Yogurt

easy mango raita – a 10 minute quick dessert

this post have been in the drafts for more than a month now. i make this dessert often as it is quick and easy to make. it does not take more than 10 minutes to whip up this lovely sweet dessert of mango raita. all you need are some sweet [...]

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poha dosa: atukula dosa, dosa made from flattened rice

Andhra Recipes

i chanced upon this dosa recipe a few years ago in chandra padmanabhan’s book simply south : traditional vegetarian cooking. since then i have been making these poha dosas often. this recipe is an andhra speciality and also known as atukula dosa. this is one dosa which is amazingly soft, [...]

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how to make curd and some tips

Cooking Tips and Methods

a post which should have been an earlier post on how to’s. anyways better later than never. a couple of requests on how to make curd/dahi at home and how to make cottage cheese/paneer…. and thus this post on making curd at home. the how to make paneer post will be posted later. [...]

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mango shrikhand

Easy Recipes

mango shrikhand or amrakhand is a very common yogurt based sweet dish made in my home. we always have it with pooris. even plain the mango shrikhand tastes so good. for making any shrikhand, always use thick yogurt. home made yogurt is the best. i have made the recipe with [...]

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dahi arbi: colocasia-taro roots in a thin yogurt gravy – no onion no garlic recipe

Easy Recipes

summers… one season i do not like at all. i do not like heat and moreover do not like to have heavy meals or heavy food in summers. our meals are light and no fried or heavy stuff. one ingredient we often end up having in this season is yogurt. [...]

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masala lassi – holi festival recipe

Beverages

here comes another recipe for holi. the lassi recipe. lassi is a standard drink on the holi menu and yes sometimes with bhang. in our home we do not add bhang to the lassi, but most folks do. for the unitiated… bhang is an intoxicant and is made from the [...]

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pineapple raita

Easy Recipes

pineapple raita always reminds of the time, when i first had pineapple raita in a restaurant in mumbai. i was doing my bachelors in education at that time and one of my pals took me to this restaurant and recommended that the pineapple raita was the best in this particular [...]

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punjabi kadhi pakora recipe

Festival Recipes

wish a happy new year to everybody and i pray that this new year brings peace, wisdom and abundance in your life. i am finally posting a favorite recipe that was lying in the drafts for a month. a recipe that should have been an earlier post of mine… many [...]

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avial recipe

Kerala Cuisine

here is another favorite recipe made from mix vegetables, coconut and curd – avial. avial is a traditional recipe of kerala and an essential dish of sadya. i recently came to know that avial was invented by Bhima – one of the five pandavas, during their exile. this is what [...]

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mint chutney for tandoori recipes

Easy Recipes

this is the same mint chutney recipe that is served in restaurants with tandoori snacks like kebabs and tikkas, be it veg or non veg. i made this mint chutney when i made paneer tikka. i am somewhat late in posting this recipe. wanted to post this recipe and the mathri [...]

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cucumber raita – kheere ka raita

Milk Products

yet another very simple and easy side dish to be made in the fasting season. cucumber raita or kheere ka raita is simple, quick and a lovely dish to be had with samvat rice accompanied with aloo chaat or jeera aloo or any other vrat recipe. as far the list [...]

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ragi dosa

Breakfast & Snacks

ragi also known as finger millet or red millet is commonly used in the maharashtra and karnataka regions of india. in marathi it is calles as nachni. it is used to make bhakris, dosas, puddings, porridges, halvas. in india ragi dishes are commonly fed to infants, lactating mothers and people [...]

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Beetroot and Carrot Raita Recipe: Easy Beetroot & Carrot Raita Recipe

Milk Products

My next post is again on Raita… but this time on beautiful colored and nutritious vegetables…. beetroot and carrot. When I saw the color of the raita……. I was like wow Somewhere I read that the entire meal should be colorful. A meal full of different colors is not only balanced [...]

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Mango Raita Recipe: How to make Mango Raita Recipe

Milk Products

This is the first time I made Mango Raita…. adapted from the book Indian Cookery. The Mango Raita was amazing. I do not know how to describe its taste. It was awesome. I made it as an accompaniment with Veg Pulao. This time, I decided to make Mango Raita instead of [...]

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Mango Lassi Recipe: How to make Mango Lassi

Beverages

Mango Lassi – I make Mango Lassi and Plain Sweet Lassi often to beat the heat during this season in India. The months of April-May are the hottest and many summer drinks and coolers are made here to quench the thirst and also to cool the body. April-May is also [...]

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