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Saturday, August 03, 2013

Seven years of blogging and savoury muffins

This blog completed seven years of existence on June 30th. I remembered, but just didn't have the enthusiasm to sit down and type out a blog post to commemorate this milestone. Every now and then, I go through a stage where though I have a lot to say on the blog, I just don't feel like sitting and typing it all out. How I wish there was a software that would create a blog post just by listening to me speak. Now that would be truly something, wouldn't it?
I am hoping to shake off the inertia by participating in Blogging Marathon #31. The theme I have chosen is Non-Indian breakfasts and that is what you will see on the blog for the next three days. 
Breakfast, to me, has to be something filling and nutritious. No Chocos or Corn flakes for me - I cannot stand eating something sweet in the morning. These savoury muffins are nice to look at, soft and moist in texture, and taste really good. Your imagination is the limit when it comes to deciding what goes into this muffin. Here's a look at all that went into my muffins.

What you need:
All purpose flour/maida - 1.5 cups
Grated vegetables - 2 cups (I used cabbage, carrot and onion)
Curd - 3/4 cup
Olive oil - 1/3 cup
Salt - to taste
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp (or to taste)
Oregano - 1/2 tsp
Egg - 1
Baking powder - 3 tsp
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp

Take the flour, baking powder and grated vegetables in a large bowl. To this, add cumin powder, red chilli powder, oregano and salt
In a separate bowl, beat together the egg, curd and oil. Add this mixture to the flour mixture. Mix well. Add baking soda and mix gently but thoroughly.
Preheat oven to 175 degrees centigrade. Grease a muffin pan and spoon in some of the mixture into each depression. Sprinkle some sesame seeds or rolled oats on top of the batter and bake for 15-18 minutes.
These can be baked beforehand, refrigerated and then warmed up the next day for breakfast.

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#31


21 comments:

Srivalli said...

Happy birthday to your blog Jay. I still remember those early days when we were blogging...you know something funny my c4as completed 7 too and I completely forgot..:)..anyway that's some savory muffins..I would love these for my BF, I don't like sweet things much..

vaishali sabnani said...

Congratulations on completing 7 years...my it's a real long time...wonder if I will ever be able to continue that long....love this version of muffins..and even I do not like the cereal breakfast:))

Priya Suresh said...

Omg, 7years thats incredible, happy birthday to ur blog baby Jay.. Even i dont stand sweets in morning,i'll happily have this savoury muffins.

Denny said...

Congratulations on completing 7 years of blogging. It is not an ordinary feat. Kudos to you. Also, the savory muffins look great.

Unknown said...

Hatss off akka and you are patiently crossed 7 yrars of blogging.Yummy muffins

Unknown said...

Hatss off akka and you are patiently crossed 7 yrars of blogging.Yummy muffins

Sandhya Ramakrishnan said...

Happy Birthday to your blog! These muffins are so filling and perfect for breakfast.

Chitra said...

Congrats.. Happy blog anniversary. Loved to try savoury muffins. thx for sharing !

Preetha said...

Congrats for feeding your blog baby for long 7 years ... Great .. n your muffins look yummy... n fresh

Rajani S said...

We all wish that there is a software which types out our thoughts, but sometimes its better that there isn't one, right :)? Congrats on completing 7 years ...Hope there are many more to celebrate :)

Harini R said...

Congratulations!! Interesting muffins!

Gayathri Kumar said...

That is a great mile stone to achieve Jayashree. Congrats. And the muffins look delicious...

Padmajha said...

Congrats Jay!It is indeed a great milestone!
And like you I don't like sweet stuffs for breakfast. Savory muffins are on my list for long. Nice one Yaar...

Unknown said...

Congrats on a great milestone!!! sometimes feelings cannot be expressed with words!!

Sowmya

preeti garg said...

Congrats on milestone... keep going on like this
Love this savory muffin too

Pavani said...

Congratulations on completing 7 years of blogging. Wish you many many more..
Muffins looks yumm!!

Unknown said...

Happy birthday to the blog :) Wishing you many more milestones. I am in love the savory muffins. Must try them soon :)

sra said...

Congratulations, Jay! I saw this post on Feedly the other day but could not get into the blog. Keep going!

sra said...

Congratulations, Jay! I saw this post on Feedly the other day but could not get into the blog. Keep going!

Vani said...

Happy 7th, Jayashree! Yes, I want a software to convert my speech to a blog post too :)

Unknown said...

Look delicious..