Garlic chutney 1

Ingredients:
1 cup of peeled garlics
2 tbsp Red chilly powder
salt to taste

Mehtod:

1. Make a fine paste of garlic
2. Add red chilly powder and salt
3. Mix well and fill it in a jar.

Note: This dry garlic chutney can be stored for 90 days time. And can be used for multipurpose dishes. just by adding a little water you can eat it with kababs, vada pav, tikkis etc.

Vada Pav

VADA PAV …..listening to the name my mouth starts watering…….Vada Pav is life for any mumbaikar….an all time favorite snack which u can grab anytime and munch it…even if you are in the local train or walking down the street. Vada pav is not the seasonal thing…one can have vada pav irrespective of season or timing ………In the college canteen while on a break, while roaming with friends, even when out of office or especially when Mumbai local trains are late and waiting for the train vada pav is the best option for all I have seen. Especially with hot and spicy garlic chutney and onions. It’s so tasty that one can’t resist eating.

Basically vada pav is a maharastrian dish. But it is found almost everywhere and people enjoy with leisure…Today I tried making vadapav at home as I am basically from Mumbai. so I MISS vada pav so much here that this time I thought let me use my hands on it as I have seen my mother making it so easily and use to be so delicious ….And as tried out the recipe my mother use to make it turned to be amazingly yummy…………so thought lets share with all who are true fans of vada pav…and those who are not “which I highly doubt” I bet they would love it once they eat VADA PAV.

Ingredients:
8 pavs
3 tbsp garlic chutney
3 cups boiled and mashed potatoes
2 tsp ginger and green chilly paste
1tbsp garlic minced
5-6 curry leaves
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp hing
2 tbsp oil

For covering
1 1/2 cup besan flour
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 1/2 tsp oil
salt to taste
a pinch of soda
Oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Take oil in apan and add mustard seeds, when they start dancing add hing and curry leaves
2. Now add the gingerand green chilly paste along with minced garlic and saute for a while
3. Add the mashed potatoes and salt and toss well
4. Remove from heat and cool it at room temperature
5. make 6 balls out of the mixture and keep aside

For the covering:

1. Take all the ingredient ina large bowl and make a batter adding water as required
2. Dip the vadas in this batter and coat it well
3. Deep fry this vadas in the hot oil and till golden color

To make vada pav:

1. Slice the pav from between and apply a bit of garlic chutney or as spicy you require, place one vada on it while covering it with the other slice

Note: You can also put 1tbsp of chopped onions in the vada pav as it will make it even more tastier.

Lauki Halwa

Lauki ka halwa is an authentic Indian dish which can be had as a sweet and a dessert Lauki ka halwa is being loved by even those who does not like lauki at all…it is not found in most kitchen as people don’t like it. but even other dishes of lauki turns out to be tasty enough such as lauki kofta curry which is very delicious, even lauki muthiya which is basically found in gujrathi homes, lauki raita which once made no would be able to say that it is lauki raita………Lauki halwa can be served hot and even chilled after keeping in the fridge. At my house it is being had mostly in winter with either kachoris or onion pakoras in the morning breakfast.

Ingredients:
5 cups grated lauki
100 grams khova or mawa
½ ltr milk
2 tbsp ghee
1 ½ cup sugar
2 ½ tsp cardamon powder
4 tbsp dryfruits

Method:
Take ghee in the nonstick pan and add lauki
Simmer lauki for a while and thn add milk.
Let lauki get cooked in the milk completely.
Thn add grated khova and sugar and again simmer for a while.
Now add cardamom powder and dryfruits and cook for a while.
Serve hot or cool as desired.

Delicious taste of Indian food and variety of Indian spices

Indian food has got so much of varieties in it. I f you see the food variations throughout India then you will see four major varieties in Indian food. North Indian Food, South Indian Food, East Indian Food and West Indian Food. Just like we have different castes, languages, traditions so we do we have different food varieties.

We all know that world is crazy about delicious Indian food. People love Indian food for its variety of spices. In fact I can say that, we have so many spices that, other countries don’t even have so many of dishes with them. My name is Chandnee Khandelwal. I am very found of cooking so i keep trying new dishes at home and just thought why not share all those recipes with you all. I will try and post a few recipes on daily basis. So just stop by and check out for the latest recipes. You can also subscribe to my Recipe Feeds.