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Ugadhi habba recipes - Hindi New year 2025

10 April 2025 at 02:42
This is how I grew up watching my mother create this plate of magic for Ugadhi habba. She would whip up multiple dishes in a matter of a few hours. She has always been my inspiration. My love for cooking is derived from her. Ugadhi is the begining of the Hindu New Year. Bevu bella is eaten on this day Bevu is neem flowers and belle is jaggery. Both symbolize sweet and bitter. Just like life

Air Fryer Paneer Tikka for Weight Loss | High Protein Vegetarian Recipe

By: Priyanka
24 May 2025 at 23:32

If you are looking for a meatless yet protein-rich dinner idea, then you are at the right page! This easy-to-make high protein air fryer paneer tikka is perfect for your healthy & nutritious dinner and it tastes delicious too!

With the increasing popularity of air fryers in India, it's high time to share how to make India's most loved recipe paneer tikka in the air fryer!

My air fryer paneer tikka is not only easy to make but also super quick to put together making it a perfect choice for your busy weekday dinner or even your next party appetizer!

Paneer tikka is a flagship recipe of Indian cuisine and I am sure anyone fond of spicy food must have tried this at least once! You haven’t? Then you are missing out on a lot!

If you own an air fryer, try this air fryer paneer tikka this weekend and I am sure you will come back here to thank me!

What is air fryer paneer tikka?

When you make the super-popular paneer tikka in your air fryer, it becomes the air fryer paneer tikka; so let me decode paneer tikka for you first in case you are not familiar with it.

Paneer tikka is smoky grilled cubes of paneer which have been marinated in a spicy yogurt mixture for a few hours.

To add merry to the musical, the paneer cubes are threaded into skewers along with crunchy veggies alternatively to give that ultimate pleasure to your taste buds.

The skewers with paneer and veggies are then grilled in an air fryer for that tempting smoky & charred flavor where the succulent paneer soaks up all the spices and bursts into a flavor bomb inside your mouth!

Exciting, isn't it? Let’s see what you need to make this deliciousness!

The post Air Fryer Paneer Tikka for Weight Loss | High Protein Vegetarian Recipe first appeared on Flavor Quotient.

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Most Popular Veg Fried Rice Restaurant Style | Easy Veg Fried Rice Recipe

By: Priyanka
20 April 2025 at 03:05

Veg fried rice is the most quintessential rice recipe that you must have in your repertoire and I am sure this will save you in more occasions than you could imagine thanks to its ease of prep and versatility!

I could not believe that I haven't yet shared everyone’s favorite and an almost staple veg fried rice recipe in my 10+ years old blog! That’s unpardonable!

Let’s fix that now, shall we? This veg fried rice is one such recipe that you would have made so many times that you actually lost count of it and don’t even think of it as a recipe anymore while making it!

Does this happen to you too?

My veg fried rice is absolutely free of any animal protein like egg or chicken or even seafood because that’s how we Indians like our veg fried rice.

You can of course check out my egg fried rice and chicken fried rice recipes which have remained very popular since the time I have shared them with my lovely readers!

The post Most Popular Veg Fried Rice Restaurant Style | Easy Veg Fried Rice Recipe first appeared on Flavor Quotient.

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Restaurant Style Chilli Paneer | Indo-Chinese Chilli Paneer Stir Fry Recipe

By: Priyanka
12 April 2025 at 23:31

I am sure you have had your fair share of chilli paneer till date if you are an Indian because this is one such Indo-Chinese dish that all Indians love to devour irrespective of them being a strict vegetarian or a meat-lover!

Let’s make the crowd favorite chilli paneer at home and bring the restaurant vibes in, what’s say?

When my better half suggested making this recipe, to be honest, I was a bit sceptical! That’s simply because I lost one critical cooking skill which is typically used in this recipe!

Wondering what the heck I am talking about? Let’s find out!

If you have been following me for a long time, you would have surely noticed how my recipes have evolved over time.

This blog has always been a place where I share what I and my family eat in our regular life; so you may have noticed that my recipes here have taken a turn into the skinnier side since the last couple of years.

Since we have been consuming low-fat & low-cal recipes off late, that’s what I share with you all and that’s exactly why & how I lost one of the key cooking skills i.e. deep frying!

Still confused and thinking how losing this skill is related to this recipe of restaurant style chilli paneer? Read on to know more!

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Potato Soup (Aloo Ki Kadhi)

9 February 2023 at 06:13
Potato Soup (Aloo Ki Kadhi)
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Potato Soup (Aloo Ki Kadhi)

Potato soup is very comforting and delicious. At my home this was known as Aloo Ki Kadhi. This soup was served with Puri which is an Indian whole wheat fried bread. Potato Soup is mildly flavored and easy to make.
Course Soup
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1/2 potato boiled, peeled and mashed
  • 1/2 cup yogurt
  • 1 cup potatoes boiled peeled and cut into small pieces
  • 2 Tbsp oil canola or vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds jeera
  • 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour maida or plain flour
  • 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds dana mathi
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper kali mirch
  • 1 bay leave tajpat
  • 1 dry red chili broken into 2 pieces
  • 2 tsp ginger paste
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp garam masala
  • 2 Tbsp finely chopped cilantro hara dhania

Instructions

  • Mix mashed potatoes, yogurt, ginger juice, and black pepper well add about 1 cup of water and make a smooth batter. Set aside.
  • Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium high heat. Oil should be moderately hot, when you add the cumin seeds they should crack right of way. Add cumin seeds as they crack add fenugreek seeds, and all-purpose flour, stir for 1-2 minutes until all-purpose flour become very light brown.
  • Add red chili and bay leave, brake in 2 pieces, stir and add yogurt mix and mix it well. Turn the heat to low medium.
  • Add potatoes and about 2 cups of water and let it cook for about 5 minutes. Stir occasionally. Add salt, garam masala and cilantro, lower the heat to low and let it cook for 2 more minutes.
  • Adjust the thickness of the soup to your taste.
  • Potato soup is ready. Enjoy!

Notes

This is best served with Puri (puffed fried bread).

Originally posted 2017-06-29 23:17:05.

The post Potato Soup (Aloo Ki Kadhi) appeared first on Manjula's Kitchen.

A Mango Magic called Mango Kadhi - Ripe Mango Pulp cooked in Curd

 MANGO KADHI 

 Mango Kadhi is a festive dish which can not be resisted especially during Mango season when sweet and juicy mangoes are available in abundance. Mango Kadhi is almost similar to Mambazha Morkuzhzmbu except that few ingredients are slightly different . It is exotic ! It is delicious ! It is a five minute wonder ! So why delay ? Go ahead and cook the mango magic in a jiffy as you go through this easy recipe!

                                                                                 

INGREDIENTS 

Smooth pulp of one sweet ripe mango 

Thick curd - 1 Cup

Besan - 1heaped  tbsp

Turmeric powder - 1 pinch

Chilly powder - 1/4 tsp 

Salt - 1/4 tsp 

Sugar - 1/4 tsp 

Asafoetida - 1 pinch 

#  Blend all the ingredients until smooth using a spoon and keep aside . 

 

                                                                                                         

SEASONING INGREDIENTS

Sesame oil - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Broken red chillies - 2

Curry leaves - a few 

# Heat oil in a kadai and add the seasoning ingredients one by one as listed above.

PREPARING THE KADHI

# Stir in the prepared mango - curd  mixture to the seasoning and cook for two minutes till the Mango Kadhi acquires a rich colour . 

                                                                                 

Enjoy the creamy delicious MANGO KADHI with Poories or Parathas ! Or relish a bowl of mango magic as it is !

Vegetable Oats Upma | Power Packed Oats Breakfast Recipe

By: Priyanka
2 April 2022 at 09:13

Oats have become quite a popular choice for breakfast thanks to its immense health benefit, but who said you only can enjoy it as a porridge? Try this yummy vegetable oats upma and kick off your day with right amount of fibre and protein! I had already hinted you guys about my love affair with […]

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