Sweet Pongal

Ingredients:
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Rice - 1 cup
Split Moong Dhal - 1/2 cup
Ghee - as required
salt - 1 tsp
Jaggery - 2 cups
Water - 2 1/2 cups
Milk - 2 cups
Water for dissolving jaggery - 1/2 cup





1. Pressure Cook rice, dhal, 1 tsp ghee, salt for 4 whistles.
2. Mash rice, dhal. Keep aside.
3. Add 1/2 cup water to jaggery and dissolve on a medium flame.
4. Once dissolved, strain jaggery water to remove dirt.
5. Boil Jaggery on a medium flame and wait until String State. ( Kambi Patham ).
6. Stir in the mashed rice, dhal mixture and combine well.
7. Add ghee as required.

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Ingredients:
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Gingelly Oil
Brinjal - 5
Garlic - 4 Cloves
Onion - 1/2 chopped
Tomato - 1/2 chopped
Tamarind - 1 small piece
Salt
Chili Powder - 1 tsp
Coriander Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Vadagam



1. In a pan, add Oil and fry vadagam.
2. Saute garlic, onion, brinjal.
3. Now add tomato, chili powder, turmeric, coriander powder.
4. Soak Tamarind in water and squeeze the juice.
5. Add Tamarind juice, salt to Brinjal.
6. Cook until brinjal is well cooked.

Pesto Pasta

Ingredients:
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1.Pasta - 2 cups
2.Pesto Sauce - 2 tbsp
3.Mushroom ( sliced ) - 3/4 cup
4.Spinach - 1/2 cup
5.Asparagus - 1/2 cup
6.Bell Peppers - 1/2 cup
7.Salt
8.Olive Oil
9.Red chili flakes - 1 tsp
10.Chili Sauce - 1 tsp
11.Dried Tomatoes


1. Cook Pasta acc. to Package Instructions.
2. In a pan, add oil and cook all the vegetables until tender.
3. Add Pasta, salt, Red chili flakes, chili Sauce.
4. Finally add pesto sauce, dried tomatoes.

Little Angels

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Muruku

Muruku is a favorite snack of my nephew Arvind. I prepared this for him and he finished in a day.

Ingredients:
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Rice Flour - 2 Cups
Roasted Urad Flour - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1/2 to 1 tsp
Butter - 2 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Hing - pinch
Oil - for Frying
Water

1. Combine all the ingredients.
2. Add water and make a thick dough.
3. Using a muruku press and 1 Star shape plate make a spiral shape.
4. Deep Fry in oil.

Vegetable Noodles

Ingredients:
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Noodles
Vegetables ( juliened ) - [ Carrot, Beans, Bell Peppers, Onion )
Soy sauce - 1 tsp
Chili sauce - 1 tsp
Garlic - 3 cloves
salt

1. Add Noodles, salt to a rapid boiling water.
2. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes and drain.
3. In a pan , add oil and saute garlic, vegetables.
4. Add Soy Sauce, Chili Sauce, salt.
5. Finally add noodles and mix well.

BlackEye Peas Peppers

Ingredients:
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Black eye peas - 1 cup
Bell peppers - 1 cup
onion - 1/2
Salt
Lime juice
Garam masala - 1 tsp

1. Soak Black eye peas overnight and pressure cook for 1 whistle.
2. Drain water.
3. Combine Black eye peas, salt, lime juice, bell peppers, onion.
4. Add Garam masala at the end.

Gobi Manchurian

Ingredients:
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All purpose flour - 1/2 cup
Corn starch - 1/4 cup
Cauliflower florets - 2 cups
Onion - 1 diced.
Bell pepper - 1 diced
Spring Onion - 1/2 cup chopped
Green chili - 2 chopped
garlic - 2 cloves chopped
Cilantro - 1/2 cup chopped
Tomato Ketchup - 1/4 cup
Chili sauce - 1/4 cup
Soy sauce - 2 tsp
Vinegar - 1 tsp
Salt

1. Combine All purpose flour, corn starch, salt, water and make a paste.
2. Dip Cauliflower florets in this paste and deep fry in oil.ch
3. In a pan , add oil and saute garlic, chili, Onion , Spring Onion.
4. Add Bell peppers, Chili sauce, ketchup, Soy sauce, Vinegar, salt, Cilantro.
5. Toss the fried cauliflower florets and mix well.

Mexican Quesadilla

Ingredients:
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Tortilla
Mozzarella Cheese - grated
Garlic - 2 cloves minced
Onion - 1 finely chopped.
Bell peppers - 1 finely chopped
Mushroom - 10 sliced.
Tomato - 1 chopped
Green chili - 1 chopped.
cumin powder - 1 tsp
salt
Pepper - 1 tsp
cilantro

1. In a pan, add oil and saute garlic, onion, peppers, mushroom, green chili.
2. Add cumin powder, salt, pepper powder and cook until veggies are tender.
3. In a hot skillet , place tortilla and spread grated cheese, tomato, spring onion, cilantro.
4. Now spread the prepared vegetable mixture.
5. Once the cheese melts, fold tortilla.