Maggi Pudding /Maggi Kheer A light and creamy milk pudding made with your favorite Magi Instant noodles.Its a 2minute pudding and is ready in no time. Play with flavors of your choice . India has grown up eating Maggi Noodles. We fell in love with this name since our childhood days and it’s love has…
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Gulab Jamun- with khoya
Gulab Jamun –Made with ghee leftover Khoya Gulab Jamun made with homemade Khoya/ Mawa you get post making ghee/ clarified butter at home.Most people discard it ,but its an amazing ingredient and can be used to make many delicacies you can indulge in. Its rich in ghee and organic. Then why waste it? Making…
Vermicelli Upma/ Semiya Upma/ Vermicelli Pilaf
Vermicelli Upma Vermicelli Upma a popular south indian breakfast and north Indian appetizer/snack.Loaded with vegetables and tempered with kadi patta / curry leaves and mustard seeds is a light but filling snack. Also know as Semiya Upma, is a adaptation form the popular south indian breakfast recipe of Upma. Upma traditionally made from semolina and…
Royal Saffron ginger mint Lemonade-How to make saffron ginger mint lemonade
Royal Saffron, ginger ,mint lemonade is a royal lemonade made with saffron and ginger added to a basic lemon sugar syrup.This is my personal favorite.Lemonade ,the name itself makes you feel refreshed and energized. With saffron adding to its lovely flavors and aroma,it truly becomes a Royal lemonade. “A Royal Lemonade” Once you make…
Pumpkin and kuttu singhare ke Appe
Gluten Free and Vegan Fating meal option. Appe made from pumpkin along with buckwheat flour and water-chestnut flour. A healthy substitute to the fried fasting recipes.They are light on the tummy and do not make you feel bloated at all.I tried them for the first time this year and instantly fell in love with them.Can be eaten in supper or a morning snack if you do.Super healthy as they have pumpkin.A perfect Fall recipe and can be eaten at as a halloween party appetisers .You may just substitute the flours with our regular all purpose flour or rice flours and…
Tomato Onion Chutney-Dosa/Idli Chutney-Restaurant style
South Indian Food is incomplete without chutneys /sauces.Be it Dosa ,Idli or any other dish,a chutney just makes it complete. South Indian cuisine has always been in my ‘A’ list ,whenever we go eating out or a weekend treat at home.A home made Dosa batter or Idli batter and the lovely coconut chutney and red tomato onion chutney is always on the table.I wonder why i didn’t post this recipe before . Am a die hard fan of this sauce/chutney and may miss cooking this one at home if am being a little lazy,but do not miss this at any…
Kids Tiffin Ideas- Ready in 20 Minutes
This has to be my favorite post. After all, the only reason i ventured into serious cooking is for my kids .Am a very protective Mom as far as the Food and its health quotient is concerned.And that drives me to find new options for them to enjoy their tiffin and provide them full nutrition at the same time. Its not that we do not eat things like pasta, pizza,noodles etc. But we have segregated our days .We do Healthy weekdays and Fun Weekends.And since my son has two breaks i also have to make it a filling one. Presenting…
Vrat Dosa/Buckwheat Pancake/Dosa eaten during Fasting
Vrat Dosa or Buckwheat dosa is made with buckwheat flour and waterchestnut flour.Made specially during fasting /Navratri fasting.Healthy, gluten free ,vegan fruit based diet. Food for your soul- Food for Purification Fasting in Ancient India had more spiritual meaning than religious. Fasting is to purify. Fasting is to calm the mind, body and soul. We…
Potato Curry/Vrat Ke Aloo
A no onion -no garlic recipe, vrat ke aloo is a simple curry made with boiled potatoes dipped and cooked in a tomato curry. No use of onion & garlic makes this curry very soft on your digestive system and is prepared mainly during the fasting periods. Its the same curry we make with our poori/fried wheat pastries. This recipe can go well with your poori ,kachori and all other occassions like pooja bhog etc. In India, all pooja / prayer meetings are held with a following lunch or dinner serving where no use of onion or garlic is common.This…
Kuttu Ki Kachori /Buckwheat Pastry
Vrat Ki kachori or Kuttu ki kachori/Buckwheat Pastry is a cottage cheese stuffed pastry which is shallow fried on medium heat .These are not made from wheat flour,but from Buckwheat flour.In India during the fasting periods especially Navratri which falls around march and October only fruits or ingredients made our of fruit are used to prepare food.We normally avoid eating any grains at all. Food is eaten only once in a day and only rock salt is consumed during fasting.So all the recipes are prepared using rock salt or sendha namak as called in India. This year am trying this…