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Summer season is Mango season. Today I'm sharing a yummy mango drink with you all. I hope this drink will soothe you this summer and you will enjoy it with your family and friends. Mango Banana Smoothie  Ingredients   2 mangoes  2-3 bananas 5-6 Ice cubes Sugar (if needed) 2-3 saffron strands Recipe Peel mangoes and bananas. Chop and put them in a blender. Add ice cubes, add saffron strands. Blend them all together till you get smooth texture of the mixture. Add sugar if needed. Pour the mixture in a glass. Refrigerate for 1 hour and enjoy Mango Banana Smoothie.

Appam is one of the South Indian dishes. Usually it is made with rice and urad daal but today I am sharing a quick and easy to make recipe of Rawa Appam, so whenever you feel like having Appam or tea time snack or evening snack this dish can be a very good option. Rawa Appam Ingredients   2-3 cups Rawa (semolina) 1 onion finely chopped 2-3 chillies finely chopped Salt as per taste  2-3 cups of water Oil for shallow frying  Recipe Mix rawa, water and salt as per your taste in a bowl forming a paste like batter. Let it rest for 2-3 hours. Later add chopped onions and chilies to the batter and mix well. Heat Appam dish on medium flame. Add oil in each slot in the dish. Now add a tsp of batter in each circle and cover the aappam dish with a lid for. Cook aappams for 2-3 min on medium flame then flip to the other side. Cook aappams from both the side till the turn golden in color. Serve aappams with any chutney of your choice, sambhar or ketc...

Today sharing a chatpati chaat recipe. Simple and very easy to make at home. Shev Batata Puri is a snack loved by kids and adults just the same. Anytime you feel like having chaat you can make it and enjoy. Sev Batata Puri Ingredients  10-15 puris 1 small cup green chutney 3-4 potatoes boiled 1 onion finely chopped 3-4 tsp finely chopped coriander leaves 1 small cup sweet chutney 2 tsp red chili powder 1 cup sev Salt as per taste  2 tsp chaat masala Recipe Arrange puris in a plate. Make small holes into it. Keep them aside. Mash potatoes in a bowl add red chilli powder and chaat masala as per your taste and mix well. Stuff the potato stuffing in the puris add green chutney and sweet chutney. Add chopped onions and garnish with sev and coriander leaves. Sprinkle red chili powder and serve immediately.

When it rains in India everyone feels like having hot pakoras with different chutneys. One of the snacks that is loved by everyone. Today I am sharing the best snack with you Onion Pakora also known as Kaanda Bhaje or Onion Fritters. Onion Pakora Ingredients 6-7 onions 2-3 cups gram flour 2 tsp red chilli powder 1 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp carom seeds 3-4 tsp finely chopped coriander leaves Salt as per taste Water Oil for frying Recipe Slice onions. Take onions in a mixing bowl add salt and dry spices red chili powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, carom seeds and salt to it and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes.  Now add 2-3 tsp gram flour to it mix well. Add more gram flour to make a paste like structure add little water to it and mix well. Add coriander leaves. Add salt if necessary. Heat enough oil in a wok for frying. Once the oil is hot enough start adding smaller chunks of the batter with a spoon and start frying. Fry the p...

Phool Gobi (cauliflower) can be prepared in different ways. We find this vegetable available in markets whole year.  Today I am sharing a bit different recipe with you, Phool Gobi Keema or we can call it Spicy Minced Cauliflower. We can have this dish with roti, naan, tortilla, paratha or bread. I learnt it from my mother. Sharing this recipe with you all because I personally love this dish ;) I hope you all will enjoy this dish at your home :) Phool Gobi Keema (Spicy Minced Cauliflower) Ingredients 1 medium sized cauliflower 2 medium onions Half tsp garlic paste 1 tsp cumin seeds 2 tsp oil 3-4 tsp coriander leaves 1 tsp lemon juice 2 green chillies slit into two (optional) 1 tsp sesame seeds 1 tsp red chilli powder Half tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp coriander powder 1 tsp garam masala powder 1/4th tsp cinnamon powder Salt as per taste Recipe Blend cauliflower coarsely in a grinder. We don't want cauliflower paste we need g...

Paani Puri is the most loved street food. People of all age groups are tempted to eat Paani Puri. But these days we find some places are not good to eat and we are also not sure what kind of water and spices are they mixing in it so we these days think of our health, so making paani puri at home can be preferred right? Paani Puri is very commonly found everywhere you go in India, but these days you can find Paani puri and paani puri lovers overseas too. In different states of India paani puri is know by different names. Some know it as Puchka, some know is as Gol Gappa or Gupchup and so on. So today lets go ahead with making paani puri at our home.... :) Ingredients  Puri   (Usually you can get the Readymade Puri Packets in the markets), but if you wish to make puri at home you can follow the below given steps. All purpose flour (Maida) 2 cups Semolina (Rawa) 1 cup 4-5 Tsp clarified butter (Ghee) 1 tsp oil for coating dough Salt as per taste Oil for fr...

Going international today, sharing a Mexican recipe with you my foodies! I have tasted authentic Mexican food and I just love it. Tried and thought of sharing with you all. I hope you will love this recipe and will enjoy it with your family and friends. Veggie Quesadillas Ingredients 1 whole wheat tortilla 1 medium sized onion 1 medium sized tomato 1 bowl of mixed bell peppers (red, yellow, green) 1 jalapeño 1 cup grated cheddar cheese Monterey jack cheese Salt as per taste 1 canola oil (any of your choice) Taco sauce or tabasco sauce Recipe Put a flat bottom pan over a medium flame. Add a tsp of oil and add chopped onion and chopped bell peppers. Sauté them for a min. Now add chopped tomato and jalapeño. Add salt and tabasco sauce as per your taste. Sauté till its half done. Switch off the flame and keep the veggies aside. Heat another pan or skillet and brush it with little oil and put one tortilla over it. Sprinkle cheese and top it with vegetables that ...

Snack Time!!! Today I'm sharing one more snacking recipe with you all. You can serve these to your friends, family for snack, tea time party, kitty parties, kids party, lunch box and so on. I hope you all enjoy this recipe with your family and friends. Bread Rolls Ingredients 8-10 bread slices 4-5 potatoes oiled and peeled off 1 medium onion finely chopped 1 tsp chili paste Half tsp mustard seeds Half tsp turmeric  powder 2 tsp coriander leaves finely chopped 1 tsp lemon juice or 1 tsp chaat masala Half tsp cumin  powder Salt as per taste Water to soak bread slices 5-6 tsp semolina Oil Recipe Mash the potatoes and keep them aside.  Heat 2-3 tsp oil in a wok add mustard seeds to it. As the mustard seeds start crackling add turmeric powder to it and add chopped onions and sauté for a minute. Add cumin powder to it and mix well. Switch off the flame and pour the sautéed onions on potatoes, add salt, coriander leaves, lemon juice or chaat ma...

Idli is a South Indian dish loved and enjoyed in all over India by everyone. We can have Idli with Sambhar, Chutney or Ketchup. Preparing an idli batter usually takes 1-2 days. So today we I am sharing a simple recipe to make idli anytime you want. If you feel like having idli at your home so instantly you can prepare it and have. Rawa Idli is an instant recipe that you can easily make at your home without any mess.  Rawa Idli With Coriander Garlic Chutney Ingredients (Rawa Idli) 3 cups of rawa (semolina) 3 cups of curd (yogurt) or sour buttermilk 1 sachet eno (fruit salt) Water (if needed) Salt as per your taste Oil for greasing Recipe Take rawa (semolina) in a mixing bowl add yogurt or buttermilk to it. Mix well. The batter should be of paste like consistency easy to pour. After mixing rawa and yogurt if you feel the mixture is bit thick then you can add water to it. Add salt as per your taste and mix well. Keep it aside for some time. Grease the idli ...

Leafy vegetables are one of the best medium to maintain health, especially spinach. Spinach is loved by most of the foodies. We can prepare variety of spinach dishes. I am surely going to share many dishes with you. For today I am sharing one of my most beloved dish with you all "Fresh Corn Spinach" I got to learn this from my aunt (maasi) Fresh Corn Spinach Ingredients Half kg of spinach (whole leaves washed) 1 cup of fresh corn kernels 1 tsp cumin seeds 2 tsp ginger garlic paste 2-3 green chillies (depending upon your taste) 2 pinches of asafoetida Half tsp turmeric powder Half tsp coriander powder Half tsp cumin powder Salt as per taste 10-12 garlic cloves Oil Water Recipe Wash spinach leaves. Boil 3-4 cups of water in a pan and add spinach leaves to it. Boil the leaves for 5 mins, remove from the flame, strain the leaves and immediately pour cold water over the leaves (this will help to us retain the original color of spinach leaves) Blen...