Rich and flavorful vegetable made with methi(also called fenugreek), green peas and cream for richness. This is a typical North Indian delicacy. You can either use fresh cream, half and half or whole milk. As we are adding powdered cashew the gravy itself will get thicker.  Ingredients 1 small onion cubed 2 garlic cloves 1 inch ginger 1 green chili 2 tbs cashewnut powder(take a tablespoon or so of cashews and grind it to make a powder) 1 tsp oil+ 1 tbs ghee/oil 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 1 tbs tomato paste 1 1/2 cup washed and chopped fresh methi leaves 1/2 tbs sugar Salt as per taste 1/2 tsp garam masala 1/4 tsp cumin powder 1/2 tsp coriander powder 1/2 cup half and half+1/2 cup water(1/2 cup milk can be substituted for half and half) 1/4 cup cubed paneer(optional) 2 pinches kasoori methi Method In a pan add a teaspoon of oil and saute cubed onions until lightly browned. Cool the onions and grind it along with garlic, ginger and green chili. Keep the paste a...

डाळींबी भात बनवायची माझी ही पहिलीच वेळ होती. मी डाळींब्या खुप वेळा केल्या आहेत आणि त्याची रेसीपी मी ब्लोग वर टाकलीच आहे. ह्या वेळेस विचार आला कि वाल भीजत घातलेच आहेत तर थोडे जास्ती घालावेत आणि उसळी बरोबर डाळींबी भात पण करून बघावा. माझ्या मैत्रिणी कडे मी हा भात खालला होता खुप वर्ष आधी, तेव्हा पासुन डाळिंबी भात करून बघायची इच्छा होती. केल्यावर इतका अप्रतीम झाला आणि घरात ही सगळ्यांना आवडला. चला तर मग सुरु करूया डाळींबी भात. साहित्य १ १/२ कप मोड आलेले व सोललेले वाल १ कप तांदुळ(स्वच्छ धुतलेले) ४ हिरव्या मिरच्या+४ लसुण पाकळ्या ठेचुन १ १/२ टीस्पून गोडा मसाला १ १/२ टीस्पून धने पुड १ टीस्पून जिरे पुड २ टेबलस्पून गुळ ३/४ कप नारळाचे दुध १ १/४ कप पाणी चवीनुसार मीठ चिरलेली कोथिंबीर सजावटीसाठी फोडणीसाठी साहित्य  २ टेबलस्पून तेल कढीपत्ता १/४ टीस्पून मोहरी १/४ टीस्पून जिरे १/४ टीस्पून हळद कृती  कुकर मध्ये तेल गरम करून फोडणी करा. फोडणीत मोड आलेले वाल, मिर्ची व लसणीचा ठेचा  घाला. एक वाफ आणा. नंतर त्यात तां...

डाळिंब्या, कडवे वाल, बिरडे  किंवा नुसतेच वाल ह्या विविध नावाने केली जाणारी ही उसळ खास मराठी पद्धत्तीची आहे. खास सणावारी केल्या जाणाऱ्या डाळिंब्या  खायला अतिशय रुचकर लागतात. तर नावाप्रमाणे ह्या वालाची चव थोडी कडसर असत, म्हणुनच ह्या उसळीला गुळ जास्ती लागतो. सर्वप्रथम १ कप वाल भिजत घालावेत, ह्या मापाचे साधारण ३ कप मोड येउन सोललेले  वाल होतात. तर ह्या मोड आलेल्या वालाच्या २ पाककृती मी पोस्ट करणार आहे. पहिली पाककृती आहे डाळिंब्या किंवा वालाची उसळ, दुसरी आहे डाळिंबी भात. १ १/२ कप वालाची उसळ आणि १ १/२ कप वालाचा डाळिंबी भात.  साहित्य (ह्या मापाच्या २ जणांसाठी डाळींब्या होतात) १ १/२ कप मोड आलेले, सोललेले वाल  २ टेबलस्पून तेल  १/२ टीस्पून मोहरी  १/८ टीस्पून हिंग  १/८ टीस्पून हळद  २ टेबलस्पून गुळ चिरलेली कोथिंबीर  कृती प्रथम १ कप भरून वाल २४ तास पाण्यात भिजत घालावेत. नंतर ते पाणी काढुन टाकुन चाळणीत वाल उपसत ठेवावे. पाणी पुर्णपणे निथळले की चाळणी ताटली ने झाकुन ठेवावी आणि वालाला मोड येऊ द्यावे...

You will surely fall in love with corn and paneer toast, crispy bread and cheesy topping makes these toasts delicious. Combination of paneer and corn in white sauce plus cheese and some green chili's for heat is just out of this world. Fresh corn has a natural sweetness and it goes so well with paneer.  For homemade paneer recipe, click here.   Ingredietns Corn Kernels from one corn 1/2 cup cubed paneer 1/3 cup chopped onion 3 green chili's chopped 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese White Sauce(recipe follows) 5 bread slices 1 tsp butter 1 tbs chopped cilantro Pinch of red pepper flakes Salt and pepper as required 1/2 tsp of butter White Sauce 1 tbs butter 1/2 tbs Maida/All Purpose Flour 1/3 cup whole milk Salt and pepper as required Method First let's start with white sauce. In a non-stick pan melt the butter, add maida or all purpose flour to it. Stir and let it becoming frothy and bubbly on medium flame. Add milk and keep stirring continuously t...

Karela is also commonly known as bitter gourd. As the name suggest it is very bitter in taste and so not many people are big fan of Karela's. But unlike others I love karela.  I have also eaten Karela chips in India, they were crunchy and salty and simply delecious.  I make 3-4 different varieties of karela sabzi and one of them is stuffed karela. Today's recipe is inspired by North Indian cuisine. It is little bit time consuming but made with minimum ingredients.  Ingredients 5 small Karela's 1 tbs + 2 tbs canola oil 2 large onions  1 1/2 tsp coriander powder 1/8 tsp chili powder 1 tsp dry mango powder/amchoor Salt as required Twine or white cotton sewing thread to tie the karelas Method While picking karela's from market look for small one's, almost the size of your finger or slightly bigger than that. Little karela's will cook faster. Wash Karelas and make a slit lengthwise, remove all the seeds in between. Salt the slit karela's pret...

Wraps are more convenient to eat if compared with sandwiches. Don't get me wrong I love sandwiches as much as I love wraps. In wraps all the ingredients are tucked inside tortilla and rolled, so you don't have to worry about ingredients falling out like in a sandwich. Today's wrap recipe is inspired by Mexican cuisine. Grilled veggies and salsa make these wraps tastes ohh so good.  Ingredients 6 burrito size flour tortilla 2 Zucchini diced 1 small green pepper diced 1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels 1 jalapeno diced Store bought salsa as required or  Click  here for home made salsa recipe(Get hot salsa if you are a spicy eater) 1 cup canned black bean Sour cream as required Mexican cheese as required Hot sauce as required Method Preheat oven for 375 F. Grill Zucchini, corn, green pepper and Jalapeno pepper for 15 minutes or until slightly charred. Next step is pretty easy, you just need to spread all the ingredients on a tortilla and roll it into...

Ladoo is a popular dessert snack in India. Ladoo's are made from variety of flours like besan, whole wheat, semolina, coconut etc. Rava naral ladoo as the name suggests is made from rava+naral. These ladoo's tastes oh so delicious, they are soft and just melts in your mouth, plus fresh coconut give these ladoo's just the right texture.  Ingredients 2 1/4 Cup fine rava/semolina 3 tbs ghee/तुप  1 cup fresh grated coconut 1 1/2 Cup sugar+ Water to make syrup or पाक as called in marathi 1/4 tsp cardamom powder Method Melt ghee in a kadhai, add rava to it and over medium flame roast until you get a nice aroma and rava turns slightly pink in color. Add grated coconut and roast for some more time and shut off the gas. In another pan mix sugar and just enough water to cover the sugar. Bring this mixture to boil on a medium heat. You will need ektaari paak for these ladoo's. Now the question is how do we know if paak is done? The syrup should be little bit s...