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Recipes by Lilly mammamma

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Bhindi/Okra and curd curry.

Bhindi/Okra and curd curry. by Lilly mammamma

Ingredients:Method:Wash the okras well and let the water drain totally. Now chop off the ends and cut into 1" long pieces. Pour half the seasoning oil in a pan, add 1/2 tsp jeera , add slit green chillies and the cut okras and fry well.Do not add salt now as it will make okras very slimy. Let it cook till done. This is best done like…

2 votes
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Drumstick Flowers Buththi

Drumstick Flowers Buththi by Lilly mammamma

Ingredients:Fresh drumstick flowers : 1 cupFresh coconut (1/2) gratedRed long chillies : 6 ( shallow fried in oil)Seedless Tamarind : Marble size -made into pulp by soaking in water.Method:Sort and pluck the flowers and clean thoroughly and wash in water and drain in a colander.Grind to a paste coconut, fried chillies and tamarind…

2 votes
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Garlic Pickle

Garlic Pickle by Lilly mammamma

Ingredients:Method:Take a fairly broad vessel and fill it with water to less than 1/4 it's capacity. Cover the vessel with a thin , clean cloth .The cloth should be stretched lightly, with a slight sag in the center.Then tie a thread around the rim of the vessel so that the cloth is held in place across the mouth of the vessel. Take…

1 vote
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Marie Biscuit Cake-Needs no baking

Marie Biscuit Cake-Needs no baking by Lilly mammamma

Here's a simple "cake"you can make with Marie biscuits!There is no baking involved!Ingredients:Marie Biscuits : 1 packet ( or 15 biscuits)Method :Crush the Marie biscuits to a coarse powder. Beat sugar and butter well. Next add the milk and cocoa and mix thoroughly. Now add the crushed Marie biscuit and raisins and mix well.Grease a…

1 vote
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Kadgi Sukkhe(Raw Jack-fruit dry curry-side dish)

Kadgi Sukkhe(Raw Jack-fruit dry curry-side dish) by Lilly mammamma

Ingredients:8" long Raw Jack-fruit (kadgi) , outer thick skin peeled and cubed.Oil , mustard and karbev (curry) leaves for seasoning . Salt to taste.Method:Cook the kadgi pieces in very little water in a cooker for 1 whistle. When cooled, drain the water and keep for use later. Now crush the kadgi pieces lightly with a pestle.In a…

1 vote
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Simple Upma

Simple Upma by Lilly mammamma

Ingredients:Bombay Rava : 1 1/2 cups ( rava is semolina,use medium rava not bhansi rava)Green chillies slit : 5Curry/karbev leaves : 7 or 8Method:In a wok add the oil, and when hot add mustard seeds.When mustard splutters add udid dal and fry tillgolden brown.Next throw in green chillies, chopped ginger and curry leaves.Saute for 30…

1 vote
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Potato Cheese Roast

Potato Cheese Roast by Lilly mammamma

Ingredients:Procedure:Cook potatoes (not too soft, grateable so to say!)peel and grate, add salt and mix well with a fork.Heat butter in a flat non-stick fry pan (not Tawa)on the stove and when butter melts spread it all over the insides of the pan by lightly shaking it from side to side.Put the scraped potato in the pan and press…

1 vote
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Barbecued Potatoes

Barbecued Potatoes by Lilly mammamma

Ingredients:Method:Pressure cook potatoes with jacket till done.Peel and chop onions and carrots. Cut potatoes lengthwise into half and scoop out the pulp, leaving a thin brim along the skin.To the scooped out pulp add pepper, half of cheese and a little butter and mash well. Fill the potato cases with this filling and sprinkle the…

1 vote
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Apple Ginger Jam

Apple Ginger Jam by Lilly mammamma

Ingredients:A few drops of color if desiredMethod:Core apples and cut into small cubes, scrape and clean ginger and chop fine.Pressure cook these with a little water for 8 mins. ( You can also cook these in Microwave)Extract puree by passing through a fine strainer or mesh.You can also use a crusher and then strain to extract the…

1 vote
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Pongal /Rice and Dal dish

Pongal /Rice and Dal dish by Lilly mammamma

Ingredients:Curry leaves (Karibeva) : 10 to 15Method:Wash and soak rice and dal in a vessel 6 cups of water for 15 minutes. To this add chopped ginger and green chillies. Add half of pepper and 1 tsp of jeera and salt and mix well. Keep the vessel covered in a cooker and cook for three whistles or 10 minutes on sim fire.When done and…

1 vote
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