Nami's Cookbook

After so many requests for no onion, no garlic recipes,  here I have come up with a yummy side dish prepared using Mushrooms and green peas. Print Mushroom Peas Masala (No onion, No Garlic) Yield: 4 servings Author: Namitha Shenoy Prep time: 15 M Cook time: 30 M Total time: 45 M A yummy side dish prepared using Mushrooms and green peas in creamy tomato gravy. Ingredients: Mushrooms - 200 gms Green peas (fresh or frozen) - 1 cup Milk - 1 cup  Saunf - 1 tsp  Cinnamon stick - 1 inch  Black cardamom - 1  Green cardamom - 2  Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp  Coriander powder - 1 tsp  Cumin powder - ½ tsp  Kashmiri chilli powder - 1 tsp  Garam masala powder - 1 tsp  Oil - 1 tbsp + ½ tbsp Butter - 1 tbsp + ½ tbsp Kasoori methi - 1 tbsp  Sugar - ½ tsp Salt to taste  Fresh cream - 1 tsp (for garnishing)  For masala paste : Tomatoes - 3 large Ginger - 1 inch  Green chillies - 2  Cashewnuts - 10 Instructions: Wash Mushrooms and cut into halves or quarters. Keep aside. In a blender, add all ingre

This is a unique dish prepared using bitter gourd (Karela). The stuffing is prepared using Onions and I have also added the scraped skin and the seeds. So this dish has whole karela used.  This recipe is my own variation. I bet those who hate karela, will start loving it once they taste this dish. One can carry this recipe during train journey, as it will be good at room temperature for 2 days. You can also store in refrigerator for atleast 2 weeks.  Let’s go to the recipe : Print Bharwa Karela ¦ Stuffed Bitter gourd Yield: 6 pieces Author: Namitha Shenoy Prep time: 45 M Cook time: 35 M Total time: 80 M A unique dish made with Bitter gourd (Karela) with onion masala stuffing. Ingredients: Bitter gourd (Karela) - 6 nos (small size) Salt - 1 tbsp Mustard oil - 2 tbsp  For stuffing : Onions - 2 Raw mango (chopped) - ½ cup  Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp Green chilli - 2  Mustard oil - 1 tbsp  Saunf - 1 tsp  Besan - 1 tbsp  Cooking Oil (any) - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - ½ tsp  Red chill

Well, don't go by the name. 😁 Name of the dish is karkal cake, but the texture is like halwa or pudding. I don't have any idea why it's called so,but taste-wise it's yum. North Indians call this Atte ka Halwa, Kada Prashad because the process and the ingredients used here are similar. I don't remember when I relished it first. But after that it is my favorite sweet dish. So during all my family functions, sweet dish for breakfast or evening snacks was Karkal cake. 😊 You will find this sweet dish in Mangalore and Udupi region of Karnataka. Also, if you attend any GSB community weddings, Brahmopadesham, chaulopanayanam, house-warming, baby shower etc.. etc.. Whatever function it is, you will definitely find this sweet served with other savoury items. Now it's Shravan month going on, where all married ladies perform tulasi pooja and worship the Sun every Friday and Sunday for a month. We call it "Chudi Pooja" in Konkani. (you can find more details here

Protein dosa , I named so because the ingredients I used here are pulses. A very nutritious dosa, which is full of protein and other vital nutrients. This is my own lockdown recipe, when dosa rice was not available to prepare any other recipes. This is a no ferment dosa recipe. You can add whatever grains or pulses you have.  So let's get started..  Print Multigrain dosa ¦ Protein Dosa Yield: 15-20 dosas Author: Namitha Shenoy Prep time: 8 H & 30 M Cook time: 5 M Total time: 8 H & 35 M A protein rich and no ferment dosa prepared using pulses Ingredients: Soybean - ½ cup Black-eye pea (Lobiya) - ½ cup Green gram (Moong) - ½ cup Red Chana - ½ cup Masoor or Masoor dal - ½ cup Black gram (Urad) - ½ cup  Flaxseeds - ½ cup Salt to taste  Oil for frying the dosa Instructions: Wash all the ingredients except salt and oil. Soak for 4-5 hrs or overnight.  Next day grind to a smooth batter and transfer to a large bowl.  Add salt and mix well.  Heat a tawa. Pour a ladle full o

Pulao is a comfort food, which is healthy and also quick to make. The rice and veggies are cooked together with whole spices. This dish is made with basic ingredients which you have in your pantry. I cook Pulao almost every week. But recipes will be different every time. This recipe is one of my variation which is very easy and no grinding included. Can be given to kids too since it's not spicy. Print Vegetable Pulao Yield: 4-5 person Author: Namitha Shenoy Prep time: 30 M Cook time: 30 M Total time: 60 M A quick recipe and One-pot meal where rice and veggies are cooked with whole spices in ghee Ingredients: Basmati rice - 2 cups Vegetables - 2 cups (I used carrots, green peas, potato and beans) Onions (thinly sliced) - 2 large Cashewnuts - 2 tbsp  Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tbsp  Mint leaves - handful Milk - 1 cup Water - 2 cups Pulao masala or garam masala - 1 tbsp Pepper powder - 1 tbsp Ghee - 5 tbsp Salt to taste Whole spices : Bay leaves - 2 Cinnamon - 1" stick Gree

Watermelon is a nutritious fruit. Do you know that the watermelon rind is more nutritious than the pink flesh? Well.. Yes.. The white part and even the hard green skin is filled with nutrients. Most of the time, can say every time we eat only pink part and discard the white part of watermelon. But after I came to know the health benefits, I always include in our diet. So here I have made dosa out of it. The dosa turn soft, porous and spongy and tastes good with any spicy chutney. You can use the watermelon pieces if it's not sweet to make this dosa and it also gives a nice pinkish color to the dosa.  Here is the recipe of dosa and garlic chutney.  Print Watermelon Rind Dosa with Spicy Garlic Chutney Yield: 15 - 20 dosas Author: Namitha Shenoy Soft, porous and spongy dosas, made with the combination of rice, black lentils and watermelon rind. Ingredients: For the dosa Watermelon Rind - 2 cups approx (you can add pink part as well)  Dosa rice - 2 cups Urad dal - ¼ cup Puffe

Chicken pepper is a dish made with the combination of pepper and other spices roasted in ghee. The main taste you get is from the roasting of the spices. If it gets burnt, then the whole dish will not at all be good. This is my mom's recipe. So thought of sharing with you people. My vegetarian friends, don't get disheartened. You too can try this recipe with Paneer, Mushroom or Soya chaap(recipe coming soon). 😊 So here is the recipe : Print Pepper chicken Yield: 4 servings Author: Namitha Shenoy Prep time: 30 M Cook time: 30 M Total time: 60 M A spicy chicken dish cooked with dry roasted pepper and spices paste Ingredients: Chicken - 750 gms Onions (sliced) - 2 large Garlic (crushed) - 1 tbsp  Ginger (crushed) - ½ tbsp Tomatoes (chopped) - 2 medium  Green chilli(slit) - 2 or more Curry leaves - 2 sprigs Saunf/fennel seeds - 1 tsp Ghee - 3 tbsp  Salt to taste  For masala Black peppercorns - 3 to 4 tbsp Ghee - 3 tbsp  Coriander seeds - 2 tbsp Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp  Meth