Vidya Baindur's Home Thali specials

Recipe Description: Creamy,very tasty homemade shrikhand.very simple and easy to make.can eat with puris, chapatis or simply eat as dessert. Ingredients: 1. readymade full cream yoghurt - 1 kg 2. sugar powder - appx 8-10 tb sp 3. kesar milk masala or dry fruit powder - appx 1/2 tb sp. 4. saffron (kesar) - strands 7-8 5. cardamom(eliachi) & nutmeg(jaifal) powder - 1/2 t sp 6. soaked almond and pista's finely sliced for garnishing. Instructions: 1. put the yoghurt in a muslin cloth,wrap it tight, hang it and let all the water strain out.keep it hung for at least  7-8 hrs so that all the water dries off. 2. then put the hung curd in a bowl add powdered sugar and whisk it with hand blender / mixer till it gets  creamy. 3. then add kesar milk powder / dry fruit powder, cardamom and nutmeg powder and mix well. 4. then sprinkle saffron strands and garnish with sliced almonds and pistas. 5.shrikhand is ready to serve

Recipe Description: mouth watering,crispy dosas ..very easy to make and everybody loves it with lasun gojju Serves: 2-4 Ingredients: Panpole.. Rice-2cups coconut-1cup salt-as per taste sugar(optional)-very little water-to grind oil-to spread dosas on tawa Lasun gojju.. grated fresh coconut-2cups lasun(garlic)-3to4cloves red whole chillies-3-4 tamarind(chinch)-as per taste salt-as per taste water-to grind Instructions: Panpole 1-soak rice for 3-4 hours in water. 2-grind rice,grated coconut,salt and sugar(optional)with water in a fine paste. 3-add some water and make that paste thin to spread dosas. 4-take non stick tawa and spread thin dosas on it 5-apply some oil on tawa to take out dosas easily Lasun gojju 1-grind grated coconut,red chillies,tamarind(chinch),lasun,salt and water in a fine paste. 2-serve with panpole Category Course: Breakfast Lunch or Dinner Main Dish Diet Type: Dieting Highly Nutr...

I would like to share this interesting info regarding our Hindu Symbol - Swastik. There are various auspicious meanings of this Sacred Symbol and Word in our scriptures which are mentioned below:-   But Pls don't forget to see this :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkrtLl6rh3I     AND http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_U4SlfmQNg     The Swastika Symbol in Hinduism             Swastika is the oldest religious symbol known to the human race and is widely recognised in various cultures all across the world. Swastika derives from the oldest way of life called Vedic Dharma or original form of Hindu Dharma.   Vedic Dharma- is the form of a religion based on the philosophy of life taught by God through the four scriptures called Vedas.Swastika represents all four Vedas. Geometrically, the symbol consists of four parts and points towards four directions. If the Swastika is turned around f...

How to Increase Your Energy Levels Naturally Everyday I hear the same complaints from the same people about how tired they are, how stressed they are etc. with no solution in sight! The key is to correct the situation versus standing idle and accepting it. Forget about the energy drinks or pills. Learn to increase your energy naturally, and have a healthy steady supply to get you through each day. By adjusting your personal eating, sleeping and exercise habits, you can boost your energy the natural way and settle into a self-sustaining rhythm. Essential Water – Keep your body hydrated throughout the day. The first sign of dehydration is fatigue. Your body can't function at capacity without that good old H2O. A steady supply of water will naturally keep things flowing–including your energy. Improve Sleeping Habits – Often a small adjustment of your sleeping habits can already do wonders for your energy levels. Lying in bed is not sleeping: Don't go to bed i...

35 Indian Home Remedies Desi Dawa -- Local Home Remedies - Here are 35 Indian Home Remedies for everything imaginable and have been used for hundreds of years, before the advent of modern medicine. This is good especially for minor aliments and aches and pains. Print it out and keep it in a place where you can find it easily, when needed. This may avoid a trip to the doctors and/or make you feel healthy (and even look beautiful) in the process. Take Care! 1) Home Remedies for Asthma: Take 1 tsp honey and 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder and mix them well before consuming. For people who are in their early stages of asthma, a perfect home remedy is to boil 8-10 cloves of garlic in 1/2 cup of milk and consume it during night time. Take very hot water and add a tsp of honey in it. Consume it just before sleeping and take small sips 2) Home Remedies for Body Odour: Use antibacterial soap or deodorant soap while bathing. To combat the unpleasant armpit odour apply cider vinegar. It serv...

Extremely tasty & traditional aamchi style noodles.Looks and sounds difficult but actually very easy to make SHEVAI Serves: 4 Course: Breakfast / Lunch or Dinner / Main Dish Diet Type: Vegetarian Cook time: 30mins                                   Ingredients: 1)2 1/2 wati rice(soaked in 4 wati water for minimum 4-5 hrs) 2)Grated coconut 1 1/2 wati 3)salt to taste SWEET RASS 1. 1 grated coconut 2.jaggery a little more than 1 wati(variations according to taste) 3.elaichi powder 1 tsp or more Instructions: Shevai 1.grind soaked rice and grated coconut,with the same water in required quantity.make fine paste 2.Heat it on a pan on low flame add little salt,keep stiring all the time till the water evaporates and it becomes a thick dough and it should not stick to the hands and can be moulded into shapes easily 3.switch off the gas and let it cool for sometime...

Aamchi Pancakes ..Soft n Spongy!!! Tastes best with Gharche Loni(Butter). Ingredients: 1.Rice - 2 cups 2.methi seeds - 1/2 to 3/4 th tsp. 3.curd / buttermilk - appx 1 cup 4.pohe- 1 cup 5.jaggery - 3/4 - 1 cup..as Per taste. 6.grated coconut - 1 cup 7.salt - 1/4th Tsp 8.turmeric(haldi)-  1/2 tsp. 9.oil - as needed. water to grind. 10.plain eno (fruit salt)- 1 tsp. Instructions: 1.Soak rice in water with methi seeds for a minimum of 4-5 hours. 2.wash pohe and keep aside. 3.grind the soaked rice, curd/buttermilk,pohe,jaggery,grated coconut,salt and haldi together with little water.make a smooth thick paste like idli batter. If you want to make cheppi Surnoli without jaggery then grind soaked rice , poha , coconut ,salt 1st..remove it n then add jaggeri n haldi in the mixer with remaining batter to make sweet Surnoli. 4.keep this batter to fermant for atleast 7-8 hours. 5.Add eno and mix well in the batter at the time of ma...

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