Peas Bhath
Jan08

Peas Bhath

Ingredients • Rice – 1 cup • Fresh green peas – ¾ cup (shelled) • Salt – as required • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp. • Lemon – 1 • Cut coriander leaves – 1 tbsp • Oil – 2 ½ tbsp For Seasoning: • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp. • Black gram dhal – 1 tsp. • Bengal gram dhal – 1 tsp. • Broken cashew nuts – 1 tbsp • Curry leaves – few springs Grind together: • Grated fresh coconut...

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Medu Vada
Jan06

Medu Vada

Ingredients • Urad dal – 250 grams • Green chili paste – 2 tsp. • Coriander leaves –  ¼ cup • Cream of wheat (rava) – ¼ cup • Baking soda – 1 pinch • salt – as per taste • oil Preparation 1. Soak urad dal overnight. 2. Grind to a paste. 3. Add cream of wheat, green chili paste and salt. 4. Keep for 8-10 hours. 5. Mix coriander leaves. 6. Add soda and 1-tsp oil to the batter. 7. Take little batter on...

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Spring dosa
Jan05

Spring dosa

Ingredients • Cabbage – 250 grams • Bell pepper – 1 • Tomatoes  – 2 • Green chilies finely chopped  –  3-4 • Grated coconut  – ½ cup • Red chili powder – 2 tbsp • Salt – as per taste • Oil Preparation 1. Chop cabbage, bell pepper and make tomatoes into pulp. 2. Heat oil in a pot, add cabbage and bell pepper and stir for 5 minutes. 3. Mix tomato pulp, green chilies, grated coconut, red chili...

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Banana Puri
Jan05

Banana Puri

  Ingredients: • Ripe bananas, pureed – 2   • Atta – 1 cup   • Whole wheat – 1 cup  • Cumin seeds – 1 1/2 tsp  • Salt – 1 1/2tsp • Sugar – 1 tbsp • Cayenne – 3 pinches (or as desired) • Ghee for deep frying.    Preparation 1. The trickiest part of this preparation is to make a stiff...

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Gajar Ka Halwa
Jan04

Gajar Ka Halwa

  Ingredients • Carrots – 1 kg • Milk – 1.5 litre • Cardamom seeds powdered (optional) – 1 tsp • Ghee for frying the Cashews – ½ tsp • Dry fruits (Sliced Badam, Pista, Kaju) – 2-3 tbsp • Raisins soaked in water for half an hour • Sugar – 450 grams • Whole dried milk (mawa) or Milk Cream (Malai) Preparation 1. Wash the carrots, peel and grate them....

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