Kugan's Kitchen Part 6

**Balaji.r** · 17th January 2012, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by dev

sry Balaji...missed ur post...

Meera, carrot muffin sounds interesting...I have all the ingre on hand...will try it after pongal...

Not a problem , Dev. Thanks meerraa.

Pongal vazhthukkal for everyone.

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**PARAMASHIVAN** · 17th January 2012, 10:44 PM

Belated Pongal wishes to all

And belated 90th birth day wishes to Nov anneh's mother

**Balaji.r** · 17th January 2012, 10:47 PM

Belated wishes, Nov. btw, noticed sat lunch menu

**meerra** · 18th January 2012, 12:52 AM

Thanks everyone for all your nice posts.
I think, Selviem and Aarthii are missing for sometime.
I am really excited about my trip.

Thanks Dev, for the makani recipe.
Will surely try it out when I get the time.
The problem in US is that you cannot buy things in small quantity.
Black urad dal it will be a big packet.
You cannot buy 200 grms or 300 grms

Thanks everyone. Take care. Meerra

**meerra** · 18th January 2012, 12:54 AM

try this simple and healthy way of roasting the nut.
You can even do it with our pumpkin. Meerra

ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH

Ingredients:

4 cups of cubed butternut squash
2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp rosemary finely chopped, or use dry ones
1 tbs balsamic vinegar
Little fresh ground pepper
Salt to taste.

Method;

Preheat oven to 400 F.
Toss the butternut squash with all the ingredients.
Spread them single layer on a non-stick cookie sheet.

Roast until the squash turns soft and lightly caramelized.
It will take about 30 minutes in the oven.
Remove from the oven, sprinkle little salt and p[epper if needed.
Serve hot.

**dev** · 18th January 2012, 11:11 AM

Meera, appo u can buy it from India when u visit Kugan...

Do convey our regards to K and let her know that we are all so very excited to have her back in the hub...

Butternut squash recipe souns do simple n easy... salad maadhiri appadiye saapidalaam pola iruku!!!...

**rose75** · 19th January 2012, 04:35 PM

Thanks Meerra for the squash nut recipe.
I tried it with sweet potatoes. Enna solla?
So yummy Meerra. You can have it like a snack.
The rosemary smell is so good. First time I am trying roasting veges.

Please give all our love and hugs to Kugan, when you see her.
Tell her how much we all miss her.
Rose75

**gulabjamun** · 21st January 2012, 04:26 PM

Meerra, super recipes. Cooking runs in your family.
I will be trying out all your recipes. They are very easy to follow.
Please give our wishes and regards to Kugan.
We all miss her very much.

**suvai** · 22nd January 2012, 06:31 AM

Hi Meera,
Great news about Kugan....

I am sure she must also be eager to get back to usual routine.....plz pass on...from all the ladies from here......a big group hug...

Butternut squash.....also prepared by me similarly..

dev.....so that particular kettle is the main one that needs to be taken with...when travelling...& of course the ready mix.. packages......

**dev** · 22nd January 2012, 09:25 PM

Tht's right Suvai... u can manage to cook with the usual kettle aswell but will need to be switched on n off freq...This model is very convenient and doesn't need much monitoring once u get the hold of it... Without the ready mix, I doubt if we'll be able to cook much... seasoning can't be done in the kettle I guess...never tried it so far... Actually the ready mixes are very handy...the rasam powder and upma mix is a big hit at home... I make rasam out of the instant mix atleast once a week... Sambar powder-I made a batch without the dhal... Just cook dhal, vegs,tomato(all put together in a cooker) and then add the mix and give a nice boil.. quick sambar...