An unusual pratha dish that I recall from my childhood. It’s healthy and very quick to prepare (not counting soaking the mung beans). Ingredients: – 1 small potato, boiled and roughly smashed – 2C mung bean sprouts, best to sprout them at least overnight in a moistened paper towel) – 2t cumin (jeera) seeds – […]
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When I feel too bored to cook up an elaborate meal (that is not too rare) I prepare this green pulao as it is fast to cook and delicious to eat. A simple rice dish with many vegetables that can be eaten with vegetable raita,boondi raita papad and/or pickle. Ingredients: – 1 1/2 cup Basmati
Mixed vegetable pickle It only takes 10-15 minutes to prepare the pickle, it tastes great with the Plain yogurt rice, Dal rice, Idli and Dosa. Ingredients 2 cup chopped mixed vegetables, I used cauliflower, carrots and green beans. Ginger chopped-2 tsp Dry red chillies-10 Mustard seeds-1 table spoon Turmeric powder-1/4th tsp Asafetida- ½ tsp Lemon
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This is a slight variation on the stuffed parathas that may be a little tedious for some (like me) This version is much more hassle-free and may I add,tastier! Ingredients: Wheat flour(About 4 cups) 3 medium-sized boiled potatoes 1 medium sized onion(finely chopped) Pinch of asafoetida(hing) Half a
INGREDIENTS 2 pounds carrots (about 5 medium sized carrots), peeled 2 pounds of daikon radishes (about 2 large daikon), peeled 1 cup plus 4 teaspoons of sugar 2 teaspoons salt 2 1/2 cups white vinegar 2 cups warm water (warm enough to easily dissolve sugar) About 5 pint jars METHOD Julienne the carrots and the daikon
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