This is a classic comfort food,easy to make as well as very healthy option for lunch or dinner. Best accompaniments to serve with this is Curd,pickle and papad. Ingredients: 1/2 cup yellow Moong Dal (skinless). 1/2 cup Rice. 2 tbsp Green Peas. 1/2 tbsp Oil. 1 tbsp Ghee. 1/4 tsp Haldi powder. 1/4 tsp Asafoetida.Continue reading “Toor Dal Khichdi.”
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Buttered Herb Rice.
Buttered Herbed rice is one of the easiest rice dish to make. It is mildly seasoned with herbs and tossed in butter. Goes well with any continental gravy or sauce,also can be used in plating sizzlers. Here I have used white basmati rice,same recipe can also be made using brown basmati rice. Ingredients: 1 cupContinue reading “Buttered Herb Rice.”
Parsi Brown Rice.
This rice has brown color and the colour comes from the caramelization of sugar and onions. This is the distinct feature of this rice dish. This rice has mild sweet taste due to the presence of sugar and onion, Whole garam masala adds the aroma. Traditionally this rice is served with dhansak,but I love toContinue reading “Parsi Brown Rice.”
Cabbage and Capsicum Nu Shaak.
This is a very simple and flavour full dish from Gujrati cusine made using minimal ingredients.Goes well with phulka or roti.The tanginess of lemon juice and crunchyness of the semi cooked vegetables makes this dish a star. Ingredients: 3 cups Cabbage,thinly sliced. 1 Capsicum, thinly sliced. 1 tspn Oil. 1 tspn Mustard Seeds. 1 tspContinue reading “Cabbage and Capsicum Nu Shaak.”
Bharli Mirchi.
Bharli Mirchi or Bharwan Mirch makes a perfect side dish to go along with everything,chapati,bhakri or even simple Dal rice.This dish is very special to me as the recipe was shared with me by my late mother in law Mrs Nanda More who was a very loving Mom and an excellent cook….I so very muchContinue reading “Bharli Mirchi.”
Appam.
Appam are tasty lacy soft hoppers made from a ground, fermented rice and coconut batter, traditionally served with Veg stew. Traditionally appam are fermented with toddy( local alcoholic drink made from from palm or coconut flower). As toddy is not available everywhere easily, dry active yeast is used as a substitute. . This appam recipeContinue reading “Appam.”
Vegetable Stew.
This is a mildly flavoured vegetables curry from kerala,which is a combination of vegetables and creamy coconut milk based curry. Popularly served with malabar parotta or appam, but can also be served with idiyappam or oghee rice. I have used readymade coconut milk available in tetra pack instead freshly squeezed coconut milk can also beContinue reading “Vegetable Stew.”
Crispy Masala Macaroni.
Crispy Macroni Snack is an easy to make completely unique snack recipe.To prepare this crispy Macaroni Snack Macaroni is cooked and dried completely and coated in a flour mix,Then it is deep fried and tossed with aromatic and flavourful seasoning. Finally allow this to cool completely and store in an air tight jar.Trust me it’sContinue reading “Crispy Masala Macaroni.”
Tandalachi Bhakri.
Mostly bhakri is made using only rice flour,but I find it difficult to roll,so I follow my mom’s trick of adding some wheat flour,this makes it rollable and remains soft for a long time. This Bhakri goes well with almost everything leafy vegetables or even fish or egg curry. Ingredients: 1 cup Rice flour. 1/2Continue reading “Tandalachi Bhakri.”
Patole.
Patole is a traditional Maharashtrian dish,made especially in month of Shravan.Also made as prasad for Nag Panchami. नागपंचमी – श्रावणातला पहिला सण नागपंचमी या दिवशीं नागाची पूजा केली जाते या दिवशीं घरात भाजी चिरणे, कोणतेही पदार्थ तळलेले किंवा भाजले जात नाही. कोकणात सासरी गेलेल्या मुलीला भाऊ या दिवशी माहेरी घेऊन येतो . सर्व गावातील मुलीContinue reading “Patole.”
