Lapsi Bakri (Broken Wheat Pancake)
Dec14

Lapsi Bakri (Broken Wheat Pancake)

Ingredients • Hine lapsi – 2 cups • Grated coconut – 3/4 cup • Green chilli paste – 1 tbsp • Sugar – 1 tbsp • Ginger paste – 1 tsp • Salt to taste Preparation 1. Mix all the above ingredients with water as shown in picture.  Keep aside for 1/2 an hour. 2.  Heat a pan. Apply oil to the pan. Take a handful of the above mixture n spread into a thick pancake (bakri)  with yr hand. Put oil around the pancake....

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Pan-Fried Whole Bitter Melons with cashew stuffing
Mar27

Pan-Fried Whole Bitter Melons with cashew stuffing

Salting and preparation time: about 1 hour Cooking time: 30 minutes   Ingredients • Baby bitter melons (about 12 ounces/340 g each), 2 ½ -3 inches (6.5-7.5 cm) long – 8  • Salt – 1 ½ table spoons (22 ml)  • Sugar – ½ table spoon (7 ml)  • Water – 3cups (710 ml) • Cashew halves, blanched almonds or hazelnuts...

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Fresh Coconut and Tamarind Chutney with Fresh coriander
Mar13

Fresh Coconut and Tamarind Chutney with Fresh coriander

  Tamarind pulp has a fruity, sour taste and is frequently used in South Indian cooking. In this recipe, a touch of raw sugar is added to bring out a sweet and sour contrast of flavors. This chutney selection from Hyderabad goes well with virtually any savory.   Preparation time (after assembling ingredients) and cooking time: about 30 minutes   Ingredients • Hall of seeded dried tamarind pulp – 1...

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Upma Kozhakattai
Feb19

Upma Kozhakattai

  Ingredients • Plain rice – 1 cups • Tuvar dal – 2 Tbsp • Pepper seeds – 1 tbsp • Grated coconut – 1 cup • Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp • Split urad dal – 1 tsp • Red chilies – 3-4 • Salt as required • Curry Leaves – 4-5 • Asafetida a pinch • Oil – 2 tsp Preparation 1. Soak Plain rice and Tuvar dal for about 20 minutes wash...

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Iron rich porridge
Feb16

Iron rich porridge

  Ingredients •Garden cress seeds (Aliv) – 15 gm •Milk – 200ml •Grated coconut (Fresh) – 25 gm •Jaggery – 30 gm Preparation 1.Soak the garden cress seeds overnight. 2.Boil the milk in a pan, to this add the garden cress seeds and allow it to cook for some time. 3.Now, add the jaggery to this and cook till it dissolves completely. 4.Add the grated coconut and mix the porridge well. 5.Cook well till the porridge is completely mixed...

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