a bang once I return. ;)

Ingredients:

Pearl Millet(Kambu) - 1 cup
Water - 3 cups
Butter Milk
Salt - for taste
Onion - 1




Method:

Wash and dry the peral millets for an hour. Now powder it coarsely in mixie. Dilute the powder in 1 1/2 cups of water. Boil the remaining water and add the diluted mixture to it mixing it well not allowing lumps to be formed. Now keep mixing it until it becomes thick. Now place this vessel in the cooker and cook it for 3 whistles. After it cools down add butter milk and salt to it.

Serve this with raw chopped onions. :) Its a very yummy drink.

You can have the cooked bajra rice with some sugar and ghee too. :)




Enjoy with this healthy drink this summer. :)

Now for the award

I should really thank Prathibha and Sailaja for their encouragement. :) This lovely award makes me feel so happy and proud. Will try my best to stand up to it always. :) Thanks again.

Now I would like to pass this to few people.

* Tina of Kaipunyam.com
* Swapna of My world of stitching



Written by: Nithya
post your queries to fourthsensesamayal@gmail.com

AWARD :)

This cute award was passed to me by Pavithra Elangovan. Thank you Anni for passing me this award. I am extremely excited to receive this award. Its a lovely way of encouragement that you have shown to me. :) Thanks a lot.

Now for the rules:

1) Add the logo of the award to your blog.
2) Add a link to the person who awarded it to you.
3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs (Only if you like).
4) Add links to those blogs on your blog.
5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blog.


I am passing this to few ppl who I follow the most and enjoy reading.

1) Vedha - She is one of my sweetest juniors who writes well abt her day to day experiences etc. I like her style of writing and content. It might not be so relevant to all who read hers.. But its interesting for ppl who know her. I want to give this award to her.

2) Chinmayi - Of course she is the singer entrepreneur who I am talking abt. She does not know me. But I follow her blog regularly. I love the way she handles her blog. Nice writing and she cares to reply to all who contact her. Tats a gr8 thing to be done by a busy media person.

3) Alvia - She is a super cool person I know and she writes so dramatically. I really like that. Tats the best of hers.. I wish she writes regularly..

4)Sandhya - one other junior of mine who writes loads.. Interesting one too.. :)