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Vegetable Korma is lightly spiced curry from Indian cuisine. Korma is called or known as Kurma. I am sharing a rich creamy and buttery recipe of Vegetable Korma with you all. Its a restaurant style recipe that I am sure you all will love the most. Besides going and enjoying this dish in a restaurant you can make this dish at home and enjoy with family and friends.  About Korma or Kurma  - Korma is a curry dish that is popular in India as well as in Central Asia. The base of curry can coconut paste, milk, yogurt cream, onion or tomato paste or nuts and seeds paste or combination.  In North Indian and Mughlai cuisine generally, milk, yogurt (curd) and cream are added. Whereas South Indian version is made up using coconut along with nuts and seeds.  There are many many versions of making Korma, The taste and the flavour vary with the cooking technique and ingredients used in the Korma.  About today's special Vegetable Korma recipe - This Veg Korma tastes awesome. Its not only sweet-t

 Palak Vada is a very nice and flavourful tea time snack. The recipe I am sharing with you is a local snack or a breakfast dish from my Vidarbha Region. I have grown up having this so many times for breakfast. This dish is served locally in restaurants and also we make it at home.  This dish is loaded with iron rich spinach and also onions and some common spices thats available in our kitchen. Palak Vada can simplified as Double Deep Fried Spinach And Onion Fritters.  This dish is easy to make and can be made for breakfast, evening or tea time snack. We also like to have it for brunch. I highly recommend you all making this dish at home and I am very much sure you all will love it.  Let's get started.....  PALAK VADA Ingredients -  2 cups of palak (spinach)  1 large onion sliced  2 cups of gram flour (besan)  1 tsp red chili powder  1/2 tsp turmeric  1 tsp coriander powder  1/2 tsp cumin powder  Salt to taste  Water to make batter Oil for frying  Recipe -  Take spinach, onions and

 Dadpe Pohe is a Maharashtrian recipe that gives an amazing twist everyday rice flakes. Pohe, rice flakes or flattened rice is breakfast staple in most Maharashtrian homes. There is more than one way to prepare delicious poha. Kaanda poha has a lot of onions in it. Similarly, the batata poha has potatoes and no onion in it. The kaanda batata poha is the most common variety and has both onions and potatoes in it. The taste varies quite a lot if you alter the poha ingredients.  Dadpe Pohe recipe uses raw, unwashed poha, which is mixed with vegetables and tempered with very aromatic ingredients. It is salty, slightly sweet, and wholesomely delicious. The raw poha in dadpe pohe gets softened because of the moisture that is released by vegetables. You wont be able to tell poha is uncooked; it absorbs the flavours so well.  Dadpe Pohe recipe is spicy, sweet and makes for a perfect breakfast or an evening snack served along with a cup of Hot Ginger Tea.  Furthermore, before I wrap up the reci

GANPATI BAPPA MORYA!!!  MODAK is a sweet dumpling made during Ganesh Chaturthi festival.  Modak is an Indian sweet popular in states of Maharashtra, Goa and in the regions of Konkan in India. The sweet filling inside of modak consist of freshly grated coconut and jagery or dry roasted coconut and powdered sugar while the outer soft shell is made from rice flour or wheat flour for crispy outer cover.  RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE - Modak is considered to be the favourite sweet of Hindu deity, Ganesha or Ganpati. During Ganesh Chaturthi, the puja usually concludes with an offering of 11, 21, 51 or 101 Modaks to Ganesha as prasaad or prasadam. Modaks are made with rice flour shells or wheat flour shells. Now a days there are varieties of modaks like Mava Modak, Chocolate Modak, Peda/Pedha Modak and so on.  Today I am sharing a fried version of Modak, Fried Modak as the name suggests is a fried version of the steamed modak and much easier to make than steamed version.  "This year Ganesh Cha

 Khandvi is a very famous Gujarati cuisine. Also known as Patuli, Dahivadi or Suralichi Vadi in Marathi. This is a savory snack in Maharashtrian cuisine as well as Gujarati cuisine of India. It consists of yellowish, tightly rolled bite-sized pieces and is primarily made of gram flour and yogurt.  Khandvi is readily available across India and is commonly eaten as an appetizer or snack. Many people choose to buy it from local shops rather than preparing it at home.  Khandvi is usually prepared from a batter of gram flour and yogurt seasoned with ginger paste, salt, water, turmeric and sometimes green chilli peppers. The batter is cooked down to a thick paste and then spread thinly on a flat surface. Khandvis are then rolled up tightly into 2-3 cm (1 inch) pieces. With its impeccable taste and easy process, this snack has gotten popular all over India slowly and steadily. Not only for a snack, but it is also served in Gujarati breakfast and is made in almost all Gujarati households on a

Hola Mi Amigos!!!!  We have a long weekend here in Canada. Its a civic holiday, so thought to make this long weekend special.... So this being Saturday night I have made a tempting, crunchy, crispy, cheesy flautas.  What is Flautas????  Flautas is a Mexican food dish that typically consists of small tortilla that contains filling. Filling can be of your choice vegetarian or non-vegetarian. But our beloved blog Foodies Us is specially made up for sharing variety of vegetarian ercipes so I am sharing a vegetarian flautas recipe with you all.  The dish is often topped with condiments such a sour cream or guacamole. Corn tortillas are usually used to make flautas. You can also use regular flour tortillas to make flautas although using corn is more traditional.  Flautas are a crowd-pleasing Mexican dish that can be made many different ways.  "Flautas" is a Spanish word for "Flute". Once you go through the recipe details and know ow it is made you will know why.  THE BASI

Spaghetti an authentic Italian cuisine. A very easy and super quick to make dish for you all. Today sharing a very yummy buttery and quick to make Butter Garlic Spaghetti with you all. This dish can be made anytime and can be enjoyed with family and friends. You can also carry this in your lunch box. With few simple ingredients you can make this dish and enjoy!!!! This Butter Garlic Spaghetti is also not so spicy that even kids can enjoy. Butter Garlic Spaghetti Ingredients Spaghetti 2 tsp butter 4-5 garlic cloves Half tsp red chili flakes 1/4th tsp black pepper Salt to taste Water to boil spaghetti Recipe Boil spaghetti as per the instructions on packet. Finely chop garlic cloves and keep aside. Heat butter in pan and add finely chopped garlic cloves to it. Sauté it on medium heat. Sauté it till the garlic turn golden in color and then add boiled spaghetti to it. Add in the red chili flakes and black pepper to it. Season with salt as per your taste

Hello dear Foodies!!!!!! This weekend I am here with an amazing and healthy recipe made with Grilled Tofu and Crunchy veggies and crunchy crispy walnuts.....  What is Tofu????  Tofu is also know as bean curd, is a food prepared by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into solid blocks of varying softness; it can be silken, soft, firm or extra firm. Beyond these braod categories, there are many varieties of tofu. It ha a subtle flavour, so it can be used in savoury and sweet dishes. It is often seasons or marinated to suit the dish and its flavours, and due to its spongy texture it absorbs flavours well. It is most often treated as a meat substitute. It is a traditional component of East Asia and Southeast Asian cuisines and has been consumed in China for over 2000 years.  Benefits of Tofu -  Tofu contains several anti-inflamatory antioxidant and phyto-chemicals making it a great addition to an anti-inflamatory diet. Tofu is also a good source of 'complete'

Hello Foodies!!! So today I am again sharing a Chilled recipe with you all Khus Cooler.  Khus is also used as a flavouring agent, usually as khus syrup. Khus syrup is made by adding khus essence to sugar, water and citric acid syrup. Khus essence is dark green thick syrup made from the roots. It has a woody taste and a scent characteristic of khus.  Vibrant green Khus Sharbat usually labeles as Khus Syrup can be found at South Asian Stores, but its availability may be limited to summer months.  Using this concentrated syrup you can make a variety of drinks by mixing in chilled water, lemon/lime sodas or ginger ale. Khus Syrup can also be used to flavour milkshakes or as a dessert syrup.  So lets start up with our today's very simply and quickest recipe Khus Cooler.  KHUS COOLER Ingredients -  1 cup khus syrup  5 glass of water  Half cup chia seeds 5 tsp lemon juice 2 tsp black salt  Ice cubes  Recipe -  Take khu syrup in a large bowl and add chia seeds to it,  Add water to it and m