Since navratri is approaching it strike me to share this very yum fasting snack, which is all time favourite and since years i have heard people asking my mom dear for recopies as there vada's never turned crisp. So here I share the good old mom ke haath ka recipe made by me this time and a great taste in mouth travelled just now... Sabudana Vada or say Sago vada Sabudana or Sago is a common ingredient that is used in fasting recipes all over india to make vada, sabudana khichri, sabudana kheer etc. This vada not only during fast but can be enjoyed otherwise also as a morning or evening snack and tastes best with curd/ dahi and mungfali chutney. INGREDIENTS 1 cup sabudana/ sago 3 to 4 medium potatoes/aloo (boiled) ½ cup peanuts/mungphali coarsely ground in mixer after roasting 1 tbsp cumin seeds/jeera (optional) 1-2 green chillies finely chopped 1 tsp finely chopped ginger/adrak 1 tbsp lime juice (optional) few chopped coriander leaves/dhania (optional) sendha namak/ rock salt  ghe...

I have encountered many such incidents when best of my cakes went uneaten just coz they had eggs in it...some senior citizens or people allergic to eggs or those who are pure vegetarians...so here i post recipe to egg-less cake taught to em by my mom...an expert cook... Ingredients 2 cups whole wheat flour/ flour 2 cups   sugar/ shakkar 3/4 cup - 1 cup refined oil 1 cup curd 1/2 Tbsp baking powder 1 1/2 Tbsp soda bicarbonate   (meetha soda) 1-2 Tbsp cinnamon powder Water / milk to be added according to the consistency of the batter A handful of walnuts, raisins, almonds as per choice Method 1. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees Celcius. 2. Mix curd and oil together in a bowl ( you can use blender, whisker or even a mixie pot) and.... Then mix the dry ingredients(flour, BP and BS) into this bowl and fold well.  3. Mix it till  dripping consistency, adding water/milk  if needed. 4. Grease the bottom of a baking dish and sprinkle lil flour on it and pour th...

Yes you heard it right it's a cake with coke and chocolate ctoo...a deadly combinations isnt it.... so here's what u have to do... Flour / maida        - 2.5 cups cocoa powder       - 1/2 cup baking powder      - 1.5 tsp baking soda          - 1.5 tsp refined oil             - 3/4th cup condensed milk    -  400gm(1 tin) sugar                     - 3 tbsp pepsi/ coke/ thumbs up - 180 ml vanilla essence      - 1 cap walnuts                 1 cup Coke cake method Beat oil + condensed milk + sugar. Mix well till oil is not seen in separate state and is mixed properly. It should be a uniform paste. Side by side sieve maida, cocoa pdr, BP, BS 6-7 times. Now add half of maida mix and half of soft drink to above mixture. Mix properly not much of beating is required till all...

Layered cake or call it marble cake, well when i had not made it i use to think why this name, why cant it be just called simple chocolate cake, but name matters. When made with proper layering one can actually enjoying the different layers that can be seen when cake is ready. There is no specifications but natural layers that cake produces look really beautiful, and when such creative layers are your own creations then you feel more on top of it. Easy to make, and more than that beautiful in platter. INGREDIENTS Eggs   6 Refined oil  300ml Sugar  300g Flour  300g BP  2tsp Cocoa pdr  1tbsp Pine esse  2tsp Soda bicarb  ½ tsp METHOD Beat eggs and sugar in a separatebowl. Mix flour with baking powder and soda bic arb ad sieve it 4 to 5 times to incorporate air.  Add cocoa powder to half the batter. Alternately pour chocolate and plain batter into the tin and run a fork or knife through it to cre ate mar...

Sweet pickle of raw mango/ Gulamba/ Methamba/ kairi cha god loncha The smell and taste of raw mango is captivating in summers and refreshing too. Lot of things are made of it be it pickle, panna, chutney's etc. Here i am sharing recipe of one such accompaniment of raw mango.... Its called gulamaba coz it has "gur" (jaggery) and "amba" ( mango) in it, also methamba as thr is touch of methi dana in it or in simple terms kairi cha god meaning raw mango's sweet pickle... So for this you need Cooking time - 10 minutes Ingredients Raw Mango ( any variety) 3-4 nox. Jaggery 200-300 gms Red chilly powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Salt as per taste For Tempering Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds -1/2 tsp. you can use powder also if u dont like to bite this seed. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Fennel seend (saunf) 1 tsp Mustard - 1 tsp For Seasoning  Refined oil - 2 tsp Mustard 1- 1tsp Asafoetida - 1 tsp Curry leaves - few cut raw mango in to pieces even uneven pi...

Winters are soaring and so are the taste buds, there is that special place of pudding after every meal, and when sun's heat is not much around we need the heated puddings on platter. Out of which mung dal halwa is one of my i am sure everyone else's favourite too.  Its one of those rich delectable dessert . So here my mung dal halwa recipe which has experience of my mom's hand as she only taught me and now i m mung dal halwa expert in my family. You will need: 2 cups yellow mung dal (dhuli) (split yellow gram) 300 gms ghee(clarified butter) 2 sp besan 3 & 1/2 cup water 2 & 1/2cup sugar 1 tsp elaichi powder Sliced almonds, cashews, pistachio for garnishing. Now how to make: 1. Soak moong dal in water for 3 to 4 hours. ( Dont leave too much water) 2.  Drain and grind to fine paste using very little water. 3. Pour and melt ghee in non-stick pan or kadhai. 4. Add Moong dal paste and stir the mixture continuously on a low flame.     Initially the paste may stick ...

Green Gram Sprouts - 1 cup  [for sprouts soak green dal overnight and then spread on seive and cover with damp cloth for 2 days and keep on soaking cloth in between, if the climate is normal sprouts will pop in 24 hrs If you don't want raw sprouts, steam it for three minutes and it will become soft; or microwave all the vegetables for a minute or two.     Chopped onion - 1 Chopped Ginger - 2 tsp Chopped Capsicum - Green, Yellow, Red - 1/2 cup as per availability Chopped Tomato - 1 cup Chopped Cucumber - 1 cup Grated or finely chopped Carrot - 1 cup Salt as required Lemon Juice - 1 tsp Pepper Powder - 1 tsp Chaat Masala - 1 tsp we can add nuts to add crunch to it.     Method Mix all the ingredients and fill in canapes.  i made canapes at home in cone style. At the time of serving, add puffed rice or sev, tomato sauce, sweet chutney, boiled potato and so on.