Tofu Stir Fry

Servings: 2 Cooking Time: 35 minutes Ingredients: 1 cup extra firm tofu chopped into big cubes (as it is easy to shallow fry them) 3 tbsp refined oil (vegetable,peanut,cannola etc any can be used) 1 tbsp butter 1 cup sugar snap peas 1 cup red onion thinly sliced 3-4 cloves of garlic chopped 1 tbsp…

Aloo ka Halwa

Hello Friends, Today I am going to share the recipe of aloo ka halwa. This is a very simple desert which was mostly made on vrat days (fasting days) as it do not have any kind of flour in it.It is a mandatory sweet dish on the festival of Shiv Ratri. Aloo ka Halwa was…

Quick Semolina / Rava Idlis

Servings: 15-16 medium sized Idlis Cooking Time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 1 cup fine semolina (sooji/rava) 1/2 cup curd (yogurt/dahi) 3-4 green chillies finely chopped (you can adjust it according to taste) 1/4 cup coriander finally chopped (cilantro) Salt to taste Water for making batter fruit salt ( plain flavored Eno) Oil for greasing the idli…

Ghugni Chaat

Servings: 2-3 Cooking Time: 30 minutes Ingredients: For Ghugni – 1.5 cups dry yellow peas 3 cups water for boiling 1 tsp turmeric powder Salt to taste Pinch of orange food color (optional) 2 cloves of garlic 1 tbsp ginger roughly chopped 1 tbsp refined oil 1 tsp red chilli powder (you can adjust it…

Eggless Chocolate Brownie

Servings: 1 pound cake,serves 4-5 Cooking Time: 45 minutes Ingredients: 1 cup all purpose flour (maida) 1/2 cup cocoa powder 3/4 cup powdered sugar (measure after powdering) 1 tsp baking soda pinch of salt 1 tsp instant coffee powder 1/3 cup oil (vegetable oil,peanut oil etc) 1 cup milk 1 tsp vinegar 1 tsp vanilla…

Nimki / Namak Para

Cooking Time: 45 minutes Ingredients: 3 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup refined oil for the dough Salt to taste 1 tsp carom seeds (ajwain) Warm water as required Oil for frying Procedure: Take all purpose flour in a deep bowl. Add salt and carom seeds in it. Take oil in a bowl and warm…

Mystery Blogger Award

  Hello Friends, I have been nominated for “MYSTERY BLOGGER AWARD” by SNEHA MODI the author of “SNEHDEEP’S KITCHEN” blog. The blog provides amazing ideas about everyday menu and food.All the recipes are well described and very easy to follow. This award was created by blogger Okoto Enigma. Checkout the post https://www.okotoenigmasblog.com/my-greatest-creation-yet/ for more details.The rules…

Pav Bhaji

Servings: 4-5 Cooking Time: 1 hr Ingredients: For Bhaji- 2 cups cabbage finely chopped 1 cup carrot finely chopped 1 cup beans finely chopped 1 cup cauliflower finely chopped 1 cup green bell pepper chopped into small cubes (capsicum) 2 medium sized potato boiled,peeled and mashed 3 cups water for boiling the veggies 2 big…

Aloo Dum – Traditional Bengali Style

Servings: 6-7 Cooking Time: 1-1:30 hrs Ingredients: 8-9 small sized potatoes boiled,peeled and halved (You can also take baby potatoes if available,if using baby potatoes then take more) Oil for frying the potatoes 2 big sized onion or 3 medium sized onion roughly chopped 2 big cloves of garlic (if cloves are small then take…

One Lovely Blog Award

I thank Megala and Dimple for nominating me for One Lovely Blog Award.Please visit Megala’s Kitchen for the awesome and amazing traditional recipes. All her recipes are very nicely detailed with lots of pictorial description. Its very easy to follow them. Please also visit Dimple’s Cook Book for the lovely, easy and finger licking recipes. No matter how…

Veg Chowmein / Noodles

Servings: 2 Cooking Time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 1 cup finely chopped purple cabbage/normal green cabbage 1/2 cup thinly sliced green bell pepper (capsicum) 1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots 1/2 cup thinly sliced red bell pepper 1 cup mushrooms sliced 1 cup onion thinly sliced 3-4 green chillies thinly sliced (you can adjust it according to…

Raw Mango Chutney

Servings: a medium bowl Cooking Time: 10 minutes Ingredients: 1 cup raw mango peeled and chopped roughly Half onion chopped roughly 2 cloves of garlic 1 tsp red chilli powder ( you can adjust it according to taste) 1 tbsp lime juice Salt to taste Water as required Procedure: Combine chopped mango,onion,garlic,red chilli powder,lime juice…