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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Egg Roast/ Mutta Roast


Ingredients
Hard boiled Eggs( shell removed and halved)-5
Onion medium( minced)-1
Ginger( minced)-1"
Garlic cloves( minced)-4
Curry leaves and Coriander leaves-few
Red chili powder-1 1/2tsps
Sombu/ Aniseed powder- 1tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
Salt to taste
Oil required.

Method
Heat oil in a pan, when hot add the minced onion, ginger and garlic. Stir fry for few mins until raw flavor of ginger and garlic leaves. Add red chili powder, sombu powder, turmeric powder and required salt. Fry the powdered masalas for few more mins and add 1/4 cup water. Increase heat and allow the gravy to boil. Now add the curry leaves and coriander leaves. When the gravy starts reducing place the halved eggs cut side down and reduce the heat. Cook on low flame until the oil separates on the sides of pan and eggs are slightly crisp.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Pakoda Kurma/ Pakora Korma.


Ingredients for Pakoda
Bengal gram flour/ Chickpea flour-1cup
Rice flour-1/4cup
Onion medium( thinly sliced)-1
Green chilly( thinly sliced)-3
Ginger and Garlic( minced)-2tbsp
Baking soda-1/4tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry

Ingredients for Kurma
Fresh Coconut( shredded)-1/2cup
Ginger-2"
Garlic cloves-6
Fennel seeds/ Aniseed-2tbsp
Red chili powder-2tsp
Coriander powder-3tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
Coriander and Curry leaves- few
Salt to taste
Oil required

Tempering
Green cardamom-2
Cloves-3
Cinnamon-2"
Bay leaf-1

Method
To make pakoda-
In a large bowl add bengal gram flour and rice flour. To the flour mixture add the onions, green chilly, minced ginger and garlic, turmeric  powder, baking soda, required salt and required water. Make a thick batter. Heat enough oil in a pan, when hot drop the thick batter into balls. Deep fry these pakodas till golden brown. Drain and place the pakodas on paper towel.
To make Kurma-
Grind fresh coconut along with ginger, garlic, fennel seeds, red chilli powder, turmeric powder into smooth and fine paste. Heat few tbsps of oil in a pan, when oil is hot add the tempering spices and fry until the aroma releases. Add the ground paste to whole spices and fry on medium heat until the oil separates on the sides of pan. Add required water to the ground paste( let the gravy be little thin as the pakodas tends to absorb the gravy.) Season the gravy with salt, add the coriander leaves and curry leaves. Allow the gravy to boil for few minutes. Once the kurma is done, turn of the heat and add the prepared pakodas to the kurma. Allow the pakodas to be soaked in kurma for atleast 15 mins. Serve hot Pakoda Kurma with Kuska( rice made with coconut milk), Jeera rice or Chapati.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

My war against Plagiarism- How to fight against Plagiarism.





Recent Update
On 9-June-2011, administrator of the plagiarizing website contacted me requesting to remove my protest post against their website, in turn offered to resolve all the issues.
In his mail, he mentioned that I have placed baseless allegations against them. I responded to him with all the proof of my recipes being copied by them in their website and iphone applications and pointed out that the rude communications started from their side.
In response to this he has apologized and removed my recipes from his Website and iphone applications.


This is certainly a victory for my fight against plagiarists. This should be an encouragement to all. 
Fight against plagiarism !!!


Details about that plagiarising website, screen shots of my recipes being plagiarized in their website, original posts and copied posts links and communications with that plagiarizing website are available. Anyone who wishes to take a peek at it, please feel free to drop a e-mail at mythreyi.dilip@gmail.com for the details.


Earlier Post
How did i found out my recipe had been copied, as always i googled for my unique recipes whether they had been copied by others. And found out that my "Indo-chinese style chilly fish stir fry" recipe, my "Fish bajji" recipe, my "Paneer and peas chettinad chukka" recipe and my "Homestyle Fish curry recipe" had been copied by this website. I had sent a mail to the admin notifying my recipe had been copied by them and requested them to either remove my content or acknowledge me for the same. 
But all i received was a irresponsible and insulting mail from them saying that i cannot legally sue them.


I had spent 2 days browsing their entire site thoroughly and found that many more recipes had been plagiarised from other blogs and sites and reproduced by them. I had notified many bloggers regarding their recipe being copied by this particular website. 


I was not able to get the contact details of this particular website to file DMCA complaint or to file law suit against them. I scrutinized and found that they were registered with domainbyproxy.com. Hence i filed a copyright claim with domainbyproxy.com stating that this particular website had infringed my copyrights. As the domainbyproxy contacted them regarding the copyright violation, now this website has modified my Paneer and peas chukka recipe, Fish curry recipe and Fish Bajji/Fritters recipe. But i have the screen shots to prove that my recipe being copied in this particular website before the administrator had modified them.



If a question rises in your mind- Why do i need to publish my recipes on the blog and why do i need to fight against plagiarists and go through all these hassels?
There are many visitors around the world who are enjoying my recipes, preparing them at home and getting appreciation for the same. I'm very happy to share my knowledge about food and recipes to everyone. Not for the plagiarists who takes me for granted. All i need is, if you enjoy my recipes, feel its worth and want to share the same in your sites ask permission and acknowledge me for the same.



Please do support me to fight against plagiarizing websites


                       Click this link to find out detailed information on                             How to fight against Plagiarism.