How to make idli in a microwave oven

Microwave idli

Heat a spoonful of mustard oil in a wok/kadhai and add mustard seeds, curry leaves, a slit green chilly, grated carrots and onions. Add the idli pieces. Toss and serve.

02 September, 2010 | Views: 25895

Salad recipes for an Indian lunch and Ayurveda

Recipes for Indian salads, according to Ayurveda

Kuchumma is the the simplest salad that goes with a number of Indian dishes and meal menus. According to Ayurveda, raw vegetables are best had during lunch, when the digestive agni is at its peak. The ginger-lemon juice salad, of course is an

21 August, 2010 | Views: 12892

Chocolate Biscuit Pudding, Vaishnav cuisine

chocolate biscuit pudding recipe, vegetarian recipe, vaishnav food for krishna

Mix all ingredients listed for the chocolate sauce and simmer on medium heat, until the mixture thickens. Spread a layer of this sauce in a platter. Dip the glucose biscuits one at a time in the coffee mixture and arrange neatly over the sauce.

21 August, 2010 | Views: 5838



Sweet saffron rice recipe from Lucknow, North India

Sweet saffron rice from Lucknow kitchen

This looks golden, smells great, and tastes wonderful. The only thing to be careful about is to keep the heat slow while caramelising. We want it golden, but overdo it by just a few seconds and the sugar burns and makes it bitter.

22 October, 2009 | Views: 10108

A Vegetarian menu from Assam

Assam tea, vegetarian menu from Assam

This is what I tasted at Dol Govind temple in North Guwahati... Krishna was offered a rich kheer - rice payasam and a salad of sprouted green moong lentils, soaked gram, chopped coconut, bananas and pomegranate seeds. This salt and sugar-free salad

27 September, 2009 | Views: 28591



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