Okra yogurt raita

How to make Okra Yoghurt raita ?

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

  • Okra/ lady’s finger/ Bhindi/ bhendhakai – 250 gms or a good handful
  • cumin seeds- 1 tsp
  • carom seeds- 1/2 tsp
  • ghee- 1 tbsp
  • curry leaves –

Coriander chutney

How to make Coriander chutney ?

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

  • Coriander – 1 bunch
  • chana dal – 1 tsp
  • Urad dal – 3 tbsp
  • mustard seeds – 1 tsp +1 tsp (for tempering)
  • cumin seeds -1 tsp
  • dry red chillies –

Spinach Yoghurt Dip

How to prepare Spinach Yoghurt Dip ?

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

  • Spinach – half bunch/ about 1 handful
  • fresh green chillies – 1 (chopped finely)
  • grated ginger- 1/2 tsp
  • Curry leaves – around 5 to 6 leaves
  • ghee/ butter –

Spinach Soup

How to prepare Spinach Soup ?

Serves 4

 

 

 

Ingredients:

  • Spinach (palak) – 2 big bucnhes/ Two 250 g bags
  • 2 small celery sticks
  • 1 small potato
  • 1 tsp of olive oil or 1 tsp of butter
  • 1/2 tsp Ground black pepper
  • salt to taste
  • 3/4 litre of water
  • 3/4 cup of single cream

Procedure:

  • Prepare the vegetables
    • Wash and peel potato and cube them.

Tomato Soup

How to prepare Tomato Soup ?

Serves 4

 

 

 

Ingredients:

  • 10 – 12 Large tomatoes
  • 1 – 2 large carrots
  • 3/4 single cream
  • 1 celery stick (optional)
  • 1 red bell pepper (optional)
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 litre water

Procedure:

  • Blanch the tomatoes –

Potato Pizza

How to make potato pizza ?

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

  • Big Potatoes- 2
  • 
Ginger minced- 1 Tbsp
  • Green Chilies- 2
  • BlackPepper.-1Tsp
  • Salt-1 Tsp
  • Italian seasoning- 1 1/2 Tsp
  • Mozzarella &

Attukula Payasam / Poha kheer / Flat rice pudding

How to prepare flat rice pudding ?

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup of flat rice/ poha / Attukulu (washed and soaked if required)
  • 2 cup of milk
  • 4 tbsp of sugar
  • 2-3 cardamom pods (crushed coarsely)
  • 2 tsp of ghee
  • handful of cashew nuts and raisins
  • few strings of kesar / saffron (optional)
  • a small pinch of edible camphor (optional)

Procedure:

  • In a medium sized sauce pan heat the ghee on medium low heat.

Flat Rice / Poha / Attukulu Upma

How to prepare Poha ?

While preparing this dish remember Kuchela and Krishna’s Leela.

 

 

Ingredients:

  • Flat rice/ Poha/ attukulu – 2 cups
  • Potatoes – 2 (chopped to small cubes)
  • Green chillies – 1 (finely chopped)
  • Grated ginger –

Gola bhat (Rice with balls)

How to prepare Gola bhat ?

Gola in marathi means balls and bhat  in marathi means rice.

 

 

 

Ingredients:

For rice

  • 1 cup rice – wash and soak into water for about 20 minutes
  • 1/4 tsp red chili powder
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder (optional)
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp oil
  • salt to taste

For making the balls

  • half cup besan / gram flour
  • 2 tsp dry grated coconut
  • 1/2 tsp red chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp coriander powder
  • 1/2 tsp cumin powder
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp carom seeds
  • 1/4 cup –

Chinch saar (Tamarind soup)

How to prepare Chinch Saar (Tamarind soup) ?

A popular Maharashtrian starter

 

 

 

Ingredients:

  • Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
  • Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
  • Curry leaves – around 10 leaves
  • Asafoetida – a pinch
  • Oil –