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Recipe will be posted soon

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Avarekayi is the Kannada name given to Lilva beans or what commonly called 'Papdi' in North India. Avarekayi being a seasonal bean is available for relishing in its fresh form during the winter months, mainly December and January. Being a rich source of proteins, it is used in usli, upma and saaru(kurma being one of its type). Kurma could be eaten with Chapati as well as rice.Time Taken: 30-35

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Long back when i was staying at a hostel, we were served an egg curry every thurdays for dinner. On the whole the food served there was horrible but i would wait for thursdays because the egg curry (only that) was really very tasty. Soon after that i got married and i totally forgot about that curry. But after 5 years , last week when i had been to a friend's place (who is from mangalore) for

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This is a famous north Indian dish and the main ingredient that makes this dish tasty is capsicum. I used to order either kadai paneer or kadai chicken whenever I would visit any restaurant because I just love the taste. But the best kadai chicken I ever tasted was at a party at a friend’s place. Before I could finish my dinner, I had taken the recipe from her. It turns out to be yummy. {I think

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I love biryani a lot, especially when its mutton biryani. But as my husband doesn’t eat red meat, I prepare the mutton dishes substituting it with chicken. During my last visit to India, I got a chance to taste mutton keema biryani. I loved it and wanted to prepare it at home. But as usual I had to use chicken keema instead of mutton, but the end result was wonderful and delicious.Time taken: 30

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Kheer is something, which I guess everybody loves, and relishes. One of my mom’s friend {whose kids love anything that is sweet ;) } makes it with carrots so that is tasty as well as nutritious. Whenever I used to visit them, she made sure that she prepares this coz I used to love this kheer of hers. Have it for dessert or just drink it whenever you want something cool, its delicious.Time taken:

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Cauliflower Fry/Talaasan is a dry curry item which goes well with Chapatis. It is one of the easiest curries that one can make and is usually prepared combination with Potatoes. I love the way my mom prepares it. My friends used to love this all well, when i would take it for lunch, during my school days.Time taken:20 minutesServes about 3 peopleIngredients Used:1 large cauliflower1 medium sized

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Are you the kind that likes tangy and chat kind of taste in your curries? Then you are bound to like this variety of Aloo Bhindi which is prepared the North Indian way. A close college pal of mine used to bring it very often in her lunch box and i used to end up finishing most of it. Although i didn't know how to prepare it then, experience did teach me to imagine what must have gone into it to

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This is the simplest recipe that can be prepared using boiled eggs and my brother who had picked up the recipe from the roadside vendor near his college gave it to me (he loves eating there), tastes best with roti or chapathi.Time taken: 20-25 minutesServes about 3 peopleIngredients required:3 hard boiled egg1 medium sized onion chopped1 medium sized tomato chopped1 tsp ginger & garlic paste1 tsp

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This recipe was first time made by one of my friend who is from Calcutta and from then on its one of the favorite’s in our potlucks and get-togethers. This dish has a Indo-Chinese taste to it and if you like the Chinese food available in India , then you are bound to love this. Try it out and let me know.Time taken: 20-25 minutesServes about 3 peopleIngredients required:For the vegetable balls:1

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I have noticed that many people don't like cluster beans. Preparing its curry in this manner almost nullifies the distinct taste that guvar gives in curry prepared the normal way. Being one of the important sources of proteins, it could be included atleast once in a while in our diet to substitute the normal beans. The first time I had this was at my sister's place where the cook had prepared it

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Pappu means dal or lentil in telugu language. This curry is very aromatic and tastes wonderful with rice. Goes well with roti or Indian bread. You could prepare this curry with or without green leafy vegetables like spinach/dill/. My friend Avani who hails from Hyderabad taught me how to prepare it. The very look at this dish makes you feel like you're eating something nutritious.Time Taken: 25-

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Avocado is the English name for what is commonly called butterfruit owing to its taste resembling that of butter. While the usual practise of eating this 'very nutritious' fruit is to scoop out the soft fleshy part (when ripened), mash it and mix it with sugar, here is another recipe which has Hispanic origin(also called Guacamole sauce). While the Mexicans use it in their cuisines as a sauce

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Cabbage Rice or cabbage bhath is a coconut based rice item. My aunt who is an awesome cook used to prepare this while we were kids. It was very much in demand then, especially when we had get-togethers. Years later, I asked her for its recipe in order to break the monotony of the usual rice items. It is now a regular item at our place. Hubby loves it! P.S: Mixer is a pre-requisite to prepare this

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Ridgegourd (Beerakai in telugu and heerekai in kannada) chutney is prepared in different ways in various regions of South India. Since it is a little spicy by nature, it tastes excellent with plain rice. With this item in your meal, you do not really need any other side dish. Learnt to prepare it from a telugu friend who is a very good cook. Thanks Pushpanjali! This is one of the tastiest dishes

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Methi or Fenugreek salad is a very healthy addition to your meal. It is very tasty at the same time. Am documenting it right now while i'm on vacation to India at my mom's place. We have prepared it for lunch and i cannot believe that there is absolutely no bitterness in the salad. While amma usually uses lemon for sourness in this recipe, today, she has added tomatoes along with lemon. So, what

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I used to always wonder how sambar tasted so different in every state of south India, until i got to know people from these cultures. The sambar recipe I have here was learnt from my friend's Keralite room mate who had invited us for dinner one day and had it in her menu. It is amazing how we can add or omit one or two spices in the very same basic recipe to give it a totally different taste.

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Methi bhaajji is one of the best things you could do with fenugreek leaves. Goes very well with Chapathis. My mom makes it very often at our place since it is not only an easy recipe but also very good for health. I remember that i used to hate methi as a kid because of its bitterness. Later, as years went by, aamma started using more onions and tomatoes in her original curry to reduce the wierd

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Everybody loves having Chinese food once in a while but I am such a person who would love to have it everyday ;), so I try out mostly all the Chinese recipes. This particular recipe is the easiest among all the Chinese dishes I know. And it has to be eaten with just plain rice or noodles. so it consumes less time for the total preparation.Time taken: 20-25 minutesServes about 3 peopleIngredients

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Raita is nothing but any curd based salad which goes well (as a side dish) with rice items like Pulav/Fried rice/Biryani/Jeera Rice. It could be used as a substitute for plain yogurt in meals especially because it derives extra nutrient value from the veggies added to it. Cabbage Raita, as the name itself suggests, has cabbage as its main ingredient. Learnt it from akka who had eaten it at her

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When you don't know what to do with that big bunch of spinach which is lying in the fridge and are out of ideas, here's an option to explore. Sneaking in spinach this way ensures that those who don't like spinach eat it and benefit from it. Can be eaten with or without raita. As a matter of fact, it tastes better without raita. Time taken: 25-30 minutesServes about 4-5 peopleIngredients used:4-5

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This particular variety of 'Bataate saung' does not contain coconut. The very colour of this tangy and spicy curry is enough to tempt you. This recipe is a slightly modified version of the bataate song that my mom used to prepare. Bataate song is eaten with rice, chapathi and as a side dish alongside dal and rice. Try mixing it with dal if you happen to have prepared dal that day. The best thing

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Phodi in konkani basically refers to any vegetable with rava coating which is shallow fried on a griddle/tava. Phodis can be prepared using most of the common veggies like Potato, sweet potato, jackfruit, brinjal, ridgegourd, breadfruit, corm(amorphophallus/suran)and raw banana(plantain). Phodis are usually eaten as side dishes in meals. Time taken: 20 minutesServes about 3-4 peopleIngredients

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Ragi/Millet Dosa with peanut chutney is a combination which is very tasty and very very healthy. Ragi is a staple crop of Karnataka and perhaps Andhra Pradesh as well. People who eat it in their everyday meal are supposed to have a very strong physical constitution. Yes, I know the colour of Ragi dosa is very scary(that was my reaction when i first saw it) but i'm quite sure that you would love

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Vegetable Cutlet reminds me of summer holidays during my childhood when my mom would prepare one tasty snack everyday. This used to be one of the most favourite snacks I used to enjoy with my siblings and cousins. To this day, I relish it everytime it is prepared.Time Taken: 30-40 minutes.Serves about 4 peopleIngredients Used:4 medium sized potatoes2 medium sized onions1/4 inch ginger7-8 french

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When you're bored of preparing the same old curry with beans, this is one easy way to try something different. Talaasan(with reference to dry curries) in konkani means something that is shallow fried in oil. This curry takes a little more oil than usual if it needs to taste good.Time Taken: 20-25 minutes.Serves about 2-3 people.Ingredients Used:1/2 kg of French Beans5-6 cloves of garlic2 red

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This is my mom’s recipe. It requires a lot of ingredients, but its very simple to prepare. Tastes best with rice. Time taken: 35-40 minutesServes about 3 peopleIngredients required:4 large white eggs2 medium sized onions sliced2 small tomatoes sliced3 cloves of garlic chopped1-inch ginger chopped4 dry red chillies1 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)1 Tsp coriander seeds (dhaniya seeds)1 tsp cumin seeds

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My friend’s son loves pasta. So she keeps on doing experiments on it. And most of her experiments results in a very tasty dish. I particularly like this version of hers as it is easy to make and also nutritious. This dish is made with whole wheat pasta, but the normal pasta can be used instead.Serves about 3-4 peopleTime taken :40 minutesIngredients required:500 gms of whole wheat pasta2 medium

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I got to learn this tasty breakfast item from my elder sister when she had visited us while we were at Mysore . Very easy to make when you have a big crowd to cater to. Usually eaten with poori but also tastes good with chapati or bread. Time Taken: 15 minutesServes about 3 people Ingredients Requjred:1/2 tsp mustard seeds1/2 tsp jeera or cumin seeds2 green chillies1/2 tsp Chana dal(optional)1

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Kosumbari/kismuri is the native name given to what we call salad in English. Basically, it is any raw vegetable in its finely chopped form with a little bit of seasoning. Although carrot kosumbari is raw and usually eaten as a side item in meals, my son and hubby love to eat it with chapati as well. Something about its taste reminds me of bhel puri. I'm posting this right now on the blog,

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Upkari in konkani means dry sabzi of any vegetables and it is a very popular dish among the konkanis. It goes well with rice and dal as a side dish or it also tastes good with rotis. Its normally made of any available vegetables. But whenever we wanted to have something nice other than the usual vegetables upkari, my mother used to make the same dish with egg. Thus we named it egg upkari. I think

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This is another coconut based curry which has a south Indian touch. It requires a blender or mixer for the paste. So keep that in mind before you try it out, but I assure you that this dish is a pleasure to your taste buds.Serves about 2 – 3 peopleTime taken: 30 to 35 minutesIngredients required:1 big cup of cut vegetables (beans, carrots, peas, cauliflower, potato etc) (The vegetables must be

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When I wanted a very easy and less time consuming dish for my son’s birthday party, my friend suggested that I try this recipe. She told me that normally Vegetable kolhapuri is a very spicy maharashtrian dish . But with a little variation to the original recipe, she had come out with this wonderful version. It is actually quite easy to make and it turned out to be a very big hit at my son’s

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Beetroot was the most hated vegetable in our house when we were kids. My mother would use all her tricks to make us eat it and we used to try our maximum best to avoid eating it. She had almost given up hope when one of our newly moved in neighbor gave her this wonderful recipe and ever since it’s been one of my favorites. It’s easy to make and a pleasure to your taste buds. Just try it out to

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The credit of this pulao goes to a hungry afternoon which stimulated my brain cells a little more than usual and made me try out this short cut method. I would confidently vouch for this particular recipe. This method has been tried and tested by many friends of mine and complimented upon. Please follow the instructions to the dot.Serves about 3-4 peopleTime taken-25-30 minutesCooking Tip- Using

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Raja Masala is a quick and easy snack made out of groundnuts(peanuts). Have heard that it goes well with Chilled Beer. It tastes good with coffee too, especially on a cold winter evening.Ingredients Required:Three handfuls of dry roasted, skinned peanutsOne handful of finely chopped onionsTwo finely chopped green chilliesQuarter tsp. red chilli powder(Chat masala-optional)Salt, lemon and

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Tamarind Poha is a slightly modified version of the regular poha. I would like to refer to it as the sister of Tamarind rice-I find this tastier though. Recollect eating it for the first time when my High School friend had brought it in her lunch box. Having loved its taste, I had then remarked that it must be a really exotic thing and difficult to prepare. However, its recipe is so simple that,

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Philly Veggie Sandwich is something that I first tried out at a mall here in the USA. We liked it so much that, everytime we visit this mall, we make it a point to not come out before grabbing a biiig bite of it. It is very filling. Since the cook out there prepares it right in front of us, we get to see how it is made and this is now being made public so that, those of you who find it tempting

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Presenting before you a pucca Konkani recipe which is purely coconut based. It is one of my favourites and goes well with Chapathi(Indian bread) as well as rice and dal(as a side dish). The prerequisite for preparing this delicacy is a mixer/blender. Hence, please ensure that you have one before finalising on whether you want to try this out or not(Mostly referring to the NRI bachelors who avoid

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Mango rice, the name itself is so very mouthwatering! Learnt it from my uncle who was into catering business. This typical Kannada recipe is very much similar to lemon rice, but it happens to be much more tangier and tastier than Chitranna(lemon rice). Whenever you are fed up of eating the regular dal, chaval, roti, subzi..you could try this one for a change. It would surely set right your taste

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This is a North Indian gravy item which goes with Chapati/Indian bread. Named after potatoes, caulis and peas which are the veggies added to this dish. Very yummy!!Time taken: 20-25 minutes.Cooking Tips: Cook the masala and the veggies in two pots separately to save time. Chop and cook veggies while masala is being cooked.Serves about 3-4 peopleIngredients:For the paste:Onions 2, garlic pods 3-4,

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A jhatpat konkani khana which could be eaten either for breakfast or as a snack in the evenings when you are hungry enough. Covering it with a lid while cooking, makes it one of the quick to make pancakes . Rava or Sooji bhakri is basically a thick roti -like stuff which can be eaten plain without the need any side dish.Serves about 2-3 peopleTime taken: 20 minutes.Ingredients:Sooji(the upma one)

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1 big cup of rice serves about 2-3 good eaters if that is the only item being made. Time taken:Not more than 25 min.Tips: While the onions are being fried, cut the veggies in order to save time.Ingredients:cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves,pepper/pepper powder(green chillies if pref),onions(1 or 2), garlic(2 pods), 1 cup rice, preferably the basmati variety for the aromacapsicum, carrots, peas(

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