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Potato coins with cheese dip

Sabudana Uttapam

Sabudana Uttapam | Sabudana Appe  Sabudana uttapam and appe both are delicious and tempting recipes prepared using sabudana (sago) and sama ke chawal (samak rice) or ‘Barnyard millet’. These can be taken as a snack or for fasting days. This is a no onion no garlic recipe. Both recipes are prepared using one batter. You can easily cook two different dishes within minutes. Batter is made with sabudana, sama rice, curd, veggies and some basic ingredients that we use for falahari foods. Sabudana and sama rice are soaked and then grinded to make a smooth paste. We can make uttapam, idli, chilla or appe from this batter. The cooking method is similar to normal uttapam.  There are so many recipes that are prepared using sabudana like sabudana vada, sabudana khichdi and sabudana kheer. These recipes are traditional and very popular in western India. But this recipe is a different and delectable with some tanginess and spicy flavor. They can be served with coriander chutney or coconut chutney.

Gulkand Modak

Gulkand Modak | Gulkand stuffed Mawa modak  Gulkand modak ( गुलकंद मोदक ) is a delightful, delectable and flavorful modak recipe. Main ingredients of gulkand modak are rose essence and gulkand that gives an amazing taste to modak. It is too soft that it will melt in your mouth. It is a quick and easy recipe. You can make modak without any effort and mould. Ganesh Chaturthi is coming so I am sharing the instant recipe of gulkand Modak. Modak is the favorite dish of Lord Ganesha. You can store it in refrigerator for 2 weeks. Modaks are prepared on the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. Basically modaks are prepared with rice flour and stuffed with coconut and jaggery mixture. But this is different modaks recipe prepared with instant mawa and stuffed with gulkand. Instant mawa is made with minimal Ingredients like milk, ghee, sugar and milk solids. Milk and milk powder are cooked to make khoya (mawa). Then it is stuffed and shaped like modak. It is flavored with Rose essence. It can be made wi

Fruit raita

Fruit Raita | Mixed Fruit Raita  Fruit raita is a healthy delicious raita recipe made with lots of fresh fruits, dry fruits and yoghurt. This raita is very easy to make and is a great way to include fruits and probiotic curd in your diet. This delicious and sweet fruit raita is a storehouse of nutrients. It can be served for vrat or upwas. You can add almost any fresh fruit that is available in your kitchen. I have added fruits like banana, apples, grapes and pomegranate seeds. Dry fruits like cashews, almonds, makhana (lotus seeds) and chironji are used in this recipe. Cardamom powder and vanilla essence give it an irresistibly refreshing flavor. Fruit raita should be served chilled. Refrigerate it for at least 1 hour then serve this nourishing bowl.  Ingredients: 1 cup curd 1 banana, chopped Some apple pieces Some grapes, chopped Some pomegranate seeds ½ cup makhana ¼ cup cashews, chopped ¼ cup almonds, chopped Some chironji 3-4 drops vanilla essence ½ tsp. cardamom powder ¼ cup suga

How to make thandai

शिवरात्रि और होली स्पेशल ठंडाई   Kesar Thandai | Gulkand Thandai | How to make thandai | Kesar Badam thandai  Thandai is a refreshing, cooling, delectable and rich traditional drink that is generally prepared on the occasion of Mahashivratri and Holi. It is easy to make drink packed with dry nuts and flavored with fragrant spices. Lots of dry fruits make it a rich and healthy drink. This beverage is called as thandai because some of the dry fruits, seeds, spices are cooling in nature. It gets richness from almonds, raisins, melon seeds and dry dates. It gets aroma and sweet scented flavors from fennel seeds, gulkand, cardamom and saffron. Just grind, mix with milk, strain and serve. Add sugar to give sweetness as required. Thandai is a delicious blend of dry fruits and flavored spices. There are many readymade versions of this drink available in the market, but nothing beats the taste of homemade thandai. It is available in various forms thandai powder and thandai syrup. But these stor