Cucumber Pachadi – Raita

Ingredients
     Cucumber washed, peeled & finely chopped
     Yogurt 2 cups
     Cilantro (coriander leaf) washed and finely chopped
     Green chillies 1-2 finely chopped
     Coconut grated 1 t.spoon
     Salt 1/2 t.spoon
     Mustard seeds less than 1/4 t.spoon
     Hing a small pinch
 (omit on Ekadasi as hing is usually cut with whole wheat flour.)    Cooking Oil 1/2 t.spoon Method
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Avial – Curried Vegetables – South Indian style

Ingredients
     Vegetables – Carrots, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Eggplant .
     Coconut 1 cup
     Green chillies 8
     Red chillies 2
     Cumin seeds 1 t.spoon
     Tamarind paste 1/4 t.spoon
     Salt 1 t.spoon (or to taste)
     Coconut oil 2 t.spoon
    Yogurt 1/2 cup
     Curry leaves a few Method
     Chop all the vegetables evenly, and cook it with little water.
 Add […]

Paneer Delight

Ingredients:
Sachamoti Sago: 250 GMS. Paneer :  250 GMS.
Milk : 200 ml
AppleOne 
Mango (Ripe)One
 watermelon1 Slice 
Sugar 4-Tablespoon
Strawberry Milkmaid : 1 Tin
jelly crystals : 85 GMS. ** Moshams chain stores throughout NZ carry bona-fide jelly from Pakisthan
Desiccated Coconut : 50 GMS.
Food Colour: Red & Green 
Ghee : Small amount to fry Decorative : Almonds, Cashew and […]

Sweet Potato Kheer

Ingredients:
1 cup grated sweet potatoes (ratali)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh coconut scraped 5 cardamoms, ground 4 cups full cream milkWhat you do:
Wash, peel and grate sweet potatoes. Cook in milk till it turns soft and the mixture thickens. Then add sugar, cardamom powder and coconut and cook for a few minutes. Serve hot or cold. […]

Sabudana (Tapioca) Khichli

Ingredients:
2 cups sago (sabudana)
1 cup roasted, coarsely pounded peanuts
1 tsp. cumin seeds
6 green chilies 4 tbs. ghee
1/2 lemon finely chopped
fresh coriander for garnishing
1/2 cup freshly scraped coconutWhat you do:
Wash sago, drain and set aside for one hour. Heat ghee. Add cumin seeds. Then add green chilies, letting it fry briefly. Mix in sago, peanuts, salt […]

Stuffed Bananas

Ingredients:
6 ripe, peeled rajali bananas
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh coconut green cardamom ghee for fryingWhat you do: Cut banana into 3-inch pieces. Cook sugar and coconut with cardamom seeds on slow fire, until sugar melts and the mixture thickens. Slit each banana piece, and fill in coconut mixture. Hold together with a toothpick. Fry in […]

Peanut Curry

Ingredients:1-2 cups finely ground, roasted peanuts 2 green chilies
tamarind or kokum to taste
ghee (clarified butter)
3-4 cups waterFor paste: cumin seeds
coriander
fresh coconut
2 sticks of cinnamon
2 cloves jaggery
salt to tasteWhat you do:
 Boil water, add ground peanuts and ground paste of cumin seeds, green chilies, cloves, cinnamon, salt and jaggery .Add kokum or tamarind pulp to it […]

Hare Nariyal Ki Chutney

Really adds zest to your fast !Ingredients:
2½ cups (approx. 1 whole) Fresh coconut, grated
125 gms (2½ cups) Hara dhania (green coriander), chopped
25 gms (approx. ¼ cup) or to taste Green chillies, chopped
1 tsp Ginger, chopped
4 tsp Sendha namak (rock salt)
1 tbsp Sugar
2 tbsp, or to taste Lemon juiceGrind all the ingredients together, to a fine […]

Paneer Mazedaar

Rich and creamy — a reward for fasting !Ingredients:
500 gms Paneer, cubed
3 tbsp Singhare ka atta (waterchestnut flour) 2 tbsp Magaz (melon seeds)
2 tsp Sendha namak (rock salt)
1 tsp Chilli powder
2 tsp Zeera (cumin seeds), roasted, powdered
2 tsp Dhania (coriander), powdered
- 2 tbsp Ghee (clarified)
1 tbsp (or to taste) Green chillies,  chopped
2 tbsp Hara dhania […]

Sabut Aloo

Long list of ingredients, but simple to make !Ingredients:
500 gms Potatoes (small, whole) boiled, peeled½ cup (100 gms) Dahi (yogurt), beaten smooth
2 tsp Dhania (coriander) powder
¼ tsp Pissi kali mirch (powdered black pepper)
1 tbsp Sendha namak (rock salt)
2-3 Green chillies
2 tsp Ginger, chopped
2 tbsp Ghee (clarified butter)
1 sprig Kadhi patta (curry leaves)
1 tsp Zeera (cumin […]