Fruit-vegetable Salad

This salad is a simple, delicious and complete meal on its own - packed with wholesome nutrition, flavor, texture, and color. Ingredients:   1/4 cup moong dal (yellow split lentil) 1/4 cup Peanuts 1/2 cup white Onion chopped 1/2 cup tomatoes chopped 1/2 cup cucumber chopped 1/2 cup Lettuce shredded 1/2 cup apple chopped 1/2 cup banana chopped 1/4 cup chopped strawberry 1 tablespoon chopped raw mango (kairi) 1 tablespoon chopped...

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Birthday Special Giveaway - Round Up and Winner Announcement

Happy Janmashtami !!I am very happy and overwhelmed with the response on my event "Birthday Special". I received almost 203 entries (200 blogger + 3 non-blogger) for this event. Thanks to all of you who have participated and sent their delicious recipes and helped making this event successful. I am extremely honored by your participation.   I have categorized entries in tabular format and sorted them on the basis of postal address...

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Gulab Jamun for Vrat / Fast ~my 100th Post

Today is a very special day in my life because it marks Daily Swad Sugandh's 100th post! Wow, what a journey it has been! can you believe it? I certainly can’t. It seems like yesterday that I started posting recipes, I really never thought I would last this long but over the last 3 and half months, I have discovered a love of cooking and baking and gained a lot of fabulous food blogger friends and acquaintances. Thanks...

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Cheese Stuffed Mushroom Vada / fritters

Today is another type of fritter, Ideal both for tea time as well as starter/ appetizer for parties. These fritters are easy to make, delicious in taste. I have used button mushrooms for these fritters and stuffed it with cheese filling. For healthy vadapav, You can use it as vada in vadapav to replace potato vada.  Preparation Time : 5-7 minutes Cooking time : 15 minutes Serving - 4 Ingredients: 1/2 cup grated cheese 1 teaspoon...

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Digestive Smoothie

Digestive Smoothies - An easy smoothie for Digestion!We all know that smoothies are great way to start your day. Digestive smoothies are great for promoting health, improving digestion, boosting energy levels and enhancing the immune system. They are packed with energy, vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants which are required for a healthier vibrant body and a clear focused mind. Preparation Time : 5 mins Cooking Time : 10 minsl Total time...

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Quinoa-Moong dal Khichari (Quinoa-lentil Pilaf)

Quinoa Khichari is very healthy and delicious in taste. Quinoa is one of the most protein rich foods. It is a complete protein containing all nine essential amino acids. It contains almost twice as much fiber as other grains. It is rich in magnesium, manganese and riboflavin (B2). It also contains iron and lysine which is essential for tissue growth and repair. According to WHFoods quinoa “was the gold of the Incas” because the Incas believed...

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Blueberry Vegan Cake

This vegan blueberry cake is quick and easy to prepare and great way to use blueberries. This cake is very moist, melt-in-your-mouth, eggless, butter less and healthy as it is made of using wheat pastry flour and blueberries. Blueberries have many health benefits and they are rich in anti-oxidants, high in fiber, high in potassium, and low in sodium. Ingredients:           ...

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Mix Fruit Pulao / Pilaf

Mix Fruit Pulao /Pilaf is very delicious, aromatic and mild sweet and totally different in taste and method unlike other pulao. It is very quick and one of the easiest recipe to make.      Ingredients: 1 cup long grain basmati rice 1 tablespoon warm milk pinch of saffron 1 cup mixed fruits chopped (pineapple, strawberry, mango, peaches, grapes, cherries etc) 1 tablespoon thick dahi (yogurt) 1 tablespoon...

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Spicy Garlic Chutney for Vada Pav

This is a popular Maharashtrian recipe and commonly known as vada pav chutney. However, it can be used as accompaniment along with several dishes. This chutney is made with a nice mix of roasted coconut flakes, sesame seeds, peanuts, garlic and chilies and spices. It gives spicy and nutty flavor.   Ingredients: 1/3 cup Coconut flakes 1/3 cup peanuts 1/3 cup sesame seeds 5/6 large garlic cloves (if small then...

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Vada Pav (Indian Burger)

Vada Pav - Indian version of burger, a staple of Mumbai street stalls. Pav means dinner rolls. The vada means Patty is made of a spicy potato filling, coated with gram flour and deep fried. Along with a spicy garlic chutney and  a fried green chili, vada is served inside a Pav. It is one of the most loved street foods.    Vada Pav is a famous Maharastrian recipe. It is also called as "Mumbai's Burger". This...

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Pav Bhaji

Pav Bhaji is a famous Indian street side snack food - Spicy blend of boiled mixed vegetables, mashed and cooked in tomato-onion based gravy and served with Pav cooked with butter.  Pav is actually buns. This is very popular snack, easy to cook, quickly made and liked by almost all. It is very tasty that tickles your taste buds and filling enough too.  Ingredients: For the bhaji:  2 potatoes, peeled and roughly...

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Tri color Mug cake in a minute

Happy Independence day! Today I just tried one-minute tri-color-Mug cake in a microwave and was successful. I used natural colors here for cake - carrots for saffron, milk for white and spinach for green..   This cake is very moist, delicious and the best thing is that it just took one minute to cook...I made it tri color cake but you can make it without colors too...   Ingredients: 4 tablespoon all purpose flour 2...

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Chocolate Cake (Using yogurt, Eggless, butterless)

The best, eggless, butter less, moist and delicious Chocolate Cake recipe made with yogurt that will quickly become your favorite! This cake is the one you always dream of- any celebration.   This rich chocolate cake infused with cocoa and yogurt will bring a chocolate lover's dream come true!  preparation time : 15 minutes Cook time : 45 minutes Total time : 1 hour Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1/2...

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Baingan Ka Bharta (Mashed Eggplant with Indian spices)

Baingan Bharta is an most popular Indian dish, which is also delicious and quite healthy and  that is sure to stir up your taste buds. It is made by first roasting the eggplants until very soft. The charred skin is removed and cooked with Indian spices until thickened and richly flavored. It can be served with rotis / Indian bread or Rice.   Ingredients: 1 Big Eggplant (baingan / Brinjal) 2 tablespoon oil 2 tablespoon...

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Mutter Mushroom Curry / Greenpeas-mushroom curry

Mutter-Mushroom curry - Mushroom and mutter(green peas) are cooked in spicy onion-tomato based gravy. It is delicious, rich dish, Serves best with rotis, paratha or Rice.  Mushrooms and green peas are a great source of nutrients, high in fiber and protein and are low in calorie. Mushrooms are fat and cholesterol-free and are very low in sodium and carbohydrates, yet they are rich source of potassium, selenium, niacin, riboflavin...

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Methi Mutter Makhana Malai

Methi Mutter Makhana Malai - a creamy, delicious, mild flavored, rich looking curry made with fenugreek leaves, green peas and makhanas (fox nuts)!! This is a simple, easy and quick recipe. It is served with any Indian breads like rotis/parathas/naans and even with rice. Ingredients: For Grinding:  2 medium onions cut in quarters  3 green chili  4-5 garlic cloves  1"  ginger piece  10-12 cashew nuts  3...

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Orange-mango-coconut refresher

A delicious refresher, perfect for the summer or any time of year - actually a faster refresher! Coconut water is so refreshing and is an excellent source of potassium and B-complex vitamins and packed with enzymes that aid digestion, simple sugars, minerals and electrolytes. Nutrients in oranges  and mangoes are plentiful and diverse.  Ingredients: 1 orange (Peeled and cubed) 1/2 cup mango pieces 2 cups Pure Coconut...

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Chinese Vegetable Salad

Chinese Vegetable Salad - a marinated vegetable salad that's an excellent side dish for cookouts and picnics! This is a simple, nutritious and fantastic salad to add to your summer meals. Combining the cabbage with carrots, capsicum, spring onions and celery made a colorful combination and crunchy Chinese vegetable salad.  Ingredients: For Salad dressing: 1 green chili roughly chopped 1/2" piece of ginger 2 tablespoon water ...

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