Family recipes passed down from my grandmother to my mom to me.

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Potatoes in Thin Gravy (Rassavako Batata)

Gujarati-style potatoes cooked with a mustard-cumin tempering and spices, finished with water to form a thin gravy. Optional onions, tomatoes, and curry leaves can be added.

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Dry Potato Stir-fry (Sukhi Batata Bhaji)

Dry-style potato sabzi tempered with urad dal, cumin, curry leaves, and green chillies, finished with lemon juice.

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Milk (Unclear/Partial Recipe)

A partial/unclear entry labeled 'Doodh' with no ingredients or method provided in the text.

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Stuffed Brinjal and Potato Bhaji

Brinjals and potatoes sautéed and cooked with a pre-mixed spice stuffing mixture, then pressure-cooked or slow-cooked until tender.

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Bhindi (Okra) with Potatoes

Okra and potatoes cooked with hing and spices, optionally finished with tomatoes, coconut, or ginger-chilli-garlic paste.

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Cabbage, Peas, and Potato Sabzi

Cabbage cooked with potatoes and boiled green peas, tempered with cumin and hing, lightly sweetened and spiced.

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Mixed Vegetable Sabzi

A simple mixed vegetable preparation cooked with jeera-hing tempering and basic spices, finished with masalas and optional coconut and ginger-chilli-garlic paste.

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Undhiyu (Layered Mixed Vegetable Dish)

Traditional Gujarati layered mixed-vegetable dish cooked in a pressure cooker with a coconut-coriander spice masala, including papdi, potatoes, brinjal, yam, and banana; methi muthia can be added.

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Pani Puri - Spiced Water (Pani)

Tangy coriander-mint pani for pani puri, mixed with water and salt and strained before serving.

snack
Pani Puri - Sweet Tamarind-Date Chutney

Sweet chutney made by pressure-cooking tamarind, dates, and jaggery, then blending and seasoning with spices.

condiment
Pani Puri Stuffing (Mixed Filling)

A mixed stuffing for pani puri made with boiled/sprouted legumes, potatoes, and boondi, seasoned with chaat spices.

snack
Bhel - Green Chutney

A fresh green chutney for bhel made by grinding coriander with green chilli, ginger, curry leaves, and seasonings.

condiment
Bhel - Garlic Red Chutney

Spicy garlic chutney for bhel made by grinding garlic with red chilli powder, salt, and cumin powder.

condiment
Chaat Masala (Homemade Spice Mix)

A homemade chaat masala blend mixed and stored dry for later use in snacks and chaat.

spice mix
Hyderabadi Toast (Spiced Potato Toast)

Bread toast topped with a spiced mashed potato paste and finished with chutneys, onions, tomatoes, and sev; garlic chutney is optional.

snack
Rava Dosa (Semolina Dosa)

Dosa batter made by soaking urad dal and methi seeds and combining with fine rava; dosas are prepared in the evening after fermentation/resting.

bread
Samshar (Dal with Mixed Vegetables and Tempering)

Toovar dal cooked and combined with sautéed mixed vegetables, then finished with a spiced tempering including amli pulp and whole spices.

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Bhel (components: chutneys)

Notes for making chutneys commonly used in bhel; sweet chutney is referenced from earlier pages, while green and garlic chutneys are specified here.

snack
Samshar (Mixed Vegetable Dal with Tadka)

Toor dal cooked and combined with sautéed mixed vegetables, finished with a spiced tadka and tamarind pulp.

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Urad Dal (2-whistle method)

Quick urad dal cooked briefly (about 2 whistles) and finished with spices, aromatics, and optional tomato and tadka.

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Pav Bhaji

Boiled mixed vegetables coarsely mashed and cooked with spices and ginger-chilli-garlic paste in oil with cumin and hing.

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Urad Dal (Mummy Recipe)

Urad dal cooked and finished with ginger-chilli paste, yogurt, oil, and a ghee-and-clove seasoning.

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Moong Dal Chillas (with filling paste)

Savory moong dal pancakes made from soaked black moong (with skin) and stuffed with a spiced vegetable paste.

snack
Cold Cucumber Soup

Chilled blended cucumber-and-yogurt soup flavored with mint and green chilli.

beverage
Cold Salad (Tomato, Capsicum & Yogurt)

Chilled salad of peeled, de-seeded tomatoes and thinly sliced capsicum mixed with salted thickened yogurt and peanuts (optionally coconut).

salad
Egg & Corn Savoury (Stuffed Eggs)

Boiled eggs stuffed with a creamy corn-vegetable filling piped into halved eggs and garnished with herbs.

appetizer
Cabbage Sabzi

Simple cabbage and capsicum stir-fry tempered with mustard oil and hing, seasoned with turmeric, salt, and green chillies.

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Tindora Sabzi

Ivy gourd (tindora) cooked with potatoes and basic spices, finished with additional masala and optional flavorings like lemon and sugar.

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Choli Sabzi (Black-eyed peas/beans with potatoes)

Potatoes and choli cooked with hing, turmeric, and salt, then finished with chilli and coriander-cumin powder and tomatoes.

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Palak and Potatoes

Spinach and potatoes cooked with a cumin-hing tempering and basic spices; can be made watery by adding water.

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Methi and Potatoes Sabzi

Fenugreek leaves sautéed with hing, then cooked with potatoes, turmeric, salt, and a little water; finished with coriander powder, dhania-jeera, and tomatoes.

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Drumstick Curry with Buttermilk and Besan

Drumsticks cooked until tender, then simmered in a watery buttermilk-besan mixture seasoned with spices.

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Tuver Dal with Rice (Dal-Chawal Style)

Tuver dal cooked and tempered with rai, methi, and hing, seasoned with jaggery and lemon; rice is cooked along with/after adding the tempering and spices.

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Lachko Dal (Loose Tuver Dal)

Tuver dal boiled with extra water to a loose consistency, then tempered and cooked to thicken without becoming too thick.

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Mixed Dal

A blend of mixed lentils boiled together, lightly blended, spiced, and tempered with rai and hing.

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Moong Dal (Saragwalo Moong)

Boiled moong dal seasoned with ginger, green chilies, spices, jaggery and lemon, finished with a mustard-cumin tempering in oil and ghee.

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Sprouted Moong (Ankurit Moong)

Overnight-sprouted moong boiled and tempered in oil, then seasoned with spices; a simple nourishing preparation.

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Saragwali Chokhi (Amla-Version of Dal)

Prepared using the same method as the dal, but using amla instead of lemon and a simple mustard-seed tempering.

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Amla Tuver Dal (Amla Tufar)

Tuver dal variation made like the regular dal but flavored with amla instead of lemon; dal is soaked overnight and cooked in the morning.

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Saragwali Chokh ni Dal

Boiled dal seasoned with ginger and green chilies and finished with a mustard-seed tempering in oil and ghee.

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Fried Dal (Mung Dal)

Simple sautéed mung dal fried with onion in oil and ghee.

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Spicy Mung Dal

Pressure-cooked mung dal seasoned with red chili powder, salt, and hing, with a small oil-ghee-hing tempering.

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Kathiyawadi Chokhi (Peanut Curry/Gravy)

Kathiyawadi-style peanut-based gravy cooked with onions, tomatoes, spices, and herbs, then simmered; boiled peanuts and potato are used to build body and thickness.

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Kathiyawadi Chokhi (Peanut-Based Gravy)

A Kathiyawadi-style peanut gravy cooked with onions, tomatoes, spices, and potatoes, simmered until thick.

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Spinach in Kathiyawadi Gravy (Palak)

Spinach cooked in the same peanut-onion-tomato gravy as Kathiyawadi Chokhi, finished with ghee.

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White Pulao

A mild pulao cooked with peas and whole spices, using a 1:3 rice-to-water ratio.

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Yellow Pulao

A spiced pulao with tomatoes, peas, and warming masalas, finished with ketchup.

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Vegetable Biryani (Pressure Cooker)

A pressure-cooker vegetable biryani with fried onions and potatoes, mixed vegetables, biryani masala, curd, and whole spices.

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Cooked Rice (Direct, with Tempering)

Simple cooked rice prepared in a cooker with spices and a tempering of whole spices.

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Vagharelo Bhaat (Tempered Rice)

Cooked rice mixed with masala and finished with a mustard-asafoetida tempering, then gently steamed on low heat.

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Limbu Bhaat (Lemon Rice)

Tempered rice flavored with peanuts, turmeric, and lemon juice.

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Khoto Bhaat (Curd Rice Variation)

A simple variation of tempered rice made by mixing curd into vagharelo bhaat.

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Vaghareli Khichdi

Rice and tuvar dal khichdi seasoned with turmeric and chili, finished with a mustard-asafoetida tempering, made in the style of vagharelo bhaat.

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Khichdi (Moong Dal)

A simple moong dal and rice khichdi made using the same approach as vagharelo bhaat, with ghee and cloves as the tempering.

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Khamaani Khichdi

A hearty khichdi with sautéed onions and potatoes, green chilies, and moong dal-rice cooked together, finished with an additional tempering on top.

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Tempered Khichdi (Toor Dal & Rice)

A simple Gujarati khichdi made with toor dal and rice, finished with a mustard-seed tempering.

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Besan Curry (Gram Flour Curry)

A simple curry made by roasting flour in a tempered base and simmering with buttermilk/chaas and spices.

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Dum Aloo

Potatoes cooked in a thick onion-garlic and tomato masala gravy seasoned with dum aloo masala.

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Onion-Potato Vegetable

A simple Gujarati sabzi of onions and potatoes cooked with mustard tempering, ginger, green chilies, and spices.

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Aloo Methi (Potato with Fenugreek Leaves)

Boiled potatoes cooked with garlic, green chilies, and fresh methi leaves, lightly tempered and simmered until flavorful.

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Curd Chana Dal

Chana dal cooked with curd and spices, finished with a curry-leaf and hing tempering for a tangy, spiced dal preparation.

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Green Banana (Raw Banana) Vegetable

A savory curry of raw bananas and onions cooked with spices and finished with tamarind for tang.

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Stuffed Raw Banana

Raw bananas stuffed with a spicy besan-based filling, then sautéed and cooked until tender on a tawa or in a pressure cooker.

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Fried Potatoes

Boiled potatoes cut into pieces and (implied) seasoned/tempered with spices, curry leaves, and a sweet-sour finish.

snack
Potato Bhaji and Bhungla Bhaji (General Method)

A basic method describing how to prep and partially cook sliced potatoes and bhungla (green pods) for bhaji-style vegetables.

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Methi Potato Curry

Potatoes cooked with onions, a little methi, spices, and finished with curd stirred in after boiling.

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Sukhi Bhaji (Dry Potato Curry)

A dry-style potato and onion curry cooked covered on low heat with basic Gujarati spices and tempering.

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Rasavala Bataka (Potatoes with Gravy)

Potatoes cooked with spices into a gravy, finished with jaggery and tamarind added after the potatoes are cooked.

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Batakanu Chhatvalnu Shaak

A potato curry cooked with basic spices and finished by adding tempering/spices as it boils.

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Fenugreek Potato Curry

Potato curry cooked with methi (fenugreek leaves), spices, and finished with curd for a tangy, creamy taste.

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Potatoes in Tamarind-Jaggery Gravy

Potato sabzi with a sweet-sour gravy made by adding jaggery and tamarind after the potatoes cook.

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Split/Slit Potato Shaak

A simple potato sabzi where spices are added as the potatoes partially cook and the dish is brought to a boil.

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Green Peas and Onion Dry Sabzi (Kopra-Style)

Dry-style peas and onions cooked with a spiced tempering and finished with a little water for doneness.

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Black Peas Masala

Black peas and onions cooked in a tempered spice base and simmered with water into a masala-style sabzi.

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Dry Tomato Sabzi

Quick sautéed tomato sabzi cooked with simple spices and a ghee-cumin tempering.

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Tomato, Peas, and Onion Sabzi

A gravy-style mixed sabzi of peas and onions simmered with tomatoes and finished with red chili powder.

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Eggplant, Potato, and Tomato Sabzi

A variation of the potato-tomato sabzi where eggplant pieces are added along with potatoes.

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Cauliflower and Potato Sabzi

Cauliflower-potato sabzi with peas, mild sweetness, and a mustard-hing tempering, cooked using the same method as cabbage-bataka.

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French Beans and Potato (Pressure Cooker)

French beans and potatoes cooked with oil, salt, and ajwain, pressure-cooked with minimal water for a dry sabzi.

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Green Choliya Sabzi

Green choliya cooked with mustard-hing tempering and basic spices, simmered slowly and stirred occasionally.

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Moong (Simple Tempered Moong)

Soaked moong cooked with a mustard-hing tempering and basic spices.

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Cabbage Vegetable (Pressure Cooker + Tempering)

Cabbage and potatoes pressure-cooked with salt, then sautéed in a mustard-hing tempering.

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Semi-Ripe Guava Vegetable

Guava and potato curry cooked in water with spices and peanuts, with sugar added only after cooling.

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Dhakli Shaak (Flatbread Pieces Cooked with Spiced Water)

Wheat dough flavored with peanuts and spices is rolled, spiced, cut into pieces (dhakli), then simmered until cooked through and finished with garam masala.

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Sakvadi (Besan and Chickpeas Curry)

A thick besan gravy cooked with chickpeas, sweetened with jaggery/sugar, tangy with lemon, and finished with a mustard-cumin-hing tempering.

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Flatbread with Dal Stuffing (Dhakli Shaak)

Gujarati dhakli-style dish where spiced dough pieces are cooked and finished with garam masala.

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Green Tuvar Bean Vegetable

Pressure-cooked green tuvar (pigeon peas) vegetable made with a spiced tempering and finished with cloves after cooling.

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Green Tuvar with Vadli / Surti Papdi Vegetable

A variation of the green tuvar vegetable; instructions indicate it is prepared the same way as the basic tuvar shaak.

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Fish Curry (Besan-based)

Fish pieces cooked with a mustard-hing tempering and thickened with besan and spices.

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Tadkava (Tempering Buttermilk Drink/Gravy)

A tempered buttermilk preparation flavored with pepper and hing, brought to a boil and served hot.

beverage
Chevdo (Poha Chivda)

A large-batch Gujarati poha chevdo/chivda with fried peanuts, sev, coconut slices, curry leaves, and lemon juice.

snack
Bread Roll

Fried bread rolls stuffed with a spiced potato mixture and herbs.

snack
Kimi Aunty’s Large Potatoes

Tempered potato preparation with onions, green chilies, garlic, lemon, and ajwain; optional dry coconut.

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Green Tuvar Pigeon Pea Kachori Filling

Savory cooked green tuvar filling flavored with coconut, green chilies, lemon, sugar, and coriander for stuffing kachoris.

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Palak Vada

Crisp fried vadas made from mixed flours, onions, ginger, chilies, and lemon juice.

snack
Makki na Chevda (Cornflakes Chivda)

Fried cornflakes snack mix tempered with mustard seeds and mixed with seasonings; ingredient quantities vary by number of packets used.

snack
Ghaav Slo (Wheat Slo) - Notes

Partial notes for a wheat-based preparation (possibly served like dahi vada style per notes), involving soaking and slow cooking to thicken.

dessert
Bhajiya (Basic)

Partial recipe for basic bhajiya batter using chickpea flour, spices, salt, and baking soda.

snack
Kanda Bhajiya (Onion Pakora)

Crisp onion bhajiyas made with a thick chickpea flour batter and fried on medium heat.

snack
Dhokla (with dal and potatoes)

Steamed savory cakes made from a ground chana dal and urad dal batter with mashed potatoes and spices.

snack
Instant Dhokla

Quick steamed besan dhokla leavened with Eno/citric acid and finished with a sweet-salty tempering water.

snack
Idli Mixture (Steamed savory cake)

A steamed idli-like batter made from rice flour and maida with spices and curd, rested then steamed on medium heat.

snack
Patra

Steamed colocasia (arvi) leaf rolls coated with a sweet-tangy spiced besan paste, then sliced and sautéed with mustard and sesame.

snack
Batata Pudla (Potato Pudla)

A spiced potato-onion mixture cooked after a mustard-hing tempering; cooked gently to avoid burning.

snack
Raw Papaya Pudla (same method as Batata Pudla)

A spiced raw papaya preparation cooked using the same method as Batata Pudla with mustard-hing tempering.

snack
Khichdi (Simple Rice Khichdi)

A very simple khichdi-style rice dish cooked in water with salt, turmeric, cumin, and oil until soft.

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Upma

A basic upma made by roasting semolina and cooking it with a mustard-seed tempering, chilies, tomatoes, curry leaves, and lemon.

breakfast
Soft Rice Cooked in Water

Basic method for cooking rice in boiling water until soft, then optionally draining the water.

side dish
Sabudana Khichdi

A fasting-style sabudana khichdi cooked with potatoes, green chilies, roasted peanuts, and cumin tempering until the pearls turn slightly transparent.

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Fenugreek Fritters

Soft fried methi (fenugreek) gota made from besan-wheat batter with yogurt, rested, then leavened and deep fried.

snack
Poda (soaked batter snack) - partial

Partial recipe for a besan-based mixture with wheat and rice flour, dal, and vegetables; instructed to soak/rest before use.

snack
Poda (Besan-based Snack Batter)

A partially described besan-flour mixture with spices and chopped vegetables that is soaked/rested before use.

snack
Sambar

A South Indian lentil-and-vegetable stew flavored with sambar powder and finished with a mustard-hing tempering.

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Dosa (Fermented Rice and Urad Batter) - Version 1

A fermented dosa batter made from urad dal and rice, soaked and ground then fermented overnight before cooking.

bread
Coconut Chutney with Tempering (Version 1)

A coconut chutney ground with chana dal, aromatics, and herbs, mixed with curd and finished with mustard-curry leaf tempering.

condiment
Besan Sev

Crisp fried sev made by pressing a spiced besan dough/batter through a sev maker into hot oil.

snack
Dosa (with Methi) - Version 2

Crisp dosas made from a fermented batter of rice, urad dal, and a few fenugreek seeds, cooked on a hot tawa with ghee or oil.

bread
Chutney (Roasted Chana Dal and Peanut) - Version 2

A quick chutney made by grinding roasted chana dal and peanuts with ginger and green chilli, finished with mustard and curry leaf tempering.

condiment
Aloo Rava

A cooked, tempered tomato-ginger-chilli mixture served with boiled potatoes, finished with lemon and commonly eaten with sev and chopped onion.

snack
Bhel Chutney (Jaggery Tamarind Chutney)

A sweet-tangy chutney made by boiling jaggery with tamarind and seasoning with spices and pani-puri masala, served after cooling.

condiment
Garlic Chutney

A quick spicy chutney made by grinding garlic with tomatoes and red chilies, seasoned with salt.

condiment
Chole

A chickpea curry cooked with onion-tomato base, ginger-garlic paste, and warming spices including bay leaves and garam masala.

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Bhel Chutney (Sweet Tamarind-Jaggery Chutney)

A sweet-tangy chutney made by boiling jaggery and tamarind, seasoned with spices for bhel/pani-puri.

condiment
Ragda (White Peas Curry) for Ragda Patties

A simple white peas curry base used for assembling ragda patties, seasoned with turmeric and spices and served with sweet chutney.

snack
Potato Patties (for Ragda Patties)

Seasoned mashed potato patties formed into rounds, meant to be served with ragda and chutneys.

snack
Dates-Tamarind Chutney (for Ragda Patties)

A sweet-tangy chutney made from dates and tamarind, seasoned with salt and chili; noted as prepared the same way as bhel chutney.

condiment
Batata Vada

Spiced mashed-potato balls (vada filling) typically coated in besan batter and fried; this text includes the potato filling and batter mix.

snack
Dahi Vada

Soft fried urad-dal dumplings soaked in water, then served in curd/yogurt with sweet chutney and chili powder.

snack
Peanut Chutney for Fasting

A vrat-friendly chutney made with peanuts and boiled potato, blended with sour yogurt, salt, and cumin.

condiment
Chocolate Ice Cream (No-Churn Style)

A quick mixed-and-chilled ice cream using condensed milk, milk, cream, and cocoa/drinking chocolate, beaten briefly and chilled in stages.

dessert
Chocolate Nut Fudge

A condensed-milk fudge cooked with butter, sugar, cocoa, and nuts until it leaves the sides, then set and cut into squares.

dessert
Siro (Semolina Halwa)

A ghee-roasted semolina halwa cooked with water and sugar, finished with cardamom and almonds.

dessert
Wheat Siro (Wheat Flour Halwa)

A wheat-flour version of siro/halwa made by roasting flour in ghee and cooking with sugar, flavored with cardamom and almonds.

dessert
Gol Papdi

A set sweet made by roasting wheat flour in ghee and mixing with jaggery, then pressing and cutting into pieces.

dessert
Gajar Halwa (Carrot Halwa)

A milk-cooked carrot halwa sweetened with sugar and flavored with cardamom, finished with ghee.

dessert
Dudhi Halwa (Bottle Gourd Halwa)

A milk-cooked bottle gourd halwa prepared similarly to gajar halwa, sweetened and finished with ghee.

dessert
Mohanthal

A rich besan sweet roasted in ghee, cooled before adding sugar, then shaped and set.

dessert
Rice Kheer (Doodh Pak)

A creamy rice pudding made by slow-cooking milk with soaked rice, sugar, dry fruits, khoya, and aromatic spices.

dessert
Fruit Salad with Custard

A simple milk custard base cooled and chilled, then mixed with fresh fruits shortly before serving.

dessert
Shrikhand

A sweetened yogurt dessert made by dissolving sugar in ghee and mixing it into yogurt, then chilling until set.

dessert
Bhakharwadi Filling (Masala)

A sweet-and-spiced cooked filling/masala intended for making bhakharwadi; cooled before use.

snack
Lapsi (Cracked Wheat Porridge/Dessert)

A cracked-wheat milk dessert cooked in a pressure cooker and enriched with ghee, khoya, and nuts, flavored with cloves and cardamom.

dessert
Rasgulla

Soft paneer balls cooked in sugar syrup using a pressure cooker method, then soaked to absorb syrup.

dessert
Rava Ladoo (Semolina Ladoo)

Semolina ladoos made by mixing roasted rava with a hot 2-string sugar syrup and shaping into balls.

dessert
Brinjal–Potato Stuffed Puri

Deep-fried puris stuffed with a spiced brinjal and potato mixture flavored with coconut, tamarind, and lemon.

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Kasar (Sweet Yogurt Sugar Syrup)

A thin, cooked sweetened yogurt-water mixture, strained smooth and served as a sweet drink/syrup.

beverage
Stuffed Puri Dough

A maida-wheat flour dough for making stuffed puris, rolled like paratha and deep-fried.

bread
Khichu (Aloo) / Crispy Spiced Urad Dal Fry

Soaked urad dal is coarsely ground with ginger, then tempered with spices and fried until crisp.

snack
Khichu (Aloo) - Fried Coarse Urad Dal Snack

Soaked urad dal is coarsely ground with ginger, tempered with spices, and fried until crisp.

snack
Missi Roti

A thick rolled roti made from wheat flour and besan, mixed with onions, green chillies, coriander, and spices.

bread
Toasted Sandwich (Potato-Tomato Masala Filling, Partial)

A brief, partial note describing a spiced potato mixture with tomatoes used for a toasted sandwich filling.

snack
Polao (Vegetable Pulao, Partial)

A brief pulao method where onions and tomatoes are fried with spices, then rice and vegetables are added.

main course
Bhindi (Okra Stir-Fry, Partial)

Okra cooked with basic tempering and finished with amchur and spice powders; instructions are brief/partial.

side dish
Bhatura Dough (Partial)

A partial ingredient note for bhatura dough listing onion, green chilli, salt, and oil (method not provided).

bread
Brinjal & Potatoes with Garlic

A brinjal-potato curry cooked with a garlic-ginger-chilli base, thickened with channa flour, and finished with amchur, jaggery, coriander, and lemon.

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Dry Aloo Matar

A dry-style potato and peas preparation tempered with cumin and seasoned with Navalkar masala, cooked covered with a little steam.

side dish
Rajgira Puri (Amaranth Flatbread/Puri, Partial)

A rajgira (amaranth) dough prepared with hot water only, without salt or oil (brief note).

bread
Kanda Ni Bhakri (Onion Bhakri)

Wheat flour flatbread mixed with onions, green chillies, coriander, and extra oil, then fried in ghee.

bread
Dahi Wada

Urad and moong dal wadas are fried, soaked in water, and used for dahi vada serving (final yogurt/seasoning steps not included).

snack
Goli Bhakri

Bhakri dough is made by heating oil and water together and using that mixture to bind wheat flour, then frying with ghee.

bread
Pani (Rice Flour Dough Preparation, Partial)

A soft rice-flour dough flavored with green chili, ginger, yogurt, and turmeric; rested for several hours and cooked without oil/ghee (very brief note).

bread
Pani (Rice Flour Flatbread)

A soft rice-flour dough (roti-like) prepared ahead and cooked without adding oil or ghee during frying.

bread
Bottle Gourd with Chana Dal

A pressure-cooked bottle gourd and chana dal curry tempered with spices and optionally tomatoes.

main course
Moong (Seasoned Boiled Moong)

Boiled moong prepared with spices and finished with a mustard-cumin tempering.

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Choli (Boiled and Tempered Legume Dish)

Boiled choli cooked with basic spices and finished with a mustard-carom seed tempering.

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Black Chana (Boiled and Seasoned)

Black chickpeas soaked overnight, boiled, and seasoned with spices and a hing tempering.

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Oadaman (Seasoned Dal Water)

A seasoned preparation made by tempering spices and adding them to dal water, then finishing with lemon, sugar, and herbs.

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Masoor (Seasoned Boiled Masoor with Yogurt)

Masoor cooked with onions and spices, finished with a hing tempering and some yogurt.

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Vatana (Spiced Peas with Jaggery and Tamarind)

Soaked and boiled vatana finished with a mustard-cumin tempering and sweet-sour flavors from jaggery and tamarind.

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White Peas (Seasoned)

White peas soaked overnight, boiled, then seasoned with hing and basic spices.

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Black Peas (Seasoned)

Black peas soaked and boiled, then seasoned similarly to the white peas version.

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Green Peas (Seasoned)

Green peas prepared using the same simple hing-and-spice seasoning method as the other peas.

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Rajma (Spiced Kidney Beans with Yogurt)

Soaked kidney beans boiled with a little baking soda, then cooked with onions and spices and finished with yogurt.

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Thepla (Basic Spice Dough)

A basic thepla dough seasoning list using turmeric, spices, hing, oil, and water (method not fully specified).

bread
Raw Dhokla (Rawa Dhokla)

A steamed semolina (rawa) dhokla made by soaking rawa in sour buttermilk, then aerating with baking soda and finishing with a mustard-curry leaf-sesame tempering.

snack
Uttapa (Rawa and Channa Flour, Vegetable)

A savory uttapa-style batter made from rawa and channa flour soaked in sour buttermilk, mixed with grated vegetables and aromatics.

snack
Eggless Cake (from cake mix)

A simple eggless cake prepared using a packaged cake mix combined with vegetable oil and milk.

dessert
Kopra Pak

A coconut-based sweet cooked in ghee with condensed milk, saffron milk, sugar, and cardamom.

dessert
Tomato Curry (No Onion)

A simple tomato-based curry made without onions, finished with a little sugar to balance acidity.

main course
Punjabi Mixed Vegetable Curry

Punjabi-style mixed vegetable curry with a fried onion-ginger-garlic-chili paste, finished with kasuri methi and cream.

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Raw Papaya Sabzi (with Curd-Spice Mix)

A quick raw papaya curry where spiced curd is added to fried tomatoes, then raw papaya is briefly cooked.

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Onion, Potato, and Tomato Curry (Pressure Cooker)

A pressure-cooker curry made by frying a paste and onions, then adding tomatoes and raw potatoes with spices.

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