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Store Bought Tomato, Alfredo, Pesto Sauces

on April 10, 2024

Italian Cuisine Kids Menu Pasta Store Bought

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Air Fried Toasted Ravioli

on February 06, 2024

Air fryer Recipes Italian Cuisine Kids Menu

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Air fried Potatoes

on November 09, 2023

Air fryer Recipes Kids Menu Marathi Cuisine

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Air fried Bharwa Bhindi

on October 23, 2023

Air fryer Recipes Marathi Cuisine Vegan Recipes Vrat Recipes

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Gardening 2023

on August 21, 2023

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Gluten Free Mangalore Goli Bhaji

on August 16, 2023

Appetizers Gluten Free Recipes Mangalore Cuisine

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Eggless Kesar Pista Fruit Custard

on August 04, 2023

Desserts (Sweets)

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Kulith (Horse Gram) Usal

on June 30, 2023

Gluten Free Recipes Marathi Cuisine Vegan Recipes

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Gluten Free Chickpea Pasta

on June 27, 2023

Gluten Free Recipes Kids Menu Pasta

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Homemade Whole Wheat Pancakes

on June 26, 2023

American Cuisine Breakfast

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Sugarfree Dates Nuts Ladoo

on January 09, 2023

Desserts (Sweets) Sugar Free Desserts

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Naval Kol Bhaji / Kohlrabi Stir-fry

Green Kohlrabi called as Navalkol in Marathi and Navilkosu in Kannada, belongs to the cabbage family. My Mom used to make this stir fry very often. Just like cabbage, this vegetable in available in two colors - green and purple. I was quite hesitant about the purple one, as I haven't seen that back in India. Anyway, I picked the green bulbs and Navalkohl Bhaji with Chana Dal was part of our healthy vegetarian meal today.

Indian Dal / Lentils

Lentils, known as Dal are a staple in an Indian diet, especially vegetarian. For me, dal is comfort food. 5 different dal varieties - Toor, Moong, Chana, Masoor and Urad are commonly used in Indian sweet and savory delicacies. You can cook dal with just one kind or a mix of two or more. I generally cook dal with 1:1 Toor and Moong dals. But then, we like Panchmel or Panchratna Dal too, which is made of all five. Most dal recipes have Toor dal as the primary ingredient. It is also known as Toovar or Arhar dal or Split Pigeon Peas . Some of our family favorite dal recipes are Dalitoy (Konkani Dal) Tadka Dal Among all lentils, moong dal and masoor dal take lesser time to cook. Moong dal is also known as Split Green Gram or Split Mung Bean . Moong dal is also used in making sweet dishes like Mung Dal Kheer Mung Dal Puranpoli Chana dal is also known as Split Bengal Gram or Split Chickpeas . Chana Dal takes a little more time to cook as compared to toor dal....

Ricotta Cheese Pedha / Peda

Once or twice every week, my Dad used to get some treats on his way back home. Somedays it used to Kandi Pedha or Kesar Pedha. This is my attempt of making Indian Mithai at home. I might dare say, I was pretty successful. Touch Wood! Tasted and looked great! If you are a fan of milk sweets, do try this easy home made Kesar Pedha recipe made of Ricotta Cheese and milk powder. Ingredients: Ricotta Cheese (full fat) - 15 oz (about 400 gm) Milk Powder - 3/4 cup Whole Milk - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp Ghee/Clarified Butter - 1 tbsp Green Cardamom/Elaichi - 2 pods Saffron/Kesar - few strands Pistachios/Pista - 3 How to make Pedha using Ricotta Cheese: Crush cardamom seeds and saffron in a mortar pestle to a fine powder. Finely chop or slice the pistachios or any other nuts of your choice. Heat ghee in a heavy bottom kadhai or pan. Add ricotta cheese and stir continuously. Stir until water from the cheese is evaporated and starts forming a lump. It will take about 15 - ...

Ricotta Cheese Gulab Jamun

Gulab Jamun is one of the popular Indian sweets made of Khoya or Mava. Till date, I used to prepare Gulab Jamun using milk powder, as Mava is not easily available here. Recently, I started using Ricotta Cheese as an alternative to Mava for Mithai like Kalakand and Rasmalai . Today I tried this Italian Cheese for our desi Gulab Jamun and it turned out excellent. Ingredients: Ricotta Cheese - 15 oz (425 gm) All Purpose Flour/Maida - 2 1/2 tbsp Baking Soda - 1/8 tsp Sugar - 1 3/4 cups Water - 1 3/4 cups Lemon Juice - 1 tsp Green Cardamom/Elaichi - 2 pods Saffron/Kesar - few strands Oil or Ghee for frying How to prepare Indian Gulab Jamun using Ricotta Cheese: Preparing Sugar Syrup: Crush cardamom seeds and saffron in a mortar pestle to a fine powder. Heat sugar and water in a vessel. Bring it to a boil. Cook at low flame until the sugar syrups turns sticky (one thread consistency). When you touch the sticky syrup, you can see a single thread forming ...

Ricotta Cheese Malai Kofta Curry

So far, you have seen me blog about Indian Mithai made of Italian Ricotta Cheese. Ricotta Cheese works as a good substitute for both Khoya and Paneer, which are extensively used in Indian sweets. This is the first time I tried a savory dish with Ricotta and it turned out excellent. An Indian Kofta Curry which is traditionally made of Paneer, Indian Cottage Cheese. Kofta: Ricotta Cheese - 3 cups Boiled Potato - 1 medium Besan/Chickpea Flour/Gram Flour - 1/2 cup Green Onions/Scallions - 5 Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp Salt Oil for frying Sauce/Gravy: Onion - 1 medium Tomatoes - 2 medium Ginger/Adrak - an inch piece Pistachios/Pista - 2 tbsp Milk - 1/2 cup Dry Red Chilies - 5 Coriander/Dhania Seeds - 1 tsp Cumin/Jeera Seeds - 1/2 tsp Fennel/Saunf Seeds - 1/2 tsp Poppy Seeds/Khuskhus - 1/2 tsp Cloves/Long - 4 Cinnamon/Dalchini - 1/4 inch piece Green Cardamom/Elaichi - 1 pod Oil - 1 tbsp Salt How to cook Indian Kofta Curry with Italia...

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