Milagu Kuzhambu / Black Pepper Curry
Black Pepper has so much of medicinal values. I had sever cold and cough last week. I felt bored of having pepper rasam daily. I got this Milagu Kuzhambu recipe from one of my friends and I tried this. It came out so good and I felt so much relieved from my cough after having this :). Here is the recipe for this simple Milagu Kuzhambu.. Time of Preparation : 30 minutes Spice level : 4 out of 5 Ingredients: Pearl Onions – 1/2 cup Garlic – 1 whole Sesame oil – to taste Salt – to taste Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Tamarind – lemon size To Grind: Black Pepper – 1 tsp Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Red Chillies – 4 Coriander seeds – 1 1/2 tsp Toor dhal – 1 tsp Urad dhal – 1 tsp...
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Rava Pongal / Sooji Pongal
Wishing you all a very happy Pongal…The second day of the pongal is “Thai Pongal” and it falls on the first day of the tamil month “Thai”. On this day we make “Chakkarai Pongal” and “Ven pongal”. For people who want to try something different other than regular ven pongal, here is the recipe for “Rava Pongal”. It is very easy to make and it will taste very good. Time of Preparation : 30 minutes Spice level : 3 No of Servings : 3 Ingredients: Rava – 1 cup Moong dal – 1/2 cup Water (for dal) – 3 cups Water (for rava) – 2 1/2 cups Salt – to taste Black pepper – 1 tsp (crushed coarsely) Cumin seeds – 3/4 tsp Green chillies – 2 (slit lengthwise) Ginger – 1 tsp (grated) Curry leaves – a few...
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Panner Bhurji Gravy ( Shredded Cottage Cheese in Rich Tomato Gravy )
When I went to Pune some 4 years back, I tasted this amazing Paneer Bhurji in a restaurant. From then, I tried to make Paneer Bhurji with the same taste. Recently when I tried, I got almost the same taste. I made it for my niece and she too loved it. Canned tomato paste made this gravy even more richer. It is really simple to make and we can follow the same procedure for regular Paneer Butter Masala too :). Time of Preparation : 30 minutes No of Servings: 6 Spice level : 1 Ingredients: Paneer (grated) – 200 grams Onions – 1 cup (chopped) Ginger garlic paste – 1 1/2 tbsp (I have used homemade) Tomato Paste – 50 grams (I ve used 1 small can tomato paste to bring the taste like restaurant style) Green Bell Pepper...
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Linzer Cookies
Linzer Cookies are version of famous Austrian “Linzertorte”. Linzer Cookies are sandwiched together with a layer of jam. Usually they have cut out in the center and dusted with icing sugar on the top. These cookies can prepared in any shape but the traditional one is usually round. Time of Preparation : 20 minutes Resting time : 1 hour Baking time : 12 minutes per batch Yield : 12 to 14 cookies Ingredients: Almonds / Hazelnuts – 1 cup Light Brown Sugar – 1/4 cup Butter – 1 cup (room temperature) White Sugar – 1/2 cup Egg – 1 (room temperature) Pure Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp All Purpose Flour – 2 cups Salt – a large pinch Ground Cinnamon – 1 tsp Topping: Confectioners (Powdered Sugar) – 1/4 cup Jam – 3/4 cup Method of Preparation: Preheat the...
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Chow Chow Thol Thogayal / Chayote Peel Chutney
My Grandmother used to make this chayote peel chutney. Recently one of my friends made this recipe and I remembered my Grandma’s recipe. It is very simple to make and it will be very tasty. Time of Preparation : 15 minutes Spice level : 3 out of 5 No of Servings : 2 Ingredients: Chayote peel – 1 cup Red Chillies – 4 Urad dal – 1 tbsp Ginger – 1 1/2 tsp(chopped) Coconut – 1/3 cup(grated) Oil – 1 tsp Salt – to taste For Seasoning: Oil – 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp Curry leaves – a few Asafoetida – a pinch Method of Preparation: Heat oil in a pan and red chillies followed by urad dal. Fry till they become golden brown and add the ginger and chayote peel. Fry till they become soft and...
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Pound Cake Recipe
Pound Cake is a traditional cake made with one pound of each of four ingredients, flour, butter, eggs and sugar. This makes a very large cake and hence the quantity is changed to the desired size. We can do so many varieties of pound cake by changing the ingredients according to our taste. Time of Preparation : 20 minutes Baking Time : 1 hour No of Pieces : 10 Ingredients: Cake Flour – 1 1/2 cup Baking Powder – 1 tsp Baking soda – 1/2 tsp Sugar – 1/2 cup Butter – 3/4 cup (room temperature) Sour cream – 3 tbsp Salt – 1/4 tsp Eggs – 3 (room temperature) Milk – 3 tbsp Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp Method of Preparation: Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease some butter on a 9×5 inch baking pan. Line...
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Magic Cookie Bars
This is the easiest baking I ever tried. It is very simple to make. We have to just layer the ingredients and bake them. The Magic cookie bars will be very rich to taste and kids would love them. Time of Preparation : 40 minutes No of servings : 20 Ingredients: Butter – 1/2 cup (melted) Graham cracker crumbs – 2 cups Sweetened condensed milk – 1 can (14 ounce) Sweetened coconut flakes – 1 cup Walnuts – 1 cup Semisweet chocolate chips – 1 cup Method of Preparation: Preheat the oven to 350 F and coat a 13×9 – inch baking pan with butter. We have to just layer all the ingredients one by one. Combine butter and crumbs and spread them evenly by pressing them using a fork. Then pour the condensed milk evenly, then sweetened coconut...
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Spicy Onion Chutney / Vengaya Chutney
My mom used to make this Onion Chutney and I like this a lot. This is really simple to make and will be nice with Dosa, Idly ..For spice lovers, just add an extra red chilly.. Time of Preparation : 10 minutes (excluding the time to peel pearl onions) No of Servings : 1 Spice level : 4 out of 5 Ingredients: Pearl Onions : 1 cup (peeled) Red Chillies – 3 Tamarind paste – 1 tsp Salt – to taste Oil – 1 tsp For seasoning: Oil – 1 tsp Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp Asafoetida – a pinch Curry leaves – a few Method of Preparation: Heat oil in a pan and add the red chillies followed by the pearl onions. Fry till they become translucent. Let it cool and add very little salt and tamarind paste....
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White Pumpkin Gravy / Ash Gourd Gravy for Rotis
I am not a huge fan of Pumpkin. My cousin made this White Pumpkin Curry for Poori. From then I started loving pumpkin :). Believe me..those who don’t like pumpkin will fall in love with this White Pumpkin Curry. This Ash Gourd Gravy will be good with Chapati, Parathas and even Poori too. Time of Preparation : 25 minutes No of Servings : 3 to 4 Spice level : 4 out of 5 Ingredients: Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp Curry leaves – a few Onions – 2 cups (thinly sliced) White Pumpkin – 2 cups (thinly sliced or cut into small cubes) Tomatoes – 1 1/2 cup (finely chopped) Oil – 1 tbsp Salt – to taste Masala to Grind: Garlic – 6 cloves Cinnamon stick – 1″ Cloves – 2 Coconut – 1/4 cup Coriander seeds – 1/2...
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Bhindi Masala Fry / Okra Masala Fry
Bhindi fry generally needs lots of oil to get good taste. But this Okra masala fry needs very little oil for frying and it definitely gives a very different and wonderful taste. My cousin saw this recipe in a TV show and she told me about this recipe. I tried this Okra fry and it was a super hit :). Time of preparation : 40 minutes Spice level : 3 out of 5 No of servings : 2 to 3 Ingredients: Okra – 1 lb Oil – 2 tbsp Salt – to taste Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Asafoetida – a pinch Curry leaves – a few Onions – 1/4 cup (finely chopped) To Grind: Red chillies – 8 Coriander seeds – 1 tsp Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp Coconut – 3 tbsp Split Dalia – 1 tbsp Method...
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Mushroom Biryani (Version 2)
Usually I make Mushroom Korma and I will have it with chapati. Recently I made it and I had with rice. It tasted good and I changed my korma recipe and added some ingredients so that I get a proper Biryani taste. It is very easy to make and it will taste really good. Here is the recipe for the easiest Mushroom Biryani :). Time of preparation : 35 minutes No of Servings : 2 Spice level : 3 to 4 out of 5 Ingredients: Basmathi Rice – 1 cup Butter – 1 tsp Bay leaf -1 Cinnamon stick 1″ – 1 Cloves – 2 Cardamom – 1 Onions – 2 cups (thinly sliced) Tomatoes – 1 1/2 cups (chopped) Green Chillies – 5 Ginger – 1 tbsp Garlic – 5 cloves Mushroom – 3/4 lb to 1 lb...
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Coffee Cake
A class of cake intended to be eaten along with coffee is “Coffee Cake”. Though it is called coffee cake, it does not necessarily contain coffee. Coffee cakes may be flavored with cinnamon or other spices, seeds, nuts and fruits. A adapted this recipe from “Joy of Baking” and it came out so perfect. Time of Preparation : 20 to 30 minutes Baking Time : 45 to 50 minutes Ingredients: For Topping: Walnuts / Any dry fruits – 1 cup Light Brown Sugar – 1/4 cup Chocolate chips – 1/3 cup All purpose flour – 1 tbsp Ground Cinnamon – 1/2 tsp For Cake: Unsalted Butter – 1/2 cup (room temperature) Sugar – 1 cup Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp Eggs – 2 (room temperature) Sour Cream – 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour – 1 2/3 cup Baking Powder...
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How to make Gulab Jamun with Khoya?
Now a days making Gulab Jamuns with ready mix has become common. But we can find a huge difference in taste if we make them from the scratch. My grand mother and my aunt still make these for me if I ask for Jamuns. I got this recipe from my aunt and here goes the step by step procedure for making these delicious Khoya Jamuns. Time of Preparation : 50 minutes No of pieces : 30 Ingredients: Khoya – 1 cup (homemade or store bought) Maida / All Purpose Flour) – 1/2 cup Baking Soda – a pinch Milk – few tbsp Oil – For Frying Ghee 3 tbsp For Sugar Syrup: Sugar – 1 1/2 cup Water – 1 1/2 cup Cardamom – 4 to 5 (crushed) Method of Preparation: Sieve the maida and baking soda and mix...
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How to make Khoya?
Khoya / Khoa / Mawa is nothing but reduced dry milk. It is the key ingredient for the Gulab Jamun which makes the Gulab Jamun very rich. Believe me.. we can find a lot of difference between the ready mix Gulab Jamun and the traditional one. We have to put a little effort for preparing this Khoya but it is worth making like this. Here is the step by step method of making Khoya. In my next recipe, I will make traditional Gulab Jamuns using homemade Khoya. Time of Preparation : 1 hour 20 minutes Yield : 1 cup Ingredients: Whole fat milk – 1.5 liters Method of Preparation: Boil the milk in medium flame in a non stick pan. For first few minutes we can boil it in high but we should keep stirring continuously. When the milk...
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Badam Pista Roll / Almond Pistachio Roll
These Almond Pistachio Rolls are my husband’s favorite. They are very simple to prepare and making the sugar syrup to the proper consistency is the key. Time of Preparation : 2 hours + 20 minutes No of pieces : around 30 Ingredients: Almonds – 1 cup Sugar – 3/4 cup Water a few tbsp Cardamom powder – a pinch Ghee – 3 tbsp For Inner Layer: Pistachios – 1/2 cup Sugar – 1/4 cup Method of Preparation: Soak the almonds and pistachios overnight or in hot water for 2 hours. Remove the skin from the both. Dry them by spreading them in a cloth. If you feel still they are wet, dry roast them in medium flame for 5 minutes. Grind the almonds to powder and grind the pistachios along with 1/4 cup of sugar. Take a nonstick vessel...
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Rasgulla (Step by Step Instructions)
Rasgulla is a very popular sweet in India made of freshly prepared cottage cheese. I love milk sweets a lot and Rasgulla is my all time favorite. Here is the step by step procedure for making this delicious sweet.. Time of Preparation : 1 1/2 hours No of Pieces : 12 Ingredients: Milk – 4 cups Lemon juice – 3 tbsp Ice cubes – 5 Sugar – 1 cup Water – 1 1/4 cup Cardamom powder – a pinch Method of Preparation: Boil milk in a thick non stick vessel. When it starts boiling, reduce the flame and add the lemon juice. Stir continuously till the milk curdles and the whey separates. Now turn off the heat and add the ice cubes. Keep it aside for 5 minutes. Now strain the curdled milk using a fine muslin cloth. Wash...
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Suzhiyan (Suzhiyam) / Maida Sweet Balls
Suzhiyan is a traditional dish which we make during Diwali. It is a very simple dish in which sweet puran in is either dipped in maida or urad dal batter and deep fried. In Tamil Nadu, we generally make with Maida flour. Here is the recipe for this simple dish. Time of Preparation : 90 minutes No of Servings : 10 Ingredients: Channa Dal – 1 cup Jaggery – 1 1/4 cup Coconut (grated) – 1/2 cup Cardamom powder – a pinch For Outer Cover: Maida / All purpose flour – 1/4 cup Water – as required Salt – a pinch Method of Preparation: Soak the channa dal for 1 hour and grind it coarsely. Dry roast the grated coconut and keep it aside. Boil around 1/4 cup of water and add the crushed jaggery. When the jaggery melts...
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Potato Bread Toast
I usually make Potato Sandwich for breakfast. I wanted to try something different this time and I tried this Potato Bread Toast. It tasted really good and here is the recipe for this simple and tasty bread toast.. Time of Preparation : 20 minutes Spice level : 3 out of 5 Ingredients: Bread Slices – 10 to 12 Butter – to toast Green Chutney – 1/3 cup Potato Spread For Potato Spread: Potato (medium size) – 2 (boiled and mashed) Onion (small size) – 1 (finely chopped) Green Chillies – 2 (finely chopped) Sambar powder – 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder – 1/2 tsp Salt – to taste Oil – 1 tbsp Method of Preparation: Heat oil in a pan and add the chopped onions. Add some salt and fry till they become translucent. Add the green chillies and fry...
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Vatana Sundal / Whole Dried White Peas Curry
Whenever we go to beach in India, we never miss this peas masala sundal.My husband asked for this beach style sundal for a long time. I tried this sundal once by trial and error method and it came out so well. We felt like having the same beach style pattani sundal. So I tried again with proper proportion of masalas and it came out so perfect.Here is the recipe.. Time of Preparation : 30 minutes No of Servings : 4 Spice level : 4 out of 5 Ingredients: Whole Dried White Peas – 1 cup Onions – 1 cup (finely chopped) Tomatoes – 1 cup (finely chopped) Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tsp Green chillies – 2 Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Sambar Powder – 1 tsp Rasam Powder – 1/2 tsp Coriander powder...
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Bread Basket Chaat
If you want to try some easy snack, you can try this out. Thanks to my friend Jayanthi for this easy and tasty recipe. All we need is just bread and we can easily prepare this Bread basket chaat for any number of people in half an hour. Time of Preparation : 30 minutes Ingredients: Bread – 20 Potato (large) – 1 Chickpeas – 3 tbsp (optional) Onions – 1/2 cup (finely chopped) Tomatoes – 1/2 cup (finely chopped) Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp Chaat masala – 1/2 tsp Green chutney – 1/2 cup Sweet chutney – 1/2 cup Sev – 3 tbsp (optional) Coriander – 3 tbsp (chopped) Method of Preparation: Soak the chickpeas in hot water for 3 hours and pressure cook it along with little salt. Boil the potato and mash it . Add little...
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