Muggle Diaries

Post Title:  BUTTERED LENTILS CURRY / DAAL MAKHANI RECIPE: A very versatile North Indian Curry,also known as Maa Ki Daal or Daal Makhani famously. A great curry which goes well with Rice, Pulao's or Roti's of any sort! Though we are originally North Indian's I guess living in the south for Generations sort of made us adapt to a lot of recipes from the south and so we never made daal Makhani at home, though it's my favourite and most ordered curry when I go to a restaurant. I didn't have any idea on how to cook this until I decided to give it a try, as I was falling short of options for dinner curries which is usually roti or wheat dosa's regularly!  I picked this recipe from cookingnme and voila! It turned out great of course I did make minor adjustments to suit the taste of my family....:). Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Serves: 2 What Goes Inside: 1/2 Cup of Black Urad Dal, Soaked Overnight, 1...

Post Title: Kofta Curry (Bottlegourd/Lauki/Ghiya) A post from a fellow blogger, suddenly reminided me of the kofta curry my mum used to make for us. how i loved it as a little girl and how so i love it till date..! This urged me to cook some lauki ke kofte for myself! Ahh...pure satisfaction to my soul...;). The curry has a very subtle yet distinct flavor to itself, tough it is mildly spicy, the mild tang of the tomato based gravy adds zest and life to the already yum kofta's which just melt in the mouth. Really smooth..!! This can be easily eaten with roti's or rice...completely your choice...either way its really awesome..!! My mother would add cashews to the tomato based gravy to achieve the creamy,and rich flavor,added to the curry also gave her children calories...but being a mother in this century i chose to give my children a creamy, rich yet healthy variation of this curry by adding Almonds instead of Cashews. and instead of ...

Matar/Green Peas Pulao(One Pot Meal): Weekend's somehow make me feel weak in the knees to eat rice...i feel really bored to have roti's & dosas the whole week through..!! My versatile pallets and the stomach who's used to eat variety from mom screams out and demands more variety on the weekends. However though a weekday today i broke the usual rules and cooked up my favorite "Matar Pulao" which doesn't take much time as well as it's not too much  of a labor, since it all goes in one pot and pressure cook cool and serve, so i don't need to even wash too many dishes, so last night's dinner was Green Peas Pulao, Karnataka style with a slight variation for the sake of good health..;P What goes Inside: 1Cup: Basmati Rice(i used Basmati, since this is what i can acquire here easily ) or normal cooking rice of your choice. Spices: As per your taste you may add or delete the same(Cinnamon sticks+Green Cardamom+C...

A few days back i happened to post my *Tried & Tested* version of  20 min Choco Almond - Cashew Secret Center Crumbly Cookies and a very old school friend popped me a question on how about an egg-less version and  and i decided to give that a try well with slight variations of my own..;).This is an exceptionally easy one for baking beginners.These are Classic Shortbread sort of Cookies which absolutely melt in your mouth...but technically these are cookies which use Cornflour along with normal All purpose Flour while baking these.The Cocoa in it adds a much needed twist to their melt in the mouth texture apart from the fact that these are Egg less.I used a bit of yoghurt and maple syrup while experimenting with flavours and while adding to it's health value i don't think it did much harm to the cookie's texture too...;) This one's gotta be a keeper ladies..;) So Reena, here's what i got for you especially: Eggless Chocolate Crumbly Cookies*Tried & Tested*...