Aloo Sarson Da Saag – Creamy Green Curry with Potato
Sarson Da Saag is a traditional and popular dish in Punjab which is served along with Makki Di Roti. Sarson Da Saag is a curry made from mustard greens and spices. Makki Di Roti is a flat bread made from corn flour. This curry can also be served with naan or roti or other flat breads. Nutrition and you says: Mustard greens is one of the nutritious green leafy vegetables. They are very low in calories and fats but rich in dietary fiber. Fresh mustard greens are an excellent source of several vital anti-oxidants and minerals like vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin E. Regular consumption of mustard greens in the diet is known to prevent arthritis, osteoporosis, iron deficiency anaemia and believed to protect from cardiovascular diseases, asthma and colon and prostate cancers. I was not aware the nutrition value...
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Idly Upma
During my school and college days, Idly upma will be there atleast twice a week in my breakfast menu. I loveee Idly upma that too my mom’s..We can make Idly upma in different ways by adding different masalas. For spice, we can add green chillies or pepper powder or even red chilli powder. We can add even tomatoes, fennel seeds or any other masalas. But I love Idly upma in simple way with more urad dal for the crunchy taste. Here is the recipe… Time of Preparation : 15 minutes Spice level : 3 No of Servings :1 Ingredients : Leftover Idly – 4 Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Channa dal – 1/2 tbsp Urad dal – 1 tbsp Red chillies – 2 Onion (finely chopped) – 1/4 cup Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Salt – to taste Curry...
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Gobi Shimla Mirch Ki Sabzi – Cauliflower Capsicum Curry
Bell peppers and cauliflower are very nutritious. They are rich in vitamins and fiber. I love bell pepper’s flavor and taste. So I usually use it in many dishes I make. I had some cauliflower and bell pepper sitting in my fridge for a short while. First, I was gonna make Gobi manchurian but after I saw the bell peppers I decided to make this gobi shimla mirch ki sabzi. It’s very easy to make and a great side dish for roti’s and naan. Let me know if you try this recipe. Preparation TIme: 45 minutes Spice Level : 3 out of 5 No of servings : 3-5 Ingredients Oil : 2 tsbp Onion : 1 (medium) Tomato : 2 Ginger & Garlic paste : 1 tbsp Cumin Powder : 2 tsp Coriander Powder : 2 tbsp Red chili...
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Peruvian Grilled Chicken
One of the main reasons was because of some of the ingredients that are common to Indian cooking. In fact, it came out really good and me and my mom thoroughly enjoyed this grilled chicken. Even though it is Peruvian, it seems that there is a huge Asian influence in their cooking as evidenced by the use of Soy sauce in this recipe. The chicken had a nice spicy flavor with a hint of tangy soy sauce. This recipe is very easy to follow so let me know in the comments if you try it. No of servings : 3-4 Spice level : 2 out of 5 Preparation Time : 60 minutes Ingredients: Soy sauce : 1/3 cup Lime juice : 2 tbsp (freshly squeezed) Garlic cloves : 5 Ground Cumin : 2 tsp Paprika or red chili powder...
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Spinach Mushroom Manicotti
Manicotti also known as Cannelloni is stuffed pasta rolls. Manicotti shells are readily available at stores or you can make them at home. I made this dish with store bought manicotti shells. Cooked the shells, stuffed it with delicious stuffs like spinach, ricotta cheese, mushroom along with spices and then baked with a creamy sauce with mozzarella shavings on top. I hope you can imaging the taste of it. Yummy…. If you are craving for Italian, this is one of the perfect dishes to make. It doesn’t have to be a special occasion to cook this dish. You just need some time and the ingredients. It is not that difficult too. So try this dish and let me know. Here you go… Preparation time: 60 minutes No. of servings: 4 Spice level: 2.5 out of 5 Ingredients: Manicotti shells...
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Elumichai Rasam – Clear Soup with Lime and Tomato
Rasam is a South Indian soup which is served along with steamed white rice and vegetable stir fry and papad. There are different types of rasam. You can check the other varieties in our blog. Today I am sharing the recipe for Elumichai Rasam, elumichai means lime and rasam is soup. This is a simple and yummy recipe. Hope you all like it. Here you go… Preparation time: 25 minutes No. of servings: 5 Spice level: 3 out of 5 Ingredients: Juice of one big lime Toor dal – 1/4 cup Tomato – 1 Green chilies – 2 or 3 Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Water – 3 cups Salt to taste Fresh cilantro – handful Seasoning: Ghee or clarified butter – 1 and 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Asafoetida – a...
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Paneer Cutlet – Stuffed Cottage Cheese Cutlet
Paneer is a fresh Indian cheese used to make delicious dishes from curries to desserts. It has a rich and creamy flavor. Paneer can be bought at super market or made at home. I bought this big block of paneer from an Indian store. It was refrigerated not frozen. Ask your store keeper if you can’t find it. Coming to this dish, my mom and I love to watch cooking shows. She got this recipe from one of the Tamil channels’ cooking show and asked me try it. The recipe was really interesting with the way, the paneer was used. I made a few changes to the original recipe and tried it. It passed with flying colors. Unlike the original recipe, I wanted it to be bite size since that will be easy to serve. Hope you all like it....
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Peerkangai Thol Thogayal / Ridge Gourd Peel Chutney
My mom used to make this ridge gourd peel chutney. I wanted to try this for a long time but never did till recently. One of my friends here had a craving for this thogayal and finally I tried it. It was really tasty. We can have it for idly or dosa or even with rice and ghee 🙂 Time of Preparation : 20 minutes Spice level : 3 No of Servings : 2 to 3 Ingredients: Ridge Gourd Peel – 1 1/2 cup Urad Dal – 2 tsp Channa Dal – 2 tsp Red Chillies – 4 Tamarind – small pebble size Coconut (grated) – 2 tbsp Curry leaves – a few Oil – 1 tbsp Salt – to taste Method of Preparation: Heat oil in a pan and the channa dal followed by urad dal and red...
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Methi Malai Matar
I have tasted this Methi malai matar in my friend’s place and I loved it. Methi has so much of medicinal value and methi with malai is really delicious to eat. This is a very easy and simple dish. Time of Preparation : 25 minutes Spice level : 3 No of Servings : 3 Ingredients: Methi leaves – 1 bunch Green Peas (boiled) – 1 cup Fresh cream – 1 cup Onion (finely chopped) (medium size) – 1 Ginger garlic paste – 1 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder – 1 tsp Garam masala – 1/2 tsp Salt – to taste Dry Mango powder – 1 tsp Oil – 3 tbsp Method of Preparation: Chop the methi leaves and soak them in salt water for 10 minutes so that the bitterness will be removed. Heat...
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Steamed Plantain Fry – Vazhakkai Vega Vaitha Curry
This is another version of plantain fry in which we cook the plantain in tamarind and turmeric mixture and then add the spices to it. This is my mom’s recipe and I love it. I have always loved the proper South Indian vegetarian food that is served in a plantain leaf with all the simple and yummy dishes during a festival or an occasion. This is one of the dishes they prepare during those times. I hope you enjoy it. Here you go… Preparation time: 30 minutes No. of servings: 3 Spice level: 3.5 out of 5 Ingredients: Plantain – 4 Whole tamarind – 1 and 1/2 tbsp (or tamarind concentrate – 1 tsp) Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Oil – 2 tbsp Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Urad dal or split black gram – 1 tsp Curry leaves –...
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Mango Dal
I had raw mangoes sitting in my fridge for a long time. I was wondering what to make and one of my friends here make this mango dal often. I like this a lot and it is easy to cook. So I tried this Mango Dal and it came out really good. Time of Preparation : 25 minutes Spice Level : 3 No of Servings : 2 to 3 Ingredients: Raw Mango (cut into small cubes) – 1 Onion (medium size)(roughlychopped) – 1 Tomato (chopped) – 1/2 Garlic (crushed) – 2 Green Chillies (long)(slit lengthwise) – 2 Split Pigeon Peas / Toor dal – 1/2 cup Oil – 2 tbsp Salt – to taste For Seasoning: Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp Curry leaves – a few Asafoetida – a pinch Red chillies – 1...
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Winner’s Recipe of Quick and Easy Recipe Mela
Thank you all for your participation in our Quick and Easy Recipe Mela. All the recipes we have received are really wonderful but the lucky winner is Reva from Kaarasaram.com for her Egg Florentine Sandwich. We have featured the winner’s recipe and here is the link for the detailed recipe of Egg Florentine Sandwich. We would like to award this badge for the winner: Congratulations...
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Mangalore Adai (Sweet Lentil Crepes)
I came across this recipe in a South Indian TV channel food show. I used to make kara adai, paruppu adai and thavala adai. But this sounded like a different recipe so I ended up trying it. It’s absolutely worth a try. Everyone in my family loved this recipe. It came out really tasty. Adai (Rice pancake) is a popular south Indian breakfast dish and can also be had for dinner. It is made with variety of lentils and rice. It’s actually rich in protein and good for health. Preparation Time: 30 minutes No of servings :4-5 Ingredients: Toor dal : 1 cup Channa Dal : 1 cup Raw rice : 1 cup Shredded coconut : 1 cup Jaggery : 500 gms (crushed ) Cardamom Powder : 1 tsp Ghee: as needed Method Of Preparation: Soak toor dal, chana...
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Quick and Easy Recipe Mela: Have You Entered Yet?
We have received some wonderful entries in the Spicy Tasty Quick and Easy Recipe Mela. Thank you all for your participation. We want to remind you all that this contest will be coming to end by tomorrow, which is the July 7, 2011. Enter your recipe and have a chance to be a lucky winner to have your recipe featured separately in SpicyTasty.com. All the participant’s dishes will be shared in a final round-up with a link to your blog (if you have one). So Hurry up!! if you have not entered your recipe so far. For more information about this even please check “Quick and Easy Recipe...
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Sorakaya Mor Kootu / Bottle Gourd Yogurt Curry
Bottle gourd mor kootu is very easy to make and it is very tasty too. We can make Mor kootu with Pumpkin or Ash gourd or with Plantain stem too. We can serve it as a side for rice or chappati. Time of Preparation : 25 minutes Spice level : 1 No of Servings : 3 Ingredients Bottle gourd (cut into small cubes) – 1 Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Grated coconut – 1/2 cup Cumin Seeds – 1 1/2 tsp Green chillies – 2 Curd – 1 cup Salt – to taste For Seasoning: Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp Red chilly – 1 Curry leaves – a few Asafoetida – a pinch Oil – 1 tsp Method of Preparation: Boil the bottle gourd with turmeric powder in a vessel or pressure cook it for 2 whistles. Make a...
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Kimbap (Korean Sushi Rolls)
From Wikipedia: Gimbap or kimbap is a popular Korean dish made from steamed white rice (bap) and various other ingredients, rolled in gim (sheets of dried laver seaweed) and served in bite-size slices. The basic components of gimbap are rice, meat or other protein-rich ingredients, and a large variety of vegetables, pickled, roasted, or fresh. Short grain white rice is usually used, although short-grain brown rice, like olive oil on gim, is now becoming more widespread among the health-conscious. Rarely, sweet rice is mixed in gimbap rice. Gim is dried, pressed seaweed made from the edible species, laver. Gim may be roasted and seasoned with oil and salt, roasted but unseasoned, or raw and unseasoned. For kimbap, the roasted, unseasoned variation is typically used.Gim is known to be abundant in protein and vitamins, especially vitamins A, B1, B2, B6,...
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Marie Biscuit Chocolate Sandwich
When I was a kid, my aunt used to make this biscuit sandwich. I got a huge pack of swissmiss long back. I wanted to try this biscuit sandwich with that and it came out yummy!!!. If you don’t have any chocolate flavored powder there is another option using cocoa powder and sugar. Definitely kids will love this biscuit sandwich :). Time of Preparation : 20 minutes No of Servings : 5 Ingredients: Marie Biscuits – 20 Unsalted Butter – 4 tbsp Swissmiss / Drinking Chocolate – 5tbsp Instant Coffee Powder – 1/2 tsp Powdered Sugar – 1/2 tsp Milk – 1/4 Cup Method of Preparation: Make a paste with butter and the Swiss miss (chocolate drink powder). Warm the milk and mix the coffee powder and sugar. Take 4 biscuits in the milk and spread the paste between...
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Egg Dum Biryani
Egg Dum Biryani is a flavorful Biryani cooked using Dum method. It is nothing but cooking food over slow heat in a tightly sealed container or cooker. Hyderabadi Biryani is a popular Dum biryani in India. It is named after a city called Hyderabad. Though this method of cooking is a bit time consuming it is totally worth it. The aroma and flavor of the spices blend right in the rice when you dum cook. I have added vegetables such as cauliflower, carrot, potatoes, beans and peas to my Egg Biryani but you can avoid them if you want to. Also check our Vegetable Dum Biryani for veggie lovers. Preparation time: 2 hours No. of servings: 4 Spice level: 4 out of 5 Ingredients: Basmati rice – 1 and 1/2 cups 1 big onion finely chopped (little more than a cup)...
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