Posted in Recipes on October 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Ingredients
1 cup tuvar dal
1 big red onion
3 roma tomatoes
5-6 cloves
5-6 black peppers
nutmeg powder
2-3 bay leaves
turmeric
chilli powder
dhania powder(coriander powder)
jeera powder
ginger-garlic paste
garam masala
jaggery
1 tbsp kasuri methi
cilantro for garnish
Preparation
Boil(in pressure cooker) one cup tuvar dal separately.
Cut onion and tomato length wise.
In a large vessel,take some oil ,when oil heats up,to it add cloves,nutmeg,black pepers and bay leaves.You can [...]
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Posted in Recipes on October 9, 2008 | No Comments »
A few weeks back I came across a strange looking vegetable in the indian store.It looked like a tomato sized pumpkin crossed with a cucumber.Come to find out that its a vegetable called Dosakai(which mostly south indians use in sambar etc).Both mummy and aai had no idea about how to use this.So googled soem recipes [...]
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Posted in Recipes on October 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Ingredients
20-25 prawns(medium sized)
1 small yellow onion
For the curry
1/2 cup (1 wati) fresh grated coconut1 can coconut milk1 tablespoon chilli powder (depends on how spicy you want)1/4 tsp turmeric1 tsp tamarind paste1/4 tsp black pepper
Preparation
Apply salt (not too much) and defrost shrimp(prawns). This will take 15-20 mins
Blend ingredients for the curry in a mixer till the [...]
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Posted in Recipes on October 9, 2008 | No Comments »
At first this recipe may not sound very tempting,but trust me the balsamic vinegar-honey-garlic combination gives it that sweet-sour-spice flavour which I cannot put in words.I picked this recipe from the Tv show Everyday Italian and modified it for cod.I believe any white fish fillets will taste good with this. This dish requires you to [...]
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Posted in Recipes, tagged Greens, Vegetables on October 9, 2008 | No Comments »
This bhaji is semi dry and tastes great with hot chapatis.The moong dal and shepu ratio is almost 1:1.i.e. you see as much as yellow in this bhaji as you see the green.Enjoy!
Ingredients
1 cup shepu(dill,chopped coarsely)
1 cup mugdal
1 large onion diced
1 tsp ginger paste
1 large green chilli
turmeric
1 cup water
Preparation
1. Soak Mugdal for an hour before [...]
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Posted in Recipes on January 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Two fish recipes back to back,goes to say that I am a fish-lover. Maybe its in my genes.However like all Indians settled in US I miss the oh-so-Indian fish,Ravas,Paplet,Surmai,Bombil,Murdushya to name a few.Growing up in Mumbais concrete jungle the great plus was that you got fresh fish delivered right to your doorstep. “Surmai,Kolambi,Paplet ghey”,the fisherworman [...]
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Posted in Recipes, tagged Fish on January 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It is an irony that being a Goan my first post about Fish Curry is a Kerala style and not the often relished Goan style. However I have had this recipe filed for many months now and it was time to give it a try and send it as an entry to the RCI-Kerala event [...]
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Posted in Recipes on January 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My mom loves trying new recipes and every so often while on the phone she will share a new recipe she tried and how she now has dads stamp of approval for it.:)
On my visits back home i like to take little knickknacks or everyday food items we eat in here for everyone in [...]
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Posted in Recipes, tagged Dals, Indian Cooking, Recipes on January 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Dals are nutritious,easy and simple to cook. Its interesting how in Indian cooking you could dish out a thousand odd recipes with just one ingredient. Dont belive me,see JFI:Toor Dal roudup by Linda of Out Of Garden. My MIL gifted me a series of Tarla Dalal books. These are tiny flip through books but dont [...]
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