My Dhaba Recipe Menu

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Top 25 Recipes at My Dhaba

Basic items
Garam masala powder; How to extract the coconut milk?; How to make the paneer (Indian cheese)?; How to extract the tamarind?; How to clean squids?;

Breakfast dishes
Choccolate idlee; Chocolate idlee - microwaved version; Kappa (malabar style); Khara baath aka upma; Pesarattu aka green gram dal dosai; Ragi dosai; Poori; Rawa dosai; Rawa and vermicelli idlee; Roti (Chappathi) - Plain and simple;

Rice preparations
Shahi khichdi or khichri; Kesari rice; Hyderabadi mutton pilav; Plain white rice (recipe to be added); Puliyogare (recipe to be added); Sakkarai pongal aka sweet rice pongal; Vegetable fried rice; Ven pongal aka hot rice pongal;

Fried vegetables
Aloo poreel aka fried potatoes; Baingan recipes: Aloo baingan; Fried aloo gobi; Baghare baingan/baingan masala; Baingan bhurta; Stuffed baingan; Cauliflower manchurian (Chinese style) with VIDEO; Erissery/Ericheri; Fried cabbage; Karela poreel; Keerai poreel (Weekend Herb); Mezhukkupuratti; Soondal;

Curries and sauces
Aloo gobi curry aka potato cauliflower curried sauce; Bengal-gram dal kootu curry; Brinjal oil sauce aka ennai kathrikaa kaara kolumbu/kuzhambu; Cauliflower and potato curried sauce; Dahi baingan; Fenugreek seeds curried sauce; Ginger mushrooms; Green-gram dal curried sauce; Karela curry aka bittergourd curried sauce; Maseel aka creamed greens sauce; Mattar paneer masala; Mattar masala; Mixed vegetables sambhar; Moluvu kolumbu aka black pepper sauce; Mor kolumbu aka buttermilk curried sauce; Rajma curry; Tuwar dal and tomato sambhar;

Soups, stews, and rasams
Hodgepodge sweetcorn soup (inspired by Argentina's Humita); Red squash soup; Spicy tomato chicken soup; Rasam recipes: Paruppu rasam; Tomato rasam; Karhi (yogurt soup);

Salads/Fruits
Anar aka pomegranate; Spicy water melon; Radish salad - Chinesh style; Radish salad - Indian Style (Weekend Herb); Raw vegetables salad;

Chutneys and Pachadis
Chutneys - Coconut chutney (green); Coconut chutney (red); Coriander chutney; Ginger chutney; Mint chutney; Onion chutney; Roasted onion chutney; Tomato chutneys (red and green); Tuwar dal chutney;

Pachadis - Ladies fingers pachadi; Mango pachadi;

Desserts (payasams, sweet drinks, halwas, ladoos, sweets)
Beaten rice (Aval) payasam; Coconut burfi; Dates kheer (pudding, payasam) (Weekend Herb); Green-gram dal payasam; Gajar ka halwa; Green gram dal ladoo; Halwa Omania; Panchamritham; Rice payasam; Icecream recipes Strawberry icecream; Onion kheer; Ragi (Finger millet) Ladoos; Sandesh; Sago halwa+potato halwa+malai halwa; Sago payasam;

Beverages
Egg flip (energy drink #1): HOBIY (energy drink #2); Hot cocoa drink; Special masala chai (tea) ; Spicy mint tea (Weekend Herb); Lassi recipes: Salt lassi; Sweet lassi; Mango lassi; Orange lassi; Pineapple lassi;

Pickles, Jams, and Preserves
Gongura pickle (recipe to be added); Homemade tomato jam; Nimbu ka achaar aka lime pickle recipe; Nimbu ka achaar aka lime pickle - the final result;

Snacks (vadais, bondas, pokoras, bhajjies, murukkus, savouries)
Bajji recipes: Brinjal bajji; Potato bajji; Plaintain bajji; Onion bajji; Milagai bajji; Vadais: Mooli aka radish vadais;

Cakes and cookies
Rock cookies (IMBB-SHF Cookie Swap)

Vattals and appalams
Potato vattals (Blog Party) ; Sago vattals (end-result);

Chicken/bird
Chicken 65; Chicken 65 curried sauce: Chicken Tikka Masala; Chicken curry - Kerala style; Makhani chicken (Butter chicken) ; Chicken fried rice (Chinese style) with VIDEO ; Chicken Korma; Chicken korma 2; Chilli chicken; Chicken Xacuti; Chettinad chicken (only picture, recipe to be added); Chilli chicken; Ginger chicken; Tomato Chicken curry (only picture, recipe to be added); Chicken stock (3 methods); Spicy Chicken Soup; Tandoori Chicken;

Mutton/lamb
Mutton chilli fry; Mutton and potato curried sauce (method 1); Mutton and potato curried sauce (method 2); Mutton and potato korma (recipe to be added); Mutton fried with potatoes and french beans; Mutton sukha (dry) fry; Savory mutton chops;

Beef
Beef sukha (dry) fry; Beef fry (2); Kheema vadai aka minced meat croquette;

Seafoods
Era mita aka sweet prawns; Fish cutlets; Fish curry; Fish curry 2; Fish curry 3; Fish fry; Fish moilly/molly; Fish puttu; Shark puttu; Fried chilli squids; Fried fish fingers; Grilled fish; Prawns curry; Prawns Jalfrezi aka chilli prawns; Sea crab curry; Silver pomfret fry; Stuffed mackeral fry;

Eggs
Drumstick leaves fried with eggs (Weekend Herb); Egg curry; Egg flip (energy drink); Egg Omelette; Egg toast; Poached eggs; Scrampled eggs with tomatoes; Spicy egg masala; Spicy egg toast; Stuffed omelette;

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