About Me

I am a home maker, wife of a wonderful husband, Ramesh Kumar and mom of the most lovable baby, Tania. I love cooking and trying out new recipes.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Inroduction to my Cookbook (My Special Chilli Paste and 3 in 1 Paste)

Hi friends,


I am going to make this short and simple.                                   



I use chilli paste and onion,garlic,ginger paste for many of my recipes.
If you have these Special Pastes stored for use, you will be able to prepare and cook
most of the dishes that I am going to share in 30 minutes!
Yeah , just 1/2 hour!


Here is how you can prepare and store them :



My Special Chilli Paste:   
(Awakens your taste buds)


Ingredients
  • 1 big onion
  • 4 small pieces of ginger
  • 10 pieces of garlic
  • 1 small packet of dried red chilli (4 oz)
  • 1 cup of water


Method:
  1. Chop the onion, garlic and ginger into small pieces
  2. Cut the chillis into halves, soak them in hot water for 30 mins
  3. Rinse the red chillis in running cold water and set a side for 5 mins in a colander to let chilli seeds to seep through
  4. Add all the chopped ingredients , red chilli and 1 cup of water and grind into a smooth paste
  5. Stop and add a little water at a time, if paste is too thick.
  6. Pour in air tight container. Pour a little oil on top of paste. This will help preserve the paste for at least 2 weeks. Refrigerate.






My Special 3 in 1 Paste
(Simple yet adds asian flavor to dishes)









Ingredients
  • 1 big onion chopped
  • 5 pieces of ginger chopped
  • 10 pieces of garlic chopped
  • 1 cup of water
Method
  1. Add all the ingredients and grind into a smooth paste
  2. Stop and add a little water at a time, if paste is too thick.
  3. Pour in air tight container. Pour a little oil on top of paste. This will help preserve the paste for at least 2 weeks. Refrigerate.

Introduction to my Family and Mself

Hi everyone ,

My name is Vishali. I am a full time mommy and home maker. My husband and I relocated to Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, USA about 10 months ago.He is working for the Singapore Airforce and is posted here fo 2 years. My angel Tania was borned her. She is a healthy, bubbly and lovable baby. We have a 4 legged baby too. His name is Rocky. He is the ever young, 8 year old chihuhua. My  simple , low profiled happy family of 4, love travelling and eating.

 Cooking has always been my favorite past time as I love to host people. Many of my relatives, friends and neighbours who I had hosted ,appreciated my food and came back to me for the recipe.
It really gives me true joy to share these recipes with them. I have just started a blog to share recipes that I love cooking and also some really mouth watering recipes that are passed down to me especially by my Mom, Godma, relatives, neighbours and friends. Try my recipes and give me your frank opinions and comments. I welcome any kind of feedback.