Yummy Khire ka Raita ( Indian Salad )

Ingredients

• 3 large cucumbers or 2 English cucumbers, peeled
• 1 cup plain yogurt, store-bought or homemade
• 1 serrano chile, minced
• 2 teaspoons chopped cilantro
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, dry roasted and ground
• 1 to 1½ tablespoons sugar (optional)
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground Indian red chile*

Instructions

Slice the cucumbers in half lengthwise and scrape the seeds out, you can do it with a teaspoon. Grate the cucumber halves into a small bowl. I know some of you may not want to use your hands but you have to while making Indian Food. So using your hands, squeeze all the juice out of the cucumbers. Place the cucumbers in a work bowl. Add the yogurt and the rest of the ingredients and mix thoroughly. Taste and adjust the seasoning as desired for sweetness and heat. Refrigerate for about ½ hour before serving.

It serves for 4 to 6 peoples. 

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Sindhi Sai Bhaji - Sindhi recipe. How to make Sindhi Sai Bhaji

Lets see the ingredients needed to cook Sindhi Saibhaji 

•  1 each - carrot, capsicum, onion, small cabbage,potato, brinjal, tomato, ladyfinger (okra)
•  100 gms. french beans  9
•  1/2 bunch each spinach, coriander, khatta (3 leaved) greens.
•  1/2 bunch any other leafy greens.
•  1 cup green gram dal
•  1/2 cup horsegram dal (channa dal)
•  4-5 green chillies
•  2-3 clovettes garlic
•  1 tsp. red chilli powder
•  1 tsp. dhania (coriander seed) powder
•  1 tsp. salt
•  1/2 tsp. turmeric
•  3 tbsp. oil
•  1/2 tbsp. ghee
•  2 pinches asafoetida

 How to make Sindhi Sai Bhaji.

First clean and wash dals. Now clean, wash and chop spinach and vegetables except tomato. Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add all the vegetables, spinach and dals. Mix well, add enough water to cover the contents. Now just add all masalas and mix. Place whole tomato on top, cover and pressurecook for 3 whistles. Now wait for the cooler to cool. Once it is cooled enough open and hand-blend the contents.

Heat 1/2 tbsp. ghee add a pinch of asafoetida add to the mashed vegetable and Serve hot with paratha or steamed rice

How to make tasty Indian Fried Rice Maharashtrian way quick.

Indian Fried rice but in Maharashtrian way is easy to make. It is  made easily with very few ingredients. This recipe is popularaly known as Phodanicha Bhaat. Phodanicha Bhaat is easy to make even a kid can make it. So here we are going to start it.

Ingredients :

2 cup of Cooked rice.
4 or 5 cloves of garlic.
1-2 tsp oil.
Salt as per taste.
1 chopped rice.
1/2 Turmeric powder.
1/2 tsp Chilli Powder.
1/4 tsp Asafoetida or Hing.

Method :

First of all add some salt, Chilli powder and turmeric to 2 cup of rice and mix it well. Then heat the oil and once it is quite hot add smashed 4 - 5 cloves of garlic to oil and fry it until they turn brown and crispy. After add chopped onions to oil. Fry onions  until they turn little red. After onions are turned brown add that rice that we mixed before. Cook it for 2-3 minutes and you are done.

Tip : Serve Indian Fried rice (The Maharashtrian Way) or Fodanicha Bhaat with a Mango Pickle.

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