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Since I brought a mini pancake pan, Appe has joined our list of breakfast menu. So far, I have posted savory recipes. You guys might have read about Udid Methi Appe   and also an instant version of Gluten free Appe .  Today I made God Appe for breakfast. Sweet appe or paddu or paniyaram are made either with rice or wheat. Wheat flour is the instant one as compared to the rice paddu. Hope you all like these sweet pancakes with bananas. Ingredients: Whole Wheat Flour - 1 cup Flattened Rice/Thin Poha - 1/2 cup Grated Jaggery/Gud/Gul - 1/2 cup Shredded Coconut (fresh or frozen) - 1/4 cup Ripe Bananas - 2 big Green Cardamom/Elaichi - 2 pods Oil or Ghee/Clarified Butter How to make Instant God Appo: Blend flattened rice, grated jaggery, coconut and bananas to a slightly coarse paste in a food processor or a blender. If jaggery is not available, brown sugar is a good substitute. Based on the sweetness you like, add more or less jaggery. Crush cardamom seeds...

Shallow fried vegetable cutlets are quite common at our place for evening snacks or as side dishes for meals. Its a good way to include more veggies in your diet. Today, I made these savory corn cakes to spruce up the leftovers.

Friday is here and our weekend has started. Weekend calls for some special food and our today's menu is a Marathi meal - Jwari Bhakri (Jowar flatbread) and a spicy sea food curry. Rassa is a hot Maharashtrian curry, where both veggies or meat can be cooked. Here is my take on the popular Kolambi Rassa, less hot and with a few hacks.

Summer is here and so is the time to hydrate ourselves. As such, cucumbers are a part of our diet throughout the year, but its especially beneficial around this time of the year. One of the ways we love to relish this high water content vegetable is this simple refreshing salad. Its quite easy to put together, both in terms of time and ingredients. Ingredients: English Cucumber - 1 big Roma Tomato - 1 medium Red Onion - 1 small Lime Juice - 2 tbsp Olive Oil - 1 tbsp Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp Cilantro/Coriander Leaves - 1 tbsp Mint/Pudina Leaves - 5 Salt How to make Tangy Cucumber Salad: Peel the cucumber and thinly slice it. Thinly slice the tomato and onion as well.  Finely chop cilantro and mint. In a mixing bowl, add olive oil, lime juice, cilantro, mint, fresh ground black pepper and salt. Mix well. Add sliced cucumbers, tomatoes and onions.  Toss them well. Let the salad rest for 5 - 10 minutes. Check for seasonings and add more lime juice ...

As such, Thattai is a savory snack made on the festive occasion of Krishna Janmashtami. But, I made this along with many other goodies for our friends who are visiting us this weekend. Our weekend is going to be great with lots of fun stuff ... travel, chitchat and good food. Hope you guys have a good weekend too! Ingredients: Rice Flour - 1 cup Urad Dal / Split Black Gram Flour - 1/4 cup Desiccated (Dry) Coconut - 2 tbsp Ghee / Clarified Butter - 2 tbsp Chana Dal / Split Chickpeas / Split Bengal Gram - 3 tsp White Sesame Seeds / Til - 2 tsp Red Chili Powder - 1/4 tsp Asafetida / Hing - 1/4 tsp Sugar - 1/4 tsp Salt Oil for frying How to make Thattai: Soak chana dal in about 1 cup water for about 2 hours. Wash the soaked dal well. In a mixing bowl, add rice flour, urad dal flour, soaked chana dal, sesame seeds, chili powder, asafetida, sugar, salt and ghee. Mix well. Add water, little at a time and knead to make a slightly firm dough. Heat oil for...