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Mango Malpua- Popular Indian Dessert

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Summer are known for the abundance of invigorating fruit recipes that are prepared at home to beat the heat.Mango is one such fruit that is versatile even beyond our imaginaion. There are too many recipes we usualy prepare from mango. But today I want to share one of my fevorite recipe of mango dessert , which is ‘Mango Malpua’. For those who don’t know what ‘Malpua ‘ is- Malpua is a pancake served as a dessert  or a snack originating from the Indian subcontinent. The batter for malpua is normally prepared by flour, and water , milk, coconut,  sometimes crushing ripe bananas also used. Then deep fried in ghee or oil, and served hot after  dipped in sugar  syrup  after they are fried . Now talking about todays recipe here I am using wheat flour and semolina  instated of  refined flour . Besides I am using organic jaggery in place of sugar for making syrup.The main motto behind this  healthy twist is that , so that every body can enjoy it without any guilt. So here the recipe is
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Aloo Koni Pitika

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India's North-East cuisine is an exciting melting pot   of various tribes and cuisine. Their flavors and dishes are as unique as their colourful way of life. Most of their dishes use simple and flavourful fresh ingredients,very light and lip-smackingly enjoyable. Now talking about Aloo Koni pitika,  it is an   Assamese   delicacy,Simple,easy yet very tasty with unmistakable fragrance of mustard oil. Main 2 ingredients of this dish is aloo i.e potato and egg.   What is Pitika? Pitika  is an Assamese word which means mashed.  It is a signature side dish of Assamese cuisine. Traditionally it is served with rice an dal, which makes a complete healthy meal. There are many different types of pitikas made from different vegetables, dry fish, boiled eggs  . Aloo kani pitika is a very simple, easy and quick recipe prepared with very minimal ingredients and is ready in less then 15 mins. Which makes it a parfect dish for beginner.   So guys this is a must try recipe in this lockd
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Bengali Style Steamed Fish in Mustard Sauce

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Steamed mustard fish, is a Bengali recipe.Normally hilsa fish (a type of shad) is used in this recipe,which is one of the populest bengali dish, comonlly known as lish bhaape, also known as Shorshe lish bhapa (or bhaape) means Steamed mustard hilsa . Those who are new to this recipe , fish are steamed in a mustard & yoghurt paste. Even though it sounds   very polished, it is a fairly easy recipe to execute, requiring few ingredients, no special technique, and very little time.   Here I am using ‘Indian carp’ [Catla Catla]   instate of hilsa , as hilsa is not a easily available , and also it is too much costly fish . Besides hilsa is, however, facing extinction due to high demand and overfishing. You can used Rohu fish [Labeo rohita ] / Bata fish [Labeo bata] If you want to use any verities of sea fish, you can used it. In this case pomfret / mackerel etc are preferable . Now, Why should we eat fish? Fish is one of such food which contain low-fat   as well as high qua
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Kadhi Pakoda

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Kadhi pakoda extremly   popular indian dish specially in north India. It is often refer as kadhi chawal as usually it is served with plain rice or jeera rice.There are to many way to make it, depends on region to region even family to family.   Typically Kadhi   is a dish made with yogurt and besan (gram flour) .Now the health benefits of kadhi is that, it is loaded with guts friendly bacteria. So it helps in nutrient absorption which further helps in digestion. Besides Kadhi is rich in protein, calcium and phosphorous. It is also rich in complex carbohydrates, folate and has a low glycemic index. It is well known fact that curd / yogurt   helps in losing weight, building your immunity, and is also good for the heart. Expert often said that consume a bowl of kadhi regularly can be beneficial for your skin and hair, as gram flour boosts collagen formation and has anti-inflammatory properties. Be it acne, dark spots or any skin issue. Besides the health befefits, Kadhi needs
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Curd Daliya

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·          Daliya i.e broken wheat  is an extremely low-calorie superfood ,high On Fibre. One of the best features of daliya is its high quantity of fibre, which makes it extremly popular food for the people who are in their weight loss journey.  A bowl ful of daliya has very low glycemic index, which means body digest or absorved it slowly, meaning that it helps in full for longer time , as well as it is rich in Protein. One can consume dalia in breakfast , in lunch as well as dinner.   There are several method to cook dalia.Here I am sharing my way of cooking dalia with curd. It is extremly healthy, besides super tasty and also super easy even begineer can cook it easily. Ingredients 1/2 cup broken wheat/daliya 1 cups of yogurt ½ tsp black mustard seeds ½ tsp cumin seeds/jeera ½ tsp urad daal Pinch of hing 2-3 dried red chillies (cut into bits) 5-7 curry leaves salt to taste 1-2  tsp ghee or oil   How to make Boil two cups of water, add salt and pinch of tur
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