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Dhokla is a popular & delicious Gujrati delicacy, known for its irresistible taste and flavour. Generally prepared from chickpea flour / besan, which is soaked and fermented. The fermented batter is then steamed, cut into pieces, tempered with mustard seeds, coconut and curry leaves and garnished with fresh coriander leaves. I used a little bit of plain bhujiya for that crunchy effect. Previously used to try the instant dhokla mix and steamed in pressure cooker, as I never quite had the fool-proof recipe. I have blogged regarding Besan Dhokla in microwave. So again tried the authentic Gujarati recipe as stated in Indian Cooking Challenge , hosted by Srivalli. It's really easy, once you keep ready all the ingredients and follow the steps as stated to have that fluffy, spongy Khaman Dhokla, a perfect snack served with green chutney (recipe stated below) to relish with tea / coffee. Ingredients: (Makes 20 medium sized pieces) For batter: Bengal Gram flour / Besan: 250 gms (1 ...

Cooking was not one of my Mom's favorite things, but there were several things she made and enjoyed making. Spanish rice was certainly one of them, and I always loved it when she made it. I have made it so many times myself that the little card it is typed on sits unused in my recipe file card box. Now I just make it as I do so many other things, adding this or that, changing something here or there. This is a main-dish, not a side dish like Mexican rice. Its one of the very few things I find any use for "minute rice" for. I'm reprinting the recipe exactly as it is on her recipe card. It is delicious. SPANISH RICE 1 lb. ground beef 1/4 c. crisco oil 1/2 c. chopped onion 1/2 c. green pepper 1 1/2 c. instant rice Brown above until golden in color Add: 1 c. HOT water 2 -8 oz. cans tomato sauce 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. sugar 1 tsp. lemon juice 1/4 tsp. pepper Bring to a rolling boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered 5 minutes. She has a note that says: (I usually add a dash or ...

In the spirit of this article by Garrison Keillor, lets make some potato salad for the 4th of July! I know it would never occur to you to buy potato salad.... would it? Uh... I must confess to having bought macaroni salad before. From Walmart. I'm sorry. There's really no excuse for that, is there? Especially when homemade is so easy and so, so much better tasting and better for you. Yeah, better for you. Read the ingredient label on store bought macaroni or potato salad. I guarantee you will find stuff on the list that you would not put in your homemade salad. If its not something your great grandmother would have recognized as food, it probably aint good for you! So! Potato salad! Lets make some! Boil about 3 pounds of potatoes . Drain. Now you come to a fork in the road... do you like chunky potato salad, or do you like it smooth? Up to you here, whether you chunk 'em up or mash. I like to add a couple stalks of celery , some onion , sometimes a couple hard boiled eggs...

Rava Laddoo (Suji Ladoo) is a tempting sweet in Indian cuisine and this one is going to the monthly event (challenge for the month of June) called Indian Cooking Challenge , hosted by Srivalli...She has already provided with the recipe...just wanted to mention that, I used the specified volumes, black cardamom powder and broken cashews (in place of whole cashewnuts).... Ingredients: (Makes 10 laddoos of normal size) Rava / Semolina / Suji - 1 cup (150 gms) Sugar - 1 cup (125 gms) Ghee - 25 gms Milk - 25 ml Cardamom powder - a pinch Cashew nuts - 10 whole nuts Raisins - 10 nos Grated fresh coconut - 25 gms Method to prepare: Heat 2 tsp of ghee in a kadai. Once the ghee is hot enough, simmer the flame and roast cashew nuts and raisins. Once the raisins balloon up, remove. Then roast the grated coconut. Remove once done. Keep all these aside. Add the remaining ghee and roast the Rava till its well roasted and aroma starts coming out. In a bowl, take all the roasted Rava, Nuts, Coconut an...

Good Yellow Cake Yellow Cake Mix Use milk instead of water. 1/4 cup oil 1/4 teasp. almond extract 3 eggs 2 cups Powdered sugar 1 egg 1/2 stick butter softened 1 tsp. vanilla 1/4 tsp. almond extract 1 T sugar dissolved in 1 T hot water Beat well. 11/2 frosting for double layer Pudding in center

Warning. Trust me on this one. These will ruin any former enjoyment you ever had of store-bought flour tortillas. There is simply no comparison. They are easy to make, and the more you make, the better you will get at it. I will admit, the art of making them perfectly round, well, I don't have that part down just yet. But then I've been making my own pie crusts a lot longer, and they don't turn out all neat like the ones on TV either. But they still taste good! And they ARE getting rounder each time! Necessary equipment: a rolling pin: note. I have a cut piece of a garden tool handle that I find is a lot better for rolling tortillas than my regular rolling pin some sort of griddle than can be heated to a high temperature. Non-stick surface is NOT ok for this. A "lid" from an old cast iron stove, or a cast iron griddle. I use one of those cast iron griddles that fits over 2 burners. Ingredients: If you have a scale, you need 500 grams of flour. 4 cups more or less....

My middle girl loves carne guisada. Its almost always what she orders at Mexican Food restaurants. So, I set out through the deep waves, surfing the internet for a good carne guisada for her. There are as many ways to make carne guisada as there are cooks and food blogs! So, I took what sounded good from several places, combined it with what I knew her likes and dislikes were, and created my own version of carne guisada. Whoops. Forgot something! What IS carne guisada, anyway? I hear its not such a common dish outside of Texas. Carne guisada is literally "stewed meat." We have ran across a few places that make it from pork, but usually it is beef, and that is what my daughter likes, so this one is beef. Beef cooked in a gravy with (not too hot for her) peppers, onions and a few spices. Here's how I made it: In a heavy (well seasoned cast iron is best) dutch oven, in lard (yes, LARD) saute 1 onion, diced , 1/2 or so bell pepper, and 1 or 2 jalapenos, all diced . When its ...