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Nucchinunde ( Karnataka recipe)

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Ingredients : Tuvar dal - 1 cup Moong dal -  1 cup Chana dal - 1 cup Fresh coconut scrap - 1 cup Green chillies - 3 Ginger- 1 inch piece Coriander leaves - Handful Salt as per taste Hing - 1 pinch Turmeric powder - 1 Teaspoon Cumin seeds  - 1 Teaspoon Oil - 1 Teaspoon Curry leaves few Method of preparation: 1. Soak three dals in water for few hours. 2. Take a mixi jar , add three dals ( strain the water from the dals ), ginger piece,  cumin seeds, green chillies, salt, turmeric powder, Hing m grind it into a paste. 3. Take a bowl , put the batter into it, add coriander     leaves, curry leaves ,  scrapped coconut , mix them well. 4. Now take the idly cooker, apply little oil to the plates, roll the batter into cylindrical shape , keep it on the plate, steam it for 7 mins, then take it out. 5. Serve this nucchinunde with coconut chutney or butter milk gravy ( majjiga pulusu). 6. It can be served as breakfast or with lunch. 7. An he...

Mysore pak

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Ingredients : Besan - 1 Cup Sugar - 1 CUP Ghee - 1 Cup Cardamom powder - 1 Teaspoon Method of preparation : 1. Take a kadai , add besan little by little and keep stirring the flour, till you get good aroma. 2. In an other kadai, add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup of water and prepare a sugar syrup till it reaches one string consistency.(also add in cardamom powder) 3. Into the syrup add besan and mix well to ensure there are no lumps. Add in ghee occasionally. 4. The ghee in the mixture bubbles up ,  the colour also start to change, then you can take it out the mixture into ghee applied plate , and spread it evenly. 5. Cut it into square pieces. 6. Mysore pak is ready.

Rasgulla (Bengali sweet)

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Ingredients : Full cream milk - 1 litre Sugar - 1 Glass  Lemon juice -  1 Tablespoon Cardamom powder - 1 Teaspoon Saffron -  3 strands (soaked in one tablespoon milk) Method of preparation :: 1. Heat milk on medium flame until it comes to a boil, simmer it and add in the lemon juice and continuously stir the milk. 2. Switch off the flame and continue stirring it until the milk separates from the whey. 3. Transfer the milk part into a muslin cloth and squeeze out the excess amount of water from it. 4. Place the muslin cloth on a strainer and above it place a heavy object. Leave the paneer for 5 mins. 5. Take the paneer into a plate, mash it and make small balls without cracks, and keep it aside. 6.  Take a kadai, add in one cup of sugar, and three cups of water , and make it into a syrup, stir it well. 7. Add cardamom powder, and saffron to the syrup. 8. Once the sugar syrup boiled, add in the prepared balls and close the lid , and let the paneer cook ...

Home made paneer

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Ingredients : Full cream milk - 1 litre Lemon juice - 1 Teaspoon Method of preparation  : 1. Heat milk on medium flame until it comes to a boil, simmer it and add in the lemon juice and continuously stir the milk. 2. Switch off the flame and continue stirring it until the milk separates from the whey. 3. Transfer the milk part into a muslin cloth and squeeze out the excess amount of water from it. 4. Place the muslin cloth on a strainer and above it place a heavy object. Leave the paneer to set for around 2 hours. 5. Take the paneer out from the cloth and cut it into cubes and place it in the freezer.

Malai kofta

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Ingredients : For the kofta:- Potatoes - 2 Paneer - 100 gms Salt as per taste Corn flour - 1 Tablespoon Dry fruits  ( Crushed ) - 1 Tablespoon (cashew nuts, pistachio,badam) Coriander leaves  -  Handful Cumin and coriander seeds powder - 1 Teaspoon Chilli powder - 1 Teaspoon For the gravy:- Oil - 1 Tablespoon Onions - 2 Garam masala - ( jeera, green cardamom, cinnamon stick, pepper cons, cloves) Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon Cumin & Coriander powder - 1 Teaspoon Garam masala-1 1/2 Teaspoon Kasuri methi-1 Teaspoon Green chilli- 1 Ginger garlic paste -  1 Teaspoon Tomatoes - 2 Fresh cream - 2 Tablespoon Method of preparation : 1. Take boiled potatoes and mash them, add grated paneer, sal,  dry fruits crushed, corn flour, cumin powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and mix them well. 2. Make a small balls, and shallow fry them till it becomes golden brown in colour. Keep it aside 3. Take a pan, add little oil, garam masalas onion p...