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Roasted Cashew nuts Ingredients: Cashew nuts – 1 small cup Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Red chilli powder – ½ tsp Ghee – ½ tbsp Salt as per taste Instructions: Take a shallow frying pan and heat it. When the pan is hot add cashew nuts, ghee and roast them until they slightly change the colour to light brown. Put off the flame. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix well. Quick and tasty roasted cashew nuts are ready. Let them cool down under room temperature before you serve. This way the crunchiness is retained and they taste much better than the nuts which are still hot. You can also store them in an air tight container for later consumption. You can serve them with tea as evening snacks or savour them as pass time snack. You can also pack them as light snacks for school going kids. They would definitely enjoy munching these spicy, crunchy and tasty nuts. Health benefits of Cashews are incredible. They are rich...

Hyderabadi Khichdi Ingredients: Rice – 1 small cup Masoor dal – 1 small cup Yogurt/ curd – 1 small cup Red onion – 2 medium size, thinly sliced Green chillies – 6 medium size, vertically slit Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Black pepper corns – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Cloves – 5 Cinnamon stick – 1/4 inch Green cardamom – 5, crushed Mint leaves – 1 small bunch, finely chopped Coriander leaves – 1 small bunch, finely chopped Curry leaves – 3 sprigs Salt as per taste Oil for sauteing Instructions:         Add rice and masoor dal into a bowl and rinse well to get rid of any dirt or dust. Soak them in 3 cups of water for atleast 20 minutes.         Add sufficient oil into a pressure cooker. When the oil is hot add cinnamon stick, cloves, pepper corns, green cardamom, cumin seeds, curry leaves and let them sizzle. Add green chillies ...

Millet Vegetable Fried rice   Ingredients:  Barnyard Millet – 2 cups, pre-cooked and cooled Eggs - 6 Grated Paneer/ cheese – ½ cup Grated carrot – 1 big size  Green bell pepper – 1 small size, thinly sliced  Red Onion – 1 small size, thinly sliced  Green chilli – 2 medium size, vertically slit  Black Pepper powder – ¼ tbsp  Dark soy sauce – 1/2 tsp Chilli vinegar – 2 tsp Oyster wok sauce – 1 tsp Oil for sautéing  Salt as per taste  Instructions:           Wash the millets to get rid of any dirt or dust. Soak the millets in water for 15 to 20  minutes before cooking. Since I am using 2 cups of millets, I have soaked them in 4 cups  of fresh water. Before cooking add a tablespoon of oil and a pinch of salt to the millets  and pressure cook for less than 1 whistle (approximately 5 to 7 minutes). We are adding  oil to keep the ...

Shrimp Vegetable Fried rice   Ingredients:   Rice – 2.5 cups, pre-cooked and cooled Shrimps – 200 gm, deshelled and deveined White button mushrooms – 200 gm, medium sliced Carrot – 1 medium size, thinly sliced   Green bell pepper – 1/2 small size, thinly sliced   Red Onion – 1 small size, finely chopped   Green chilli – 3 medium size, finely chopped Garlic cloves – 6 medium size, finely chopped Chives/ Onion leaves – 1 small bunch, finely chopped Coriander leaves – 1 small bunch, finely chopped Eggs – 3 Cashew nuts – 12 Red chilli powder – 1.5 tsp Black Pepper powder – 2.5 tsp   Dark soy sauce – 1 tsp Chilli vinegar – 2 tsp Oyster wok sauce – 1 tsp Oil for sautéing   Salt as per taste   Instructions:            Pre-cook the rice and cool it completely before preparing the fried rice. You may also use left over rice for this recipe provided...

Palak Paneer Ragi Roti: Healthy breakfast or snack Ingredients: Ragi flour – 3/4 cup Mixed grain flour – 2 tbsp Grated paneer/ medium soft cheese – 1/4 cup Palak fritters – 2 (refer to my Palak fritters video) or you may substitute this with sauted spinach, cooked kabul channa and chillie ground mixture Salt as per taste Oil for frying Instructions: Add all the above ingredients into a big bowl and mix well. Add sufficient water, mix well and make it into soft thick paste. Make sure there are no lumps in the batter. Heat the flat tawa, add some oil and spread across. When the tawa is heated, add the batter on to the tawa and spread across evenly. You may spread the mixture from medium thin to thick roti depending upon your preference. Cover it with a lid and let it cook on medium flame. After the steam starts forming in a minute or 2, flip the roti to the other side and cook it. Make sure that the roti is cooked evenly on both sides. You would see that the color of the rot...