Brown Bread - Dahi Vada

No Soaking| No Grinding | No deep frying

Instant brown bread dahi wada in minutes

Dahi vada is quintessential, mouth melting, soft, flufy dumplings dunked into curd/yogurt topped with colourful spicy, sweet, tangy chutney & garnished with spices.

Lets go the vada way to beat the heat with this simplest receipe.

Ingredients :

Brown bread slices 8
Curd/Yogurt - 3/4 cup
Black salt 1/2 tbsp
Sugar 1/4 cup
Cumin & Red chilli powder 1 tbsp each
Buttermilk ½ cup
Sweet & Green chutney as required
Pomegranate pearls as required
Salt to taste

Method :

• Cut the edges of bread slices, make small pieces and transfer them into a bowl. Add black salt, chilli powder, cumin powder, salt, buttermilk and mash well.

• Make small malls from bread the mixture like round "vadas"

• In serving plates, add some buttermilk & vadas

• In a bowl, add yogurt, sugar, whism & mix well. Now add this mixture on top of the vadas placed in serving plates.

• Top it with sweet, green chutney, red chilli powder, black salt and pomegranate pearls.

• Instant delicious dahi vada is ready.

Rava Pakoda

Langar dal | Amritsari dal | Punjabi langar wali dal

Langar dal is delicious, elegant and fragrant dal made using simple ingredients.

“Langar” is the free community meal service provided in Sikh Gurudwaras to all visitors where people sit together and relish Guru ka Prasad.

The intense flavour of urad dal with its skin, chana dal and an assortment of spices, green chillies and onions transforms it into a delicious dal that will make you lick your fingers! 

• Soak 1/2 cup split black lentils(back urad dal) and 1/2 cup chana dal for 1 hour.

• In a Pressure, add soaked split black lentil chana dal, 3 cups water,1/2 tbsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste. Pressure cook upto 4 whistles.

• Mash the cooked dal with ladle, add 1 cuo of water, boil and simmer.

• While the dal is simmering, heat 2 tbsp oil in a heavy bottomed vessel,

• In a pan, add 1 bay leaf, 1 cinnamon stick... once it sizzles, add 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste, 1 large chopped onions salute. Add 1 large finely chopped tomatoes and saute.

• Add the onion tomato gravy mix to the simmering dal and mix well. Add salt, 1 tbsp butter and simmer.

• In a sauce pan, add 1 tbsp ghee, 1/4 tbsp asafoetida, 1/2 tbsp red chilli powder, 1 tbsp coriander powder, 1/2 tbsp kasturi methi. Mix well and add this to dal mix.

• Delicious healthy Langar dal is ready

• Langar Dal Video

Dalitoy

Choclate Mug Cake

1 Minute | Egg less | Chocolate | Mug Cake |

When you are craving for something sweet & extremely luscious, try this delicious, soft, fluffy, eggless chocolate mug cake prepared in microwave.


Ingredients :

2 tbsp Maida

1.5 tsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder & sugar each

1/4 tsp Baking Powder

Pinch of Salt

1 tsp Walnuts / Akhrot crushed

1 tbsp - marmalade/ fruit jam/nutella

2 tbsp Milk Powder

1 tbsp Cooking Oil

Instructions

In a microwave safe mug, add maida flour, sugar,cocoa powder,salt and baking powder.

Add choco chips(optional) and walnuts/any nuts of your choice and mix

Add milk, marmalade/ fruit jam/nutella and oil. Stir properly

Microwave the mug for 1 minute 10 seconds.

Wait for 2 minutes.

Remove the mug from microwave and enjoy delicious mug cake.

Brownie

Bread Pizza on Tava

Bread pizza on tava is innovative, quickest and easiest version of pizza with bread used as pizza base.

Satisfy your pizza cravings with this 15 minute quick receipe.

Ingredients : 

Bread slices - 6

Butter & Tomato ketchup - as required

Chopped capsicum,tomatoes - 1/4 bowl each

Chopped onions & Grated cheese - 1/2 bowl each

Chopped green chilies & oil - 1 tbsp each

Salt - as per taste

Method :

• In a pan, add oil & all chopped veggies to it. Saute till veggies are soft and keep aside.

• Apply butter to one side of bread slice and tomato ketchup to the other side. Repeat for all bread slices.

• Spread cooked veggies on bread slice(tomato ketchup side) add grated cheese on top of it.

• Now place the bread slice(butter part) on the tava, cover & cook on low flame till the cheese metls completely.

• Switch off the gas and transfer pizza into serving plate.

• Yummy Bread pizza on tava is ready.

Rava Pakoda

Rava Pakoda

Instant Rava(Semolina) Pakoda is deep fried, delicious, crunchy, fluffy, bite-size snack and great appetizer is made with easily available ingredients.

In a bowl add following ingredients & mix well :

Sooji/Semolina - 1 Cup

Roasted Cashew Nuts - 1/2 Cup

Curd - 1/2 Cup

Grated Ginger - 1/2 inch piece

Green Chilli - 2 chopped

Chopped Onion & Coriander Leaves - 1/2 Cup each

Turmeric & red chilli powder - a pinch each

Chaat Masala,black pepper powder& salt - as per taste

Baking Soda - a pinch

• Add water to make thick batter, cover and keep it aside for 7 minutes.

• Add baking soda to the batter. Mix well.

• In a pan, add oil for frying on a high flame. Once the oil is hot lower the flame.

• Drop small round pakode from the batter mixture and fry on medium flame.

• Once it turns golden brown from all the sides, take them out.

• Yummy Sooji Pakoda is ready.

Maida Dosa

No Bake - No cook - Chocolate Brownie

No Bake - No cook - Chocolate Brownie is sugar-free healthy nutritious chocolate delight which can be easily prepared in 5 minutes using dryfruits & coca powder. 

• In mixer, add 1 cup dryfruits(almonds, cashew nuts, walnut). Grind well.

• Add 1/3 rd cup cocoa powder to mixer and grind again.

• Add 12 dates(kajoor) and grind again to form a dough.

• Transfer the dough in a container, let it cool for some time. Refrigerator for 1 hour.

• Garnish it with walnut and serve yummy choclate brownie.

Banana-dessert

Banana Dessert

Bananas are world's most popular fruit, wrapped in yellow jackets, a treat for your taste-buds offering whole lot of health benefits.

High in fibre, aids digestion, good source of B-vitamins,vitamin C, magnesium and antioxidants. Acts as stress fighting nutrient. Helps in repairing the cell damage caused due to stress.

Wondering how to make the most of this popular fruit and impress your sweet tooth with it? Here is a list of best banana dessert receipes for you to prepare at home!

Banana Pancake 

• In a bowl, add slices of 1 large size banana and mash it to form banana paste

• Add two eggs to this banana paste. Whisk.

• In a pan, add 2 tbsp of butter & banana paste mixture. Fry gently for few seconds.

• Tasty Banana Pancake is ready.

Banana Apple Porridge

• In a pan, add 120 gms oats, 3 cup water and cook.

• Add 2 grated apple pieces & 60 ml milk. Stir well.

• In serving bowls, add the porridge and top with banana slices, maple syrup/honey.

• Healthy, wholesome Banana Apple Porridge is ready.

Banana Sheera

• In a pan, add 1/4 cup ghee, 10 gms cashew nuts, 10 gms raisins, and roast Remove roasted dryfruits and keep aside. 

• Add 1 cup sooji rava, roast until the colour changes.

• Add mashed banana(one big size) and cook.

• In a separate pan, Boil 2 cup milk, 1 cup water, add roasted sooji banana mixture and mix well. Cook until it becomes thick.

• Add 1 cup sugar, the roasted dryfruits. Mix well and remove from the heat.

• Tasty Banana sheera is ready.

Banana Paniyaram

• In a bowl, Mash banana(1 big) into a smooth puree. 

• Add 1/4 cup rice flour, 1/2 cup wheat flour, 1/4 cup shredded coconut, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 crushed cardamom, 1 pinch baking soda, 5 gms chopped cashew nuts and mix well. 

• Add water to make a smooth batter, without any lumps. The batter should be like dosa (pancake) batter consistency. 

• In paniyaram pan l, add 2 tbsp oil in each mold and pour a spoonful of batter up to 3/4 full. Cover and cook on both the sides in a medium flame, until the color change into golden brown.

Banana paniyaram is ready to serve.

Banana Oatmeal smoothie

• Prepare instant oat meal as per insructions mentioned in the packet. Let it cool down completely.
• Now add 1 banana, 2 seedless dates, 2 tbsp of cooked oats in one cup of milk. Blend well. 

• Yummy Banana Oatmeal smoothie is ready.

Raw Jackfruit Stir Fry

Raw jackfruit stir fry is unique, tasty & flavourful dish made from pickled/salted tender jackfruit pods.

Raw jackfruit is stored in salted water for off-seasonal use.

Jackfruit is magical exotic summer fruit which fills our body with all sorts of awesome healthy nutrients since it is rich in dietary fibre, minerals and vitamins and free from saturated fats or cholesterol. 

• In a container, soak 2 cups of salted Jackfruit pod in water for 1 hour. Wash well to remove the excess salt .

• Cut the jackfruit pods into small pieces.

• In a pan, add 2tbsp oil, splutter 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds, add 3 dry red chilles and fry. 

• Add the sliced raw jackfruit pieces and fry.

• Add little water, cover and cook till done.

• Pickled Raw jackfruit stry fry is ready.

Chakko

Horsegram Idli

Horse Gram(Kulith) Idli is protein and calcium rich nutritious savoury cakes.

Horse Gram, idli rava and Urad Dal batter gives soft fluffy texture to this naturally fermented steamed pancake.

Horse gram is the most protein-rich lentil in the world. It is also rich in iron and calcium among other nutrients.

This exceptionally easy, healthy, steamed
breakfast has special appetizing aroma which fuels up one for a healthy start. 

• Soak 1 cup urad dal and 1 cup horsegram for about 5hrs.

• Grind them together to a very smooth batter. 

• Now add 2 cups idli rava, salt, grind till they mix well.

• Leave the batter overnight for fermentation.
• Next morning, grease a vessel which can fit into pressure cooker for steaming. Add the idli batter to cover 3/4 portion of the vessel.

• Transfer the vessel into pressure cooker and steam it for 20 minutes without the whistle.

The soft, aromatic horse gram idli is ready.

Dumplings

Mango Dessert

Try out these mouth-watering mango dessert recipes, hope you enjoy making, serving and savouring them. Have happy and cool summers!

Mango Pudding

• In a bowl, add 1 tbsp gelatine, 1/2 cup cold water. Soak for 10 mins.

• Take another bowl, add 1 cup water and bring to a boil. Switch off the flame and add soaked gelatine.

• Add 2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup condensed milk, 2 cup mango puree and mix well.

• Grease a bowl and add the mixture into it. Put it in the fridge for 2 hours to set.

The Divine blissful Mango Pudding is ready to be served cold with cream and nuts.

Mango kulfi

• In a pan, add 2 cups of milk heat it on low flame. Simmer and add sugar.

• Add 2 cups of cornflour into the milk and stir well so that no lumps are formed.

• Let the mixture cool and then add 2 cups of mango puree to it.

• Add chopped dry fruits to the mixture and pour it into moulds.

• Freeze it for 10 hours and serve chilled.

Mango kulfi is ready and its tantalizing taste has too-good-to-be-real effect on the taste buds.

Aamras

• Peel 2 mangoes and chop it into pieces.

• In a blender add chopped mango pieces, 1 tbsp cardamom powder, 2 cup milk, 5 strands saffron, 1 tbsp dry ginger powder & 2 tbsp jaggery powder.

• Pour the mixture into glasses and serve chilled by adding ice-cubes.

Aamras the rejuvenating, tempting drink is ready.

Mango Mousse

• In a pan, add 2 tbsp agar-agar(china grass) and 1 cup milk, stir it on low flame and let it simmer.

• Add 2 cup mango puree, 1 cup sugar and 1/4 tbsp cinnamon powder into the mixture. Let the mouse mixture cool for some time.

• Add 2 cup whipped cream into four serving glasses. Add mouse mixture and then again add cream. Repeat the process to form layers in the glasses.

• While serving pour 2 tbsp lemon juice to give it an authentic taste.

Drooling sweet and tangy mango mousse made with mango and whipped cream is ready.

Mango Halwa

• In a bowl add 1/2 cup cornflour, add 1/2 cup water. Stir will to ensure no lumps are formed.

• In a pan, add 6 tbsp ghee, when ghee gets lukewarm, add 2 cups mango puree.

• Now add the cornflour mixture and let it thicken up.

• Add 1 cup sugar and some more ghee to the pan.

• Add 1 tbsp cardamom powder and chopped dry fruits and let it cool.

Tasty flavourful charming Mango Halwa is ready.

Mango Popsicles

• Add 1/2 cup grated chocolate to 3 cup mango pulp and mix it well.

• Whisk 2 cup cream, add 3/4 cup powdered sugar, 1.5 tbsp vanilla essence and 1 cup milk.

• Whisk the mixture until it becomes fluffy.

• Set the mixture in a mould and freeze them together.

Frozen treat, No-cook mango popsicles is ready. 

Smoothies

Panak

Panak is healthy spicy drink loaded with goodness of ginger, pepper & blended with jaggery for natural sweetness. The lime further adds a bit of zest to this sweet and spicy drink. 

The natural ingredients of this drink keeps body cool and maintains good balance of all the elements.

In a container, add

2 cups water
1/4 tbsp cardamom powder
1/2 tbsp pepper powder
1/2 tbsp grated ginger
1 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp jaggery powder

Mix all till jaggery is dissolved in water.

Spicy panak drink is ready.

Summer Coolers

Cucumber Cake

Cucumber cake is delicious, healthy easy to make eggless steamed cake.

It is very midly sweet in taste and loaded with goodness of semolina, coconut, jaggery and flavourful cucumber.

Lets enjoy this soft, moist, unique textured cake in steamed style.

• In a pan, roast 3/4 cup broken wheat dalia (lapsi rava) till it turns slightly brown. 

• Add 1/4 cup semolina(rava) and roast till it turns slightly brown. 

• Add water, 1cup grated cucumber and 1cup jaggery and mix well. 

• Add 1/4 cup grated coconut, 10 cashew nuts, 10 raisins and salt and mix well. Keep stiring and cook till the mixture forms a thick paste. 

• In a container, add ghee & the cake mixture. 

• Place the container in pressure cooker, then remove whistle and cover it with a lid and steam Steam for 40 minutes.

• Tasty cucumber cake is ready.

Sweet Poha 

Coconut Rice Dumplings

Coconut Rice dumplings is similar to Idlis but easy to make and needs no fermentation. Tempering of urad dal, mustard and curry leaves gives this dumplings unique taste.

So if you are looking out for quick tasty healthy steamed food breakfast or snack go for this.

• In a pan, add 3 tbsp coconut oil, 1 tbsp mustard seed, 1/4 tbsp fenugreek, 1 tbsp urad daal, 3 slit green chillies and 5 curry leaves.

• When it starts popping add 1 cup idli rava, fry for 4 minutes. Add salt, 1/2 cup grated coconut and 3 cups boiling water. Stir and close the lid. Cook until it is completely cooked.

• Let it cool a bit and then form round small dumpling balls . Grease a cooker vessel and lineup dumplings. Steam for 15 minutes.

• Serve hot dumplings with coconut chutney.

Maida Dosa

Maida Dosa

Maida dosa is easy to make spicy crispy since it requires no grinding or fermentation.

This dosa can be eaten without any side dish since batter is prepared with the spicy condiments.

This receipe is handy for those days when you feel lazy and wish to make quick breakfast or evening snack.

• In a bowl, add 1 cup maida, 1.5 grated coconut, 1/2 tbsp pepper powder, salt, water and mix well to make it thin batter without any lumps

• In a pan, add 1 tbsp coconut oil, splutter 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds and saute well. Add thinly chopped 1 green chilly and 5 curry leaves and fry and switch off the flame.

• Pour the above seasoning into the maida batter container and mix well.

• Take a nonstick pan add ghee, spread the maida batter with laddle evenly.

• Close the tawa with a lid and roast the maida dosa on medium flame till the base is roasted well. Apply ghee on all sides and flip it with spatula till the other side is cooked. Once both sides of dosa is roasted remove it from hot pan with spatula.

• Spicy maida dosa is ready.

Neer Dosa