Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Goodbye 2010 and Welcome 2011

I bid sweet farewell to 2010 and welcome the new year with hope and smile this year I like everyone faced joys tribulations agony happiness joy laughter and thank Lord for he has given us a year of anticipation I hope following year will be be good and I will be the change Lord wants me to be Jesus and our heavenly father I ask for forgiveness for my shortcoming I havent be a good child this year but I promise to be good or atleast better than before, hep me Lord to become a good child and better human being and also help me with my vocatin I want to apply for my  foreign visa and improve work prospects in a foreign land help me lord to gain gainful employment this coming year and make able to fulfill others dreams in a process fulfill your universal dream peace love joy and happiness for this I make my humble prayer to Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.


Sunday, December 26, 2010

Christmas has brought baby Jesus into my home

Christmas festival has showered blessing of love joy and peace and thus baby Jesus comes into my home and my family welcomes this divine bundle of joy with open arms also love this cool winter season which is so serene and is full of hope joy and laughter. Christmas season brings us happiness and pure joy which comes on seeing new hope in the form of divine child Jesus who god send has a hope for mankind. 

Monday, December 13, 2010

Christmas Season about to begin let us welcome our Lord Jesus Christ Son of God

Christmas season is around the corner we are soon to going to welcome the Lord Jesus Son of God and Messiah of mankind who has taken the form of flesh and body and has become  a human baby born to  theVirgin Mary and Joseph a simple family  to experience life of human beings and we has humans have erred him so we ask forgiveness for our sins and promise to be good human beings and we all welcome our true king our saviour Lord Jesus who will be born once again this time not in Bethlehem but should be born in our hearts are we ready to welcome the Lord has baby Jesus is busy knocking the door of our hearts are we ready to listen to him I guess we are more busy with our wordly life and its whims and fancies that we forget to spend time with own families when will we have time for our Lord if we can remove time for all things I am sure we can remove a few minutes to thank the Lord who has given us so many countless gifts and most precious gift from them is the gift of his only son Lord Jesus who became man and who sacrificed himself so that we can enjoy wordly pleasures. Let us all make it a promise from this very moment to thank our heavenly father for giving us all the precious gifts we have and for little that we lack let us pray to God that one day we will be able to make ourselves proud to be the sons and daughters of our heavenly father ABBA by practcising daily what his son Jesus has taught  us" that is to love one another has I have loved you" these words of wisdom of Jesus is  true in todays times of hatred jealously power egos deceit greed violence abuse anarchy against all evils which is present in the world Lord save us make us strong enough to fight the forces of evil please Lord we need your love courage and strength to fight evil which ruling in everyones hearts God help me to be your disciple and let us all be able to worship God in our hearts and minds and fight for humanity and peace in this world Lord we make this pray in name of Jesus christ your son my Lord AMEN

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Winter food for the soul

Winter is season to experiment has weather is cool and one can prepare hot meals for family and friends especially grilled food and hot piping tea coffee soups and milk based drinks are a must in every household I will be sharing some of my winter family delicacies with all of you shortly. I hope you will make them and enjoy them has they do in my family. Winter according to me is time to be cosy in a blanket having piping hot cocoa in one hand and eating freshly oven baked cookies in the other. I also like to have chai with namkeen and piping hot snacks. Soon I will be writing some recipes till then enjoy winter time holidays and seasons greetings to all of you I am antcipating for a new year blast also christmas isnt far Yipeeeeeeeee my favourite season has come.

Winter Soup for the soul
 Ingredients :
1 cup boiled chicken
1 cup boiled macroni
1 onion chopped finely
1 tsp garlic chopped finely
1 tsp ginger grated
1 tsp mixed dry herbs
1 cup chopped tomato
2 tsp coriander leaves
1/2 tsp pepper
1 seasoning cube
2 tsp butter
2 tsp oil
salt to taste
3 cups  water
Method :
In saucepan pour in oil and butter and add garlic and ginger then add onion  fry till turns light brown then add tomatoes add dry herbs, spices and seasoning then add chicken and fry for 2min then add  macroni pasta and water and boil and add coriander leaves and serve piping hot with garlic butter bread.

Hot chocolate milk
Ingredients :
500ml boil milk mixed with 2 tsp of cocoa
2 tsp fresh whipped cream for garnish
2 tsp chocolate syrup
2 tsp chocolate liquoer or brandy
Method :
In a bowl add above ingredients and mix well with blender and serve hot by garnishing with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

Pakoras
Ingredients :
1 cup paneer cut into strips
1 cup capsicum strips
1 cup babycorn strips
1 cup cauliflower flowrets
1 cup potato slices
1 cup brinjal slices
1 cup bhindi also stuffed with chilly powder and amchoor
1 cup bhavanagri chillies stuffed chilly powder and amchoor
2 cup besan
1/2 cup riceflour
1/2 cup wheat flour
water added for batter consistency
salt to taste
1/2 tsp ajwain
1/2 tsp haldi
1/2 tsp jeera
oil for deep frying
Method :
In a kadai boil oil till ready for frying  and then  in a bowl mix besan and dry spices and  2tsp hot oil for mohan  then dip the veges in the batter and deep fry till crisp serve with ketchup and green chutney

Masala Chai
Ingredients for Chai masala :
20 gm white pepper
20 gm soonth
100 gm black pepper
10 gm cinnammon
20 elachi
10 gm nutmeg
Roast and grind above ingredients into fine powder and yield is 200gm
Ingredients for Chai :
1 cup water
1 tsp grated ginger
2 tsp tea leaves
2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp chai masala
1 glass milk
6-7 mint leaves
Method :
In a saucepan boil water and add tea leaves and boil then add the above ingredients and boil for 2 min and strain tea and serve piping hot  with pakoras

Til or Sesame Laddoo
Ingredients :
1 cup white sesame or Til roasted
1/2 cup black sesame roasted
1/4 cup jaggery
1 tbsp sesame oil or desi ghee
1/2 tbsp soonth powder
1/2 tbsp gantola powder
1 tbsp magaz or melon seeds
1 tbsp Badam
Method :
In a kadai add ghee or oil and melt jaggery  then add soonth and gontola powder then add roasted sesame and add badam and mix well then remove from flame and keep to cool on a greased tray then when cooled make balls and serve.

Handi Biryani 
Ingredients :
1 tbsp ghee
1tsp whole spices mixture of  bayleaf cloves cinnamon and elachi
1 onion chopped finely
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp kitchen king masala
pinch of haldi
1/2 tsp pepper powder
1 tbsp red chilly powder
1 tbsp kasoori methi
3 tomatoes chopped
1 1/2 cup mixed boiled vegetables or  2 cups cooked chicken pieces
1 tsp green chilly chopped
6-7  cloves and piece of coal in a vati add tsp of ghee
1 cup cooked rice 
Method :
In a nonstick handi add ghee and whole spices then add onion and fry till brown then add ginger garlic pastes and all dry spices then tomatoes and fry till leaves oil then add kasoori methi and vegetables and add then give a smoke effect to vegetable by keeping vati wih hot coal on it putting cloves adding ghee to it then cover the handi and give them for 2 min then remove the vati with tongs and add rice and split green chillies and coriander and pudina leaves and tsp of ghee and  2 -3 tsp kesar dissolved iwater for flavour and close handi with lid and keep to cook for 2-3 min on fast flame and 3-4 min on slow flame. Serve with raita

Carrot Halwa 
Ingredients :
1 kg  carrot
250 ml milk 
250 gm sugar
1tsp elachi
1/2 cup dryfruits
1 cup desi ghee
Method :
In a kadai add ghee then add carrot and fry till water dries then add sugar and milk and dryfruits and cook  till the mixture leaves sides add elachi and close flame and garnish with dryfruits and serve hot.



Monday, December 6, 2010

Cold Winter comes knocking in December

Hi friends winter its time of the year for fun and family  time where everyone is joyous but this time I am sad and  I have lost the zeal and enthusiasm has stress and worries are encircling my life there is sadness in my heart how I wish and pray there came an angel and solved  all my tension or else I will be lost in this wave of darkness right now there is no light in this dark tunnel my heart is aching I wish I wasnt alive to bare this suffering oh Lord where are you dad your child is crying and has lost all hope to continue please forgive your child Lord and please come back into my life and to rule my heart Lord Jesus your child will not survive without you come to me my lord and saviour. Please help me win today it will give me new zeal of life and new begining for change within myself so that I can be the change that the lord expects me to be God willing I will come  has a winner today for the sake of all those hopeless souls who need a voice I shall be that voice and change Lord this is a promise I make to myself and my creator please trust in me I make this humble prayer to God. AMEN