KUGAN'S KITCHEN PART 3

Suvai, neenga ellarum vaanga...oru mega mmeet arrange pannidurom...

Menu... we had salads & juice at Pure n naturals .
Corn n mushroom salad
peanut and nuts salad.

Ksen & sen had beetroot & carrot juice with ginger & she gave a thumbsup for it...

TM & HR had strawberry juice/milkshake...Sudhaka had pineapple juice... Naanum maddyum saladlaye kuriyay irundhom...:lol:

Aprom lunch at peking...lunch was veg & non-veg... Sudha, Ksen,Maddy vegetarians... me , sen, HR & TM non-vegs.

Menu:
Sweetcorn mmushroomm soup
Hot n sour veg soup
hot n sour n.veg soup
Veg balls in hot garlc sauce
chicken lollipop
chilli fish
mushroomm & egg fried rce
shanghai fried rice

Avalo thaan...:)

K, thanks for the recipe... NOV linke kuduthitaar for the article...

brinjal kasundi recipeumm post pannunga...

Dev, nalla fantastic menu thaan.
Glad you all enjoyed the food.
Thanks. Kugan98

NOV anneh thanks for the link anneh.
Kugan98

[tscii]Dev, I am posting the pumpkin soup, as we make.
My aunt suggested that, we can add 2 tbs of well cooked
mysore dal, while we blend the pumpkin. This will reduce
the sweetness of the pumpkin. Thanks. Kugan98


PUMPKIN SOUP

Ingredients:

300 grms pumpkin skinned and chopped
1 large white onion chopped
3 pips of garlic smashed
2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 bay leaf
1 tbs dry thyme
¼ tsp cumin powder
¼ tsp curry powder (optional)
Freshly ground pepper powder
Salt to taste
½ cup heavy cream
3 cups of vegetable stock. Less or more according to thickness needed

Method:

Pre heat oven to 200 degeress C
Mix the onion, garlic and thyme in olive oil.
Add in the chopped pumpkin, pepper and salt and mix well.
Spread this mixture in a baking tray, with the bay leaf and roast for about 20 minutes.
Stir in between once or twice. It should have been tender by now.

Remove from the oven and transfer to a cooking pot.
Add in the vegetable stock, cumin powder and curry powder.
Simmer for about 10 minutes. Taste for seasonings.
Now remove from the stove, discard the bay leaf.
Let it cool a little. Then puree the soup in a blender.
Before serving reheat the soup and mix in the heavy cream.
Serve hot with bread.

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bayleaf again!!!... I'll try it without bayleaf... & will use LF milk in place of cream...

Thanks a lot for the roasted pumpkin soup K...

Oru chinna doubt...at wht temp should the oven be set?

Dev, 1 bay leaf you will not find any smell.
You can do it without the bay leaf too.
Set the oven to about 190 to 200 degrees C.
Sorry for not mentioning that.
You will have a nice aroma if you roast the pumpkin.
Or you can do it even without roasting.
Thanks. Kugan98

I'll try roasting the pummpkins... Thanks again K...:)

Still in the subject of pumpkin, try this pumpkin payasam.
Truly delicious. You have to try it once to know the truth.


PUMPKIN PAYASAM

Ingredients
2 cups ripe pumpkin,cooked and mashed well, without lumps (like puree ).
500 grms grated jaggery
25 grms fried raisins
25 grms fried cashew nuts
2 tbs honey
1 tsp cardamon powder
4 cups thin milk or more and 1 cup thick milk from 1 big coconut
2 tbs ghee
salt a pinch

Method:
Add a cup of water in jaggery and prepare a syrup.
In a pot, add the syrup ,thin milk and the mashed pumpkin and bring to boiling point
Reduce the heat, add the honey and ghee and cook till thick.
Add thick milk,cardamon powder and boil again once.
Serve decorated with fried raisins and cashew nuts.

Note: Reduce or increase the thin coconut milk,
According to the thickness of payasam wanted.

inaiku 'National pumkin day ' :lol2: