Its a shower again!

I feel so happy and appreciated when you my dear friends pass me awards which is very encouraging and thank you very much for remembering me.
I am passing this on to :-

Vidya of Vibaas and Malar Gandhi of Kitchen Tantra have passed me the Perfect Blend of Friendship Award.










Malar Gandhi of Kitchen Tantra has passed me quite a few awards too. Kreative Blogger Award, Great Buddy Award and 360 Foodie Award.

Pesaret & An Award

First let me wish all of you a belated Diwali and hope that all of you had a good time too. I am back on the blog after almost a month. Had been a little too busy, first with Diwali prep and the festival itself, then had friends over from Austin(great couple Somu & Pavi) and in between had been taking my son for his swimming classes which turned out to be a failure. He used to love the pool and now scared of it and he would do anything to stay away from it, poor thing. Even on his way bck from school he keeps telling me in the car, "Amma, pool poie venna" (Don't wanna go to the pool).

And it feels great to start again with an award from Vidhas of Appetizing Recipes. She is a wonderful blogger with amazing entries and she has passed me the Inspiration Award.Thanks a lot dear Vidhas for thinking of me. I would now love to pass it on to,
Mansi, Lothika,Deepa,Cham, Harini, JZ, Divya,Priti,Sra,Meeso and Ramya .

Coming back to the recipe for today, this is the first time I am making it. My mom-in-law is a wonderful cook and she makes a lot of south indian dishes which I am yet to learn from her and seriously I am a big fan of her food. The complement my husband gave me was that it tasted almost like hers which made me feel I was on top of the world....
Pesaret - a regular tiffin at my inlaws, is a favorite of mine. My mother-in-law taught me the recipe and it is one of the most easiest dishes that one can cook. Pesaret is nothing but dosa made with moong dhal / paasi paruppu and a very healthy and filling dish too..By using ginger in it, digestion is faster and dhal is full of protien so a healthy dinner or breakfast and my son eats it without making a fuss and now thats a relief...

Ingredients :-
Moong dhal - 2 cups
Idli rice - 3/4 cup
Ginger - 2inch piece
Green chilies - 4 or as per spice required
Curry leaves - a few
Salt to taste


Method:-
1. Soak the dhal and rice together for 2 to 3 hours
2. Grind it fine with all the above ingredients by adding water as required.
3. Make it into a thin batter a little thinner than for dosa.
4. Heat tava and when hot pour a ladle of the flour and make it just like dosa by adding a few drops of gingelly oil over it before turning it.
5. Serve hot with coconut chutney or pickle and curd.

Awards!

Back from my trip and I get two awards from my dear friends and wonderful bloggers,Shri, Nithu and I were neighbors( until I moved to Miami) and we are still good friends and met Shriya through Nithu.

Shri of Eminent Life has passed on an award "Beautiful Site Award"
to me, ThanQ Shri for sharing it with me..
I would like to pass on the "Beautiful Site Award" to -


Sangeeth of Art of Cooking Indian Food
Rashmi of DelhiBelle
Mansi of Fun and Food
Maheswari of Beyond the Usual


Nithu and Shriya of SpicyTasty also passed a wonderful award "Wylde Woman Award" to me, thanx to you too...

The rules of this award are:1.You can give it to one or one hundred or any number in between - it’s up to you. Make sure you link to their site in your post
2. Link back to this blog site http://tammyvitale.typepad.com/ Tammy can go visit all these wonderful men and women and remember the Purpose of the Award: To send love and acknowledgment to men and women, who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy.

The "Wylde Woman Award" gets passed on to -

Sowmya of Creative Saga
Hetal of Isha's Kitchen
Sagari of Indian Cooking
Mythreyee of Paajaka
SunshineMom of TongueTicklers




Happy Blogging to All of You!

Award!

My first award was given to me last week by Shriya and Nithu of SpicyTasty. I haven't met Shriya but Nithu has been my friend for a while now. It was nice to feel appreciated and it felt great too! These two girls have been friends for a long time and i hope they remain the same forever. Thank you both for forwarding me this award .