Cold days, hot meals! Your family will love these easy, comforting winter recipes. Serve these hot and spicy snacks to breeze through cool winters. Read and try. Fry Mushroom This is a great side dish for mushroom lovers who want a hot punch in cool evenings. Ingredients: 3 onions converted in paste, 2 garlic cloves, 10 button mushrooms cut into small pieces, 1/4 teaspoons of red chili powder, 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder, 1/4 teaspoons of garam masala powder, 1/4 teaspoons of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of amchur powder, 1/4 teaspoon sugar, 2-3 cloves, 2-3 cinnamon, 10-12 fennel seeds Method – Mix red chilli powder, turmeric powder, any curry masala powder, garam masala powder in 3

Here comes the glorious month of December when the occasion of Christmas and New Year calls for celebration. It’s the time, when people indulge, organize parties and prepare mouthwatering delicacies. What could be more delicious than a sumptuous cake? Read the recipes and try these out. We guarantee your family and friends are going to love it. CHOLOLATE CHIP and NUT CAKE Ingredients: 2 ½ cup Flour, 3 teaspoons Baking powder, 1 teaspoon Baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon Salt, 1 cup Butter or margarine, 1 cup sugar, 3 eggs, 1 cup chopped nuts (preferably walnuts), 2 teaspoon sour cream, 1 cup chocolate chips, 1 cup vanilla, ½ cup brown sugar, 2 teaspoon cinnamon How to prepare: Preheat the

Diet plays an important role in managing diabetes. A diabetic should focus on greens and along with high quality protein in his diet. Sindhi saag is just perfect and it provides best of the both worlds: nutrition and taste, and it is too easy to cook.  Follow the recipe below. Ingredients 1/2 Kg fresh spinach, 1/2 cup channa daal, 1 potato(small), 1 onion (medium), 2 cloves garlic, 1/4 tsp heeng, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp red chili powder, 2 tsp amchoor, 2 tomatoes (small), 2 tbsp vegetable oil, salt to taste Method Soak the channa daal for 1 hour. Place spinach,channa daal, tomatoes,potatoes,onions,turmeric and salt with 2 inches water above the ingredients in a pressure cooker

Kheer is an integral part of Indian cuisine. Ancient Sanskrit texts refer kheer as parmanna. No wonder, it is ever-present in all rituals and is offered to the gods in almost all festivals. The most well known version of kheer is prepared with rice. Sevai or vermicelli too is added to the thickened milk, flavoured with cardamom and saffron, to give it a different twist. Some go ahead and prepare kheer with makhana, bottle gourd, apples and carrots too. However, the skills of a chef is put to real test when he prepares kheer with garlic. The trick of this kheer lies in alum water in which garlic is washed several times, to remove its pungent taste and odour. The  thin slices mimic almond

Anjeer Basundi is a healthy dessert for diabetics of South Indian origin.  Made of figs and skimmed milk it balances nutrition with taste. Figs are great food for a natural diabetic diet. Figs are rich in fiber, which is a crucial ingredient of a diabetic diet. They are also rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium and iron and are a good source of antioxidants which help fight disease. This dessert is also suited for pregnant women. You may swap the sweetener with sugar for the latter. Ingredients 4 cups low fat milk 1 1/2 cups finely chopped fresh anjeer 1/2 tsp lemon juice 1 tsp cornflour dissolved in 1 tbsp low fat milk 1/2 cup low fat khoya 2 tbsp Sugar free For the

Soup is surely the queen of foods! Wondering Why? Warming and nourishing, soup works as a balm for our health, it fortifies the body, soothes sore throats, clears clogged airways, fights off colds, builds strong bones, and has even been rumoured to improve your love life! So, if you like delicious food and want to stay fit and fine, then you will love our new soupy diet. Here comes 4 nutrition-packed soup recipes to savoir your taste buds, content your stomach and keep you healthy. Go soup way! Red Pepper Tomato Soup Ingredients: 4 large red peppers, 4 garlic cloves, unpeeled, 1tsp dried oregano, 4tbsp olive oil, 1 large red onion (peeled and chopped), 6 large tomatoes (peeled and

It’s weekend once again. And you are set to delight you family but have no idea how to do it. At this time of the year most of us turn foodie and therefore why not try to make somthing delectable. Geetha Shridhar, our Facebook fan,  tells you the simple yet delicious way to serve your sweet tooth. Learn to make Traditional Mysore Pak…. Ingredients: 1 cup Bengal Gram 2 cups Sugar 1 cup Ghee 1/2 cup Water How to prepare Mix the flour with a little ghee. Heat the sugar in water till reaches a ball consistency. Slowly add the flour stirring continuously so that no lumps are formed. When it is well blended pour in slowly absolutely in a hot ghee stirring continuously. Cook

This Diwali give those khoya burfis, laddoos and fried savouries a break. Cook something interesting and nutritious which are easy to make and delicious to eat. Priya Singh puts together recipes. Channar Payesh Ingredients: 1 1/2 litres milk , 1 tin condensed milk + 2 tablespoons, saffron (kesar) a few strands, lemon juice 1 1/2 tablespoons, sugar 1/2 cup, 5-6 almonds blanched and chopped, 7-8 pistachios, blanched and chopped How to prepare -Soak saffron in two tablespoons of warm milk and set aside. Boil half litre of milk. As it comes to a boil add lemon juice and keep stirring till all the milk curdles. Strain the whey and tie up the chenna in a muslin cloth and dip in ice water till

Every morning or let’s admit that from almost last night prelude, one thing that constantly hits the brain of any Mom is the kids’ School Lunch. You keep looking for something healthy, appealing, nutritious, easy to make in the morning and something that will survive a few hours in the lunch box. Again a change is must for every day a week. My Health Guardian pitches in recipes of some yummy to taste, amazing to look and yet easy to cook snacks to pack for your kids. Read to select what would you pack for kid. Veggie Cheese Sandwich Ingredients: 6 – bread rolls, 15 gm – butter, salt to taste, 2 pinches – white pepper powder, 20g – cheese, 5 – black olive, 4 tbsp

      MINT CHICKEN       Ingredients: Chicken breasts 200 g Onion 1 medium Tomato 1 big Salt to taste Oil 1 tbsp Mint leaves 1 cup Spices For Wet Grinding: 2 cup mint leaves, 1 cup coriander, 5 green chilies, 1 tbsp ginger paste, 1 ½ tbsp, garlic paste For Dry Grinding: 1-1/2 tsp Aniseeds, Cumin 1-1/2 tsp, Cloves 5, Cinnamon stick 1 inch, Whole peppercorns 1 tsp, Poppy seeds 1 tsp Method: Cut onion pieces 1/4sq.inch, cut tomatoes, make a paste of Garlic and Ginger, chop pepper, and cut the chicken into sizable pieces. Heat oil on a very low flame and add onions, stir till light brown. Add a pinch of salt, add the ginger/garlic paste, add chicken pieces, and wait for the sizzle