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rajgira cookies Looking for gluten free recipes? Say gluten free cookies? Well, ask for it and you have it readily available here. Rajgira or amaranth is a high protein, high vitamin & mineral gluten-free grain that has remained a staple for many ancient cultures. The best fact about the gluten free amaranth is that it can be consumed as: a leaf - make rajgria saag with it (known as chulai in Odiya and tastes delicious with simple ingredients on your shelf..will share the recipe ) a seed - amaranth ladoo for vrat/Navratris grain flour - make amaranth parantha, dosa, idli, cake, or cookies Festive season is just around the corner. The beginning of Navratras rings the bell for the festive season in India. The holy days when people from across the country observe fast in reverence of Goddess Durga and of course to please the deity. In English navratri means nine nights. The last four days of navratri are celebrated as Durga Puja in Bengal, which is a quintessen

papaya burfi for fasting recipe Navratris are around the corner. It is that time of the year when Indians across the globe are busy cleaning their homes and souls by fasting for nine days. Navratris kick-start the festive season in India. Those who fast during nine days mostly rely on fruits. However, today, some of us do try out falahari or fruit-laden recipes for navratri fasting. Here, I have come up with one navratri sweet for you all. It is delectable and healthy. Papaya is one of my favorite fruits. My dad has always made sure that his kids have a good amount of fruits everyday. I can credit him for inculcating this habit in us all - my siblings. We all love fruits, with papaya being one of them. Hubby dear is not too fond of papaya. When we bring this humble fruit home, he will have a slice, while I will have my fair share all the time. In my hubby's side, they enjoy raw papaya as a vegetable, but people hardly savor ripe one. Nevertheless I am o

sabudana vrat cutlets Fasting, they say, is to cleanse the soul and body. But we have given it a new form - feasting in fast. Earlier, during fasts, we would have only the typical aloo sabzi with kuttu or singhara roti. Now I can see a transformation -people are experimenting with the same ingredients to come up with innovative, lip-smacking recipes for vrat. Here's my attempt at it. This post is inspired by Sunita Sharma ji, who had shared sabudana paneer cutlets in my group. I decided to try the recipe, since it does not require soaking of sabudana for long hours. It's simple and quick, not to mention delectable. I have made sabudana-rajgira aloo cutlets. Ingredients 1/4 cup- sabudana/sago 1/4 cup- samak chawal powder 1/4 cup- rajgira or amaranth flour (optional - if you are not including this, increase the amount of samak flour to 1/2 cup) 2 boiled potatoes sendha namak little oil or ghee for greasing appe pan turmeric hari mirch curry leaves

South Indian food is yummy, healthy, and bursting with flavors. I am a great admirer of south Indian recipes. After having met my hubby, I found out my love for south Indian cuisine as well, because he is the one who introduced me to this flavorful cuisine. Instant kadala curry or black gram or black chickpea curry is one of the yummiest south Indian curries with a distinct flavor of fennel blended with roasted coconut.  instant thali south Indian: kadala curry I am sure your mouth is already watering at the mere thought of it. Perhaps if you have never had kadala curry, better give it a try now. If you love south Indian food, give the instant kadala curry a try now. You are surely going to travel in a gourmet haven soon. I tasted this curry in a local Kerala restaurant here. I fell in love with it then and there.I would always wonder how south Indians make food so flavorful and yet so healthy. Then I came across one pot one shot method of Rama Krishnan and Ihaven't lo

dates ladoo Until a few months back, I could not imagine that ladoos could be made without clarified butter. To me, every ladoo uses ghee. But as my culinary skills continue to improve while my focus remains on health, I have started to experiment with various ingredients. no sugar ladoo I came across a recipe that uses dates as sweetener. This was enough to give me an idea in the right direction. Then I came up with this easy ladoo recipe that  does not use ghee. sugarless recipe ladoo If you are looking for a navratri recipe, just use dates and nuts, and skip oats & sesame seeds, and you will get a falahari ladoo recipe :) No Sugar Ladoo Recipe : 1/2 cup dates (khajur) 2 tbsp -sesame seeds (til) 2 tbsp-oats or powdered and soaked sabudana for navratri (optional) 10-15 almonds How to make Sugarfree Ladoo Chop dates. Keep aside. If you have refrigerated dates, make sure you keep them outside for 4-5 hours bef