Sweet and Sour Prawn Curry!

Hello Friends!!

I hope you are all well and enjoying cooking.
Do you call yourself a foodie? If yes? tell me one quality which you think is a quality of a foodie and only a fellow foodie can understand it?

Well for me the first and foremost quality is having the urge to have something good and different everyday. It's been more than two years since we are married, but my husband and I have never repeated a dish for two consecutive dinners. That for me is one of the quality. haha :)

Okay.. lets talk cooking now.
The recipe I bring to you today finds its origin in the south of India. I think its Mangalorian but I am not sure.

Its a simple prawn recipe in a tangy curry. The prawns in the recipe can be replaced with other seafood as soft boneless fish and also squids.

The ingredients of the recipe are as follows

Ingredients:

1	Peeled uncooked Prawns	12 to 15
2	Onions	1 Big
3	Tamarind	1/4 cup
4	Jaggery	1/8 cup
5	Fish stock	1 cube
6	Fish masala(optional)	1 tsp
7	Turmeric	1 tsp
8	Garam masala powder	1 tsp
9	Coriander powder	1 tsp
10	Curry leaves	10
11	Mustard seeds	1 tsp
12	Fenugreek seeds	1 tsp
13	Salt	to taste
14	Water	3/2 cups
15	Oil	2 tbsp

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds to it.
   
2. After they have popped, add fenugreek seeds.
   
3. Add onions, curry leaves, salt and saute.
   
4. When onions are light brown add  turmeric, fish masala, coriander powder and garam masala and stir until the masala is cooked.
   
5. Add prawns and cook until pink.
   
6. Boil some water and add tamarind and jaggery to it until both melt.
7. Sieve the water and add to the pan.
8. Crush and add the fish stock.
9. Add more water if needed.
10. Let everything come to a boil.

• Remember do not cook for too long otherwise the prawns will get hard and chewy.
• Enjoy this tangy curry with rice :)

Movie review.. Theory of Everything!

Theory of everything is a nicely executed script of the life of the renowned scientist Stephen Hawking.

The movie is pictured in the late 60's and revolves around the challenges, hardships, love and life of the scientist.

The actor Eddie Redmayne has done a wonderful job in portraying himself as Stephen.
To an extent that you even forget how Stephen Hawking looks like and start believing that he is the real Stephen Hawking. No wonder he won the Golden Globe award for the role.

All the other actors have also done their part well.

The only thing which I found negative about the movie was, the story was not that gripping.
It was less about the struggle and achievements and more about the love life, which lost my interest for a while.

But that doesn't mean that you should skip the movie at all
From me it is a must watch.

Hope you'll enjoy it. :)

Winter Warmer.. Til Laddoos

Hey! Everyone

I know its cold and you all must be couching in your sofas and beds doing nothing :)
Well thats what winters are for so don't feel guilty about it.

There's one more thing I like winters for and that is fooood.. You can have so much food, good food, warm food.

So here I bring to you one more recipe which would keep you warm in winters.
Til Laddoos in which Til means Sesame and Laddoos are small sweet balls.
And guess what?? I have got pictures of very step to help you even more.

To make these super simple laddoos you need

Ingredients:

1	White Sesame (Til)	2 cups
2	Jaggery	1 cup
3	Water	1/2 cup
4	Ghee	1 tablespoon
5	Cardamom Powder	2 pinches

 Method:

1. Dry roast the Sesame in a pan and keep it aside.

2. Boil water and add add jaggery to it, continue mixing until jaggery melts.

3. Add the roasted sesame, ghee and cardamom and stir.

4. Continue stirring until there is no more water left and the ghee has left sides.

5. Remove on a greased paper and allow to cool.

6. After half an hour take a little portion of the mixture in your hands and roll it into a ball.

7. Enjoy!!

You can store these in a dry box for at least 10 days.
Have them each day with hot milk. It'll keep you warm and boost your immunity as well.
I hope you'll enjoy these Til Laddoos as much as my husband and I do.

Until next time.. Cyaaa