Khamang Kakdi Recipe / Maharashtrian Cucumber Salad Recipe / Cucumber Salad Recipe / Healthy Salad Recipes

Khamang Kakdi

Tempering

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Jeera - 1/4 tsp

Chopped green chilies - 1

( Heat oil in a pan and temper it with above ingredients)

Other ingredients

Chopped cucumber - 2 cups

Roasted and crushed peanuts - 1/4 cup

Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Salt to taste

Sugar - 3/4 tsp

Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Khamang Kakdi

Method

Take a wide bowl add all the above ingredients and the tempering.

Gently mix till combined, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and enjoy!

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Cucumber Curd Rice Recipe / Cucumber Thayir Sadham Recipe / Vellarikai Thayir Sadam Recipe / Summer Special Cucumber Curd Rice / Summer Recipes

 

Cucumber Curd Rice

Tempering

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Jeera - 1/4 tsp

Chopped ginger - 1 tsp

Chopped green chilies - 1

Red chilly - 1

Hing - a generous pinch

Other ingredients

Cooked rice - 2 cups

( cook the rice till soft and mash the rice)

Salt to taste

Beaten curd - 2 cups add more if needed

Chopped coriander leaves few

Grated cucumber - 3/4 cup

Method

Heat oil in a pan temper with mustard, urad dal, jeera , red chilies and hing. Switch off the stove and add the ginger, green chilies and curry leaves.

Add the curd to the cooked and mashed rice , salt, grated cucumber, coriander leaves and pour the tempering. Mix well till combined.

Garnish with coriander leaves and enjoy cold !

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Kovil Pongal Recipe / Kovil Style Ven Pongal Recipe /Koil Pongal Recipe /Temple Pongal Recipe - Temple Prasadam Recipes

 

Kovil Ven Pongal

Ingredients to be pressure cooked till soft

Sona masoori rice - 1/2 cup

Moongh dal - 1/4 cup

Jeera - 1/4 tsp

Chopped ginger - 1/4 tsp

Hing - a generous pinch

Salt as needed

Water - 4 cups  or more if needed

(Pressure cook all the above mentioned ingredients together till soft. I used rice MODE in Instant Pot to cook the rice)

Tempering ingredients

Oil - 6 tsp

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Pepper - 1 tsp

Jeera - 3/4 tsp

Chopped ginger - 1 tsp

Curry leaves few

Chopped cashew nuts - 6

Kovil Style Pongal

Method

Once the rice is cooked mash it well, add boiling hot water if the pongal is thick.

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

Pour it into the pongal mix and enjoy hot with chutney or sambar !

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Malahora Recipe / Marichi Annam Recipe / Cracked Black Pepper Rice Recipe / Tirupati Temple Prasadam Recipe / Tirumala Balaji Ghee Pepper Pongal / Cracked Black Pepper Rice Recipe

 

Malahora

Ingredients

Sona masoori rice - 1/2 cup

(wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes)

Water - 2 & 1/2 cups

Salt to taste

Ghee - 2 to 3 tbsp

Hing - 1/2 tsp

Crushed black pepper - 1 & 1/2 tbsp

( You can reduce if you think it's spicy)

Method

Taka a pressure cooker add the soaked rice ( discard the water), pour water add salt and pressure cook till soft. Once cool open the pressure cooker and slightly mash the rice.

Heat ghee in a pan add hing and the crushed pepper, fry for a minute.

Pour it into the cooked rice, mix and enjoy hot!

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Oatmeal Cake Recipe / Simple Oats Cake / Healthy Oats and Nuts Cake Recipe / Oats Cottage Cheese Cake Recipe / Oatmeal Cottage Cheese Loaf Recipe / Oats Recipes

Oatmeal Cake

Ingredients

Powdered oats - 1 & 1/2 cup

( I used Quaker oats old fashioned oatmeal)

Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp

Baking powder - 3/4 tbsp

Baking soda - 1/4 tsp

Salt - 1/8 tsp

Vanilla essence - 1 & 1/2 tsp

Cottage cheese - 1 cup

( original recipe says yogurt )

Egg - 1

Olive oil - 1/4 cup

Honey - 1 tbsp 

Raisins - 1/4 cup

Chopped walnuts - 1/4 cup

Chopped dates - 6

Prunes - 1/4 cup

Other ingredients

Chopped nuts to sprinkle on top as needed

Oats Cottage Cheese Cake

Method

Add all the above mentioned ingredients into a food processor and  pulse till well combined.

Grease a baking tray and pour the mixture and pat, sprinkle some nuts on top and press gently.

Bake this at 350 deg. F for 30 minutes or till cooked. each oven is different so temperature and cooking time may vary.

Cool completely and cut into desire size and enjoy.

Note:

Add any nuts and dry fruits of your choice, I have not used any sugar in this recipe, instead I have added dry fruits for sweetness.

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Simple Cabbage Soup Recipe / Easy Cabbage Soup / Weight Loss Diet Cabbage Soup / Healing Cabbage Soup / Easy Soup Recipes

 

Cabbage Soup

Ingredients

Chopped cabbage -2 cups

Chopped tomato - 1

Chopped basil leaves - 2

Chopped onion - a handful

Chopped celery - 1 tsp

Chopped garlic -3

Italian seasoning - 1/2 tsp

Salt and Pepper powder to taste

Olive oil -1 tsp

Water or stock required amount

Weight Loss Diet Cabbage Soup

Method

Heat oil in a pan sauté cabbage, garlic, tomato , onion, celery till color changes.

Pour stock or water as needed , add the seasonings and boil till vegetables are cooked.

Switch off the flame add chopped basil and enjoy hot.

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Flaxseed Ladoo Recipe / Flaxseed Ladoo With Jaggery / Flaxseed Almond and Sesame Ladoo / Avisaginjala ladoo Recipe - Easy Ladoo Recipe

Flax Seed Ladoo

Ingredients

Dry roasted and powdered flaxseeds - 1 cup

Dry roasted and powdered almonds - 1/2 cup

Dry roasted and powdered sesame seeds - 1/4 cup

Powdered jaggery - 1 cup (heaped)

( Make sure your jaggery is clean and has no impurities)

Cardamom - 4 ( powdered)

Warm melted ghee - as needed to bind the ladoo

Flax seed almond Sesame Ladoo

Method

Take all the ingredients into a bowl and mix, add warm melted ghee little by little and shape it into tight ladoos.

Easy ladoo is ready to serve!

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Ajwain Paratha Recipe / Ajwain Roti Recipe / Carom Seeds Flatbread Recipe / Carom Seed Paratha Recipe / Indian Flatbread With Bishop's Weed

 

Ajwain Paratha

Yields: 6 Parathas

Ingredients

Wheat flour - 1 & 1/2 cups

Salt to taste

Warm water as needed to knead the dough

Ghee - ad needed

Kashmiri chilly powder as needed

Ajwain as needed

Ajwain Paratha

Method

Take a bowl add wheat flour , salt and pour warm water little by little and form into a soft dough.

Divide the portion into equal size balls.

Flatten each ball dust with wheat flour and roll out to a thick disc.

Apply ghee on top of the paratha sprinkle some ajwain and chilly powder and close the paratha in any shape you like.

Roll out the parathas and cook it on a tawa, apply oil on both sides and cook till light brown.

Enjoy hot with raita!

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Masala Puri Chaat Recipe / Bangalore Masala Puri Chaat Recipe / Masala Puri Recipe / Bangalore Street Style Masala Poori Chaat Recipe / Chaat Recipes

 

Masala Puri Chaat

Fry and grind to a smooth paste

Oil - 2 tsp

Chopped onion - 1 medium size

Chopped tomato - 1

Green chilies - 4

Ginger -  1" piece

Garlic - 4

A handful of Mint and Coriander leaves

Cumin - 1/2 tsp

Black pepper - 1/4 tsp

Cinnamon - 1 inch piece

Cloves - 4

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cooked green peas - 1/2 cup

( Heat oil in a pan add all above mentioned ingredients except for mint, coriander leaves and green peas and fry till color changes, Cool the mixture and transfer into a blender add the mint, coriander leaves and peas and grind to a smooth mixture)

Ingredients to be boiled

Dry green peas - 1 cup

( wash and soak it in water for 8 hours or over night)

Potato - 1 large

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

( Pressure cook above ingredients till soft. Save 1/2 cup peas and mash the remaining peas and potato)

Masala powders

Red chilly powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Chaat masala - 1 & 1/2 tsp

Black salt - 3/4 tsp

Amchur powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Topping ingredients as needed

Golgappa puri 

Chopped onion

Chopped tomato

Chopped coriander leaves

Imli Chutney

Thin sev

Method

Heat 2 tsp of oil and add red chilly powder, coriander powder and in low flame fry, immediately pour the ground mixture and sauté well.

Add the cooked and mashed potato/ peas add needed water and all the remaining masala powders.

Boil for couple minutes and switch off the stove.

Assembling

Take a plate crush the golgappa puri pour the peas masala on top sprinkle onion, tomato, grated carrot, coriander leaves.

Pour the imli chutney on top and lastly sprinkle sev and serve immediately!

Note:

Adjust all the spices according to your taste.

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Coconut Milk Rasam Recipe / Kobbari Palu Charu Recipe / Kayi Halu Rasam Recipe / Thengai Paal Rasam

 

Thengai Paal rasam

Tempering

Coconut oil - 1 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Methi seeds - 1/8 tsp

Red chilly - 1

Curry leaves few

Chopped small onions - 2

Hing - 1/4 tsp

Ingredients crushed coarsely

Pepper - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Coriander seeds - 3/4 tsp

Red chilly - 2

Garlic - 5

Curry leaves few

( I crushed all the above ingredients using a mortar and pestle)

Other ingredients

Crushed ripe tomato - 1 large

Tamarind - a small gooseberry size

( soak it in water and extract the juice)\

Water as needed

Thick coconut milk - 1 cup

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Chopped coriander and curry leaves for garnish

Coconut Milk Rasam

Method

Take a bowl add the crushed tomato , tamarind juice, salt, turmeric powder, few coriander leaves and crushed ingredients, coconut milk and needed water, mix and keep it aside

Heat oil in a pan and temper it with above ingredients , now pour the tomato/ coconut milk mixture.

Give a boil and switch off the stove, do not over boil there are chances of curdling. Keep stirring the mixture to avoid curdling.

Garnish with coriander and curry leaves.

Enjoy with hot rice or drink it as a soup!

Note:

This Coconut milk rasam is an excellent home remedy for mouth and stomach ulcers.

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