Vidya Baindur's Home Thali specials

DESCRIPTION This Pattice is very yummy..& very easy to make .Mostly I make this on Christmas Day.all kids love pattice.We can make Pattice with different stuffings as with Mutton Kheema,or Vegetables,or Greeen peas.This a most favourite dish at my home. INGREDIENTS.. 1.Chicken Kheema- 250gms. 2.Onion-1..Finely chopped. 3.Grated Ginger paste-1tsp. 4.Grated Garlic paste-2tsp 5.Oil-2tabsp for making stuffing,& to shallow fry 6.Pepper Powder-1/4tsp. 7.Red chilli powder-1/4tsp. 8.Garam Masala powder-1/4tsp. 9.Salt-asper taste. 10.Potatoes-4-5 11.Bread slices-3 12.Green Chillies-Finely chopped-2 13.Tomato Ketchup-1tabsp. 14.Dhania Leaves. PREPARATION... For Stuffing...wash chicken kheema.In a pan take 2tabsp oil ,add 1 finely chopped onion.,1tsp grated ginger,1tsp grated garlic,2-3 finely chopped green chillies,fry till onion get soft,then add chicken kheema,Add less than1/4 tsp pepper powder.1/4 tsp red chilli powder,1/4tsp garam mas...

Description... Red Pumpkin puris are sweet puris.these puris are also called Gharge in Maharashtra.these puris can be preserved for 3-4 days.so very good while travelling..even they are good for kid's tiffin box.. Ingredients.. 1.Red Pumpkin pieces-1 cup 2.Jaggery (Gud)-little less than 1/2 cup or as per taste. 3.Wheat Flour-as needed to make puri dough. 4.Salt-as per taste. 5.Oil-1tabsp for dough and more to deep fry. 6.Water-3-4 tabsp to cook Red Pumpkin. Preparation.. 1.Remove skin of Red Pumpkin pieces and boil it with salt till soft. 2.after cooling add Jaggery in it.mix it well till it get dissoved. 3.Add some oil in it then add wheat flour and knead it .make a dough. 4. Make small balls and roll it in puris. 5. Deep fry these puris.. 6.These puris can be preserved for 3-4 days.

Red Pumpkin Phodis Recipe..... Make thin slices of it with skin..then apply salt,hing,haldi,&red chilli powder to it..mix properly.then add some rice powder&fine rava in it.cover all pieces properly.then deep fry it till crispy on low flame..serve hot  phodis.. Long String Beans Talasani Recipe... cut Long String Beans..make tadka of oil,lots of crushed garlic,add red chilli powder ,haldi,add chopped Beans pieces in it..add salt and pinch sugar if u like. add little water to cook..keep lid and cook it..talasani is ready to serve.. CauliFlower-Dal Ambat Recipe.... Boil big10 to 15 pieces of cauliflower pieces with some salt and water. Cook1cup Toor Dal in pressure cooker till very soft. then mash it.add cauliflower pieces in it.fry less than 1/4 methi seeds in few drops of oil add 3-4 whole red bedgi chillies in it.grind together fresh 1 cup grated coconut,small piece of chich, 1/tsp haldi,and fried methi & red chillies in to a fine paste. add...

Description.. Sweet khadis,very quick & easy... Ingredients.. 1.Maida-1 cup 2.Sugar- 1.3/4 cup ...little less than 2 cups. 3.Milk-1 cup 4.Ghee ( home made)-little more than 3/4 cup 5.Vanilla Essence-1 tsp. or Elaichi powder-1 tsp. 6.Red Food colour-1 drop. Preparation.. 1.Mix sugar & milk together.and boil it. 2.In a non stick pot add ghee and heat it..then add Maida...roast it till we get nice roasted aroma.and maida becomes little pinkish . 3.Then add sugar-milk boiled mixture in it.and keep stirring on low flame.add essence.and add drop of red  or any food colour..keep stirring until mixture gets little thick..and you can see some whitish colour to the  mixture on the sides of a pot.it should not be very thick..remove the pot from the gas when you see that  mixture is not sticky..this whole process will need just 5 to 8 minutes.. 4.Then keep the pot down and keep stirring the mixture till you get nice thick dou...

Description: Easy to make Chocolate Walnut Fudge, loved by kids and adults too. Recipe credit: My daughter in law, Divya Baindur Ingredients: 1. Marie Biscuits 150gms (1big packet) 2. Cocoa powder - 3 tabsps 3. Walnut - 100gms. 4. Milkmaid tin/Mithaimate - 395/400 gms 5. Milk (1/2 of milkmaid/mithaimate tin) Method: 1. Crush Marie Biscuits 2. Add Cocoa powder, add powdered walnuts (coarse powder), add milkmaid, milk and mix together 3. Heat it for 3-5minutes on low flame 4. Spread it in a dish. 5. Garnish with some walnuts. Keep it in fridge & serve it. Note: Tastes good even when served hot....

Description... Bangda Dodhak is a konkani fish curry..aroma of haldi leaves is great in this curry.. Ingredients..\\ 1.Banda Fish- 1/2 kg. 2.Grated Fresh Coconut- 3 to 4 tabsp. 3.Bedgi and Kashmiri whole red chillies- 10-12 4.Garlic- 2-3 5.Haldi- 1/2 tsp. 6.Coconut oil- 2 tabsp. 7.Haldi pan- 5-6 8.Kokum- 4-5..as per taste.. 9.Salt- as per taste. 10.Teppal ( tirphal)- 7-8. Preparation.. 1.Clean and wash Bangda Fish..Apply little salt. 2. Fry whole red chillies in few drops of oil for 2 minute. 3.Grind grated coconut,fried red chillies,garlic,haldi,with some water. make fine paste.. in a final round add teppal in it ..and grind only for 1 round..add salt and mix it. 4.Mix above masala with Bangda Fish.. 5.In a pan keep spread 3 haldi pan ..spread Bangda on it..add kokum pieces.spread some more teppals on it..sprinkle coconut oil on it..cover it with haldi pan.add very little water if necessary..cover it with lid.. 6.Cook till Fish gets cooked..do not overcook.....

Description.. Above pic is my preparation of PATRANI MACHI......POMFRET STUFFED & APPLIED GREEN MASALA , THEN WRAPPED IN A BANANA LEAF & READY TO STEAM, AFTER STEAMING IN BANANA LEAF,...& FINALLY STEAMED POMFRET READY TO SERVE .... Ingredients.. 1.Pomfret Fish-4-5 2.Grated Fresh Coconut-2-3 tabsp. 3.Green Chillies- 5-6 . 4.Dhania leaves-1Bunch 5.Pudina leaves-1small Bunch. 6.Garlic- 7-8 7.Ginger-2inch. 8.Jeera-1.1/2 tsp. 9.Lemon Juice-1 lemon 10.Banana Leaf-2-3 11.Salt. 12.Haldi-1tsp. 13.Roasted Jeera Powder-1/2 tsp. Preparation.. 1.Clean and wash Pomfrets.Make slits from side on both sides(up and down). 2.Apply salt and haldi to it. 3.Grind Chutney with dhania leaves, pudina leaves, green chillies chopped, fresh grated coconut, grated ginger and garlic, and jeera.. 4.add salt as per taste.add lemon juice to the ground chutney.I haved added roasted jeera powder in it.(optional). 5.Stuff this masala in the pomfrets.and apply so...