Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Proper Pub Grub @Inntense Restro Pub - 100 Feet Road Indiranagar, Bengaluru


Inntense restro pub located in heart of the city is a perfect place to enjoy cocktails and beers paired with proper pub grub. I was hosted for bloggers table, we were seated in a private corner table, roomy space overlooking lush foliage. 



Ambience is very airy, lot of room to move around offering two level compy seating and well stocked bar. The menu looks impressive offering all day breakfasts to bar bites, appitizers, salads, soups, grills, biryani and pizzas. 


A perfect place to hangout for office lunch meets, corporate meetups or to celebrate. We highly recommend a visit. I enjoyed the food and cocktails here.


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Drinks we tasted...
Cool Passion (Mocktail)
Orange juice, Passion fruit juice, pineapple juice and sprite
Vodka Celery Cilantro-Spiked with lime juice

Mango Smoothie
Cranberry Juice, Yogurt, Vanilla Syrup and Mango Puree

Paan Colada - Vodka and white rum betel leaves cocktail

San Francisco
Orange juice, Pine apple juice, grapefruit juice 

Pepper Rum (Cocktail)

Kiwi Smoothie

Starters and Bar bites 

Nachos Cheese
Loaded with cheese and all toppings - veg 

Beer Battered Onion Rings

Crispy Potato skins with Makhani Gravy, refried beans, sour cream, topped with tomato salsa and gooey cheese


Prawn Tempura with Wasabi Mayo

Chicken Roulade


Chicken Ghee Roast

Grills and Tandoor Oven
Harissa Grilled Prawns

Chicken Tikka Trio
Flavors from fenugreek, pickle spices and cream. served with mint chutney

Paneer Tikka Trio
Flavors of pepper, pesto and pickle spices. served with onion chutney.

Chermoula Grilled Prawns
Buttery grilled prawns marinated with flavorful moroccan chermoula seasoning. 

Salad
Watermelon and Feta Cheese 

Mains
Herb Crusted Fish
Mixed herbs crusted basa fillet served with spaghetti pasta tossed in tomato basil sauce and saute vegetables

Roasted Rosemary Chicken
Rosemary flavor chicken steak with saute vegetables, cauliflower puree with red wine jus

 Bamboo Biryani (Veg and Chicken)

 Flavorful long grain basmati rice baked with chicken and veggies version also tasted good...


Churros with Dark Chocolate

Flourless Chocolate Fudge Cake

Overall good experience three picks from the entire tasting was bamboo chicken biryani, chicken roulade and chicken ghee roast. I have tasted all the three dishes in other places nothing can compare the taste and succulent meat here. My three drinks pick mango smoothie, kiwi Smoothie and pepper rum.  

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Palak Idli Recipe #WorldIdliday


New Krishna Bhavan located on sampige road, malleshwaram is one of the best spots to enjoy southindian breakfast. I enjoy the palak idlis here, must try if your in malleshwaram. I've attempted to recreate the dish for #worldidliday we enjoyed the taste and flavors from rasam powder. 
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Ingredients:
10 Idlis 
1/2 Cup Palak (Spinach)
1/2 Cup Coriander Leaves
1 Large Capsicum Finely Chopped
6 Green Chilies
1/2 Inch Ginger Peeled 
1 Large Onion Peeled and Sliced
1 Tbsp Rasam Powder or Bisibelebath Powder
1 Tsp Kitchen King Masala or Garam Masala
1/4 Tsp Pepper Powder
Salt as per taste
Oil as required
Ghee as required


Method:
Chop the idli into bite size cubes. Heat oil for frying on low flame, gently drop the chopped idlis and fry till golden in color, drain from excess oil and reserve.

Heat a wok on medium flame with 2 tbsp oil. Add sliced onions, chilies, peeled and chopped ginger, spinach leaves, coriander leaves and 1/2 the amount of bell pepper fry all the ingredients till the spinach has reduced.

Remove the fried spinach from flame allow to reach room temperature. Add the spinach to a mixerjar and grind to form a smooth paste.


Heat a wok on medium flame with oil and ghee add the other half of chopped capsicum fry for a minute. Add the spinach masala and half cup water stir well.

Add rasam powder, garam masala, pepper powder and salt as per taste stir all the ingredients well in the spinach, bring to rapid boil and allow the oil to surface on sides.

Toss the fried idlis in the spinach gravy and serve hot. Sprinkle rasam powder and garnish with tomato....Enjoy πŸ˜‰

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Instant Rava Paddu Using MTR Rava Idli Mix #MTRWORLDIDLIDAY

This Blogpost is a collaboration with MTR Foods on #MTRWORLDIDLIDAY. Every 30th march for the past five years people have been celebrating world idli day. According to a recent food survey in India, most consumed tiffin or breakfast dish is idli. Any day steam cooked food is healthy and people gravitate towards lite and healthy eating. 

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MTR a well known home brand has been providing us with best of products be it ready to use rava idli mix or masala powders and even desserts it is available across the world. We can use rava idly mix to prepare many instant recipes in a jiffy. I chose to prepare instant rava paddu which hardly took me 20 minutes to prepare and serve the dish.

Received gift hamper for the collab: Ready to use Rava Idli Mix and Idli maker toy set. 

About:
MTR Foods is a food products company is based in Bangalore, India. The company manufactures a range of packaged foods including breakfast mixes, ready to eat meals, masalas and spices, snacks and beverages.

The company began with the establishment of the Mavalli Tiffin Room (commonly known as MTR) restaurant in Bangalore in 1924 by Yagnanarayana Maiya.

In 1975 when India was under emergency, a Food Control Act was introduced which mandated that food was to be sold at very low prices. This move made it difficult for MTR to maintain high standards in its restaurant business and forced it to diversify into the instant food business, selling ready-to-eat snacks such as chutneys and rasams. In 1984, MTR expanded out of Karnataka to the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

Instant Paddu Recipe
Instant rava paddus are healthy breakfast or evening tea time snack. The ghee roasted crunchy texture sets this paddu recipe apart. Simply dipped in coconut chutney, anyone can consume a dozen of these in no time.


Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Ready to Use Rava Idli Mix
1/4 Cup Grated Carrots
1/4 Cup Finely Chopped Onions
4 Finely Chopped Chilies
2 Sprigs Finely Chopped Curry Leaves
2 Sprigs Finely Chopped Coriander
1 Cup Yogurt
Oil and Ghee as required
Salt as per taste


Method:
In a mixing bowl combine the rava idli mix, carrots, onions, chilies, curry leaves, coriander leaves and salt as per taste.

Gradually add yogurt and mix to form a smooth batter. Once the batter is formed allow to rest for five minutes.


Heat a paddu pan on medium flame with ghee and oil. Once the pan reaches temperature, gently ladle the batter in the mold and fry on both sides till the paddus roast.


Roast the paddus till golden brown in color and drain from excess oil. Place the paddus on tissue paper to drain excess oil.

Serve the paddus with coconut chutney...Enjoy 😊


Tips: We can add shredded cabbage, beetroot, radish and grated paneer to the same batter.

Rava is a great alternative product for diabetic people consuming rava is considered healthy. Adding spinach and greens to same batter will enhance the flavor and taste of these paddus for patients searching alternate meals options. 

Friday, March 29, 2019

Moringa Leaves and Peanuts Stir Fry Recipe (Murungai Keerai Verkadalai Poriyal)


Stir fried moringa leaves with peanuts is a typical south indian side dish prepared and served with steam cooked rice, roti or millet porridge. There are many variations in the same recipe,we prepare this version regularly at home since we like the crunchy texture and the flavor from ginger.


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Nutritious moringa leaves are only used to prepare egg scramble or stir fry. Gently separating the leaves from stems is tricky, once we get the hang of removing the stems it is very easy to prepare a curry or stir fry.


Ingredients:
2 1/2 Cups Moringa Leaves 
1 Inch Ginger Grated 
10 Pods Garlic Sliced
1 Large Onion Finely Chopped
6 Green Chilies Slit
1 Cup Roasted and Husked Peanuts 
Salt as per taste
Oil as required 


Method:
Separate only the leaves from the stem, wash twice and reserve in a colander allowing excess moisture to drain.

Heat a wok on medium flame. Add 2 Tbsp oil, add onion, chilies, ginger, and garlic fry till onion turns transparent.

In a small mixer jar add the roasted peanuts pulse twice and form a coarse ground reserve.

Add the moringa leaves to the onion masala fry for a minute on high flame. Add 1/4 cup water cover and allow the moringa leaves to cook on low flame.

In 10 minutes the moringa leaves will wilt and reduce. Place on high flame allow excess moisture to evaporate and add the ground peanut powder and salt as per taste stir fry until all ingredients are well combined. Remove from flame and serve hot with rice or roti...enjoy 😊



Moringa Egg Scramble Recipe