A step by step guide to make fada ni Khichdi /Broken Wheat Khichdi

As you know Khichdi is a very delicious and nutritious food. Today you will learn how to make Khichdi from broken wheat. This is very popular Gujrati dish. Hope you enjoy learning this recipe.

Serve: 2 Persons 
Total Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

(1) 1 cup broken wheat 
(2) 1/2 cup split green gram (Dhuli Moong ki dal)
(3) 1 onion , Chopped
(4) 1 tomato , chopped
(5) 1/4 cup green peas
(6) 2 cloves garlic , chopped
(7) 1 teaspoon ginger , grated
(8) 2 green chillies, chopped
(9) Few coriander leaves , chopped
(10) 2 cloves
(11) 1 cardamom 
(12) 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
(13) 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
(14) 1/2 teaspoon red chilly powder
(15) Salt to taste
(16) 1cup water , boiled

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1 : Wash and soak dal and broken wheat in 1 cup water for 10 minutes.

Step 2 : Heat a pressure cooker and dry roast cumin seeds , cloves , and cardamom followed by ginger and garlic. Keep the flame low while roasting. 

Step 3 : Add onions , green chillies , tomatoes and peas. Stir for a minute and then add salt , turmeric powder and chilly powder.

Step 4 : Stir and add soaked dal and broken wheat . Mix well and add 1 cup of hot water.

Step 5 : Cook for 3 whistle and let the steam escape before opening the lid. 

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A step by step guide to make home made Jhal Muri

Are a living outside kolkata? If yes then you probably mist a delicious snack called Jhal Muri. It quiet similar to Bhel puri except in Jhal Muri no chutney and papri are used. It can be a great replacement of evening snack. Any one can make a delicious Jhal Muri within few minutes.

Serve: 4 persons 
Preparation time : Approx 10 minutes

Ingredients:

(1) 3 cups of Muri/ Murmura /puffed rice
(2) 1 cup Chanachur
(3) 1/2 cup Peanuts , roasted
(4) 2 tablespoon coconut , grated
(5) 1 green chilli , finely chopped
(6) 1 onion , finely chopped
(7) 1 potato , boiled and finely chopped
(8) 1 cucumber , finely chopped
(9) 1 teaspoon mustard oil/oil from mango pickle
(10) 1 teaspoon red chilly powder
(11) 1 teaspoon Chaat masala
(12) Salt to taste
(13) 1/2 cup of boiled Chana
(14) 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
(15) 1/4 cup coriander leaves , chopped

Preparation Procedure :

Mix together murmura, Chanachur , sev and peanuts in a bowl. Add potato , green chilly, cucumber and onion. mix well. Season with salt , chilly powder , chaat masala as required. Sprinkle dessicated coconut mustard oil , and lemon juice and add chopped coriander. Toss well.Serve immediately in paper cones .

N.B: Serve immediately or else it will become soggy as lots of wet ingredients are there.

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Bunt Style spicy Chicken Chops Curry Without Coconut

This is a very simple recipe that I am going to show you today. As you know food is a art of love the more love put in your food the more it will be tasty. So just learn the recipe and put love in it and prepare for your family. You can adjust with your ingredients if you wish.

Ingredients: 

(1) 800 gm chicken on the bone
(2) 2 large onions finely chopped
(3)1 medium size tomato finely chopped
(4)juice of 1/2 a lime
(5) salt to taste
(6)2 tbsp ghee or oil

For the masala:

(1) 6-7 long dry red chillies (Bedgi) * see note
(2) 6 peppercorns
(3) 1 level tbsp coriander seeds
(4) 1/4 tsp turmeric/haldi powder
(5) 5 cloves
(6) 2 inches cinnamon
(7) 7-8 cloves of garlic
(8) 1 large onion roughly chopped * see note

Preparation procedure :

Step 1: Cut the chicken into large pieces, wash and drain on a colander. Grind all the ingredients mentioned in the 'For the masala' section to a fine paste using a little water. Keep the masala water from the mixer jar. Marinate the chicken pieces in the ground masala & keep aside. 

Step 2: In a large wok heat the ghee or oil & fry the 2 finely chopped onions till golden brown. Add the marinated chicken pieces along with the rest of the masala. Add salt to taste and cook on a medium flame till half done. Add the tomatoes and cook for a further 4-5 minutes or till the tomatoes are well blended into the curry.

Step 3: Add the masala water from the mixer jar and adjust consistency of the gravy as required. Add the lime juice and continue to cook till chicken is fully cooked.

Step 4: Turn off the flame & serve hot with chapathis or rice.

Notes:

Bedgi/Byadge/Kundapur/Kumti chillies are what give Mangalorean cuisine its unique flavour & fragrance, especially signature dishes of the Bunt cuisine taste distinctly different when these chillies are used. If you do not find this variety of chillies you may use Kashmiri chillies which are quite low in spice and only give great colour, so you may increase the chillies upto 12-13 for a medium spicy curry. You may also use a blend of Bedgi & Harekala chillies (popularly known as short chillies or gidda menasu) for this curry.
This curry is dryish without a lot of gravy & is most suited to be eaten with Chapathis, however if you want more gravy you can add an extra onion while grinding.

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Easy Semi-gravy chicken curry recipe using pressure cooker

Chicken curry recipe that I am going to show you today is semi gravy i.e., it is neither gravy nor a dry curry but it is in between. This chicken curry can be had as a side dish for rice or roti. I made this chicken curry using pressure cooker. It is easy to make this flavorful chicken curry. 
I made this Chicken curry as a part of Virtual treat for our dear friend Sangee Vijay's Birthday. This is her mom's recipe and she has mentioned that it is her most favorite chicken recipe, so I wanted to try this semi dry chicken curry for her. It was so delicious and we thoroughly enjoyed this flavorful chicken curry. 

Ingredients:

To marinate

Chicken (with bones), 1 lb 
Ginger garlic paste, 1 tablespoon
Turmeric powder, 1/2 teaspoon
Chilli powder, 1 teaspoon
Salt, to taste.

To grind into fine powder

Cinnamon, 2" long piece
Cloves, 5 nos

Other ingredients

Oil, 2 tablespoon
Mustard seeds, 1/4 teaspoon
Curry leaves, 2 sprigs
Onions, 3-4 nos. (small sized,chopped about 1 1/2 cups)
Tomatoes, 3-4 nos (small sized, chopped about 1 1/2 cups)
Black Pepper powder, 1/2 teaspoon
Cilantro, to garnish

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1: Clean, wash and marinate the chicken with listed ingredients under 'to marinate' for about 30 minutes.

Step 2: Grind cinnamon and cloves into fine powder and keep it aside.

Step 3: Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add mustard seeds and when they crack, add curry leaves and fry for a minute. Then add chopped onions and fry till it turns translucent.

Step 4: Then add the chopped tomatoes and cook till it turns mushy.

Step 5: Then add the marinated chicken to this and mix well. Then add required salt and about 1/2 cup of water then mix well and close the lid and pressure cook it for a whistle, then reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes and turn off the heat.

Step 6: Wait till the pressure releases and open the lid, mix it well, then add pepper powder mix well, garnish with cilantro and serve it.


N.B:

In the original recipe, chicken drumsticks were used. You can use that too. 
If you like spicy food, then increase the chilli powder to 2 teaspoon or more.

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A step by step guide to make hot spicy and sweet plum chutney

Recently I visited to my friend's home and there she showed me a special recipe. This was very tasty and she told me that she got the recipe from another friend. I told her to show me how to prepare that delicious chutney.I learned that day how to prepare that chutney. Hope you enjoy the recipe like me.

Ingredients:

(1) 500g of plums (about 1 1/2 pounds)
(2) 200g of onions (about 3/4 pound)
(3) 75g of raisins (about 3/4 cup)
(4) 200g of light muscovado sugar (1 1/4 cups)
(5) 1/2 tsp of crushed dried chillies
(6) 2 tsp yellow mustard seeds
(7) 150ml of apple cider vinegar (5 1/2 fluid ounces)
(8) 150ml of malt vinegar (5 1/2 fluid ounces)
(9) a cinnamon stick broken in two

Preparation Procedure:

The first thing you need to do is halve the plums, discarding the stones. Peel and roughly chop the onions. Put the fruit and the onions into a large heavy bottomed saucepan. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring the mixture to the boil, then reduce the heat to low. Simmer on low heat, stirring occasionally, for about an hour. (DO not forget to stir it occasionally as it may catch if you don't and you don't want that to happen!) Pour into hot and sterilized jam jars. Seal.

If you like the recipe feel free to share with others.

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A step by step guide to prepare Sponge Cake

Recently my son ate cake from a shop  and got sick. The doctor has prescribed not to eat out side food. So he very upset now a day. So I decided to surprice him preparing a home made sponge cake. Hope preparing this cake you can also make some one happy as well.

Ingredients:

(1) 2 eggs 
(2) 125g caster sugar
(3) 1/4tsp salt
(4) 100g cake flour
(5) vegetable oil
(6) 25ml milk
(7) 1/2 tsp vanilla essence (original recipe from video uses vanilla powder which is to be sifted together with the flour)


Procedure:

Step 1: First you need to preheat the oven to 180 Degree Centigrade. 

Sep 2: Sift the flour and vanilla powder together and set aside.

Step 3: Mixer the eggs, salt and sugar until very thick and fluffy.(Very important for making a spongy cake)

Step 4: Take the sifted flour and dump the whole lot onto the whisked eggs. Mix well quickly using the mixer.

Step 5: In another bowl, mix milk and oil together (I added the vanilla essence at this point).  Then, scoop some batter from the egg mixture and combine together. Pour back into the egg batter, mix well using a spatula.

Step 6: Pour the well combined batter into the cake tin (I used a 7 inch round tin and there's no need to grease or line with paper) and bake in preheated oven for 25-30mins.

Step 7: Remove cake tin from oven and invert the tin (with the cake still intact) on a wire rack and let cool. Once cooled, remove cake from tin.

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A step by step guide to make Clear veg Soup

There may be very few people who do not love tasty soup.This is most easiest soup to prepare and I love it to prepare for my Children. The taste of this soup is so good that my childern now a day do not eat soup from any resturant. Read this tutorial and prepare for your own and taste it.

Approx Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 mins  
Serves: 2 persons
Recipe Cuisine: Chinese
Recipe Type: Appetizer

Ingredients: 

(1) Carrot - 1/2 pcs 
(2) Beans - 4 nos 
(3) Cabbage - 3 tbsp's 
(4) Onion - 1/2 pcs 
(5) Water - 2 cup's
(6) Corn Flour - 2 tsp's (mix it with 5 tsp's of water)
(7) Spring onion - 2 tsp's (finely chopped)
(8) Ghee - 1/4 tsp
(9) Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp
(10) Aji-na-motto - a pinch (but I do not prefer it and it is optional)

Preparation :

First Heat Ghee in a Bowl then add sliced onion and saute it.Add all the vegetables(carrot, beans & cabbage) to the bowl and saute them.Add 2 cup's of water to the bowl and let the vegetables get half cooked.Mix the corn flour with 5 tsp's of water (Make sure there are no lump's). Add the corn flour starch to the bowl and mix well. Add salt to taste, and aji-na-moto (this is optional) a pinch and let the soup sit in the stove in slow flame.Add Spring onions and black pepper powder. when the soup get's little thicker, remove from the flame and serve.

Serve it hot with bread stick's or with spiced corn flake's.

N.B: The corn flakes in the images are just plain corn flake's. check the spiced one's here.

It just took 30 mins of time in total and the production cost of this soup could be less than Rs.25, I don't know why the restaurant's charge double the amount and I think its probably the AC charge they are taking.

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A step by step guide to Brinjal fry

There may be very few people who do not love Brinjal fry. Read this tutorial and prepare for your own and taste it.

Ingredients: 

(1) Brinjal: 4 to 5
(2) Onions: 1 no
(3) Tomato:  1 no
(4) Ginger garlic paste: 1 tsp
(5) Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
(6) Coriander powder: 1 tsp
(7) Chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
(8) Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
(9) Chopped coriander leaf: few for decoration
(10) Curry leaf: few
(11) Oil for fry: 2 tsp

Preparation :

 First dice brinjal lengthwise. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, when crackle add chopped onions ginger garlic paste when raw smell goes add tomatoes in it and add brinjal and cook until tender.Add turmeric pwd chilli pwd corainder powder and fry well. At end add curry leaf and corainderleaf.Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Feel free to make comments.

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Vegetable Names and Fish Names in English - Bengali - Tamil - Telugu - Malayalam - kannada

Knowing all fish name and vegetable name is no an easy task. I had to put some effort to gather all the fish names and vegetable's name but with help of my friends I have managed to gather probably all the name s of the fishes and vegetable name. In different region of our country same fish and vegetable called in different names. So after knowing such names you won't face such problems. If I missed out any fish names and vegetable names or done wrong with their names feel free to post in comment section. Your every help will make this post perfect. If you feel this information useful , don't forget share your friends.

Vegetable Names in English - Bengali - Tamil - Telugu - Malayalam - kannada :

English	Bengali	Tamil	Telugu	Malayalam	Kannada
Ash gourd		Neer Poosanikkai	Boothitha  gummadi  Kaaya	Kumbalanga	Budugumba
Aubergine / Brinjal / Egg plant	Begun	Kathirikkai	Vankaya	Kathrikka	Badane
Beans	Beans	Avarai	French Chikkudu	Payru	Hurlikai
Beet root	Beet	Beet root	Beet root	Beet root	Beet root
Bellpepper / Capsicum	Capsicum	Kudamilagai		Kuda mulag	Donmensinkai
Bitter gourd		Paavakkai	Kakarakaya	Paavakka	Hagalkai
Bottle gourd		Surakkai	Sorakaya	Sorekai	Sorekai
Broccoli		Pachai Pookosu
Broussels Sprouts		Kilai Kosugal
Cabbage	Badha kopi	Muttai Gosu		Muttakoos	Kosu
Carrot	Gajor	Carrot	Gujjara gadda		Gajjari
Chayote		Banglore Kathirkkai/ Seemai kathirikkai / chow chow		Sheema Kathrika	Seeme badanekaye
Chilli	Lonka	Milagai	Yerra mirapa	Mulaku	Menasina kaayi
Cluster beans		Kothavarangai	Goru chikkudu	Kottavara	Gorikaayi
Colocasia roots		Seppankizhangu		Chembu	Kesuvinagadde
Corn		Makka Solam
Cucumber		Vellarikai	Dosakaya	Vellarikkai	Savetekai
Drumsticks	Sojne Data	Murungai kai	Mulakada	Muringakka	Nunge kai
Elephant yam / Elephant foot yam		Karunai kizhangu/ Senai Kizhangu	Kanda gaddha	Chenath-thanda/chand	Suvarna gadde
French beans/green beans		Beans	Beans	Veluthuli	Hurulikey
Gherkin / Ivy Gourd		Kovakkai	Dondakaya
Green peas	Motor	Pachai Pattai	Bhattani	Pacha Pattani	Bathare
Horseradish		Murunga			Nuggaeekay
Knolkol / Kohlrabi		Nookul	Noolkol	Seema Mullangi	Navil Kosu
Ladies Finger / Okra		Vendakkai	Bendakaye	Vendakai	Bende
Mushroom	Mushroom	Kaalan	Puttagodugulu		Naaye Kode
Onions	Piyaj	Vengayam	Savola		Eerulli
Plantain Flower		Vazhai poo	Aratti Poo	Vaazhakoombu	Balle hoovu
Plantain Stem		Vazhai Thandu	Arati dantu	Unnipindi	Balle dindu
Pumpkin	Kumro	Poosanikkai	Gummadi kaayi		Kumbalakai
Raddish		Mullangi	Mullangi	Mullanki	Moolangi
Raw Mango	Kacha aam	Maangai	Maamidikaya	Pacha manga	Maavin kaaye
Scallions / spring onions		Vengayathal		Eerulli kaavu	Eerulli hoova
Shallots		Chinna Vengayam		Kunjulli	Sambar Eerulli
Snake Gourd		Pudalangai	Potlakaya	Padavalanga	Paddulkai
Topiaca / cassava		Maravalli kizhangu	Karapendalam	Maracheeni
Tomato	Tomato	Thakkali	Rama mulakaya	Thakkali

Fish Names in English - Bengali - Tamil - Telugu - Malayalam :

English	Bengali	Tamil	Telugu	Malayalam
Anchovies		Nethili, Thogai meen	Nethallu, Pooroava, Kelba, Poravallu	Nethili, kozhuva
Barracuda		Sheela, Ooli meen	Jellow	Neduva, koduva
Bluefin Travelly		Paarai	Kurugu paarah	Vatta, Kuluvel, Oyupara, maduthala
Bombay Duck		Vangaravasi	vanamattalu, cocomutta	Bummuli
Butterfish, Murrel		Viral Meen	Bonke	Nachara
Catfish		Kelluthi, Mandai, Kezhuthi	Jelalu, walaga, Tedi Jella,	Valia Etta, Kaari, Thendu kadu
Catla (Bengal carp)	Katla	Katla, Kendai, Thoppu meen, kanavi	Botchee, Botcha	Karakatla, Katla
Clams		Chippi, Kilingal, Vaazhi		Kakka, Eninththi
Cod		Panna, Kalava		Mullan, Chemmun, Sarghan
Convict surgeonfish		Kozhimeen	Mootah	Varipara, Kurichil, Paalla
Crab	Kakra	Nandu	Peetha, Pitha	Nandu
Cuttle fish		Kanawai, Thotti kanavai		Tonadi kanava, kalaan kanava
Dart		Kutili	Kaduvai	Peeyada
Dalphin Fish, Dolphin		Ailai, Koppurai kuzha, Oongil	Abanoos	Avnose, Abanoos
Eel	Eel	Vilangu, Seram Paambu	Maluguchepa	Paambu meen, malanjil
Emperor (Mula)		Vaalai meen, Kulli kozhi meen, Vilai meen	Erimeenu	Valiya Vilmeen, Kurali
Fin bream (Threadfin bream)/ Pink perch		Navara, Rani meenu, Sennagarai, Thullu Kendai, Kandal meen	Chalaneera kanti	Kelli meen, Killi meen, Chengavaal,
Finned Bulleye		Cheena vaarai, Kakkasi	Disco meenu	Chenvara, Unnimary
Flying fish		Parava, Parava kola, Kola	Parava meenu	Kola parava, Baravi
Garfish		Kola, Kokki meen, Vellai morel	Kokare, Konti	Kola meen, murrel
Greas carp fish (Carp)		Kendai, aranjan podi, aringal, Poorali	Arju, Elamosa
Grouper (Reef cod)		Kalavan, Panni meen, Komeri, Kelavan	Muri meenu	kalava, murumeen
Grunter		kurumutti, kalianthalai	Korakka, Karuppi	Kurukuruppan
Halibut		Potha
Horse Mackeral		Paarai, Puli paarai, thenga paarai	paar	Chamba, Kolli paara, Vangada, Kanni Ayila
Indian Goat fish		Nagarai, navarai	Rathi goolivinda	manakkam
Indian Shad (Hilsa)	Ilish	Oolum, vengannai	Killalu	Paluva
Jewfish		Kathalai, Koppayan	Pulli panna	Palli kora
King fish		Vajjiram, Kadal viral	Vajjiram, vanjaram chepa, peddah-mottah	kadal viral, mottah
Leather skin fish		Theera	palai meen	koda
Little tunny		Surai
Lizard fish		Thumbili, Thanni Panna	Cade mottah	Arranna
Lobster	Galda Chingri	Singai raal, kal eral	Konju	Konjan
Mackerel		Kanangeluthi, Ayilai, Keluthi aila	Kannangadatha	Aila
Malabar Anchovy		Poruva, poorava		Manangu
Malabar Trevally		Paarai, Thol Paarai	Kodavai	Paara
Mangrove jack(Mangrove red snapper)		Seppili, Vekkattai		Kalavayan
Marine cat fish		Kelluthi
Milk fish (White mullet)		Paal meen, paal kendai, poo meen	pala bontha	poomeen
Moon fish		Kannadi karel	Ambattan paara	Ambattan paara
Mrigal(White carp)		Ven kendai, Mrigal	Arju, Yerramosu	Venkenda, Mrigal
Mullet (Red Mullet)		Saala, Madavai Kendai	Bontha parigi, Koniga, kathi parigo	Thirutta Maalan, Kanambu
Murrel (Snakehead fish)		Viral meen, Koravai	Erramatta, Mottu, Korava	Korava, manathu kannan, vatton
Mussels		Aazhi, matti, Chippi, Kallikai		kadukka, kakka, kadal kai
Oyster		Chippi, Muthu chippi, kavaddi		Kakka, Muni
Parrot fish		Pachai elimeen	Kili meenu	Kizhi meen
Pearl spot		Pattai, Palincha, Setha kendai	Cashimera	Karimeen, erimeen
Perch		Kilichan, Panayeri kendai	Chamalu, kilipothu, Ganam	Keeri, Kallakeedam
Pomfret	Pomfret	Vavval	Nalla Chanduva, Tella chanduva	Aavoli
Red Snapper		Sankara Meen, Paruthi vela meen	Korameenu, thundava, rangu	Pahari, Chemballi murumeen
Ribbon fish / Belt fish / hair tail		Vaalai	Savallu	Vaala
Rohu (Carpo fish)		Kannadi kendai, rohu	Bocha gnadu meen	Rohu
Sailfish		Kopparan, mayil meen		Olameen
Solmon (Indian solman / Threadfin)		Kaala, Thira vaala	Maga, Budatha maga	Kaala, kora, bameen
Sardines		Mathi Meen, Kavalai, Vellai suda, Neethu kavalai	Kavalu, Noona Kavallu	Mathi, veloori, Chaala
Saw Fish / Gur		Kola Meen, Uluvai, Vela	Yella	Vakusravu
Seabass		Koduvai Meen		Kalanji
Seer fish		Vanjaram, Neimeen, Nettaiyan Cheela	Vanjaram, konema	Neymeen
Shark	Hangor	Sura Meen, sorrah	Soraputtu, sorrah	Sraavu, Choraku
Silver Bar fish		Karu vaali, Mullu Vallai		Mullu Vaalai, Vaala
Silver Moony / Finger fish / Silver bat fish		Parrandan moolen, Purranndee		Aakoli, vavalmeen
Shrimp/ Prawn	Chingri	Eral, Raatu	Boli, Etti	Chemmeen
Snapper		Kondal
Tilapia	Tilapia	Kari / Neyyi, Jilapi, Jilehi
Tuna		Soorai		Choora
Turbot (Indian spiny turbot)		Potha, Erumei-nakku	Dodda Nangu, Kolli nangu, Noori nalaka	Manthal, Aayiram pali
Vela		Vela meen		Velavu, Vella para
Whiting / Lady fish		Kilanga Meen, Kilachi		Poozhan, Noongal, Cudeerah
Yellowfin Tuna		Keerai		Valliya chura, poovan chura

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