A Perfect Breakfast but a not so Perfect Day

Making an absolutely fresh beginning, starting off with a clean slate is amazingly simple. But it surprises me how difficult it is to take up again, what you had started a while ago, especially when snow is creating a havoc all over Europe! Its tough to get back to what you once were!

At the news first; I was very excited to shift to another country...another city ......... Already 2 weeks in this Metro city; Gothenburg in Sweden and still not able to settle down here. Highly disappointed at the first impression of this city....but may be I should blame the weather out here as the city is completely blanketed under heavy snow. Visiting Nordstan (one of the largest shopping mall in Scandinavia..... :-( or at least what they say) does not excite me and I bring myself to comparing it to My Zeil ( Shopping Mall in Frankfurt) , I keep saying it is the biggest. 

A little over one and half years back when I got out of the aircraft and collected my bags at the Frankfurt International Airport, I had no clue its going to be so tough bidding goodbye to this city (Russelsheim near Frankfurt; where I lived). I still remember the not very impressive  view of Russelsheim as we approached from the airport but felt at home immediately after a day or two. The same view today makes me feel completely at home (now when I go through the old pics), its almost queer how I could get used to anything in such a short span.

Maybe everyone has to go through something like that once in their lives and maybe its all for the good.......... the only thing I knew then,  its sure going to be tough ........for more reasons than one.......the final ride to the airport on Dec. 4th!

Anyway, Now that I have blurted out everything here ( and I feel lighter)...Let me begin with the perfect yet simple breakfast recipe............Corn and Spinach Sandwich.....so read on.....

Bread (of your choice White / Brown), Butter, Salt & Pepper, Cheese (Slice/ Grated), Bolied potato, Spinach leaves shredded, Boiled corn, Finely chooped onion is all that you need....

1. Mix in boiled and mashed potato, corn and spinach leaves. Add salt and pepper.

2. Now heat a tsp. of butter and saute onion till translucent. ( I like onion in this mixture; you can skip it if you want)

3. Once the onion becomes translucent, add the spinach and corn mixture and give it a stir for 2-3 mins. Remove.

4. Apply butter on the bread and on one slice apply this mixture pressing it so that it does not spill out from the bread.

5. Place cheese slice/ grated cheese on to it and cover it with another buttered bread.

6. Grill it nicely till the skin becomes golden brown and serve hot.

 

Back with Vegetable Manchurian

A big hello to everyone! I am back on the bloggo-sphere and I missed you all very much. I had been checking all your blogs for lovely and lip-smacking posts all this while but could not post anything on the blog. I am still in the settling stage right now so may not be able to be as active; as I was earlier for some more time but still would be posting some recipes that I have clicked.

Before I begin I would like to thank Aipi and Akila for sharing the Participation card and an award respectively. Check out the lovely round-up they have posted on their blogs for their events; the links are as follows-

http://usmasala.blogspot.com/2010/12/virtual-party-beverages-roundup.html

http://akilaskitchen.blogspot.com/2010/12/dish-name-starts-with-c-side.html

 

 

and now coming back to my Manchurian post......lets take a look at what all goes in it........

Cabbage leaves 2 cups

Carrots 2
Ginger-Garlic,finely chopped 1 tbsp

Green capsicum 1 medium

Salt to taste

Refined flour 1/4 cup

Cornflour 1/4 cup

Oil to deep fry

For Sauce:-

Oil 2 tablespoons

Ginger-Garlic,finely chopped 1 tbsp

Green chillies, finely chopped 3
Onion finely chopped 1 medium
Spring onions with greens, finely chopped 1/2 cup

Soy sauce 2 tablespoons

Sugar 1 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Vegetable stock/Water 2 1/2 cups

Cornflour 3 tablespoons

Vinegar 1 tablespoon

For Manchurian Balls:-

1. Reserve spring onion greens for garnish.
2. Roughly churn cabbage, carrot and green capsicum in a blender; do not make into a fine paste.
3. Remove it in a microwave bowl; add salt. Microwave it for 10 mins mixing after every 2-3 mins.
4. Let it cool down completely and then add ginger-garlic, corn flour, all purpose flour, soya sauce. Adjust salt and mix everything.

6.Shape into lemon sized balls.

7. Heat sufficient oil and deep-fry vegetable balls in small batches for three to four minutes on medium heat or until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper.

For Sauce:-
1. Mix three tablespoons of cornflour in one cup of water.
2. Heat two tablespoons of oil and stir fry the ginger-garlic half a minute.
3. Add the onion, green chillies and stir-fry for half a minute more. Add soy sauce, sugar and salt.
4. Stir in vegetable stock/water and bring to a boil. Stir in cornflour mixture and cook for a couple of minutes or until the sauce starts to thicken, stirring continuously. Switch off the gas.

5. Add the fried vegetable balls and mix well. keep it covered for about 15 mins so that the balls will absorb the sauce.

6. Serve hot, garnished with the reserved spring onion greens.