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Palak Raita | Spinach Raita is a perfect accompaniment with pilaf or biryani. As it’s palak everywhere in my garden, these days I am using the green veggie to the extreme. My today’s lunch had lehsuni palak dal with zeera rice accompanied by this amazingly flavorful palak raita. The recipe is easy to make and the ingredients can be easily found in your kitchen pantry. So let us just proceed to check the ingredients required and the process of making this amazing Palak Raita.

Lehsuni Dal Palak … lentils cooked with spinach and tempered with garlic generously is a treat for the tummy in those cozy winter nights. My family is crazy for spinach, we can have spinach in every possible form. With the onset of winters, we start growing spinach and other leafy vegetables in batches. As i have lots of pets at home, hence gardening for me is a task to maintain, cz often the plants get destroyed by my four legged family members. Hence the only alternate left for us is to grow vegetables in pots. Our first batch of fresh…

Kakdi Chi Koshimbir is a famous Maharashtrian Salad which is served often in summer with every meal. The cucumber and curd being the anti oxidant and coolant keeps the stomach cool and digestive system functioning during extreme summers. The salad contains and amazing nutty texture of peanuts and aroma of curry leaves. The salad itself is so filling that me and my mom usually have it as a whole than using as an accompaniment. The recipe is easy and the salad can be made in a jiffy. It’s also a blessing in disguise for all the weight watchers like me.

Medu vada (the vada with a hole) is not just an important part of every day meal in South India but also is very important in every special occasion’s menu. Grounded urad dal when shaped like a disk with a whole in between is South India’s most common and favorite break fast or snack option. Medu Vada or you may also know it as Bundt fritters are crisp outside and soft inside and taste amazing when dunked in hot and tangy Sambhar. Medu vadas can be flavored as per your own choice. Many people like adding chopped onions and curry…

An absolute nutritious drink loaded with the goodness of banana, curd and honey is a natural weight gainer for children who are under weight. High in calories and rich with iron and vitamins helps in the growth of mind and body of the malnutrited. Curd itself works as an anti oxidant hence it good for digestion. People who intake curd get far more nutritional benefits than who take milk. The banana, honey when combines with curd to make a thick and creamy lassi, itself becomes a filling drink that not only give strength to mind and body but also keeps…

From past few days i had been baking a lot, from bread to cakes, from pasties to cookies… pheww! But hold on guys, this doesn’t mean i am tired of it. Baking is therapeutic , but the only concern for me is to keep a watch on my health. Recently i had been working on my diet regime hence i wanted to avoid APF and sugar as much as i could. Early this morning while surfing on net, i came across a savory cake recipe which was healthy, nutritious , delicious and scrumptious. It’s Savory Semolina Cake. Though the original…

Navratan Korma aka Nine- Gem-Curry gets it’s name after the nine ingredients 9vegetables, fruits and nuts) used in making a creamy, semi-sweet Mughlai Curry. This royal curry was made in the imperial kitchens known as ‘Bawarchikhana’ for the Kings and the Queens during the Mughal Era. Mughali Cuisines are over the top delicious and this particular curry tops the chart as it makes it more royal with the use of fruits, assorted vegetables and nuts. The curry becomes rich with the use of cream, cashew paste and coconut milk at times. I have learned this recipe from my grandmother, who…

I ma too much fond of curd. I can have curd in any form…lassi, chaas or in a curry. Medically the doctors suggest to have curd more than the milk. It’s good for our immunity system as well. In summers curd has to be my part of meal every day. It keep my stomach and digestive system cool and mostly protects me from falling ill. One such amazing yogurt curry is Dahi Wale Aloo… a common dish in Punjab and Northern region of India. Boiled potato chunks cooked in a thick creamt yogurt curry gives a blast to your palate….

Indian breads have a huge variety to serve. Every bread no matter plain or stuffed has it’s own unique flavor. Indian breads are made of various flours and even sometimes the combination of flours create an amazing texture and flavor. One such scrumptious Indian bread made with a combination of two flours is Missi Roti. Mainly comprises of wheat flour and gram flour in equal ratio with an addition of fenugreek leaves , carom seeds and onion. Carom seeds have a digestive element in them, which helps to digest food and even keeps are bowel system good. The fruit pods…

Statutory Warning : Bread baking is highly contagious and addictive. So before getting into this addiction, make sure you have enough stamina to run through a baking marathon….hahaha! Yes, it’s addictive, and see what is happening to me. Before yesterday i was scared of Mr.Yeast but now as i have taken everything in control, i am just not able to stop myself playing with it. Would again like to take this opportunity to mention my friend Anshu Wadwa Pande from http://www.thesecretingredient.in/, without whom this wouldn’t have been possible. After lots of failed yest experiments and kitchen disaster, it was only…

Nothing can be more blissful than the aroma of a freshly baked bread. I always had a fear to bake my bread. Yeast was the most scary thing for for unless untill i read the article on YEAST by my very good friend and a talented blogger Anshu Wadhwa Pande. Sharing the link here, where you can go through the article and come out of the fear of yeast, just the way i did. http://www.thesecretingredient.in/spilled-beans/all-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-yeast/ My friend Anshu has some amazing bread recipes on her blog, from the basics to the professional ones, you will find everything there. Her recipe…

A doughnut or donutis a type of fried dough confectionery or dessert food. The doughnut is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty outlets. Donuts are usually deep-fried from a flour dough, and typically either ring-shaped or without a hole, and often filled. Other types of batters can also be used, and various toppings and flavorings are used for different types, such as sugar, chocolate, or maple glazing. In addition to flour, doughnuts may also include such ingredients as water,…