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A popular Indian Chicken curry also known as Kadahi Chicken or Chicken Karahi. Ingredients: Chicken - about 300 gms Green Bell Peppers/Capsicum - 1 cup Red Onion - 1 big Chopped Garlic - 2 tbsp Chopped Ginger - 1 tsp Oil Coriander/Dhania Seeds - 1 1/2 tbsp Cumin/Jeera Seeds - 1 tsp Fennel/Saunf Seeds - 1 tsp Cinnamon/Dalchini - an inch piece Cloves/Long/Lavang - 3 Green Cardamom/Elaichi - 1 pod  Bay Leaf - 1 Red Chilli Powder - 2 tbsp Black Pepper Powder - 1/4 tsp Turmeric/Haldi - 1/2 tsp Lemon Juice - 4 tbsp Salt Method: 1. In a mixing bowl, add lemon juice, red chilli powder, turmeric, black pepper powder, 1/2 tsp salt and mix with a spoon.  Add more lemon juice if required.  Add the washed chicken pieces and mix to coat them well.  Keep it covered (and preferably refrigerated) for 2 - 3 hours. 2. Grind coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom seeds to a fine powder.  3. Finely chop ginger, garli...

North Indian carrot stuffed wheat bread.  Ingredients: Wheat Flour - 3 cups Grated Baby Carrots - 2 cups Green Chillies - 5 Cilantro/Coriander Leaves - few sprigs Garlic - 4 big cloves Coriander/Dhania Seeds - 1 tsp Cumin/Jeera Seeds - 1/2 tsp Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp Butter or Oil Salt Method: 1. In a mixing bowl, add wheat flour, little salt.  Add water and knead into a soft dough.  Add 1 tbsp oil and knead again.  Keep the dough covered for 20 - 30 minutes. 2. Finely chop green chillies, garlic and cilantro leaves.  Grind the coriander seeds to a coarse powder. 3. Carrot Stuffing: Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan.  Add cumin and garlic.  Saute for a minute and add grated carrots.  Saute till carrots are cooked.  Add coriander powder, garam masala, salt and chopped cilantro.  Saute for 2 more minutes.  Let the stuffing cool. 4. Make round balls of the wheat dough.  Roll each ball big enough (4 - 5 inches diame...

Nevri in Konkani is a coconut stuffed sweet snack.  Also known as Karanji in Marathi. Ingredients: All Purpose Flour/Maida - 1 cup Semolina/Rava/Sooji - 1/4 cup Grated Coconut - 1 1/2 cups Sugar - about 1/2 cup Green Cardamom/Elaichi - 4 pods (seeds only) Salt Oil How to make Nevri or Karanji: In a mixing bowl, add all purpose flour, semolina and salt. Mix and make a well in the centre. Add 1 tbsp oil and mix again. Now add water and knead well to form a firm dough. Add little more oil and knead again to slightly soften the dough. Keep the dough covered for an hour or so. Grind the grated coconut using little water so that the coconut turns to a coarse powder, about a minute. Heat about 1 tbsp ghee/clarified butter or oil and add the ground coconut.  Saute for few minutes at low flame. Now add sugar and continue cooking till the coconut stuffing turns to a dry powder. Turn off the heat and add cardamom powder. You can a...

A flavorful Indo Chinese appetizer.

A Konkani version of potato stew.  One of my Mom's recipes - simple yet tasty. Ingredients: Mashed Boiled Potato - about 1 cup Dry Red Chillies - 2 Curry Leaves/Kadipata - a sprig (optional) Garlic - 2 big cloves Ginger - 1/2 inch piece Green Chillies - 4 Coriander Seeds/Dhane/Dhania - 1 tsp Tamarind Paste - 1/2 tsp Turmeric/Haldi - 1/4 tsp Cilantro/Coriander Leaves - few sprigs Salt Oil Method: 1. Grind coriander seeds to a coarse powder.  Crush ginger and garlic.  Slit the green chillies lengthwise and finely chop cilantro.  Pat the washed curry leaves dry. 2. In a mixing bowl, add mashed potatoes, leave a few chunks unmashed.  Add coriander powder, crushed ginger, chopped cilantro, green chillies, tamarind paste, turmeric and salt.  Add about 1 cup water and mix all the ingredients well with a spoon. 3. Heat about 2 tsp oil in a pan.  Add crushed garlic, curry leaves and red chillies.  Saute till garlic turns gold...

Back home in my Mom's kitchen, every Monday was a Sago special.  My favorite breakfast, since I love both sago and potatoes.  In my kitchen, sago delicacies are part of our weekend brunch, some days Sabudana Khichdi and some days Thaalipeeth.  I am sure you all love the popular Sabudana Wada .  Its my fave too, but deep frying doesn't sound healthy, right?  For calorie conscious foodies, these savory pancakes with the goodness of potatoes are perfect.  These taste similar to Sago Wadas, but with a lot less calories.

Cooking your favorite snacks from scratch is time consuming, yet fun. I love to make chaat items at home. Both chutneys are always ready in my freezer. All I have to do is fry some puris and we get to enjoy homemade Shev Puri.