Instant Mawa Recipe – Using Ricotta Cheese

Some of you already know how to make mawa (or khoya) using milk powder. How about making instant mawa using ricotta cheese? Have you tried that? Well even before we go there, lets get to what is mawa and why we need it? For those who are unfamiliar with mawa, it is most common ingredient in most of indian sweets. It is also spelled as khoa, or mava.

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Vegan and Date & Fig Rolls Recipe

Date and Fig rolls : My lovely readers, you have seen all sorts of recipes on this blog. Whilst I try to cook healthy, there are few recipes where it yields food which has high calorific content or not suitable for Vegans. Hence, I thought I will share something which is more vegan friendly as well as ticks the boxes of those following Paleo diet too. This is Date and Fig roll, are perfect energy balls, which is a no-cook recipe too.

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Cheesy Mushroom Broccoli Recipe

My daughter is a is cheese fan and I am not averse to it either. I love mushrooms and we, as a family love broccoli too. With these things in my mind, I always wanted to try out something like a french or italian cuisine and which led me to experiment. I have earlier mentioned that I love bruschetta con fughi.

So I decided to make something on those lines. If am honest, I am not sure how anyone else will feel about this recipe, but I loved the end product so did my family (and the guest who was my guinea pig) 😀

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Asparagus Salmon Foil Bake | Your Food Fantasy

Asparagus Salmon Foil Bake recipe

It is not possible everyday that you have elaborate time to do detailed cooking, especially if its a family of working couple, during weekdays it is sometimes barely possible to spend more than 30 mins in kitchen. What do you do then? Eat ready made meals? Eat left overs? Eat junk? Eat cereals? May be all of these! This “Asparagus Salmon Foil bake”, is an answer to these problems. It is quick to make, contains goodness of Asparagus and Salmon (packed with Protein!) and still super scrumptious.

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Sun-dried tomato and Mozzarella grilled sandwich

Not everyday you wish to eat curry, pizza or pasta, and I love experimenting with my food. I make numerous varieties of sandwiches and way to make all of these is largely same, only the stuffing varies. Sometimes I make cold sandwiches, but I am rather a person who likes eating hot food and hence I go for grilled sandwiches.

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Creamy Mushroom Bruschetta Recipe

Cheesy Mushroom Bruschetta Recipe

About 2 years ago I posted recipe for bruschetta con funghi, one of pizza express delicacies. Inspired by same, I had tried bruschetta bread with toppings of mushroom and cheese, and I made this again one of those “ready in minutes” starter. This “cheesy mushroom bruschetta” is really simple to make and you can certainly earn brownie points from your guests, as it tastes simply superb! Thanks to the crunchy crust and cheesy topping, it tastes like mine pizza.

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Black Chana Chaat | Black Chickpea Chaat recipe

Black chana chaat recipeChickpea chat or Chana chaat is a popular street food, especially in northern part of India. You can make this with white chickpeas or fresh green chickpeas, or black chickpeas. I am using these black chickpeas only for one reason, that I like it these black chickpeas 😀

Soak chana overnight, and then you can get this protein rich snack ready in minutes. I still remember my childhood days when my mom used to give overnight soaked chickpeas to me and my brother in morning, thanks to its protein content.

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Pickled Onion | Sirke Wale Pyaz

When was the last time you visited any Indian restaurant? Did you get served red pickled onion as condiment before your food was served? Red pickled onion or Vinegar Onion or sirke wale pyaz (सिरके वाले प्याज ) is one thing that I ask as first thing in any Indian restaurant and generally I end up dishing that out with green chutney, and pickle, much before even starters are served.

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