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  • SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES - SWEETS

    Beetroot Halwa

    This is my favourite halwa from childhood. Though I don’t like beetroot I used to love this halwa. The preparation of this halwa is a very easy one and it tastes great. Sending this to food palette red event by Akheela of Torview Ingredients:Beetroot-2Milk-1cupSugar- To tasteGhee-3tbsCashew- 2tbs(chopped)Cardamom powder-1/2tspProcedure:1. Grate beetroot and add…

  • DIWALI SWEETS - PANEER - SWEETS

    Kalakand II

    The method used in this is a very easy one. It does not take a long time to prepare like the other type of Kalakand which I had posted earlier. I stumbled upon this recipe when browsing through Nestle’s website. It came out nice. I prepared this within half an…

  • GRAVY

    Daal Baati

    This is a bookmarked recipe from US masala of Aipi. She has a lovely blog. When she posted this recipe I wanted to try this. It came out great. It was a very new dish to me. This is a Rajasthani dish. In the original recipe aipi uses many kinds…

  • DIWALI SWEETS - PANEER - SWEETS

    Kalakand

    I always have a passion for milk sweets. I came across this recipe when going through  the net. You need a lot of patience to prepare Kalakand. But the result will be a divine sweet. I prepared it with 2 litres of milk and I got 8 lovely pieces of…

  • GRAVY - SIDE DISHES

    Capsicum Masala

    This is a simple side dish for rotis and chapathis. Very easy to prepare and it is very tasty. Ingredients:Capsicum-2Onion-2Tomato-3Ginger- a small pieceGarlic- 5podsRed chilly powder- 1tspCoriander powder-1/2tspTurmeric powder-1/4 tspSalt- to tasteProcedure:1. Heat 2tbs oil and saute finely chopped capsicum for 2 minutes. Keep it aside.2. In the same pan…

  • BAKES - COOKIES - EGGLESS

    Wheat Walnut Cookies

    I had to prepare some sweet and send it with Sruti to her school. They have asked the parents to send a box of sweet to donate for charity. That is so sweet of them. I decided upon these cookies. I came upon the recipe at Manjula’s Kitchen. It is…

  • RICE VARIETIES

    Sprouted Chole Pulao

    This is a very simple pulao. I had some sprouted chole in the fridge. Just thought of adding it to the regular pulao recipe. It was nice. We had it with pomegranate raitha and onion raitha. This can be prepared within half an hour. Ingredients: Rice-1cup Sprouted chole-1/2cup Coriander and…

  • GRAVY - SIDE DISHES

    Baingan Bartha

    Lately there are so many Baingan Bartha recipes in the blogosphere. I wanted to try it. This was my first attempt.I saw this recipe at Manjulas Kitchen. I added onion and garlic to the original recipe to suit our taste.My hubby hates brinjal. When I purchased the big brinjal he…