Vidya Baindur's Home Thali specials

 Simple Goad  Dal Varan... Recipe.. Cook Toor dal nicely till it cooks soft n completely cooked in Pressure Cooker adding  haldi, hing, n ghee. Then Remove it.. add water as much as you need.. boil it for 10 minutes nicely adding  with salt n sugar as per taste... You have to add some sweetness as this tastes yumm  when we add gud or sugar in it.. then serve it with adding some lemon juice n ghee in it.. Then serve it with hot hot steamed rice. Tomato Goad Lonche or Hot n Sweet Tomato Chutney. Recipe... Ingredients:  1. Red ripe Tomatoes - 4 to 6 finely chopped 2. Green chilly - 2 medium spicy long slits. 3. Red chilly powder - 2 tsp. 4. turmeric - 1/4 tsp 5. Jaggery - 2-3 tbsp 6. salt as per taste. 7. oil for tadka - 2 tbsp 8. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp 9. hing - 1/2 tsp 10.methi seeds(fenugreek) - 1/4 tsp Instructions:  1. In a fry pan make tadka of oil, mustard seeds, methi seeds, hing, turmeric, red chilly powder. 2. Add the finely chopped tomatoes and green chillies. 3. Add salt and

 Tarle (Saradines ) Fish n Prawns Tikhle Recipe... clean 10 to 12 tarle fish & 6 to8 Prawns ...add  salt,haldi and keep aside  roast10-12 red Bedgi chillies in few drops of oil  for 1 minute. grind 2tabsp grated coconut,red chillies,1/4tsp  haldi,2-3 garlic cloves, 1/4 sp of Dhania  seeds, 3to4 Black pepper , 3 to4 Tirphala ,small  ball of tamarind.make fine,smooth paste  with water. Boil ground masala, by adding some more water. add  Tarle  fish in it.. and boil it  for 3 to 5  minutes... sprinkle coconut oil on it or you can   Add Garlic Tadka in the curry... n cover it.curry  is ready to serve.. cover with lid. Tikhle is ready..serve with Rice. Tomato Rasam Recipe... Chop 2-3 tomatoes. grind it in mixie without water... In a vessel take 3-4 glass water,add  Ground tomatoes. add green chillies,crushed garlic,rasam powder.(or little sambhar powder or crushed  dhania jeera n black pepper powder ) , Add currypatta,dhania leaves,little hing,salt,sugar(optional),imli juice,&boil f

Palak Patal Bhaji.. Recipe... soak 2tabsp.groundnuts,&; 2tab.sp chanadal for  1-2 hours. & cook it in pressure cooker. chop palak finely,make tadka in pressure cooker  of oil,methi seeds,finely chopped green  chillies,hing..add palak in it..mix it well. add  cooked groundnuts,& chanadal.. .then add  2tabsp.besan mixed with little water,add  gud,salt, imli juice,& cook it till 1whistle.boil it  till thick..then made tadka with  rai,jeera,currypatta,hing,haldi,.1red whole  chilli,& little red chilli powder..mix it in curry...  curry is ready to serve.. Khamang Kakdi.. Recipe.. In a bowl take finely chopped kakdi..add roasted  ground nuts powder, salt n pinch sugar n little  of  lemon juice..add tadka with ghee ,jeera,  currypatta , n finely chopped grren chilli,n  hing..garnish  with fresh dhania leaves n serve. Batata Sukki Bhaji..  Recipe Boil potatoes..peel it n make pieces,.crush grated  ginger n finely chopped green chillies  together..add this  in potato pieces,

  Khara Sheng or Roasted Peanuts... Ingredients...  Peanuts or Shengdana.. 2 cups. Salt... 1/4tsp. Or less as per taste. Water...4 cups. Table Salt.. 1 cup for roasting. Method.. Take 4 cups of water in the vessel.. heat it . add 1/4 tsp or less salt in it. After boiling it add  peanuts in it. Switch off the flame. Cover it. n keep it for 8 to10  minutes in it. Strain the water completely. Spread it on a towel  for 10 minutes. Make it slightly dry. Then take in a big open Kadhai or thick  bottomed pan .Keep it on flame..  add 1 cup table salt...heat it fully..  then add Peanuts in it. You can make 2 batches  for roasting Peanuts. Keep stirring n roasting continuously.. keep flame low to medium. While roasting you will see some salt sticked to  peanuts.  But as you keep stirring after some time  gradually..salt will get separated from peanuts. When you check one peanut taking it out ..  you can see with your finger that its skin can  come out easily. n peanuts r getting crunchy. The who

   Batata Kachrya... ( Potato Dry Subji)..  Quick ,Easy n Tasty Maharashtrian Side Dish... Recipe..  Peel 4 to 5 Potatoes .. then keep it water.. just before making sabji remove it..  Cut thin slices as you can see in my Thali pic.. In a open pan take 2 tabsps. Of  oil.. heat it then add 1/2 tsp Rai ( mustard seeds), 1/4 tsp  Jeera , 1 chopped Green chilli, Hing n Haldi as needed, then add sliced Potatoes.. saute it..  then add some Goda masala or any home made masala if you have this is optional.. if you  dont have then add pinch of red chilli powder..mix it ..add Salt as per taste.. add some  green dhania leaves.. mixit.. cover it n cook it till Potatoes gets soft ..then remove lid n fry  it till gets slightly crisp n brown.. this Potato Kachrya tadte yummm with Chapati or  Bhakri..Garnish with lots of Dhania leaves.. n serve.. Alsanda Upakari. For Recipe.. watch it on my you tube channel Vidya Baindur's Food World https://youtu.be/TApUECkVD14 Alsanda Saar... For Recipe..Watch it

  Stuffed Shallow Fried Karela ( Bitter Gourds ).. Maharashtrian styled Bharli Karli. Ingredients.. 1.Small Karelas..8 to 10 2.Pea nuts..1/2 cup 3. Grated Dry Coconut..2tabsps. 4. White Til... 2tabsps. 5. Goda Masala ,or Any available Masala powder like Koli masala, or Kanda lasun masala, or Malvani masala. 6. Salt.as per taste. 7.Haldi..1tsp for applying Karela n 1/4 tsp for masala. 8.Dhania leaves..3 to 4 tabsps chopped. 9.. Garlic..3 cloves. 10. Red chilli powder. 11.oil..as needed  to shallow fry Karelas. 12. Jeera..1/4 tsp. 13.. Green Chillies..1 or 2  Method.. If you dont have small Karelas then take big 4  karelas n make half of it ..  Then wash it n wipe it..  Give a verical slit to karelas from up to down.  Remove inner part of seeds with spoon. Then in a plate take 1 tsp of salt n 1 tsp of haldi..  mix it nicely.. n rub this mixture inside of  Karelas with a finger or spoon. Keep it aside. Then in a steamer or pressure cooker keep this  plate with Karelas. Steam it for 10 min

  Bangda Fish Amshe Tikhshe... Recipe.. 1.Clean 1/2kg Bangda fish & make 2-3 pieces of each.add salt,haldi and keep aside  2.Roast 8to 10 red Bedgi chillies in few drops of oil for 1/2 minute. 3.Grind 2 tabsp grated coconut,6 to 8 whole red chillies,..I have used Kashmiri n Bedgi chillies mixed.1.4tsp haldi,2-3 garlic cloves,small ball of tamarind.make fine smooth paste with water. 4.Grind 5-6 tirfal with little water and strain it ..or just add tirfals in final round  of grinding masala,just grind it for 2 to 3 seconds. ( You can skip these Tirfals.without it also curry tastes yummy.) 5.Boil ground masala,tirfal water, by adding some more water. 6. Add Some 3 to 4 Kokum  in it while boiling.. 7.Add fish pieces and boil it till fish is cooked. 8.Sprinkle 1tabsp.coconut oil on the curry,cover with lid.curry is ready..serve with rice Kadgi (Raw Jack fruit ) n Black eyed Beans  Koddel ( Mangalore Curry ), Recipe.. Cook 2 hours soaked Black eyed Beans in pressure cooker till soft.. Coo