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Papdi

Papdi is crispy crunchy tiny poories made with all purpose flour, ghee and deep fried. Papdi can be eaten with tea as a snack. Papdi can be made as a papdi chaat, dahi poori chaat, channa chaat, in bhel poori or so on. Adding this papdi in chaats gives a crunchy bite and tastes delicious.The recipe is simple and easy to prepare at home. 

Mohanthal

Mohanthal is a traditional Indian  popular sweet dish which is prepared during the festival of Diwali. This delicious sweet, prepared with gram flour, mawa, ghee and sugar. Roasting besan is the most important step to making Mohanthal because if its not roasted well or its burnt, it may spoil your dish. Roasted besan has nice sweet aroma which makes you crave for it, and is the reason why it is one of my personal favorites.  

Lychee Ice Cream

Ice creams is everyone’s favorite, especially during summer! Lychee is an Asian fruit and is a seasonal sweet juicy small fruit which is available only during summer. Lychee ice cream is made from Lychee pulp, milk sugar and flavored with vanilla. Generally in India you can get Lychee ice cream in stores however making it fresh has it’s own awesome taste. 

Veg Sandwich Dhokla

Dhokla is a very famous Gujarati dish. It’s prepared with gram flour or rice. There are two types of dhokla called khaman which is prepared with fermented batter and instant dhokla. Veg sandwich dhokla is instant dhokla in a different flavor. This recipe is a sandwich dhokla with gram flour, vegetable puree and mint chutney and provides a different flavor to the original Dhokla.

Stuffed Aachari Tindora( Kudurni)

Stuffed Aachari Tindora is a dry side dish which is famous in Northern parts of India. This achaari flavored stuffed Tindora is great compliment with rice and daal and brings change to your daily meal. This tiny tindora has its own slightly sour taste and it can be prepared with less oil. Tindora can be prepared as a dry or curry dishes in different flavors. Its easy to make & tastes awesome.

Carrot & Beetroot Kanji

Carrot & beetroot kanji is a  fermented tangy & refreshing drink. Generally this drink is made of with dark purple carrots or red carrots which is available in specific season however it can also be made with any variety of carrots along with red beetroot which gives the color and it’s healthy too.

Raw Mango Pickle

Mango pickle is a common supplement for Indian meals. It’s tangy taste adds flavor to food. Recently I visited India and learnt from my Mom how to make this. I am sharing her recipe. There are variety of mangoes available however the best pickle is made out of “Sukul” mango.

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Patra Roll

Patra also called Arbi leaves, is very popular in East and West regions of India. This delicious snack is made with a tangy mix of gram flour and spices. Steamed & shallow fried Patra rolls taste awesome and are easy to make. Try this recipe, I am sure you will love it.patra-roll_4