When idli and sambhar becomes a luxury

Idli with yummy sambhar

I had never thought that simple things will become luxury in life.....some things as common as Idli and Sambhar has become luxury in my life...I had to make Idli and Sambhar myself from those pre-mix food packets, sadly non of the restaurants sell Idli's in the city...Dosa and sambhar is available but the sambhar tastes yucks. I am looking fwd to my next trip out of the city when I will get to have Sambhar to my hearts content :)

Recipe- Mong dal with cauliflower

Mong Dal with cauliflower:
Serves-2
Ingredients:
1.100 gm (One small cup) Mong dal
2.4 green chilies.
3.Califlower (One small size, make 10-12 pieces)
4. Salt to taste.
Method:
-Roast the mong dal till the color changes to light brown (Do not over roast it and do not use any oil/ghee).
-Wash the cauliflowers and keep it aside.
-Wash the roasted mong dal.
-Pressure cook it the dal and add a little extra water and 2 pinch of turmeric powder, cook for abt 10 mins in high flame and 5 mins in low flame.
-Heat oil in a non stick kadhai, add the green chillies and the califlower, cook on medium flame and once the cauliflower is half cooked add the mong dal.
-Cook on medium flame, add salt to taste and garnish with corinder leaves.

Trust me its very yummy annd good for veg days. Team it up with aloo-chokha,

A yummy dinner

Yesterday after a long time, I prepared a meal all felow meitei food lovers will be jealous to even hear...living closer to home state has its own advantages..I recently got my stock of "maroi nakuppi", loklei, ngari and other veggies from home. I had nga thongba, maroi nakuppi fried witg nga thumyakpi and loklei iromba...potato's used for iromba were those red and small ones...that I got from local market. It was real yummy dinner...and I must say I had a good sleep yesterday...

About Manipur

I was born and brought up in Imphal (Manipur)....having lived there for most part of my life I have wonderful memories associated with it and the places I travelled with my dad and  frens. One of my most memorable trips in Manipur was with my dad, one village in Ukhrul dist. I do not rem. the name of the village I stayed with dad for abt a Month during my summer vacation. We did tracking...visited manys villages ...for the first time in my life I saw a real apple tree...beautiful churches with lovely rose garden (I still rem. the velvet like petals)....and fog in the month of May/June....I also visited Nungbi, the village in ukhral with the famous black pottery...recently I saw a range of products at Dilli Haat from Nungbi village, coffee mugs, paper weight, plates,soup bowls, tea-cup set and a lot more items, I think an NGO is facilitating the production and marketing.

Wherever I live I still miss Imphal alot...no matter how bad the situation are...its home...sweet home.

The world of blogging

So here starts the day of talking abt what I really enjoy and love...travelling and food. More blogs and interesting things will follow...