Dum Aloo / Baby Potato Curry

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 5/20/2013 2:30:00 AM

'Potato/Aloo is one of my family favorite vegetable and that's the reason for lots of potato recipes here. Once in a week i make any recipe may be a simpley potato fry, potato kurma for ildi/dosa, potato masal for rotis or anything using potato. Potato is one quick cooking veg and anything with potato will be a hit with kids n adults too.A month back bought baby potatoes mainly to make this creamy, spicy n delicious Dum Aloo. There are lots of version for this popular Dum Aloo but t(...)'

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Bread Pizza / Easy Pizza Recipe / Quick Bread Pizza - Kids Friendly Snack Ideas!

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 5/17/2013 2:45:00 PM

'Today's recipe is one of the easy & quick kids friendly snack recipe using Bread - Bread Pizza. My kids love bread and i always stock breads in my pantry to make some quick snack / breakfast / brunch for them. Their most fav breakfast is plain bread toast with cream butter & jam and a glass of milk, its so easy & simple for me to make. But this won't work for all the time, still happy that once in a while they make my job quick and easier.If u have breads then u can make(...)'

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Orange Grape Juice

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 5/15/2013 3:44:00 PM

'After a severe cold winter for the past six months now here at our place Summer started and we really like/need this kind of warm weather. At the same time the hot sunny days really need more thirst quencher to make ourself hydrated & feel refreshing. Juices/popsicles/ice creams are one of the easiest way to stay cool. I mostly prefer juices/smoothies from fresh fruits which are coolant by nature & healthy too. Recently tried this Orange & Grape combo and this fresh juic(...)'

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Tofu Tikka - Easy Tofu Recipes

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 5/14/2013 2:00:00 PM

'Usually i make curry, stir fry or fried rice with Tofu but this time wanted to make some easy appetizer or snack with Tofu. My first choice was any Chinese Starter but due to lack of few ingredients  i finally ended up with this Tofu Tikka. Tikka is a popular Indian appetizer mostly made using meat/chicken with the marinade of Yogurt & Indian spices combo. For a vegetarian option Paneer is commonly used in tikka preparations. Here, i used Extra Firm Tofu to make it healthy (...)'

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Mango Milkshake / Mango Drinks - Summer Special!!

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 5/13/2013 2:00:00 AM

'Today's recipe is a kids friendly rich n delicious milkshake using fresh mango pulp n ice cream. Instead of ice cream i made it using mango kulfi, milkshake was so creamy, delicious n flavorful with cardamom n fine crunch of pistachios. So next time when u make kulfi dont forget to try milkshake using it. Now off to the rich mango milkshake...IngredientsRipe mango      2no.s(1 and 1/2 cup pulp)Mango kulfi       1stick*Milk       &nb(...)'

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Aloo Gobi Pizza / Tandoori Aloo Gobi Pizza

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 5/10/2013 12:52:00 PM

'From this month we are starting our Home Baker's Challenge , a monthly baking event for both blogger & Non bloggers initated by Priya & team, with the first baking recipe, Pizza. From kids to aged person love pizza, the color, its colorful appearance, cheesy texture n chewy bread tempts everyone to have atleast a bite. We too love pizza/only veggie pizza and once in a month or two months once will enjoy pizza at pizza Hut.For this month's HBC's challenge Divya picked pizza a(...)'

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Carrot Payasam / Carrot Kheer

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 5/8/2013 1:17:00 PM

'We love payasam and i used to make it without fail in all our happy moments n special occasions. But this time on my elder one's birthday couldn't able to make his favorite payasam bcoz of party n other things. So last week again he requested me to make payasam for him. But this time i wanted to try new payasam from my regular Vermicelli payasam & moongdal payasam, then remember about this Carrot Payasam from Divya's Culinary Journey. Her payasam color, look, texture n recipe at(...)'

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Mango Banana Strawberry Smoothie / Breakfast Smoothie

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 5/7/2013 2:03:00 PM

'Today's recipe is also a summer special drink with the season's fruit Mango. To make this even more nutritious and delicious i tried adding banana and strawberry. The combo turned out really good and we loved this yummy smoothie. This is very filling and perfect for breakfast n good thirst quencher too. As its contain banana and mangoes this is not a low calorie drink but loaded with vitamins & minerals. I usually do not add sugar/honey to my drinks and this smoothie also doesn(...)'

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Mango Khulfi / Easy Khulfi Recipe - Summer Special!!!

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 5/6/2013 2:00:00 AM

'Summer at its peak in India and few other conutires but here in WI its still little chill, windy and only from this week weather is getting warm and bright. After spending 6-7 months in minus degrees we feel that 70 or 75F itself too hot, sweat n thirsty. Dunno h we managed in India but now we cant bare the heat n we look for chill air n cooling alternatives like food n drink which makes our body cool nrefreshing.We keep ourselves cool n energetic by taking fresh fruits n its juices(...)'

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Dosa Toast / Savory French Toast / Quick Bread Toast Using Idli/Dosa Batter

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 5/3/2013 4:06:00 PM

'I wanted to try this Dosa Toast for long time, recently saw this recipe on my Friend Manjula's Desi Fiesta Blog and was so much tempted and tried it immediately. Glad that i tried it, dosa toast was so delicious and my family members loved it and now this is my lil' one's most favorite breakfast. Thank You Manju for this wonderful recipe. If u are looking for a easy & quick recipe to make use of ur left over idli/dosa batter and bread slices this is one of the best choice o(...)'

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Bottle gourd Chickpeas Curry / Sorakkai Kondakadalai Kootu(With Peanuts & Spices) - Announcing Vegan Thursday

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 5/2/2013 2:08:00 PM

'We a group of food bloggers started a new event and named it as Vegan Thursdays, this event starts from today. The main motto of this event is to share vegan dishes from any cuisine. Most of our Indian foods are vegan, obviously most of our daily routine foods we make or eat are vegan without our knowlegde. Veganism means abstaining from the use of animal porducts. Vegan peoples dont use dairy products,eggs,and any other animal derived substances like honey in their cooking.So we a (...)'

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Bread Kofta Curry / Veggie Bread balls in creamy Tomato gravy

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 4/30/2013 2:25:00 PM

'Its a celebration weekend for us, my kid's birthday and my birthday. we had great fun and yummy foods. We had a small party at our home with few friends of my H. Its a blasting celebration with all their presence n gifts. After all cooking & cleaning am dead tired so took complete rest for two days and back to routine now. This b'day was really special to me. My blogger friends family made it more special n memorable. Some of my friends sent me surprise gifts, eca(...)'

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Torcettini Di Saint Vincent / Sugar Crusted Twisted Cookies - We Knead to Bake # 4

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 4/25/2013 12:11:00 AM

'For this Month's bread Aparna decided to bake this soft and delicious Yeasted cookies / Torcettini Di saint vincent by the We Knead to Bake Group. This is the first time am hearing this name and tried and tasted too. These yeasted cookies are so delicious with outer crsipy/crunchy sugar crust with inner soft bread like texture. These cookies are so attractive and addictive, sure one couldn't stop from munching this yummy cookies. Since these are mild sweet cookies, perfect(...)'

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Chicken Biryani / Easy Chicken Biryani (Using Yogurt/Curd)

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 4/23/2013 8:47:00 PM

'The only one recipe which is loved by all ages - biryani. They started liking it too early, by 18 minths itself both like biryani/pulao than the paruppu sadham or other foods :)So for them i make biryani lil' mushy and soft. But now are grown up boys and their likes n dislikes changed. The only happy thing is still they like biryani/pulao with rice/grains separate no need of mushy biryani. Of all the biryanis Chicken Biryani is our Family Favorite n used to make monthlg (...)'

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Naan / Naan Recipe Without Yeast / Naan Using Multi Grain Flour

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 4/22/2013 12:34:00 AM

'Hope u all had a fantastic weekend, mine too went well. Wish u a energetic n happy week ahead  :) Today's recipe is Naan/leavened flat bread without yeast. I mostly  use whole wheat flour for all my rotis/Paratha but this time i bought multi grain flour instead of whole wheat flour. Compared to wheat flour multi grain flour rotis are lil' different in taste n u will feel the more fiber content. But health wise Multi grain flour are nutritious, contains more fiber(...)'

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Puli Aval / Tamarind Poha Upma

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 4/19/2013 7:48:00 PM

'Poha/Poha Upma, one of our favorite breakfast recipe and i often make this for busy weekday's breakfast. Since its very easy and quick to make when u are in hurry and also my kids love this poha a lot. Recently while updating Spicy Treats' Recipe Index i noticed that i haven't posted this Simple Puli Aval but i have posted few varities of Poha earlier, simple Poha Upma, Lemon Poha, Coconut Poha, Vella Aval/Sweet Poha , Broccoli Poha, Spinach Poha, Mango Poha, Tomato Poha. So today's(...)'

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Broccoli Pesto Pasta / Creamy Broccoli Pesto Pasta / Whole Grain Penne Pasta With Broccoli Pesto

Author : Sangeetha M      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 4/18/2013 9:03:00 PM

'I rarely make Pasta/Macroni/Sphagetti recipes since my H doesn't like pasta so only for me and my kids i make once in a bluemoon. That too will use only whole grain pasta in my recipes. After a very long time made this super quick, healthy and yummy Broccoli Pesto Pasta. Love Broccoli in any form, when i saw this broccoli pesto in Raks Kitchen immediately i bookmarked it and finally today made this Yummy Pasta with slight variation. I have seen in some of the recipes adding greek yo(...)'

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Bread Veggie Balls / Bread Vegetable Rolls / Bread Croquettes ~ Easy Bread snack recipes!

Author : Sangeetha      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 4/17/2013 12:30:00 PM

'Recently noticed that I did not post any snack recipe in my blog for long time, so i wanted to share some easy n quick snack. So started squeezing my brain to make something interesting, filling n quick snack which is loved by both kids and adults. Then went on a hunt in my kitchen and noticed that my bread has to be used within a day, so decided to make a snack using the bread slices and thus this bread veggie balls born :)I combined the bread slices with few chopped vegetables n s(...)'

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Chickpeas Methi Masala BrownRice / Kala Channa Methi Brown Rice

Author : Sangeetha      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 4/11/2013 10:25:00 PM

'Todays recipe is simple yet perfect recipe for people who diet and looking for low calorie, high fiber n healthy recipes. You can diet n still enjoy yummy and delicious recipes by adding high fiber or whole grain in ur meal. I regularly add brown rice instead of white rice, but some times get bored to eat as such with side dish. So sometimes will make one pot meal with addition of vegetables n spices. This chickpeas methi masala brown rice is one such easy n filling recipe. I used (...)'

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Tofu Mutter Masala / Tofu Peas Curry - Vegan & Healthy Side Dish!!

Author : Sangeetha      Blog : Typical Indian Cooking      Date : 4/9/2013 3:28:00 PM

'Hi friends due to some personal issues couldn't able to post any recipes here. Hope at least by this week will be regular to blogging (but not sure i can able to do it). Missed all your lovely recipes n but kept watching few of your recipes in FB but not bale to comment on any of your space. Plz bare me am getting back to routine after a small injury so it takes some time to join u all. Hope u understand me n my position :)Now coming to today's recipe, completely a vegan, healt(...)'

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