Lime Pickle / Cheru naaranga Achar

This is the lemon you get in US. This is too big and the taste is also different. This is what I use for this pickle. In US they call this Limes...     Ingredients:- Cheru naranga / Yellow Lemon - 10 ( the grocery store here has lemon double the size of it back home, so I purchased the same lemons we get in India from the Global food market in Kirkwood) Salt -  to taste + a pinch of sugar Gingelly oil / Nallenna / Sesame oil - 2 table spoon + 2 table spoon Mustard seeds - 1.5 tea spoon Fenugreek seeds - 1 tea spoon Garlic - 10 cloves ( you can add more if you love the bite of it in your pickle) Ginger -...

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Double Ka meetha

Double ka meetha is a dessert of Hyderabad and made from hot crisp fried roundels of bread, soaked in saffron and cardamom flavoured syrup, topped with cream. It is similar to of Shahi tukre.It is a popular dessert of Hyderabadi cuisine. It is served at weddings and parties. More often than not, it is the double ka meetha that one encounters or, if a more elaborate banquet is being hosted, gille firdaus or badam ki jaali relegate this simple yet elegant sweet to the background Cardamom powder - 1 tspSugar           - 1 CupCondensed Milk  - 3 TspBread slices    - 4saffron         - 2 small piecesMilk            - 2 CupsAlmonds        ...

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Veggie Puffs

This infact is a desi version of American gourmet which is called a "turnover". We call it veg puffs or veggie puffs in India. A turnover is a kind of pastry made by placing a filling on a piece of dough, folding the dough over, and sealing it. Turnovers can be sweet or savory and are often made as a sort of portable meal or dessert, similar to a sandwich. Ingredients: •Pastry sheet – 1 pack •Medium size potato – 1 (cooked and mashed) •Green chilly -1 •Green Peas – 3 tbsp •Onion – 1/2 cup •Coriander leaves – a few •Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp •Cumin seeds – 1 tsp •Red chilly powder – 1/2 tsp •Garam masala – 1/4 tsp •Oil – 2 tsp •Salt to tasteMethod of Preparation:Preparation of Masala: 1.Pastry sheets are available in any of the...

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