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February 2010

SagoSaboodana Khichdi

Ingredients: 2cup: Sago granules 1/2 cup: Groundnut roasted 6: Green chillies 1/4 cup: Oil Coriander finely chopped Turmeric powder Salt to taste Method: Wash and drain sago/saboodana. Keep aside for one hour. Grind roasted ground nuts, chillies with some salt. Donot add water and keep the powder aside. Heat oil in a pan. Mix groundnut [...]

Pachi Pulusu (Raw Rasam)

Ingredients: 50 gms: Tamarind 2 small: Onion 25 gms: Sesame seeds 5: Green chillies 1/2 bunch small: Coriander Salt: according to taste Method: Soak tamarind in water for about an hour. Roast sesame seeds on a plain frying pan until light brown (no oil). Grind roasted sesame seeds into powder in a mixer (little water [...]

Sweet Yam (Chakravelli)

Ingredients: 2: Sweet yam 1/4 cup: Jaggery 1/2 cup: Water 3-4: Elaichi/cardamom powder/seeds 2 tsp: Ghee Method: Wash, peel and pressure cook sweet yam for 15 minutes or till it tenders. Then cut in cubes. Take water in a kadai/pan and put jaggery in it. Keep stirring till jaggery melts down. Now add yam in [...]

Green Gram Fry

Ingredients (one cup): 1 cup: Green gram 3 cups: Water 1 chopped: Onion 5-6 tbsp: Oil 1 tbsp: Mustard seeds Red chilly: according to the requirement Salt: according to taste Method: Boil green gram till its properly cooked. After boiling, keep it aside. Take a pan. Heat it and add oil. When oil heats up, [...]

Aloo Tikki

Ingredients: (makes – 7 to 8 tikkis) 3 no: Large Potatoes, boiled, peeled, mashed coarsely 1/2 cup: Singhare ka atta (waterchestnut flour) 1 tbsp: Fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped 5 no: Green chilies, finely chopped 1/4 tsp: Black pepper powder 1/4 tsp: Kala namak (black salt) Oil to shallow fry Salt to taste Method: Mix [...]

Aloo Khichdi

Ingredients: 1 cup: Samwat /Parsai ke chaawal (washed) 1 no: large Potato, diced small 1 tsp: Zeera 1 tiny piece: Cinnamon 2 no: Chhoti elaichi 2 no: Green Chilies, chopped finely 3 cups: Green coriander for garnishing 2 tbsp: Ghee/oil 2 tsp: Sendha namak (rock salt) 3 cups: Water Method: Heat ghee. Add zeera, elaichi [...]

Shivratri Raita

Ingredients: 1 cup: Fresh thick curd 1 no: Sweet potato, boiled, chopped 1 no: Potato, boiled, chopped 1 no: Cucumber, chopped 4-5 no: Waterchestnuts (singhara), boiled, peeled & chopped 1 tbsp: Coriander finely chopped 1 no: small Green Chili, finely chopped 1 tbsp: Roasted peanuts, whole 1/2 tsp: Cumin seed, powder 1/2 tsp: Cumin seeds, [...]

Potato Pumpkin Pancakes

Ingredients (makes 8-10 pancakes): 1 no: Large potato 1 big chunk Pumpkin 1 cup: Kootu flour 1/2 cup: Singhara flour 1/4 cup: Curd 2 no: Green chilies 1″ piece: Ginger 1/2 cup: Coriander finely chopped Oil to shallow fry Salt to taste Method: Run ginger and chilies in a mixer to crush finely. Grate potato [...]

Saboodana Kheer

Ingredients: 4 cups: Milk 1 tbsp: Sago granules 3/4 cup: Sugar 1/4 tsp: Cardamom powder 1 cup: Water Method: Wash and drain sago, keep aside for 10 minutes. When moisture is absorbed, loosen grains. Heat water. Add sago, bring to a boil while stirring. Reduce heat, simmer for 5-6 minutes, and add a tbsp. more [...]

Cashew Nut Barfi (Kaju Katli)

Ingredients: (makes 20 pieces) 200 ml: Milk 250 gms: Cashew nuts 250 gms: Sugar Silver foil for decoration (optional) Method: Blend together cashews and milk very finely, in a blender. Put the paste in a kadhai, add sugar and cook over low flame. Stir till the sugar dissolves and then bring to a boil. Continue [...]