Recipes by Sherly

Sweet Puff (Gujiya)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:21:45 CST

Sweet Puff (Mawa Gujiya)
I don’t remember any special occasion or festival goes without this sweet. Not only in north India but in south India also it is made and eaten with great interest.

For Pastry
½ lb. (250 gm.) All purpose flour (Maida)
2 tbls. Hot oil
1
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Mungodi

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:55:04 CST

2 cups Whole Mung beans washed and soaked overnight
1” piece of Ginger
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. chili powder
Oil for frying

Grind the Mung Beans coarsely with little water. Add ginger, salt, chili powder. With your fingers drop small drops (about penny sized)in hot oil. When golden
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Chickpea flour Sweet Balls (Besan Laddus)

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:23:05 CST

It is very tasty and very easy to make in microwave.

2 cups chickpea flour (available in Indian stores it is called Besan)
1.5 cups butter
1.5 cups confectioner’s sugar.
½ tsp cardamom powder
2 tsp. Chopped nuts

Take ch
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Whole Mungbeans Sweet balls (Modakam)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:01:02 CST

Modakam is made with whole mung-beans (moong dal). It is one of the best sweets of South India.

1 cup - Roasted Mung (moong dal)
1/2 lb jaggary or (brown sugar)
1 tbls. Water
1 cup shredded coconut
4 tsp. Sugar
1 tsp. Ghee or melted butter
2 pinch salt
1 tsp cumin roasted and
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Veg & Non-Veg Burgers

Mon, 26 May 2008 21:12:09 CST

Making burger is very easy whether it is non-veg or veg burgers. You can either use a readymade burger available in market or using minced meat or vegetables.

Non-veg burgers:

1 lb. Minced meat
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. chili powder
2 tbls. chopped coriander leaves

Hamburger buns
Mayonn
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Chana jor garam (black Garbanzo Beans salad)

Tue, 20 May 2008 20:40:50 CST

Chana jor garam (black Garbanzo Beans salad)

Remember those school and college days when hawkers stood outside the gate and sold this tasty mouthwatering dish! It is very easy to make and very healthy too.

Here is the recipe:
2 cups of black chana (black chickpeas/Garba
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Mango Ice Cream

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:41:15 CST

About two months back we went to one of our friends house for lunch and we ate this delicious ice cream which is very easy to make.

Here is the recipe:
1 tin (30 oz) Mango Kaser pulp ( you can use mango pulp instead)
1 tin (14 oz) Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 (8 oz.) Whip
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Meatball Curry (Meatball in Tomato Sauce)

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:35:44 CST

For meatball:
1 lb. Minced Meat
½ tsp. Salt
½ tsp. Cayenne pepper
¼ tsp. Black Pepper
1 Egg
½ bunch Coriander leaves(Cilantro) chopped
1 Onion chopped
1 tsp. Chopped green pepper
1 tsp. Ginger – Garlic paste

For Curry:
1 tbls. Oil.
½ Onion
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Rava Puttu - South Indian breakfast

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:42:11 CST

Puttu - South Indian breakfast. One of my favorite food. Traditionally made with rice flour or wheat flour but making with Rava is very easy. You will need puttu mold for that.

2 cups Rava or Sooji or Samolina
1 tsp. salt
1 cup coconut grated
1/2 cup sugar
Banana

Method:

Roast dry R
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Boondi Laddu

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:01:16 CST

For Boondi:
2 cups Besan ( chick pea flour)
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
Water
Oil or Ghee for frying
Crushed nuts

For Syrup:
2 cups Sugar
3/4th cup water
10-15 Cardamoms crushed

Method:
Make sugar syrup adding 2 cups of sugar and 3/4 cup water. When it boils and starts thickening ta
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