Sarvana Bhavan style Sambhar
This one is specially for the tiffin (breakfast) dish which is served with Idlis, Dosas and Vadas

Ingredients
1 cup soaked and washed Lentils
1 tbspn Gram daal
1 tspn Corriander seeds
1 tspn Cumin seeds
1 tspn Fenugreek seeds
1/4th cup grated coconut
3-4 red chilies
1 big size tomato
Curry leaves
Mix vegetables (Drumstick, carrots, beans)
1 big size onion
1/4th tspn mustard seeds
1/8th tspn Asofetida
3 tbspn Gingly oil
1 tbspn Tamarind pulp
Around 2- 2.5 glasses of water

Method
1) First boil the lentils and vegetables in a pressure cooker for about 2-3 whistles
2) In a small pan , add 1 tspn gingly oil and add corriander, cummin, fengreek, red chilies, gram daal and roast them for about 1 min
3) Then grind them along with the tomato and coconut to form smooth paste
4) In a big pan add the gingly oil, add mustar and cumin seeds and let them splutter
5) Then add asofetida, chopped onions, curry leaves and saute that welll
6) Then add the paste of spices and again cook for about 1 min
7) Then add tamarind pulp and water and boil for 5 min
8) Finally add the cooked daal and vegetables and salt and cook for about 10 min
9) Serve it hot with Idlis and dosas

Lilva ni kachori

This is a lip smacking savory from Gujarat
This is made up of flour pockets filled with Green lentils called Lilva/ Tuver

Ingredients
2 cups of fresh green Lentils (Lilva/Tuver)
1 tspn ginger chili paste
1/2 tspn Amchur powder
1/2 tspn Garam Masala
salt for taste
1 tbspn raisins

For outer cover
1 cup Wheat flour
1 tspn Carom seeds
salt for taste
1 tbspn oil

! bowl Oil for frying

Method
1) First coarsely grind the green lentils
2) In a bowl add the lentils, ginger chili paste, garam masala, amchur, salt and raisins and mix well
3) Now in another bowl mix the flour, oil ,carom seeds and using 1/2 cup water make a semi stiff dough
3) divide the dough into equal sized 8 balls
4) Flatten the ball and fill a tspn of filling and seal it
5) Deep fry the kachoris at medium flame till they turn golden brown
6) Serve with Tamarind chutney

Magical Hair oil

Again my Mom's legacy. A magical hairoil indeed. Made with lots of herbs in coconut oil
Its a best oil to increase the strength, color, thickness and length of hair

Ingredients
1 ltr coconut oil
1/2 cup castor oil
2 tbspn Amla (Gooseberry powder)
250 gm Amla (Gratted raw gooseberries)
2 tbspn Brahmi powder
4 tbspn MEthi powder (Fenugreek)
4 tbspn Kalaunji powder (Kala jira)
1 cup neem leaves
1 cup Mehndi seeds (optional)

Method
1) First mix all the dry ingredients and grind them to make a powder
2) Grate the raw Amla
3) Add everything to coconut oil and castor oil in a big deep pan
4) Boil the oil for about 5-7 min till you find the bubbles
5) Cool the oil and fine drain it using double cloth
6) Store in a glass jar

Buff Vada/ Farali patice
Generally eaten during fasting days in India. I have fond childhood memories of my father buying them from a nearby shop for us and we used to relish over it.

Ingredients
2 big size boiled potatoes
1/2 cup dececated  coconut
1/4th cup peanuts(coarsely grind)
1/2 tspn chili paste
1/4th tspn ginger paste
1 tspn lemon juice
2 tbspn dry fruit mix (coarsely grind cashew, pista and almond)
salt for tast
1 tspn sugar powder
1/4th cup arrow root powder
Oil for frying

Method
1) In a bowl, mix coconut, peanuts, dry fruits, ginger, chili, salt, sugar , lemon along with about 1/2 cup mashed potato
2) In another bowl, mash the boiled potatoes and add arrowroot powder and salt to it
3) Mix well to form a smooth dough kind
4) Now make 5 equal portions of that dough
5) Roll it circle with palm
6) Flatten it and put a tbspn of mixture on it. Seal the entire outers surface
7) Make rest all balls
8) Again coat it in arrow powder
9 ) Deep fry them at medium flame till they turn golden brown

Green Pancakes
Made up of cucumber and green gram flour

Ingredient
1 cup grated Cucumber
1 1/2 cup Green gram flour
1 tspn ginger garlic paste
1/2 tspn of Green chili paste
Salt for taste
Olive oil 
1 tbspn curd

Method
1)In a bowl mix the gram flour, grated cucmber, ginger, garlic, chili and salt
2) Add curd and about 1/2 cup water as needed to make batter 
3) In a fancy pan apply some olive oil
4) Pour one ladle of batter and spread it like pancake
5) Cook for about 2 min on one side
6) Flip the pan cake and let it again cook for another 2 min
7) Serve them hot with sauce or curd or chutney or even jams

Spinach Walnut soup
A combination of multiple vitamins, magnesium, omega3

Ingredients
250 gm Spinach (washed)
1/4th cup walnuts
1 onion chopped finely
1 tspn garlic paste
1/4th tspn ginger paste
1/4th tspn chili powder
salt to taste
Pepper powder
1 cup water
1 tspn Butter
1 cinnamon stick

Method
1) Take a pan and add Butter to it
2) Turn on the stove and then add chopped onions, garlic, ginger paste, Cinnamon stick
3) Saute for 2-3 min. Then add the spinach and other ingredients along with water
4) Finally add walnut powder to it and cook it for about 3 min
5) Then grind it to make a smooth paste and again boil for 2 min.
6) Serve it hot

Strawberry Jam
No Colo...No Preservative...No Gelatin

      Ingredients

      500 Gm Fresh strawberries

      350 Ggm castor sugar

      1 tbspn lemon juice

      Method

      1) Wash the strawberries and remove the leaves

      2) Dry them on kitchen towel

      3) Cut the strawberries into small pieces

      4) In a pan add the strawberries and sugar and start cooking at medium flame for about 20-25 min

      5) Once the sugar starts bubbling, add the lemon juice and turn off the flame.

      6) Let it cool down completely and then store it in air tight jar and store in refrigerator

Nutella Chocolate flavoured dark pastry

Ingredients
1 cup all purpose flour
1/4th cup dark chocolate (grated)
1/4th cup milk
1/4 tspn baking powder
1 1/2 tbspn butter
1/2 cup sugar

For Frosting
1/4th cup Nutella spread
Ferraro balls
1/4 th cup grated dark chocolate

Some hazelnuts and strawberries for garnishing

Method
1) In a bowl beat the butter and sugar and add few drops of vanilla essence
2) to that add milk and flour
3) Add grated chocolate and baking powder and mix all the ingredients thoroughly
4) Till it forms a ribbon consistency batter
5) Pour the batter into the pastry moulds and bake at 180C for 20-25 min in a pre-heated oven
6) For frosting, melt the chocolate using double boiler method
7) To that add nutela and 1 tspn butter 
8) Now cool down the cakes and frost them using the nutela and chocolate spread
9) Garnish it using Ferraro and strawberries

Collegian Bhel
A street food made with very few elements and yet taste awesome

Ingredients
1 cup salted Peanuts (peeled preferably)
1/4 cup Sev
2 tbspn Corriander and chili chutney
1/2 cup finely chopped Onion and Tomatos
Chaat masala

Method
1) In a bowl add the peanuts
2) To that add chutney, onion, tomato and mix well
3) Add sev and chaat masala and mix well
4) Serve it