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Masala Vada! A favourite tea-time snack in South India. You can find this in any tea stall. The recipe below is typical Tea stall style :) Wiki "gyan" about vada Vade , also known as wada or vade (in Sri Lanka) or vadai or bara (pronounced "vah-daa", "vah-dey", "baraa" or "vah-die"), is a savoury fritter-type snack from South India Vadas can vary in shape and size, but are usually either doughnut- or disc-shaped and are between 5 and 8cm across. They are made from dal, lentil, gram flour or potato.  The Vada is a traditional South Indian food known from antiquity. Although they are commonly prepared at home, Vadas are as well a typical street food in the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka. They are usually a high calorie morning food, typically about 300 Kilocal each, but in street stalls and in railway stations, as well as inside the Indian Railways, they are available as a snack all day. It is known as Vades in South Afric...

A flavourful cake with ripe bananas and Walnuts ! Wiki "gyan" about Cake Cake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape. Determining whether a given food should be classified as bread, cake, or pastry can be difficult. {source : Wiki} Reason for making it :) Had 4 bananas in the fruit basket which were completely ripe. Didn't want to peel them and gulp just like that. Instead, made minor changes to the Banana Walnut cupcake recipe that I read here , and Voila my flavourful BMW(Banana Meets Walnut) cake was ready in 40 minutes. Why not, make it!! For all those cake lovers, try this and enjoy homemade cake. Transform the otherwise boring bananas into a cake teaming it up with any nuts of your choice :) Let's get started INGREDIENTS (SERVES 4) All Purpose flour - 1 cup Sugar - 1/2 cup Oil - 1/4 ...

An instant dosa as tasty and healthy as the original . Its true name at our household is "Karacha maavu dosa" . I have just given it a better name (and you will understand why very soon ..) Reason for making it ... Wanted to make a simple dinner , ran short of dosa batter :( Our very own instant dosa idea struck me. Thanks to my dear mom. When she ran short of dosa batter, she would immediately mix different flours  in a jiffy and make delicious dosas in no time ! There are many ways you can make an instant dosa like only rice flour, rice flour and maida ,only wheat flour so on and so forth. This is one such combination. Why not, make it.. Very simple. Reason for penning down the recipe is, this may help bachelors who can just mix flours and make their own breakfast / dinner. Also, when you have a plan to go out yet want to end up with home food, just mix the flours, enjoy your outing , come back and make yummy and crispy dosas ! Here you go..... Tri-flour dosa...

  A great combo of potato and pulse gravy rich in protein and taste!   "Wiki"Gyan about Ragda patties ''Ragda patties''' is a popular Indian cuisine ,Indian fast food or snack which forms part of the famous street food of Mumbai, India. This snack is usually served at fast food restaurants that offer Indian fast food along with other dishes available through the day. It is also a main item on menus of food stalls which scatter the city at busy places. This dish has two parts--''ragda'', a Lathyrus aphaca|dried yellow peas soup and ''patties'', a fried potato cutlet. (Source:Wiki) Reason for making it ;) Had a pack of dried Green peas(Pacha Pataani in Tamil,vatana in gujarati/marati) Reminded me, its been a long time since I made this wholesome and filling dish. Thanks to my sis-in-law too.. She had made the day before and that tempted me a lot more ! ;)   Why not, try it .... Instead of rotis, make patties o...

Being my first post, lets start with a sweet. Rasagulla and rasamalai, our lovely Indian sweets ''Rasgulla''' is a cheese-based, syrupy dessert popular in the Indian subcontinent, particularly in the Indian states of Odisha, West Bengal and Mauritius island. The dish originated in Odisha centuries ago, while a whitish spongy variant ("Bengali Rasgulla") became popular in Bengal in the 19th century. Rasgulla is made from ball shaped dumplings of chhena (an Indian cottage cheese) and semolina dough, cooked in light syrup made of sugar. This is done until the syrup permeates the dumplings.(Source:Wiki) ''Ras Malai''' or '''Rosh malai'''  is a dessert eaten in India Pakistan and Bangladesh. The name Ras Malai comes from two parts in Urdu: "Ras" meaning "juice/juicy" and "Malai", meaning "cream". It has been described "as a rich cheesecake without a crust." (Source...