Gajar halwa

Ingredients:
Grated Gajar:-2 cups
Sugar:-1.5 cups
Cardamom powder:-1/2 tsp
Ghee:-3 tbsp
Cashews and raisins:-to garnish

METHOD:

• Heat ghee and fry cashews and raisins and set aside.
• Add grated gajar and fry till raw smell is gone.
• Add sugar and mix well.
• Cook till all moisture is gone and thick halwa is formed.
• Garnish with fried nuts and serve warm.
• U can mix some mawa/koya for enhanced taste.

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Prawn Cashew Fry

Ingredients:
Prawns,washed and deveined:-1 lb
Cashews:-2 fistfuls
Ginger garlic paste:-1 tbsp
Finely chopped Onions:-1 cup
Coriander:-1/2 bunch
Salt and chilli powder:-as per taste.
Turmeric powder:-1/2 tsp
Coriander powder:-1 tsp
Oil:-3 tbsp
METHOD:

• Fry prawns in little oil till cooked and pink.
• Heat remaining oil in another kadai and fry cashews till golden brown and set aside.
• Add onions in the oil and fry till pink add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell is gone.
• Add cooked prawns,turmeric powder,coriander powder,salt,chilli powder and fry well.
• Add fried cashews and chopped coriander and mix well.
• Cook for 2 min on sim and serve hot with onion rings.

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Coffe Cinnamon Cake/Muffins

Ingredients:
All purpose flour:-1 cup
Egg:-1
Sugar:-1 cup
Instant Coffee powder:-1/2 tsp
Cinnamon powder:-1/2 tsp
Softened unsalted butter:-1/2 stick
Baking powder:-1/2 tsp
Chopped nuts:-to garnish

METHOD

• Add sugar to butter and beat well till frothy.
• Sift flour,baking powder,coffee,cinnamon and add to butter mixture.
• Beat egg and mix well and set it in muffin moulds.
• Add nuts on top.
• Pre heat oven and bake the muffins at 375 for 30 min.
• Check if a tooth pick dipped in center comes clean.
• Let then cool on wire rack and serve.

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Nuvvula guttonkaya/Seaseme Brinjal curry

Ingredients:
Small brinjals:-5
Peanuts:-3 tbsp
Seseme seeds:-4 tbsp
Jeera:-1/2 tsp
Curry leaves:-1 sprig
Coriander powder:-1 tbsp
Onions:-2
Salt and chilli powder:- as per taste
Turmeric powder:-1/2 tsp
Oil:-4 tbsp
Coriander:- to garnish

METHOD:

• Wash and cut brinjals in quarters with head intact.
• Dry roast peanuts and seaseme seeds and grind to powder.
• Grind onions and set aside.
• Heat oil in a kadai and add jeera and let them splutter.
• Add brinjals and close the lid and let them fry in sim for 5 min.Mix in between.
• Add onion paste,turmeric powder,salt and mix well.
• Add 2 cups of water and let brinjals cook in sim.
• Add coriander powder,chilli powder,ground peanut powder and mix well.
• Let it cook till the consistency u need and add chopped coriander.
• Garnish and serve with rice.

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Quick Aloo Methi

Ingredients
Potatoes:-2
Methi leaves:-1 bunch
Jeera:-1/2 tsp
Curry leaves:-1 sprig
Salt and chilli powder:-as per taste.
Turmeric powder:-1/2 tsp
Oil:-2 tbsp
Urad dal:-1 tsp
Corinader powder:-1/2 tsp
Coriander:- to garnish
METHOD:

• Grate and chop potatoes and microwave them till half done.
• Heat oil in a kadai and add jeera,curryleaves,urad dal and let them fry till golden colour.
• Add parboiled potatoes and fry a while.
• Add chopped methi and fry till raw smell is off.
• Add salt,chilli powder,turmeric powder and mix well.
• Add coriander powder and fry for 2 min.
• Garnish with coriander and serve hot.

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Egg less whole wheat nutty cake

Ingredients:

Whole wheat flour:-2 cups

Raisins and chopped nuts of ur choice:-1/2 cup

Baking soda:-1/2 tsp

Baking powder:-1/2 tsp

Brown sugar:-1/2 cup

Sugar:-1 cup

Softened Butter:-1/2 cup

Milk:-1/2 cup

METHOD:

• Sift the flour,baking powder,baking soda and mix brown sugar and set aside.
• Add sugar to butter and beat well till frothy.
• Add the sifted mixture and add milk and mix well.
• Add the nuts and raisins and bake it in preheated oven for 35-40 min at 375F
• Check if toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
• Let it cook on wire rack and cut to pieces and serve.

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Spicy Raitha/Yogurt Dip

Ingredients:

Whole curd/Yogurt:-1 cups

Coriander leaves:-5 sprigs

Carrot:-small

Salt:-as per taste

Curry leaves:-2 sprigs

Green chillies:-3

Onion:-1

METHOD:

• Beat curd to a smooth paste without lumps.
• Chop onions,coriander leaves,carrot,green chillies,curry leaves very finely.
• Take a bowl and add salt and the above finely chopped veggies and mix well.
• Add the beaten curd and mix well and serve along any biryani.

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Dahi Vada /Perugu vada

Ingredients:
Urad dal:-1 cup
Cumin:-1 tsp
Curry leaves:-2 sprigs
Onion:-1 cup chopped
Dahi (whole yogurt):-2 cups
Coriander leaves:-1/2 bunch
Green chilies chopped:-4
Hing:-as per taste
Oil:-to deep fry
Mustard seeds,urad dal,red chilli cumin for tadka
METHOD:

• Clean, wash and soak the dal overnight.
• Grind it into smooth paste.
• Beat it well till a small lump of batter when dropped in water floats.This makes vadas very fluffy.
• Add salt to taste.
• Add chopped onions,chopped chillies,chopped curry leaves and mix well.
• Heat oil in a pan and drop a spoonfuls of batter and fry till golden brown.
• Take the hot vadas and put in cold water for 2 minutes.This makes vadas smooth.U can skip this step if u dont want vadas too smooth.
• Now Take them out of water and squeeze the water gently and keep aside.
• Beat yogurt untill smooth without lumps.
• Blend cumin,green chilli,coriander leaves and add to yougurt.
• Heat little oil and make tadka and add to yogurt.
• Arrange wadas and pour dahi over them.
• Garnish with tadka and serve.

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