Allwyn's Blog- The Journey

  Feasting the food with eyes are as relishing and satisfying as tasting a good food. Food is first tasted with eyes, which stimulates the taste in the brain and intrigues the taste buds to taste the food . I used to capture the pictures and share the pictures in my FB page @blogthejourney  of different dishes which I like the most. This post is compilation of those pictures.  You may start drooling and get extremely hungry after or while reading this post. Be ready with towel to wipe the drool and Chicken Tikka to fill your stomach Colorful Vegetable carving in a marriage function. vegetable carving has become extremely popular in marriage receptions in Tamilnadu. Typical south Tamilnadu marriage reception food plate for lunch( Tuticorin & Tirunelveli district) looks like this. Photo taken in my cousin's marriage at Pohliyarpuram Super tasty marriage lunch. Steamed white rice, Spicy mutton curry, Green Plantain Pori...

  Recipe by: Jeya Kiruba Deepak When relatives, friends or any other union happens one of the important things talked about is delicious food. One such occasion happened when my family and brother-in-law family met in Coimbatore in my father-in-laws house couple of weeks back ago.. It was decided that Sivakasi Umbrella chicken will be the side dish for chicken Dum biryani for lunch that day.. This recipe was by Jeya Kiruba( wife of my BIL) and she hails from Sivakasi( a town in south Tamilnadu, India). This dish is commonly known as Sivakasi umbrella chicken.. becoz its invented in Sivakasi😜😜... I had this dish back in 2011 when I visited Sivakasi and this will be my second time to taste this dish, and this time its homemade. The name itself increases the curiosity about the dish but it's a simple dish yet yummy .. We set out to buy the ingredients mainly to buy chicken legs( drumstick) from Thudiyalur market where one can find many butc...

Recipe by : Diana Rathnamala This weekend recipe is " Baked Lemon chicken with Mashed Potato and Dal Fry ". Its a balanced full meal with protein, carbs, fat, flavor which can satisfy your taste buds and can keep you full for a longer period. It is a weird combination to have Mashed potato and Dal fry and we all liked the combination. It's like adding an Indian touch to the whole dish Ingredients: Chicken Thighs with skin: 3 thighs Potatoes : 6 small Tomato : 1 small Olive oil : 2 table spoon Lemon : 1 Small Garlic : 3 cloves chilly  1/4 tea spoon Turmeric : 1/4 tea spoon Green chilly : 2 chilly Salt and Pepper : As Required Butter : 1 small cube Marinating the chicken: Take a bowl, add olive oil, Lemon jest(scrapped peel of lemon), Lemon extract, grated garlic, add chilly powder, turmeric, pepper and salt (for flavor and taste). Keep whisking the mixture while adding the ingredients allowing  it to blend. Add the Chicken thighs and close ...

Recipe by : Diana Rathnamala   Its been an awesome feeling when you are making a new recipe during the weekend and it came up very nicely.... For today we tried " Marinated, spices infused fish fillet grill ". The preparation of the dish is real easy, and it's yummy and hope all the readers would like the dish and enjoy the dish.         We have selected Paganius fish fillet from Vietnam and the dish can be tried with Salmon fillet or any other fish( If anyone tries this dish with other fish do post the type of fish in the comment) Ingredients Fish Fillet : 500 Grams Turmeric powder : 1/4 tea spoon chilly powder  : 1/2 tea spoon Fresh pepper flakes : 1/2 tea spoon Salt : for taste Onion : 1 Small Size Garlic : 1 Pcs Tomato : 1/2 tomato cumin :  1 teaspoon Curry Leaves : 10-12 leaves Step:1 Defrost the frozen Paganius fish fillet in microwave for about 10min in de-frost mode. Drain all the water, clean the fillet an...