Pure Veg Recipes from ManeThindi!

 A healthy way to beat the summer heat!Spice up your normal tea with a dash of MINT and GINGER.Renowned worldwide for its unique taste,the flavour of  "MASALA CHAI"(Masala Tea) can be further enhanced by mint. Read on how to prepare MINT GINGER TEA ground up! INGREDIENTS: Fresh pudina/mint leaves 1-2 Tbsp Ginger - shredded 1 Tbsp Tea powder - 3 tsp water -2 cups Milk -2 cups(or according to your own taste..add less if you want a stronger tea) Sugar to taste(Honey can also be substituted) HOW TO MAKE: Take a pot and add 2 cups of water and fresh mint leaves to it and bring them to a slow boil.Boil the water for about 4-5 minutes or until the aroma of mint starts infusing in the boling water. Now add the shredded ginger to the boling water and let it boil for the next two minutes . Now add the tea powder,sugar and milk(Note:milk is optional,If you want Indian chai,then add milk ,else you can have it without that) Now let the above...

INGREDIENTS: Avocado – 1 ripe --peeled,pitted and mashed coriander leaves – 1 bunch Mint leaves - few strands Green Chillies-5-6 lemon juice – 1tsp Tamarind juice -1 tsp(concentrated) Salt to taste HOW TO MAKE: Peel the ripe avocado(It is easy to remove the skin when ripe),Once it is peeled just twist at the centre of the avocado and it will be split in to two halves and you will see a big seed,remove the seed and mash the avocado. Squeeze lime juice all over it and mix well and keep it aside. In a mixer grind coriander leaves, chillies,mint leaves,tamarind along with little salt and little water to smooth paste. Now mix that with the mashed avocados and the chutney is ready! This can be used as a sauce for sandwich,cutlet,Rotis too!   Preparation  Time: 10 minutes Nutritional Information: Avocados have diverse fats.  For a typical avocado: About 75% of an avocado's calories come from fat, m...

When we were Kids,I clearly remember my Grandpa coming to our house every Sunday morning to watch popular TV soap "Mahabharat"and my mom used to prepare his favourite thindi "Poori Saagu".He used to be super excited and would always say "Soft Pooris with Fine Saagu" :).And its really a heavenly combination ! Well this being my Hubby's favourite thindi now ,its time for me to prepare Soft Pooris and Fine Saagu:-) INGREDIENTS: Poori: Wheat flour 2 Cups Warm oil 2 tsp Salt to taste Water to knead For Deep frying: Oil Saagu: Mixed vegetables cut in to 1 inch pieces - 2 cups ½ cup onion chopped 1 medium ripe tomato  Mustard seeds Oil  Curry leaves  Asafoetida/Hing a pinch   Coriander leaves for garnish  To be ground in to a paste: Cinammon 1 inch Cumin seeds 1  tsp Poppy Seeds 2 Tsp Ginger 1 inch Onion -1 small Green Chillies 5-6 Grated coconut - 1 cup Dalia(hurigadale)-1 Tbsp Coriander see...

INGREDIENTS Potatoes  4(large) Cumin seeds 1 tsp. Coriander powder 1 Tbsp Roasted cumin seed powder : 1 tsp Turmeric powder  1 tsp Red chilli powder 1 tsp Amchur powder(mango powder) 1/2 tsp Salt to taste Oil 1.5 Tbsp  HOW TO MAKE   Peel and  cut the potatoes into 1 inch cubes. Boil the potatoes till tender .Do not over boil them. Keep aside. Heat oil in a saucepan. Temper with cumin seeds, when it start to splutter, add  coriander powder, roasted cumin powder, turmeric and red chilli powder. Add little water. Stir and cook the masala for 3 to 4  minutes.  Now add the boiled potatoes and mix well so that all the masala gets coated on the potatoes. Add salt to taste and mix well. Finally add the dry mango powder. Stir for another 1 minute. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves . Serve hot with chapathis or rotis! Preparation time:30 Minutes.

 I have always loved my Mom's rich carrot halwa recipe which entails cooking and stirring the halwa in a large saucepan over the flame .And the end result..yummy carrot halwa!! But this time around  I thought of making my job easier by trying out carrot halwa in the microwave.And yes!It sure made my job easier and the end result was very delicious !!:0) INGREDIENTS 6 Medium sized carrots(peeled and grated) 2 Tbsp Ghee 1.5 cups low fat milk 1/4 cup milk maid(condensed milk) 4 Tbsp sugar(you can adjust this to your wish) 1/4 tsp cardamom powder Nuts,raisins for garnishing HOW TO MAKE Take a microwave safe bowl and add ghee to it. microwave ghee at 100% power for 30 seconds. Add the grated carrots to the bowl and mix well with the ghee.Now again microwave at 100% power for about five minutes.(Note:make sure you keep checking every 60 seconds and stir mix the carrots in between ) Now add milk ,condensed milk and sugar and mix well.Mic...

There are various kinds of waffles available in Germany.There are rice waffles,corn waffles etc.I bought a pack of rice waffles(Reise waffeln with salt) and thought of making bhelpuri to spice it up! INGREDIENTS: 3 Reisewaffeln (rice waffles) Onion -1 Carrot-1 Tomato-1 Chilli powder-1/2 tsp salt to taste Dates syrup- 1/2 tsp lemon juice-1/2 tsp coriander leaves HOW TO MAKE: Finely cut the onions and tomatoes and transfer them into a big bowl. Finely grate the carrots and transfer into the bowl. Add chilli powder,lemon juice,dates syrup and salt and mix well. Now crush the rice waffles and add them to the above mixture. Mix well . Garnish with coriander leaves and serve! Preparation Time; 15 minutes

This is a simple and easy to bake cake recipe.And it being eggless is icing on the cake;-) INGREDIENTS 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk few strands of saffron 1 cup melted butter HOW TO MAKE Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour the baking pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder and saffron into a large bowl.   Make a well in the center and pour in the sweetened condensed milk and melted butter.  Mix well and pour into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.  Allow it to cool and Enjoy! Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: About 45 minutes Note: Vanilla extract,orange extract can also be added to make it more interesting.