ORANGE DELIGHT

Few weeks back on one of my regular doctor visit, I simply stumbled upon one of their monthly subscription(don't exactly rem) which has simple columns on diet,baby-stuff, food for moms-to-be, parenting tips,...I was kind of picturing my boy from their fancy ad-pages ...and then slowly my eyes settled on one of those pages...excited enough to lookup for the ingredients. It seemed almost like I have seen this before somewhere other than this magazine ...but where???? Came home Image googled it with name "Orange Dessert" .As a match to my search,I could find sorbet recipe with the same serving style and then this. I clicked on the image...It leaded me to a very colorful blog Mishmash. The recipes ,her style, her attitude really thrilled me...she had a very good blog that i somehow missed all these days... I somehow managed to create a twin of her delight with slight changes...but I guess hers would have been heavenly..Thanks to her.! And thats it...It ended up in my blog with the same cool idea of serving the goodness of orange in halved and scooped-out orange cups. It has akind of creamy texture to it ,with the tangy flavor from oranges making it quite enjoyable esp in this hot season.

INGREDIENTS:

Fresh Orange Juice---------------1 cup(I squeezed from 3 navel oranges)

Whip cream-----------------------1/2 cup or can add more.

Sweetened condensed milk------3-4 tbp or more

Unflavored Gelatin---------------1 tbsp melted in the above orange juice

Any chopped fruit bits------------3 tbp

DIRECTIONS:

1.Whip the cream until it doubles in volume and has nice creamy texture.

2.Add sweetened condensed milk, orange juice ,chopped fruit bits and mix well gently.

3.Adjust the condensed milk if you feel its less sweet. Chill for 5-6 hrs and then serve as desired, either in orange cups or dessert bowls.

AWARDS AND A TAG

Hi All,

Its award and tag time for me..

Hari Chandana has tagged and showered me with these awards.

Thank you Chandana....

Rules :

1. You must thank the person who has given you the award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who has nominated you for the award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate 7 other Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on which of the blogs to let them know they have been nominated.

Coming to the TAG...it ofcourse is fun answering all the 31 questions.

1. What is your current obsession?

Eating Spicy Food cooked by anyone else except me. Haa i dont feel confident cooking anymore..hahaha

2. What are you wearing today?

Night Suit

3. What’s for dinner?

Black-eyed Peas Sundal, Yoplait,2 Chapatis with Moong Dal Curry

4. What’s the last thing you bought?

Chickoo Ice-Cream and few maternity clothes last week.

5. What are you listening to right now?

Nothing. Its quite here

6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?

We both have names with the same meaning

7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?

In a quite Suburb away from the main Hyderabad city.

8. What are your must-have's for summer?

Centralised AC, few cotton attires, Umbrella/Hat

9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?

To India.

10. Which language do you want to learn?

Nothing.

11. What’s your favourite dish?

Biryani, Mudda Pappu with Mango Pickle, Fish Curry....

12. Who do you want to meet right now?

My mom, grandma,...and if possible my baby boy.

13. What is your favourite colour?

Black, Pink

14. What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own closet?

My blue/pink churidar

15. What is your dream job?

To become Microstrategy Administrator.

16. What’s your favourite magazine?

None..

17. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?

Few baby Items maybe...

18. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?

Trendy and Confidence.

19. Who are your style icons?

None.

20. Describe your personal style.?

Simple and elegant.

21. What are you going to do after this?

Go over for a short-walk.

22. What are your favourite movies?

Many to name...

24. What are three cosmetic/makeup/perfume products that you can't live without?

Am not so fond of particular brand products.

23. What inspires you?

Good Music

24. Give us three styling tips that always work for you:

Good matching Earrings/Footwear, Kajal and Lipgloss...your all set to go with any outfit.

25. What do you do when you “have nothing to wear” (even though your closet’s packed)?

Go for sth that I havnt worn in the recent months....Atleast that way you can feel you have sth new to wear.

26. Coffee or tea?

None. Just Milk.

27. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?

Just lie down.

28. What is the meaning of your name?

Moon light.

29. Which other blogs you love visiting?

I Love visiting all the blogs but coulnt find time.

30. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?

Bakshalu/Puran poli, Rasmalai.

31. Favorite Season ?

Rainy

The rules are:

Respond and rework – answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, and add one more question of your own. Then tag eight or ten other people.

I would like to share this awards and tag with..

Deesha

Divya Vikram

Kalyani

Mahimma

Pratibha

Raajeshwari

Rekha

Varunavi

MY 200th POST & MY 20th WEEK

Hi All.......

This would be my 200th post and for those who havnt caught up with the news ,I'am 20 weeks pregnant. It's a BOY!!!......

Am loving this whole pregnancy thing.....Getting as much sleep/food as you want, getting all kind of attention from my dear hubby/parents, with the baby moving inside once in a couple of hours, feeling happy looking over and over at the ultrasound pictures, haaa all that is a real fun one shouldnt miss.

First of all, It was a planned one. I found out that I was pregnant on April 18th '09 with a home-pregnancy kit. This just happened two days before my 25th B'day ie: April 20th. I was just 6 weeks then. Not knowing this,Just a couple of weeks earlier I invited over few common friends(around 12) to my place for my B'day(it was on 19th evening). Me and my hubby were so excited about this pregnancy thing and planned to tell our parents on my B'day. The evening went well with all the ladies chit-chatting inside and men BBq'ing in the patio. I couldn't stop thinking over to tell my parents while i was with them. I didn't want them to know about this before our parents knew. Later had our dinner..The menu was: My BBQ chicken, Grilled CornCob, Haldirams snack pack, My Bagara rice, My Palakura pappu,My Kadhai Bhindi, Hubby's Awesome Chicken curry, Hubby's Mutton Curry, My Pappu Charu, Hubby's Raita, My Fruit Salad . A few hours later,around 12' O clock i cut a cake. They all left after half-an-hour and I was eagerly waiting for my parents call .We couldn't sleep till 2 in the morning.I thought maybe they would call and wish me in the morning. But they didn't. It was sooo frustrating.We both went to the temple and had dinner along another couple at PFchang. Again I was waiting for their call....i couldnt sleep....unable to withhold my emotions, i made a call at around 10.30PM . It was my brother this time. It was 11.00Am in India.

Bro:Hello!! Haa Akka tell me...How r u?? Happy B'day akka!!!

Me:Thank you!! Hey how stupid you guys dont even care to call me even though u remember it was my B'day...Wheres maa and daddy???Give them the phone.

Bro:Maa and daddy both are sleeping. I will ask them to give a call in the morning. Ok.

Me: What???Sleeping at this time of the day??? Comeon no prb if they are sleeping...Wake them up...

After few seconds.....

Bro: Maa said she will talk to you later...she's in deep sleep.And daddy too.

I didnt believe what he was saying...I felt sth was going on....i could hear my maa talking to dad.

Me: No problem...comeon dont try to fool me ...i know she is fine...i could hear her and dad over the phone..

Bro: Maa.....Akka on the line.

Maa: Haa Raju...How are u??Its 11.00 am here, Isn't it too late for u there....

Me:What maa..why is that nobody cared to wish me on my B'day??? not even dad..

Maa: Haa hello raju...Hello.....what did u say???Hello....i cant hear u nana....i will call you in the evening...ok.

I didn't find any disturbance over the line...she sounded soo gloomy to me...not much of an excitement in her tone that always accompanies her..still i was waiting for their blessings...

Me:(witha curious tone) Maa...I could hear u properly...Whats the matter....You all dont sound soo good...Is everything fine ..comeon tell me...

Maa: (Witha harsh tone)haa...what?? what r u talking about??nothing of that kind...everyones fine...haa sorry raa...happy b'day.

Her words made me think...whats going on???I couldnt say anything else except for hanging up without sharing the wonderful news with them..We both were quite worried thinking of what might have happened. Two days passed. There were no calls from both the sides. At last I called my mom thinking everythig might have been ok. But there was no to answer. I was even more worried. After two days my mom called me.

Me: Hello maa..where have u guys been???i tried to call you several times. Arn't you at home??

Maa: Haa raju...we wen to your grandpa's(mom's dad) village for 2 days. Everybody(my uncles/aunts) gathered there aftera very long time. just for a change.

Me: Why was that all of a sudden??? You've been there last month too right...

Maa: haa but this time everone was coming over...so thought this would be good. thats it. So hows everything?? how's R??

Me: He's fine...listening to our conversaation right now...He says he wants to talk to dad...Is dad there...

Maa:Haa..wait..

R:Hello mamayya..hows everthing going...

Dad:Hello R......(they cover everything from politics,current market trends, housing market to movies)At last he cracks the goodnews to my dad...Both of us talked to mom and dad for around 20-25 mins. They were happy about this...immediately R calls our in-laws to share the same news....They were even more excited about this...Finally I was totally relieved of this burden.

But exactly after 2 weeks i came to know that my Uncle's(moms elder bro) Younger daughter kiran had passed away on 19th. She was diagnosed in May '08 with some kind of cancer at the age of 22, just months after her marriage. Doctors wer'nt sure what it was. A small spreadable lump was developing on her back ,which got even worse after repeated operations.Even after several chemotheraphy sittings we couldnt get her back. I still couldnt imagine she left us all. Whenever I think of her I always get the feeling that she's living happily just as everyone of us are.

MICROWAVE BESAN LADOO

This was something I was thinking of to make ever since I saw Srivalli's laddoo. I bookmarked it so that i could try whenever I crave for something sweet. So finally today felt like giving it a shot as I wanted to offer something on this first Sravana shukravaram(friday).I didnt know making ladoo would be such a fun and easy job.

INGREDIENTS: Makes 10-12 medium sized ladoos

Besan/Chickpea flour-------------------1 cup of standard measuring cup
Fine granulated Sugar-------------------1/2 cup

Ghee--------------------------------------6-8 tbp melted or more
Cardamom powder----------------------1/2 tsp
Cashews/Raisins-------------------------For decorating

DIRECIONS:

1.Mix Besan and melted Ghee in a microwave safe bowl well till incorporated and microwave on high for 5-6 minutes dpending on ur MW.

2.Keep stirring in between after every minute.Once it crosses the first 4 mins be sure to check it for every 30 secs.

3.The end product should usually be a nice light brown mixture with a nice aroma. The mixture should not dry like powder, otherwise the ladoos will not hold up their shape. Let it cool completely.

4. Once cooled, add the sugar, cardamom powder and cashews/raisins. Mix well and make small round ladoos of your own size. Enjoy!!

NOTE:

If you are not able to form nice shaped laddoos then it means the ghee was not sufficient .So adjust accordingly and try.

You can replace ghee with unsalted butter too.