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   Batata Bhaji... Recipe... Description: Very delicious potato bhaji.. it is usually served with hot pooris..I have given slight change to this bhaji..so try it.. I am sure you all will love it... Ingredients: 1.potatoes-4-5 2.oil-2 tabsp. 3.udid dal-1/4 tsp. 4. rai (mustard seeds)- 1/2 tsp. 5 jeera (cummin seeds)-1/4tsp 6.garlics chopped-2 7.whole red chilli-1 8.curry patta 5-6 9.pinch hing, 10.haldi-1/4 tsp  11/ginger-small piece. 12.green chillies=2 13.onions-2 14.sugar-little((optional). 15.salt-as per taste. 16.besan (gram flour)-2tabsp. 17.dhania leaves-chopped finely-1tabsp. 18.water-some as needed for gravy. Preparaion: 1.Boil potatoes in pressure cooker.peel it & make pieces. 2.In a pan make tadka of oil.when heated add udid dal, rai(mustard seeds), jeera(cummin seeds),garlic  chopped,whole red chilli,curry patta,pinch hing, haldi,after frying for few seconds , 3,add small piece of finely chopped ginger,finely chopped green chillies, 4,then add finely chopp...

Sprouted Vaal Birade(Dalimbi Usal) ... Recipe Soak Vaal overnight & give them sprouts.. make tadka of oil,add rai,jeera,chopped garlic,green chillies,hing,haldi,red chilli powder(optional),goda masala(or pinch garam masala), then add sprouted val in it.add 2 kokums in it.stir for few minutes..... add water &cook it till Vaal gets soft. Then add 2tabsps of fresh grated Coconut. then add salt as per taste,little sugar,or gud..again cook it properly. Garnish with dhania leaves. Vaal birde or usal is ready to serve. If You want to make it quick then you can make directly in pressure cooker.. add salt n gud n everything together n just cook for 1 or 2 whistles.then garnish with dhaniia leaves. Karatya Koot or Karela Fresh Pickle.. Recipe... Finely chop Karela... add some salt. Keep it for 15 minutes.. then squeeze it  or wash it under the tap n squeeze it.. Shallow fry it in some oil in non stick pan..so more oil is not required..make it crisp.. In Tadka pan fry 1/2 tsp rai, 4-5...

  Recipe.. This is a Simple but yummy Maharashtrian Breakfast Dish.. It is a lovely variation to our regular Kanda Poha...  Ingredients... 1. Kurmura... 5 cups. 2. Tomato...1 Small. 3. Onion... 1 Big. 4.Oil... 2 to 3 tabsps. 5. Rai (Mustard seeds )... Less than 1/4 tsp. 5. Jeera...1\4 tsp. 6. Garlic... 3 Cloves. 7. Green Chillies...2  8.Red chilli Powder...little as per taste.. 9. Haldi... 1/4 tsp. 10. Salt as per taste. 11. Sugar... As per taste. 12. Dhania leaves ..To Garnish Method... wash kurmura ((charmuro,Puffed Rice)....&..keep in water for 2-3 minutes.then put it in strainer & wash it properly so that all sand will be removed from it. Then squeeze it properly n keep it aside.. In a pan take oil, & make tadka of rai,jeera, finely chopped garlic, haldi, .add greenchillies, little red chilli powder,  After Tadka gets ready...add finely chopped onions..saute for some time. Add 1 tomato finely chopped..again saute it . Add salt, little sugar(optional),...

  PRAWNS PULAO......RECIPE.... CLEAN & WASH PRAWNS..APPLY SOME SALT, PINCH HALDI,  WASH RICE & KEEP FOR 15-20 MINUTES,  IN PRESSURE COOKER TAKE SOME OIL,ADD TEJ PATTA, 2LAVANG, 2 ELAICHI, JEERA,  THEN ADD GRATED GARLIC ,GINGER PASTE, FOR 2 MINUTES, FEW SECONDS. ADD LONG CUT OINIONS,FRY TILL LIGHT BROWN,ADD GR THEN ADD WASHED RICE..FRY FOR 2MINUTES.THEN ADD SOME TOMATO PIECES. ADD GREEN PASTE Of DHANIA LEAVES , GREEN CHILLIES n GARLIC.SAUTE FOR SOME TIME...  ADD  PRAWNS ...STIR....ADD DHANIA POWDER..GARAM MASALA...ADD SALT..&  ADD HOT WATER..COOK FOR 1 OR 2 WHISTLE..GARNISH WITH DHANIA LEAVES..&  PRAWNS PULAO IS READY TO SERVE... Solkadhi... Recipe Description:  The best cool digestive drink that one can have after eating heavy non-veg food. Ingredients:  1.kokam-8-10,soaked in hot water. 2 coconut milk-1 coconut 3.garlic - 2-3 cloves 4.black whole pepper - 1/2 tsp 5.salt 6.sugar to taste 7.green chillies - 2 finely choppe...

 Dal Amti ...Recipe.. Boil tur dal in pressure cooker,  make tadka of oil, rai,, jeera, hing, haldi, currypatta, some goda masala, red chilli powder, then pour it in  well cooked and mashed dal .  add imli juice, again add some goda masala, green chillies, dhania leaves, add salt, jaggery   boil it nicely till amti aroma comes out.. garnish with dhania leaves. amti is ready to serve. Patrani Machi ...... Parsee styled steamed stuffed Pomfrets... 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 ...

  Knolkol Sukke... Recipe.. This is a Mangalorean dish..  Peel the Knolkol. make big pieces of it. add 1 Onion big pieces,add salt & water ..then cook it till soft. You can cook it in pressure cooker for 2 whistles. then in a tadka pan fry 1\2 tabsp. of dhania seeds, 1/2tsp of white udid dal,7-8 methi seeds.t,& 3-4 red whole chillies in few drops of oil. then grind fresh grated coconut, above fried things,haldi,&little of chinch wtth water & make paste.  then add it in cooked Knolkol.add little gud,some salt.& boil it.. keep very little gravy..it shud be sukka. .then add tadka with coconut oil,rai,currypatta in it.. Knolkol sukke is ready to serve. Beetroot Raita.. Recipe.. Cook Beetroot big pieces with some  salt n little  water. in the pressure cooker.then peel it.make  small pieces..then add finely chopped  onions.add  curd.add salt if you need.mix it  nicely.then make tadka with ghee adding  mustard seeds, currypa...

Methi Batata Bhaji..Recipe. In a pan heat oil .add some  rai,3 crushed garlic fry little,add hing,haldi,red chilli powder. add green chillies,then add 1finely chopped big  onions,fry for few seconds   add potato pieces.add sugar,salt and cover the pan , cook till potatoes get cooked.add methi leaves.cook for few minutes.use little water if you need . Cook for 2to 3 minutes.. Methi potato bhaji is ready to serve. Gajarachi Koshimbir. ( Carrot Salad )...recipe..  Peel 2 Carrots.. Then Grate it. In A Bowl take Grated Carrot..add Finely chopped little of Onion ( optional..you can skip it.. ),  Add 1to 2 tabsps of Grated Fresh Coconut ,Salt, Lemon Juice.  Mix it properly..Then add Tadka with Ghee , Rai, Curry Patta, Green chilli, small whole  red Chilli , Hing.. Mix it.. Garnish With Dhania Leaves n serve it. Takachi Kadhi.. (Butter Milk Kadhi ).... recipe... Mix 2 tabsps of Besan in 2 to 3 cups of Buttermilk.. Make tadka with Ghee ,some Rai, Jeera, me...