Sneha's Recipe

Masoor Dal Nayab#Alphabet Challenge

In: Alphabet Challenge, Vegetables

This is a delicious main course dish made with brown lentils which we in India call it Sabut/Akkha Masoor. This is one of the easiest dals to cook, a healthy side for rice or rotis.

Ingredients

250 Grams Whole Masoor Dal - soaked for at least 2 hours
1/2 Cup Tamarind Pulp
2 Tablespoons Homemade Sambar Masala
2 Tablespoons Jaggery
1 Teaspoon Chilly powder
¼ Cup Oil
1 Teaspoon Salt
Dry Roast
1 Tablespoon Sesame seeds
½ Teaspoon Fenugreek seeds
1 Teaspoon Mustard seeds
½ Teaspoon Black Peppercorns

Method

Boil the dal in cooker with 2 cups water for 2 whistles.

In a pan add the tamarind pulp, sambar masala and jaggery and cook till it forms a thick paste.

Heat oil in a large pan/kadai add the masala and little water chilly powder, the cooked thick paste, boiled dal and let it cook on medium low flame till oil surfaces. Serve garnished with coriander leaves.

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Mint & Peach Raita#SundayFunday

In: Indian, Mint, Peach

This is delicious raita, which can be enjoyed as a fasting food too.

Serves 2 - 3
Ingredients
250Ml Thick Yogurt
1 Tablespoon Milk
½ Teaspoon Roasted Cumin - coarsely crushed
2 Teaspoon Sugar
½ Teaspoon Red Chili powder
¼ Teaspoon Sendhav Namak
¼ Teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Mint - torn
2 Fresh Peaches - cut into cubes

Method

In a bowl whisk yogurt and milk with all the dry spices, mix well, add chopped mint, peaches, serve garnished with more mint leaves and peach slices, serve chilled.

Labels: Salads, Mint, Peach, Raita, Sunday Funday, Indian

For Sunday Funday we sharing recipe with Peaches

2-Ingredient Peach Cinnamon Roll Cobbler from Palatable Pastime
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Mint & Peach Raita from Sneha’s Recipe
Olive Oil-Poached Salmon Bellies with Summery Peach-Tomato Salsa from Culinary Cam
Peach Jalapeño Margarita from Amy's Cooking Adventures
Peach Melba Sundae from Cook with Renu

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Radish Stuffed Calzone#BreadBakers

In: Bread Bakers, Breads, Calzone

This is a calzone without yeast and baked in a griddle. Replaced the filling of this calzone with a spicy radish filling, a perfect breakfast bread to enjoy.

Ingredients
For The Filling
½ kg or 3 Big Radish - grated
1 Teaspoon Red Chili Powder
1 Teaspoon Amchur Powder
½ Teaspoon Fennel Seeds
½ Teaspoon Mustard Seeds
½ Teaspoon Nigella /Onion Seeds
1 Tablespoon Chaat Masala
2 Tablespoons Tamarind Pulp
½ Cup Mint Leaves
2 Tablespoons Chutney Chana /Roasted Chickpea -powdered
1 Teaspoon Salt
For The Dough
2 Cups All Purpose Flour
½ Cup Whole Wheat Flour
½ Teaspoon Salt or to taste
Water - as required for kneading
Desi Ghee / Butter - for frying

Method
For Making The Dough

Take flours in a bowl and then add, salt knead it along with water to make soft smooth ball.

Cover the dough with a damp cloth and keep aside.
For The Filling
First in a bowl, add grated radish, red chili powder, amchur powder, fennel seeds, mustard seeds, nigella seeds, chaat masala, tamarind pulp, mint leaves, chutney chana powder and salt, mix it well and keep aside .
To Make The Calzone

Divide the dough into 4 balls.

Dust a work surface with little flour and roll each ball into a round circle.

Add the radish mixture to one side of the circle leaving at least ½ edge, then fold the circle and seal the edges.

Heat griddle (tawa) and place the calzone and let it cook on one side

When till golden brown on one side then flip and cook the other side. Then lightly brush a little desi ghee or butter on top and at the bottom. Cook till both sides are done.

Remove on to serving plate . Serve warm.

Labels: Radish, Calzone, Breads, International Cuisine, Stuffed Bread, Bread Bakers, Spicy

#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

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Mango Avocado Salsa#EatTheWorld

In: Avocado, Costa Rica, Eat the World

This mango avocado salsa is an amazing Costa Rican recipe, it's sweet, hot, and tangy! Great with chips for a summer appetizer or a side for grilled pork, chicken, or fish or use this to make tacos or wraps.

This recipe is a favorite, super simple to make, healthy, fresh, and fun, perfect for a relaxing day or for a pool party and everyone like it. The combination of tomato, avocado, and mangoes, makes is recipe simple perfect. Do not use too ripe mangoes; the best result is when using a semi ripped (yellow) mango.

Serves 4
Ingredients

¼ Cup Chopped Coriander leaves - divided
1 Tablespoon Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
½ Teaspoon salt - divided
1 Large Mango - peeled and diced
1 Medium Avocado - diced
2 Medium Tomato - diced
1 Medium Onion - chopped
1 Green Chilly - finely chopped
1 Tablespoon Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice
2 Cloves Garlic - minced

Method

Combine half of chopped coriander leaves cilantro & salt with the garlic, mango, avocado, tomato, onion, green chilly and lime juice in a bowl. Make sure you don't overmix, since we are using avocado, if you mix it too much you could smash it and change the look of the salsa.

Garnish with salsa with reserved chopped coriander leaves & sprinkle of salt before serving. This Costa Rican salsa is indeed a delightful and refreshing treat in summer. My favorite way to eat this salsa is with corn tortilla chips, but it is also great with tacos or wraps!

Labels: Costa Rica , Salsa, Salads, Eat the World, Tropical Fruits, Avocado, International Cuisine

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Rajma Rasmisa#SundayFunday

In: Gluten free, Indian, Pressure Cooker

This is a vegetarian mughlai dish in which red kidney beans are cooked to perfection flavored with aromatic spices. The combination of this delicious curry with steamed rice is one of the most favorite food of North India.

Serves 2 to 3
Ingredients
1 Cup Red Kidney Beans/Rajma Beans
Salt to taste
2 Teaspoons Ginger Garlic Paste
1 Large Onion - finely sliced
2 Medium Tomatoes - blended
2 Green Chilies - chopped
1 Teaspoon Coriander powder
1 Teaspoon Red Chilly powder - or to your spice level
½ Teaspoon Heaped Cumin powder
¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
2 Tablespoons Oil
½ Teaspoon Cumin seeds

Method

Clean & wash the red kidney beans & soak over night or for at least 4 -6 hours. Drain the water, wash them in clean water and pressure cook them in water 2 inches above the rajma, till they are soft & tender. On high flame for one whistle then reduce it to low flame and cook for 15 minutes. Switch off the flame let the cooker cool. Open and drain all the stock.

Heat oil in a kadai/ wok add cumin seeds, when they crackle add the sliced onion, sauté it till they turn light golden. Then add ginger & garlic paste sauté for a minute, the boiled red kidney beans, sauté for 2 minutes. add the blended tomato fry till oil surfaces. Then add the spices, coriander, cumin, red chilly and black pepper power, salt to taste, mix well , add the reserved stock from the beans, let it come to boil. Cover and cook for 5 - 6 minutes giving it a stir after every 2 minutes. Then add the green chillies and little coriander leaves mix well and cover with a lid and let is simmer for 2 minutes.