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Whole wheat Garlic Bread

 Garlic bread

Vegan greens stir-fry

  Mixed greens Curry  Ingredients  Spinach 100gms Amaranth leaves 100gms Chopped small onions 1/2 cup Chopped garlic 5-6 Dry red chili 2 Salt to taste  Water as required  Jaggery 1tbsp Jeera 1tsp Urad dal1/2tsp Curry leaves few  Method Heat a Pan add oil, temper with Jeera, urad dal, dry red chili. Add onion, garlic, curry leaves and saute until onions are soft.  Add the Chopped greens, add water about 1/4th cup, close the lid and cook in low heat until the greens are cooked.  Finish off with salt and sugar. Very nutritious and dietary fiber rich keerai poriyal. 

Tava Pav Bhaji

 Perfect mix of flavours, spices and vegetables... finger licking good recipe from the chat Bandar..... Famous dish of Maharashtra!!!  Pav Bhaji Ingredients  Onion 300gms Tomato 250gms Ginger-garlic paste 2tbsp Salt to taste  Dry red chili powder 1 tbsp Mixed vegetable (carrot, beans, Peas, potato, cauliflower) 1 cup Capsicum 250gms Dhania powder 1 tbsp Tumeric powder 1tsp  Pav Bhaji masala powder 2tbsp Coriander 3tbsp Oil 5tbsp Butter 3tbsp Cinnamom 3inch piece Cloves 2 Elaichi 1 Bay leaf 1 Jeera 1 tsp Method  Boil the mixed and Chopped vegetables till tender and mash them coarsely and keep aside. Heat a large and thick bottomed pan. Add oil and butter, Cinnamom, Elaichi, bay leaf, cloves and saute till the flavours release. Keep Medium Flame. Add the ginger garlic paste and saute till Raw smell goes.  Sauteyed ginger garlic paste  Now add the finely Chopped onions and saute till they become tender and golden brown. Add the Chopped capsicum next ...

Wheat grass juice

Homegrown wheat grass juice.... A superfood.... Healthy detox juice to add to your daily diet. It's simple and hassle free to grow wheat grass in your kitchen garden. Wheat grass harvested and juiced fresh when it's 7-10 days old is the sweetest to have fresh and raw. Dilute the wheat grass with water and have it within 1 hour of preparing the juice. It has a natural, mild sweetness and tastes yummy. Wheat grass juice has a whole lot of health benefits... Reduces cholesterol, removes toxins or free radicals from the blood system, aids digestion, heart friendly... Just to name a few!!! Ingredients  Whole wheat grains 100gms Method  Soak whole wheat grains in water overnight.  Soaked whole wheat  Next day, drain the water and tie the grains in a muslin cloth, and keep covered with a sieve for 1-2days. This is done for sprouting the grains. When sprouted remove from muslin cloth. And plant them in container in your kitchen garden.  Sprouted wheat  It may take ...

RASMALAI

  A decadent Bengali dessert..... rich, creamy melt in mouth softness.... treat your loved ones with homemade rasmalai!!!! Ingredients For Rabdi Milk(full cream) 1litre  Sugar 1/4cup Dry fruits(almonds, cashewnut, pista) 1/4cup Saffron strands soaked in warm milk  Cardamom powder 1tsp For panneer patties  Milk (full cream) 1litre  Sugar 3/4 cup Rose water 1/2tsp Vinegar/lemon juice Method  For rasmalai panneer patties  Homemade panneer  Homemade paneer is preferred,crumble and knead the paneer to a smooth creamy dough.Make small patties and cover with a moist cloth and keep aside. For sugar syrup add 3cups of water to 3/4 cup sugar and bring to boil in a pan,after sugar dissolves completely let it boil for another 10 mins. Panneer patties  Now add paneer patties to the sugar syrup( do shape the paneer once more in your palm  before dropping in sugar syrup so as to remove any cracks). Boil paneer  in sugar syrup over a medium flame f...

Dal Makhni with makki di roti

  Dhaba style Dal Makhni with makki di roti... Punjabi cuisine.... Rich creamy black urad Dal, protein rich with corn/maize flour roti.... Almost gluten free vegan roti!!! Ingredients For Dal Makhni Black whole urad Dal 3/4cup Rajma beans 1/4cup Salt to taste  Dry red chili powder 1 tbsp Tomato 4 Ginger garlic paste 2tbsp Kasuri methi 1tsp Butter4tbsp Tumeric powder 1tsp Jeera 1 tsp  For makki roti Corn/maize flour 1cup Ajwain seeds 1tsp Salt to taste  Water for kneading Method  For Dal Makhni  Wash the Dal and Rajma thoroughly, 2-3 times till the water is clear. Soak black urad Dal and Rajma beans overnight.  Soaked dal Boil the Dal in pressure cooked along with some Tumeric powder for 2whistles in medium flame. The Dal should be cooked to a soft consistency. Boiled Dal  Heat a kadai, add butter, Jeera, ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes.Add chilli powder, Tumeric powder and saute the dry masala in butter over low heat. Add pureed ...

Almond and walnut cake

  Melt in mouth Almond and Walnut cake... Crumbly, soft, richness of nuts... must try cake. No eggs, no oven, baked in cooker cake.  Ingredients Maida 1cup Caster sugar 3/4cup Curd 1/4 cup  Milk 1/2cup Baking powder 1tsp Baking soda 1/2 tsp Chopped nuts 1/2 cup (walnut, almond, cashewnut, raisins) Vanilla essence 1/2tsp Oil 1/4 cup Chocolate sauce for decorating  Method Add some salt or sand at the bottom of a pressure cooker and preheat the cooker in medium flame for 15 minutes. Place a stand in the salt to elevate the height.  Preheated cooker with salt Take a bowl and seive the dry ingredients that's Maida, caster sugar, baking soda, baking powder into the bowl. This allows even mixing of dry ingredients. Also add the Chopped almond, walnut  Cashew and raisins to the bowl. Give a good mix.  Dry ingredients  Add the wet ingredients to the cake mix one by one. Curd, milk, oil, vanilla essence. Mix well to form a batter. Use cut and fold method fo...

Mirchi ka Salan

  Ingredients Bhajji green chilli 250gms Onion1 Mustard 1/2 tsp Jeera 1/2 tsp Curry leaves few Coriander leaves for garnish  Oil 2tbsp Salt to taste  Tumeric powder 1tsp Asafoetida 1pinch Dry red chili powder 1/2tsp Tamarind pulp 1tbsp Jaggery 1tsp Cinnamon 1inch piece Cloves 3 For masala paste   Raw peanuts 2tbsp Sesame seeds 1 tbsp Khus Khus 1tbsp Coconut 2tbsp Method Dry roast the masala ingredients in a pan till slightly warm. Grind the masala into smooth paste with water and keep aside.  Heat a Kadai, add oil and temper with Mustard seeds, Jeera, cinnamon,cloves. Add chopped onion, Curry leaves. Saute till the onion turn pink. Clean and slit chilli lengthwise. Add it to the onions and saute till slightly brown.  Add the ground masala to the chilli and adjust the consistency with water.  Add the tamarind pulp, salt, Jaggery, red chilli powder, Asafoetida. Saute in medium flame for few minutes, then reduce to low flame and cook with lid closed ...

Gajar ka Halwa/carrot Halwa

  Carrot Halwa...Gajar ka Halwa... never fails the taste test,time tested favourite of all!!! Ingredients Carrot 500 GM's Sugar 3/4 cup Cashewnut 1 tbsp Ghee 3 tbsp Milk 2-3 glass Method Grate the carrot finely.Heat a pan,add 1 tbsp ghee and saute the grated carrot.Keep medium flame and saute till raw smell goes. Add milk and cook till carrot becomes tender and soft.cook till all the milk is absorbed. Add sugar to the halwa and cook in medium flame till all the sugar melts and is absorbed thoroughly . Finally add the ghee and saute the cashews till golden brown and remove seperately. Add the remaining ghee to the halwa and saute on medium flame till the ghee seperates. Halwa is ready ,enjoy warm or cold. MY YOUTUBE VIDEO RECIPE LINK  https://youtu.be/gMWceppjQvY

Mirchi Bhajji

  Hyderabadi Cut Mirchi Bhajji....Green chilli marinated in lemon juice and spices...coated in batter and fried to perfect golden color,crispy,spicy snack...ready in a jiffy!!! Ingredients Besan/chickpea flour 1 cup Rice flour 1/4 cup Salt to taste Red chilli powder 1 tsp Tumeric Powder 1 pinch Baking soda 1 pinch Water for mixing Green Bhajji chilli 250 gms Jeera 1 tsp Lemon juice  2 tbsp Asafoetida 1 pinch Method Slit green Bhajji chilli lengthwise and remove the seeds.Marinate with lemon juice and jeera and keep aside for 30 minutes. Marinated chill For bhajji mix,add besan and rice flour in a bowl,add salt,hing, chilli powder, turmeric powder, baking soda and mix the dry ingredients well. Bhajji batter Add enough water to make a thick batter,so that it can coat the chillies well. Heat oil in a kadai keep medium to high flame.when th oil is hot enough,dip the chilli in the batter and deep fry till golden brown. Enjoy hot bhajjis with a cup of coffee.