SWEET LASSI RECIPE | PUNJABI SWEET LASSI RECIPE

Sweet Lassi has wonderful child hood memories in me. We have a shop in my native place where we get Samosa, lassi , badam milk and few other north indian sweets. Those days it is very difficult to find these items in all shops. So whenever we go out for shopping with my mom, before taking the bus back to home, we go to this shop and have a samosa and a tall glass of Lassi. Wow, while writing this , i could feel the taste of the sweet lassi.
Last week Raks visited my house, almost it was 4-5 months , since we met. I called her for lunch but as she is bit busy she just came for  half an hour only. She loves chilled juices and instead of buying a juice from shop, i thought i will make this sweet lassi for her . That day i could't take the clicks but yesterday when i was craving for lassi again i made it , clicked and enjoyed it a lot.

GREEN PEAS KACHORI RECIPE - MATAR KACHORI RECIPE

I wanted to make peas paratha, but ended up making peas kachori as i have a sudden craving  for kachori. Sometimes it happens for all of us to have craving for deep fried snack. Hope you all agree !. I have already posted a recipe for Kachori HERE, moth dal stuffing. 

 I almost followed the same recipe but the inside stuffing is bit different. As green peas is in season, i thought i will make the stuffing with green peas. Enjoy this popular street food .

KARA CHUTNEY RECIPE | SIDE DISH FOR IDLI | DOSA

 

Chutneys without coconut are always preferred in most of the houses. This Kara chutney also is a recipe of chutney without coconut and even garlic too. This a very simple chutney which i learnt from my north indian friend,, married to a south indian guy. She cooks both the cuisine very well . We were neighbours few years back but we speak over phone quite often.  Very recently, while talking to her, she was having her breakfast.  She told she was having dosa with kara chutney. Then i suddenly remembered the kara chutney which she makes was so yummy and asked her for the recipe. I made the exact chutney on the same day and enjoyed it with dosa. Over to the recipe of kara chutney.

COOKING FOR GUESTS SERIES #11 - NORTH INDIAN MENU

This week guest menu is an elaborate north indian thali . During our India trip in December, me and my co-sisters went for a lunch at a famous restaurant for lunch. We planned for a buffet there but since it was a fully booked and we have left with the option of choosing for A la carte . We don't want to waste much time in ordering and want to go for a thali meal, so that we can chaat for a long time. Going out like this is a fantastic rejuvenation for all the 3 of us and we never miss this chance. I wanted to try the same meal at home last week. Do try this menu for guests and i am sure they will be super impressed by your cooking. Though it sounds elaborate you can plan and cook it easily.

WHOLE WHEAT ALMOND EGGLESS COOKIES | EGGLESS BAKING RECIPES

 It has been my long time plan to bake this eggless almond cookies. I have tasted this very recently and planned to make this the next week itself. The recipe i have bookmarked from Manjula's Kitchen long back. We all loved this flavorful buttery cookies. Do try this Whole wheat almond cookies at home and enjoy your weekend.

Restaurant style sambar sadam recipe

 Restaurant style Sambar sadam recipe with video and step by step pictures,  a very easy one pot meal, serves as a perfect Sunday brunch or can be packed for lunch box too. I make bisibelabath for weekend lunch but this sambar is more of restaurant style sambar sadam. I learnt this recipe from my friend's mom very long back. She made this sambar sadam and invited us for lunch. It tasted awesome and it tasted more like the restaurant style sambar sadam.  Many times when i do i never had time to click the pictures and twice in a hurry the picture came out bad. Two weeks back, when Suresh was not in town, i made this for me and kids and clicked the pictures too.  So sharing the recipe of how to make sambar sadam today.

RAVA KICHADI RECIPE | SOOJI KHICHADI RECIPE |SOUTH INDIAN BREAKFAST RECIPES

  While typing for the post , my mouth waters for Rava Kichadi. I can eat this rava khichadi for any meal of the day. Be it a breakfast, lunch or dinner i need a cup of coffee of tea to have it along kichadi. A spoon of hot kichadi and a sip of hot coffee is a fantastic combo . Generally in weddings they serve this rava kichadi, With sambar and chutney as an accompaniment this semolina kichadi tastes super yummy.Try out this easy yet tasty rava kichadi for breakfast or even for dinner.
Check out my SOUTH INDIAN BREAKFAST RECIPES

COOKING FOR GUESTS #10 - PANEER PULAO CAULIFLOWER FRY AND MORE

 This 10th week of Cooking for guests recipes comes with a simple and yet a super hit menu. I have made this menu for a group of 5 people who visited us few weeks back. It was a totally a fantastic time and we didn't plan for the meet before. It was just a casual talk in the morning and we all met at our place in the evening. So i don't have much veggies at home and don't have much time to go the shop and buy things too. I planned a meal accordingly and checked my freezer for paneer and peas. Thankfully it was there. I had a huge cauliflower also in my fridge. And i always keep potatoes at home. So i decided to make potato cutlets, peas masala, paneer puloa , cauliflower pepper fry and rotis. I had some store bought chips and ice cream too.
I couldn't click the pictures on that day, but made it on last friday and sharing the same menu today.

CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM RECIPE | HOME MADE EGGLESS CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM | NO ICE CREAM MAKER

Valentines Day is more special to me, as our son Varun was born on the same day. He is turning 8 this year and he wanted me to make Chocolate ice cream for his birthday.  I made it yesterday evening and it turned out very well . I have tried mango ice cream , strawberry ice cream but this is the first one i have tried without condensed milk. But to my surprise it was very creamy. I adapted the recipe from here, which i bookmarked a long back. Try this chocolate ice cream this Valentine's day and  surprise your spouse. This ice cream requires no cooking. Even you can engage your kids in making this ice cream too.

EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE IN MICROWAVE | 2 MINUTES MUG CAKE

   To bake a  Chocolate cake in microwave , is my long time due. I don't have a microwave at home and so i was postponing to make this cake.   As valentines day is nearing, it thought it is the right time to post this eggless chocolate mug cake in microwave.  I baked this cake in my friend's place and it took exactly 2 minutes for me to bake this cake. If you are craving for an chocolate cake or kids are asking for a quick snack just make this cake in just 2 minutes.The cake turned out super soft and moist. The recipe i have adapted from Here.