tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22360037582558723512012-02-17T14:53:06.812-05:00Mamatha Anilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058484603790348941noreply@blogger.comBlogger1421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236003758255872351.post-85596021921216470842012-02-16T23:07:00.006-05:002012-02-17T14:53:06.821-05:00

Ingredients: Quinoa 1 cup White rice ½ cup (sona masoori or basmati) Beans, Carrot, Brocoli, fresh/frozen corn ( ¼ cup each) Fresh/Frozen Green peas ½ cup Onion 1 medium size Ginger minced 1 tsp Garlic minced 1tsp Green chillies 4 Mint chopped 1 cup Cilantro chopped 1 cup Cloves 2 Cinnamon small piece Peppercorns 4-5 Cardamom 1 Black cardamom 1 Black cumin ½ tsp Aniseed small piece Bay leaf 1

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Fresh Turmeric Curry is one of the popular dish in Rajasthan. Ingredients: Fresh Turmeric (2-3 inch piece) 3 Frozen / Fresh Green peas ½ cup Yogurt/ Curd 1 cup Tomato medium size 2 Minced Ginger 1 tsp Crushed peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon ¼ tsp Fennel powder ¼ tsp Coriander powder ¼ tsp Green chillies 2 Cumin seeds ¼ tsp Asafoetida pinch Cilantro chopped ¼ cup Ghee 2-3 tsp Salt Method: 1.

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Hummus is one of the popular Middle Eastern dips. Ingredients: Chickpeas 1 cup Almonds ½ cup (I have used almonds instead of Sesame seeds) Garlic cloves 2 - 3 Lemon juice ½ cup Olive oil 4 - 5 tsp Salt Method: 1. Wash and soak the chickpeas overnight and pressure cook with salt and ½ cup water. 2. Soak almonds for 1 hr in hot water and remove the skin. 3. Combine cooked chickpeas, almonds

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Ingredients: Rice 3 cups ( I add 2 cups white rice and 1 cup brown rice) Poha/beaten rice/flattened rice (thick variety) 1 cup Yogurt/Buttermilk 4-5 cups Salt to taste Water Oil Method: 1. Wash rice and poha. Soak them in yogurt/buttermilk for 5-6 hrs or overnight. 2. After 6 hrs or next morning, grind them into coarse batter. Add some water if needed. 3. Add salt and mix well. 4. Grease

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Dal (Lentil) Makhani (Buttery) is one of the popular Punjabi dish and my favorite too. Kidney beans and Black grams are the 2 main ingredients in this recipe. But I use whole red lentils (masoor) instead of black gram. Ingredients: Whole red lentils ( masoor) 1 cupKidney Beans (Rajma) ½ cupTomato large size 1 Onion medium size 1 Minced ginger 1 tsp Minced garlic 1 tsp Green chillies 3-4 Red

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To make this sweet, 7 cups of different ingredients are required and hence the name 7 cups burfi. Ingredients: Gram flour/ Basan 1 cup Grated coconut/ coconut powder 1 cup Milk 1 cup Ghee 1 cup Sugar 3 cups Method: 1. Combine gram flour, grated coconut, sugar in a large bowl. Mix well. Now add ghee and milk, mix well. ( if you want, fry the gram flour in ghee for few minutes before adding)

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                      HAPPY MAKARA SANKRANTI AND HAPPY NEW YEAR -2012 Ingredients: Peanut 1 cup Split dalia/ Hurigadale ½ cup Sesame seeds/ Ellu ¼ cup Copra/ Dried coconut/ Kobbari pieces ½ cup Jaggery pieces ½ cup Sugar coated cumin seeds ¼ - ½ cup Method: 1. Dry roast peanut, let it cool, remove the skin and split them into 2. 2. Dry roast split dalia and sesame seeds separately for few

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Ingredients: Lemon 8 - 10 Salt as required (4-5 tsp)Red chilli powder 3-4 tsp Oil 2-3 tsp Mustard seeds ½ tsp Asafoetida ½ tsp Method: 1. Wash all the lemons and pat it dry. 2. Dry roast the salt for 3-4 mins. Let it cool. 3. Cut the lemons into 8 pieces.  4. Combine lemons and roasted salt in a large, clean and dry bowl. Mix well. Transfer it to a clean, dry airtight jar. Do not open the

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Ingredients: Long green chillies 8-9Gram flour ½ cup Ajwain/ Oma / Carom seeds ¼ tsp Cumin powder ¼ tsp Mango powder ¼ tsp(optional) Asfoetida pinch Salt to taste Water Oil for deep frying Method: 1. Wash the green chillies. Make a slit and remove the seeds. 2. Combine gram flour, ajwain, cumin powder, mango powder, asafoetida and salt. Mix well. Add water and make semi thin batter. Let it

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Ingredients: Rice 3 cups Poha/beaten rice/flattened rice (thick variety) 1 cup Yogurt/Buttermilk 4-5 cups Salt to taste Water Oil Method: 1. Wash rice and poha. Soak them in yogurt/buttermilk for 5-6 hrs or overnight. 2. After 6 hrs or next morning, grind them into fine paste. Add some water if needed. 3. Add salt and mix well. 4. Heat the pan and pour a spoonful of batter and spread

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Ingredients: Popcorn kernels 1 cup Oil 3-4 tsp or butter Turmeric powder ¼ tsp (optional) Red chilli powder ¼ tsp (optional) Salt to taste Wide pan with a lid Method: 1. Heat oil in a wide pan. Add salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder, turn the heat to low. 2. Add popcorn kernels and cover the lid. Shake the pan. Within few seconds popping starts. When the corn starts to pop shake

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Ingredients: Fenugreek seeds (Methi/Menthe) ¼ cup Rice ½ cup Wheat flour ½ cup Jaggery ½ cup Water 2 cups Ghee  Method:  1. Dry roast fenugreek seeds, rice and wheat flour separately. Let them cool. 2. Grind the roasted fenugreek seeds and rice into fine powder. 3. Put jaggery and water into a vessel. Once the jaggery dissolves, sieve the jaggery water into a thick bottomed pan. Let it

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Ingredients: Vegetables ¼ cup each – Potato, Beans, Carrot, Brinjal, Tindora, Malabar Spinach. (You can also add drumstick, cucumber, ash gourd, green peas etc) Toor dal ¼ cup Tomato medium size 1 Onion medium size 1 Garlic cloves 3-4 Grated Coconut ½ cup Curry leaves 2 strings Green chillies 3 Tamarind grape size Mustard ¼ tsp Cumin seeds ¼ tsp Peppercorns 3-4 Chana dal ¼ tsp Urad dal ¼ tsp

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Ingredients: Home made paneer 1 cup Onion finely chopped ½ cup Tomato finely chopped ½ -1 cup Green chillies 4 Red chilli powder ¼ tsp (optional) Salt Oil Method: 1. Heat oil in a pan, add chopped green chillies fry them. Add onion, fry them till transparent. Add tomatoes and salt. Let it cook for few minutes on low heat. 2. Add red chilli powder, mix well. Add paneer, mix well and cook for

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Ingredients: Corn 1 cup Chopped cucumber ½ cup Cooked and chopped potato ¼ cup Onion chopped 3-4 tsp Tomato chopped ¼ cup Chat masala ¼ tsp Pinch of red chilli powder Pudina chopped 1 tsp (optional) Lemon juice ½ tsp Salt Method: 1. Cook/Steam the corn with little salt for 10-15 minutes in medium heat. 2. Pressure cook the potato. 3. Finely chop cooked potato, onion, cucumber, pudina

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Ingredients: Crimini Mushroom chopped 1 large bowl. Onion 1 large Tomato 2 medium size Green chillies 2 Garlic minced 1 tsp Ginger minced ½ tsp Tamarind grape size Poppy seeds ¼ tsp Cashew 4-5 Sesame seeds ¼ tsp (Optional) Peppercorns 4-5 Cloves 3 Cinnamon small piece Cumin ¼ tsp Coriander leaves / Mint leaves 1 bunch Red chilli powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 1-2 tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp

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Ingredients: Beaten rice/Poha 2 cupsGrated coconut 4-5 tsp Dry Red Chilli 5-6 Mustard ½ tsp Tamarind lemon size (more) soaked in water Powdered Jaggery 3-4 tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Groundnut ½ cup Chana dal 1 tsp Urad dal 1tsp Cumin ½ tsp Curry leaves 1 strand Asafoetida pinch Salt Oil Method: 1. Wash beaten rice 2 times. Add tamarind juice, jaggery powder, turmeric powder and salt. Keep

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Ingredients: Masoor dal/Red Lentils 1 cup Onion 1 Tomatoes 2 Green chillies 4-5 Red chilli powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Cumin powder 1 tsp Garam masala 1 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Cumin seed 1/2 tsp Salt Oil Method: 1. Wash and pressure cook Masoor dal in 3 cups of water. 2. Cut onion, tomatoes and green chillies. 3. Heat Oil in a pan add cumin seeds. Add green chillies fry them. Add

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 Ingredients: Kabuli Chana (Chickpea) 1 cupTomatoes 2Onion 1Ginger minced 1tspGarlic minced 1 tspGreen chillies 4MDH Chana masala powder 1 tspRed Chilli powder 1 tspCoriander powder 1 tspTurmeric powder 1/4 tspCoriander leaves 1/4 cupCloves 2Aniseed small pieceSaltOil Method: 1. Soak Chana for 4-5 hrs. Wash and pressure cook the chana with little water and salt. 2. Chop the onions and crush it

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Ingredients: Bitter gourd (Hagalakayi) small to medium size 5 Onion medium size 2 Gram flour (Kadle hittu) 2 tbsp Coriander powder 2 tbsp Fennel powder 1 1/2 tbsp Mango powder 1 1/2 tbsp Red chilli powder 1 tsp Cumin seeds 1 tsp Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp Lemon juice 1 tbsp Asafoetida pinch Salt Oil Thread Method: 1. Wash the bitter gourd and scrape the outer skin. Make slit lengthwise on one

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 Ingredients: Ripe wild mangoes 4-5 Grated coconut ¼ cup Green chillies 4-5 Dry red chilles 2 Jaggery 3-4 tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Mustard 1 tsp Curry leaf 1 strand Asafoetida pinch Oil 1 tsp Water Salt Method: 1. Wash and peel the skin of mango. Take the mangoes in a vessel and slightly mash it. [Do not discard the seed ] 2. Combine grated coconut, mustard, green chillies, water,

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Ingredients: Ripe mango 2 (pitted and peeled) Yogurt 3 tbsp Sugar 2 tsp Method: 1. Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend till smooth paste. 2. Pour into glasses and serve. (or keep it in refrigerator for 1 or     2 hrs before serving).

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Ingredients: Fish (Salmon) ½ kg Onion 1 (Finely chopped) Minced ginger 1 tsp Minced garlic 1 tsp Chilli powder 2-3 tsp Coriander powder ½ tsp Turmeric powder 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds ¼ tsp Mustard seeds ¼ tsp Tamarind lemon size Coconut oil 2 -3 tsp Curry leaves 1 strand Lemon juice 1 tsp Salt Method: 1. Wash and cut the fish into medium size pieces. Marinate with salt, lemon juice, ½ tsp

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Ingredients: All purpose flour /Maida 2 cups Brown Sugar 2 cups Desiccated coconut 2 cups Coconut oil ¼ cup Melted butter ¼ cup Baking powder 1 tsp (I added baking soda instead of baking powder) Salt ¼ tsp Method: 1. Combine all purpose flour, brown sugar, desiccated coconut, baking powder/baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl. Mix well. 2. Add coconut oil and melted butter. Mix well.

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Ingredients: Ripe Banana large 2 (small - 4) Maida/All purpose flour 3 Tbsp / 1 cup Rice flour 1 tsp Powdered Jaggery ¼ cup Cardamom powder ¼ tsp Black pepper powder pinch Salt Oil for deep frying Nutmeg powder pinch (Optional) Baking soda pinch (Optional) Method: 1. Combine mashed banana, maida, rice flour, jaggery powder, cardamom powder, pepper powder, nutmeg powder, baking soda and salt

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Ingredients: Flax seeds 1 cup Dry red chillies 8-10 Chana dal (Split Bengal gram) 3- 4 tsp Urad Dal (Split black gram) 3-4 tsp Sesame seeds 2tsp Cumin seeds 2 tsp Garlic (optional) 2 cloves Salt Method: 1. Heat a pan and dry roast flax seeds in low heat till aroma comes. Keep aside.(Cover the lid while roasting). 2. In same pan roast chana dal, urad dal, sesame seeds, cumin

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Ingredients: Tofu (Soy Paneer) 350g Tomato 2 Green chillies 2 Onion medium size 1 Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp (fresh) Red Chilli powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 2 tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Garam masala powder ¼ tsp Chopped coriander leaves 1/2 cup Clove 2 Salt Oil Butter/Ghee Method: 1. Pressure cook the tomatoes. Remove the skin and seeds. Make puree out of cooked tomatoes along with green

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Ingredients: Mint/Pudina leaves 1 cup/ 1 bunch Green Chillies 4-5 Garlic cloves 2-3 Tamarind marble size(I use more for mint chutney) Grated coconut 2-3 tsp Cumin ¼ tsp Curry leaves 1 strand Mustard ¼ tsp Water Ghee Oil Salt Method: 1. Soak the tamarind in water for 2 hrs. Filter it and use the tamarind water. 2. Wash the mint leaves, keep aside. 3. Heat ghee in a frying pan and fry mint

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Ingredients: Rice (sona masoori) 1 cup Moong dal/hesaru bele 1 cup Jaggery 3 cups Milk 2 cups Water 2 cups Raisins 3 tsp Cashew 3 tsp Ghee 3-4 tsp Cardamom powder ¼ tsp Nutmeg powder ¼ tsp Method: 1. Soak moong dal in water for 30 minutes. 2. Wash and pressure cook rice and moong dal with 2 cups milk and 1 cup water. 3. Heat ghee and roast cashews and raisins set aside. 4. Melt the jaggery

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 Ingredients: Pitted Dates chopped 1 cup Khoa/Mawa 1 cup Sugar ¼ - ½ cup Coconut powder 2-3 tsp Method: 1. Combine all the ingredients except coconut powder in a thick bottom pan. Cook them in low to medium heat. 2. When all the ingredient melts, start stirring till it becomes thick single mass. 3. Switch off the stove and let it cool. 4. Make small round balls. Roll

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Ingredients: Potato 2 Chilli powder 1-2 tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Cumin ¼ tsp Oma ¼ tsp Mustard ¼ tsp Asafoetida pinch Salt Oil Method: 1. Wash and peel the skin of potato. Chop into small pieces. [Put the chopped potato in water ] 2. Heat 2 tsp oil, add mustard, cumin, oma and asafoetida one by one. Add chopped potatoes and salt. Cook for few minutes in medium heat. 3. Add chilli powder

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Ingredients: Basmati/Sona masoori Rice 1 cup Green peas (frozen) ½ cup Onion (chopped) 1 Ginger paste ½ tsp Garlic paste ½ tsp Green chillies 5-6 Cloves 4-5 Cardamom 1 Cinnamon stick small piece Aniseed small piece Black pepper (whole) 1 tsp Bay leaf 1 Lemon ½ Water 1 + 3/4 cup ( or 2 cups) Salt Oil/Ghee 1 Tbsp Method: 1. Soak rice in water for 10-20 minutes. 2. Chop onion and green

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Ingredients: Methi/Fenugreek leaves (chopped) 2 cups Gram flour/Besan 1 cup Semolina/Sooji Rava ½ cup Wheat flour ¼ cup Red Chili powder 1 tsp Green chillies (crushed) 4-5 Garlic (crushed) 4 pods Lemon ½ Yogurt 1-2 Tbsp Sesame seeds 2 tsp Sugar 2-3 tsp Crushed pepper ¼ tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Garam masala ¼ tsp Asafoetida pinch Baking soda pinch Salt Oil Method: 1. Combine all the above

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Ingredients: Carrot (chopped) ½ cup Green peas ½ cup Beans (chopped) ½ cup Capsicum (chopped) ½ cup Cauliflower (chopped) 1 cup Potato (chopped) 1 cup Onion (chopped) 2 Tomato (chopped) 1 Green chillies (chopped) 4-5 Cilantro (chopped) ½ cup Ginger Garlic paste 2 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala 2 tsp Chilli powder 2 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Garam masala ¼ tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Asafoetida Lemon 1

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Ingredients: Potato 2-3 Onion 1 Tomato 1 Green chillies 4-5 Garlic 3 pods Grated coconut 2 tsp Cilantro (chopped) ½ cup Lemon juice 2-3 tsp Asafoetide pinch Mustard ¼ tsp Cumin ¼ tsp Turmeric powder ½ tsp Water Salt Oil Method: 1. Pressure cook the potatoes and mash it. Keep aside. 2. Chop tomatoes, onion, garlic and cilantro. 3. Heat 2 tsp oil in a pan, add mustard let it splutter, add

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Ingredients: Enoki Mushrom 2 pack[get it in Chinese market] Egg 2-3 Onion 1 Tomato 1 Ginger (minced)½ tsp Garlic (minced) ½ tsp Green chillies 4 Aniseed small piece Garam masala ¼ tsp Chilli powder 1 tsp Cumin powder 1/4 tsp Cilantro ¼ cup (chopped) Salt Oil Method: 1. Cut the base of Enoki mushroom and wash. Keep aside. 2. Chop onion, tomato, cilantro and green chillies. 3. Heat oil in a

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Ingredients: Milk 1 cup (300ml) Sugar 2 tsp Tea powder 1 tsp Ginger (minced) ¼ tsp Cardamom powder pinch Clove 1(optional) Cinnamon small piece(optional) Method: 1. Pour the milk in a vessel, add sugar, tea powder, ginger, cardamom powder, clove and cinnamon. Bring it to boil. 2. Once it starts boiling turn the heat to low and let it boil for another 5 min in low heat. 3. Filter the tea

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Ingredients: Plantains 3 (OVER RIPE) Sugar ½ cup Ghee ¼ cup Cardamom powder ¼ tsp Roasted cashew pieces ¼ cup Method: 1. Remove the skin and mash the bananas. 2. Heat ghee in a non stick pan and add mashed banana. Keep stirring till banana turns brown color. (cook on low to medium heat) 3. Add sugar and mix well, let it dissolve completely. Add some more ghee and roasted cashew pieces. 4

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Ingredients: Black pepper (kalu menasu) 2 tsp Chana dal ½ tsp Urad dal ½ tsp Coriander seeds ½ tsp Cumin seeds ½ tsp Black Cumin seeds (Kala Jeera) ½ tsp Tamarind grape size Grated coconut 2 tsp Mustard ¼ tsp Asafoetida pinch Curry leaves 1 strand Garlic 2 cloves Ghee 1-2 tsp Salt Method: 1. Dry roast urad dal, chana dal, black pepper, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, black cumin seeds

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Ingredients: Rice (Sona masoori or Basmati) 1 cup Menthe soppu/Fenugreek leaves 1 bunch (about 3 cups) Onion 1 Curry leaves 1 strand Green Chillies 4 Groundnut ¼ cup Coriander powder 1-2 tsp Chilli powder 1 tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Cumin powder ¼ tsp Lemon ½ Salt Oil 4-5 tsp Method: 1. Pressure cook the rice. 2. Wash and chop the Fenugreek leaves. Chop onions and green chillies. Keep

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Ingredients: 1.Green vegetables (soppu) - like menthe soppu, dil, spinach (palak) etc 1 bunch each. 2.Greengram/Moong sprouts (molake hesaru kaalu) 1 cup 3.Fenugreek sprouts ( molake menthe kalu) ¼ cup 4.Surti papdi (avarekalu) 1 cup 5.Green chillies 3-4 6.Curry leaf 2 srands 7.Onion 2 8.Tomato 1 9.Garlic 2-3 cloves 10.Grated coconut ½ cup 11.Tamarind grape size 12.Jaggery very little 13.

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Ingredients: Rice 1 cup Boiled rice (kuchalakki)1 cup Urad dal 3/4 cup Thick poha/beaten rice 1/2 cup Fenugreek 2 tsp Chana dal 2 tsp Salt Water Oil Method: 1. Soak rice, boiled rice, urad dal, thick poha, fenugreek and chana dal for 5-6 hrs. 2. Wash the soaked ingredients. Grind them into smooth batter by adding water. Keep it overnight for fermentation. 3. Next day add salt to the

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Ingredients: Chicken drumstick 10-15 pieces Ginger paste 2-3 tsp Garlic paste 2-3 tsp Chilli powder 2 tsp Coriander powder 1-2 tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Paprika 1-2 tsp Tandoori chicken masala 2-3 tsp Yogurt ¼ - ½ cup Lemon juice ½ cup Butter 2 tsp Red food color very little (less than ¼ tsp) Salt Method: 1. Wash and with the help of a knife make some slits about few inch on chicken

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Holige is a popular dish made during festivals. It contains 2 parts the stuffing part called HOORANA and the outer cover called KANAKA(dough). Bele holige is one of my favorite sweet. Ingredients for making Hoorana: Chana dal/ Kadle bele/chickpea lentils ¼ cup Toor dal/ Togari bele/pigeon pea lentils ¾ cup Jaggery 2 cups Grated Coconut ¼ cup Water Cardamom Method: 1. Soak Chana dal and

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Ingredients: Peanut/Groundnut/Shenga 1 bowl Dry red chilies 8-9 Cumin 2 tsp Sesame seeds 2 tsp Garlic 1 clove (very little) Salt Method: 1. Dry roast peanut, red chilies, cumin and sesame seeds SEPARATELY. Let it cool. Remove the outer skin of peanut. 2. Combine all the roasted ingredients, salt and garlic in a blender and blend it into coarse powder. Store it in an airtight container.

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Ingredients: Kabuli Chana(Chickpeas) 2 cups Potato(Aloo) 1 large size Cucumber 1 Tomato 1-2 Onion 1 small size Green Chilies 5-6 (deseeded) Ginger ¼ inch piece Cilantro 1 cup (finely chopped) Chat masala 1-2 tsp Cumin powder 1 tsp Red Chili powder 1-2 tsp Tamarind paste/Lemon juice ½ cup Salt Method: 1. Pressure cook chana with little salt. 2. Peel the skin and pressure cook potato and

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Ingredients: Ripe Plantains (Nendra Banana ) 2 Milk 2-3 cups (OR Coconut milk) Jaggery ½ cup Cashew and Raisins ¼ cup Ghee 4-5 tsp Cardamom powder ¼ tsp Method: 1. Remove the outer skin and cut the banana and pressure cook. Remove the inner line with black seeds. Mash it. 2. Melt jaggery in little water and strain it. 3. Heat ghee in a pan and roast cashews and raisins. 4. Heat ghee in

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Ingredients: Tomatillo medium size 8-10 Onion 1 Minced garlic 1 tsp Chilli powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Grated coconut ¼ cup Mustard ¼ tsp Oil Salt Method: 1. Remove the outer calyx of Tomatillos, wash and chop. 2. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds when it splutters add garlic and chopped onion. Fry them till transparent. 3. Add chopped tomatillos and little

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Ingredients: Green Jackfruit /Halasinakayi small size 1 Black Chana 1 cup Minced Garlic 1-2 tsp Onion 1 Curry leaf 1 strand Grated coconut 3-4 tsp Green Chillies (Optional) 2 Dried Red chillies 2 Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Tamarind (grape size) Chilli powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Mustard seeds ¼ tsp Oil Salt Method: 1. Soak Black Chana overnight. Pressure cook with little turmeric, salt

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Ingredients: Chicken ½ kg Onion 1 Minced Ginger 2-3 tsp (fresh) Minced Garlic 2-3 tsp (fresh) Red chilli powder 2-3 tsp Coriander powder 2-3 tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Green chillies 4 (optional) 2 cloves and a small piece of cinnamon (optional) Tomato 1 Lemon 1/2 Salt Oil Method: 1. Wash and cut the chicken into small pieces. Marinate with salt, turmeric and lemon juice. 2. Chop onion,

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Ingredients: Ash Gourd (grated) 3 cups Sugar 1-2 cups Ghee 3 tsp Cardamom powder ¼ tsp Raisins and cashews ½ cup Method: 1. Peel the skin of ash gourd and remove the seeds. Grate it and pressure cook. 2. Heat ghee and roast raisins and cashews. Keep aside. 3. Transfer the cooked ash gourd into a thick bottom pan and cook until all the excess water evaporates and becomes dry. 4. Now add

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Ingredients: Palak/Spinach 1 bunch Mushroom 1 bowl Tomato 1 Onion 1 Garlic cloves 6-7 Minced Ginger 1tsp Green chillies 5 Oil/Butter 1-2 tsp Method: 1. Wash and chop the Palak, Mushroom, Onions, Green chillies and Tomato. Keep aside. 2. In a vessel take some water, add chopped palak and little salt. Cook till leaves get softened. Let it cool and grind into paste (do not use more water).

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Ingredients: Green peas 2-3 cups (Fresh or Frozen) Onion 1 (Chopped) Tomato 1 (Chopped) Green chillies 4 Minced Garlic 1 tsp Cloves 2 Cinnamon ½” stick Mustard ¼ tsp Chilli powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Cumin powder ¼ tsp Oil Salt Method: 1. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard, when it splutters add cloves and cinnamon. Add chopped green chillies saute. Add garlic

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Ingredients: Asparagus 1 bunch Green chillies 4 Garlic cloves 3 Minced Ginger ¼ tsp Chana dal ½ tsp Urad dal ¼ tsp Roasted Groundnut 2 tsp Tamarind paste ¼ tsp Mustard ¼ tsp Curry leaves 4 Salt Oil Method: 1. Wash and chop the Asparagus into small pieces. Chop green chillies and garlic. Set aside. 2. Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan. Add chana dal, Urad dal, green chillies one by one and sauté

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Ingredients: Rice 1 cup Onion large size 1 Mustard ¼ tsp Chana dal 1 tsp Urad dal 1 tsp Ground nut ½ cup Green chillies 4-5 Curry leaves 1 strand Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Lemon juice 3-4 tsp Oil 1 Tbsp Salt Method: 1. Wash and cook the rice in pressure cooker. Keep aside. After 15 minutes spread the rice on a plate. 2. Make thin slices of onion. Slit the green chillies, keep aside. 3. Heat

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Quinoa Pulav/Biryani Green Peas Rice Menthe soppu/Fenugreek leaves Chitranna Chitranna/Lemon Rice Vegetable Pulav

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Ingredients: Sonamasoori/Basmati Rice 1 cup Onion chopped 1 cup Grated coconut ½ cup or 3/4 cup Chopped coriander leaves ½ cup Pudina/Mint ¼ cup Green chillies 4-5 Minced Ginger 1 tsp Garlic cloves chopped 4-5 Cinnamon ½” stick Cloves 2-3 Cumin ¼ tsp Tamarind little 2 ½ cup water Oil 1 Tbsp Butter/ Ghee 2 tsp Lemon juice 2 tsp Vegetables – Carrot, Green peas, Beans, Cauliflower, Broccoli,

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Ingredients: Bitter gourd 2-3 Chilli powder 2 tsp Turmeric powder ½ tsp Salt as per taste Oil 3-4 tsp Method: 1. Wash the bitter gourd and slice them into thin rings. 2. In a bowl combine oil, chillipowder, turmeric powder and salt, apply it on both the side of sliced bitter gourd. Set aside. 3. After 30 minutes spread them in rows on a foil covered baking tray and bake them at 360 F for

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Ingredients: Green tomatoes 3 Curry leaves 1 strand Green chillies 4-5 (or more) Garlic cloves 4-5 Roasted Groundnut 3-4 tsp Sesame seeds/Til 1 tsp Tamarind (lemon size) Sugar ¼ tsp(optional) Urad dal ½ tsp Oil Salt Method: 1. Chop tomato and green chillies. Keep aside. 2. Heat oil in a pan and add green chillies, garlic, tamarind, roasted ground nut, sesame seeds, chopped tomatoes, little

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Ingredients: Raw Mango 1 Groundnut 2 tsp Sesame seeds 1 tsp Curry leaves 1 strand Red chillies 4 Water ¼ cup Mustard ¼ tsp Urad dal ¼ tsp Oil Salt Method: 1. Wash and chop the mango. Discard the seed. 2. Heat oil in a pan, add red chillies, curry leaves and raw mango pieces one by one and fry them for 5 minutes in medium to low heat. 3. Dry roast groundnut and sesame seeds. 4. Grind

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Ingredients: Mushrooms 1/4 kg Onion (Chopped) 1 large Tomato (chopped) 1 Minced Ginger 2 tsp Minced Garlic 2 tsp Cloves 4 Cinnamon 1” stick Peppercorns 5-6 Anistar 1 Bay leaf 1 Kasuri Methi(dry methi leaf) ½ cup Dry pudina 3 tsp Green chillies chopped 4-5 Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Chilli powder 3 tsp Coriander powder 2 tsp Pepper powder 1/2 tsp Coriander leaves chopped 1 cup Salt Oil

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Ingredients: Bitter gourd 2 Mustard ¼ tsp Fenugreek ¼ tsp Sesame seeds 2 tsp Peanuts ½ cup Chilli powder ½ tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Cumin powder ¼ tsp Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Lemon juice 2 tsp oil Salt Method: 1. Wash and finely chop the bitter gourd. Discard the seeds. Add salt to it and leave it for 30 minutes and squeeze out the juice, keep aside. (add more salt) 2. Dry roast and

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Ingredients: Semolina/Sooji 1 cup Water 2 cups Sugar 1 cup Pineapple chopped 1 ½ cups Ghee ½ cup Cardamom powder ¼ tsp Cashews 2 tsp Raisins 2 tsp Method: 1. Grind Pineapple into fine paste without adding water. Keep aside. 2. Heat ghee in a frying pan and roast cashews and raisins in low flame. Take out the cashews and raisins set aside. 3. Add semolina to the same pan and fry till

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Ingredients: Dates/Kharjoora 18 Milk ¾ cup Sugar ½ cup Oil ¼ cup Baking Soda 1 tsp All purpose flour/Maida 1 cup Cashews and Walnuts 1 cup Method: 1. Soak the dates in warm milk for 4 hrs. Remove the seeds. Grind them into smooth paste along with sugar and oil. 2. Mix maida and baking soda. 3. Transfer the ground paste into a mixing bowl and add one table spoon of flour at a time and mix

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Ingredients:Bamboo shoots chopped 1 bowlChana (Black) 1 cupOnion chopped 1 cupDry red chillies 4Chilli powder 1 tsp (optional)Curry leaf 1 strandMustardOilMethod:1. Soak chana overnight and pressure cook with little salt. Keep aside.2. Heat oil in a pan add mustard, red chillies and curry leaf one by one and saute. Add onions and fry them till transparent. 3. Now add chopped bamboo shoot, salt

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Ingredients:Grated Radish/Moolangi 1 cupGrated coconut 2 tspGreen chillies 4Curry leaf 1 strandLemon juice 2 tspChopped Coriander leaves ¼ cupUrad dal 2 tspMustardOil 1 tspSaltMethod:1. Combine grated radish, green chillies, grated coconut, lemon juice and Salt in a bowl. Keep aside.2. For seasoning, heat oil add mustard seeds, when it splutters add urad dal and curry leaves. Switch off the

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Ingredients:Baby corn 20Maida 1 CupRice Flour 1/2 CupPepper powder 1/2 tspSalt to tasteCorn flour 1 tspGreen chillies chopped 5Garlic cloves chopped 4Onion chopped 1Coriander leaves chopped ¼ cupSoya Sauce 2 tspChilli sauce 2 tspTomato Ketchup/tomato sauce 4 tspLemon juice 1 tspPaprika 1/2 tspOilMethod:1. Mix maida, rice flour, pepper powder, salt and water in a bowl and make pakoda/bonda

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Ingredients:Malabar spinach(Basale soppu) chopped 4 cupsOnion chopped 1 cupTomato chopped 1 cupGrated coconut ¼ cupGralic cloves chopped 3-4Green chillies 4-5Cumin ¼ tspMustardOilSaltMethod:1. Wash and cut the leaves and tender stems of Malabar spinach into small pieces. Keep aside.2. Heat oil in a pan add mustard and then add cumin, green chillies and garlic one by one and fry them. Add onions

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Ingredients:Milk 1 cupBanana (big) 1Dates 4Honey 4 tspGrated coconut 3 tspSugar 1 tsp (optional)Method:1. Chop the banana and dates into small pieces. 2. In a bowl combine chopped banana, dates, milk, honey, grated coconut and sugar (optional). Mix well.

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Ingredients:Malabar Spinach/Basale soppu 10 leavesGram flour/Besan ½ cupCumin powder ¼ tspAsafoetida pinchWaterSaltOil Method:1. Combine gram flour, cumin powder, asafoetida, salt and 2-3 drops of oil in a mixing bowl. Mix well and add sufficient water to forma batter. Do not add more water.2. Let it rest for 30 minute. 3. Heat oil in a frying pan. Dip the leaves in batter and deep fry them on

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Ingredients:Ridge Gourd/Heerekayi 1Onion chopped 1 cupGreen chillies 4Red chillies 2Milk 3 cupsChana dal 1 tspUrad dal 1 tspMustard ¼ tspCurry leaves 1 strandTurmeric ¼ tspChilli powder 1 ½ tspCoriander powder 1 tspCumin powder ¼ tspSaltOilMethod:1. Wash and chop the ridge gourd into small pieces. Keep aside.2. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard when it splutter add red chillies, chana dal, urad dal

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Ingredients:Phool Makhana 2-3 cupsMilk 4-5 cupsSugar ½ cupVermicelli ¼ cup (optional)Almond flakes 3 tspCashews 3 tspRaisins 3 tspGhee 3 tspMethod:1. Heat ghee in a frying pan and fry raisins, cashews, almonds. Take out from the pan and keep aside.2. Add phool makhana to the same pan and fry them for few minutes in medium heat. Let it cool and grind them into coarse powder. Keep aside.3. Add milk

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Ingredients:Spinach (chopped) 1 bunchToor dal 1 cup Handful of Moong dalLima beans ½ cupTamarind (marble size)Asafoetida a pinchOnion (chopped) 1Garlic cloves (Chopped) 6-7Green chillies 5-6Turmeric ¼ tspTomatoes (chopped) 1Curry leaves 1 strand Cumin ¼ tsp Mustard ¼ tspChilli powder 1-2 tspDry Red chillies 2 ButterWaterSaltOilMethod:1. Wash and pressure cook moong dal and toor dal in one

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Ingredients:Moong dal/Hesarubele 1 cupChana dal/Kadle bele 2-3 tspGreen chillies 3Curry leaves 4-5Coriander leaves (chopped) 3 tspGrated coconut 2 tspLemon juice 2 tspMustardSaltMethod:1. Soak moong dal and chana dal in water for 1-2 hrs. Drain the water.2. Take a bowl and add soaked moong dal, chana dal, chopped green chillies, grated coconut, lemon juice, coriander leaves and salt. Mix well.

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Ingredients:Bitter gourd/Hagalakayi (medium size) 3-4 Onions (chopped) 3Tomatoes (Chopped) 2Chilli powder 2-3 tspCoriander powder 1 tspJaggery ¼ cup (little more or less)Garlic colves (chopped) 10Cumin powder ¼ tspPepper powder ¼ tspTurmeric powder ¼ tspSalt OilMethod:1. Wash the bitter gourd and remove the seeds. Chop into small pieces.2. Heat little oil in frying pan and fry the chopped bitter

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Ingredients:Puffed rice/Mandakki 4 cupsOnion (finely chopped) 1 cupTomato (chopped) ½ cupMixture/Sev 1 cupMint chutney 2-3 tspTomato Ketchup 2-3 tspChat Masala 2 tspLemon Juice 2 tspChilli powder 2 tspDry roasted peanuts ½ cupGrated carrot ½ cupChopped cilantro ½ cupMethod:1. Take puffed rice in a mixing bowl and add peanut, chilli powder, chat masala, ½ cup sev, onions, tomatoes, grated carrots

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Ingredients:Gooseberry/Nallikayi (Fresh/Frozen) 4Green chillies 3-4Pepper corns ½ tspCumin ¼ tspCurry leaves ¼ cupGrated coconut 3-4 tspYogurt/Curd 1 cupGhee 1 tspMustardWater SaltOilMethod:1. Wash and chop the gooseberries into small pieces. Don’t use seeds.2. Heat ghee in a frying pan, fry peppercorns, cumin, green chillies, curry leaves and gooseberries one by one.Finally fry grated coconut

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Ingredients:Green peas 1 cupGreen chillies 3-4Curry leaves 1-2 strandsGinger 1” pieceSaltOil for deep fryingMethod:1. Soak the green peas in water for 5-6 hrs.2. Drain the soaked green peas and grind coarsely with green chillies, ginger,curry leaves and salt without adding water.3. Heat oil in a pan and make balls from the dough and deep fry them tillgolden brown in low to medium heat. Remove

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Ingredients:Cabbage finely chopped 2-3 cups Onion chopped 1 cupDry Red chillies/ Green chillies 4-5Soaked and cooked chana ½ cupChana dal 1 tspUrad dal 1 tspGrated coconut ¼ cupMustardCurry leaves 1 strandChilli powder 1tsp(optional)SaltOilMethod:1. Heat oil in a pan add mustard after that add urad dal and chana dal, fry them.2. Add green chillies or dry red chillies and curry leaves. Fry them.3.

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POORI Ingredients:Wheat flour 1 ½ cupsWarm water ½ cupSalt(optional)Oil Method:1. Mix wheat flour, salt and 4-5 tsp oil in a large bowl.2. Add warm water little by little to form smooth dough. Knead well and make a single mass.3. Cover it or place it in a container to rest for at least about half or one hour. 4. Heat oil for frying the puris in medium heat.5. Make small balls from the dough.6.

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Ingredients:Vermicelli 2 cupsOnion chopped 1 cup Tomato chopped 1 cupGreen peas (Dry/Fresh) ½ cupRed capsicum chopped ½ cupYellow capsicum chopped ½ cupWater 4-5 cupsGreen chillies 3Dry Red chillies 2Urad dal 1 tspChana dal 1 tspCashew 2 tspGhee 1-2 tspSugar ½ tspLemon juice 2-3 tspMinced Ginger ¼ tspSaltMustardOilMethod:1. Cook the dry green peas with little salt in cooker and keep aside.2. Heat

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Ingredients:Chicken pieces 1 bowlOnions chopped 1 cupGrated coconut ¼ - ½ cupMinced ginger ½ tspMinced garlic 1 tspGreen chillies 2-3Red chillies(dried)2-3Chilli powder 1 tspCoriander powder 1 tspTurmeric powder ¼ tspCumin powder ¼ tspPepper powder ½ tspLemon ½Cloves 2Cinnamon 1” stickSaltOilMethod:1. Wash and cut the chicken into pieces. Marinate it with chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin

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Ingredients:Colocasia leaves (Kesuvinele/Taro leaves) 20-30Garlic cloves (chopped) 10 Lemon 1Chilli powder 3-4 tspCoriander powder 3 tspTurmeric powder ¼ tspCumin powder ¼ tspWater 2-3 cupsSaltMustardOilMethod:1. Wipe the colocasia leaves with wet cloth and separate the stem part. Keep the leaves aside to droop. Peel the outer layer of the stem and cut into small pieces.2. After 3-4 hrs roll the

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Ingredients:Mushroom ¼ kgChopped onion 1 cupGrated coconut 1-2 cupsChopped Tomato ½ cup Chopped Capsicum ½ cup Garlic cloves 4-5Minced ginger 1 tspGreen Chillies 4Tamarind paste ¼ tspCinnamon ½” stick Cloves 2Peppercorns ½ tspChopped Coriander leaves ½ cupFenugreek/Methi seeds ¼ tspCumin seeds ¼ tspOma/Carom seeds ¼ tspMustard ¼ tspTurmeric powder ¼ tspChilli powder ½ tspCoriander powder 1

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Ingredients:Riped Bananas 2 (large size)Rice flour 1 cupMaida/All purpose flour ½ cupJaggery ¼ cupWater ¼ cup Chopped dry fruits (raisins, cashew, pista, almond) ¼ cupGhee/ButterCardamom powder ¼ tspMethod:1. Mash the bananas into fine paste.2. Take a bowl and add mashed bananas, rice flour, maida, dry fruits, cardamom powder, jaggery and water. Mix well. (batter is thicker than the regular dosa

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Ingredients:Taro root/Kesuvina gedde 5-6Tomato (chopped) 1Chopped onion 1Minced Gralic 1-2 tspGreen chillies 4-5Turmeric powder ¼ tspCurry leaves 1 strandChopped cilantro ¼ cupCumin seeds ¼ tspCarom seeds(Ajwain/Oma) ¼ tspMustard seeds ¼ tspOilSaltLemon juice 1tsp (optional)Grated coconut 2 tsp (optional) Method:1. Wash and cook the taro roots in water for 30 minutes in high flame. Remove the

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Ingredients:Fish 2 medium sizeChilli powder 2 tspSaltMethod:1. Wash and cut the fish into pieces.2. Marinate the fish with chilli powder and salt for 30 minute.3. Preheat the oven to 350F. Spread the fish pieces on foil covered baking tray. Bake them at 350 F for 20-30 minutes.4. Take out the fish and serve.

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PaniIngredients:Water 1-2 cupsTamarind paste ½ -1 tspBlack Salt ½ tspCoriander powder ½ tspCumin powder ½ tspPepper powder ¼ tspChilli powder ½ tspSugar ½ tspSaltCoriander leaf + Green chillies + Mint leaves 1-2 tspMethod:1. Take water in a bowl add tamarind paste, black salt, coriander powder, chilli powder, cumin powder, pepper powder, sugar and salt. Mix well.2. Now take coriander leaf, green

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Ingredients:Potatoes 2 medium sizeWater 1 cup Sliced Onion ¼ cup Green Chillies 3-4Minced Ginger ½ tspCurry leaf 1 strandCoconut milk 1 cupCoconut oil 2-3 tspSaltMethod:1. Wash and peel the skin of potato. Cook it in cooker. Mash it.2. In a pan add water, mashed potatoes, salt, onions and green chillies, cover it. Let it boil.3. After boiling add ginger and coconut milk mix well and bring it to

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Ingredients:Grated coconut 2 cupsSugar 1-2 cupsWater ½-1 cupCardamom powder 1 tspGheeMethod:1. Take water and sugar in a thick bottomed pan and let the sugar to melt in medium heat.2. Cook till the sugar syrup gets sticky consistency (to know the consistency, add a drop of sugar syrup into a cup of water, it forms a jelly like ball ). Now add coconut and stir continuously.3. Add some ghee and

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Ingredients:Asparagus shoot 1 bunchOnion (chopped) 1Green chillies 4-5 Minced Garlic 4 clovesLemon juice 4-5 tspGrated coconut 2-3 tspCurry leaves 1 strandMustard ¼ tspSalt OilMethod:1. Wash and cut the asparagus shoots into small pieces. Keep aside.2. Heat oil in a pan add mustard and when it splutter add green chillies, curry leaves, garlic and onion one by one. Cook them for few minutes.3. Add

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Ingredients:Dry grapes 1/4 kgPista 150 gmUttutte (dry dates) 1/4 kg Cashew 1/4 kgBadam 1/4 kgKallu sakkare (rock sugar?) 1/4 kgJaggery 1/4 kgAntu (Edible Gum) 1/4 kgDry coconut 2 Ghee 1/4 kgDry fig 1/4 kgSaffronAbove ingredients are must but with this I add 1/2 tsp powdered cardamom, clove, poppy seeds, dry ginger, fenugreek, cumin, pepper, jayikai, japatre and pachekarpura (pinch). You can add

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Ingredients:Chicken pieces 250gmsChilli powder 3 tspTurmeric powder ½ tspLemon juice 4 tspSaltOilMethod:1. Wash the chicken and cut it into small pieces. Squeeze all the water.2. In a bowl mix chilli powder, turmeric powder, lemon juice, salt and chicken pieces. Marinate it for 1 hr.3. Heat 2 tsp of oil add marinated chicken and cook for 30 minutes in low flame till chicken pieces get dark brown.

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Ingredients:Chicken pieces 2 bowlsSonamasoori/ Basmati rice 2 cupsMilk(Whole or 2%) 2 cupsWater 2 cupsYogurt ½ cupGinger paste (fresh) 2 tspGarlic paste (fresh) 2-3 tspOnions 2 (Chopped)Green chillies 4-6Chilli powder 2-3 tspCoriander powder 2 tspTurmeric powder ¼ tspCumin powder ¼ tspSaffron strands ½ tsp Lemon juice 5 tspPepper powder ¼ tspPeppercorns 1 tspCloves 5-6Cinnamon 2” stickBay leaves

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Ingredients:Grated carrot 1 cupMoong dal ¼ cupGreen chillies 4Grated coconut 2-3 tspCurry leaf 1 strandLemon juice 2-3 tspChopped Coriander leaves ¼ cupMustardOilSaltMethod:1. Soak moong dal in water for 2-3 hrs.2. Take a bowl and add grated carrot, moong dal, green chillies, grated coconut, lemon juice, coriander leaves and salt. Mix well. Keep aside.3. For seasoning, heat oil add mustard seeds,

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Ingredients:Chopped Apple (without skin) 1 cupChopped Banana 1 cupGrated Carrot 1 cupMilk 1 cupGrated Coconut 1 cupSugar ½ to 1 cupGhee ¾ cupCardamom powder ¼ tspMethod:1. Cook grated carrot in pressure cooker.2. Take apple, banana, grated coconut and milk in a thick bottomed pan. Cook for few mins.3. Add cooked carrot into it. Add ghee and sugar. Mix well. Cook until sticky consistency. 4. Add

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TURMERIC Rhizome is edible. Turmeric is used in the form of powder. Leaves are also used to wrap and cook the food. Turmeric is an excellent source of iron and manganese. It is used in Indian and Chinese medicine as an anti inflammatory agent to treat many diseases. Tofu (Soy Paneer) Tofu is made by soy milk rich in protein and low in calories. Tofu is available in 3 forms, Silken, Firm and

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QUINOA-Seeds are edible. It is a pseudocereal because it is not a member of grass family. Quinoa grains contain amino acids (lysine), dietary fiber, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and iron. Quinoa is gluten free and hence easy to digest. Quinoa is the best source of complete protein. FLAX SEED/ LINSEED/ AGASI-Flax seed is rich in Omega-3 Fatty Acids and fibre. It helps in lowering cholesterol

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Ingredients:Lemon 1Water 2 cupsBrown Sugar or Sugar 6-7 tspMinced ginger ½ tspCardamom powder ¼ tspPinch of saltMethod:1. Take water in a vessel. Add Lemon juice, sugar, ginger, cardamom powder and salt. Mix well and filter.2. Lemon juice is ready to drink.

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Ingredients:Milk 1 ltrCarrot 2Grated Coconut ¼ cupSugar 1 cupCashew ½ cupSaffron littleMethod:1. Wash, scrape and cut the carrots. Cook in pressure cooker with coconut and little milk.2. Grind cooked carrots with cashew and some milk into fine paste.3. Take milk in a vessel and allow it to boil. Add ground paste and sugar into it. Mix well and let it boil.4. Add saffron mix well and switch off

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