New Year Greetings!

Let the Flowers of Happiness Bloom in the Garden of Life! Wish You All A Very Happy & Healthy 2013...

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Rasam

  This is one of the easy and quickest rasam recipe without using Rasam powder. We enjoyed delicious Vada-Pav at a friend's place recently. Her Mom asked for the rasam recipe without rasam powder. Gald to share one of the day today South Indian recipe..this recipe is for you Aunty! :) Ingredients Tomato-2 Tamarind - small piece Whole pepper corns-1teaspoon Cumin seeds -1teaspoon  Garlic-1clove Sugar-1/4teaspoon Salt To temper  Oil Mustard seeds-1/2teaspoon Red chilly-1 Few curry leaves & Cilantro Hing(asafoetida)...

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Peernkangai Chutney/Ridged Gourd Chutney

Ingredients Peerkangai / Ridged gourd -1(small) Channa dal-1tablespoon Garlic-3cloves Chopped Onion-3tablespoons Red chilli -7(adjust to your taste) Small piece of tamarind Salt Oil To temper Oil Mustard seeds-1/2teaspoon Urad dal-1/2teaspoon Few curry leaves Method Peel the skin of the peerkangai (ridged gourd) and cut it into small pieces. Heat oil in a pan, add the channa dal. Fry it till it becomes golden in colour, then add in the red chillies and onion, garlic & tamarind. Fry till the onions become transparent, add the...

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Spring Onion Paratha

Ingredients Whole wheat flour/ Aata - 11/2cups Chopped spring onion -1/4cup Ajwain - 1 teaspoon Green Chilly -1 (chopped) Olive Oil - 1tablespoon Salt  Water-3/4cup Method Combine all the ingredients except water in a bowl.  Mix everything well with fingers and make the flour into crumbles. Mix water little by little and make it into a soft dough. Coat it with oil and keep it in an airtight container for 15-20 minutes. Make lemon sized balls out of the dough. Roll a ball into a circle, brush some...

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Bottlegourd - Peanut Koottu

Ingredients Tender Bottle-gourd -1 Roasted Peanut -1/4cup Red chillies - 5 (adjust to your taste) Salt Method Dry roast the peanuts and red chillies on low heat for a minute or two. This helps to grind them coarsely. Use mortar and pestle (or pulse it in a mixie jar) and make it into coarse powder. Wash and chop the bottle gourd into small pieces. Add them in a pan, sprinkle a tablespoon of water, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Bottle gourd will release some water, so stir it in between and take care the veggie is not getting...

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Kashmiri Pulao

This is a very mild and colourful pulao. It looks very pretty with the pomegranate, of course a party friendly dish. Serve this pulao with some spicy gravies like these. Ingredients Basmati Rice - 1cup Milk - 1/2cup Water -1 cup Few raisins, cashew and almonds Pomegranate seeds - 2 tablespoons Onion-1 Green chilly-1 Frozen Green peas - 1/4cup  Bay leaf-2 Cloves-2 Elaichi-1 Grated Ginger & garlic- 2teaspoons Few Cinnamon Stick pieces Ghee - 1teaspoon Oil-1tablespoon Salt Method Wash and soak the rice for half an...

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Quick n Easy Brinjal Gravy

I never cook vegetables (other than potato and raw banana) in pressure cooker. But have seen many of my friends use pressure cooker to make vegetable curries. Just tried it with brinjals, the gravy turned out to be delicious and definitely its a keeper. Whenever you are running out of time or not feeling like cooking an elaborate curry, you can try this! Ingredients Brinjals - 6 Onion-1 Few curry leaves and Cilantro Toamto-2 Sugar - 1/2teaspoon Salt Oil To grind Grated Coconut-3tablespoons Red chilly-7 (adjust to your taste) Roasted...

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Moong dal Dosai / Pachai payaru dosai / Pesarattu

Ingredients Whole moong dal - 1 cup Idli rice / Boiled rice -1cup Cilantro leaves- 1 small bunch Ginger - 2" piece Salt Method Wash and soak the rice n moong dal together for 1 or 2 hours. Grind into a coarse batter. Finally add in the cilantro-green chilly-ginger, and grind it. Add enough salt. We can make dosa immediately after grinding this batter.   Serve along with your choice of chutney/ sambar. Recipe Source : Her...

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