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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा When I was india I had done lot of R&d to prepare the Puff. I tried it couple of times but it didnt become fluffy. It was very messy too. So for a while I thought lets try to use the readily available Puff Pastry Sheets out here in the market. The outcome was amazing. But I would be happy the day I get this outcome when i can make those sheets too :) Ingredients 2 Puff Pastry sheets 1 Cup Prawns 1 Tomato 2 Onions 4 Garlic Cloves 1 Spoon Corriander Powder 1 Spoon Red Chilli Powder 1/4 Spoon Garam Masala 1/4 Spoon Jeera Powder 1/2 Spoon Black Pepper Powder A pinch of turmeric powder 1 Egg Salt to taste Oil Method Take out the pastry sheets from the fridge and keep them aside to thaw. In the mean time, heat the oil and add finely chopped onion to it. Cook till onion is translucent Add finely chopped tomato in it and cook till tomato is almost done. Add prawns and garlic to it and cook for couple of minutes. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, g

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा Couple of weeks back I tried this unique experiment. I had one old melon sitting in the fridge so was curd, so thats what lead to this recipe. Ingredients 1 Melon 6 Cup Curd 5 Spoon Sugar A pinch of Vanilla Essence Salt to taste Method Chop the complete melon into small piece Keep aside few pieces for garnishing and grind rest of them in the mixie to make the juice. Strain the juice and add it to curd. Add sugar, salt, vanilla essence and again mix in the mixie Garnish with the melon pieces and serve chilled. Notes I used sweet thick curd, and didnt need to add any water because the melon juice was enough to lighten the curd to Lassi

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा This was salad that I did impromptu with all the ingredients I had at home. The result tasted good and lettuce too this time was quite good. Ingredients 1 Cup chopped Lettuce 1/2 Cup Pineapple 1/2 Cup Mango 1 Boiled Potato 1 Tomato 1 Fresh Red Chilli 1/2 Spoon Oregano 1/4 Cup Pickled Cucumber 2 Spoon Vinegar Salt to taste Method Add chopped lettuce to the bowl Add chopped pineapple and mango in it. Add finely chopped tomato in it. Remove the cover from boiled potato and add the small cubes in the bowl Add finely sliced red chilli in it Cut the pickled cucumber into small pieces and add in it. Add Salt to taste, oregano and vinegar Mix well and serve. Notes I had cut all the stuff and added to the bowl and then around half an hour before dinner I mixed in oregano and stuff well. I thought otherwise all the flavors might get mixed in each other and wont taste as good as I would like :) and that proved right because the next day in lunch box it didn

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा I have seen quite a few people buy the readymade dosa or idli batter. But I guess I dont like the taste. There is nothing as good as compared to home made stuff. And Idli is something very very easy to prepare. You just need to plan a day ahead thats all it takes. Rest is easy. Ingredients 1 Cup Udid Daal 2 Cup Idli Rawa Salt to taste Oil Method Soak Udid Daal and Idli Rawa for atleast 8 hours. Strain the water from the Udid Daal and grind it in the mixie to fine paste. Strain water from the idli rawa and grind it to fine paste too. Mix rawa paste and udid daal paste well and keep aside for atleast 8 hours In the morning, mix in salt really well Heat the water in a cooker - without lid Grease the idli pan and add the idli mixture in there. When the water in the cooker starts to boil put the idli stand into the cooker and cook for around 10-12 minutes on high flame with lid closed but no whistle. Open the cooker and let the idlis cool down a little.

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा I was very inclined to prepare the burger at home but didnt want to try any meat burger. So thought of preparing paneer one. But then the indian grocerry store was little far from my place so thought to try it on tofu. The burger turned out quite well and the mildness of tofu vanished in the spcies and other things that I added. Ingredients 4 Burger Buns 100g Tofu 2 Onions 1 Tomato 1 Fresh Red Chilli 4 Cheese Slices 1/2 Cup Lettuce Ranch Dressing Salt and Pepper Oil Method Cut the Tofu into cubes Heat oil and keep the flame on low. Add tofu pieces and cook till light brown in colour. Add onion slices, red chilli into it and cook till onions are slight brown in colour Add salt and pepper and stir well. Divide the mixture into 4 portions On each bun keep the cheese slice and add the portion of the cooked tofu mixture. Spread the lettuce, tomato Slice, couple of drops of tomato ketchup and one circle of the ranch dressing. Close with the upper portion

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा This Spicy daal was something I just experimented out when I was in pune. It turned out great. Actually mom dad loved it and then when I came here even ajoy liked it :) So thought of posting the recipe Ingredients 3 Cup Tur Daal 1 Onion 1 Tomato 6-7 Garlic cloves 1/4 Spoon Mustard 1/4 Spoon Jeera 1 Spoon Red Chilli Powder 1/4 Spoon Turmeric Powder 1/2 Spoon Jeera Powder 1/2 Spoon Corriander Powder 1/4 Spoon Garam Masala Corriander Leaves for Garnishing Butter cubes Salt to taste Ghee Method Cook tur daal with 1 cup water in the cooker. Heat the oil and let the mustard and jeera splutter in it Add finely chopped onions, garlic pieces and fry till onions turn translucent. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, jeera powder, corriander powder and garam masala and mix well. Add tomato and cook till tomato is completely done. Add in cooked tur daal, salt and mix well. Cook for couple of minutes with constant stirring Add enough water for getting desired

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा I prepare these kind of bhaji very few times as I always loved those Crab style bhajis more than these. But when I felt like eating these last weekend, I prepared them and turned out quite well. Ingredients 2 Onions 1/2 Cup Bason 1/4 Cup Corriander Leaves 1 Spoon Red Chilli Powder 1/4 Spoon Turmeric Powder 1/2 Spoon Corriander Powder 1/4 Spoon Jeera Powder Salt to taste Oil Method Finely chop onions and add the salt to it. Keep aside for 5-10 minutes Add Bason, corriander leaves- finely chopped, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, corriander powder, jeera powder and mix to form the paste. Add water if needed. Heat the oil in a pan, and add a spoonful of it into the paste. Mix the paste well and fry the Bhaji's of small size to crispy brown colour. Notes I normally apply salt to onion and keep aside as that helps in seperating water and then the paste doesnt loosen after some time. Since I add the heated oil I dont use eating soda, heated oil is