MASH @ Besant Nagar

So finally I went to much praised, critically acclaimed MASH at Besant Nagar...how did i like it? Errr hmm ..Let me put it this way ..My mom raised me such that if i dont have any thing nice to say i dont say anything at all ...

Fiery Fotato

Hot chocolate

Kalamari Fritters

Kalamari with Lemon garlic butter sauce

chicken sizzler

MASH

~Fin~

 Ok I admit I m kinda sorta very disappointed given that I've heard soooooooooo much about this place..

Sampoorna @ Besant Nagar

I've heard a lot about this tiny lil place called MASH located at Besant nagar beach, so after much planning  (unsuccessful planning) :P Botu and I decided to go to MASH for a quick bite after work, however when we reached there and walked up  to the restaurant we saw a sleepy guy with a hammer and some turned down tables and chairs :( apparently they were renovating ..LOL Just perfect timing , oh well that was not a Bummer not even close, cos if u have been to Besi beach u wud know that it is sprawling with eat outs and new restuarents, so we decided to go to this tiny lil place called Sampoorna for some Kappi and Snacks ..

Chicken Panniyaram and Onion Chutney

 Since i came back from Karaikudi I have been craving for Panniyaram so i ordered some hot and spicy chicken panniyaram. 

Aloo Bonda

Botu has  turned veggie so she ordered some Hot and crispy Aloo Bonda :)

 I love what they have done to the walls of Sampoorna, its soo bright and beautiful.

Interesting sink 

My cup of Filter Kappi  :)

Sampoorna is located right next to MASH at Besi beach, do visit it and i assure u'll enjoy the food :)

Sampoorna at Besant Nagar beach



Nice & easy home style chicken curry

A friend of mine asked me a recipe for simple and easy chicken curry .. 2 weeks back so I prepared a nice chicken curry the very next day, clicked pix and decided to post it, however my trusty personal lappy had other plans!! It crashed and refused to get fixed so I went without internet at home i.e. No FB & Blogging for 2 weeks, yes i survived, anyways back to the chicken curry so this is about two weeks late :P bare with me peeps more posts coming soon :)

Home style Chicken curry

Lets start with 1/4 kg of chicken, it serves 2.

Ingredients 

2 big onions finely chopped

2 medium size tomatoes finely chopped

10 cloves garlic and 1 inch ginger crushed

2 spoons yogurt 
5 baby potatoes slit in halves

For seasoning 2-3- cloves, a small cinnamon stick

Ingredients

Marinate the chicken

Wash and drain the chicken pieces, add the following ingredients, marinate and keep aside for 1/2 hour..

• a few pinches of turmeric
• 2 teaspoons of curd
• 1 spoon of garlic and ginger paste
• 2 spoons of chilli powder and 
• 1/2 spoon crushed pepper
• Sprinkle some salt 
• Sqeeze half a lemon

Marinated Chicken

Procedure

• Heat a kadai, add 4-5 spoons of oil, add cinnamon and cloves and fry 
• Add the chopped shallots, curry leaves and fry 
• Add the marinated chicken pieces and baby potatoes and fry for 10 minutes

Chicken Curry in Progress

• Add the tomatoes and reduce flame (Adding tomatoes later allows the colour to be bright red)



Chicken curry in progress

• Add salt and chilli powder and reduce the flame
• Let it cook for another 15 minutes and remove from flame 
• Serve with Idly, Dosa, Rice or Simple and Easy home made Briyani

Chapatti and chicken curry

Mutton Briyani, Chicken Curry and Raita

Ensoi!!!

Paniyaram~O~Paniyaram !

A few days back while planing for a rather official mid morning snack for a group of special people from my favourite town we chose to order a much popular chettinadu snack- Paniyaram and Kara Chutney! I had my apprehension as to whether everyone would enjoy it, whether it would get leftover and wasted but I m happy to say I was so wrong!

On the menu were ~
Karapaniyaram Spicy Panniyaram
Inipupaniyaram Sweet Panniyaram
 Karachutney Spicy chutney

Sweet Panniyaram is mildly sweet due to the jaggery in it . It does not need a side dish or a chutney can be eaten like a snack or with a hot cup of coffee or tea! It tastes best when it is hot.

Kara panniyaram is usually bland and tastes somewhat like a roasted idly and hence you need a nice spicy chutney as a side dish.

Spicy chutney made by grinding onions, tomatoes, red chilies with tamarind seasoned with mustard and curry leaves.

Kara chutney and Kuzhipaniyaram a match made it heaven!

More pics of Karapaniyaramm

Karapaniyaram

Sweet paniyaram

Here is how the vessels looked once we were done!


Ain't it the most beautiful site? :)

Power of research~ Lessons from GOOGLE DOODLE

Today was a regular day at work>>> I came in,  log on and went about my activites and  i m stuck with doubts somewhere I resort to my friend/ philosopher and helper at work >>GOOGLE.

 

 

Today's google doodle looked like fresh peas scattered on my screen and just when i thought they 've gone nuts i hovered my cursor over the pea pods it indicated it was Gregor Mendel's 189th Birthday today!

 

For those of u who feel you ve heard of him but can't remember who he was.. Gregor Medel is

• The father of MODERN GENETICS   
• Path breaker/ Pioneer in his field
• Best lesson to the World on perseverance
• My personal hero :) he was introduced to me by my high school Botany teacher 

Mendel was born to a simple peasant family in 18th century, entered priesthood early in life, although a mathematician by education he was a passionate gardener, in fact it was application of his math skills that helped him with Laws of inheritance (later known as Mendel's laws of inheritance).

 

Mendel's discovery about the traits of inheritance was way ahead of his times, in other words no one really understood or appreciated his work in his time when he was alive. However he went about  documenting his work with great sincerity and meticulously noted down every single detail of his research which was preserved in the state library for about (hold your breadth) 100 years!! Yes  my fellow researchers it was exactly 100 years befre Mendel's work was rediscovered by the then popular genetisits Hugo De Vries, Carl Corren and Tshemark .

 

Medel's  research revolutioned the world about 100 years after his death he was crowned father of genetics and every single law we have in inheritance is based on his extensive reasearch.

 

All of us are working in very unique areas of research which have never been explored before, in a way we trying to create a break through with our work and it can be intimidating, and disheartening somtimes when you hit a low point and feel like giving up just remember the story of Mendel and power of research .

 

Great things are bound to happen to those who persevere!