SWEET PONGAL

Ingredients (for two people)

Moong dhal - 1/2 cup.
Rice - 1/2 cup.
Milk - 1 cup
Coconut - As per taste
Cashew - As per taste
Jaggery - As per taste
Raisins (khish-mish - dry grapes)
Cardamom - As per taste
Ghee - As per taste
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SPROUT SALAD

Ingredients

1 cup bean sprouts
1 cup peanuts, shelled, boiled
1 large onion finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
1 cup soft tofu or paneer (Cottage Cheese) diced
1 tbsp. Coriander leaves finely chopped
1/2 bunch fresh fenugreek leaves (no stalks), chopped
1/2 lemon juice extracted
1 tsp. Sugar ground
1/2 tsp. Cumin seeds crushed
1/2 tsp. Chat masala
1/2 tsp. Red chilli powder
2-3 pinches black salt
salt to taste
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MIXED VEGETABLES LAYERED RICE

Ingredients

2 cups rice basmati
2 cups mixed vegetables sliced flat and broad as per vegetables
(potato, onion, zucchini, ridge gourd, bottle gourd, french beans,
carrots, cauliflower or capsicum as per choice)
1 tomato chopped
2 tbsp ghee
1/2 tsp dalchini (cinnamon) - lavang (clove) powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp dhania powder
salt to taste
lemon juice to taste
1/2 tsp ginger-garlic grated or paste
2 tbsp curds
1 tsp mixed cummin & mustard seeds
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CHANNA MOONG DAAL

Ingredients

1/2 cup green moong dal
1 tbsp. yellow channa dal
1 tbsp. ghee or oil
1/2 tsp. garam masala
1 tsp. red chilli powder
1/4 tsp.haldi (turmeric) powder
1/2 tsp. dhania (coriander seeds) powder
salt to taste
1/2 lemon
1 tbsp. coriander chopped
1/2" ginger grated
1/2 tsp. each cumin and mustard seeds
2 cups water
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BHATURA

Ingredients

2 cups plain flour (maida) 2 tbsp. curds
2 tbsp. butter or oil
1/2 tsp. soda bicarb
salt to taste
Milk to knead dough
oil to deep fry
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PUNJABI CHOLE

Ingredient

1 teacup kabuli channas
2 chopped onions
2 potatoes
2 tomatoes
2 tablespoons dhana-jira powder
2 tablespoons chilli powder
1 tablespoon amchur power
1 tablespoon garam masala
½ teaspoon soda bi-carb
½ teaspoon black pepper powder
3 tablespoons ghee
salt to taste
Slices of tomatoes and ginger, chopped coriander and a few whole green chillies for decoration.
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CLEAR SOUP

Ingredients

2-3 juicy large carrots
1-3 pieces bottle gourd
1-2 leaves cabbage
1 tbsp. cream
1 small blob butter
Salt, pepper to taste
2-3 tbsp. cream whipped smooth
1 small sprig mint
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PANEER CHUNKIES

Ingredients

Toss together:
1 cup paneer cubes (Cottage Cheese)(1/2"x1/2")
1/4 tsp. each garlic & ginger pastes
1/2 tsp. pepper powder
1/2 tsp. lemon juice.
salt to taste
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CARROT HALWA (Gajar Ka Halwa)

Ingredients

1 kg juicy orange carrots
1 1/2 litre milk
400-500 gm sugar
Elaichi powder (cardomon)
Saffron few flakes
Few drops orange colour (optional)
1 tbsp ghee
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GREEN CUCUMBER SALAD

Ingredients

1 medium sized cucumber
1 tomato
1 carrot (optional, depends on your taste)
1 onion
2 green peppers
3 tablespoons of yogurt
salt to taste
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KADHI

Ingredients

1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup besan
1 cup watersalt and chilli powder to taste
A pinch of Heeng ( a MUST)
A few kadhi patta
1/2 tsp.turmeric
1 tsp. oil or ghee
1/2 tsp. mustard seeds
1/4 tsp. garlic pd.
A little bit of minced ginger
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KHICHDI

Ingredients

1 cup rice basmati
1/4 cup boiled peas
2 bay leaves
3-4 cloves
1" stick cinnamon
2 cardamons
1 stalk curry leaves
1 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp dhania powder
1/4 tsp turmeric
Salt to taste
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tbsp cashews
1 tbsp currants (optional)
2 tbsp ghee (or oil)
1 tbsp each jeera and mustard seeds

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NAAN

Ingredients

3 cups self-raising flour (maida)
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup curds fresh
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp baking soda (soda - bicarb)
Warm milk for kneading.

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STUFFED PANEER (Cottage Cheese)IN MOGHLAI GRAVY

Vegeterian delicasy of stuffed paneer in rich moghlai gravy.

Ingredients

400 grams paneer
4 large tomatoes
1 onion, chopped
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon chilli powder
2 pinches sugar
1 tablespoon kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
4 tablespoons oil
salt to taste

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VEGGIE MOCKTAIL

Hi Friends..

I am posting 4 recipes for your weekend small parties taking care of welcome drinks, snacks and desert. I hope you enjoy it. I regret i won't be able to post all in this page.. you can click and go to small parties section to view all recipes.

Ingredients

2 tbsp. mint leaves
1 cup carrot smooth pulp, strain
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup tomato puree
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. salt
2 pinches black pepper powder
600 ml. ice cold water
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ONION-TOMATO MASALA GRAVY

Onion tomato form a basic gravy. You can add Lady's Finger, boiled Baby potatoes etc and make a tasty vegetable. This gravy can also be stored in refrigerator for further use.
Ingredients

Serves 4
4 large sized Onions (chopped)
2 large sized Tomatoes (chopped)
1 cup Fresh tomato puree
3 tbsps Oil
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tsp Garlic paste
1 tsp Ginger paste
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1 tsp Red chilli powder
1 1/2 tsps Coriander powder
1 tsp Garam masala powder

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WHITE GRAVY

This is most basic gravy for many indian dishes, you can just add up vegetables in this gravy such as baby corns, mexican corns, pieces of carrots, peas and capsicum just about anything. You can store this gravy for 3-4 days in refrigerator. Ingredients

Serves 4

4 large sized Onions (quartered)
1 cup Cashewnuts
2 tbsp Oil
1 tbsp Garlic paste
1 tbsp Ginger paste
2 Green cardamoms
2 Green chillies (slit)
1/4 cup Mawa/khoya (grated)
1/2 cup Yogurt (whisked)
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp White pepper powder

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MAKHANI GRAVY

Makhani Gravy is sweet and sour gravy for many indian vegetables. This gravy is commonly used for Paneer(Cottage cheese) Makhani, Butter Chicken etc. but you can also add vegetables of your choice in this and it tastes great.

Ingredients

Serves 4
12 large sized Tomatoes
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
1 inch piece Ginger (roughly chopped)

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COCONUT BURFI

Ingredients

2 cups coconut scrapped
1 cup coconut coarsely shredded
1 -1/2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1 tbsp. butter
1/4 tsp. cardamom powder

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LEGUMINOUS SALAD

Ingredients

1 head tender broccoli
3 carrots, sliced obliquely, into ovals
1 sprig spring onions with greens,
finely chopped
1 sprig mint leaves finely chopped
4-5 tender lemon grass stems finely chopped

For garnishing:

2 tbsp. cheese grated
1 tbsp. coriander chopped finely

For topping:

1 tbsp. plain or wheat flour
1 tbsp. butter
1 cup milk
2 green chillies, chopped very finely
1/2 " piece ginger, peeled and chopped finely
1 flake garlic, crushed
4-5 basil leaves, chopped
1/4 tsp. pepper powder
salt to taste

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FRUIT ICECREAM MEDLEY

Ingredients

2 scoops basic vanilla icecream
1/2 cup mixed chop fruit
(orange, strawberry, banana, grapes, chickoo, kiwi, etc)
2 tbsp. fresh fruit sauce
1 icecream wafer for topping
1 tbsp. tiny cubes of leftover cake (optional)
2-3 tbsp. orange juice sweetened and chillled

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SKEWED PANEER

Ingredients

Serves 4
300 gms Paneer (½ inch cubes)
2 medium sized Onions (½ inch squares)
2 medium sized Tomatoes (½ inch squares)
2 medium sized Green capsicums (½ inch squares)
2 cups Gram flour (besan)
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Red chilli powder
1 tsp Chaat masala
1 tsp Garam masala powder
1 tbsp Ginger paste
1 tbsp Garlic paste
1/2 cup Yogurt
Oil to deep fry
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GAZPACHO

Ingredients

4 tomatoes ripe and juicy
1 capsicum finely chopped
1 onion finely chopped
1 cucumber finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
1 tbsp. tomato sauce
1/2 tsp. red chilli garlic sauce
1/4 tsp. worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. sugar
salt to taste
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NAVRATAN KORMA

Ingredients

2 cups peas boiled
1 large carrot chopped and boiled
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup curd
1/4 cup malai(cream)
3 tbsp. butter
1 small sweet lime
1 small apple
1 banana
2 slices pineapple
10-15 cashew nuts
20 raisins
2 glaced cherries for decoration
1 tbsp. coriander chopped
1 tbsp. ghee
salt to taste

Dry Masala:

1 tsp. cumin seeds
2 tsp. khuskhus (poppy seeds)
1 tsp. cardamoms

Wet Masala:

1 large onion
1/4 cup coconut shredded
3 green chillies

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