Dussera holidays of 2 weeks ended just 12 days back and the school declared Diwali holidays from today itself till Monday. These holidays have lined up so soon and Amaan is having great time playing with his toy trains and watching his favorite cartoon, Doraemon. Surprisingly, lots of holiday homework were given for the Dussera vacations even for the tiny tots. Amaan who is yet to turn 3 in November has enjoyed doing all his homework as most of them were activities of some kind or other. One of the activity was making a vegetable sandwich, photographing it and sticking it to the activity sheet. I had chopped all the vegetables required and he just has to apply the butter and arrange it following my directions followed with some salt and pepper and covering it up with another piece of bread. I was amused with this particular activity as the foundation for recipe creation and photography is laid down right in Nursery. No wonder many of these kids will grow up and will become a full time Food Bloggers or will take up part time as stress busters.... hahaha

Coming to today's recipe, the main ingredient is bread again, but in a different form to go perfectly for breakfast.... see below

Demanding for the basic infrastructure in your locality is a big task now in India. We had been asking for these amenities like road, street lights, sewage for quite sometimes now, but has fallen on deaf ears. This does not mean that I stay on the outskirts of the city but in the most happening and well developed area of Bangalore. All the residents in our neighborhood decided to hold a peaceful satyagraha to awaken the politicians and take immediate action. We have got a 1 km  lane going inside from the main road with a number of high rises along this stretch and leading to one of the most reputed international school of the city, yet this road cries for attention. With these high rises and 2 reputed schools on this stretch, you can imagine the number of cars and buses plying on this road throughout the day. If it rains the muddy road gets slippery making it impossible to venture out of home or if it doesn't then dust makes its way in the atmosphere, we are not spared in either ways. Ok, coming to the satyagraha that was organized yesterday, it was a very peaceful one with a large number of people including kids gathered in solidarity for their demand, we had an official from the BBMP confirming us that work will be started before November 10th. Fingers crossed. Various media people were also present on the ground and this event made its way in the papers and news channels. When I browsed Times of India paper today, there was a coverage of this event with pics and guess what??? my son's pic was captured, looking right into the camera, hahaha... (the kid in the blue t-shirt)... :)

The weather going chill and raining every now and then over here, I made this tomato soup, the easy way, to keep myself warm. Have a look at it....

I am very happy to state the fact that my series "Guest Post - Baking" is rocking high, I had never imagined that it will go this way. Thank you one and all for being a part of it. Each time I receive a guest post, I learn something new and I'm sure with all your support I will succeed one day... :). I have with me here a very talented food blogger, Nilofer who blogs at Kitchen Serenity. A big welcome to you dear. A peek into her blog will get u a collection of wonderful recipes and you will be surprised to see that it has grown so soon, in such a short span of time, well done Nilu. Today she has brought a very delicious cake for me and for all the readers of my page - Choco-Nut Crumb Cake, it is so yumm and perfect, thank you for sending such a delicious recipe,,, rest in her own words....

I am so happy and excited to do a guest post for Razina. When Razina asked me to do a guest post I was really excited, although it happened a long time back but as I was a bit tied up, I took my own sweet time to make something and send it to her. Thanks to Razina for understanding and also sharing her blog for my recipe today. I came to know Razina through her blog and I know she is very passionate about baking. I was actually thrilled when she asked me for a guest post so I made this Choco-Nut Crumb cake for you Razina. Hope you like it.

My hubby loves coconut macaroons and my son’s favourite has always been chocolate cake. After thinking for sometime, I took this perfect opportunity to try out this Choco-Nut crumb cake which is the combo of both. The cake turned out to be very moist and delicious with a unique aroma of coconut. Luckily, this combo was appreciated a lot by my hubby and son. If you like chocolate and coconut, then this cake is totally worth-trying.. I PROMISE YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED!!

An easy and tasty dish, can be had for breakfast, or as side dish for lunch or dinner...

Just a quick post, pics of our eid lunch prepared by me,,,

Menu includes:
1. Mutton Biryani
2. Chapli Kabab
3. Mutton Liver - Stir Fry
4. Salad
5. Raita
6. Shahi Tukda
7. Sheer Khurma

Eid ul Adha is right here with some countries celebrating it today while others including me will mark the occasion tomorrow, insha allah. For me its an extremely tight schedule, right from house cleaning and arranging, leaving home around 5:45 in the morning for eid prayers, as the eidgah is quiet far from home, meat handling, distributing to the needy, friends and families, cooking, entertaining guest and finally clearing all the mess, doing it all alone, yes my maid will also be off for 2 days. Its a real real hectic, but I love doing it..... I'm listing here a few recipes that you can try for this eid...

Sweets
1. Sheer Khurma
2. Shahi Tukda

Kababs
1. Mutton Shami Kababs
2. Mutton Chops
3. Chapli Kabab

Rice Varieties
1. Mutton Biryani
2. Kofta Biryani
3. Peas Kofta Pulao
4. Mutton Yakhni Pulao

Gravies
1. Mutton Curry
2. Spicy Mutton Gravy
3. Kofta Curry
4. Haleem
5. Mutton Liver Fry
6. Qeema
7. Paya Curry

Wishing every one Eid Saeed....keep cooking n celebrating!!!