Harshi's cookbook

Murmura Ladoo/Puffed Rice Ladoo Recipe INGREDIENTS: - 4-5 cups Murmura/Puffed Rice 1 cup Grated Jaggery or gud 1 tsp Ghee Water for greasing palms METHOD: - Roast murmura in heavy bottom pan until crisp it takes around 4-5 min. Now keep aside. Grate or cut jaggery using grater or knife. Take a big heavy bottom pan and switch on the gas. Heat the ghee add Jaggery Start stirring jaggery and make sure to keep flame slow. Soon you will notice jaggery will start to melt. We need to stir it till the whole lot bubbles up. Do not wait for jaggery to change its colour. Once the whole jaggery syrup bubbles up evenly add murmura and mix well. Take it off from the flame. Apply water on your palm and make ladoos till the puffed rice is hot. Once the lot cools down it will become hard.

Oats Soup Ingredients Oats - 1 cup Onion - 1  (small finely chopped) Green Chilly - 1 (finely chopped) Garlic - 2 clove (minced) Salt - to taste Black Paper powder - 1/8 tsp Water- 1 cup Milk - 1 cup (low fat) Oil - 1 tsp (olive oil) Coriander- for garnish Method Heat oil in a pan and saute the onions, green chilly and garlic till they begin to sweat. Now add the oats and fry along with it for 2 minutes. Add salt and water and let it come to a boil. Now add the milk and black paper powder to it and bring to a boil. Garnish the oats soup with coriander.  Serve hot.

Gajar Ka Achar or Carrot Pickle is spicy indian pickle. This can be served on the side of any indian meal consisting of roti/paratha or rice. This pickle is really easy to make and can be stored about 1.5 months in a glass jar. INGREDIENTS: - 1 kg Carrots 3 Tsp Red Chilli Powder 1 1/2 Tsp Salt or to taste 1 Tsp Dry Mango Powder 1/2 TspTurmeric Powder 2 Tsp Fennel Seeds 3-4 Tsp Mustard Seeds 1/2 Tsp Asafoetida 2 tab Achar masala 1/2 cup groundnut oil RECIPE: - Wash & peel the carrots and dry them completely. Cut the carrots into long thick slices. Heat oil in a pan and keep it aside to cool down. In a mixture jar grind mustard Seeds, salt, hing, red chilli powder, achar masala, turmeric powder, dry mango powder, asafoetida and keep it aside. Now take sliced gajar in a big bowl add ground masala and fennel Seeds and mix it well. Add 1/4 cup of oil and mix it well. Fill achar in a glass jar and add remain 1/4 cup of oil. Shake the jar well so that all t...