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Mula ko achar (Grated Radish Pickle)

There is different ways in which mula (radish) can be used to make pickles and this is one of the easy ones. For another way to make radish pickle, click here.

Ingredients

  • Mula (Raddish) – 1 (small)
  • 3 fresh green chillies cut lengthwise
  • ¼  teaspoon of turmeric powder
  • ¼ teaspoon of cumin powder
  • ½ teaspoon of fenugreek seed
  • ½ teaspoon of cumin seed
  • 3 table spoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons of mustard (or olive) oil
  • Salt to taste

Steps

  • Wash radish and peel its skin using a potato peeler.
  • Grate radish in a bowl.

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  • Squeeze fresh lemon juice into it add cumin powder and salt. Mix well.
  • Heat oil in a pan, and add the cumin and fenugreek seeds.

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  • When they start to splutter, add the green chillies and turmeric and let them turn brownish.
  • Add the hot oil to the grated radish and mix well.

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  • Mula ko achar is ready to serve!

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*Khandeko golbenda ko achar *Aloo ko achar *

C Momo

If you have ever met someone from Nepal, you must already know by now that Nepali people are crazy about momo. There are many varieties of momo and a simple recipe for one of them is posted here.

Today I am posting the recipe for C momo, C stands for chill so it is a hot and spicy momo recipe.

Ingredients

  • 20 pieces of steamed Momo (for recipe check here)
  • 2 tomatoes cut into quarters
  • 1 tablespoon of crushed garlic and ginger paste
  • 3 green chilies halved
  • 1 small red onion cut into quarters and with layers separated
  • 1 red capsicum cut into inch square shape
  • 3 tablespoons Oil
  • 5 tablespoons of ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons of chilli sauce/ hot and sweet sauce (more if you like hot)
  • 1 tablespoon  Chili paste/ half tablespoon chilli powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 5 tablespoons soy sauce
  • Coriander to garnish

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Steps

  • Preheat the oven to 200 0C and bake the tomatoes for 10 minutes or until tomatoes are cooked and skin starts peeling off.
  • In a pan, heat a spoon of oil and brown the momo. (optional)

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  • Take the momo out from the pan and put aside.
  • In the same pan, add remaining oil and fry crushed garlic and ginger paste.
  • Now add the baked tomatoes and cooked it until it is a smooth paste. If the sauce starts drying, add a small quantity of water.

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  • Now add green chill, onion, capsicum, and sauté for a couple of minutes.
  • Add ketchup, chill/hot and sour sauce, soya sauce and cook on low heat for few minutes. If the sauce starts to dry, add small quantity of water. Make sure the sauce is not very runny.

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  • Taste the sauce and add salt as requires. Soya sauce makes it pretty salty so watch the amount of salt you add.
  • Add momo to the sauce and stir and close the lid of the pan for 2 minutes allowing momo to heat.

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  • Transfer the momo to a plate and garnish with fresh coriander

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  • Tasty hot and spicy C momo is ready. Enjoy!

You may also like :

*Aloo chop *Chatamari *Gundruk Aloo Bhatmas Curry

Chocolate fudge brownie with walnut

Ingredients

  • 185 g dark chocolate
  • 125 g butter
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Steps

  • Preheat the oven to 2000 C.
  • Lightly grease a deep 20 cm square cake pan, and line the base with baking paper.

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  • Melt chocolate and butter together in a saucepan over low heat, and stir in sugar and eggs one at a time.
  • Beat well with a wooden spoon, and then stir in sifted flour and walnuts.

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  • Pour into prepared cake pan and bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes or until skewer inserted into the center of the slice comes out clean.

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  • Allow to cool in the pan, out of the oven, for a few minutes before running a knife around the edge of the brownie then transferring onto a cooling wire to cool completely down.

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  • Cut into squares and serve.

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*Chocolate cupcakes
*Blueberry muffin
*Chocolate mud cake with ice-cream

You may also like :

*Chocolate cupcakes
*Blueberry muffin
*Chocolate mud cake with ice-cream

Creamy penne with chicken, bacon and mushroom

Sometimes I like to add everything I love to eat in one recipe and this is the result 🙂

Ingredients

  • 500g penne
  • 200gm chicken breast, diced
  • 8 rashers smoked bacon, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 onion, finely diced
  • 1 capsicum, finely diced
  • 200g chopped fresh button mushrooms
  • 4 dried red chilli diced
  • 2 eggs
  • 30ml olive oil
  • 350ml thickening cream
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

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Steps

  • Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil and cook the penne as per the packet’s instructions.

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  • In a frying pan over medium heat, add oil.
  • Once the oil is hot, add dried chopped chilli.
  • Add diced chicken and cook until it is brown. Once chicken is cooked, add bacon and cook until the fat starts to melt.

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  • Add the garlic, capsicum and onion then cook until the onion becomes soft and transparent.
  • Add the mushrooms, butter, and further cook until the mushrooms are soft.

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  • Add penne and stir through.
  • Make a well in the middle and add the cream and eggs.

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  • Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  •  Simmer until the cream becomes a bit thick
  • Pasta is ready to serve with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese.

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*Creamy spinach and mushroom pasta *Thai red curry chicken *Jamie Oliver’s Dan Dan Noodles

Bhatmas Sandeko

Bhatmas is Nepalese for soya beans and this is one of the easiest and quickest recipes.

Ingredients

  •  100gm bhatmas (dried Soya beans)
  • 1 finely chopped green chili
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
  • 1 teaspoon red chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon oil
  • Salt as per taste

Method

  • Fry soybeans (with oil or without oil) in a pan until the beans are cook. Soybeans is cooked when the cover started to brown, take it off the heat and let it cool.

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  • Add ginger, garlic, green chilli, salt and red chili powder. Mix well.

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  • Bhatmas sadeko is ready to be serve.

You may also like:

*Seviya kheer (vermicelli kheer) *Kheer(Rice pudding) *Gundruk Aloo Bhatmas Curry