Thanksgiving recipe Cranberry sauce

Cranberry sauce

Ingredients
1 package (12 ounces) fresh cranberries
1.25 cup sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup water

Method
Place sugar, orange juice and water in a large saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar (Approx. 10 minutes). Add cranberries and reduce heat, simmer, covered, until berries pop, 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat; Transfer to a bowl; cool slightly. Refrigerate, covered, until cold.
Enjoy :)

Some Healthy Recipes

Ambil

Ambil is a beverage made using Nachni (Ragi) flour and buttermilk.
Nachni (Ragi)  is a highly nutritious grain and is a very rich source of protein,
calcium and iron.This is very healthy drink and highly recommended in the summer season.
I got this recipe from my mother, I just made some changes in it...

Nachni flour 2 - 3 tbsp
Buttermilk 3 - 4 cup ( you can even add water in curd and prepare)
Water 3 cups
Garlic  3 - 4 cloves
Salt to taste
Chopped Onion - 3 tbsp (optional)
Fresh coriander (optional)

Take 1/2 cup buttermilk  or Prepare buttermilk with the curd and water and mix the Nachni flour into it. Let it soak overnight. (or at least soak for 3 hrs)
Heat 3 cup of water in a pan. Once water start boiling slow the flame of gas and start
adding nachni buttermilk mixer,Garlic and salt in it. Cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring continuously to avoid formation of lumps.  Once done, remove from gas and allow mixture cool completely.
Add remaining buttermilk and whisk properly. you can even chill for few hours before serving.

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Green Juice

1 Cucumbers + 1 fresh lemon juice + 1 inch ginger + 1 tomato + bunch of coriander + some mint leaves = grind it and make smoothie...

Some Healthy Seeds...

Soybean

Soybean is hailed as the most protective bean. Soy contains 40 percent protein. It has the highest protein content amongst plant products.

Roasted Soya beans

Roasted soya beans are a crunchy snacks. 

You can take the Soya beans to bhatti (sand oven) or poha mill and ask them to roast. I have roasted this in bhatti and added some salt for taste. This is really good...

Sunflower seeds 

Sunflower seeds provide a rich source of vitamins E and B-1, as well as copper. 

sunflower seeds are a good source of selenium, which is a proven enemy of cancer.

I have roasted this in bhatti. 

Food

Chicken Curry in Clay-pot

Clay pots prove good for slow cooking as their porous nature allows both moisture and heat to circulate easily through them. There is less oil needed when cooking in a clay pot. The food contains lesser fats and lower in cholesterol. so enjoy your favorite food !!! 

My Recipes

Non-Veg

Chicken Seekh Kababs:

This is one recipe which I wanted to try from long time. I tried and my first attempt was fail.. :) (They fall off the skewers. I used thread but no use). 

In second attempt i know (past 

experience) there was a lot of moisture in mixture and hence it failed in first attempt so accordingly I changed my recipe and it turn out very good !!! 

so thought of sharing

Ingredients :

400 grams minced chicken(Keema)

2 midsize onion grated

1 nos lemon (juice)

1 inch ginger grated

1 bunch coriander

2 nos green chili

2 tbs bread crumbs or cornflour

2 tbs Oil

1 tsp Chaat Masala

Spices:

2 tbs coriander powder

1 tsp Garam Masala

1 tsp chicken Masala

1 tsp kashmiri lal mirch powder

1 tsp black paper powder

 Salt to taste

Method:-

Absorb as much moisture as possible from minced. Extract all the juice from grated onion and grated ginger. Grind 1/2 bunch of coriander, green chili with lemon juice.

In a bowl,take above ingredients add all the spices (mentioned above),bread crumbs and salt to taste.

Mix well with hands, cover and keep in the refrigerator for 2 hour to marinate. 

Ready Barbecue grill

Grease the skewers then divide the mixture into equal portions and spread each portion around each skewer. Grill the kebabs on an barbecue grill until done. 

Garnish with lemon, onion rings and serve with delicious fresh coriander or mint chutney and paav. Enjoy !!!

Recipe by : Ravi Pawar 

Surmai Tawa Fry:

Surmai tawa fry is one of my favorite fish dish. It usually start with marinating the fish with turmeric, red chili powder, lemon juice, salt and some garlic and then frying it on a Tawa /Pan.

Ingredients :

1/2 kg surmai fish

1 to 2 tsp red chili powder (instead use Homemade masala or ready made Ambari Kanda Lasun Masala)

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp turmeric

1 tsp lemon juice

2 tbsp oil to fry the fish

2 tsp Ginger garlic paste (optional)

3 tbsp fine semolina and 4 tbsp Jowari flour/Rice flour (optional)

Method:-

Clean the fish with water and drain out the fish pieces.

Add Salt, Ginger garlic paste, Turmeric powder, chili powder and lemon juice. Apply this mix to the fish pieces, make sure that the masala is applied to both the sides of the fish.

Keep aside for 2-3 hours ( minimum 30 mins).

Coat the marinated fish with the semolina and Jowari flour mixture - This is optional ( I have not used in my below recipe)

Heat one tbsp oil in a tawa or non-stick pan and then add fish to it. 

Cook on both sides till crisp and golden.

Serve hot with sliced onion and lemon. Enjoy !!!

Recipe by : Ravi Pawar 

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Ganesh Chaturthi, Mumbai (Maharashtra , India)

Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated as the Birth Anniversary of Lord Ganesha, the God of Wisdom and Prosperity. It falls on the fourth day of Bhadrapada, i.e., somewhere between August and September. The festival of Ganesha Chaturthi is celebrated with lot of devotion and zest in all the parts of India but with particular interest in Mumbai.
A life-like clay model of Lord Ganesha is made 2-3 months prior to the day of Ganesh Chaturthi. The size of this idol may vary from 3/4th of an inch to over 25 feet.
The idol of Ganesha is installed at homes and in elaborately decorated outdoor tents for people to view and pray and worshipped for ten days. On the last day, a grand procession is carried out and the idol is immersed in the water.