Avocado Raita / Avocado Dip Recipe / Creamy Avocado Dip / Easy Dip Recipe / Avocado Yogurt Dip Recipe / Avocado Thayir Pachadi

Avocado Dip 

Ingredients

Avocado mashed -1
Green chillies-1
Coriander leaves-little
Curd beaten -1 cup
Lemon juice - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

Tempering

Oil-1/4tsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves few
Chopped garlic - 1
Hing-a pinch

Method

Take a bowl add the mashed avocado, curd, salt and lemon juice mix well.
Heat oil in a pan and temper it with above ingredients.
Pour it into the raita mix well and garnish with coriander leaves.
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Palak Mutton Gravy / Spinach Mutton Gravy Recipe / Palak Gosht Recipe

Ingredients

Mutton-400gms

Palak/Spinach Puree-1/4 bunch

(I used pasalai keerai)

Salt to taste

Chilly powder-1/2tsp

Coriander powder-1/4tsp

Turmeric powder-1/4tsp

Green chillies-4

Kitchen king/Garam masala-1/4tsp

Tempering

Oil-5tsp

Cinnamon-1/4''

Cardamom-2

Cloves-3

Bay leaf-1

Whole pepper-8

Jeera-1/2tsp

Ingredients ground to a coarse paste

Onion-1/2

Tomato-1/2

Ginger & Garlic paste-1tsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan temper it.Add the ground paste & fry till raw smell goes & its light brown in colour.Add the dry ingredients & fry.Add the palak puree & fry for 2 more minutes.Add mutton ,needed water& pressure cook till done.Serve it hot with roti ,plain rice or pulao.

Note:You can also make this dish with chicken.

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Deviled Eggs

Ingredients
Boiled eggs -2
(cut into half & yolk removed)
Pickled Jalapeno chopped -1
Mayonnaise-1tsp
Cottage cheese-1 tsp
Salt & Pepper to taste
Dijon mustard-2 drops
Chopped capsicum & red chilly powder for garnish Method
Mix all above ingredients together.Fill it in the eggs & keep in fridge for 5 minutes.Before serving garnish it with capsicum & red chilly powder.

Note:You can also replace egg yolk instead of cottage cheese.But i like the cottage cheese filling.This dish has to be served cold.

Oats Apple Crunch

Ingredients
Apple-1
(seeds removed & cut into 8 thick slices)
Pancake syrup/Maple Syrup or Sugar syrup-1/3 cup
(I used Pancake syrup)
Instant coffee powder-1/4tsp
Cinnamon powder-less than 1/4tsp
Quick oats-1/2 cup
Butter cut into small bits-8
Method
Mix pancake syrup,cinnamon & coffee powder together.Give a boil & keep it aside.Dip each apple slices both sides & roll it in oats.Arrange it on a baking tray.Place a bit of butter or brush it with melted butter on top of each slice & bake it at 300 deg C for 15 minutes or till slightly crisp.

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Doodh Peda (Milk Sweet)

Ingredients

Milk powder-2 cups

Condensed milk-1 tin(14oz)

Butter-10 tsp

Cardamom powder-1tsp

Saffron-a pinch

Pistachio for decoration

Method

Mix all above ingredients thoroughly.Cook it in microwave for 3 minutes, at every 1 minute interval mix it well.Mixture has to thicken.Let it cool down .Grease hands with ghee,knead the mixture and shape it.Garnish it with pistachio.

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Omapodi / Om podi / Ompodi(Sev)

Ingredients

Besan/kadalai mavu-2 cups

Rice flour-1 cup

Ajwain-6tsp

Salt to taste

Red chilly powder-1tsp

Hing-1/2tsp

Butter melted-1tbsp

Oil-to deep fry

Method

Dry roast ajwain & powder it.Soak the powde in warm water for 1 hrs.Strain (use only the water) & mix all above ingredients together to form a soft dough (this dough will be a bit sticky).Heat oil in a kadai/pan fill the sev press with batter & squeeze it in circles.Fry it till light brown on both sides.Place it on a kitchen paper to remove excess oil.Cool & store it in air tight container.

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Stuffed Capsicum With Pasta & Vegetables

Ingredients

Capsicum-1 big

(cut into half & seeds removed)

Salt & pepper to taste

Cooked shell pasta-a hand full

Frozen mixed vegetables-a hand full

Grated cheese-little

Pasta sauce-3tsp

Italian seasoning -1/4tsp

Olive oil-little

Chopped onion-3tsp

Method

Add the capsicum to boiling water with salt ,after 1 minute remove it pat it dry or you can also place it in microwave for 1 minute with salt sprinkled inside the capsicum. Heat oil in a pan fry the onions till light brown.Add the pasta,seasonings & vegetables ,cook it till vegetables are slightly cooked.Add pasta sauce & switch off the gas.Fill this mixture inside the capsicum.Apply oil around the capsicum & bake it at 350 Deg. C for 5 minutes.Sprinkle cheese & bake for another 5 minutes.Serve it with ketchup.

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