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Off let I have been obsessed with soya nuggets. I add it to chowmeins , fried rice, pulaos, biryanis and mixed veg, you name it i try it. So here is my version of soya nuggets manchurian. Ingredients: Soya Nuggets: 1 cup (Cooked as per instruction on the pack) Corn Flour : 2 tbsp Pepper Powder: 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder: 1 tsp Oil : for deep frying Onion: 1 medium finely chooped Galric : 4 cloves finely chopped Green Chilli: 2-3 slit length wise. Salt: as per taste Ching's Manchurina Powder: 3 tbsp Red Chilli Sauce: 2 tbsp (adjust as per taste) Water : 1 cup Oil: 2 tbsp Procedure: Drain all the water from the nuggets and squeeze all the excess water out. In a bowl mix soya nuggets, corn flour, red chillil powder and pepper powder together so that the nuggets are nicely coated with the dry ingredients . Heat oil for deep frying. Deep fry the soya nuggets till they are lightly crispy. In a pan heat 2 tbsp oil . Add the chopped galic and onion with a pin...

As a kid summer vaccations ment a long stay at my nani's place. It  was fu with lots of cousions and no homework ;)  Unlike my mom my aunt's cooking skills were never her best skills but she made few things that I still remeber till day, like soya nuggets curry, santula and stuffed tomatoes. Here is my version of the delicious curry. Ingredients Tomatoes: 4 medium size (hard) Tomatoe paste of: 3 Medium size inside portion only(adjust as per the tartness of the tomatoes) Potato: 2 medium boiled and mashed Onion: 1 medium finely chopped. Ginger & garlic paste: 3 tsp Red chilli powder : 2 tsp Turmeric powder:  1 tsp Garam masala powder: 1 tsp Salt: to taste Coriander powder: 2 tsp Cashew nuts: 6 Almonds: 4 Watermelon seeds: 2 tsp Mava: 125 g Cream: 3 tbs Paneer: 100 g Orange red colour : 2 pinches Oil- 3-4 spoons Procedure: Wash tomatoes and cut with a sharp knife the top portion.Tack out or scoop the center portion. Make a paste...

Being from the state of Orissa where fish is the staple food, we are so used to eating fish and we even enjoy eating fish eggs and fish oil . Fish eggs are available only during the breeding season and really delicious when prepared nicely. So here is a simple recipe to make fitters out of fish eggs which is really simple and delicious. Ingredients: Fish Eggs: From one fish ( not sure how much it weighed  for us) Green chili: 2-3 finely chopped ( adjust as per taste) Onion: 1 small Finely chopped Garlic: 2 crushed Besan: 2 tbsp (add a little at a time till you reach a good consistency) salt: as per taste turmeric powder: 1 tsp Chilli powder: 1 tsp Oil for cooking. Procedure. Put all the ingredients except the oil in a bowl and mix together.  You will have to use a fork to mash up the fish eggs and make the whole thing into a thick paste. Heat oil in a shallow pan or tawa . Add a spoon full of the mix in the tawa and adjust the shape.  ...

I just came back from India and the memory of delicious food is still fresh. I made sure I got relish all my favorite  food and one of them is chaat that we get in cuttack. Its delicious and satisfies your taste buds. Of-course replicating the one made by the street vendor is not always possible, so here is the version my mom used to serve us. Ingredients: Ghuguni : 1 cup (per person) Tamarind Chutney: 1/2 cup Yogurt: 1/2 cup lightly sweeten  Tomato ketchup: 1/2 cup Onion: 1 medium finely chopped Green Chilli: 4-5 finely chopped Tomato : 1 large finely chopped Cilantro: 1/2 cup finely chopped Chaat masala: a pinch per person Sev: 1 cup Papdi: few per person. Oil: 1 tsp (per serving) Procedure: Heat a saute pan heat 1 tsp of oil. Add 1 tbsp  chopped onion, 1 tsp of chopped green chilli, 1 tbsp of chopped tomato and a pinch of salt. Saute for 1-2 mins and then add the ghuguni to the pan and saute for 1-2 more minutes and let it thickens ...