Rava (Semolina or Suji) Ladoo – Indian Sweet
Rava laddoo is a traditional Indian subcontinental sweet dish made out of rava, milk, sugar and cashews shaped as balls, one of the most popular south Indian sweet. Rava also spelled as Ravva,rawa, Rave, Sooji, Suji, Semolina. The ingredients to make Rava ladoo are easily available everywhere in the world. Rava laddoo is one of the easy sweet dish which can be prepared within 15 minutes. This...
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Beetroot Rasam – South Indian Style Recipe
Beetroot, also known as the red beet, table beet, garden beet, cukundar, betavulgaris or simply as beet. Beetroot can be eaten as raw or in salad with a dressing of mustard oil or vinegar. Beetroot is used to cure anemia due to its richness in Vitamins A, C, iron and Calcium. It is used to increase the stamina of the body. Modern research says that drinking 1 glass beetroot juice improves the...
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Raw Banana (Plantain – Vazhakkai) Bajji
Bajji is a common hot and crispy tea time snack in south india especially during rainy season. Bajji is a simple dish prepared by dipping any sliced vegetable in the gram flour batter and deep frying it. Bajji can be prepared with Onion, Potato, Plantain, Eggplant / brinjal, Ladies finger (and even Bread slices) sliced into thin pieces and are dipped in Batter and deep fried in oil. And it is served...
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Carrot Peas (Gajar Mattar) Paratha
Paratha is Indian flat bread made with several type of vegetable stuffing. Parathas originated from Punjab region. The common stuffings are Potato, Radish, Spinach, methi leaves, cauliflower. It goes well with Yogurt Raitha or thick spicy curry. Paratha stuffing is kneaded with (Whole Wheat) Atta flour. Some people knead only Atta flour, when Atta flour are made flattened, they keep stuffing in the middle of...
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Chana Chickpeas Chole Pulao Biryani
Chana Chickpeas Chole Pulao Biryani is a North Indian dish prepared with Chickpeas, Rice, onions, tomatoes, ginger garlic paste aromated with exotic Indian spices. Chana dal also called as garbanzo bean, Indian pea, ceci bean, Bengal gram, Kabuli chana, konda kadalai etc. Its rich in protein, fiber and carbohydrates. Its a simple vegetarian Biryani variety rice, goes well together with raita.
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Lemon Rice with Peas – South Indian
Lemon rice is a very famous and delicious authentic south Indian rice dish that can be prepared in few minutes by adding cooked rice with fresh lemon juice. Usually lemon rice goes well with raitha or Pappad snacks. In Tamilnadu, this dish commonly prepared during festivals, traditional festivals and it is served as a prasadam in south Indian temples too. Together with Tamarind rice, Lemon rice is a...
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Sweet Pongal (Sakkarai Pongal or Gur ke Chawal)
Pongal or Sakkarai pongal is a kind of sweet rice pudding, made during pongal festival, one of the main traditional festival celebrated in South India, especially in Tamilnadu. Sakkarai pongal is made with rice, moong dal, jaggery and seasoned with cashewnuts, cardamoms and raisins. On the day of Pongal festival, Pongal is cooked in a new mud pot which is placed where the puja is to be performed....
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Aloo Gobi (Potato Cauliflower) Masala Curry
Aloo Gobi is a traditional Punjabi main dish made out of potatoes, cauliflower and fine blend of spices or masalas. Main ingredients for preparing Aloo Gobi dish includes garlic, ginger, onion, coriander, tomato, and cumin. This punjabi special vegetarian cusine goes well with Paratha, Roti and Puris. It is very famous in north India and a popular Indian cusine worldwide. This recipe is also spelled as...
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Kidney Beans Curry – Rajma Masala
Red Kidney Beans has dark red skin and visual resemblance to a kidney. Its popularly known as red beans as worldwide. Red Kidney Beans also known as Rajma in India. Rajma masala curry is a very popular North Indian dish made with red kidney beans in onion tomato sauce with Indian spicy flavors. Red kindey beans / Rajma originated from Punjab generally served with Rice or Chapathi. Kidney beans are a very...
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Indo-German Spinach (Palak) Vegetable Curry
Before telling you the recipe of easy Indo-German Palak (Spinach) Vegetable recipe, one should know the health benefits of the food, which we are eating on regular basis. Spinach is one among the top healthy vegetables that can be prepared in few minutes. Spinach is rich in calcium and iron which strengthens the bones of your body. Spinach helps to control cancer especially colon, lung and breast...
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Brussels Sprouts Indian Paratha
Paratha is an Indian flat bread made with several type of stuffing’s originated from Punjab. Common types of stuffings are potatos, cauliflower, radish and fenugreek leaves. When winter starts, you find Brussels sprouts (German name – Rosenkohl) in most of the super markets in Germany. Its available only during winter season. In this food blog, I have used Brussels sprout stuffing for paratha preparation. It...
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Beet root Broccoli curry (chukandar broccoli ki sabji)
Before telling you what is broccoli beetroot curry, I would like to explain why did i select beetroot and Broccoli as vegetables for this curry. Beetroot, also known as the table beet, garden beet, cukundar, betavulgaris, red beet or informally simply as beet. Beet root can be eaten as raw or in salad with a dressing of mustard oil or vinegar. Beet root is used to cure anemia due to its...
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