I came across sorbet only after I entered the blogosphere. Sorbet somewhat resembles icecream, but it doesn’t have milk in it. Sugar syrup is prepared and added to any fruit pulp and it is frozen. Yesterday I tried sorbet with mango and brown sugar syrup. It was so tasty and…
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Mango Milk Shake
This is a simple milk shake. I had so many mangoes and wanted to use it up. My daughter likes milk shakes. SO I prepared this. This can be prepared in two minutes if you have everything chill. She liked it a lot. Ingredients: Thick Milk-1cup Mango Pieces-1/4cup Sugar-2tsp Cardamom…
Milk Mysorepak
This is little different from the usual mysorepak. It does not have the pores, but is equally tasty. I am always in doubt when preparing sweets of this type. As I have told you earlier I will call all the deities for help. Sruti loves Mysorepak. I prepared it yesterday…
Oat Bran Kesari
Oat Bran resembles rava/semolina. So I substituted rava with oat bran and prepared this delicious kesari. The texture remained the same. I had to use less water for this kesari. I prepared this as neivedhyam yesterday. Ingredients:Oat Bran-1cupSugar-1cupWater-2cupsCardamom Powder-1/2tspLemon Yellow Food Colour-3-4dropsBroken Cashew-5tbsGhee/ Clarified Butter-1/4cupProcedure:1. Dry roast oat bran until…
Oat Bran and Flax Seeds Whole Wheat Broom Bread
While I was searching for a recipe using oat bran, I found this recipe at applepiepatispate.com. The ingredients interested me. It has only wheat flour and oat bran. This sounded very healthy and nutritious. So at once I started the preparation. We need three days to prepare this bread. First…
Savory Shortbread Cookies / Iyengar Bakery Khara Biscuits
For this month’s ICC Challenge Srivalli chose these savory biscuits from Champa’s Versatile Vegetarian Kitchen . These cookies were so nice. We had some and I packed the remaining to my hubby’s office. They were all gone in no time. Thank you Champa for the wonderful recipe. Ingredients:Maida/ Flour-2cupsButter-1/3cupSugar-4tspSalt-1tspRed Chilly Flakes-1tbsDill-1tbsYogurt…
Eggless Donuts ( Baked Version)
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Potato Salad
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Greek Gyro (Vegetarian Version) With Homemade Pita Bread and Tzatziki Sauce
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Sweet Mango Pickle / Maangai Pachadi
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