Lime n' Mint

 Palak  Moong Dal Seaosned with Garlic - Garlicky Greengram Spinach Curry Dal (Lentil)  is a source of proteins for balance diet.  In my home  Dal is a regular accomplishment with lunch meal. Usually i will add leafy vegetables or some Vegetables to my regular Dal preparation. Today's my post is inspired by Moong Dal Palak Curry is from Bhavana's Kitchen. Palak Moong Dal Seasoned with Garlic

A simple  aromatic mild spicy all time favourite Potato curry.  

Bendakaya Pulusu or Vendakai Puli Khulambu is a simple tangy and mild spicy gravy side dish in all South Indian homes.

Potlakaya Kura Snake Gourd (Potlakaya in Telugu) is popular vegetable in India.In southern part of India both long and small variety of Snake gourds available in the market. It is one of the easy digestive vegetable. Toay's my post is simple and easy Andhra style Snake gourd curry.                                                                                         

Louki Aloo ki Subzi Some times simple and healthy curries go well with Indian Breads. Today's my recipe is easy and quick Pressure cooker recipe.....

Okra (Bhindi) is  favorite vegetable in our home.  We love to eat this vegetable in any form.Today's my recipe is simple North Indian delicacy  in my way...... Ingrdients:           Bhindi (Okra)             500  Vegetable oil.           100ml Cumin seeds.             1 spoon Yogurt                       1 Table spoon Turmeric powder        1/2 tea spoon Cumin powder            1 tea spoon Chilli powder              1 tea spoon Salt                            1 tea spoon Method: Take washed and cleaned Okra(Bhindi)generally Okras are hairy and after cutting sticky by nature,so first wash okras into  clean water and pat dry t...

Grated carrot stir fry is one of the easiest and simple recipe.This is my elder ones favorite and he himself experiment with this stir fry. Even i like this colorful,healthy recipe. Ingredients: Carrots                                3  Grated coconut                    2 table spoons Black gram                          1 table spoon Cumin seeds                        1 tea spoon Mustard seeds                     1 tea spoon Green chillies                       2(split it into half) Curry leaves                       few Vegetable oil     ...

Aaloo bahar is a mild spicy and delicious recipe from North India.  It is very well go with Rotis,Parathas,Nan and Piping hot plain Rice.

Bitter gourd  is one of the favorite vegetable in our home. That too this vegetable have bunch of  health benefits.Today's my recipe is a simple and tasty Stir fry.

Bateta nu Shaak - Gujarati Spicy Potato Fry State of Gujarat is Western part of  India.  Gujarati cuisine had its own special unique taste from all over India. .Today's my recipe Bateta nu Saak - Potato Stir  Fry is a delicacy from Gujarat. This recipe  I learn from my Gujarati neighbour. I  reminisce fondly those days....Just within a week after my marriage I had to move from South India to Northern region, almost 2000 km away to a different state.Those days I didn't know ABCs of cooking. Luckily for me, my husband got ourselves placed in the  Campus quarters of the company where he was working and, I used to go and spend my time with my wonderful neighbour friends, and get adjusted to the new locale, people and culture. Those were the times when I was introduced to North Indian dishes,Gujarati dishes. This recipe is very simple and delicious and this yummy curry  goes well with Indian breads or  Plain Rice.

Woooof Summer is showing his heat in India. Usually we like to prefer either cool beverages or easy digestive curries, Curd raitas and Salads.Today's my recipe is easy and fresh healthy recipe. Spinach Curry                                                                                                      Ingredients: 1. Spinach       1 bunch( cut into small pieces) 2. Ginger         10g.(mash it in mortal or cut as small pieces) 3. Garlic pods    4(remove the skin of pods and cut into pieces or use  as whole     pods)(optional) 4. Green chilli  2( just mash it in mortal) 5. Vegetable oil 1 tea spoon 6. Black gram     1 tea spoon...

Louki ka Kofta Louki ka Kofta  is a North Indian gravy based Curry made with Bottlle Gourd.  In India a range of gourds are available such as Bottle Gourd, Ridge Gourd, Ash Gourd, Bitter Gourd, Snake Gourd besides a variety of cucumbers and these are available through-out the year.  Today I am presenting a curry called Louki ka Kofta,  made with Bottle Gourd. This wonderful gourd is a  healthy vegetable,  looks like a Bottle or even like a mace, when it grows to a huge size in the farm. Known as Calabash ( Lagenaria siceraria), i t is considered as a endothermic or  cool vegetable and is very easily digestible too. Louki ka Kofta is a popular curry in Northern Parts of India. It goes  very well with a wide variety of Indian Breads (Rotis). Long time back i  learnt this curry from one of my  friends from Delhi. I reminisce fondly those days....Just within a week after my marriage I had to move from South India to Northern region...

Todays my recipe is simple and tasty Aloo Palak curry. 

Todays my recipe is simple cabbage curry topping with grated fresh coconut.

Todays my recipe is simple and tasty Aloo Palak curry.

Now  is the season for tender mangoes and tender cashews and time for harvesting pineapples and jack fruits and many more tropical fruits in our country. My parents had a couple of orchards that had beautiful mango and cashew trees. During my childhood, we used to get tender green mangoes and tender cashews from these orchards every year between February  and April. Now-a-days i am not getting the opportunity to visit my parents' place due to work and other exigencies. So i miss the spring/summer festivities associated with crop harvests and resultant jubilant moments with my brothers and cousins and all the family members of my parerntal home. I got suddenly relived  all those memories this week. Few days ago, we visited a nearby village and spent a day at a health resort thats just 60 km away from where we live. To my utter surprise and excitement,  that resort is built in the middle of a fruit orchard with many fruit-bearing trees including cashew...

Sweet,tangy and spicy Bitter gourd(Bitter melon) Curry(కాకరకాయ పులుసు,బెల్లం  పెట్టిన కూర ) My mother and mother in law also experts in making this curry.This curry is commonly made in all Andhra vaishnavaite and brahmin homes.Because this is no onion and no garlic recipe. Today i am posting one of the andhra Sweet,tangy and Spicy and juicy vegetable curry in my way:

Simple and  healthy curry.  Microwave Spinach and Tomato curry or Palak,Tomatar ki subji: Ingredients: Spinach (Palak)          1  cup Tomato                      2  (cut into small pieces) Onion                         1  ( small cut into small pieces) green chilli                   1  (cut into small pieces) ginger                            small  piece (grate it) Cumin seeds               1   tea spoon Red chilli powder        1   tea spoon Salt                             1 teaspoon Vegetable oil             ...

Today I have harvested Egg- plants from my garden. My elder son asked me to make low spice curry. So i tried out this version of my curry. It come out well, so I thought of sharing this recipe with you. Baingan -Tamatar ki Curry(BrinjalTomato curry) Ingredients: Baingan (Brinjal) 100g (Cut into long pieces) Tomato 100g (cut to small pieces) Onion 100g(cut to small dices) Jeera (Cumin) 10g Vegetable Oil 1 table spoon Curds (yogurt) 1/2 small cup Milk 1/2 small cup Salt 1 tea spoon Red Chilli powder 1 tea spoon Green chilli 1 (cut small pieces) Ginger 10g grate it Turmeric powder 1/2 tea spoon Method: Heat vegetable oil in Non stick Kadai(pan), add jeera (cumin) ,fry 3 sec. in a slow flame. Now a...

I made this curry in a microwave oven in an emergency. At times when no other cooking equipment is not available and a quick serving is impending, this would work as a great alternative.I thought of sharing it with you all. Ingredients: 1. cauliflower 200 gms (wash florets and cut into small pieces) 2. onion 1 ( cut into small dices) 3. tomato 1 (cut into small dices) 4. green chilli 1 (cut into small pieces) 5. ginger small piece - for taste (cut into small pieces) 6. jeera (cumin seeds) 1/2 tea spoon 7.salt 1 tea spoon 8. red chili powder 1 tea spoon 9. oil 1 table spoon 10. turmeric powder - a hint Method: 1.Take a microwave safe bowl 2. Place all ingredients in this bowl in layers; first pour some oil; put in jeera, then as the next layer place onions, chillies,tomatoes,ginger,and in the next layer cauliflower and finally, on top of all, sprinkle chilli powder,salt, and turmeric. 3. Close the bowl with its lid, place it ...