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- Medu Vada
Soak urd dal in water for at least 5 hours and grind it without water. Add salt,black pepper powder and beat well to make it light and fluffy. Add chopped coriander leaves,curry leaves and green chilly pieces. Heat oil and Shape the daal mixture into flat rounds and make a hole in the center. Add little rice flour if shape is not forming. Fry first over high heat and then over lower heat till golden brown. Remove the vada out of oil and drain on absorbent paper. Serve hot with green chutney or sambar. - Mohanthal
Heat ghee in a pan and add besan. Fry on a low flame till you get a nice smell (light brown colour). Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl. Add milk powder and mix well and keep aside. In another pan make syrup of one cup of water and sugar. Boil till one string consistancy. Add besan mixture and elaichi powder. Remove from heat and stir continuously till the mixture thickens. Pour the mixture into greased thali and spread evenly. Sprinkle cashewnuts pieces and set aside to cool and set. Cut into squares. - Undhiyo
Mix all above muthia ingredients in a bowl and knead dough without using water. Make small balls and deep fry in oil till golden and keep aside. Make pieces of all vegetables. Mix all masala ingredient and apply to chopped vegetables. In a cooker heat one bowl oil and fry whole red chilly.ajwain and hing. Now pour all vegetables in tadka and fry again for 2-3 min. Add 1-2 cup of water and cover the cooker. Allow to cook on low flame for 30-40 min. Allow cooker to cool. Now add fried muthias and mix well. Undhiyo is ready. - Baingan Potato Curry
Make the pieces of baingan,potato and tomato. Chop the onion and coriander leaves finely. In a kadai heat 1 tbsp oil and fry half portion of onion till brown. Then add grated coconut and fry again till light brown on low flame. Keep aside for 10 min then grind in a mixer. In a pan heat 1 tbsp oil and fry onion till transperent. Then add tomato and baingan pieces. Fry for 1 min and add red chilly powder,turmeric powder and garam masala powder. Add 2 cups of water and allow to ... - Nimbu ka Meetha Aachar
Wash lemons cleanly. Dry the lemons with a clean muslin cloth. Cut the lemons into 4 pieces. Apply salt and keep them in a jar. Place the jar in the sun for 4-5 days. Dry roast the whole masalas together. Grind them coarsely. Add the freshly ground masalas & crushed jaggery to the lemons. Keep the jar of lemons in the sun again for 4 days. Open the jar and ... - Aamras
Soak alphonso mangoes in water for 1 hour. After 1 hour press mangoes by fingers lightly. Remove the tip and skin of mangoes. Press and take out the pulp into a bowl. With the help of milk take out all the remaining pulp of the seeds. Mix both in the blender and blend till smooth. Add sugar and elaichi powder. Enjoy with hot puris. - Apple Kheer
In a cup of warm milk mix the cornflour finely. In a another pan take milk,cornflour milk and sugar. Allow to boil on low flame for 20 min. Peel and grate the apples. Add immediately into boiling milk. Allow to cook for 4-5 min on low flame. Lastly add elaichi powder. Remove from heat. Garnish with kaju badam pista pieces. Apple kheer is ready to serve. - Lasun Chakli
In a mixing bowl take rice flour,besan, dry lasun chatni,carom seeds,sesame seeds,sugar and salt. Heat two cups of water in a deep pan and add one tbsp of oil and bring it to boil. Add the flour mixture into the hot water. stir continuously on low flame. Cook till the mixture gets a dough consistency. Remove from the heat. cover and allow to cool for ten minutes. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai. Knead the dough finely. Put a portion of ... - Vanila Ice Cream
Take 2 3/4 cup of milk in a pan add sugar and keep boiling. Add chinagrass and cornflour in cold 1/4 cup of milk and mix well. Add in hot milk stir and cook on low flame (cook untill thick). Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Add vanila essence and fresh cream.mix in mixture. Pour the mixture in aluminium tin and keep to set in refrigerator. When it will half set again mix in mixture and keep in refrigerator to set. - Sarson ka Saag
Chop the sarson vegetable,palak, chillies and tomatoes and boil them in cooker for 10 min. Cool and grind coarsely. Add some makki ka aata and boil this without covering the pan until all the liquid dries up. In another pan heat ghee and add red chilly powder,garam masala powder,,haldi ,methi seeds and mustard seeds. Then add chopped onions, ginger, garlic and salt. Fry well and add above saag. Mix well and simmer for 2-3 min.