Ukadpendi (Wheat flour Upma)

IngredientsCoarsely grinded wheat flour (Raval Kanik) - 1 Cup Red chili powder - 1 tea spoon Roasted ground nut - 1 table spoon Yoghurt (Curd) - 2 table spoon Hot water - 1 cup Sugar - 1/2 tea spoon Oil - 2 table spoon Mustard seeds(Rai) - 1 Tea spoon Turmeric Powder (haldi) - 1/2 tea spoon Curry leaves - 3-4 Asafetida (Hing) - 1 pinch Salt to taste Procedure Heat a Kadai and roast dry wheat flour on low flame till it turns to brown colour. Remove from the flame and spread it in a plate. Put again the kadai on the flame. In a bowl, mix roasted wheat flour, yoghurt, water, Red chili powder, salt and sugar neatly. Heat oil in small kadai,...

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Gajarachi Kheer (Carrot Kheer)

Ingredients Carrots - 250Gms. Sugar - 150 Gms. Milk - 500 ml. Cardamom powder - 1/2 tea spoon Pure Ghee - 1 Teaspoon Procedure Wash, peel & grate the carrots. Heat ghee in a kadai. Add grated carrots in it. Keep lid and let it cook for 2-3 minutes. Now let the cooked carrots get cool. Make a thin paste of these carrots in Mixer. Take a thick bottom vessel and heat it on the flame. Pour the carrot paste into it. Add hot milk and sugar and mix it properly. Let it boil for 2 minutes. Add Cardamom powder and mix it. Easy & tasty and nutritious Kheer is ready to ser...

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Vada Bhat

Ingredients Cooked Rice - 200 gms. Mataki (Moth ) - 1/4 cup Chana Daal- 1/2 cup Toor Daal- 3 table spoon Urad Daal - 3 table spoon Moong Daal - 3 table spoon Garlic Cloves - 7-8 Curry leaves - 7-8 Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon Cumin powder - 1 teaspoon Red chili powder - 2 teaspoon Ginger green chili paste - 1 teaspoon Salt as per taste Oil to Fry For Tadka Oil - 1/2 Cup Mustered seeds (Rai) - 2 table spoon Asafetida (Hing) - 1/4 Teaspoon Procedure Wash and soak all dals for 7-8 hours. Drain water from dal. Coarsely grind all dal with garlic and curry leaves in the mixer. Now add coriander powder, cumin powder, red chili powder, ginger&...

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Quick Methi Salad

Ingredients Methi(fenugreek) Leaves - 2 cups Grated carrot - 1 cup Chopped Tomato - 1 medium Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup Dalya (Roasted Gram Dal) - 2 table spoon Grated Coconut - 1 table spoon (Optional) Lemon Juice- 1 tea spoon Sugar- 1 tea spoon Salt to taste For Tadaka Oil - 2 table spoon Rai (Mustered seeds)- 1/2 tea spoon Jeera (Cumin seeds) - 1/2 tea spoon Hing (asafetida) - 1 pinch Procedure Wash methi leaves nicely and chop it finely. Coarsely grind the roasted gram dal in mixer. In a bowl add chopped methi leaves, grated carrot, chopped tomatoes, grated coconut, Coarsely grinded roasted gram dal, lemon juice, sugar and salt . Mix...

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Bread Shira

Ingredients Bread Slices - 10 - 12 Pure Ghee - 1 cup Sugar - 2 cups Cardamom Powder - 1&1/2 Teaspoon Milk - 4 cups Cashew & Almonds for garnishing Procedure : Make bread crumbs in the mixer. Heat pure Ghee in Kadai. Then add Bread crumbs and fry till it turns to golden brown. Then add milk and cover it with lid. After a steam, remove the cover and add sugar. Mix it properly and again cover it for 2-3 minutes. Remove the lid and keep it on slow heat till ghee comes outside. Then add Cardamom Powder and mix it. Garnish it with Cashew & Almonds slic...

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Dabeli (Masala Dabeli)

Dabeli This is a very simple recipe to make at home. Also you can eat something very tasty & differnt from your daily routine food. This dish is very famous in Pune (Maharashtra state) Lot of people must be wondering what does dabeli means. How does it look?In simple words it is a kind of vegetarian burger. In western part of India it is also known as Double roti. Whenever you have guests next time instead of regular onion bajji or salsa chips try this as a starter. Guests will be amazed and I am 100% sure they will ask you the recipe. You can make dabeli masala at home if you don't find in indian store. Here is the way to make the dabeli...

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Gul Poli

Ingredients For dough Wheat Flour (Atta)- 2 cups All purpose flour (Maida) - 1 cup Rice flour - 1/2 cup Oil - 1 table spoon Salt to taste For filling (Saran) Jaggery - 1, 1/2 cup Gram Flour (Besan) - 3 teaspoon Sesame seeds - 5 tablespoon Poppy seeds - 2 Teaspoon Cardamom Powder - 1 teaspoon Ghee - 4-5 Table spoon Procedure Mix the flours except rice flour. Make a well in the middle, heat oil and add it to the flour. Add salt and mix it nicely. Make a soft dough with warm water. Knead the dough well. Now for filing, grate the jaggery. Roast sesame seeds, poppy seeds and gram flour one by one. Grind it to a paste. Add jaggery and cardamom...

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Misal Pav

IngredientsFor Usal Matki (Moth beans) - 1 cup Chopped onion - 1 medium Red chilly powder - 1 teaspoon Goda masala (or garam Masala) - 1 Teaspoon Salt to taste Tempering - Oil - 1 Table spoon Mustard seeds (Rai) - 1/2 tea spoon Turmeric Powder - 1 Teaspoon Asafetida powder - 1 Pinch For Tarri Sliced onion - 1 medium Chopped tomato - 1 small Garlic cloves - 5-6 Ginger - 1 inch Grated dry coconut - 3 table spoon Red chilly powder - 1 table spoon Kala masala (Garam masala) powder - 2 tea spoon Kanda lasun masala - 1 tea spoon (optional) Turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon Sugar - 1/2 tea spoon Oil - 5 table spoon Salt to taste For Garnishing Farasan...

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Kande Pohe

Ingredients Medium thick Pohe (Beaten Rice) - 2cups Chopped Onion - 1 large Potato - 1 medium (optional) Green Peas - 2 table spoon (optional) Chopped Green Chillies - 3 Peanuts - 1 table spoon Curry leaves - 3-4 Chopped Coriander leaves- 2 Table spoon Lemon - 1 large Sugar - 1 tea spoon Mustard seeds (Rai) - 1 tea spoon Turmeric powder - 1 tea spoon Oil - 2 table spoon Salt to taste Grated dry coconut - 2 table spoon (for garnishing) Procedure Take pohe (Beaten Rice) in a strainer (Roli), gently wash the pohe and drain all the water immediately and keep aside for 10-15 minutes. Peel and slice potatoes into small pieces. Mean while heat...

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Instant Fresh Tomato Salsa

Ingredients: 4 C Fresh Ripe wine tomatoes 1 Onion, red or yellow 1/2 C Fresh Cilantro, chopped 3 small Indian green chili OR 1 jalapeno pepper,chopped 1/2 tsp red chili powder OR 1/4 tsp Black pepper powder 2 pinches of Sugar Salt to taste 2 Tbsp Distilled Vinegar / fresh lime juice Method: 1.  Throw onions, green chillies, and chop in food processor using pulse setting for 3-4 times untill they are evenly chopped. Remember do not make a paste...then put tomatoes, and rest of the ingredients, again chop evenly using pulse. to keep it chun...

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Lung Fung Soup

Ingredient(For 2 Bowls) Water - 2 cup Oil - 1 Tea spoon Noodles - 1/2 Cup Corn flour - 3 Table Spoon Butter -4 tea spoon Chopped garlic - 2 teaspoon Chopped Green Capsicum - 4 Table spoon Chopped Cabbage - 1/2 Cup Chopped Carrot - 2 table spoon Chopped French beans - 2 Table spoon Chopped Spring Onion - 2 Table Spoon Black pepper powder - 1/2 tea spoon Vinegar - 1/2 Tea spoon Chilly Sauce - 1/2 Tea spoon Sugar -1/2 tea spoon Egg - 1 (optional) Salt to taste Procedure Boil 2 cups of water add 1 teaspoon oil and salt. Now add Noodles & boil until done. Strain the access water and wash noodles in cold water. Put some oil so that it does not...

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Sago Khichdi (Shabudana)

Ingredients:3/4 cup Roasted peanuts (powdered) Handful Cilantro 1 tspoon Geera (Cumin seeds) 1 cup Sago Oil/Ghee 1 Potato peeled Lemon 2-3 Green Chili Method:1.Soak 1 cup of sago by placing it in a bowl, then rinsing once with water, then adding enough water to just cover the sago in the bowl. Cover and leave overnight. This results in perfectly fluffed sago. 2.Season the fluffed sago by adding 3/4 cup coarsely powdered roasted peanuts, salt to taste and 2 tbsp sugar. I know thats a lot of sugar . 3.Saute a tsp of cumin seeds in a pan containing {1 tbsp oil + 1 tbsp ghee...or just 2 tbsp oil}. 4.Add 3-4 slit green chillies and one diced...

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Gajar Halwa

Ingredient Carrots (gajar) - 8 -10 Khoya (khawa) - 1 cup Sugar - 1 cup Milk - 1 cup Desi Ghee - 3 table spoon Green Cardamom powder - 1 tea spoon Pista, badam slices for decoration. Procedure Peel wash and grate carrots. Heat the desi ghee in thick-bottomed pan, ass grated carrots and saute it for five minutes. Add milk and put lead on it. Cook on medium heat until carrots are cooked. Now add sugar and grated khoya, cook it till sugar melts and mixes well, stirring continuously. Add pista, badam slices and continue to cook for two minutes more. Serve hot. You can serve hot halwa with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream as a desse...

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Mooli Ke Parathe During Lazy Days

Mooli Ke Parathe Mooli paratha are one of my favorite paratha’s, it always reminds me Nagpur’s old cold days, where granny used to make hot..hot Paratha’s for breakfast. Usually granny used to stuff the mooli (radish) mixture into wheat dough and rolled into paratha’s. However, I like to make my paratha’s little thin, something like methi theplas. I grate the radish, mix into the wheat flour with other spices, and make into wheat dough. I know its little different but very easy and fast to make. So here you go for the recipe…. Ingredients: 1 cup white radish, peeled and grated 1 tsp fresh grated ginger 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder 1 tsp Amchur...

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Papad Roll (In microwave)

This is a non fried version of Papad roll. I like the papad rolls, but its so oily. I generally avoid to eat it. Yesterday I roasted the papad in Microwave oven as usual and an idea clicked in my mind, the papad roll can also be prepared in microwave without any oil. Today I tried this and it was a successful attempt. Ingredient Papad (urad/ mung) - 5 Boiled and mashed potatoes - 5 Finely chopped onion - 1 Chilli,ginger and garlic paste - 2 table spoon Chat masala - 1 teaspoon. Jeera (cumin) Powder - 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tea spoon Chopped fresh coriander leaves - 1 table spoon Sugar - 1/2 tea spoon Oil - 2 table spoon Salt...

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Kothimbir (fresh coriender) Vadi

This is not a traditional method to make kothimbir vadi but it’s an easiest & tasty way to make it. Again this is taught by my Aai……………. Ingredients Fresh coriender leaves chopped – 1 cup Gram flour/ Besan - 1cup Water – 1 ½ cup Green chilly, cumin seeds, garlic paste – 2teaspoon Turmeric powder- ½ teaspoon Salt and sugar to taste Oil for shallow fry Procedure Take 1 teaspoon of oil in kadai. When the oil get heated properly put green chilly,garlic and cumin seeds paste and saute it. Put turmeric powder. Now add fresh coriender, water, salt and sugar, mix it properly. when it started boiling add the flour (Besan) immediately...

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Mix vegetable pickle / Bhajyanche Lonche

This is one of my favorite pickles. It’s really mouth watering. My Mother in law makes it very nice. This or any variety of pickle is her specialty. I must say, she is a great Cook. I love to prepare this pickle because it’s very easy and can be done in just a few minutes. Ingredient: Carrot chopped in small pieces - 1 Bowl Green Peas - 1 Bowl Cauliflower florets chopped in small pieces - 1/2 Bowl Lemon - 1 Readymade pickle masala - 2 Tablespoon For Tempering Oil - 2 Tablespoon Mustard seeds (Rai) - 1/2 teaspoon Asafetida (hing) - 1 pinch Turmeric Powder (haldi) - 1/2 Tea spoon Procedure: Mix Carrot, Green Peas, Cauliflower, Lemon...

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Broccoli Upama

Ingredients:Finely Chopped Broccoli in Food Processor :  2 Cups Boiled Eggs: 2 Dalia (Broken Wheat): 1/4 Cup Finely Chopped Onion: 1/2 Cup Finely Chopped Green Chillies: As Per Taste Finely Grated Ginger: 1 tsp Cumin and Mustard Seeds: 1 tsp Oil: 2 tbsp Cumin, Coriander Powder and Salt : As Per Taste Procedure:First of all in one pot keep broken wheat to cook. Remove yellow bulk of egg and cut white part into small pieces. Heat oil in one kadhai and  give tadaka of cumin seeds, mustard seeds and green chillies.  Then add onion and fry until brown. Then add ginger and fry for a minute.  Add food processed broccoli...

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Mudda bhaji

Ingredient: Methi (fenugreek leaves) - 1 bunch Roasted Besan (gram flour) - 2 table spoon Cooked toor daal - 1 Bowl Red chilly Powder - 1 tea spoon Ground nut - 1 table spoon Garlic cloves chopped - 8-9 Red dry chilly - 3 Tamarind pulp - 2 tablespoon Masala pudi (goda masala)- 1 tea spoon Jaggery (gud) - 1 tablespoon (optional) Mustard seeds (rai) - 1/2 tea spoon Asafetida(hing) - a pinch Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon Oil - 1 table spoon Salt to taste Procedure: Wash neatly the green leaves and chop it . Now heat the kadai and put methi leaves into it. Sprinkle some water and keep lead on it. Let the leaves cook for 5 minutes. After methi...

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Ukadiche Modak

This is the favourite prasad of lord Ganesha, So I am starting my blog with a prasad to my 'Ganapati bappa' Ingridient For coverRice powder- 1cup Water- 1cup Oil- 1 Table spoon Salt- 1 pinch Sugar- 1 Tea spoon For stuffing Grated coconut – 1cup Jaggery – half cup Rosted Khaskhas (poppy seeds) – 1Tea spoon Cardamom powder – ¼ Tea spoon Procedure For stuffing- On a slow flame add grated coconut and jaggery in kadai and cook it till the mixture becomes dry (stir in between). Then add khaskhas (poppy seeds), Cardamom powder , mix it and remove it from flame. Allow it cool for some time. For cover- Heat the water, when it started boiling...

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Gakar

This is variety of roti. My Grandmother ‘Mai aaji’ used to make this as a brunch at her time. She taught her daughter (my Aai) and from her to me. It is very delicious. You can eat it with any chatney, pickle or just like that…………. Ingredients Wheat flour – 2 cups Rava / semolina - 1 cup Hot Oil – 2 teaspoon Garlic cloves chopped – 3-4 Pure Ghee – 3-4 Table spoon Salt to taste. Procedure Mix wheat flour, rava salt & hot oil and make very stiff dough. Keep aside for 10 minutes. Now make equal portions of the dough. Roll it like thick roti. Now with knife make small slits to that roti. Put Garlic cloves on it and press it....

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Kuskara

‘Kuskara’ I don’t know the actual meanung of it but the dish is very delicious. I can only say its ‘Khush kara’ that’s means make others happy. Ingredients: Leftover chapatis - 3-4 Onions (cut into squares) -one large Green chillies chopped– 3-4 Oil - 2 Table spoon Asafoetida - a pinch Mustard seeds - 1tsp Turmeric powder – 1tea spoon Roosted Groundnuts - 1 tbsp Coriader leaves chopped - 2 tsp Curry leaves - 6-8 Lemon juice – 1 tea spoon Sugar – ½ tea spoonSalt to taste. Procedure Grind the chapatis coarsely in a mixer. Take oil in kadai, heat oil, add mustard seeds. After seeds split, add asafoetida,turmeric powder. Then add groundnuts,...

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Nagali (Ragi) ladoo

Ragi (red millet) is very nutritious. So I tried this ladoo in this Diwali and it turned up very nicely. Ingridient Nagali/Ragi/red millet – 4 cup Powdered Sugar – 2 cups Cardamom powder – 1 tea spoon Pure ghee - 1 cup Procedure Heat the ghee in a pan. Add the flour and fry it on a low flame stirring continuously. Once it is done, let it cool. Add powdered cardamom and sugar. Mix well. Shape into ladoos and se...

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Undiyo

This is a very traditional dish of Gujrat. December and january this is the main season for undiyo.Because we can get plenty of vegetables required for this. On last week we had our undiyo party at my friend, deepa’s house. She is basically from Gujrat. Her mother-in-law , mother & herself combinely cooked yummy undiyo. Traditionally it is served with Puri & Jalebi. Thanks once again Deepa for that lovely treat. IngredientVegetables Required: Small potatoes – 100gms Small green brinjals – 100 grams Surti papdi – 200 grams Purple yam (Ratalu) – 100gms Green toor papdi seeds – 100gms Fresh coriender leaves chopped – 1 cup Green...

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Tikhat mithachi puri

Sunday’s favorite brunch or a very nice thing to carry while travelling. For me and my sis it’s nickname is ‘TiMiPu’ (i.e. Tikhat mithachi puri ) IngredientsWheat flour - 4 cups Red chilli powder – 2 Teaspoon Haldi powder – ½ Tes spoon Ajwain – ½ Tea spoon Sugar – ¼ Tea spoon Salt – As per taste Hot oil (mohan) – 2 Table spoon Oil for frying Procedure Mix wheat flour, chilli powder,haldi,ajwain, salt, sugar, hot oil. Knead to a hard dough with water. Keep aside for 5-10 minutes. Make a lemon size ball. Roll each ball in a round shape. Heat oil in kadai and deep fry on medium flame. Serve hot puris with shengdana chatni or pickle...

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Varan Fal

Varan Fal This is our all time favorite one dish meal. My Aai makes it very yummy. This is one of my & my husband’s favorite & quickest options for lunch or dinner. Ingredients For varan (dal) Toor Dal – 1 cup Haldi- 1 tea spoon Mustard seeds – 1 tea spoon Hing – 1 pinch Goda masala – 2 tea spoon Red chilli powder - 1 tea spoon Jaggery – 3 tea spoon Tamrind pulp – 1 -2 table spoon Salt as per taste Oil – 3 Table spoon Green coriander - 3 table spoon 2-3 tbsp fresh green coriander For Fal wheat flour – 2 cups Oil – 2 Table spoon Water – to knead dough Ajwain- 1 Teaspoon Salt to taste. Procedure: For varan Wash & cook Toor...

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Dosa with Roasted Gram Powder

Ingredients: Urad Dal 1/2 Cup Rice Flour 1 Cup Roasted Gram / Dalia 1/4 Cup Red Chile Powder 3/4 tsp Cumin Seeds 1 tsp Salt to taste Oil as required Method of preparation: Soak urad dal in water for around 3 hours. Refresh the urad dal in fresh water and grind it into fine paste adding enough water. Remove the urad dal onto a mixing bowl, add rice flour and salt. Mix everything thoroughly and keep covered in a dark place for 6 – 8 hours. Grind roasted gram with red chile powder and salt into fine powder using a spice blender. Heat a flat pan on medium – high heat. Pour a ladle full of fermented dosa batter and spread with back of the ladle...

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