Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year.
Here is a cake that I created today. Why this theme? Well, I wanted to create the famous Harbor bridge-Opera house in Sydney, with all the fireworks. Its my husband’s favorite place in the world(after India). He saw the new year celebrations there in 2004 and he is crazy about it. He still remembers each and every bit of it. So I wanted to have that on a cake (may be not a great idea). As I started, I felt it was extremely difficult to create such an effect on cake. But I think finally it turned out to be a decent cake :).
The happiest moments of 2007 for me was when my parents were here with us and we traveled with them. I will always remember 2007 for this. Career wise also this year was good because we both got the work which we always wanted to do. I could work on many of my passions – cake decorating, crocheting, paper quilling, painting etc. I hope I will be able to continue them.
Thanks a lot for all the support you all have shown me this year. I hope you all will continue to give your love and support to this blog in the coming year.
I had promised long ago that I would post these simple poha dishes that are very popular in Konkani homes. These are basically 10 minute dishes and no cooking involved. Just mix( kalayi in Konkani) all the ingredients with fresh coconut and thin poha and the job is done. These pohas were very popular in any Konkani wedding/function breakfasts, but in the recent times over the last decade or so people have started preparing more fashionable/modern breakfasts.
I think the kalayile (mixed with hand) phovu was chosen because this is fast to prepare and are very filling. These are staple foods for those who do a lot of manual work.
This particular type of kalayile (mixed with hand) phovu is known after my maternal uncle ( maam ) at my home. He is called Balu at home, so we all call this after him – Balu phovu . That’s because he is very fond of this and he would ask my aayi to prepare this whenever he came to visit us. He loves this more than any other snacks and he can have it at any time of the day :).
Check out kalayile phovu with special poha masala powder . There are ofcourse other types of poha, and soon I will be posting them in this series of Poha preparations.
Ingredients: 1 cup thin poha 1/2 tea spn mustard seeds 1/2 tea spn cumin seeds 1/2 tea spn ghee 1 tea spn chili powder 1/2 tea spn turmeric powder 1/2 cup fresh/frozen coconut 2 tea spn jaggery Salt
Method: Heat ghee and add mustard seeds. When they start popping, add cumin seeds. Switch off heat and add chili powder. Pour this over coconut, jaggery, salt and mix well with hand. Now add poha and mix till everything is well mixed. If you feel it is very dry, add a tea spn water and mix. Water softens the poha . Serve with sev .
Serves : 2-3 Preparation time : 10mins
