Aloo Palak / Spinach Potato curry

 This is such a wonderful dish . Very healthy tooo. Best way to eat spinach. My hubby loved the addition of spinach to it.

 

Ingredients:

• Potato - 3-4 boiled and cubed
• Spinach leaves - 1  bunch chopped
• Onion - 1 big chopped
• Tomato - 2 chopped
• Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
• Coriander powder - 2 tsp
• Salt
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Oil
• Water

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds.
• add onion and fry them till golden brown. Add crushed garlic and ginger.
• Saute them well. Add tomatoes. stir well, till tomatoes become mushy.
• Add chilly powder, coriander powder, salt and potatoes to it.
• Cook till they form like a masala.
• Add the chopped spinach to it at the end and cook for 10- 15 mins.

Perfect with curd rice ! Inside a wrap too... !!

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Cabbage Pakora / Gose pakoda

 Simple and yummy snack. I a sure everyone would love it.

Ingredients:

• Cabbage - finely chopped
• Besan flour - 1 cup
• Rice flour - 2 tsp
• Salt
• Chilly powder - 1 tsp
• Oil for frying

 Method:

• Mix all the above ingredients nicely.
• Do not add water, while mixing. Cabbage leaves some water while kneading.  That is sufficient.
• Heat oil in a pan, take little by little and put it in the hot oil by spreading your hand. So that no big chunks fall into the oil.
• Fry on medium flame.

 Crispy and crunchy pakoras are ready!

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Chicken clear soup

 Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet - 200 gms
• Water
• Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
• White pepper powder - required
• Salt

Method:

• Wash and cut the fillets into small pieces.
• In a pan, add the chicken, and water. Add ginger garlic pste.
• Close it with lid and cook till the chicken is boiled.
• Add Pepper powder and salt.

Quick and yummy soup !

 

 

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Palak ki dal

Ingredients:

• Spinach - 1 cup washed and chopped
• Moong dal - 1/2 cup
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Ginger - grated 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Ghee - few tsp
• Red chilly - 1
• Asafoedita
• Salt
• Garlic - 4 cloves finely chopped

Method:

• Wash moong dal and soak in water for 20 mins.
• Add the dal into pressure pan, Addd required water for it to cook well.Add turmeric powder and ginger and boil it for 4-5 whistles.
• After the pressure is released, add the spinach and salt and cook in simmer till the spinach is cooked well.
• Heat another pan, add ghee, when the ghee is hot, splutter cumin seeds, garlic and red chilly.
• Add to the cooked palak dal.

 

Serve hot with Rotis. You will definitely like it !

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Rose Milk Peda

Rose Milk peda is a wonderul dessert. Simple yet delicious.



Ingredients:

• Milk powder - 1 cup
• Rose syrup - 3 tsp
• Condensed milk - half cup
• Butter - 1 tsp

Method:

• Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
• Knead slowly , dont put uch pressure.
• Heat a nonstick pan, add the dough and a sp of butter.
• Mix it well and stir occasionally.
• Switch it off once its done. allow it to cool. 
• Take small balls into the palm and rub it into desired shape.

Lovely milk pedas in the flavor of rose is ready.... Enjoy !!

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Rasmalai

Rasmalai  is a sweet dessert originating in Eastern India and popular throughout the Indian subcontinent. Is served after a meal. It is popular throughout South Asia. The name Ras Malai comes from two parts in Hindi: Ras, which means Juice/Juicy, and Malai, which means cream.

 Ras Malai consists of sugary white, cream or yellow colored balls (or flattened balls) of paneer soaked in malai (clotted cream) flavored with cardamom.

Source: wikipedia

Ingredients:

• Fresh milk for paneer - 1 litre
• Fresh milk for ras - 2 cups
• Condensed milk( I used low at milkmaid) - 1 cup
• Cashews , pistachios and almonds broken - few
• Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Water -  1 cup 
• Lemon juice -  juice from 2 lemons
• Saffron strands
• Love - lot more

Method:

For Soft cheesy paneer :

• Heat the milk in a vessel and allow it to boil.
• Once its done.Pour the lemon juice into the milk and stir well in simmer.
• Slowly the milk is separated into water and cheese.
• Switch off and drain it in a Muslin cloth , add cold water to it and hang it for an hour.
• after an hour, pat the cloth gently to remove the exess water and it rolls into a small dough.
• Take small balls of it in the hand and gently roll it. Slightly flatten it and keep aside.

For The malais to get boiled :

• In another vessel or may be cooker, add 5 cups of water and one cup of sugar.
• Allow it to dissolve. Once done, add the flattened paneer to it. 
• Cook it for one whistle.
• Remove it from the sugar water and keep it aside.

For Ras :

• Heat the milk in another vessel, allow it to boil and reduce half the quantity.
• Now add the condensed milk, chopped nuts.
• Let it cook for 5 mins. Add the cardamom powder and saffron.

Serve the malais with Ras. Garnish with nuts!

 Wishing my hubby a very happy birthday ! Hope you liked this dessert which I prepared for your birthday !Lots of Love!!

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Masala Sundal

Today's Neivedhyam for ayudha pooja and Saraswathi pooja is masala sundal.

Ingredients:

• White Chickpeas - one cup
• Salt
• Oil
• Mustard seeds
• Curry leaves
• Coconut grated
• Asafoedita

To grind:

• Coriander seeds - 1 cup
• Gram dal - 2 tbsp
• Red chilly - 4
• Asafoedita - 1/4 tsp
• Salt

 

 

Method:

• Dry roast the To grind ingredients in a pan.
• Allow it to cool down and grind it coarsely.
• Soak the chickpeas overnight and boil it in cooker.
• Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, curry leaves and Asafoedita.
•  Add the cooked channa, salt and the ground powder.
• Add the grated coconut finally. stir well for 2 mins on flame.

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Almond Candy rice / Badam Kalkandu sadham

Today is a very special day for me. My hubby's birthday. Wishing him a very happy birthday. Love him all success and joy ! Have tried a sweet. I will post it sooner.

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Today's neivedhyam is Almond candy rice. usually my grandma used to do Candy rice. i jus made a variation by adding badam to it. It tasted good with it..

Moving on to recipe:

 Ingredients:

• Raw rice - 1 cup
• Sugar candy - required according to sweetness
• Almond - 10- 12
• cardamom powder - 1 tsp
• Saffron ( Optional) a pinch
• Ghee - 3-4 tsp

 Method:

• Wash rice and cook rice for 4 whistles.Grind the almonds into dry coarse powder.
• In a vessel or pan, add the cooked rice, little water.
• Add candy. Allow it to dissolve and mix with rice. 
• Add the ground almonds. Add ghee and stir well.
• Finally add saffron and cardamom powder.

 

Simple and yummy sweet is ready.

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