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Homely Tikki Chaat is my take on our very Indian street food, its taste as good as we eat outside cooked with the comfort of taste of home. Nutritional Value Its main ingredient is Yellow peas and potato which is mix of protein and carb, not a daily diet food, but once in a while use it as a cheat meal. Calorie per tikki around  250 kcal Ingredients For Tikki Boiled Potatoes- 6 medium size Onion- 1 medium Coriander- chopped bunch Salt- 1tsp Chaat masala- 1/2 tsp Semolina- 2 tbsp Turmeric- 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder- 1/2 tsp Oil to shallow fry- 1/2 cup  Green chili- 1 chopped For Chole  Yellow Peas- 300 gms soaked overnight  and boiled Onion- 1 medium Coriander- chopped bunch Salt- 1tsp Bay leaves- 2 Cinnamon stick- 1 small Coriander Powder- 1/2 tsp Semolina- 2 tbsp Turmeric- 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder- 1/2 tsp Green chili- 1 chopped Oil- 1 tbsp (any) Tomato- 1 medium size Ginger small 1 inch, garlic- 4 pods and some mint and coriander leaves  Garnish Green Chutney Sweet Tam...

Combination of a bitter gourd and raw banana makes a perfect side dish for the upcoming winters. Here I have mixed veggies together as they complement each other flavour and balance the bitterness with mild sweet raw bananas.   Nutritional Value   Ingredients Bitter Gourd (Karela)- 250 gms - Thinly sliced Raw Banana- 150 gms ( 1 big raw banana) Onioin- Small shallot  Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp Salt-1tsp Cooking Oil- 1 tbsp Gram flour- 1 tsp   Method  Take a heavy bottom pan, add oil and mustard seeds in it. Put the thinly sliced bitter gourd and fry in high flame for two minutes, lower the flame and keep stirring for another five minutes. Now cover the pan and let the bitter gourd cook, we have to cook banana at the end as it is cooked very fast. Check the karela if it is semi cooked , then add the sliced onion in it and then after few minutes add bananas to it.  ...

A very basic way to cook Indian style mutton gravy which is full of all flavors and spices. This dish need lots of patience and each step of cooking is important to get the bone fall mutton at the end.   Nutritional Value Red meat is not suggested for regular consumption due to high cholesterol level and fat content. This dish will give 350 calories per person and the recipe serves 6 persons. Ingredients (for marination)  Mutton (goat/lamb)- 1 and 1/2 kg Ginger- 1 inch Garlic-  10 pods  Curd- 1/2 cup Salt- 2 teaspoon For Gravy Onion- 3 medium Tomato- 2 medium Coriander powder- 1 tablespoon Turmeric- 1 teaspoon Garam masala- 2 teaspoon Mutton masala- 2 tablespoon Ginger- 1 inch Garlic- 10 pods Star anise- 2 Cinnamon stick- 1 stick Bay leaf- 2 leaf Method Marinate Wash the mutton thoroughly and  marinate it with the ingredients and keep in fridge for 2 hours minimum, overnight marination gave best results. ...

Adai Dosa comes from the morning menu of southern India. I got this recipe from my Tamilian friend who shared her traditional way of making soft and yummy Adai Dosa.   Nutritional Value The recipe is a mix of rice and lots of pulses which includes lots of protein with carbs. This recipe makes around 12 dosa's. Calories- 100k cal ( per piece) Protein- 15 g approx Carb- 12 g approx Ingredients 1 cup- Dosa rice 1 cup- Normal rice 1/4 cup- ToorDal 1/4 cup- Chana Dal 1/4 cup- Moong Dal 1/4 cup-  Urad Dal 1/2 cup - Grated  fresh coconut  5 - Red Chilies (soaked in water and mad into paste) Salt to taste Few curry leaves Few Coriander leaves Method Soak the rice and all pulses overnight  grind them in regular Dosa batter and keep it for outside for fermentation for 3 to 4 hours. This recipe doesn't need the tradition fermentation as the pulses doesn't need that strong fermentation. Before cooking mix the chopped ...

A very simple fish curry made by mom. Light ingredients for a light summer lunch in a quiet Garhwali home. Nutritional Value Fish has an expected 240 calories in 1 cup  This dish serves 5 people. Almost 50 percent in one cup of fish is protein combined with fat and carbs. Ingredients 700 gms of fish 1 teaspoon Coriander powder 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon Garam M 2 teaspoon Salt 6 cloves of garlic 2 cloves 3 tablespoon of oil Method  Marinate the fish pieces with salt and two teaspoon turmeric powder. Let it rest for half an hour . Add 2 tablespoon of oil in a wok and fry the fish  Three medium size onions, two tomatoes chop and keep them. Sic minced garlic clove with two cloves.  Fry the fish both side till they turn little Golden brown  Remove the fish pieces and now add one tablespoon of oil and fry the chopped onions till they are golden brown. ...

We always try to retrieve familiar faces in our lives, it could be a smile, voice, manner anything. While being on a walk, moving across the country or world, we always get attracted to certain frames of mind as friends, colleagues, or neighbors. We can't be friends with everyone, but the hunt of finding a face instate the basic communication. Change of college, jobs, marriage moving is what we all do. However, my very first neighbors in the state was an elderly couple. The lady was friendly with a sweet smile on her face, her white cloudy hair used to remind me of my Grandma. I often use to mention her to my parents and Grandma over Skype. It was my first foreign stay and I felt very welcomed with her warm smiles. I use to had small chats with her, usually about the weather, or how I am today! American movies had made me familiar to their fire brigades, ambulances, but seeing them often raised my concern for the elderly couple. Later, I came to know, the couple has a midd...