Healthy Easy Salad Recipe| Cucumber Salad Recipe | FlavourDiary

 

Hi friends, today's recipe is best in diet. This is quite easy to make and very filling. This salad is very refreshing and coolant to your body. This salad needs very few ingredients and tastes great and filling.

I love salads and You may also find other  salad recipe in this blog; I have shared summer berry salad, ABC salad, Russian salad and many more. 

Click on the video below for the making of the cucumber salad.

Level: easy
Total time: 10mins

serves:1-2

1 cup:250 ml
1 tablespoon: 15ml
1 teaspoon:5ml

Ingredients

Cucumber: 2 cups small chunks

Cheery Tomato: 1/2 cup

Red Onion: 1 small

Coriander : 1/4 cup chopped

Lemon: 1/2

Salt to taste

Chilli Flakes to taste

Black Pepper to taste 

Olive oil : 1 tBSP

Directions

Chop the veggies.
In a large bowl add all the ingredients and mix well.
Enjoy this as lunch or dinner or as aside dish.

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Rava Ladoo Suji ladoo | Edible Gift | Diwali Holi Raksha bandhan recipe | FlavourDiary

Hi friends, today's recipe is quick easy and instant recipe for sweet treat. This is one of the quickest laddu's to make, its called Rava Ladoo.

Ladoos are one must sweet during festivals like Diwali, Holi seasons. We have many variations in ladoos made with different ingredients from lentils, milk and so on...
Today's ladoo is Rava ladoo is one famous ladoo from India made with rava(suji , Semolina), coconut, ghee and dry fruits.  

Click the pic below for the making of Rava ladoos  

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Level: Easy

Makes: 10 -12 ladoos

1 cup: 250ml

1 tablespoon(TBS): 15ml

1 teaspoon(tsp): 5 ml

Ingredients

Ghee (Butter) : 3 TBS

Raisins : 2 TBS

Cashews : 2 TBS chopped
Semolina(suji, rava) : 1.5 cups
Desiccated coconut: 3 TBS
Sugar: 3/4 cup
Warm Milk: 1/3 cup

Cardamom Powder: 1/2 tsp

Directions

Heat Ghee in a pan and then add raisins and fry until it puffs up and then place it aside. 
Add cashews, fry until golden brown and keep aside.
Add semolina and fry for 2 mins on medium flame and then add desiccated coconut, sugar and fry for 1 more min on low flame.
Add cardamom, fried raisins, cashews and milk; mix well and turn off the flame and close the lid for 5 mins.
Mix the mixture and then make laddus of desired size.

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Instant Coconut Ladoo recipe | 5min recipe | Edible Gift | flavour diary

Hi friends, today's recipe is quick easy and instant recipe for sweet treat. This is the quickest way of no cook ladoos and can be made in no time. I love using coconut in many of my desserts like Paneer Coconut Halwa, Dilkush ,Coconut Moongdal Ladoos , as it taste so exoctic and delicious.

In south india, every houshold use coconut in curries(lamb fry),chutnies(garlic chutney), desserts and dips.

Click the pic below for the making of coconut ladoos  

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Level: Easy

Makes: 10 -12 ladoos

1 cup: 250ml

1 tablespoon(TBS): 15ml

1 teaspoon(tsp): 5 ml

Ingredients

Desiccated Coconut : 2 cups

Condensed Milk:1/2 cup

Cardamom Powder: 1/2 tsp

Rose Syrup: 2 TBSP

Directions

In a bowl add desiccated coconut, rose syrup, condensed milk and cardamom powder , and combine well. Keep aside for few minutes and then shape them in lime size balls and enjoy them.

 

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How to make easy Idli recipe using Idli Rava | FlavourDiary | Healthy South Indian Breakfast

Hi Friends, today's recipe is one of the famous South Indian breakfast called Idli. Idli's are soft and spongy round shaped steamed rice-lentil cakes , usually served along with Sambar and Peanut Chutney or coconut chutney. Idli's are traditional , healthy breakfast and common in every south indian household.

Idli can be prepared using different types of lentils(Urad dal, Moongdal ...) , millets (Jowar Idli) and with Rice Rava (aka Idli Rava or Cream of Rice). Today's recipe uses Rice Rava instead of Plain Rice to give it a grainier. Rice Rava Idli has grainy texture compared to the Idli made with rice. Batter needs to be fermented to make it soft and spongy.
Click the pic below for the making of Idli an easy way.

Idli Using Idli Rava

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Level: easy

Cook time: 15 mins

Makes:12-16 Idli

1 cup:250 ml

1 tablespoon: 15ml

1 tsp:5ml

Ingredients

Urad Dal: 1 cup

Idli Rava: 2 cups

Salt to taste

Baking Soda: 1/8tsp (A pinch)

Water for batter consistency

Directions

Wash and Soak Urad Dal for 4 hours.

Add Sufficient water to Idli rava and keep aside for 10 mins.

After 4 hrs grind urad dal to fine paste and add it to soaked Idli rava.

Mix well and let it ferment overnight.

Next day add salt to taste, baking soda and water to adjusting to idli batter consistency and mix well.

Grease the oil on Idli plates and then pour the batter in the plates.

Prepare the steamer and place the plates in the steamer and cook for 10-12 mins on medium flame. Turn off the stove and let it rest for another 5 mins and then take the plates off and remove the Idli's.

Your Idli rava Idli's are ready and serve hot with Chutney of your choice and sambar.

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Mushti Dosa | Konkani Dosa | Coconut | Flavour Diary

Hi friends, Today's recipe is Mushti Dosa.Mushti means ‘handful or fistful’.Mushti dosa is made by adding a fistful of urad dal to rice to make it fluffy ,soft and porous.Addition of Coconut makes it tastes delicious.This Mushti Dosa is one of the popular and traditional dishes from the Konkani cuisine. 

Click the pic below for the making of Mushti Dosa  

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Level: Easy

Makes: 12+ Dosa

1 cup: 250ml

1 tablespoon(TBS): 15ml

1 teaspoon(tsp): 5 ml

Ingredients

Idli Rice/Raw Rice -1 cup
Urad Dal - 2 TBS
Fenugreek Seeds - 1 tsp
Rice Flakes(poha) - 1/3 cup (thick flakes) or 1 cup (thin flakes)
Grated Coconut - 1 cup

Water as required
Salt to taste

Directions

Wash and soak the rice and Urad Dal . Add fenugreek seeds and soak for 4 hrs.
Wash and soak rice flakes for 20mins.
In a blender add rice, urad dal, rice flakes and coconut to fine paste. Add required water for blender.
Ferment the batter overnight.
After fermentation add salt to taste, and add water for dosa batter consistency. 
Heat the pan and add a ladle full of batter and then spread as pancake but little thick .Close the lid and cook on one side until golden brown and take it out. 
Serve hot with chutney or sambar.
 

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