Author: Mita

Ingredients: 1 cup coconut milk powder, 2 tbsp oil, 2 carrots, chopped, 2 potatoes, chopped, 1 onion, cut into quarters, 1/2 cup shelled green peas, 10-12 freanch beans, chopped, 5 cloves, 1″ piece cinnamon, 3 green cardamoms, 20 peppercorns, 3 tbsp maida(refined wheat flour), 3 cups warm water, Salt to taste. Method: Preapre coconut milk… Continue reading Vegetable Stew

Ingredients: 500gms (1 lb) Boneless chicken breasts; diced into 1″ cubes, 2-3 tbsp vegetable oil, 2 red bell pepper; diced, 1 carrot; sliced 1 can bamboo shoots; drained, 4 Water Chestnuts; drained and sliced, Sauce- 3 tbsp Soy Sauce 1 tsp ginger; crushed, 1 tsp garlic; minced, 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper, Salt to taste,… Continue reading Sichuan Chicken

Ingredients: 250gms fresh white button mushrooms, cut into 4 pieces each and blanched, 12-15 baby corns, sliced slanted and boiled, 2 capsicums or green bell pepper, diced, 4 scallions or spring onions, sliced slanted. For the dressing- Salt and Pepper to taste, 1/4 cup Vinaigrette Sauce, Chopped parsley or mint leaves as per taste. Method:… Continue reading Babycorn and Mushroom Salad

Ingredients: 1 cup udad dal, soaked in water for 2-3 hours, 1 cup rava or suji (semolina), 2-3 green chillies, 1″ ginger, 1 tsp jeera (cumin seeds), Salt to taste, 1/2 cup sour buttermilk, Water, Oil for frying. Method: Grind together udad dal, jeera, ginger, green chillies and little water to form a smooth batter.… Continue reading Udad Dal Dosa (South Indian Bread)

Ingredients: 1 cup rava (suji or semolina), 1 cup sour or fresh yoghurt, beaten, Salt to taste, A pinch of soda bicarb, Ghee for greasing, Idli making stand. For the seasoning- 1 tsp rai (mustard seeds), 2-3 green chillies, finely sliced, 2″ ginger, finely chopped, 1 tsp chana dal (gram), 1 tsp udad dal (split… Continue reading Rava Idli

1 cup fine sooji, 1 cup khoya, 1 cup fresh grated coconut, 1 cup fine sugar, 2-3 tbsp ghee (homemade unsalted butter), 1 tsp elaichi powder (green cardamom powder), Raisins or chopped dry fruits as per choice Desicated coconut to coat. Method: Heat a non-stick pan, add ghee and when it melts add sooji. Roast… Continue reading Sooji Nariyal Laddu (Semolina Coconut Laddu)

Tondli or Tendli as its called in Maharashtra, is a vegetable that looks like small dark green cucumbers but are stubby and grow aggressively on vines. They are also known as Tindora or Tindla in Hindi, Goli in Rajasthani, Tondakayi in Kannada, Dondakaya in Telugu and Ivy Gourd or Gentleman’s Toes or Gherkins in English.… Continue reading Stir Fry Tondli or Tindla (Stir Fry Ivy Gourd or Gherkins)

Ingredients: 1 cup grated kairi or raw mango, 1 cup grated onion, A lemon size ball of jaggery, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 3/4 tsp red chilli powder, Salt to taste. For fodni or tadka (seasoning)- Oil, 1/2 tsp jeera, 2 whole red chillies, broken into 2-3 pieces, Hing or asafoetida. Method: Mix raw mango, onion,… Continue reading Sweet and Sour Mango Pickle (Ambat God Kairi)

Ingredients: 2 packets of Marie biscuits, 1 tin condensed milk, 1/2 cup drinking chocolate or cocoa powder (or as per taste), Sugar to taste. Method: Grind the biscuits to powder in a grinder. Add condensed milk and drinking chocolate to the grinder too and grind again. Add sugar if required since condensed milk is sweet.… Continue reading Biscuit Chocolate

A Maharashtrian recipe for rava or suji laddus. These laddus are too soft, they melt as soon as you put them into your mouth…Yummmm! Ingredients: 1 kg rava or suji (semolina), 200gms whole wheat flour, 1/2 kg fine sugar or as per taste, 1/2 kg or more ghee (home made unsalted butter) as per requirement,… Continue reading Delicious Suji ke Laddu (Semolina dumplings)