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Cucumber peanut salad recipe – How to make cucumber peanut salad or khamang kakdi salad recipe – salad recipes

Cucumber peanut salad – a very simple, easy and delicious salad recipe made with cucumbers, grated coconut, roasted peanuts powder, lemon juice and spices.  This is a very refreshing as well as nutritious salad, as coconuts and peanuts add nutrition and cucumbers gives a refreshing taste to the salad.  Lemon juice, when added, gives a

Wheat halwa (with fenugreek seeds) recipe – How to make wheat halwa (atta ka halwa) recipe – halwa recipes

Wheat halwa or atta ka halwa is a delicious halwa made from whole wheat flour, dry fruits and jaggery as the main ingredients.  In this recipe, I have added methi seeds to make it more nutritious and healthy.  Methi seeds are used as a cure for joint and back pains especially during winter season.  This

Collection of 27 paneer recipes – Easy Indian paneer recipes

Paneer is a very common and important ingredient used in Indian cooking.  It is used in making curries, dry subzis or desserts.  Paneer is prepared by adding lemon juice or vinegar or citric acid to hot milk  to separate the curds from the whey.  The curd is then drained in muslin cloth and the excess

Aloo gobi matar recipe – How to make aloo gobhi matar recipe – side dish for rotis

Aloo gobi matar is a simple and easy sabzi recipe made with potatoes, cauliflower and green peas cooked with minimum Indian spices which are easily available at home.  It is a very popular vegetarian dish especially from North India.  This recipe is a onion-tomato based curry made with aloo, gobi and matar and is a

Condensed milk cookies – How to make condensed milk homemade cookies recipes – eggless recipes

Condensed milk cookies recipe is a delicious and tasty cookie made with condensed milk, little sugar and maida and flavoured with choco chips.  You can also add dark chocolate pieces instead of choco chips.  These cookies can also be served as a lunchtime snack for kids.  Crisp and light, these cookies are easy and quick

Mixed dal fry recipe – How to make mix dal fry or panchmel dal recipe – Panchratna dal recipe

Mixed dal fry or panchmel dal is a dal recipe made with 5 different lentils/dals. Panch means five and this dal is a very popular dish from Rajasthan cuisine.  This mix of dals packet is easily available in most of the supermarkets in India.  The flavours of all the dals along with the spices gives

Garlic coconut chutney recipe – How to make garlic coconut chutney for idli dosa – chutney recipes

Garlic coconut chutney is a easy chutney recipe made with coconut and roasted chana dal and flavoured with garlic cloves.  This chutney goes well as an accompaniment to all south indian snacks like idlis, dosa, upma, uthapams etc.  You can also store this chutney in a refrigerator for upto 2 days. Garlic coconut chutney is

Potato sagu recipe – How to make potato sagu or potato masala recipe – side dish for rotis

Potato sagu also called as potato masala or poori masala is a very delicious and simple recipe made with potatoes.  It is also a quick recipe which can be prepared in less than 30 minutes if you have boiled potatoes ready with you.  Potato sagu is more popular in South India especially in Karnataka and

Kesar pista kulfi recipe – How to make kesar pista kulfi recipe – summer recipes

Kulfi is a popular frozen dairy dessert also called as traditional Indian ice-cream.  Kulfi is very similar to ice-cream in appearance and taste, but it is denser and creamier and takes a longer time to melt than ice-creams.  Though kulfi comes in different flavours, the more traditional and popular ones are badam, rose, mango, saffron,

Eggless orange cake – How to make eggless orange cake recipe – cake recipes

Eggless orange cake is an easy and simple cake with an orange flavour to it.  This recipe is made with fresh orange juice, but you can also use canned or readymade orange juice.  You can replace maida with whole wheat flour or half of maida and half of wheat flour, for a healthier version.  Do try