Chilli Idli

Hello Everybody,

Here goes my first recipe post on this blog.

I was thinking of a quick snack for kids. Now that they have their summer vacations, they get bored easily. And, when they get bored, they get hungry :)

I had made 12 idlis for breakfast one day, but then my kids wanted pooris. So, I made pooris for kids and lots of idlis were left over after hubby and I finished our breakfast. I thought I would keep those idlis for dinner, but then evening snacks beckoned the idlis :)

I wanted to make Idli Upma, but then thought of doing something different. So, after browsing through several recipes for Chilli Idli, I came up with my recipe.So, here goes the recipe for Chilli Idli.

Chilli Idli

Ingredients
Idlis: 5-6
Onions: 1-2 chopped finely
Tomatoes: 1 cut into small pieces
Garlic: 5-6 cloves chopped finely
Curry leaves: 5-6 leaves
Oil: 1tbsp
Mustard: 1tsp
Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
Soya sauce: 1/2 tsp
Chilli sauce: 1 tsp
Tomato sauce: 4 tsp
Salt: To taste

Preparation

1. Chop onions, tomatoes, and garlic.
 








 






2. Cut idlis into small bite sized pieces.

3. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
    After the mustard seeds stat spluttering, add curry leaves, onions, garlic, and turmeric powder.

4. After the onions turn translucent, add tomatoes.
   Also, add the tomato sauce, chilli sauce, soya sauce, and salt.

5. Cook well till tomatoes turn mushy. Do not add any water, else the idlis will turn mushy. Check for salt.

6. Add the idli pieces and toss them around so that all pieces are coated with the masala and sauces.

7. Just cook for 4-5 minutes and your Chilli Idli is ready. Transfer to serving bowl and serve.

Tips:

• Usually, chilli idli recipes call for idlis to be deep-fried in oil. But I wanted to keep this healthy for kids, so I did not deep fry the idlis. Kids also liked it this way. If you want, you can deep fry the idlis in oil before making this dish.
• Idlis already have salt in them, so add salt accordingly to the onion tomato mix.

Hope you enjoyed the recipe. Try it out and let me know. If you have a different version, do let me know.

See you all with another post soon, hopefully :)

EyesLipsFace (ELF) Nail Paint - Smokin Hot (Beach Party # 3811)

Last year, I pestered my husband to ask one of his friends in the US to order some items during the Black Friday deals. I selected the items on the ELF web site and my husband's friend ordered it from the US and got it delivered to his place. He handed over the package to me when he came down to India. So, I had ordered products worth $30 because there was an additional offer of 10% off on orders more than $30.  

Today I will be reviewing Smokin Hot from the ELF 3-piece nail polish set called Beach Party. I liked the colors in this set.

(source: www.eyeslipsface.com)

What ELF Says:

Achieve instantly beautiful, healthy-looking nails with these 3-Piece Nail Polish Sets. With 3 gorgeous polish colors in each set, mix and match to create totally unique manicures that best reflect your personal style. The revolutionary bristle design glides color on flawlessly. Infused with active Vitamin E for stronger healthier nails and quick dry formula means a no-mess application. A great value for any nail polish lover!  

Price: $3 for the 3-piece nail polish set.

Beach party has three shades - Coral Dream, Flirty Fuchsia and Smokin Hot. I gave away the first two to my sister and kept the darkest one for myself because I like dark shades.

Smokin Hot is the darkest of the three. It appears coral on the nails, wonder why they named the first one Coral Dream. It is very pigmented and a single swipe is enough for an opaque shiny finish. The bottle is rectangular in shape and so is the cap. So, sometimes the cap doesn’t align properly with the bottle while closing. But the brush is decent, the handle is not long but not too short either. The brush bristles help in giving a flawless finish. 

Here is how it looks on my nails.

 Enjoy the pictures :)

Pros:

• Just $1 J
• One swipe is enough for a good opaque finish
• Brush helps give a flawless and smooth application
• Non-streaky
• Doesn’t chip for around 1 week

Cons:

• Availability is a major issue.
• Cap doesn’t align properly to the bottle sometimes.

Would I repurchase: I got so many ELF nail paints, I would consider once I am done with all my nail paints J

Rating: 4/5

What do you think about ELF nail paints?

My First Post :)

Hi Folks,

So, here comes my first post after a long time of dilly-dallying and sheer laziness.

I will be sharing with you all my thoughts on this, that, and everything :) I had started another blog some 6-7 years back and after 3-4 posts, got so irregular that I forgot the password to my blog and couldn't access it myself :) I hope to be regular on this blog, let's see!

Now, let me think of something really good and interesting for my actual first post.... this is just an introductory post.

So, see you all soon!

Keep reading,
Meera