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Mumbai style tawa pulao is a quick and easy street food from Mumbai/Bombay which can be made easily at home and is a quick meal. This easy and flavour full pulao is a great lunch box meal for kids. The main ingredient is pav bhaaji masala which I bought from Amazon. Do give it a try and I am sure you will love this. Tawa Pulao Video Recipe: Ingredients: Rice: 1 1/2 cups Water: 12-13 cups Salt: 2 tsp ---------- Carrots: 1 Potatoes: 2, boiled and cubed Peas: 1/2 cup Capsicum: 1, chopped Coriander Leaves: 1 handful ------------------- Ghee: 2 tbsp Oil: 2 tbsp Jeera: 1 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala: 1 tbsp Kashmiri Chilli: 1 tsp Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp Garam masala: 1/4 tsp Salt: 1 tsp or as needed. Subscribe and follow me: YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/nisahomey100 Instagram: instagram.com/nisahomey Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nisahomeyrecipes

No oven bread recipe - can you make bread on a gas stove on a tawa / skillet?? this question must have crossed your mind when the recent controversies on bread surfaced. So, I am going to teach you how to make these pillow soft chicken filled tawa bread rolls on tawa on the gas stove....as simple as that!! Can you believe that apart from the proofing of the dough, they just take 15 mins on the gas stove to make bread. These buns are so easy to make and for those who don't have an oven....now you can make bread on tawa. While living in Coorg; during monsoons there was always power shortage and I used to make this for Nidhi mostly as an after school snack...which Nidhi gently reminded me when she read about the recent issues of bread. And yes, I thought sharing this would help moms who want to bake bread without oven. No oven bread may not have the good looks of an oven baked bread; but yes they smell and taste exactly the same. The texture is perfect and same as that of ...

Peppers and egg sandwich is my hubby's and son's favourite breakfast and this easy and quick Italian flavoured breakfast found its way late here on my blog. Egg sandwich are one of my easy breakfast option on Sundays; I always make this in a hurry and thus did not get to take a picture. When I mentioned this to Homey; he said he will wake me up early morning the next day so that I can take a video and plus he will get to have his favourite breakfast....how cool was that?? Okay back to peppers and egg sandwich; it is made with capsicum and onion and thus got the name "peppers" because the flavour of capsicum stands out. You can make it with both green and red capsicum or a mix of both, but my friend who gave me the recipe (he lives in Italy) insists that red capsicum should be used; apparently that makes this sandwich perfect in taste and flavour.  And, yes that is vouched by the men in my house....they simply love peppers & egg sandwich with red pepper. ...

Vellarikka pullissery which is also known as vellarikka moru curry is a traditional dish from Kerala made with vellarika is an Indian cucumber which can be used to make curries. This curry is made with a paste made with coconut and curd/yogurt. Instead of curd you can add raw mangoes, green or red tomatoes; to give sourness to the curry.  It is a must side dish for Onam or Vishu sadya. Vellarikka moru curry video recipe: Ingredients: Vellarikka: Half of a medium size. Turmeric: 1/2 tsp Shallots (cheriya ulli): 4, sliced Garlic: 3 cloves (optional) Green chilies: 2, slit Water: 1/2 cup water Salt: 3/4 tsp or as needed. Coconut: 1 cup, grated Shallots: 2 Jeera: 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp water: 2-3 tbsp. Curd/yogurt: 1 cup. TO SEASON: Coconut oil: 1 tbsp Mustard seeds: 1 tsp Uluva: 1/4 tsp Shallots: 4, sliced Whole Kashmiri chillies: 3, broken Curry leaves: 1 sprig Method: Cut and chop the cucumber and add it into a kadai with water, shallots...

Homemade orange squash recipe - learn to make orange squash at home without any preservatives and enjoy summer! I don't buy store bought squash or jam as they are really easy to make at home and during summers I make with fruits that are available.  I like to use seasonal fruits and when orange was in season, I made this squash. This squash has a nice colour and that was attained by adding the orange rind, so when you plan to make this squash try to buy orange with nice orangey rind. As usual, I did not add any preservatives or food colour and I hope you will try it and enjoy as much as my family did. Homemade Orange Squash Video Tutorial : Ingredients: Orange: 6 Lemon: 4 Sugar: 1 kg Water: 1 liter Method: Wash orange really well. Peel the orange and keep aside rind of 3 orange. Put 3 orange rind in a sauce pan and fill with water, let this rind soak for 10 mins. After 10 mins, scrape off the inner white part of the rind. The orange rind is used to g...

Overnight oats recipe (Indian style mango lassi overnight oats/oatmeal), have you heard of overnight oats? they are quick and easy oats recipe for that busy mornings or if you are on a weight loss plan. Overnight oats are made by soaking oats in milk, yogurt, water, or even fruit juice and kept in fridge for a few hours or overnight.  They can be topped with your favourite fruits and dry fruits and the best of all it's NO COOK!! And it takes just under 5 minutes to prepare them and your breakfast is ready to serve the next day. They will keep you fuller for a long time too. Need any excuse for skipping the most important meal of the day?? I have started another youtube channel   where I share only healthy and low calorie recipes, do hop over and subscribe :) Okay, back to the overnight oats recipe, usually they are prepared in a mason jar or a glass container with a lid for the sole reason they can be able to be carried to work place. If you plan to take this t...

2 ingredient ice cream? really? yes, you can make ice cream with just 2 ingredients; cream and condensed milk, so easy! and no churning needed. Kozhikode now tops the list of most hottest district in Kerala and ice creams are a blessing to beat the heat. I used Amul fresh cream with has only 25% fat and hence refrigerated it, so that I can scoop out the cream and not use the watery whey will get accumulated in the bottom of the packet. But if you have access to full fat whipping cream then you can use the whole packet. Keep the ingredients in the fridge for best results. UPDATE: MAY 16, 2016 It is with great sadness to note most of my recipes, the techniques, tricks, and tips that I have learned in the last 20 plus years which I have shared on my blog and youtube channel are being copied and shown in blogs; some of them do give credit to me and for which I am thankful that my work is appreciated, but a majority of them and some which I thought were good friends have start...