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Paneer Butter Masala

Paneer Butter Masala is a favorite among vegetarians and kids go crazy over it. Lets have how Paneer Butter Masala can be made at home

  Ingredients

  Butter                                      – 100  Grams

Paneer                                    –  250 Grams

Onion                                     – 3 Large

Tomato                                  –  2 Medium

Ginger Garlic Paste           …

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Rose Apple Juice

Rose Apple or Chambakka as we locally call it is a juicy tropical fruit. The nice pink/red colour of its make it a instant hit among the people. Now that when the tree flowers and bears fruit, there will be literally too many for us to consume fresh. So, this time we thought making a simple drink with these apples.

Let’s run down on how to make the juice

Ingredients

Rose Apple (well ripen) – 200…

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Fusili in White Sauce with Mushroom

Fusili in White Sauce with Mushroom

Ingredients

Tricolor Fusili Pasta – 500 g

Garlic                           – 1 large Pod

Basil                             – 1/2 Tsp

Thyme                          – 1/2 Tsp

Milk                              – 500 Ml

Fresh Cream              – 200 Ml

Processed Cheese     – 2 cubes

Parmesan Cheese    – 50 grams

Mushroom               – 200 grams, chopped

Salt                             – to taste

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Happy Vishu Wishing all a Happy Vishu (#Bihu , #Baisakhi) to all the Keralites. We made a traditional Sadya with the usual items of a keral sadya ( Veg Feast) like Parippu ( Dal), Sambhar, Kaalan, Olan, Mezhupuratti, Avial, Pickle, Pappdam, Curd, Vellarikka Kitchadi

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Vegetable Biryani

It is often told that it is not a Biryani unless there is meat in that. But we vegetarians are not ready to give up and we have our own version of Biryani, which is essentially a medley of rice, vegetables & spices and the best part is all the masalas are homemade. Lets have a look at how this stunning Biryani is made. Here we are cooking the Biryani in two parts and assembled and then DUM cooked…

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Thai Green Curry

Have always wanted to try out the Thai Curries but always found it tough to get the particular ingredients. The other day happened to see wife sitting a watching a cookery show wherein someone was preparing Laksa the Malaysian Noodle Soup. That tempted me to give a try on the Thai curry. Went to the specialty store in the town and managed to pick up most of the ingredients and bingo here we go!…

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Thai Green Curry Paste

Thai Green Curry Paste

Wanted to have Thai Curry, but don’t have a restaurant in your town serving one? Don’t worry. Thai Green Curry paste is the base of the curry and can be made at home if we managed to get our hands on some of the key ingredients like lemon grass, Kaffir Lime Leaves and Thai Ginger.

Ingredients

Lemon Grass – 1 stalk

Galangal ( Thai Ginger)  – 2 small fingers

Kaffir Lime Leaves – 2-3

Fresh basil – 2…

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Easy Caramel Flan

Whenever there used to be Dinner parties at dad’s office Caramel Pudding aka flan used to be a constant at the dessert counter. My kids are also crazy abut this. we always buy ready mix from eh market and prepare for the kids. This time wanted to try baking one on our own. Leta a have a look at an easy way to prepare the caramel custard

  Ingredients

For CustardMilk                      – 500 ml…

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Red Velvet Cup Cakes

Red Velvet Cup Cakes

It was Valentine’s day and gone are the days when we used to buy each other gifts for Valentines day, but wife had a surprise in store for me. She decided to bake some heart shaped cup cakes for me and what better option than red velvet ones.

Let us run down the ingredients & procedure to make awesome heart melting Red Velvet Cup Cakes.

  Ingredients

Flour                                         …

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Methi Thepla

Gujaratis are known to cook up some mindboggling food. Methi Thepla is one of them and every one in family loves the thepla so much that we make theplas whenever we managed to get some fresh methi leaves in the neighborhood market.

Ingredients

Methi Leaves or Fenugreek leaves               – 1 cup

Atta or Wheat Flour                                         – 1 Cup

Besan or Gram Flour or Chickpea…

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Orange Cup Cakes

My kids love to take some cakes or cookies for snacks and I thought why not I make some rather than buying unhealthy stuff from shops. This time around i tried some Orange cup cakes, which is fast and easy to make at home. IngredinetsAll purpose flour          – 1 & 1/4 Cup Baking powder             – 1 Tsp Orange juice                  – of 2 oranges Powdered sugar           – 1 cup Butter…

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Egg less Brownie

Wife was meeting up with her school friends after a long gap and she wanted to make something special. Now that kids are also gonna be there meant anything with chocolate is going to be an instant hit. Hence we decide to make some brownies. Quite a few vegetarians were also in attendance which meant we had to make it egg less too.

Let’s have a look at the preparation of Egg less brownie

Ingredine…

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Easy Christmas Cake

Think it’s too late to make a Christmas cake?  It’s never too late when we have this East Christmas Cake recipes where you don’t have to soak the fruits and nuts in rum or wine.

  Ingredients

All purpose flour – 1 Cup +1 Tbsp

Dry fruits – 1 cup

Nuts – 1 cup

Sugar -3/4 cup

Butter – 150 gm

Egg – 3 Nos

Baking Powder – 1 Tsp

Vanilla essence – 1 Tsp

Salt – ¼ Tsp

Cinnamon powder – 2 pinches

Dry Ginger…

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Gobi Tikka Masala

Lipsmacking Gobi Tikka masala

Cauliflower or Gobi as we call it here, is a hit with the old and the children alike. Today lets see how we can make Gobi Tikka Masala at the comfort of our home and trust it ain’t tough. It is as easy as any other dish.

Gobi Tikka Masala

For the Tikka

Cauliflower                      : Florets of 1 Cauliflower

Onion                                : 1 Diced

Capsicum green              : 1 Diced

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Kadum Payasam

In Kerala Bhagavati Seva is conducted at homes on some special occassions to goodess Durga. While doing Bhagavathi Seva for the the goddess Durga, one of the important prashad or Nivedyam is Kadum Payasam a sweet made mainly with rice and jaggery. Lets see how it is prepared

  Ingredients

Raw Red Rice                         : 250 gm

Jaggery                                    : 1 Kg

Ghee       …

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Fluffy Panacakes

It is no secret that I have a sweet tooth and have never minded a Jilebi or a pan cake at the breakfast table. Pan cake is an absolute comfort food for me and kids always love it. Today let’s make a fluffy pan cake

Ingredients

Egg                              – 10 Nos

All Purpose Flour     – 150g or 1 & 1/3   cup

Powdered Sugar       – 100g or 1 cup

Milk                             – 100ml or ½…