Masal Vada / Cabbage Dhal Vada | Snacks Recipes

When it comes to deep-fried snacks, LO is just like his Dad.. Loves 'em. I made this crunchy crispy vadas for lunch the other day. It was a great combo for the Mysore Rasam (recipe coming soon) I made. I used a combination of chana dhal and split moong dhal and added cabbage in the place of regular onions. Ingredients:Inspired from hereDhal measurements in 160 ml cup; Makes 12 vadasChana dhal - 1/2 cupMoong dhal - 1/2 cupDry Red chillies - 2Fennel seeds - 1 tspAsafoetida - 1/2 tspCabbage, chopped fine - 1-1/2 cups (can substitute onions)Green onions, chopped - a handful (optional)Coriander leaves, chopped - a handfulSalt - to taste...

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Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal | Baby & Toddler Food Ideas

Mealtimes are always a challenge with little ones. They become more picky as they grow. Feeding my LO with a healthy balanced meal has always been a tricky task for me. But sneaking in "healthy stuff" into something he eats has been working so far. Touch wood! My LO likes, well like is too strong a word when it comes to his eating. He likes eats oatmeal when it is a little sweet. But he has never been a big fan of fruits except for bananas. So I sneaked in an apple to his breakfast bowl. That satisfies his daily fruit serving and since apple is sweet, he doesn't notice :).Ingredients:Serves - 1Rolled (old fashioned) oats - 1/2 cupWater -...

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Pashteeza /healthy peshawari pizza

Pashteeza My friend wardah ask me to make Peshawar pizza which called pashteeza .when I see the picture on facebook I remember ,that many people in Peshawar specially those who have the clay oven in their home they make this in the end when they cooked there naan bread they add chopped tomatoes and onion and make this for the kids . In my village I spend my vacation to learn to cook on tandoo the clay oven .at the beggaring it was a fun for them to see a modern college girl ,who wear gloves to wash the dishes, use sunscreen lotion .it was a joke ,the people of my village were strong they have no fair of anything. Making on the clay on...

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Tomato Thokku / Tomato Pickle - South Indian Style

Summer reminds me of the summer vacation spent at grandma's place. While we kids will be busy having non-stop fun, grown-ups will be busy making the summer goodies. Different types of pickles, vathals (sun dried vegetables), vadams (dried ready to make fryums) are made and stocked up for the year. While the vathals and vadams are prepared to make an ample use of the sun in summer, the pickles are made for the availability of the seasonal produce. That being said the market is overflowing with tomatoes and I am making a great use of them. Ingredients:Ripe Tomato - 1/2 kgGarlic - 10 small clovesFenugreek seeds - 1 tspTamarind - lime sizedDry...

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Kalizza sandwich

Kalizza sandwich Ingredients Flour 2 ½ cup Salt 1 tsp Sugar 3 tsp Milk powder 2 tbsp Egg 1 Oil 2 tbsp Yeast 1 ½ tsp Ingredients for filling Chicken tikka chunks 1 cup Mushrooms sliced 4 Olives 4 Oregano ½ tsp Cheddar cheese ½ cup Mozzarella cheese ½ cup Pizza sauce ½ cup Mixed with tomato paste 2 tbsp Method for dough Put all together in a bowl, knead with warm water into a soft dough, leave to rise for 30 minutes, punch down dough, divide the dough into 2 parts, grease your two 8 inches pizza plates, roll the dough ½ inch thick to fit in pizza plate, spread prepared sauce on half the portion, top with chicken tikka chunks, mushrooms, olives,...

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Mocha Latte Chill

Mocha Latte Chill Ingredients Hot water 1 cup Coffee 3 tsp Chocolate syrup ½ cup Vanilla ice cream 4 scoops Fresh cream whipped 1 cup Method Coffee and cool, put it in the blender with chocolate syrup, ice cream and half cup whipped cream, blend, serve garnished with swirls of whipped cre...

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Fish Pops

Fish Pops Ingredients Boneless fish ½ kg cut into 1 inch cubes Lemon juice 1 tbsp Hoisen sauce 1 tbsp Salt 1 tsp Black pepper ½ tsp Chili garlic sauce 2 tbsp Mustard powder ½ tsp Egg white 1 or 2 Bread crumbs 1 cup Self raising flour ½ cup Method Marinate fish with all above except egg whites, bread crumbs and self raising flour for 1 hour, roll fish in flour, and dip in egg white, then in bread crumbs, deep fry. Serve with sweet chili sau...

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Green Garlic kababs

Green Garlic kababs Ingredients Mince ½ kg Green chili garlic sauce 3 tbsp Oyster sauce 1 tbsp Salt ½ tsp Black pepper ½ tsp Egg 1 Corn flour 1 tbsp Ginger garlic 1 tsp Bread slices 1 soaked in water Onion rings for garnishing Method Mix all together in mince and chopperize, leave it for 30 minutes, make into seekh kabab shape, pan fry for 10 minutes until done, serve with sure imli chatni and onion rin...

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Strawberry chocolate shot glasses

Strawberry chocolate shot glasses Ingredients Vanilla custard 2 cups Jell-o Chocolate pudding mix 1 packet Chilled milk 2 cup Strawberries chopped 2 cup Sugar ½ cup Lemon juice 2 tbsp Oreo cookies 1 cup Fresh cream whipped 1 cup Chocolate grated 150 gm Cream 200 gm Method Mix 2 cups chilled milk with 1 cup jell-o chocolate pudding, beat till chill, melt 100 gm chocolate with 3 tbsp cream to make genache, cook 2 cups strawberry chopped with ½ cup sugar, also add 2 tbsp lemon juice, keep aside. To assemble In shot glasses first put 2 tbsp of vanilla custard in each glass then the strawberry, pipe chocolate pudding mixture, top with genache...

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Pineapple upside down salad mould

Pineapple upside down salad mould Ingredients Pineapple slices 1 can undrained Cherry halves 6 Pineapple jelly 1 packet dissolved in ¾ cup water Cream cheese 4 tbsp Curd cheese 4 tbsp Mayonnaise 4 tbsp Cream 4 tbsp whipped Gelatin 2 tbsp dissolved in pineapple syrup ¼ syrup Sugar 2 tbsp Salt ½ tsp Pineapple tidbits ½ cup Fruit cocktail 1 cup Method Grease your mould very well with oil, fix with pineapple and cherries, dissolve cherries in ¾ water, pour on top of pineapple slices, beat together cream, curd cheese, cream cheese, mayonnaise and cream, fold in pineapple fruit cocktail, sugar, salt, dissolve gelatin, mix all well, pour on top...

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Chicken and Cheese Nuggets

Chicken and Cheese Nuggets Ingredients Boneless chicken ½ kg Cheddar cheese 1 cup grated Brown bread Rusk 3 Spring onion 1 cup chopped Salt 1 tsp Black pepper 1 tsp Cream 2 tbsp Egg 1 + 1 Green chilies 3 chopped Bread crumbs as required Chicken powder 1 tsp Dry flour as required Method Put all the ingredients in chopper except bread crumbs, chopperize all together, make into nuggets shape, roll in dry flour, dip in beaten egg, roll in bread crumbs and deep f...

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Cherry Coconut Cake

Cherry Coconut Cake  Ingredients Butter 8 ounces Sugar 1 ½ cup Glazed cherries ½ cup chopped Eggs 4 separated Flour 3 ½ cup Baking powder 1 tbsp Orange juice ½ cup Desiccated coconut ½ cups Flaked coconut 4 tbsp Method Beat butter, gradually add in sugar, beat till light and fluffy, add in 1 egg yolk at a time, beat well, stir in coconut, sieve together flour and baking powder, start adding in to the mixture alternating with orange juice, mix cherries with little flour and fold in the cake mixture, beat egg white stiff, fold in the batter, mix well, place mixture into greased bandit pan, sprinkle with flaked coconut on top, bake on...

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Cinnamon Roll with Cream Cheese Frosting

Cinnamon Roll with Cream Cheese Frosting  Ingredients Flour 3 cups Water ¼ cup Milk ½ cup Butter 4 ounces Eggs 2 Vanilla essence ½ tsp Salt ½ tsp Caster sugar 4 tbsp Yeast 1 ½ tsp Bread improver 1 tsp heaped Brown sugar 2 tbspIngredients for filling Butter 3 ounces Brown sugar ½ cup Cinnamon powder 1 tbsp heaped Method Mix altogether Ingredients for cream cheese frosting Imported butter 100 gm Cream cheese 5 tbsp Icing sugar ½ cup Milk 1 tbsp Method Melt butter with water and milk, cool add in caster sugar, brown sugar, salt, eggs and vanilla essence, mix together with a whisk, gradually add in flour, yeast and bread improver, mix together,...

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Fettucine Avocado | Vegan Pasta Recipes

Ever wonder if you can convert something sinfully delicious to something deliciously healthy. Yes you can and I did too. Avocado to the rescue..  This is a healthier version of the classic Fettuccine Alfredo without all the not-so-good fats from the cream, butter and cheese. The creaminess and the fat in the avocado makes it a great alternative for the butter and cream in this recipe. Avocados are high in fiber and magnesium. It is true that avocado is high in fat but those are the good fats that is very good for your heart. Check out my recipe for Guacamole.Ingredients:Serves - 1-2Dry Fettuccine pasta...

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Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes

The surprise is the cream cheese & chocolate chip filled center. Part chocolate cupcake, partcheesecake with chocolate chips.Two bites of heaven in one.Fair warning! These are sooo good you'll eattoo many. OK, maybe that's just me.These can also be frozen. These are cake-mix easy.  Mix the cake mix following the box directions.Set aside. Mix the filling in a medium bowl. Fill the lined cupcake pan with 2/3 cake batterand drop a heaping teaspoonful of filling inthe center. Bake @350º for 22 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool. Mix up the chocolate frosting.Frost!Sample the goods!...

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Kadappa Sambar | Side Dish for Idli / Dosa

Are you someone who always tries to think hard when it comes to making a side dish for Dosa? Yeah, I am one of you. But I have an idea for today so you don't have to break your head next time. A simple side dish for Dosa, this Kadappa sambar is different from the Thanjavur kadappa which is made with moong dhal and potato. With fresh ground spices and garnished with mint leaves this sambar is sure to be voted as your family's new favorite.Ingredients:Recipe source - MIL;Serves - 3-4; Preparation time - 10 mins; Cooking time - 20 mins.Besan / Chickpea flour - 3 heaped tbspWater -  3 cupsTurmeric powder - 1/2 tspOil - 2 tspOnion - 1 cup, thinly...

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Mince Cutlets in Tomato Gravy

Mince Cutlets in Tomato Gravy Ingredients for cutlets Mince ½ kg Onion chopped 1 cup Ginger garlic 1 tbsp Turmeric ½ tsp Green chilies finely chopped 4 Coriander leaves finely chopped 2 tbsp Bread 3 slices soaked in ½ cup water Wooster sauce 2 tbsp Salt 1 tsp Crush red pepper 1 tsp Allspice ½ tsp Egg 1 or 2 Bread crumbs as required Oil for frying Boiled peas 1 cup Fries to serve Ingredients for tomato gravy Tomato puree 1 cup Water 1 cup Tomato paste 4 tbsp Onion ½ cup finely chopped White cumin seeds 1 tsp Garlic 1 tbsp Crushed red pepper 1 tsp Vinegar 2 tbsp Sugar 1 tbsp Salt 1 tsp Oil ¼ cup Method for cutlets Marinate with mince with all...

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Chicken and Mushroom Corn Pie

Chicken and Mushroom Corn Pie Ingredients Chicken boneless ½ kg cut into 1 inch cubes Butter 2 ½ ounces Chopped onion 2 tbsp Mushrooms sliced 4 Sweet corn 2 tbsp Eggs 2 hard boiled chopped Egg 1 beaten for glazed Boiled rice 1 cup Lemon juice 2 tbsp Dill finely chopped 2 tbsp Coriander leaves 2 tbsp chopped Salt 1 tsp Black pepper 1 tsp Mustard paste 1 tsp Wooster sauce 1 tbsp Ketchup 1 tbsp Chili garlic sauce 2 tbsp Cream ¼ cup Puff pastry ½ kg Method Heat butter in a pan, fry chopped onion till light pink, add chicken, sauté for 5 minutes, add mushrooms and corn with salt, pepper, mustard, Wooster sauce, ketchup, chili garlic sauce, lemon...

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Pineapple Upside Down Pudding

Pineapple Upside Down Pudding Ingredients Egg yolks 3 Sugar 3 ounces Fresh cream whipped 8 ounces Gelatin powder 3 tsp Water ¼ cup Milk 1 cup Yellow food color few drops Pineapple essence ½ tsp Pineapple slices few Cherries 6 to 8 Method Dissolve gelatin in ¼ cup water, mix egg yolks with sugar and milk, cook on low flame, stirring continuously, do not boil, remove from fire add in essence, colors and dissolve gelatin, cool mixture, fold in the whipped cream, in greased glass pie dish, put rings of pineapple on the base and sides, put cherries in the whole, pour mixture on the pineapple slices, allow to set for 2 hours, over turn before...

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