Pancit bihon - a Filipino treat

Whenever my mom used to take me and my sister to a farewell party thrown by her colleagues at the hospital, one of the main dishes that was sure to be there was Pancit. We used to love it and take a second helping. Later when she realized that we liked it, she used to cook it for us at home at times after getting the recipe from one of her filipino colleagues. Ingredients: All ingredients to be used as per required quantity. 1. Rice Sticks/noodles...

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Vegetable Uppumavu/Upma - Salt Mango Tree ;-)

I'm not exactly a fan of this preparation as I find this dish absolutely boring! Proabably because when my mom used to make it, it was a very dry form without the vegetables - but with chunks of ginger, chillies and curry leaves which i had to keep picking at and still pieces would get in my mouth and irritate me. So it was quite unpleasant. And then the one with the vegetables, the soft and moist one used to be served in my hostel, which I liked...

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Buffalo sausage rolls

Made these for dinner on a lazy Sunday. You might think its junkfood, but I have packed it with lots of veggie nutrition. :) Ingredients: Buffalo skinless sausages - 1 per roll Samoli/Sausage bread - 1 per roll European cucumber - 1 sliced Carrot - 1 grated Tomato - 1 sliced Remia Garlic sauce/Salsa Ali Oli - as required American yellow mustard - as required On the side: Any fried/baked potato chips of your choice: French fries/wedges/criscuts/crispies/chips Sauce...

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Carrot/Orange Juice

Ingredients: Carrots - as required Oranges or Orange Juice (I used Minute Maid) Method: Use food processor/juicer to prepare carrot juice. Mix equal amount of orange juice to it. No need of adding sugar especially if using packaged orange juice like minute maid. Serve on a hot day and feel refreshe...

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Chettinad Vazhakkai Kara Poriyal - Plantain stir fry

Credit: http://chettinadthruminu.blogspot.com/2010/12/chettinad-vazhakkai-kara-poriyal.html Ingredients: Raw Banana - 1 Turmerric Powder - 1 pinch Salt to taste Tamarind - 1 Tbsp Oil - 1 Tbsp Mustard - 1/4 tsp Urad Dal - 1/4 tsp Red Chillies - 3, broken Curry Leaves - 1 sprig Coconut - 2 Tbsp, grated Method: Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup water and extract pulp. Boil raw banana with salt, turmerric powder and tamarind extract....

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Vendakka Ularthiyathu/Okra/Lady's Finger Stir Fry

Credit: http://en.petitchef.com/recipes/vendakka-ularthiyathuokraladys-finger-stir-fry-fid-678870 Ingredients: Vendakka/Okra - 500gm chopped Onion - 1 big sliced Green chillies - 2-3 slitted lengthwise Curry leaves - few Chilli flakes - 1 tsp Turmeric - 1/2 tsp Salt - as needed Oil Method: Heat oil in a pan. Add onions, green chillies and turmeric. Stir fry for 1 minute. Add salt, chilli flakes and okra. Stir fry in medium heat until well cooked and dry. Serve hot with rice/roti...

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Moru Kachiyathu

Credit: http://www.mariasmenu.com/vegetarian/kachimoru-moru-kachiyathu Ingredients: Buttermilk/whisked yoghurt and water – 1/2 ltr/ 500 ml ( room temperature) Red pearl onions – 4-5 Ginger – 2 tsp, chopped Green chili – 3-4 Dried red chili – 2 Turmeric powder – 1/4 – 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds – a pinch Curry leaves - 1 sprig Salt to taste Oil - 1 tsp Method: Heat oil in a pan & splutter mustard & fenugreek seeds....

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Cabbage-Carrot Thoran

This is a very common dish that I prepare at home. Super easy too. There are 2 different ways of cooking it, and I'm listing both here. But I usually use the second method because I dont need an extra bowl to combine the ingredients first and then add to the pan. Credit: Giniann's blog Ingredients: Cabbage shredded into small pieces- one small or half of a big cabbage head. I usually cut the whole cabbage into 4 or 8 small quarters, and...

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Tomato Egg Curry

Tomato egg curry recipe is a popular curry recipe from the land of Kerala. Tomato egg curry recipe is a south Indian egg recipe and best served with roti or rice. Tomato curry is prepared with beaten egg. This tomato egg curry recipe is a spicy curry recipe flavored with egg. This tomato egg curry recipe takes on 5 minutes to cook. See how easy and quick are the preparation steps for this south Indian curry recipe i.e. tomato egg curry recipe  Credit: http://www.merirasoi.com/recipedetail/tomato-egg-curry-recipe.aspx?ci=36 Ingredients: 1.Tomatoes...

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Potato Masala for Masala Dosa / Samosa / Poori Masala/Baaji

Credit: http://niyasworld.blogspot.com/2010/01/masala-dosa.html Ingredients: 2 tablespoon oil 2 teaspoon mustard seeds 1 teaspoon urad dal 2 teaspoon channa dal 1 spring curry leaves 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder 5 green chillies, slit lengthwise 1 - inch ginger, finely chopped 500 g potatoes ( boiled with a little turmeric powder ) 3 onions, sliced Salt to taste Method: Heat oil in a kadai ( deep pan ). When it is hot enough add mustard...

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