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Beet Pickle

Ingredients:

Fresh beet          4
Chilly vinegar 1 cup
Salt

How to make Beet Pickle:

Remove skin of beet and make pieces.
In a vessel take water add salt and pieces of beet.
Cook beet pieces finely.
Remove water and allow to dry.
Lastly add vinegar and little salt.
Mix well and keep in tight bottle.

May 20th, 2007

Banana Lassi

Ingredients:

Thick curd 2 cups
Banana          4
Sugar        1 cup

How to make Banana Lassi:

Peel the bananas and add in curd and sugar.
Blend in blender till smooth.
Add sugar if necessary.
Serve in glass and garnish as you wish.

May 16th, 2007

Potato Burfi

Ingredients:

Potato                1/2 kg
Coconut                 2
Sugar                 3/4 kg
Elaichi powder 1 tsp

How to make Potato Burfi:

Boil potato and mash finely.
Grate coconut.
In a thick bottom pan mix mashed potato,coconut and sugar.
Allow to cook on a low flame (appx. 45-50 min).
When the mixture bacame thick remove from the gas.
Add elaichi powder and mix well.
Pour the mixture on greased platform.
Roll out the mixture with roll pin to make 1 cm thick.
Cut the pieces as shape as you want.
Allow to cool.

May 16th, 2007

Masala Vada

Ingredients:

Chana dal             2 cups
Onion                        3
Coriander leaves 2 tbsp
Red chillies              5
Curry leaves             8
Green chillies          2
Ginger                    1 inch
Salt
How to make Masala Vada:

Wash and Soak chana dal in water for 2 hours and drain off water.
Grind the dal coarsely with curry leaves, ginger,salt and red chillies.
Chop onion, green chillies and coriander leaves finely and then add to the ground mixture.
Make into Vadas, deep fry in oil till golden in colour.
Serve hot with chutney or ketchup.

May 13th, 2007

Masala Tea

Ingredients:

Milk                            1 cup
Water                         1 cup
Sugar                         4 tsp
Green cardamom       2
Ginger                        1 inch
Tea                             2 tsp
How to make Masala Tea:

Take a pan add water and bring it to boil.
Add crushed cardamom and ginger to it.
Now add tea leaves and bring it to boil.
Reduce heat and keep on stirring for about 2 minutes.
Add milk and add sugar.
Increase heat and bring tea to the boil again.
Strain into cups. Serve immediately.

May 10th, 2007

Onion Chutney

Ingredients:

Onions                2
Red chilly            2
Coconut            1/2
Garlic cloves      4
Oil                    2 tsp
Salt
How to make Onion Chutney:

Fry onion slices in oil for 2-3 min.
Then add grated coconut,red chilly,garlic cloves and salt.
Grind in a mixer with little water.
Onion chutney is ready.
Serve with roti or bhakari.

May 7th, 2007

Mango Lassi

Ingredients:

Fresh curd               500 gm
Fresh mango pulp 2 cups
Sugar                       1 cup
Badam                     optional
Pista                         optional

How to make Mango Lassi:

Mix curd,mango pulp and sugar in a blender and blend it till smooth.
Add sugar if necessary.
Make badam pista pieces(optional).
Serve mango lassi in a glass and garnish with badam pista pieces.

May 4th, 2007

Masala Milk

Ingredients:

Milk                   1&1/2 lt
Milk powder     2 tbsp
Sugar                1 cup
Kaju                     10
Badam                4-5
Pista                    4-5
Charoli              1 tbsp
Elaichi powder 1 tsp
Colour(optional)

How to make Masala Milk:

Take 1/2 cup of milk in one katori and add milk powder. mix well.
Add in milk and keep on low flame to boil.
Make pieces of kaju,badam and pista.
Crush the charoli.
When milk reduce quantity add sugar and stir well.
Add colour(optional),charoli and pieces of kaju,badam and pista.
Lastly add elaichi powder.
Masala milk is ready.

May 2nd, 2007