Temple Prasadam Recipes / Special Prasadams Served at Temples In India / India Temple Prasadam Recipes

 

Chidambaram Temple Thiruvathirai Kali	Chidambaram Temple Samba Sadam	Tirupati Temple Malahora
Madurai Alagar Koyil Dosai	Jaganath Puri Temple Tanka	Palani Panchamrutham
Srirangam Temple Akkaravadisal	Kancheepuram Temple Idli	Tirumala Vadai
Andhra Temple Style Curd Rice	Golden Temple Prashad Kada Prasad	Shri Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan prashad Makhan Mishri
Srirangam Temple Jeera	Kovil Puliyodharai	Kovil Style Pongal

Melkote Sakkare Pongal

Lebanese Lentil Soup Recipe / Red lentil Soup Middle Eastern Style Recipe / Lebanese Shorbat Adas Recipe / Middle Eastern Lentil Soup Recipe / Lebanese Lentil Soup In Instant Pot / Yellow Lentil Soup Recipe - Easy Soup Recipes

 

Lebanese Lentil Soup

Ingredients

Yellow lentils - 1/2 cup

Vegetable stock - 3 cups

( add accordingly to the consistency you need)

Salt and Pepper powder to taste

Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Chopped onion - 1/4 cup

Chopped carrot - 1 medium size

Chopped celery - a handful

Chopped garlic - 2

Olive oil - 2 tsp

Garnish

Lemon juice - 2 tsp

Chopped parsley or Chopped Coriander leaves

Olive oil to drizzle on top

Red Lentil Soup in Instant Pot

Method

Heat oil in an instant pot sauté onion, celery, carrot and garlic till light brown.

Add the washed lentils , seasonings and pour the stock.

Close the lid vent closed and pressure cooked for 15 minutes or in soup MODE.

You can make this soup even on stovetop.

Once the pressure has naturally released open the lid and blend the soup using a hand blender till a smooth liquid.

Add the lemon juice and garnish with chopped cilantro and drizzle olive oil mix and enjoy hot!

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Rasa Vadai Recipe / Rasam Vadai Recipe / How to make Rasam Vadai?

 

Rasam Vadai

Rasam Recipe

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Ingredients dry roasted & powdered (Rasam powder)

Pepper-1/2tsp
Jeera/cumin-1/2tsp
Coriander seeds-1/2tsp
Thur/thoor dal-1tsp
Red chillies-1
(dry roast all above ingredients till light brown & make a powder. Do not burn them)

Tempering

Oil or ghee-1/2tsp
Mustard-1/4tsp
Hing-1/4tsp
Curry leaves-few

Other ingredients

Diluted tamarind juice-3 cups
Finely chopped tomato-1big
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder-1/8tsp
Chopped coriander & curry leaves for garnish

Method

Heat oil in a pan & temper it.Pour the tamarind juice,add the chopped tomato,salt & turmeric powder.
When the rasam starts to froth add the rasam powder & switch off the stove ( Do not boil or simmer the rasam,it loses  its flavour).Garnish with curry & coriander leaves.

Note: 

Do not boil or simmer the rasam,it loses its taste/flavor.
Crushed garlic can be added it gives a nice flavor. Add it while adding the tomatoes.
You can even add thoor/thur dal water.
Instead of red chilies even green chilies can be added.

Vadai Recipe version 1

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Channa dal - 1 cup

(wash and soak the dal for 1 hour, drain water and grind to a coarse thick mixture)

Chopped onion - 1/4 cup

Chopped green chilly - 2

Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Chopped curry leaves few

Hing - a pinch

Salt to taste

( Mix all ingredients together, heat oil take some batter flatten it and gently drop it into the oil. deep fry the vadai till light brown, remove and add it immediately into the hot rasam. Soak it for few minutes and enjoy. You can even use left over Masala Vadai too for this recipe)

Vadai/Bonda Version 2

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Channa dal - 1 cup
Urad dal - 1/4 cup
Hing - a pinch
(Wash and soak both the dals together for 2 hours, drain out the water and grind to a thick batter. Mix in all the ingredients and drop a ladle of batter into the hot oil. deep fry till light brown remove and add it into the hot rasam. Let them soak for few minutes and enjoy)
Salt to taste

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Vankaya Menthi Karam Recipe / Vankaya Menthi Kaaram Koora Recipe / Menthi Podi Veysina Vankaya Kura Recipe

 

Vankaya Menthi Karam Kura

Ingredients fried and coarsely powdered

Channa dal - 1 tbsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tbsp

Methi - 1/2 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Red chilly - 4

Hing - a generous pinch

Oil - few drops

( Heat oil in a pan and fry above ingredients till light brown. Cool and grind to a semi coarse powder)

Other ingredients

Brinjals cut into strips - 1 cup

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Tamarind juice - 1 tbsp

Curry leaves few for garnish.

Oil - 2 tbsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan and add the brinjals, salt and turmeric powder in low flame keep mixing till half cooked.

Pour the tamarind juice and the ground powder mix well.

Sprinkle some water cover and cook in low flame till combined and oil separates the masala.

Switch off the flame garnish with curry leaves and enjoy with rice.

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Malabi Recipe / Mahalabia Recipe / Israeli Malabi Rose Water Milk Pudding Recipe / Malabi Pudding Recipe / Muhallebi Recipe

Malabi

Ingredients for the pudding

Whole milk - 1 & 1/2 cups

Corn flour - 2 tbsp

Sugar - 1 & 1/2 tbsp

Rose essence - few drops

( Take all ingredients into a sauce pan mix well till there are no lumps. Now switch on the stove and in slow flame keep stirring till the mixture becomes thick and raw smell has completely disappeared. Switch off the stove and add the essence and mix till combined. Pour the mixture into small cups , cover and refrigerate for 4 hours to set )

Topping ingredients

Chopped fresh strawberry - 10

Sugar - 1 tbsp

Chopped pistachio for garnish as needed

Rose syrup - 1 tbsp

Mahalabia

Method

Take a bowl add sugar and strawberry cook in microwave for 3 minutes till soft and cooked. Cool and add 1 tbsp of Rose syrup / Rooh afza, place 1 tsp of the topping on the chilled pudding garnish with chopped pistachio and enjoy cold .

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Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe / Hainan Chicken Rice Recipe / One Pot Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe

 

Hainanese Chicken Rice

For Hainanese chicken

Water as needed to get a good broth

Chicken bread - 2

Salt to taste

Soy sauce - 1 tsp

Spring onions - 1 tbsp

Ginger cut into slices - 4

( Boil all the above ingredients together for 20 minutes in low flame to get a tasty broth. Remove the chicken from the broth and slice them.)

For Hainanese rice

Long grain rice - 2 cups

( I used Basmati rice in this recipe)

Salt to taste

Garlic chopped - 2

Ginger chopped - 1 tsp

Sesame oil - 2 tsp

Chicken broth - 3 & 1/2 cups

( Pour the broth in a pan add the salt, ginger, garlic and oil give a boil. Lower the flame and add the washed rice cover and cook in low flame till rice is cooked)

For Chilly sauce

Red chilly sauce/ Siracha- 2 tbsp

Soy sauce - 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Sugar - 2 tsp

Ginger/Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp

Vinegar - 2 tsp

Sesame oil - 1 tsp

( Mix all above ingredients together. You can adjust the ingredients according to your taste)

Assembling

Place rice on a plate arrange the sliced chicken and sliced cucumbers. Place the dipping sauce and some broth to the side and enjoy!

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Gottu Rasam Recipe / Kottu Rasam Recipe / Goddu Rasam Recipe / Easy Rasam Recipe / Pathiya Rasam Recipe

Gottu Rasam

Tempering

Ghee - 1 tsp

Red chillies - 2

Curry leaves few

Mustard - 1 tsp

Hing - 1/4 tsp

Ingredients for rasam

Tamarind - a small gooseberry size

( soak it in warm water and remove the extract)

Water to dilute as needed

Rasam powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Thur dal - 1 tsp

Chopped curry and coriander leaves for garnish

Method

Take a pan add the tamarind extra pour water as needed, add salt, turmeric powder and thoor dal, in low flame boil for 5 minutes till raw smell has disappeared , switch off the stove.

Heat ghee in a pan and temper it with above ingredients.

Pour it into the hot  rasam and garnish with chopped curry and coriander leaves.

Enjoy with rice or drink it like a soup!

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Tamilnadu Style Bisi Bele Bath / Sambar Sadam Recipe / Sambar Rice Recipe - Rice Recipes

 

Sambar Sadam

Tempering Ingredients

Ghee - 2 tbsp

( add more or less)

Chopped cashew nuts - 15

Curry leaves few

Mustard - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Red chillies - 4

( Heat ghee and temper the above ingredients and keep it aside)

Other Ingredients

Sona masoori rice - 2 cups

Thur dal -1 cup

Salt to taste

Water - 12 cups

Tamarind water - 2 cups

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Small onion - 15

Drumstick pieces - few

Ingredients fried and powdered

Coriander seeds - 3 tbsp

Channa dal -2 tbsp

Urad dal - 1tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp

Methi seeds -1/2 tbsp

Red chilly - 12

Hing - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Dry coconut ( Kopra) - 3 tbsp ( fry them separately till golden brown )

Sesame oil - 2 tsp

( Heat oil in a pan and fry all above ingredients till light brown. Cool and grind to a smooth powder)

Garnish

Chopped coriander leaves - few

Method

Take a pressure cooker add the rice, thur dal, turmeric powder, drumstick ,small onions water and salt.

Pressure cook till rice is cooked, cool and open the lid.

Pour the tamarind juice the powdered ingredients and switch on the stove , cook in low flame till well combined and raw smell has disappeared. 

Switch off the stove and pour the tempering into the rice mixture , garnish with coriander leaves mix and enjoy hot.

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Note:

Adding different vegetables are your choice

Courtesy: My friend's mom.

Thengai Therattipal Recipe / Thengai Therattupal Recipe / Thanjavur thengai Therattupal Recipe / Coconut Thirattipal Recipe /A Traditional Thanjavur Special Sweet

 

Thengai Therattipal

Ingredients

Grated coconut - 1 cup

Grated jaggery - 1 cup

( Make sure it's clean other wise dissolve in water and filter to remove any impurities)

Yellow moongh dal - 1/4 cup

( Dry roast the dal till light brown, do not over fry. Cool and grind to a fine powder)

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Coconut oil - 1 tsp

Coconut bits - 1 tbsp

Chopped cashew nuts - 8

Cardamom crushed - 2

Method

heat ghee in a pan and fry coconut bits and cashew nuts till light brown, keep it aside.

Add the grated coconut , jaggery, powdered moongh dal and very little water , grind till well combined. Transfer this into a thick bottomed pan.

In low flame keep mixing till the mixture thickens and starts to leave the sides of the pan.

Now add the fried cashew nuts , coconut bits and cardamom powder mix well and switch off the stove.

Add the coconut oil mix and enjoy warm.

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Eggplant with Tomato and Mozzarella Recipe / Oven Roasted Eggplant With Tomato and Mozzarella Cheese

 

Roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Mozzarella Cheese

Ingredients

Long eggplant cut it into thick slices - 4 slices

Sliced onions few to add on top

Coriander or Parsley leaves for garnish

Sumac powder - 1 tsp

Olive oil as needed for brushing the vegetable

Ingredients for the topping

Chopped Mozzarella cheese - 1 cup

Chopped tomato - 1 cup

Chopped green chilies - 2

Bread crumbs - 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Chopped garlic - 3

Dry Italian seasoning as needed

( Mix everything in a bowl and keep it aside)

Eggplant with Tomato and Mozzarella Cheese

Method

Score the flesh with a knife on each eggplant slices brush olive oil on both sides ,sprinkle some salt on top. Broil in low till the eggplant is half cooked

Remove from the oven add the topping on top of each eggplant slices sprinkle some sumac powder and arrange some onion slices on top. 

Brush some oil on top and broil in low till the top is golden brown.

Garnish with coriander leaves and enjoy hot !

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Healthy Gongura Sorrel Flower Tea Recipe / Sorrel Flower Tea Recipe / Gongura Puvvu Tea Recipe / Rosella Flower Tea Recipe

 

Rosella Flower Tea

Ingredients

Sorrel flower - 4

Water - 1 & 1/2 cups

Honey (optional )

Method

Remove the petals and discard the middle part, place the petals in a bowl pour water and boil in low flame till the water reduces.

Filter the tea add honey mix and drink hot or warm.

Medicinal benefits

This tea is used for treating of  on going swelling, pain , inflammation of nasal passages and has lot more medical benefits.

Consult doctor before consuming.

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Adathodai Herbal Tea Recipe / Vasaka Tea Recipe / Adathoda Tea Recipe / Adatoda Tea Recipe

 

Adhatoda Tea

Ingredients

Adhatoda leaves / Adathoda leaves / Adatoda leaves - 2 chopped

Water - 2 cups

Honey ( optional)

Method

Take the leaves in a bowl pour water and boil in low flame till the water reduces to 1 cup.

Filter the tea add honey mix and drink. hot or warm.

Medicinal benefits

This tea is used for treating of cold, cough, wheezing, asthma, tuberculosis.

Consult doctor before consuming.

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Instant Badam Halwa Recipe / Easy Badam Halwa Recipe / Almond Halwa Recipe / Badam Halwa Using Almond Flour

Easy Badam Halwa

Ingredients

Super fine Badam flour /Almond Flour - 1 cup heaped
( I bought it from Costco)
Sugar - 1 cup
( If you think its too sweet then add 3/4 cup)
Milk - 3/4 cup
Ghee - 3 tbsp
Cardamom crushed - 6
Saffron strings few
(soak them in 1 tbsp of warm milk)

Method

Take a heavy bottom pan or non stick pan add sugar ,milk and almond flour.
In medium low flame cook the mixture till it gets thick.
Now add the ghee, cardamom powder and saffron mix till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
Switch off the stove and serve them warm.

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Flower art - Made Lord Krishna with Parijatham Flowers

 Flower art - Made Lord Krishna with Parijatham flowers plucked from my garden

Ganesha from Parijatham flowers

Parijatham Flowers

Parijatham flower art - Krishna Flute

Krishna flute made with Parijatham Flowers - Flower Art

Krishna feather made with Parijatham flowers

Feather design with Parijatham flower - Flower art

Tulasi Madam 

Tulasi madam made with Parijatham flowers - Flower art- 

Courtesy : Shanthi Krishnakumar

Parijatham Krishna Butter Pot

Krishna's butter pot and flute made with Parijatham flowers - Flower art

Parijatham Krishna

Made Lord Krishna with Parijatham flowers - Flower art

Parijatham Conch

Conch made with Parijatham flowers - Flower Art

Parijatham flower art

Parijatham flower art 

Parijatham Krishna with Flute - Flower art

Golgappa Salad Recipe / Salad on Golgappa Puri Recipe / Easy Party Recipes / Quick Kids Recipe

 

Golgappa Salad

Ingredients

Golgappas - as needed

( gently cut into half using a sharp knife)

Salad of your choice

Method

Gently cut the golgappas into half using a sharp knife.

Place in on a tray and fill them with any salad of your choice.

Drizzle the dressing on top and serve immediately.

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Yemeni Rotti Recipe / Malawah Recipe / Flat Multi Layered Bread Recipe / Layered Flat Yemeni Bread / Yemani Roti Recipe / Yemani Roti Recipe / Roti With Leftover Cooked Rice

Yemeni Rotti

Ingredients

Cooked rice - 1 cup

( use any kind i have used Sona masoori rice)

Water - 1/2 cup 

All purpose flour / Maida - 2 cups

Salt a generous pinch

Oil - 1 tsp

Other ingredients

Maida for dusting as needed

Oil to apply on roti and to cook as needed

Extra water to knead the dough

Yemeni Rotti / Yemani Rotti

Method

Take a mixi jar add the rice and water , grind it to a smooth paste.

Pour the ground mixture into a bowl add salt and maida, mix well to form a soft dough.

Add extra water if needed to form a soft non sticky dough. Apply oil cover and rest for 10 minutes.

Stretch and knead the dough for couple minutes, divide the dough into equal size balls.

Dust your work area with maida roll out one ball to a semi thick circle, apply oil on top evenly and sprinkle maida.

Fold the rotti into half  again apply oil sprinkle maida and fold again to get a small square.

Roll out this into a semi thick square rotti.

Heat a tawa add the rotti and cook it both sides with little oil till light brown on both sides.

Enjoy with any gravy you like.

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Kashmiri Chai Recipe / Pink Tea Recipe / Pink Chai Recipe / Kashmiri Pink Chai Recipe / Noon Chai Recipe

 

Kashmiri Pink Tea

Ingredients for the kehwa

Water - 4 cups

Iced cold water - 2 cups

Kashmiri tea leaves - 4 tsp

Star anise - 1

Crush cardamom - 4

Cinnamon - 1/2 '' inch stick

Cloves - 3

Baking soda - 1/4 tsp

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Ingredients to make tea

Milk - 2 cup or according to your taste

Kehwa as needed

Chopped pistachio and almonds - 1 tsp together

Sugar - 1 tsp or as needed

Method

Pour 4 cups of water in a pan add the tea leaves and spices, in low flame keep boil till they are reduded to 2 cups.

Occasionally use a ladle to aerate the tea ( scooping out the tea using a ladle and pouring back into the pot).

Add the ice cold water and boil for few more minutes. Pour the milk and just give a boil and switch off the stove immediately.

Add the sugar mix well and pour into individual cups garnish with nuts and enjoy hot!

Note:

a) Use regular tea leaves if you don't have kashmiri tea leaves but you may not get the right colour tough. I used regular tea leaves in this recipe so unable to get the right colour.

b) Once milk is added do not boil too much.

c) For extra richness half and half milk can be used.

d) Kashmiri tea is mostly saltish and not sweet.

e) Kehwa can be stored in fridge and when needed add milk , nuts and enjoy!

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Tanka Torani Recipe / Rice Water Coolant Recipe / A Refreshing Drink From Jagannath Dham / Lord Jaganath’s Mahaprasad / Summer Drink of Orissa / Rath Yatra Special Drink

 

Tanks Torani

Ingredients

Leftover rice - 1 cup

Water - 2 to 3 cups or as needed

Curd - 3 tbsp.

Salt to taste

Slit green chilies - 3

Ripe green chilly - 2

Chopped curry leaves few

Chopped coriander leaves ( optional)

Lemon leaves - 4

Sliced lemons - 8

Cumin powder - 1tbsp

Chopped mango ginger - 1 " inch

Lemon juice - 2 tsp

Tanks Torani / Summer Drink Of Orissa

Method

Take a bowl add the leftover rice and pour water, slightly crush the rice using your finger.

 Cover and leave the mixture to ferment for 1 to 2 days , strain to remove the liquid.

Take a wide bowl pour the strained water to this add all the above mentioned ingredients.

Gently crush and massage the ingredients by this method all the flavours will get into the liquid.

Pour them into individual cups and enjoy this refreshing summer drink.

Note:

a) Use chopped regular ginger if you can't find mango ginger.

b) Do not skip lemon leaves it's a must for this recipe.

c) Pour water according to the consistency you need, usually this drink is watery.

d) adjust all the above ingredients according to your taste.

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Green Gram Sweet Sundal Recipe / Pachai Payaru Sweet Sundal Recipe / Whole Moong Dal Sweet Sundal Recipe / Pachai Payaru Vella Sundal Recipe / Sweet Payar Sundal / Navarathri Sundal Recipes

 

Moongh Dal Sweet Sundal

Version - 1

Ingredients

Cooked whole green gram dal / Pachai Payaru - 1/2 cup

( Do not cook till they are mushy)

Jaggery - 2 to 3 tbsp

( make sure its clean without any impurities)

Salt as needed

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Hing a generous pinch

Curry leaves few

Grated coconut - a handful

Method

Heat oil in a pan and temper it with mustard, hing, curry leaves.

Add the cooked moongh dal, salt, jaggery and coconut mix in low flame till well combined.

Switch off the stove and enjoy!

Version - 2

Pachai Payaru Sweet Sundal

Ingredients

Cooked whole green gram dal / Pachai Payaru - 1/2 cup

( Do not cook till they are mushy)

Jaggery - 1/4 cup

( make sure its clean without any impurities)

Grated coconut - less than 1/4 cup

Salt a pinch

Crushed cardamom - 2

Chopped fried cashew nuts (optional) for garnish

Method

Heat a pan add jaggery and very little water and dissolve, in low flame cook till slightly sticky.

Add the cardamom, salt, coconut and cooked moongh dal, in low flame gently mix till combined and dry.

Switch off the stove garnish with cashew nuts and enjoy!

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Egg Salna Recipe / Muttai Salna Recipe / Egg Salna In Instant Pot / Instant Pot Salna Recipe - Side Dish for Aapam

 

Egg Salna

Ingredients fried in 1 tsp oil till light brown and ground to a smooth paste 

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup heaped
Peanuts - 2 tsp
Pottukadalai - 1 & 1/2 tsp
Ginger and garlic paste - 1 & 1/2 tsp
Kalpasi/Black stone flower - a small piece
Cloves - 1
Cinnamon - a tint piece
Green chilies - 2
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp heaped

Bay leaf - 1

Cashew nuts - 10

Poppy seeds - 2 tsp

Chopped onion - a handful

Red chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
Kashmiri chilly powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 & 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Tempering ingredients

Oil - 6 tsp
Cinnamon - a small piece
Cloves - 2
Cardamom - 1
Kalpasi - 1/2 tsp

Other ingredients

Chopped onion - 1/2
Chopped tomato - 1
Mint leaves few
Curry and coriander leaves few

Boil eggs and make slits on them- 4

Beaten egg - 1
Water as needed

Muttai Salna

Method

Heat oil in a instant pot and temper it with above ingredients.

Add onion, few curry leaves and tomato fry till colour changes.

Now pour the ground masala and saute for a minute , pour water to the thickness you want.

Close the lid vent closed and pressure cook for 4 minutes. Cool and open the lid.

Switch to saute mode and add the beaten egg ,boiled eggs mix and give a boil, switch off the stove.

Lastly add the,mint and coriander leaves and serve hot with Appam, Barota.Parota Biriyani, Idli or Dosa.

Note:

Frying ingredients can also be done in instant pot, but i used a kadai to do so.

For Vegetable Salna click HERE

For Empty Salna click HERE

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Sweet Aval Mixture Recipe / Sweet Poha Chivda Recipe / Sweet Chivda Recipe - Easy Diwali Recipe

Sweet Poha Chivda

Ingredients

Thick poha/aval/flattened rice - 1 cup

Whole cashew nuts - 12

Almonds - 12

Raisins - 1 & 1/2 tbsp

Sugar - 3 tbsp

Cardamom -3

Oil to deep fry

Sweet Poha Chivda

Method

Powder sugar & cardamom to a fine powder,keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry cashew nuts,almonds,raisins separately till light brown.

Do not burn them keep it aside now add the poha and fry till crisp.Do not fry till colour changes.

Remove all fried ingredients on a kitchen paper for extra oil to get absorbed.

While still warm sprinkle the powdered sugar/cardamom mixture.

Gently mix till everything is well combined.

Cool and store it in an airtight container.

Note:

a) Make sure your oil is hot when deep frying poha,otherwise they will not puff up and will be hard to eat.

b) Add any combination of nuts of your choice.

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