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Hello Friends, Mango... aah.. name itself makes us feel like eating be it Raw or ripen. Mango is national fruit, There are over 100 varieties of mango's in India, in a range of colors, sizes, and shapes. Common in the tropical part of the world, mangos are savored for their sweet juice and bright colors. People in India eat mango's ripe, or prepare them green as pickles, eat raw with salt, chilly powder or chutneys. They are rich in vitamin A, C, and D. So today I am going to tell a  simple and easy recipe for preparation of mango pickle. Actually this recipe is from my father in law, he loves cooking. I had prepared it for lunch and believe me it was dam tasty..... Here it goes; Ingredients- Raw mango- 1, chopped in small pieces Mustard seeds- 3 spoons,ground to powder Methi/Fenugreek seeds- 5 spoons, fried raw, and grind to powder Salt to taste Red chilles- depends upon spice required- around 8-9, powder them Oil- 4tsp ...

Hello Friends, Am back after long time.. Was busy with my little one..he has completed four months,,, Back to the topic...today my aunt prepared soup of vine spinach stick ( photo of vine spinach) Ingredients- vine spinach sticks pepper powder salt to taste lemon onions finely chopped fried bread crumbs corn flour for thickness Method- 1. Pressure cook the sticks for 3 whisles. 2. Once cool grind them to a paste. 3. Boil the paste with water and salt and add corn flour for thickness. 4. Add pepper powder and also boil for few seconds and add lemon for taste. 5. Now in a bowl take the boiled soup. Serve hot with butter and bread crumbs.....  and have a good health....

Hello Friends, Long time. Am very happy to announce entrance of new addition of new member i.e my son into our family. So was busy getting adjusted to my new born. Anyways its been long time we made kurma at our house. So I thought I would share the receipe with you all. Ingredients required: Potato -1 or 2 cut into cubes Carrot- 1 or 2 Beans- 8-9 cut in small pieces Capsicum- 1 or 2 Corn - 1 cup Peas-1 cup Onions-1 or 2 into slices  Curd - 1 cup (bit sour preferred) Coriander Leaves Curry leaves Salt to taste Green chillies -4 Paneer in cubes (optional) Oil- 2tsp Turmeric -1tsp For  Masala- Ginger Garlic- 7-8  Elaichi- 4 Lavang - 4-5 Coriander seeds - 3 spoons Khus Khus - 5 spoons Coconut - 5 spoons (optional) Red chillies -5 Cinnamon- 2 Method- First grind all the masala ingredients with small amount of water. Second pressure cook 3 whistles all the vegetables except onions. Third heat oil in a pan,add green chillies, fry onions...

Bitter gourd as name depicts is bitter and most of them dislike due to its bitterness.... Its anyways one of my favorite  Normally I do eat less spicy but any recipe of bittergourd no matter how spicy it is I just love it.. Health wise Bitter gourd contains vitamin A, B1, B2, and C. It also contains minerals like calcium, phosphorous, iron, copper and potassium. It helps purify blood tissue, enhances digestion, and stimulates the liver and also controls diabetics.   Lets see how Hagalakai ( Bittergourd) Menasakai is prepared, for people who does not like bittergourd can substitute with pineapple or slightly ripened mangoes or hog plums instead of bitter gourd.Even the taste of Hagalakai ( Bittergourd) Menasakai is sweet rather than bitter. Ingredients required: Bittergourd - 1 cut into small pieces Tamarind pulp Salt Jaggery- required enough based on sweetness Turmeric- pinch Fry and grind: Red chillies- 7-8 Urad dal 2tsp...

Am back with new recipe.   Its a simple recipe which can be served with rice/ chapati.... and that is chukkudkaya/ Indian Broad Beans Curry.  Lets go short and see how it is cooked!!! Ingredients: chukkudkaya/ Indian Broad Beans Curry- 1/2 kg ginger- half piece green chillies- 5-6 salt to taste For seasoning- oil 2-3tsp mustard seeds 1tsp jeera 1tsp red chillies 2-3 Channa dal 1tsp urad dal 1tsp curry leaves Here it goes: first grind the green chillies and ginger together to a paste. heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. when it splutters, add remaining seasoning items. once done add the ginger chillies paste and let fry for 2 mins now add chukkudkaya/ Indian Broad Beans Curry and cook it for 5-7 min with salt in medium flame. its ready. serve with rice/ chapati. Its simple and faster to cook. So enjoy................. Bye!!! Take care!!!

Hello Friends, How are you doing? Hoping everyone is great and having fun in life.  Today as the title of my blog already depicts, am writing down the recipe for cabbage dosa. Before that we will see how is cabbage for our health!!! Cabbage as you all know is excellent source of vitamin C, also used in many forms such as in salads, dal, soups, sandwich, roties, curries etc. Cabbage also helps in reducing ulcers, boosts in reducing cancer cells and also inhibits production of thyroid cells.Hence cabbage should be used in our diet very often.   Now lets see how is cabbage dosa made; Ingredients: 1/2 Cabbage - grated Salt Rice flour- 1 cup Wheat flour/ suji- 1 cup Onion chopped - 1 -2 Coriander leaves chopped For Masala- Green chillies-4 Red chillies-3-4 Coriander seeds- 2 spoon Jeera-1tsp Garlic- 3-4 cloves Ginger- small piece Hing- pinch Tamarind pulp- 2spoons Channa dal soaked in water for 2 hrs -1 cup Method- Firstly grind all the m...

Hello friends, Today I am going to prepare a very famous Andhra dish. Its almost prepared in very occasion in AP. Guess what it could be!!!!!! its Gongura pachadi.. It is made of Gongura/ sorrel leaves , below is the picture... Lets see how to prepare the chutney our of this. Ingredients required Gongura leaves 1tsp methi seeds pinch of hing salt to taste green/red chillies- 7-8 Method Firstly these leaves are to be separated from stem and thoroughly wash and dry them. Next in a pan put 1-2 spoons of oil, pinch of hing, methi seeds, and chillies and let them fry, Remove and set aside. Again in same pan fry the leaves till the raw smell goes.Let it cool. Now grind the fried leaves and fried chillies mixture with salt. Its ready to be served with rice and accompanied by onion pieces.