My cupcake creations!

Rhubarb Jam

I always wondered about this Rhubarb bunch in stores and never bought. But one of my friends told me about a recipe we can make from it and I was thrilled to try that. Thank u Ulka for recommending me this recipe.

We get rhubarbs pretty much in every store in the leafy vegetable section. It comes with large green leaves and red stems. It is also considered medicinal as a strong laxative. Yes, no harm in using it regularly :D

Contents:
-One Rhubarb bunch
-Lots of jaggery (rhubarb is pretty sour, so need lots of jaggery to get the sweet jam taste)
- I used two cups of jaggery initially thinking would be enough, but had to add little more for sweetness.

To Prepare:
1) Remove the leaves from the sticks
2) Clean the sticks and peel them (lot of thin fiber will come out)
3) Cut the sticks into small pieces.
4) Heat a thick bottom pan and add the cut pieces and jaggery.
5) Cook till jam consistency.

It takes a little longer to melt the jaggery and cook rhubarb properly.

Voila....rubharb jam is ready. Kids love this and we are happy :D!!

Veggie Stir fry!!

Today I really had no much option with what to prepare. But as always wanted to make something interesting and fast. So just thought of having some veggie stir fry with veggies that were sitting in refrigerator along with rice on the side.

Ingredients:
-Rice 1 cup - cooked
-Veggies- as per choice.
I used red bell pepper, orange bell paper, bunch of spinach, some broccoli stems and florets.

One tea spoon oil
Jeera/cumin seeds one tea spoon
Italian seasoning-as per taste
salt- as per taste
Pepper-as per liking

To prepare:
1) Cook rice and keep it aside
2) Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds till they pop.
3) Put in all the veggies -cut according to choice
4) Stir the veggies till soft, do not cook them much as they taste amazing a bit raw.
5) Add salt and pepper

Make a rice bed in a dish and pour the fried veggies on top and enjoy the meal with some grilled asparagus sticks.

For asparagus sticks I sauteed them on girdle a bit and rubbed some salt n chilli powder to them to make them tasty.

Yumm...