Indian Sweets : Coconut Burfi With Jaggery | Kobbari Sweet | Konkani Soyi Khadi Recipe

Preparation Time: 60 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup fresh grated Coconut
• ½ cup Crumbled Jaggery
• ½ table spoon Card
• Ghee to grease on the plate
• 8 – 10 coarsely fried and crushed Groundnuts

 Method:

• Heat a non stick pan. Place the coconut and jaggery mixture in it.

• The jaggery melts and stir the mixture well.
• Add the cardamom powder and groundnuts.

• Keep the medium flame and keep on stirring until it starts leaving the sides of the pan as shown in picture.
• Meanwhile grease a plate with ghee.

• Pour the above mixture in to the greased plate and spread it using greased cup.

• Let it cool.
• Now cut it into required shape.

• Yummy coconut burfi is ready.

Indian Sweets : 7 Cup Sweet | Seven Cup Burfi Recipe

The name 7 cup sweet is because, 7 cups of ingredients are used to prepare this sweet.

Preparation Time: 60 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Besan/Chickpea flour
• 1 cup Ghee
• 1 cup freshly grated Coconut
• 1 cup Milk
• 3 cups Sugar ( But here I have used only 1 cup sugar. 3 cups makes the burfi tooo sweet.)
• 8 – 10 Cashew nuts and Almond 

 Method:

• Dry grind cashew nuts and almonds coarsely.

• Dry roast besan until the raw smell goes off. Do not roast too much till it changes color.

• Now add sugar, milk, grated coconut and ghee one by one slowly.

• Add coarsely ground cashew nuts and almonds, mix well.

• Keep the medium flame and keep on stirring until it starts leaving the sides of the pan as shown in picture.

• Meanwhile grease a plate with ghee.

• Pour the above mixture in to the greased plate and spread it using greased cup.

• Let it cool.

• Now cut it into required shape.

• Yummy 7 cup burfi is ready.

Babycorn Masala | Babycorn Capsicum Side Dish For Roti

Preparation Time: 45 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 15 Babycorns
• 2 medium Onion chopped
• 1 small Capsicum chopped
• 2 medium Tomatoes chopped
• 8 - 10 Garlic pods
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 1 table spoon Red chilli powder
• 1/4 table spoon Kasoori methi
• 1/2 table spoon Coriander powder
• A pinch of Turmeric powder
• 1/2 table spoon Cumin seeds
• 2 table spoon oil
• Salt as per taste

Method:

• Wash babycorn and cut them into small pieces as shown in picture.

• In a vessel put water and babycorn. Add a pinch of Turmeric and salt. cook till it becomes soft.
• When it is done drain the excess water and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a kadai, and fry chopped onion and garlic pods, till the onion turns ligth brown.
• Now add chopped tomatoes and fry for a while.

• Put the contents of kadai in a mixer. 
• Add chilli powder, coriander powder and kasoorimethi. Grind it to smooth paste. 
• In a kadai, put cumin seeds. 

• When it starts spluttering, add coarsely choppod onion and capsicum. saute for 2 minutes.
• Now add the ground masala. Saute for some time till the gravy becomes thick.
• Now add babycorn and milk to the gravy.

• Let it cook for 5 minutes.
• Hot and spicy babycorn masala is ready to serve with hot roti.

South Indian Style Rava Fish Fry | Konkani Style Fish Fry

Preparation Time: 60 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• Fish medium sized, 6 in number (I have Indian Salmon)
• 1 table spoon Tamarind extract
• 4 table spoon Red chilli powder
• 1 table spoon Turmeric powder
• ¼ table spoon Garlic paste (optional)
• 1 cup Rice Sooji/Rava
• Oil for frying
• Salt as per taste

 Method:

• Clean and wash the fish neatly. Cut it in small pieces as shown in picture.

• Prepare a marinade, by using all the above ingredients except oil.

• Apply marinade to fish and leave it for around half an hour.

• Heat non stick tava, dizzle oil.

• Roll the fish in sooji so that it gets a coating of sooji all around.

• Now fry the fish on medium flame on all the sides.

• Use oil if required.

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• Fish fry is ready.

Quick Rice Dishes : Easy To Make Tomato Rice | South Indian Tomato Bhath Recipe

Tomato Bhath is one of the best dish one can make with Tomatoes. The recipe for very easy and tasty dish of tomato, tomato bhath goes here…

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of Rice
• 3 medium size Tomatoes
• 2 medium size Onions
• 1 ½  table spoon Ghee
• 7 to 8 Garlic pods
• A small piece crushed Ginger
• 5 to 6 Black Peppercorns
• 4 cloves
• A small bunch of Coriander leaves.
• Salt as per taste

Method:

• Take water in vessel and cook Tomatoes till it becomes soft.
• Grind Tomatoes in a mixer, along with ginger and garlic, to get a thick puree. Keep it aside.

• Put ghee in a thick bottomed kadai and fry cloves and Black Peppercorns in it.
• Now add finely chopped Onion, fry till it turns light brown.

• Add rice and tomato puree. Mix well and fry it a for 2 minutes.
• Add 5 cups of water. Cover the lid and let it cook till, added water gets absorbed fully and rice gets cooked nicely.

• Now add salt and sprinkle finely chopped coriander leaves and mix well.
• Tasty Tomato Bhath is ready.

Tea Time Snacks : Simple And Easy Vatanyachi Usal / Missal / White Dried Peas Snack

Vatanyachi Usal is a traditional maharastrian dish, that is popular among local mumbai people. 

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

• 1 cup dried white peas, soaked overnight
• 2 table spoon oil
• 1 table spoon mustard seeds
• 1 strand of bay leaf
• A pich of asafoetida
• 1 table spoon red chilli powder
• ½  table spoon turmeric powder
• 1 cup grated coconut
• Salt as per taste

 Method:

• Wash and soak white peas over night and drain.
• cook the dried peas along with a little salt to 4 whistles and keep it aside

• Heat 2 table spoon oil in a thick bottomed pan.
• Add mustard seeds, bay leaf and asafetida.

• To this seasoning, add cooked peas,  stir and mix well.
• Now add chilli powder and turmeric powder as required.

• Add salt and grated coconut, saute well.

• Tasty Ussal ready to serve.

Healthy Breakfast Recipe : Kanda Pohe | Batata Poha | Phanna Phovu | Seasoned Beaten Rice

Beaten Rice is called as Poha in Marathi. Kanda Poha or Batata Poha is a very famous Maharashrian breakfast dish. In Konkani, this dish is called as Phanna Phovu. Here is the recipe.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Beaten/Flattened Rice Flakes/Poha/Avalakki, of medium thickness.
• 1 large Potato, scrubbed and cut into thin cubs.
• 1 large Onion cut lengthwise.
• A pinch of Turmeric powder
• 1 table spoon oil/ghee
• Small piece of finely chopped ginger
• 1 strand Curry leaves
• 2 medium size finely chopped Green chilli
• ½ table spoon Mustard seeds
• ½ table spoon Urad daal
• 2 strands finely chopped Coriander leaves
• ¼ cup grated Coconut (Optional)
• 1 table spoon  Sugar
• Salt as per taste
• Little Lemon juice for taste (Optional)

 Method:

• Soak poha in water and squeeze out the water. Add little salt and turmeric powder, mix well. Keep it aside for 10 minutes, so that poha becomes soft.
• Heat very little oil in a kadai. Add potatoes, fry till it becomes slightly brownish. Keep it aside.
• In the kadai, heat fresh oil, add mustard seeds and urad daal.
• When it starts spluttering add curry leaves and green chilli.
• Now add Onion and fry till it turns slightly brownish.

• Add fried potatoes, mix well.
• Now add soaked poha, salt as per taste and sugar. Mix well.

• Finally add grated coconut(optional) and coriander leaves and mix it.
• Now get the kadai off the flame and keep it covered for 10 minutes. Add little lemon juice for the taste and mix well.

• Serve hot.

 PS: We can as well use green peas to this dish. After frying onion we can add green peas, sprinkle little water and let it cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Then add soaked poha.