Roti Upma ~ Waghereli Rotli and an Award

The one thing I hate is wasting food or throwing food. In India maids comes to our rescue, as we can give them our leftovers, but here in UK or in any place abroad you dont have such privilege and where everything comes with an expiry date you have to be cautious. But this turns out to be blessing in disguise as you give trouble to your grey cells and come up with a new dish from leftovers. One such leftover miracle is Roti Upma or Waaghereli Rotli in Gujarati.
I have grown up seeing my granny, mom, aunt making this dish whenever there were leftover Rotis at our place. In Gujarati household you will not see anyone having morning stale food even at night, so using one day leftovers is out of question. Even simple snacks or breakfast has to be hot and freshly prepared. Since phulka roti is a staple diet in every Gujarati and Indian Household, I am sure this dish really comes to our rescue. Its easy to make with minimum ingredients.

Ingredients:
5 - 6 Leftover Rotis
1 Chopped Onions
2 Tablespoon Curd
1 Tablespoon of Green Chilli - Ginger Paste
1 Teaspoon of Mustard seeds
1 Teaspoon of Coriander and Cumin seed powder
1/2 Teaspoon of Turmeric powder
Pinch of Asafoedita
2 - 3 Curry leaves
Chopped Corianders
Salt to taste
11/2 Cups of Water
Oil

Method:
1. Tear leftover rotis in to small pieces.

2. Now take a bowl, add curd and water and make a butter milk consistency.
3. Add salt, Green Chilli-Ginger paste and pieces of rotis in it. Soak the rotis in this buttermilk mixture for 10 - 15 minutes. Rotis will soak the buttermilk mixture.

4. Heat the vessel with the oil, add pinch of asafoedita, mustard seeds and curry leaves. When Mustard seeds starts spluttering add chopped Onions and saute them till they are translucent.
5. Add coriander-cumin seed powder, turmeric powder and mix with the onions. Add the soaked roti mixture in the onion mixture and mix properly.
6. Cook for 5 minutes, or till the buttermilk is fully absorbed.
7. Your Roti Upma is ready, garnish it with chopped coriander and serve it hot.

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Butterfly Award

Priya of Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes , Sripriya of Srikar's Kitchen and Gita of Gita's Kitchen has passed me this lovely ' Butterfly Award ', Thanks Priya, Sripriya and Gita for considering me for this lovely award.

The rules of the award are: Put the logo on your blog. Add a link to the person who awarded you. Nominate 10 other blogs Add links to those blogs on yours, and leave a message for your nominees on their blogs. I am happy to pass on this award to my fellow blogger friends

Priti
Rekha
Madhavi
Sujatha
Bhawna
Anudivya
VP
Gita
Jaishree
Raaji

Congratulation Gals!!

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Crumpet Canopes and long awaited Awards

I had a packet of Crumpets lying in my fridge from almost 2 days and wanted to utilise the same before it expires. Now one would like to know Crumpets, well a Crumpet is savoury bread made from flour and yeast. It is eaten mainly in United Kingdom.It's a cross between a pancake and an "English" muffin (American). It's the size of a muffin, but it's made from a batter that is poured into a ring mold on the top of a hot griddle. It has a smooth side and when ready and flipped, all the bubbles that rose to the top before now burst and create lots of holes for the butter and jam to melt down into. You don't slice a crumpet and it is best toasted. Some, especially in the north of England, call crumpets muffins, while others, particularly in the Midlands call them pikelets (a much thinner and bigger version of a crumpet)

I wanted to have something light for the dinner, so decided to make Crumpet Canopes and Cabbage and Mushroom Cream Soup from available veggies in my Refrigerator. These are best for picnics and can be served as a good healthy snacks.

Ingredients:
6 Crumpets
8 Chopped Mushrooms
5 Chopped Baby corns
1 Small Chopped Capsicum
1 Medium sized Onion
1 Small Tomatoes
1 Tablespoon of Ginger-garlic paste
1 Teaspoon of Oregano and Basil
Salt to taste
Butter

Method:
1. Heat the vessel with the butter. Add ginger - garlic paste and saute Onions in this mixture.
2. Add tomatoes and saute for 1/2 a minute, dont allow the it to become too watery.
3. Add capsicum, baby corns and mushrooms along with salt, basil and oregano and let it cook for 1 minute.
4. Apply butter to the crumpets and spread the cooked Capsicum, baby corns and mushroom fillings on the top.
5. Bake the crumpets in the Oven for 10 mInutes on 180 degree celcius.
6. Serve it hot with any soup and Mayonise.

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Due to Krishna and Ganesh Chaturthi Event, I was not able to include many awards circulated on blogsphere. I have tried and included all the awards, apologize if I tend to forget few awards and include any names.

Paru, Priti Sowmya and Dershana has passed this token of appreciation, I am glad that my piece of work inspires her and it is appreciated by her. Thank you for these wonderful words, this encourages me to serve better.

Lubna, Madhavi and EC has passed me the Perfect Blend of Friendship award, thank you gals for considering me your dear friend and sharing your Trust, Kindness, Honesty and Caring for me.

Divya has passed me Wylde woman award

I was late in acknowledging these awards and I am sure these awards are received by all, hence I am not bombarding your blog with these awards again... :)

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