tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90627155622950226452024-03-13T21:44:30.051-07:00Indian Vegetarian KitchenEasy, quick and healthy vegetarian recipesMahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.comBlogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-55687223337914783412013-01-06T16:49:00.001-08:002013-01-06T16:49:49.627-08:00Ginger Tea<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Happy New Year everyone! I am posting my first recipe for this year that is simple yet addictive and refreshing - Ginger tea. Most of you love it. Don't you? Tea can be prepared using different aromatic ingredients like cardamom, cloves, ginger, cinnamon.</div>
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Ingredients:</div>
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Tea leaves - 3 tsp</div>
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Water - 1 cup</div>
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Milk - 1 cup</div>
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Sugar - 3 to 4 tsp</div>
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Grated ginger - 1/2 tsp </div>
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Crushed Cardamom - 3</div>
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Method:</div>
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In a pan, add 1 cup of water, grated ginger and/or cardamom and bring it to a boil. </div>
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Add tea leaves and let it boil for 1-1.5 minutes. Filter and set aside.</div>
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Boil milk in another pan and add the tea decoction and sugar. </div>
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Stir and serve hot with biscuits or snacks.</div>
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I have tried a few tea brands. Some of my favorites are - Wagh Bakri, Three roses, Society, Taj Mahal.</div>
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Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-9735526463049417852012-12-11T12:14:00.001-08:002012-12-13T14:07:55.379-08:00Peni (Crispy Noodles Soaked in Badam Milk)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Satisfy your sweet cravings with this delicious Peni in 5 minutes! This is usually served in weddings.<br />
Peni is available readymade in stores which makes this dish super easy to prepare.<br />
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Serves 1<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
Haldirams Peni/Pheni/Feni - 1<br />
1/2 cup Badam Milk<br />
Saffron and pistachios to garnish<br />
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Method:<br />
For badam milk, mix 1/2 cup milk, 2 tsp MTR Badam milk powder, 1-2 tsp sweetened condensed milk, saffron and heat for 5 minutes.<br />
Take one piece of peni in a bowl, pour the warm badam milk and garnish with pistachios or sliced almonds.<br />
Your dessert is ready in 5 minutes!<br />
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Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-64482660932695418282012-12-04T13:10:00.000-08:002012-12-04T13:10:16.000-08:00Tomato Adai<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ingredients:<br />
Idly Rice + Raw Rice - 3/4 cup<br />
Thur Dhal + Channa Dhal - 3/4 cup<br />
Coconut - 1/2 cup<br />
Red Chillies - 1<br />
Green Chilli - 1<br />
Salt<br />
Tomato - 2<br />
Hing - 1/4 tsp<br />
Jeera - 1.5 tsp<br />
Coriander leaves and curry leaves to garnish<br />
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Method:<br />
Soak the dhals and rice together for 2 hours.<br />
Rinse. Add chopped tomatoes, red chilli, green chilli, salt, hing and coconut.<br />
Grind in a mixer or grinder adding water little by little to a coarse batter.<br />
The mixture should be thick like idly/dosa batter.<br />
Add jeera, coriander leaves and curry leaves and mix.<br />
Heat a griddle. When hot, pour a ladle full of batter and spread in a circular motion.<br />
Drizzle a drop of coconut oil and few drops of cooking oil around the corners.<br />
When one side turns golden brown, flip and cook the other side. It takes at least 2 minutes to cook on each side.<br />
Serve hot with idly podi or <a href="http://www.indianvegetariankitchen.com/2012/06/avial.html">avial</a>.<br />
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Note: For regular adai, skip the tomatoes.<br />
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Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-40975749749683072052012-11-15T19:05:00.002-08:002012-11-15T19:05:56.117-08:00Coconut Rice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello Readers,<br />
Hope you all had a great Diwali! Sorry for not being able to post any sweet recipes. I had been busy with some other commitments for the past few days.<br />
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Here's a simple rice recipe perfect for lunch box.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
Fresh or frozen grated coconut - 1/2 cup<br />
Cooked Basmati rice - 3 cups<br />
Salt as needed<br />
Hing - a pinch<br />
Cooking Oil - 1 tbsp<br />
Coconut oil - 1 tsp<br />
Ghee - 1 tsp<br />
Red chilli - 1<br />
Roasted peanuts - handful<br />
Green chilli - 1<br />
Mutard seeds - 1 tsp<br />
Urud dal - 1 tsp<br />
Curry leaves - a few<br />
Coriander leaves - to garnish<br />
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Method:<br />
Heat oil (regular oil and coconut oil) in a pan. Add mustard seeds, urud dal, hing, red chilli, green chilli, curry leaves. When mustard seeds crackle, add coconut and fry on low flame for 5-7 min.<br />
Add cooked rice, salt, roasted peanuts and ghee.<br />
Mix well and garnish with coriander leaves.<br />
Serve with pappad/yogurt or <a href="http://www.indianvegetariankitchen.com/2012/06/avial.html">avial</a>.<br />
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Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-3419395889766463002012-11-04T12:15:00.003-08:002012-11-04T12:15:47.220-08:00Aval Puttu (Poha Sweet)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I love puttu. But I have never tried making it because I don't have a puttu maker. I tried with poha and it tasted just like regular puttu. This is a great evening snack for kids.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
Thick Poha - 1 cup<br />
Jaggery - 1/3 to 1/2 cup<br />
Cardamom - 3<br />
Cashews - a few<br />
Coconut - 1/4 cup<br />
Ghee - 3 tsp<br />
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Method:<br />
Dry grind poha in a mixer to a coarse powder.<br />
Heat ghee in a pan, roast cashews to golden brown.<br />
Add poha powder, crushed cardamom and fry on low flame for 5 minutes.<br />
Add frozen or fresh grated coconut and fry for couple of minutes.<br />
In another pan, add jaggery pieces and little water just enough to wet the jaggery and boil till it dissolves completely in water.<br />
Add this syrup and mix well.<br />
Take half cup of water in a bowl and sprinkle little by little and keep stirring until poha is fully cooked.<br />
Do not add all the water at once as the mixture will turn mushy. Adjust the quantity of water to get the right consistency.<br />
It takes about 10 minutes for poha to get cooked and soft.<br />
Adding coconut is optional.<br />
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Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-20700357573474531662012-10-30T20:31:00.000-07:002012-10-30T20:31:17.355-07:00Mixed Fruit and Vegetable Halwa <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This halwa turned out delicious! Try this for Diwali. I hope to post more sweet recipes in the next few days.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
Mixed vegetables and fruits (Pumpkin, Sweet potato, Carrot, Apple, Dates) - 2 cups<br />
Sugar - as needed<br />
Cardamom - 3 crushed<br />
Roasted cashews - 10<br />
Milk - 1 to 1.5 cups<br />
Ghee - 3 tbsp<br />
Saffron - a few strands<br />
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Method:<br />
Peel the skin of pumpkin (pooshanikai), sweet potato, apple and carrot. Grate and set aside. Chop dates (about 4) into small pieces.<br />
Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan. Roast Cashews and set aside.<br />
In the same pan, add grated vegetables and fruits. Fry for 5 minutes. Add milk, saffron, crushed cardamom and cook till the milk is absorbed and the mixture turns soft. Add some more milk if the mixture turns out dry and needs to be cooked for some more time.<br />
Add sugar and some more ghee and simmer for 10 min. <br />
Garnish with roasted cashews and serve warm.<br />
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Note: You can adjust the quantity of each veggie and fruit as per your taste and liking. </div>
Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-12501622269057066432012-10-12T12:09:00.004-07:002012-10-12T12:09:51.160-07:00Ragi Kanji for babies/toddlers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is a simple and healthy porridge that can be given to babies (8 months+) for breakfast.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
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1.5 tsp sprouted ragi flour<br />
1/2 cup water<br />
A pinch of crushed cardamom<br />
Sugar or jaggery as needed<br />
1/2 tsp ghee (optional)<br />
2-3 tsp mashed banana (optional)<br />
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Method:<br />
Take ragi flour in a bowl. Add water little by little until it mixes well.<br />
In a pan, add this mixture and heat on low flame till it becomes thick and gets cooked fully. Keep stirring now and then to avoid forming lumps.<br />
Add cardamom powder, mashed banana and sugar or jaggery. Drizzle ghee.<br />
Mix and serve warm. </div>
Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-37139241682688783902012-08-03T12:17:00.000-07:002012-08-03T13:19:45.247-07:00Rice Kheer - 250th Post!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Indian Vegetarian Kitchen is all about simple, quick and easy recipes. So here's an easy dessert that can be prepared for any occasion. This is my 250th post! It's been 5 years since I started this blog. I still have the same enthusiasm and passion to post new recipes as I had when I started this blog. Keep visiting my blog and enjoy my recipes. Thank you all for your support and compliments!!<br />
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Rice Kheer<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
4 cups Milk<br />
1/3 cup Rice<br />
Water 1.5 cups<br />
1/4 tsp Saffron<br />
3 fresh Cardamom crushed<br />
Sugar as needed<br />
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Method:<br />
Cook rice in 1.5 cups of water in a pressure cooker until very soft and mushy.<br />
Boil milk in another pan.<br />
Add cooked rice, saffron, cardamom and stir well.<br />
Simmer for 10 minutes.<br />
Add sugar and mix well.<br />
Serve hot or cold.<br />
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Note: You may adjust the consistency of kheer by adding or reducing the quantity of milk.<br />
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Check out some of my older posts in case you missed them!<br />
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I tried Avial using frozen vegetables this time. Of course it would taste great when fresh vegetables are used.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
2 cups mixed fresh or frozen vegetables like beans, carrot, potato, chayote squash (chow chow), drum stick, pumpkin, elephant yam (senai kizhangu)<br />
1/3 cup grated coconut<br />
About a cup of yogurt<br />
2 tsp coconut oil<br />
1/2 tsp jeera<br />
1 green chilli<br />
6 cashew pieces<br />
Salt<br />
A few curry leaves<br />
A pinch of hing<br />
1/2 tsp turmeric powder<br />
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Method:<br />
Chop vegetables into long thin pieces and boil in water adding turmeric powder till the veggies are fully cooked. Drain excess water. Let it cool.<br />
Grind coconut, jeera, chilli and cashews to a smooth paste adding some water.<br />
Add this paste and boiled veggies to yogurt. Add salt and hing. Drizzle coconut oil on top and garnish with curry leaves.<br />
Stir well and serve with rice or <a href="http://www.indianvegetariankitchen.com/2008/10/adai.html">adai</a>.<br />
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This recipe is adapted from <a href="http://sriharivatsan.blogspot.com/2009/02/cauliflower-pulao-and-award.html">here</a>.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
1 Cup Basmathi rice<br />
2 Cups water<br />
2 Cups of chopped veggies (cauliflower, beans, carrot)<br />
1/2 Cup chopped onion<br />
Salt<br />
1/2 tsp turmeric powder<br />
1/4 tsp chilli powder<br />
1 tsp garam masala powder<br />
1 Slit green chilli<br />
1 tsp grated ginger garlic<br />
1/2 tsp jeera<br />
3 cloves<br />
1 cinnamon stick<br />
1 bay leaf<br />
2 star anise<br />
2 tbsp ghee<br />
2 tbsp oil<br />
Coriander leaves to garnish<br />
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Method:<br />
Heat oil in a pan. Add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf and star anise. Add onions, green chilli and ginger garlic paste. Sprinkle some salt and fry till it turns light golden brown.<br />
Rinse basmathi rice. Add the fried onions and cook in 2 cups of water till done.<br />
Heat oil again. Add jeera. After it crackles, add veggies and sprinkle some salt. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and garam masala powder. Fry till the veggies are cooked and cauliflower turns brown and crispy.<br />
Now mix this with cooked rice and add ghee and some more salt if required.<br />
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with raitha/chips.<br />
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Have you tried my <a href="http://www.indianvegetariankitchen.com/2009/03/pineapple-kesari.html">Pineapple Kesari</a>? This is another variation of plain kesari. It tastes really good.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
1/2 cup Sooji/Semolina<br />
1 1/4 cup Water<br />
1/2 cup dry Almond powder<br />
5 tsp mtr badam feast (optional)<br />
1/2 cup Sugar<br />
A pinch of Saffron and Cardamom<br />
Handful of roasted Cashews and Raisins<br />
1/4 cup Ghee<br />
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Method:<br />
In little ghee, roast cashews and raisins and set aside.<br />
Fry sooji in the same pan on low flame till it turns light golden brown.<br />
Add almond powder, mtr badam feast and cardamom.<br />
In another vessel, boil water and saffron.<br />
Add it to Sooji/Almond mixture gradually and stir continuously to avoid forming of lumps.<br />
When Sooji is cooked, add sugar and mix well. Add ghee and garnish with nuts and raisins.<br />
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If you are not using mtr badam feast, increase the amount of sugar to 3/4 cup.</div>Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-58298770192401790902012-04-05T14:14:00.000-07:002012-04-06T12:09:12.391-07:00Beetroot Curry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Many find it hard to cut beetroot. I usually pressure cook whole beetroot and then peel the skin and chop into fine pieces. It makes the cutting part easy. You can also grate beetroot after peeling the skin. That's what I have done here.</div>
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Ingredients:</div>
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3 medium sized beetroot</div>
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2 tsp oil</div>
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1/2 tsp mustard seeds</div>
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1/2 tsp urud dal</div>
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2-3 red chillies</div>
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Salt</div>
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A pinch of hing</div>
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1/4 cup grated coconut</div>
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A few curry leaves (optional)</div>
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Pressure cook whole beets in water for 3 whistles.</div>
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Cool it. Peel the skin and chop into small pieces.</div>
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Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, urud dal, curry leaves, red chillies and hing. </div>
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Add salt and fry for 5 minutes.</div>
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Add coconut and mix well.</div>
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Serve with rice and sambar.</div>
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I am finally back to blogging after a long break! I hope to post recipes more frequently. Poha halwa is my own creation. It is very yummy and tastes close to chakkarai pongal (sweet rice pudding). It takes only 10 minutes to prepare this dessert. Let's move on to the recipe.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
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200 grams MTR Badam Halwa Mix<br />
1.5 cups thin poha (aval/beaten rice flakes)<br />
1 cup milk<br />
1/4 cup ghee<br />
Handful of cashews and raisins<br />
A pinch of orange food color<br />
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Method:<br />
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Roast cashews and raisins in 2 tsp ghee till they turn golden brown.<br />
Set aside.<br />
Wash poha in water and squeeze excess water and set aside. It's ok if it turns mushy. Use only thin variety poha.<br />
In the same pan, add MTR badam halwa mix, washed poha, milk and stir everything together till mixture turns thick. Keep adding remaining ghee while stirring. Add food color and mix well.<br />
Garnish with roasted cashews and raisins.<br />
Serve hot.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beverage displayed in this picture is badam kheer. For recipe click <a href="http://www.indianvegetariankitchen.com/2008/10/badam-kheer-foolproof-method.html">here</a>. </span></div>Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-45457782225717862022011-10-15T16:16:00.000-07:002011-10-15T16:19:01.066-07:00Wheat and Nut Laddoo for Diwali<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">IndusLadies has compiled an eBook for this Diwali consisting of "100 Yummy Sweets & Desserts recipes", contributed by various Food Bloggers! One of my recipes, <a href="http://www.indianvegetariankitchen.com/2010/01/wheat-nut-laddoo.html">wheat and nut ladoo</a> is featured in the ebook (Page 69). </span><br />
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This is a quick and easy recipe for garlic lovers!<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
1/2 cup raw Basmathi Rice<br />
4 Garlic pods<br />
1 small Mor Milagai (sun dried chillies)<br />
Salt<br />
3 tsp Ghee<br />
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Method:<br />
Rinse basmathi rice and cook in 1 cup of water and set aside.<br />
Heat ghee in a pan. Roast chopped garlic to golden brown.<br />
In another pan, fry mor milagai in 1 tsp oil till it turns black. Crush into small pieces.<br />
Add roasted garlic, crushed mor milagai and salt to rice.<br />
Toss well and serve with onion raitha. </div>Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-84477201494727924742011-08-30T15:38:00.000-07:002011-08-30T15:44:34.492-07:00Mutter Paneer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cLf_a_PG19Xckm8lPszqcA?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="660" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uCzMS1imKOQ/Tl1kGP4WBqI/AAAAAAAAMcY/u0TK7lX4q-g/s800/mp.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Ingredients:<br />
Grind together to a smooth paste:<br />
5 small tomatoes<br />
1 big onion<br />
5 garlic pods<br />
1 green chilli<br />
4 cloves<br />
2 1"cinnamon sticks<br />
small piece of ginger<br />
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Other ingredients:<br />
4 tbsp oil<br />
Salt<br />
1/2 tsp chilli powder<br />
1/2 tsp turmeric powder<br />
1/4 tsp crushed kasoori methi<br />
1 tsp butter<br />
coriander leaves to garnish<br />
1 cup paneer cubes<br />
1/2 tsp sugar<br />
1/2 cup frozen peas<br />
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Method:<br />
Heat oil in a pan. Add the ground paste. Add chilli powder, salt and turmeric powder. Add some water if the gravy is very thick. Fry till the raw smell goes away and oil starts to separate from the sides of the pan.<br />
Fry paneer cubes to light golden brown. Add the pieces to the gravy. Add peas. Simmer for 5 minutes.<br />
Garnish with coriander leaves, kasoori methi and butter.<br />
Serve with chapathis or rice.</div>Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-35636097923708457342011-08-10T12:40:00.000-07:002012-03-30T22:46:54.592-07:00Kodak Photo Book<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ingredients:<br />
Apple - 1<br />
Milk - 2 cups<br />
Almond - 10<br />
Cashew - 5<br />
Sugar as needed<br />
Saffron - a few strands<br />
Chopped walnuts - for garnishing<br />
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Method:<br />
Peel the skin of apple. Chop into small pieces and grind it with almonds, cashews, sugar and milk.<br />
Filter for smoother, creamier shake.<br />
Garnish with saffron and walnuts.<br />
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I have already posted <a href="http://www.indianvegetariankitchen.com/2008/10/tomato-peas-bath.html">Tomato Peas Bath</a> and <a href="http://www.indianvegetariankitchen.com/2009/11/mild-tomato-pulao.html">Mild Tomato Pulao</a> recipe earlier. This is another version I learned from amma. It's so tasty that I had to share the recipe with you all.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
1.5 cups Basmathi Rice<br />
3 tomatoes<br />
1 small onion<br />
5 cloves garlic<br />
1 tsp grated ginger<br />
2 green chillies<br />
2 cloves<br />
1 inch cinnamon<br />
Salt<br />
4 tbsp oil<br />
2 tbsp ghee<br />
1/4 tsp turmeric powder<br />
1/2 tsp chilli powder<br />
A handful of frozen peas<br />
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Method:<br />
Rinse and soak basmathi rice in water for 15 minutes. Drain and cook the rice in 3 cups of water. Set aside.<br />
Heat oil in a pan. Fry cinnamon and cloves for few seconds.<br />
Grind tomato, onion, ginger, garlic, green chilli to a fine paste without adding water. Add this paste to the pan. Add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder and cook the gravy until it becomes thick and oil starts to separate. Add frozen peas and simmer for five minutes.<br />
Add this paste to cooked basmathi rice and mix well without mashing the rice.<br />
Garnish with coriander leaves.Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-78865830026571816212011-05-29T00:21:00.000-07:002011-05-29T00:21:42.438-07:00Onion Vatha Kuzhambu (Onion cooked in spicy tamarind gravy)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kwsJSSziR4nP5QzbQt_92A?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="663" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gTv1rC2ZA4s/TcxjxWEzFMI/AAAAAAAAMEQ/Hf4TO_36qTA/s800/vkozhambu.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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This is a tangy and spicy gravy that goes well with rice and curry. Vegetables like ladies finger, capsicum, sweet potato, drumstick, brinjal can be used instead of onions. Some call it Kaara kuzhambu.<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
1 medium sized onion sliced<br />
1 tbsp sesame oil<br />
1 tsp mustard seeds<br />
1 tsp fenugreek seeds<br />
1 tsp thur dal or channa dal<br />
A few curry leaves<br />
3 tsp sambar powder<br />
Salt<br />
1/4 tsp hing<br />
3.5 cups tamarind extract from small lime size tamarind<br />
1/2 tsp jaggery<br />
1 tsp rice flour<br />
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Method:<br />
Heat oil. Add mustard seeds, fenugreek, channa dal or thur dal, curry leaves.<br />
When mustard seeds crackle and dal turns brown, add sliced onion and fry till it turns soft.<br />
Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 minutes and extract 3.5 cups of juice from the same.<br />
Add this juice to the cooked onion.<br />
Add salt, sambar powder, hing and allow the mixture to boil for 20 minutes or until oil starts to float on top.<br />
Add jaggery if you like the gravy to be slightly sweet.<br />
Mix rice flour in 1 tsp water and make a thick paste.<br />
Add this paste to the tamarind gravy and stir continuously until the mixture becomes little thick.<br />
Serve with rice, ghee and curry.<br />
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Serves 2-3<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
3 Indian Brinjals/Eggplants<br />
1/2 cup Capsicum/Bellpepper<br />
1/2 cup chopped Onion<br />
1 Tomato<br />
2 Garlic pods<br />
1 tsp grated Ginger<br />
1 Green Chilli<br />
2-3 tbsp Oil<br />
1/2 tsp Jeera<br />
Salt<br />
1/2 tsp Chilli powder<br />
1 tsp Sambar powder<br />
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder<br />
A pinch of Hing<br />
1/2 tsp Coriander powder<br />
Coriander leaves to garnish<br />
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Method:<br />
Heat oil in a pan. Add jeera and allow it to crackle.<br />
Add onion, ginger, garlic, green chilli and saute till onion turns transparent.<br />
Add sliced brinjal. Sprinkle salt and fry till brinjal is partially cooked.<br />
Add capsicum, tomato and spice powders and some salt.<br />
Fry till the veggies turn soft.<br />
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapathis.<br />
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This is a simple curry that goes well with chapathis.<br />
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Serves 2<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
1 Onion thinly sliced<br />
3 Tomatoes chopped<br />
2 Green Chillies<br />
1 tsp Jeera<br />
2 Tbsp Oil<br />
Salt<br />
1/2 tsp Chilli powder or Sambar powder as needed<br />
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder<br />
A pinch of hing<br />
1 tsp Jaggery or Sugar<br />
Coriander leaves to garnish<br />
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Method:<br />
Heat oil in a pan.<br />
Add jeera and green chillies.<br />
When jeera crackles, add onion and fry till it turns golden brown.<br />
Add tomatoes, salt, chilli powder/sambar powder, turmeric powder, hing and cook till tomatoes turn soft and oil starts to separate.<br />
Add jaggery or sugar. Mix well and garnish with coriander leaves.<br />
Serve hot with chapathis! </div>Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-62757403343685448652011-04-14T14:08:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:18:33.607-07:00Mango Pachadi (Chutney)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7t-VJy8pbFL4NS7FJFcO1w?feat=embedwebsite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img height="663" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_GpKo9KJ401U/Tadd5LwUg-I/AAAAAAAAMBg/nFgw4EQegqE/s800/mp.jpg" width="500" /></span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Tamil New Year!! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is customary to make this sweet, sour and spicy mango pachadi on New Year day. This is my mom's recipe. It's my favorite and I love it with curd rice. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ingredients:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 Raw mango</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 tsp oil</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 tsp mustard seeds</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 tsp urud dal</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 tsp hing</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Few curry leaves</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 Green chilli</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 Red chillies</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Salt</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup Jaggery</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 Cup water</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 tsp rice flour</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Method:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chop mango into big pieces (with skin).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/b869Rah6fF6dAqup5uN50Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="467" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_GpKo9KJ401U/TadeOkxCnqI/AAAAAAAAMBk/LNI-JA7R8yA/s800/IMG_5243.jpg" width="350" /></a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, urud dal, red chillies, hing, green chilli, curry leaves. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When mustard seeds crackle, add mango pieces and fry for 10 minutes.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IAKeMM3TultZhNZ41xA2yQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="350" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_GpKo9KJ401U/TadePhCwhoI/AAAAAAAAMBs/o05k-_bMEVI/s800/IMG_5244.JPG" width="467" /></a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add 1 cup water, jaggery and salt. Cook until mangoes turn soft. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VBCDJGHMueynNdrS1EizTg?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="350" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_GpKo9KJ401U/TadePZTnQtI/AAAAAAAAMBo/I-8W5eQl_fg/s800/IMG_5245.JPG" width="467" /></a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take rice flour, add little water and make a thick paste. Add this to the mango mixture. Cook for a minute. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vepamboo (neem flower) is roasted and added in the end. But I didn't have any. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serve along with rice, sambar and curry. </span></div>Mahimaa's kitchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279150637157337303noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062715562295022645.post-20974797126243066562011-04-12T14:16:00.000-07:002011-04-12T14:16:15.800-07:00Panakam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LgbsyrY_oShmhVHQCkdBQw?feat=embedwebsite"><img height="663" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_GpKo9KJ401U/TaS_9hfBRII/AAAAAAAAMBQ/2OyZcPjdDFE/s800/panakam.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Celebrating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_Navami"><b>Rama Navami</b></a> with this delicious Panakam!<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
Grated Jaggery - 1/2 cup<br />
Water - 2 cups<br />
Dry ginger powder or fresh grated ginger - 1/2 tsp<br />
Cardamom - 1/4 tsp<br />
Honey - 1 tbsp<br />
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Method:<br />
Mix all the ingredients. Stir well until jaggery dissolves in water completely.<br />
Filter and serve chilled.<br />
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