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KESAR SRIKHAND T his is a extremely popular Indian desert where plain yogurt is transformed into melt in the mouth delicacy...In south India this dish is served as a desert after the end of the meal..Srikhand has creamy, semi-soft consistency and is slightly yellowish in colour... Ingredients 1. Hung curd - 1 cup 2. Powdered sugar - 1 1/2 cups 3. Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp 4. Saffron : 6-7 strands mixed with 4-5 tb sp of milk. Preparation 1. Take hung curd in a bowl, add cardomom and mix well. 2. Now go on adding powdered sugar little by little and mix well. No lumps should be formed. 3. Now add little kesar milk and mix well. See the consistency, if its very thick, you can add little more kesar milk. 4. Serve chilled.

URAD DAL VADA Ingredients 1. Urad Dal -1 Cup Soak urad dal for 8 - 10 hrs in water then drain the water completely and immediately grind it to a smooth paste without adding water, I think it will take 4-5 minutes to gring the urad dal to smooth paste.  2. Green chilli -3-4 finely chopped 3. Jeera - 1/2 tsp 4. Coriander -1 tbsp finely chopped 5. Coconut - 2 tsp grated 6. Hing - 1/2 tsp 7. Salt as per taste 8. Oil for deep frying Preparation: 1. Take a bowl add ground urad dal paste, green chilli, Jeera, Coriander, Coconut, Hing and salt as per taste and mix well. Just go on mixing the paste with the hands in the circular motion so that the paste will be fluffy enough.  How to test the paste is fluffy? Take a bowl of water and drop 1/2 tsp of the above paste in the water so that it should come up as soon as you drop it. Then its done and ready to deep fry. 2. Heat Oil in a kadai on medium flame. 3. Add one one scoop of mixed paste in the hot oil and deep fry t

Vegetable Rava-Idly Upma Servings - 4 Cooking time - 20 minutes Ingredients Idly : 8-10 nos mash the idly with hands like grains Onion: 2 medium chopped Chilli: 3-4 chopped finely Tomato: 1 large chopped Potato: 1 medium chopped Beans: 5-6 Carrot- 1 medium chopped Paneer- 1/2 cup chopped (Optional) Channa dal: 1 tsp Urad dal: 1 tsp Ground nuts - 2 tsp Ginger - garlic paste - 1 tsp Mustard and jeera: 1/2 tsp Salt to taste Sugar - 1/4 tsp Oil: 2 tbsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Procedure 1. Heat oil in pan, add channa dal, urad dal, mustard, jeera. 2. Now add ginger garlic paste, turmeric and saute. 3. Now add onions, all vegetables and saute for a minute. 4. Add salt, sugar mix well. 5. Add mashed idly, mix well and serve hot...

Mushroom-Pudina ke paratha.. This is protein rich recipe.... tasty bhi and healthy bhi.... I have added mild masala to get the flavour of pudina and taste of mushroom... Serves - 2-3 Cooking Time - 20 minutes Ingredients Wheat flour - 2 cups Salt - 1/2 tsp Oil 1/2 tsp Knead to a smooth dough with water and keep aside for 10 mintes.. Filling Fresh Pudina : 1 cup wash and drain water completely. Mushroom ( Button mushrooms) : 7- 8 buttons finely chopped Green Chilli: 2-3 finely chopped (as per spicy) Mustard: little Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp Jeera powder: 1/4 tsp Ginger garlic paste - 1/4 tsp Onion : 1 medium finely chopped Salt to taste Oil for drizzling. Procedure For filling, 1. In a pan add oil, jeera powder, turmeric, ginger garlic paste and oinons saute for two minutes and keep aside to cool down. once the mixture is cooled completely, add fresh pudina and raw chopped mushroom to the pan and mix well. Now the filling is rea