LOTUS SEED RICE

I have already posted Lotus seed subzi and Soup yesterday.  Now I have to post the pickle and the rice which I tried yesterday.  You tube: lotus seed rice

The rice which I made was excellent with the lotus seed.  I am quite lazy to write a big story about the dish and must have noticed that most of my recipes are narrated shortly.  Here I have no patients to write about it as I have already described about the lotus and seed in the Soup and Subzi recipe.

POHA KESARI

Any festival or occasion is incomplete without a sweet dish.  Sweet dishes are always required for some people especially after having lunch.  I crave for some sweets after lunch if not a piece of chocolate.

Poha kesari is a sweet dish made out of poha or aval or beaten rice or rice flakes.  It is very easy to make and tasty too like other kind of kesari we make with Suji/rava/semolina.  If you add sugar to any item, you can make anything and everything and it will be tasty because it is sweet.  

Since I always want to eat something sweet after having my lunch, I keep on searching for some kind of sweets in the fridge.  If I do not find anything, I eat a piece of jaggery or bit sugar.   

Poha kesari is a simple preparation and can be made for any occasions.  If you are having unexpected guests, this is an ideal sweet to serve as dessert.

KHANDVI

Khandvi rolls are favorite snack dish of my husband and children.  Whenever, we pass by the shop TIP TOP, we never miss buying this stuff and the Alu vadi.

This is a popular Gujarati dish made out of gram flour and butter milk.  I never made an attempt to make this khandvi at home since I thought it will be a difficult task.  But somehow, I made up my mind and thought of trying it.  I have gujarati and marwadi friends and asked for the recipe as they know well about it.

They happily shared the recipe with me as they know that I am having a blog and the next post will be this recipe in my blog.

After learning the same, I made it four or five times and it came out well.  Infact when I  made the same for the first time, it came out well but the rolls were bit thick.  Then I decided to practice it and made four or five times.  Today, I shared the same with my friends and they all said that it came out well.

Now I am confident of making this stuff and need not go to TIP TOP as I found the same very easy to make.  Infact I have to try with only half cup of gram flour as it is sufficient for my husband and children.

Now let us look at the recipe now:

KHANDVI

PANEER POTATO BONDA

Paneer potato bonda is a very tasty snack item.  I had one potato boiled and more than 50 gms paneer with me.  My daughter wanted to eat the chilli bhajia so I had made some besan batter for making the bhajia.

Since there were some left over batter, I thought of trying this bonda.  It was really awesome when I served it bot with some tomato sauce over a cup of tea or coffee.

Very easy to make with available ingredients at home.  So let us look at the recipe now:

paneer potato bonda

WATER MELON CHUTNEY

During summer season, we always buy lots of water melon and I used to preserve the white portion of it to make varieties of dishes out of it.   the link is here:    Rasam, curry, juice , kootu,  kheer, dosa   halva, pickle.

The most liked one was the halva which I had sent to my husband's office for his birthday.  The chutney made out of the white portion of the water melon was very tasty with the dosa today.   You can always try some different varieties when you are bored of the regular chutneys served.

 Let us look at the recipe now:

WATER MELON PICKLE

Pickle season is on and we make various pickle.  I always try something different.  Today I tried the water melon white portion chutney and pickle and was awesome.  Chutney I served with dosa today and pickle with curd rice.

I have already posted various recipes with water melon white portion.

 the link is here: Rasam, curry, juice , kootu,  kheer, dosa   halva 

Let us look at the recipe now:

Water melon pickle

AJWAIN PATHA THOKKU

Pickles are my favourtie.  Recently I  made pickles with vazhathandu, black grapes and have posted already.  Today I tried the ajwain patha drink and the thokku.

Since the patha is edible, having medicinal values, I tired the thokku.  It is similar to our normal thokku nothing special about it and easy to make.  So let us look at the recipe now:

AJWAIN PATHA DRINK

THIS IS A HEALTHY SUMMER COOLER.  Summer is on.  We have to hydrate our body to escape from the scorching sun.  Your intake will be less and feel like having something cold always.

During summer, we must have more salads, fruits, juices and coconut water.  My mother in law will start giving children coconut water right from February till the raining season.   Cucumber, water melon has lot of water contents in it so we must conusme more of these during summer.

Coming back to the ajwain patha drink, ajwain patha is known as oma elai, karpooravalli elai, pani koorka elai which is very good for health and got medicinal values.  We make bhajia, paratha also with these leaves.  I used to put this in for making kashayam too.

Today I made thokku with these leaves and the drink also.  Let us look at the recipe now:

Ajwain patha drink

CARROT, MOONGDAL, LAPSI HALVA

Today is my elder brother's birthday and I would like to take some sweets for him.   First I thought, will take a cake and give him a surprise visit.  Since he goes to the temple for bhajan in the evening, I have to inform them otherwise big Godrej lock will be in front me if I go to his house.

Today, being Ekadashi and Saturday also, he will be fasting will not eat anything.   Finally, I thought of making this halva since Moongdal and lapsi are used for fasting, I thought of adding carrot into it to make halva.

Recently, I made Carrot  Moongdal payasam  and was a hit in my house as well as neighbours liked it.

This halva is also very tasty, simple one and can be had by anyone.

Let us look at the recipe now:

BREAD VADA

Spicy snacks with a cup of tea/coffee during the rainy season is always welcome.  But normal days also, you can enjoy the snacks with the coffee/tea.

I am always in search of new snack recipes which can be made easily withe the available ingredients at home.

I was having four slices of bread so thought of making this vada.  Mix up of few ingredients  here and there makes an innovative recipe and  that is the best one you must have made in a hurry sometimes.

Let us look at the recipe now:

bread vada

APPLE PICKLE

Recently, I have posted the Apple Chutney Recipe.   Apple Pickle is another recipe which I made  long back and shared with www.simpleindianrecipes.com.  Here I am presenting a different version of apple pickle which is very tasty.

You can choose green apple or the red apple and the normal apple which is locally available.  Pickles can be preserved for a long time.  But this pickle has to be consumed fresh hence better to make the quantity required for one or two time serving.

APPLE PICKLE

Let us look at the recipe now:

APPLE CHUTNEY

Chutneys can be served with dosa, idli, upma etc.  I try various kinds of chutney  with vegetables, fruits which are easy to make and readily available at home.  Today I made Apple chutney to serve with dosa.  It was very delicious.  You can make this chutney with very few ingredients which are always available at home.

If you have grated coconut stored in the fridge, then you can make any kind of chutney at home very easily.

Let us look at the recipe now:

METHI POHE VADE

Methi Pohe Vade is  made with left over Kanda Poha which I had in the fridge.  Since I do not wan to waste it, I thought of making something out of it.

I had some methi leaves in the fridge and I made use of that to make this YUMMY Methi Pohe Vade.  It is a nice snack along with a cup of hot coffeee/tea.  Sometimes, with the left over items, we can make some innovative dishes.

This post is lying in my draft since July 2015 and today only I realised that I have not posted it.



Let us look at the recipe now:

BLACK GRAPES PICKLE

I am coming out with yet another pickle recipe which is with a fruit.  Black seedless grapes are available now and I tried the pickle with it.  Since it was very sweet, I had to add extra chilli powder to balance it with vinegar.

Since the grapes are very soft, it will not take much time to  make this recipe.  If refrigerated, will remain for 3-4 days but before that you must have finished the entire lot as you will love them.

This can be served with dal rice, curd rice, paratha etc.  Now the season is of pickle, I am concentrating more on pickles.

Let us look at the recipe now:

VAZHATHANDU COCONUT DRINK

During the summer season, my mother in law always give coconut water to drink for my children.  In fact in the month of February itself, she starts giving them till the rainy season starts.  This practice I also follow till today after her death in 2009.

Fresh Coconut water itself is very cooling to the body.  Since I was having vazhathandu after making the vazhandu neer mor, I decided to make it along with the coconut water as I had an extra tender coconut with me.

VAZHATHANDU COCONUT DRINK

Let us look at the recipe now: