Ingredients: 1.urad dal 1 cup 2.Green chillies 2 3.onion 1 4. Ginger cut into small pieces. 5.  Oil for deep fry. 6. Curd( preferably home made 7. For seasoning(mustard, curry leaves,red chillies,jeera powder ,little oil) 8.salt to taste. Procedure:To prepare dahi vada or peruguvada we have to prepare vada first.I prefer grinding urad dal in...

Ingredients: 1.Mutton 1lb(less than 1/2 kg around400gms) 2. Brinjal 4 to 5 count 3.Ginger& Garlic paste. 5. Chilli powder 6. Onion1 count,green chillies2to3 7.Garam masala 1 Tspn 8.oil and salt . Preparation: we first marinate mutton with 1/2 spoon  of ginger garlic paste ,chilli powder,turmeric powder salt and add 1 spoon of oil.keep aside...

Parwal or potols is pretty famous vegetable in eastern part of India.This vegetable looks like Tindora but very different in taste.It can be prepared in many ways.My mom cooks parwal fry and parwal curry in a very easy methods.This is pretty common vegetable in orissa and bengal states of India.During my childhood days when were visiting grand parents...

Ingredients: 1.Maida 1 cup 2. Butter 1/3 cup ( less than 1/2 cup) 3.sugar1/2 cup 4.Vineela essence. 1 Tspn 5.Baking powder 1 Tspn and little bit baking soda( less than 1/2 Tspn ) Before baking  Procedure: After baking 1.Take a bowl mix maida baking powder and baking soda to it. 2.In another bowl cream the sugar and butter. 3.By adding sugar...

Tutti frutti cake is one of the delicious cake I have ever made.I still remember eating this cake in my childhood. In India tutti-frutti refers to candied raw papaya.Tutti frutti is available in red green and nice colors. These are also used in cookies ,ice creams and lot of desserts.Actually I always bake this cake during Christmas time.we all love...

Ingredients: 1.paneer1lb(220 g) 2.green peas 1cup 3.one large onion 4. Ginger&garlic paste 1tspn 5.chilli powder 1tspn 6.Daniya powder1 tspn, jeera powder 1/2 tspn 7.one tomato make it into fine paste 8.whole garam masala (lavang,dalchin,cardamom each 3 count) 9. One Tspn of fresh cream.(optional) Preparation:Grind onion into fine paste. Then...

Ingredients: 1.Bendi or okra 1 lb ( 200g) 2. Curd 1 cup 3. One big onion 4. Chilli powder 1 spn 5.Daniya powder 1 tspn, jeera powder 1/2 Tspn. 6.Jeera 1 Tspn. 8. Tomato 1 count 9.Salt to taste. Procedure: 1.Heat oil in a pan.Add jeera,when it splutters add cut onions. 2. I prefer adding 1/2 spn of grated or ginger cut into very small pieces to...

Ingredients: 1.Toor dal 3/4 cup 2.chana dal 1/4cup 3.brinjal 2 count 3. One plaintain(raw banana or aaratikai) 4. Two potatoes  5. Drumsticks 6 count( finger size length ) 6. Paraval 6 count For seasoning:fenugreek seeds, jeera,sahjeera,mustard seeds,oil, For garnish:dry roast jeera,red chillies and make it fine powder. Procedure:...

Ingredients: 1.Mutton 2lbs(nearly 1kg) 2.Potato medium size 4 to 5 count 3. Onion 1 big size 4.Ginger garlic paste 2 tspns 5.Tomatos medium size 2 count 6. Cinnamon,cardamom,lavang(each 3 count) 7.oil and salt to taste 8.pinch of sugar. Preparation:                  Marinate mutton with turmeric,chilli...

Whole yellow peas are part of the legume family.Yellow  vatana are dried light colored whole peas.These small round dried peas are hard and need to be soaked for few hours to reduce the cooking time.Here iam going to share my mom recipe which is very easy and tasty.It is very tasty recipe can be cooked with few ingredients. Ingredients: ...

Ingredients: 1.Aratikaya 2 count 2.onion 1 small one 3.green chillies 3 count finely chopped 4.Ginger finely chopped  5. Cumin powder 1 Tspn  6.Aamchur powder 1/2 Tspn 7. Lemon juice 1 Tspn  8.Coriander leaves finely chopped Preparation:        Cook Aratikai till it is  little bit soft.I cook in a pressure...

Ingredients: 1.chicken 1 lb(less than 1/2kg) 2.tomatos 2 3. One big onion 4.ginger garlic paste 2tspns 5.whole garam masala (lavang, cinnamon,cardamom each 2 count) 6.Kadai chicken masala powder(store bought I prefer MDH) 1 Tspn 7.Daniya and jeera powder each 1/2 tspns 8.chilli powder 1 Tspn 9.Turmeric powder 1/2 Tspn  10.salt and oil. Preparation:...

Ingredients: 1.Fish fillets 4to 5 (king fish or vanjaram ) 2.chilli powder1tspn 3.turmeric powder1/2tspn 4.garlic pods 5to 6 5.Poppy seeds(gasgasalu) 6.Daniya 1 Tspn 7.mustard 2tspns 8.jeera 1/2 Tspn  9.green chillies3 count 10.Ginger garlic paste 1 Tspn ( optional) 11.salt to taste. 11.tomatos 2 Preparation: I usually wash fish pieces and marinate...